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Jake Dennis (born 16 June 1995) is a British racing driver who lives in
In 2014 he joined
* Season still in progress.
Profile on Racing Steps Foundation site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dennis, Jake Living people 1995 births English racing drivers People from Nuneaton Formula Renault Eurocup drivers Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy drivers FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers 24H Series drivers Formula E drivers Carlin racing drivers Prema Powerteam drivers Arden International drivers Jota Sport drivers W Racing Team drivers R-Motorsport drivers Phoenix Racing drivers Andretti Autosport drivers BMW M drivers Blancpain Endurance Series drivers ADAC GT Masters drivers Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drivers G-Drive Racing drivers Karting World Championship drivers Fortec Motorsport drivers Audi Sport drivers Aston Martin Racing drivers
Nuneaton
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, Warwickshire
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. He currently competes in the Formula E World Championship with Avalanche Andretti Formula E.
Early career
Karting
Dennis began his racing career inkarting
Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on f ...
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 The Racing Steps Foundation, abbreviated as RSF, was an organisation founded by Graham Sharp running from 2008 to 2017 with former Formula One driver, the late John Surtees as the ambassador for the organization. RSF aided young British racing drive ...
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.
InterSteps & Formula Renault
In 2011 Dennis made his début insingle-seaters
An open-wheel single-seater (often known as formula car) is a car with the wheels outside the car's main body, and usually having only one seat. Open-wheel cars contrast with street cars, sports cars, stock cars, and touring cars, which have thei ...
taking part in the new-for-2011 InterSteps championship for Fortec Motorsport
Fortec Motorsport Ltd. is a motor-racing team that races in the GB3 Championship. The team was bought in 1995 by current owner Richard Dutton.
Past drivers for the team include Juan Pablo Montoya, Gianmaria Bruni, Danny Watts, Jamie Green, Jame ...
, dominated in the championship and won the title with eight wins. Also he raced for Fortec in off-season Formula Renault UK Finals Series, finishing 19th in the standings with just three point-scoring finishes.
Dennis continued his collaboration with Fortec for Formula Renault 2.0 NEC (initially in British Formula Renault Championship
British Formula Renault Championship referred to one of two Formula Renault championships that were held in the United Kingdom. The main series was Renault Sport UK's Formula Renault 2.0 UK championship which was held from 1989 to 2011 and was ge ...
but the championship was closed due to lack of entries) and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault Eurocup was a Formula Renault motor racing championship. Eurocup raced only on European circuits.
It served as a support series to the Formula 3.5 V8, Formula Renault 3.5 Series as part of the World Series by Renault from 2005 to ...
.
Dennis was nominated for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award
The Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Award is an award set up in 1989 to reward and recognise young racing drivers from the UK. As its names suggest, the award is backed by Aston Martin, motorsport magazine Autosport, and the British Racing Drivers' Cl ...
due to his performances in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC series, Jake then went on to win the prestigious award, and became the youngest ever participant at only 17 years of age.
In 2014 he joined Carlin Motorsport
Carlin, formerly Carlin Motorsport, is a motor racing team based in the United Kingdom. It currently competes in five championships: FIA Formula 2 Championship, FIA Formula 3 Championship, F4 British Championship, BRDC British Formula 3 and E ...
to compete in the FIA European Formula 3 Championship, where he has collected multiple podiums.
GP3 Series
In December 2015, it was announced that Dennis would compete in the 2016 GP3 Series withArden International
Arden International is a multiple formula racing team created and run by Christian Horner and Garry Horner. It currently runs teams in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and F4 British Championship, and formerly ran in the FIA Formula 2 Championship ...
. He finished fourth in the drivers standings.
Formula E
Andretti Autosport (2021–)
2020–21 season
Dennis debuted in the2020–21 Formula E World Championship
The 2020–21 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship was the seventh season of the FIA Formula E championship, a motor racing championship for battery-electric cars recognised by motorsport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale ...
driving for the BMW i Andretti team alongside Maximilian Günther
Maximilian Günther (born 2 July 1997) is a German racing driver currently competing in Formula E for Maserati MSG Racing. Günther has previously driven in Formula 2 with Arden and for Dragon Racing, BMW i Andretti and Nissan e.dams in Formul ...
