Adrian Quaife-Hobbs
| Adrian Quaife-Hobbs | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born |
3 February 1991 Pembury (United Kingdom) |
| Related to | Phil Quaife (cousin) |
| GP2 Series career | |
| Debut season | 2013 |
| Current team | Rapax |
| Car no. | 14 |
| Former teams | MP Motorsport, Hilmer Motorsport |
| Starts | 40 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 13th in 2013 & 2014 |
| Previous series | |
| 2012 2010–11 2010 2008 2008 2007, 2009 2007–09 2007 2005–06 2005 |
Auto GP World Series GP3 Series Formula 3 Euro Series Portuguese FR2.0 W. Series Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula BMW UK T Cars T Cars Autumn Trophy |
| Championship titles | |
| 2012 2005 2005 |
Auto GP World Series T Cars T Cars Autumn Trophy |
| Awards | |
| 2007 2006 |
MSA British Race Elite BRDC Rising Star Award |
Adrian Rodney Quaife-Hobbs (born 3 February 1991 in Pembury) is a British race car driver, notable for being the youngest driver to win the T Cars championship and the youngest ever winner of a MSA-sanctioned car racing series. He currently resides in Tonbridge.
Career
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 Quaife-Hobbs move up to the more powerful Mini Max category where he 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 to focus on a 2007 campaign 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]
Formula BMW
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 the second race before tyre issues forced him to yield the final podium place to Valle Mäkelä, the winner of race one. Quaife-Hobbs finished his debut season tenth in the Drivers' Championship with 405 points.
Formula Renault
Following the closure of the 2007 FBMW UK season, Quaife-Hobbs decided to enter the Formula Renault Eurocup with BVM Minardi to gain experience in the Formula Renault cars. He 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 in two Formula Renault NEC races with Motopark Academy and at Spa, he got his first Formula Renault podium in only his third event. 2007 also saw Quaife-Hobbs win a place on the prestigious MSA British Race Elite scheme run by David Brabham.
Quaife-Hobbs entered the Eurocup for a full season in 2008 as well as the Italian championship, both with the BVM Minardi team in which he finished fourth. He returned to Motopark Academy for 2009 campaigns in the Eurocup and Northern European Cup, finishing fourth in both series.
Formula Three
Quaife-Hobbs stepped up into the Formula 3 Euro Series for the 2010 season, staying with Motopark Academy for his graduation into the series.[2] He earned points in first races of the Circuit Paul Ricard and Hockenheim meetings, finishing sixth[3] and fifth[4] respectively.
GP3 Series
After the Euro Series opener, Quaife-Hobbs elected to concentrate on the new-for-2010 GP3 Series, signing a contract with Manor Racing.[5] At Spa he secured his first podium.[6] He finished in fifteenth position in the championship standings.[7]
Quaife-Hobbs stayed in GP3 for 2011 with Manor. He achieved his first win at Valencia.[8] At the end of the season he improved to fifth position in the drivers' championship, and as he finished as the best-placed Marussia Manor driver in the championship, he received a Formula One test with Marussia Virgin Racing.[9]
Auto GP World Series
In 2012 Quaife-Hobbs graduated to the Auto GP World Series, competing for Super Nova International. Since the start of the season, he has taken victory in Monza and Valencia, notching up two pole positions, five podium finishes from six rounds and currently leads the series by 29 points.[10]
He went on to take every pole bar one throughout the season, and took the championship.
GP2 Series
For 2013 Quaife-Hobbs was signed to race for MP Motorsport in the GP2 Series. The highlight of the first half of the season was a second place at Monaco, before he switched to Hilmer Motorsport from Hungary onwards. Following a second podium in Belgium, Quaife-Hobbs scored his maiden GP2 victory at Monza in the sprint race. He finished the season 13th overall, with a total of 56 points and one win.
