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.

Not to be confused with Jack Aiken.

Jack Aitken
Aitken in 2018
Nationality British
Born (1995-09-23) 23 September 1995
London, England
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2018
Current teamCampos Racing
Car number9
Former teamsART Grand Prix
Starts56 (59 entries)
Wins4
Podiums11
Poles1[lower-alpha 1]
Fastest laps2
Best finish5th 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
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
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
  1. 0 poles achieved during qualifying, and 1 pole given as a result of the reverse grid in the sprint race.[1]
  2. Pole given as a result of the reverse grid in the sprint race.[13]

References
  1. "Formula 2 poles". results.motorsportstats.com. Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. "Drivers – Jack Aitken". Renault Sport. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  3. "Aitken moves to Campos for 2019 F2 season". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://renaultsport.com/2015-an-exceptional-year-in-Formula-Renault-2-0.html
  6. Horton, Phillip. "Formula 2: Jack Aitken expects to be among F2 leaders from the outset". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  7. Horton, Phillip. "Formula 2: Renault tester Jack Aitken takes maiden F2 victory in Barcelona Sprint Race". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  8. Horton, Phillip. "Formula 2: Jack Aitken secures switch to Campos for 2019". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  9. Barretto, Lawrence (20 February 2018). "Renault F1 team gives reserve driver role to Jack Aitken". Autosport. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  10. Horton, Phillip. "Formula 1: Sergey Sirotkin secures Renault F1 reserve role, F2's Jack Aitken as tester". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  11. "Aitken joins Williams as reserve driver after leaving Renault". formula1.com. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  12. Cooper, Adam. "Aitken gets Williams FP1 outing for F1 Styrian GP at Red Bull Ring". Autosport.com. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  13. "Formula 2 poles". results.motorsportstats.com. Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
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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