Jake Dennis

Jake Dennis
Nationality British
Born 16 June 1995
FIA European Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season 2014
Current team Carlin
Car no. 28
Starts 33
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 9th in 2014
Previous series
2013
2012
2011
2011
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Formula Renault UK Finals Cup
InterSteps Championship
Championship titles
2012
2011
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
InterSteps Championship
Awards
2012 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award

Jake Dennis (born 16 June 1995) is a British racing driver who lives in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. He currently competes in the FIA European Formula 3 Championship for Carlin Motorsport.

Career

Karting

Dennis began his racing career in karting at the age of eight with Andy Cox Racing. In 2005 he clinched South West Cadet championship title. Following year he finished third in the Shenington Club Championship. In 2008 he received Racing Steps Foundation backing and graduated to KF3 category. in his first year he became British champion in KF3. By 2010 he claimed MSA Super 1 British Junior Championship and the CIK-FIA U18 World Championship.[1]

InterSteps & Formula Renault

In 2011 Dennis made his début in single-seaters taking part in the new-for-2011 InterSteps championship for Fortec Motorsport, dominated in the championship and won the title with eight wins.[2] Also he raced for Fortec in off-season Formula Renault UK Finals Series, finishing 19th in the standings with just three point-scoring finishes.[3]

Dennis continued his collaboration with Fortec for Formula Renault 2.0 NEC (initially in British Formula Renault Championship but the championship was closed due to lack of entries) and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.[4][5]

Dennis was nominated for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award due to his performances in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC series,[6] Jake then went on to win the prestigious award, and became the youngest ever participant at only 17 years of age.

Jake Dennis in F3 - Hockenheimring 2014

In 2014 he joined Carlin Motorsport to compete in the FIA European Formula 3 Championship, where he has collected multiple podiums.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2011 InterSteps Championship Fortec Motorsports 20 8 7 5 16 539 1st
Formula Renault UK Finals Series 6 0 0 0 0 38 19th
2012 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Fortec Motorsports 20 3 2 3 11 376 1st
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 6 0 0 0 1 19 12th
2013 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Fortec Motorsports 14 0 1 1 1 130 4th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 4 1 0 0 1 42 31st
Pau Formula Renault 2.0 Trophy 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
2014 FIA European Formula 3 Championship Carlin 33 0 0 0 3 174 9th

Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 DC Points
2014 Carlin Volkswagen SIL
1

17
SIL
2

17
SIL
3

Ret
HOC
1

7
HOC
2

10
HOC
3

6
PAU
1

4
PAU
2

3
PAU
3

4
HUN
1

11
HUN
2

17
HUN
3

9
SPA
1

3
SPA
2

6
SPA
3

7
NOR
1

5
NOR
2

4
NOR
3

Ret
MSC
1

15
MSC
2

6
MSC
3

4
RBR
1

3
RBR
2

18†
RBR
3

5
NÜR
1

Ret
NÜR
2

Ret
NÜR
3

9
IMO
1

7
IMO
2

7
IMO
3

7
HOC
1

15
HOC
2

12
HOC
3

11
9th 174

Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

  1. "Jake Dennis". racingsteps.co.uk. Racing Steps Foundation. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  2. "InterSteps Championship 2011". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  3. "ENTRY LIST". British Formula Renault Championship (Facebook). 2 November 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  4. Paice, Simon (29 March 2012). "Fortec four confirm NEC switch". The Checkered Flag (BlackEagleMedia Network). Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  5. "Spa-Francorchamps: Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, Collective Test 1" (PDF). World Series by Renault Timing. Alkamel Systems;Renault Sport. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  6. "McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award nominees 2012 announced". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). 27 September 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Inaugural
Intersteps
Champion

2011
Succeeded by
Matt Parry
Preceded by
Carlos Sainz Jr.
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Champion

2012
Succeeded by
Matt Parry
Awards
Preceded by
Oliver Rowland
McLaren Autosport BRDC Award
2012
Succeeded by
Matt Parry