Jack Aitken
Jack Aitken (Korean: 한세용, Han Se-yong; born 23 September 1995) is a British-Korean[2] racing driver currently competing in Formula 2 for Campos Racing.[3] Aitken began his career in karting at Buckmore Park, aged 7. He made the transition to cars when he competed in the Intersteps Championship with Fortec Motorsport, with whom he then went on to race with in the Formula Renault BARC Winter Series, Formula Renault NEC and Formula Renault Eurocup. After winning the Formula Renault Eurocup in 2015, Aitken was signed up for the Renault young driver academy, with which he remained until 2019. After competing in the GP3 Series in 2016 and 2017 he progressed to Formula 2 for 2018. He is also the reserve driver for the Williams Formula One team.
Jack Aitken | |
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![]() Aitken in 2018 | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | London, England | 23 September 1995
FIA Formula 2 Championship career | |
Debut season | 2018 |
Current team | Campos Racing |
Car number | 9 |
Former teams | ART Grand Prix |
Starts | 56 (59 entries) |
Wins | 4 |
Podiums | 11 |
Poles | 1[lower-alpha 1] |
Fastest laps | 2 |
Best finish | 5th in 2019 |
Previous series | |
2016-2017 2015 2015 | GP3 Series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps |
Championship titles | |
2015 2015 2015 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Pro Mazda Winterfest |
Career
Karting
Aitken started his career karting, at Buckmore Park in Kent.
Formula Renault Eurocup
Aitken entered his first full season of Formula Renault Eurocup in 2014[4] with Fortec Motorsports. He won one race at the Hungaroring, and finished on the podium four times. During the first half of the campaign, he had to finish off his A Levels while attending Westminster School. At the start of 2015, he moved to Koiranen GP for the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season.
Aitken won the title at the final round in Jerez, after winning the Formula Renault Alps title at the same track one week previously.[5]
Formula Renault Alps
In 2015, Aitken entered the Formula Renault Alps Championship, alongside his campaign in Formula Renault Eurocup. He won this title at the final round in Jerez.
GP3 Series
In January 2016, it was announced Aitken would step up to the series with Arden International. In his maiden season, he claimed a victory in the second race Spa-Francorchamps and claimed six additional podiums to finish fifth in the overall standings. In February 2017, it was announced that Aitken would remain in the series, switching to team champions ART Grand Prix. That year he finished second in the championship, albeit a long distance behind his teammate George Russell.
Formula 2
In January 2018, ART Grand Prix announced Aitken would join their Formula 2 team for the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship, partnering George Russell yet again.[6] He took his first victory in the Barcelona sprint race[7] and finished 11th in the championship. For the 2019 season, Aitken moved to Campos Racing.[8] Aitken took his first win of the season, and Campos Racing's first win in Formula 2, at the Azerbaijan feature race. He also won his home sprint race at Silverstone, after overtaking Louis Delétraz on lap 17. Aitken also won the Monza sprint race after defending from the MP Motorsport car of Jordan King. King criticised Aitken’s defensive driving as he claimed after the race that Aitken was weaving down the straight. He finished 5th in the standings, helping Campos to finish 5th in the team championship.
Formula One
In February 2016, Aitken was one of four drivers confirmed to join the young driver program of Renault F1. In September 2017, Aitken sampled Formula One machinery for the first time, testing the Lotus E20 at Jerez. In February 2018, Aitken was appointed as third and reserve driver for Renault.[2][9] For 2019, Aitken was confirmed to continue as test driver for Renault.[10] For the 2020 season Aitken joined the Williams Driver Academy alongside Formula 2 rivals Dan Ticktum and Roy Nissany. Aitken will serve as the team's reserve driver.[11] He drove in the first practice session of the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix for the team, replacing George Russell.[12]
Racing record
Career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2012 | Dunlop Intersteps Championship | Fortec Motorsports | 23 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 490 | 3rd |
2013 | Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | Fortec Motorsports | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 230 | 2nd |
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | ||
Manor MP Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2014 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | Fortec Motorsports | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 86 | 7th |
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | NC† | ||
Pro Mazda Championship | Team Pelfrey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 20th | |
2015 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | Koiranen GP | 17 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 206 | 1st |
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 242 | 1st | ||
Pro Mazda Winterfest | Team Pelfrey | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 167 | 1st | |
2016 | GP3 Series | Arden International | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 148 | 5th |
Euroformula Open Championship | RP Motorsport | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 71 | 8th | |
Spanish Formula 3 Championship | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 7th | ||
Formula V8 3.5 Series | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 15th | ||
2017 | GP3 Series | ART Grand Prix | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 141 | 2nd |
2018 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | ART Grand Prix | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 11th |
Formula One | Renault Sport F1 Team | Third and reserve driver | |||||||
2019 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | Campos Racing | 22 | 3 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | 7 | 159 | 5th |
Formula One | Renault F1 Team | Test driver | |||||||
2020 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | Campos Racing | 11 | 2 | 33* | 13th* | |||
Formula One | Williams Racing | Reserve driver |
† As Aitken was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
* Season still in progress.
