Jack Aitken

Jack Aitken
Jack Aitken
	Aitken in 2018
Nationality	British
Born	23 September 1995; London, England
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

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.

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
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	Fortec Motorsports	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Manor MP Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2014	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Fortec Motorsports	14	1	1	0	4	86	7th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps	Fortec Motorsports	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	Koiranen GP	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
2018	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
2019	Formula One	Renault F1 Team	Test driver
2020	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Campos Racing	11				2	33*	13th*
2020	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
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
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
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
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.

Complete Formula One participations

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WDC	Points
2020	Williams Racing	Williams FW43	Mercedes F1 M11 EQ Performance 1.6 V6 t	AUT	STY TD	HUN	GBR	70A	ESP	BEL	ITA	TUS	RUS	EIF	POR	EMI	-	-

Notes

0 poles achieved during qualifying, and 1 pole given as a result of the reverse grid in the sprint race.[1]
Pole given as a result of the reverse grid in the sprint race.[13]

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gollark: I'll try making the payoff matrix a bit positive, for purposes.

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gollark: But tit-for-tat should win against angel and such.

gollark: They'll beat it by however much they get for initially doing defect, right?

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
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

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[2] 0 poles achieved during qualifying, and 1 pole given as a result of the reverse grid in the sprint race.[1]

[15] Pole given as a result of the reverse grid in the sprint race.[13]

[1] "Formula 2 poles". results.motorsportstats.com. Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

[Renault-3] "Drivers – Jack Aitken". Renault Sport. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.

[4] "Aitken moves to Campos for 2019 F2 season". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] ttp://renaultsport.com/2015-an-exceptional-year-in-Formula-Renault-2-0.html

[7] Horton, Phillip. "Formula 2: Jack Aitken expects to be among F2 leaders from the outset". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

[8] Horton, Phillip. "Formula 2: Renault tester Jack Aitken takes maiden F2 victory in Barcelona Sprint Race". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

[9] Horton, Phillip. "Formula 2: Jack Aitken secures switch to Campos for 2019". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

[10] Barretto, Lawrence (20 February 2018). "Renault F1 team gives reserve driver role to Jack Aitken". Autosport. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[11] Horton, Phillip. "Formula 1: Sergey Sirotkin secures Renault F1 reserve role, F2's Jack Aitken as tester". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

[12] "Aitken joins Williams as reserve driver after leaving Renault". formula1.com. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

[13] Cooper, Adam. "Aitken gets Williams FP1 outing for F1 Styrian GP at Red Bull Ring". Autosport.com. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

[14] "Formula 2 poles". results.motorsportstats.com. Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

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