Jackson Walls (born 1 January 2003) is an
Australian
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racing driver currently racing in the
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
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.
Career
Australian F4 Championship
In
2018
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Walls jumped into a single seater car for the first time competitively with the Patrizicorse team in the
Australian F4 Championship. A string of successful midfield results as well as 3 podium finishes put him 6th with 148. Walls returned for the next campaign and his results were similar to the previous year, he took his maiden career victory at
Tailem Bend
Tailem Bend (locally, "Tailem") is a rural town in South Australia, south-east of the state capital of Adelaide. It is located on the lower reaches of the River Murray, near where the river flows into Lake Alexandrina. It is linear in layout s ...
, Lochie Hughes who started on pole initially took the victory after taking the lead back from Walls. Contact with Ryan Suhle caused the stewards to award Hughes with a 5 seconds penalty, allowing Walls to take the top step of the podium.
F3 Asian Championship
Walls and
Hitech Grand Prix
Hitech Grand Prix (formerly known as Hitech Racing) is a British motor racing team. It was founded in 2002 by Dennis Rushen and David Hayle. The team started racing in the British Formula 3 Championship in 2003. The team also competed in the So ...
joined forced for the final 3 rounds of the
F3 Asian Championship
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season.
Walls made an immediate impact when he finished on the podium for the second time of asking He scored the next podium at the season finale in
Shanghai
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, 20 seconds behind race winner
Jack Doohan.
Ukyo Sasahara
is a Japanese racing driver.
Career
Karting
Sasahara began karting aged seven in 2003. He won numerous domestic titles, including becoming JAF All Japan Championship Junior Champion in 2009. In the same year, he beat Matt Parry to win the Rota ...
finished 2nd that race meaning Hitech achieved that only 1-2-3 for that season. Walls finished the season 6th with 90 points.
Toyota Racing Series
Walls missed the opening round of the
2019 Toyota Racing Series as he was only 15 years old.
He finished the season 12th with a highest result of 5th coming at
Hampton Downs
The Hampton Downs Motorsport Park is situated in rural northern Waikato (about halfway between Auckland and Hamilton on the Waikato Expressway), New Zealand near the Meremere drag strip and the dirt track club.
History
The motorsport park is an ...
. Walls returned to the mtec Motorsport seat for the
2020
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season. Walls won his only race of the season at
Pukekohe Park Raceway, he started on reverse grid pole an fought most of the race against Czech teammate
Petr Ptáček
Petr Ptáček Jr. (born 16 October 2002) is a Czech racing driver who last competed for R-ace GP in the 2020 Formula Renault Eurocup
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.
Personal life
Walls's father, Tony, is a racing driver competing in events such as the
Australian GT Championship
The Australian GT Championship is a CAMS-sanctioned national title for drivers of GT cars, held annually from 1960 to 1963, from 1982 to 1985 and from 2005. Each championship up to and including the 1963 title was contested over a single race a ...
and
Lamborghini Super Trofeo
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. Jackson Walls's manager
Michael Patrizi
Michael Patrizi (born 4 May 1984) is an Australian racing driver.
Biography
Starting off in karts in his native Western Australia, he moved to Formula Ford in 2004, then to Formula BMW in Asia 2005, then UK in 2006. In 2007 he joined the compet ...
is also a racing driver.
Racing record
Career summary
References
External links
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2003 births
Living people
F3 Asian Championship drivers
Toyota Racing Series drivers
Hitech Grand Prix drivers
R-ace GP drivers
Australian F4 Championship drivers
Porsche Carrera Cup Australia drivers
Racing drivers from Sydney
Racing drivers from New South Wales