| Jon Lancaster | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 10 December 1988 Leeds, Yorkshire |
| 2012 FIA Formula Two Championship | |
| Debut season | 2011 |
| Current team | MotorSport Vision |
| Car no. | 23 |
| Starts | 2 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Previous series | |
| 2009-10 2008 2007 2007 2006–07 2006 |
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Formula Three Euroseries Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 French Formula Renault 2.0 FR2.0 UK Winter Series Star of Silverstone |
Jon Lancaster (born 10 December 1988 in Leeds) is an English racing driver.
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Having competed in karting between 1999 and 2006, Lancaster moved up to single-seater formulae racing, by competing in two Formula Ford races in the Stars of Silverstone series, winning one before moving into the Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series with the AKA Lamac team. Lancaster finished sixteenth in the championship, recording a best finish of 8th during round 2 at Brands Hatch.
2007 saw Lancaster move up into the Formula Renault Eurocup driving for SG Formula's second team, SG Drivers Project. Lancaster struggled in the early part of the season, amassing only a second place finish at the Hungaroring from the first six races, but was an absolute revelation in the last eight races. Five wins including the last four races, gave Lancaster second in the championship behind Kiwi Brendon Hartley. He dovetailed that European campaign with a season in the French Formula Renault Championship, competing in eleven of the series' thirteen races, finishing sixth with two wins coming at Magny-Cours and Barcelona. After those seasons, he competed for Hitech Racing's Junior team in the Formula Renault UK Winter Series, finishing fourteenth in the championship despite recording a third place at Donington Park in round two.
Lancaster moved up to the Formula Three Euroseries for the 2008 season, driving for multiple champions ART Grand Prix. It was a testing year for the Yorkshireman, finishing twelfth in the championship including a win at the Nürburgring. The season wasn't without incident though, as Lancaster survived a horrendous crash during the season-opening race at Hockenheim. In a similar crash to that of Lucas di Grassi in 2005, Lancaster clipped the rear wheel of Jean Karl Vernay's car, while battling for sixth place and flipped over, skating over the tarmac runoff upside-down, before returning to its wheels in the gravel trap. The Englishman would sit out the second race, due to being at hospital for checkups. In non-championship races, Lancaster finished third at Zolder, for ART at the Masters of Formula 3 event and was 11th at the Macau Grand Prix for Manor Motorsport.
Lancaster had been expected to return to the F3 Euroseries for the 2009 season, driving for SG Formula alongside Toyota junior drivers Henkie Waldschmidt and Andrea Caldarelli,[1] but a pre-season disagreement with the team[2] led to Alexandre Marsoin driving for the team.[3] He joined Comtec Racing for the rest of the 2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season,[2] taking his first win, during the series' first race at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão. He ended up thirteenth in the championship. He returned to the series in 2010, moving to Fortec Motorsport.[4]
He moved to Formula Two in 2011[5], driving with sponsorship from Silver Lining, and scoring points in his first two races at the Magny Cours circuit in France.
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Star of Silverstone | Silverstone Motorsport Academy | 2 | 1 | 0 | ? | 2 | ? | ? |
| Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series | AKA Lemac | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 16th | |
| 2007 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | SG Drivers Project | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 102 | 2nd |
| French Formula Renault 2.0 | SG Formula | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 64 | 6th | |
| Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series | Hitech Junior Team | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 14th | |
| 2008 | Formula Three Euroseries | ART Grand Prix | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 12th |
| Masters of Formula 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 3rd | ||
| Macau Grand Prix | Manor Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 11th | |
| 2009 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Comtec Racing | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 13th |
| 2010 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Fortec Motorsport | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 13th |
| 2011 | FIA Formula Two Championship | MotorSport Vision | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14* | 10th* |
| Auto GP | Super Nova Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17* | 11th* |
* Season in progress.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Comtec Racing | CAT SPR |
CAT FEA |
SPA SPR |
SPA FEA |
MON FEA |
HUN SPR 9 |
HUN FEA 10 |
SIL SPR 22 |
SIL FEA 15 |
BUG SPR 8 |
BUG FEA 5 |
ALG SPR 1 |
ALG FEA Ret |
NÜR SPR 9 |
NÜR FEA Ret |
ALC SPR 3 |
ALC FEA 20 |
13th | 39 |
| 2010 | Fortec Motorsport | ALC 1 4 |
ALC 2 Ret |
SPA 1 9 |
SPA 2 7 |
MON 1 7 |
BRN 1 10 |
BRN 2 7 |
MAG 1 10 |
MAG 2 Ret |
HUN 1 Ret |
HUN 2 22 |
HOC 1 3 |
HOC 2 8 |
SIL 1 13 |
SIL 2 17 |
CAT 1 14 |
CAT 2 9 |
13th | 39 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
MAG 1 7 |
MAG 2 6 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
SPL 1 |
SPL 2 |
MON 1 |
MON 2 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
10th* | 14* |
Lancaster is an alumnus of Calverley Church of England Primary and Horsforth High School, and has interests in karting, football, bike riding. He is also a supporter of English football team, Leeds United.
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