Jack W. Hawksworth (born 28 February 1991) is a British professional racing driver from

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, West Yorkshire. , he competes in the

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for AIM Vasser Sullivan. He has also raced in the Star Mazda Championship, Formula Renault 2.0,

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, and

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Biography

He started racing karts at 13 years old and was Junior Rotax Euro Max champion and second in the World finals by the time he was 15. After graduating from Juniors, Hawksworth went on to have a career as a professional karter leading to success in KZ1 karting winning the 2009 Trofeo Margutti as well as winning races in the German championship and claiming podiums in the KZ1 and KZ2 European Championships finishing sixth overall in the 2010 KZ1 European Championship for the Maddox Team. In a one-off appearance to domestic racing Hawksworth won the 2010 British Kart Masters Grand Prix in Senior Max with Protrain Racing. Hawksworth graduated to open wheel racing in late 2010 and competed in the 2010 Formula Renault Winter series with Mark Burdett Motorsport. He claimed pole position in four out of the six races and finished third overall in the championship and top rookie ahead of the Red Bull Juniors of

Daniil Kvyat Daniil Vyacheslavovich Kvyat ( rus, Дании́л Вячесла́вович Квят, p=dənʲɪˈil vʲɪtɕɪˈslavəvʲɪtɕ ˈkvʲat; born 26 April 1994) is a Russian professional racing driver who competed in Formula One between 2014– ...

, Carlos Sainz, Jr. and McLaren Autosport Award winner

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. Hawksworth went on to compete in the 2011 Formula Renault UK championship changing teams halfway through and finishing fourth overall in the series with a win at Croft. In 2012 Hawksworth moved to the United States to compete in the 2012 Star Mazda Championship season with

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as part of the Mazda

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. He broke every record in the series (wins, poles and fastest laps) on his way to claiming the title in his rookie campaign. The driver climbed to the

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for 2013, by joining

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. During a practice session for the

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, Hawksworth suffered a

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after a crash, and missed the race. On 11 November 2016, it was announced that 3GT Racing had signed Hawksworth and

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to race the No. 15

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RC F GT3 in the 2017

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in the GT Daytona class. Hawksworth and Alon competed in the first eight races of the 2017

together before a team decision saw Alon switch places with veteran Scott Pruett for the final four rounds. Hawksworth and Alon recorded a season's best finish of fifth in GT Daytona for the No. 15 at the 2017

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. In August 2019, Hawksworth made his

debut in the 2019 B&L Transport at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, driving the No. 18

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for

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after

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left the team.

Racing record

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Star Mazda Championship

Indy Lights

IndyCar Series

Indianapolis 500

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class) ^† Points only counted towards the WeatherTech Sprint Cup and not the overall GTD Championship. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

NASCAR

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) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

References

External links

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