American open-wheel racing results
Pro Mazda Championship
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
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2014 | Team Pelfrey | STP |
STP |
BAR |
BAR |
IMS |
IMS |
LOR |
HOU |
HOU |
MOH |
MOH |
MIL |
SON 9 |
SON 4 |
20th | 31 |
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 |
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2016 | Arden International | CAT FEA 20 |
CAT SPR 19 |
RBR FEA 9 |
RBR SPR 5 |
SIL FEA 13 |
SIL SPR 6 |
HUN FEA 9 |
HUN SPR 6 |
HOC FEA 6 |
HOC SPR 2 |
SPA FEA 5 |
SPA SPR 1 |
MNZ FEA 2 |
MNZ SPR 5 |
SEP FEA 2 |
SEP SPR 3 |
YMC FEA 3 |
YMC SPR 2 |
5th | 148 |
2017 | ART Grand Prix | CAT FEA Ret |
CAT SPR 12 |
RBR FEA 2 |
RBR SPR 5 |
SIL FEA 4 |
SIL SPR 2 |
HUN FEA 1 |
HUN SPR Ret |
SPA FEA 2 |
SPA SPR 18 |
MNZ FEA 2 |
MNZ SPR C |
JER FEA 3 |
JER SPR 6 |
YMC FEA 14 |
YMC SPR 8 |
2nd | 141 |
Complete Formula V8 3.5 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
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2016 | RP Motorsport | ALC 1 |
ALC 2 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
JER 1 DSQ |
JER 2 4 |
CAT 1 11 |
CAT 2 9 |
15th | 14 |
Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
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2018 | ART Grand Prix | BHR FEA 9 |
BHR SPR 18 |
BAK FEA 2 |
BAK SPR 11 |
CAT FEA 6 |
CAT SPR 1 |
MON FEA 7 |
MON SPR Ret |
LEC FEA 11 |
LEC SPR DNS |
RBR FEA Ret |
RBR SPR 18 |
SIL FEA 13 |
SIL SPR 12 |
HUN FEA 4 |
HUN SPR 10 |
SPA FEA 11 |
SPA SPR 10 |
MNZ FEA 17† |
MNZ SPR 8 |
SOC FEA 14 |
SOC SPR Ret |
YMC FEA 10 |
YMC SPR 13 |
11th | 63 |
2019 | Campos Racing | BHR FEA 7 |
BHR SPR 11 |
BAK FEA 1 |
BAK SPR 3 |
CAT FEA 2 |
CAT SPR 8 |
MON FEA 17† |
MON SPR 13 |
LEC FEA 3 |
LEC SPR 4 |
RBR FEA 10 |
RBR SPR 18 |
SIL FEA 5 |
SIL SPR 1 |
HUN FEA 3 |
HUN SPR 5 |
SPA FEA C |
SPA SPR C |
MNZ FEA 8 |
MNZ SPR 1 |
SOC FEA 7 |
SOC SPR 11 |
YMC FEA 11 |
YMC SPR 10 |
5th | 159 |
2020 | Campos Racing | RBR1 FEA 15 |
RBR1 SPR 8 |
RBR2 FEA 9 |
RBR2 SPR 6 |
HUN FEA 13 |
HUN SPR 19 |
SIL1 FEA 13 |
SIL1 SPR 8 |
SIL2 FEA 3 |
SIL2 SPR 3 |
CAT FEA 18 |
CAT SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
MUG FEA |
MUG SPR |
SOC FEA |
SOC SPR |
13th* | 33* |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
* Season still in progress.
Notes
References
- "Formula 2 poles". results.motorsportstats.com. Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- "Drivers – Jack Aitken". Renault Sport. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- "Aitken moves to Campos for 2019 F2 season". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://renaultsport.com/2015-an-exceptional-year-in-Formula-Renault-2-0.html
- Horton, Phillip. "Formula 2: Jack Aitken expects to be among F2 leaders from the outset". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- Horton, Phillip. "Formula 2: Renault tester Jack Aitken takes maiden F2 victory in Barcelona Sprint Race". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- Horton, Phillip. "Formula 2: Jack Aitken secures switch to Campos for 2019". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- Barretto, Lawrence (20 February 2018). "Renault F1 team gives reserve driver role to Jack Aitken". Autosport. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- Horton, Phillip. "Formula 1: Sergey Sirotkin secures Renault F1 reserve role, F2's Jack Aitken as tester". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- "Aitken joins Williams as reserve driver after leaving Renault". formula1.com. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- Cooper, Adam. "Aitken gets Williams FP1 outing for F1 Styrian GP at Red Bull Ring". Autosport.com. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- "Formula 2 poles". results.motorsportstats.com. Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
External links
- Official website
- Jack Aitken career summary at DriverDB.com
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Spencer Pigot |
Pro Mazda Winterfest Champion 2015 |
Succeeded by None (Series ended) |
Preceded by Nyck de Vries |
Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Champion 2015 |
Succeeded by None (Series ended) |
Preceded by Nyck de Vries |
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Champion 2015 |
Succeeded by Lando Norris |