Adrian Quaife-Hobbs

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Adrian Quaife-Hobbs
Nationality	British
Date of Birth	February 3, 1991 (1991-02-03) (age 17)
Place of Birth	Pembury (United Kingdom)
2008 Formula Renault - Eurocup and NEC
Debut season	2007
Current team	BVM Minardi
Car No.	N/A
Starts	0
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	3rd in 2007
Previous series
2005-2006 2007 2007 2007	T Cars Formula BMW UK Formula Renault Eurocup Formula Renault NEC
Championship titles
2005 2005	T Cars T Cars Autumn Trophy
Awards
2006 2007	BRDC Rising Star Award MSA British Race Elite

Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (born February 3, 1991 in Pembury) is a British race car driver currently racing in the Formula BMW UK series. He is notable for being the youngest driver to win the T Cars championship since its introduction in 1999.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 2002-2006: Early career 1.2 2007: Formula BMW and Formula Renault 2 Statistics 2.1 Motor racing record 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Career

[edit] 2002-2006: Early career

Quaife-Hobbs began his career in 2002, racing in the Honda cadets category, winning four races in his first season and coming second in the Formula 6 Championship. 2003 saw the 12-year old Brit move up to the more powerful Mini Max category where Quaife-Hobbs took several podium finishes and a race victory. Quaife-Hobbs continued racing in the Mini Max series for 2004, winning the Bayford Meadows Championship. At the age of 14, Quaife-Hobbs moved up to the T Cars category where he won both the main T Cars Championship title, becoming the youngest Champion in the series' history at 14 years 8 months old, and winning the Autumn Trophy title as well. In 2006 Quaife-Hobbs competed in the first few T-car races and got a double win in the opening rounds and also won his last race at Rockingham before deciding he was not going to learn any more and focused his efforts on preparation for the 2007 season in formula BMW. 2006 also saw Quaife-Hobbs win the British Racing Drivers' Club's Rising Star Award, becoming the youngest driver to receive the award at the age of fifteen.^[1]

[edit] 2007: Formula BMW and Formula Renault

For 2007, Quaife-Hobbs was promoted to the Formula BMW class, running in its UK series, racing for the current Champions Fortec Motorsport. The young Brit established himself in the first meeting of the championship at Brands Hatch: Coming eleventh on his debut and running in third for a majority of a second race before tyre issues forced him to yield the final podium place to Valle Mäkelä, the winner of race one. The young Brit finished his debut season tenth in the Drivers' Championship with 405 points. Following the closure of the 2007 FBMW UK season, Quaife-Hobbs decided to enter the Formula Renault Eurocup with BVM Minardi in order to gain experience in the FRenault cars. The Brit did well on his debut, despite retiring in the first race, he finished eighth in the second from thirteenth position, enough to earn him three points. Quaife-Hobbs also competed two Formula Renualt NEC races with Motopark and at Spa Adrian got his first Formula Renualt podium in only his third Renault Event. 2007 Also Saw Quaife-Hobbs win a place on the prestigous MSA British Race Elite scheme run by David Brabham.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Motor racing record

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Final Placing
2005	T Cars	PR Motorsport	17	2	8	284	1st
	T Cars Autumn Trophy	PR Motorsport	7	7	6	138	1st
2006	T Cars	PR Motorsport	10	3	3	68	9th
2007 2007	Formula BMW UK	Fortec Motorsport	18	1	0	405	10th
	Formula Renault Eurocup	BVM Minardi	6	0	0	3	21st
2007	Formula Renault NEC	Motopark Academy	4	0	0	70	18th

[edit] External links

• Adrian Quaife-Hobbs

http://www.quaifehobbs.com

[edit] References

Sporting positions
Preceded by Will Bratt	T Cars Champion 2005	Succeeded by Luciano Bacheta
Preceded by N/A	T Cars Autumn Trophy 2005	Succeeded by N/A
Awards
Preceded by Incumbent	BRDC Rising Star Award 2006	Succeeded by Jeremy Metcalfe
Preceded by Incumbent	MSA British Race Elite 2007	Succeeded by Incumbent