Jessica Hawkins (born 16 February 1995 in

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) is a

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and

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from

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, England. She currently competes in the W Series, as well as the

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Biography

Hawkins made her professional motorsport début in

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, in a one-off event where she twice finished inside the top ten. Her strong rookie performance saw her being picked up by Falcon Motorsport to contest the

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. She had to wait until the fourth round of the championship at

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to make her debut, and only completed half of the ten-round championship – finishing 11th twice and placing 23rd in the championship. In an attempt to keep her single-seater dreams alive, she entered the

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round of the 2015–16 MRF Challenge but finished 15th in both races. In 2016 Hawkins moved into single-make racing, competing in the Volkswagen Racing Cup series. She crossed over to the Mini Challenge in 2017, scoring six class wins and finishing runner-up to Matt Hammond in the Pro division. Hawkins returned to the VW Cup in 2018, spending most of that year working as a stunt driver on '' Fast and Furious Live''. In 2019 she moved to the newly-formed women-only W Series, where she was 11th after two points finishes in the last two races of the

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. In 2020, after the cancellation of the W Series season, Hawkins made her debut in the

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racing for

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. She qualified in 22nd place where she stayed during Race 1. During Race 2, she made up one place to take P21, and then in Race 3, she climbed another position to take 20th place. Hawkins continued working as a stunt driver in 2021, featuring on ''James Bond'' film ''

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''. On 19 May, she was announced as the driver ambassador for the Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team. She returned to W Series for the second edition of the championship, once again placing 11th in the standings, with 4 points finishes between the Hungarian and US races, including a 5th place finish in

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, and would also make a one-off return to the BTCC at Snetterton when asked to take over the Ford Focus of Andy Neate when he elected to sit out the event. Hawkins holds the 0-100 MPH lawnmower record. Hawkins is currently in a relationship with

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, also a British racecar driver.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete W Series results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) † Did not finish, but was classified having completed 90% of the race distance.

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

References

External links

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