. With 0 points from the first 4 races, he took his first win during the second race of the 2021 Valencia ePrix, held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo
Circuit Ricardo Tormo, also known as ''Circuit de Valencia'' and officially named ''Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo'', is a motorsport race track located in Cheste (Valencian Community, Spain) and built in 1999. The track is n ...
, and a second win in the first race round the Excel arena in London. After a red flag in the final race of the season in Berlin which saw 2 title contenders eliminated on the start line. The provisinal standings meant Jake Dennis and Nick De Vries would be tied on 95 points if the race finished as it was, however in the restart Dennis went for an overtake and crashed, meaning he would score 0 points, and not win the championship in his rookie season.
Dennis finished the season with 4 DNF's and ended in third in the standings with 91 points, placing as the highest rookie.
2021-22 season
Dennis remained withAndretti Autosport
Andretti Autosport is an auto racing team that competes in the IndyCar Series, Indy Lights, Indy Pro 2000, and Formula E. The team also has a 37.5% ownership stake in the Australian Supercars Championship touring car team, Walkinshaw Andretti ...
despite BMW withdrawing from the team. He was partnered by Oliver Askew
Oliver Clark Askew (born December 12, 1996) is an American-Swedish race car driver who races under the American flag. He previously competed in the Formula E World Championship for Avalanche Andretti Formula E. He is the 2019 Indy Lights champ ...
.
Dennis took 3rd in the opening race and 5th the next day giving him 25 points after 2 races. He then took 1 point from the next 3 races with a DNF in the second race in Rome, and then 2 points from the next 3, with a total of 28 points from 8 races. with a 6th, 7th, 10th and 8th following up. Dennis then had 47 points from 12 races heading to his home race in London.
Dennis topped the fp2 times in London and took the pace into Qualifying to secure pole and 3 points, Dennis won round 13 leading the race from championship leader Stoffel Vandoorne, and also took the fastest lap, giving him the maximum 29 points on Saturday. Dennis took pole again on Sunday but fought with Di Grassi for the win and ended the race in 2nd with the fastest lap. The strong weekend meant he climbed up the championship table gaining 51 points in 2 races. Dennis finished 4th with a fastest lap and 3rd in Seoul to finish the season in 6th with 126 points, joint on points with Di Grassi but behind due to countback, and Di Grassi having 1 4th place and Dennis having no 4th places.
2022–23 season
Dennis extended his contract to remain withAndretti Andretti is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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* Mario Andretti (born 1940), Italian-born American father of the prominent Andretti racing family:
** Michael Andretti (born 1962), son of Mario
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for the 2022–23 season and beyond.
IndyCar
Following his season in Formula E in 2022 for the Avalanche Andretti team, he tested one of the team's cars in October 2022 in a private IndyCar driver evaluation test at Sebring.Formula One
In , Dennis was the simulator and development driver forRed Bull Racing
Red Bull Racing, also simply known as Red Bull or RBR and currently competing as Oracle Red Bull Racing, is a Formula One racing team, racing under an Austrian licence and based in the United Kingdom. It is one of two Formula One teams owned ...
. As a result of the team's association with Aston Martin
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, he tested for them at the Barcelona
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mid-season tests in May 2018, and then again at the Hungaroring
The Hungaroring is a motorsport racetrack in Mogyoród, Pest County, Hungary where the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix is held. In 1986, it became the location of the first Formula One Grand Prix behind the Iron Curtain. Bernie Ecclestone wan ...
in August.
Racing record
Career summary
† As Dennis was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.* Season still in progress.
Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results
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Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results
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† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete GP3 Series results
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Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
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''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results
Complete Formula E results
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Key or The Key may refer to:
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* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
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* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
Profile on Racing Steps Foundation site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dennis, Jake Living people 1995 births English racing drivers People from Nuneaton Formula Renault Eurocup drivers Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers British Formula Renault 2.0 drivers FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy drivers FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers 24H Series drivers Formula E drivers Carlin racing drivers Prema Powerteam drivers Arden International drivers Jota Sport drivers W Racing Team drivers R-Motorsport drivers Phoenix Racing drivers Andretti Autosport drivers BMW M drivers Blancpain Endurance Series drivers ADAC GT Masters drivers Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drivers G-Drive Racing drivers Karting World Championship drivers Fortec Motorsport drivers Audi Sport drivers Aston Martin Racing drivers