Jackson Walls (born 1 January 2003) is an

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racing driver currently racing in the

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Career

Australian F4 Championship

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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

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, 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

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joined forced for the final 3 rounds of the

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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

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, 20 seconds behind race winner Jack Doohan.

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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

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. Walls returned to the mtec Motorsport seat for the

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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

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Personal life

Walls's father, Tony, is a racing driver competing in events such as the

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and

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. Jackson Walls's manager

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is also a racing driver.

Racing record

Career summary

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Walls, Jackson 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