Jake Dennis

Jake Dennis
Nationality	British
Born	(1995-06-16) 16 June 1995
GP3 Series career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Arden International
Car no.	9
Starts	18
Wins	2
Poles	0
Fastest laps	4
Best finish	4th in 2016
Previous series
2015-16 2013 2012 2011 2011	MRF Challenge FIA European Formula 3 Championship Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Formula Renault UK Finals Cup InterSteps Championship
Championship titles
2012 2011	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC InterSteps Championship
Awards
2012	McLaren Autosport BRDC Award

Jake Dennis (born 16 June 1995) is a British racing driver who lives in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. He currently competes in GP3 Series for Arden International.

Career

Karting

Dennis began his racing career in karting 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 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.^[1]

InterSteps & Formula Renault

In 2011 Dennis made his début in single-seaters taking part in the new-for-2011 InterSteps championship for Fortec Motorsport, dominated in the championship and won the title with eight wins.^[2] Also he raced for Fortec in off-season Formula Renault UK Finals Series, finishing 19th in the standings with just three point-scoring finishes.^[3]

Dennis continued his collaboration with Fortec for Formula Renault 2.0 NEC (initially in British Formula Renault Championship but the championship was closed due to lack of entries) and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.^[4]^[5]

Dennis was nominated for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award due to his performances in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC series,^[6] Jake then went on to win the prestigious award, and became the youngest ever participant at only 17 years of age.

Jake Dennis in F3 - Hockenheimring 2014

In 2014 he joined Carlin Motorsport 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 will compete in the series with Arden International.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Podiums	Points	Position
2011	InterSteps Championship	Fortec Motorsports	20	8	7	5	16	539	1st
2011	Formula Renault UK Finals Series		6	0	0	0	0	38	19th
2012	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC		20	3	2	3	11	376	1st
2012	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		6	0	0	0	1	19	12th
2013	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		14	0	1	1	1	130	4th
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC		4	1	0	0	1	42	31st
	Pau Formula Renault 2.0 Trophy		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
2014	FIA European Formula 3 Championship	Carlin	33	0	0	0	3	174	9th
2015	FIA European Formula 3 Championship	Prema Powerteam	33	6	6	5	16	375	3rd
2015	Macau Grand Prix	Prema Powerteam	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
2015-16	MRF Challenge Formula 2000	MRF Challenge	4	0	0	1	2	53	9th
2016	GP3 Series	Arden International	18	2	0	4	5	149	4th
	World Endurance Championship - LMP2	G-Drive Racing	2	0	0	0	0	8	28th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	G-Drive Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF

Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	DC	Points
2014	Carlin	Volkswagen	SIL 1 17	SIL 2 17	SIL 3 Ret	HOC 1 7	HOC 2 10	HOC 3 6	PAU 1 4	PAU 2 3	PAU 3 4	HUN 1 11	HUN 2 17	HUN 3 9	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 6	SPA 3 7	NOR 1 5	NOR 2 4	NOR 3 Ret	MSC 1 15	MSC 2 6	MSC 3 4	RBR 1 3	RBR 2 18†	RBR 3 5	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 Ret	NÜR 3 9	IMO 1 7	IMO 2 7	IMO 3 7	HOC 1 15	HOC 2 12	HOC 3 11	9th	174
2015	Prema Powerteam	Mercedes	SIL 1 3	SIL 2 Ret	SIL 3 3	HOC 1 4	HOC 2 15	HOC 3 8	PAU 1 1	PAU 2 1	PAU 3 23	MNZ 1 3	MNZ 2 2	MNZ 3 2	SPA 1 5	SPA 2 1	SPA 3 1	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 Ret	NOR 3 11	ZAN 1 Ret	ZAN 2 3	ZAN 3 4	RBR 1 1	RBR 2 8	RBR 3 7	ALG 1 1	ALG 2 2	ALG 3 2	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 4	NÜR 3 4	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 2	HOC 3 7	3rd	375

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete GP3 Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2016	Arden International	ESP FEA 7	ESP SPR 4	AUT FEA Ret	AUT SPR Ret	GBR FEA 12	GBR SPR 9	HUN FEA 3	HUN SPR 7	GER FEA 12	GER SPR 6	BEL FEA 2	BEL SPR 5	ITA FEA 1	ITA FEA 4	MAL FEA 6	MAL SPR 1	ABU FEA 2	ABU SPR 4	4th	149

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2016	G-Drive Racing	LMP2	Gibson 015S	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL	SPA 6	LMS Ret	NÜR	MEX	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	28th	8

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2016	G-Drive Racing	Simon Dolan Giedo van der Garde	Gibson 015S-Nissan	LMP2	222	DNF	DNF

References

↑ "Jake Dennis". racingsteps.co.uk. Racing Steps Foundation. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
↑ "InterSteps Championship 2011". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
↑ "ENTRY LIST". British Formula Renault Championship. Facebook. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
↑ Paice, Simon (29 March 2012). "Fortec four confirm NEC switch". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
↑ "Spa-Francorchamps: Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, Collective Test 1" (PDF). World Series by Renault Timing. Alkamel Systems;Renault Sport. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
↑ "McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award nominees 2012 announced". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jake Dennis.

Profile on Racing Steps Foundation site
Jake Dennis career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Inaugural	Intersteps Champion 2011	Succeeded by Matt Parry
Preceded by Carlos Sainz Jr.	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Champion 2012	Succeeded by Matt Parry
Awards
Preceded by Oliver Rowland	McLaren Autosport BRDC Award 2012	Succeeded by Matt Parry

Teams and drivers who competed in the 2016 GP3 Series season

ART Grand Prix	Trident	Arden International

1. Charles Leclerc 2. Nirei Fukuzumi 3. Alexander Albon 4. Nyck de Vries	5. Antonio Fuoco 6. Artur Janosz 7. Giuliano Alesi 8. Sandy Stuvik	9. Jake Dennis 10. Tatiana Calderón 11. Jack Aitken

Koiranen GP	Jenzer Motorsport	Campos Racing	DAMS

14. Matt Parry 15. Matevos Isaakyan 17. Ralph Boschung	18. Akash Nandy 20. Arjun Maini	22. Álex Palou 23. Steijn Schothorst 24. Konstantin Tereshchenko	26. Santino Ferrucci 27. Jake Hughes 28. Kevin Jörg

Other drivers: Richard Gonda (Jenzer Motorsport); Óscar Tunjo (Jenzer Motorsport); Mahaveer Raghunathan (Koiranen GP)

Winners of the Chris Bristow Trophy for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award

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