For 2014, Quaife-Hobbs will stay in GP2, and will drive for Rapax alongside Simon Trummer.[11]
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Final Placing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | T Cars | PR Motorsport | 17 | 8 | 2 | ? | 10 | 284 | 1st |
| T Cars Autumn Trophy | 7 | 6 | 7 | ? | 7 | 138 | 1st | ||
| 2006 | T Cars | PR Motorsport | 10 | 3 | 3 | ? | 7 | 68 | 9th |
| 2007 | Formula BMW UK | Fortec Motorsport | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 405 | 10th |
| Formula Renault Eurocup | BVM Minardi | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23rd | |
| Formula Renault NEC | Motopark Academy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 18th | |
| 2008 | Italian Formula Renault 2.0 | BVM Minardi | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 250 | 4th |
| Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25th | ||
| Portugal Winter Series FR2.0 | Motopark Academy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6th | |
| 2009 | Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | Motopark Academy | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 229 | 4th |
| Formula Renault Eurocup | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 83 | 4th | ||
| 2010 | Formula Three Euroseries | Motopark Academy | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13th |
| GP3 Series | Manor Racing | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 15th | |
| 2011 | GP3 Series | Manor Racing | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 5th |
| Formula One | Virgin Racing | Test driver | |||||||
| 2012 | Auto GP World Series | Super Nova International | 14 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 221 | 1st |
| 2013 | GP2 Series | MP Motorsport | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 13th |
| Hilmer Motorsport | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 2014 | GP2 Series | Rapax | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 13th |
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
(key)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Motopark Academy | Dallara F308/099 | Volkswagen | LEC 1 6 |
LEC 2 9 |
HOC1 1 5 |
HOC1 2 7 |
VAL 1 |
VAL 2 |
NOR 1 |
NOR 2 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
ZAN 1 |
ZAN 2 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
OSC 1 |
OSC 2 |
HOC2 1 |
HOC2 2 |
13th | 7 |
Complete GP3 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Manor Racing | ESP FEA 21 |
ESP SPR 26 |
TUR FEA Ret |
TUR SPR Ret |
VAL FEA 12 |
VAL SPR 5 |
GBR FEA Ret |
GBR SPR Ret |
GER FEA DNS |
GER SPR 18 |
HUN FEA 12 |
HUN SPR 7 |
BEL FEA 3 |
BEL SPR 5 |
ITA FEA 17 |
ITA SPR 22 |
15th | 10 |
| 2011 | Marussia Manor Racing | TUR FEA 24 |
TUR SPR 16 |
ESP FEA 11 |
ESP SPR 23 |
VAL FEA 1 |
VAL SPR 8 |
GBR FEA 4 |
GBR SPR 15 |
GER FEA 5 |
GER SPR Ret |
HUN FEA 3 |
HUN SPR 10 |
BEL FEA 4 |
BEL SPR Ret |
ITA FEA Ret |
ITA SPR 6 |
5th | 36 |
Complete Auto GP World Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Super Nova International | MNZ 1 1 |
MNZ 2 3 |
VAL 1 2 |
VAL 2 1 |
MAR 1 2 |
MAR 2 4 |
HUN 1 1 |
HUN 2 2 |
ALG 1 1 |
ALG 2 1 |
CUR 1 6 |
CUR 2 12† |
SON 1 Ret |
SON 2 2 |
1st | 221 |
† Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 90% of the winner's race distance.
Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | MP Motorsport | MYS FEA Ret |
MYS SPR 17 |
BHR FEA 7 |
BHR SPR 8 |
ESP FEA 17 |
ESP SPR 21 |
MON FEA 8 |
MON SPR 2 |
GBR FEA 12 |
GBR SPR 11 |
GER FEA Ret |
GER SPR 16 |
13th | 56 | ||||||||||
| Hilmer Motorsport | HUN FEA 18 |
HUN SPR Ret |
BEL FEA 10 |
BEL SPR 3 |
ITA FEA 7 |
ITA SPR 1 |
SGP FEA 22 |
SGP SPR 8 |
ABU FEA 11 |
ABU SPR 21† | |||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Rapax | BHR FEA 10 |
BHR SPR 6 |
ESP FEA 9 |
ESP SPR 9 |
MON FEA 9 |
MON SPR 8 |
AUT FEA 24 |
AUT SPR 18 |
GBR FEA 13 |
GBR SPR 15 |
GER FEA 14 |
GER SPR 8 |
HUN FEA 2 |
HUN SPR 12 |
BEL FEA 11 |
BEL SPR 21 |
ITA FEA 11 |
ITA SPR 8 |
RUS FEA |
RUS SPR |
ABU FEA |
ABU SPR |
13th | 30 |
References
- ↑ "T Cars > Graduates". Retrieved 17 April 2007.
- ↑ Beer, Matt; Mills, Peter (9 December 2009). "Motopark signs Quaife-Hobbs, Laine". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Archived from the original on 24 December 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ↑ Stoppe, Sven (10 April 2010). "La Castellet Race 1" (PDF). f3euroseries.com. La Castellet: Formula 3 Euro Series. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
- ↑ Tischer, Alexander H.H. (24 April 2010). "Hockenheim Race 1" (PDF). f3euroseries.com. Formula 3 Euro Series. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
- ↑ "GP3 Series: Llista d'inscrits / Entry list" (PDF). circuitcat.com. Circuit de Catalunya. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ↑ "Race 1 results – GP3: Belgium 2010". GPUpdate.net. GPUpdate. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ↑ "Drivers' Championship". GPUpdate.net. GPUpdate. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ↑ "Quaife-Hobbs storms to first GP3 victory". GPUpdate.net (GPUpdate). 25 June 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ↑ "Félix da Costa wins dramatic season finale". GPUpdate.net (GPUpdate). 11 September 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ↑ "16 drivers on the Auto GP World Series grid". Auto GP World Series (Auto GP Organization). 8 March 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ↑ "British racer Quaife-Hobbs joins Rapax". GPUpdate. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
External links
- Official website
- Adrian Quaife-Hobbs career summary at DriverDB.com
| 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 |
| Preceded by Kevin Ceccon |
Auto GP World Series Drivers' Champion 2012 |
Succeeded by Vittorio Ghirelli |
| Awards | ||
| Preceded by Incumbent |
BRDC Rising Star Award 2006 |
Succeeded by Jeremy Metcalfe |
| Preceded by Incumbent |
MSA British Race Elite 2007 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |