45 Facts About Jake Hughes

Jake John Hughes was born on 30 May 1994 and is a British racing driver set to compete in Formula E with Maserati MSG Racing.

Jake Hughes is the winner of the inaugural BRDC Formula 4 Championship and has won multiple races at Formula 3.

Jake Hughes previously drove for the NEOM McLaren Formula E Team.

Jake Hughes stayed in the same championship for 2012, improving to fourth in the series standings, whilst winning the Easykart UK Championship in the Light category.

Jake Hughes made his single-seaters debut in 2012 at Silverstone in the Formula Renault BARC Championship with Antel Motorsport and contested in the Rockingham round of the Formula Renault BARC Winter Series.

Jake Hughes took four wins with another six podiums to clinch the championship title, beating Seb Morris by 35 points.

Jake Hughes returned in the Formula Renault machinery with Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup switch in 2014.

Jake Hughes had only one podium, finishing third at Silverstone on his route to the eighth in the series standings.

Jake Hughes was victorious only in the second race at Spa and had another four podiums, finishing sixth in the championship.

However, due to two finishes outside of the podium places in that final event Jake Hughes lost out on the title to Jack Aitken by just five points.

Jake Hughes graduated to the GP3 Series in 2016, joining newcomers DAMS.

Jake Hughes earned his first GP3 victory in the sprint race at Hockenheim.

At the final round of the season in Abu Dhabi, Jake Hughes experienced a technical failure in qualifying and was forced to start from the pitlane in the feature race.

Jake Hughes returned to the GP3 Series for 2018, after a one-year absence which he spent in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship.

Jake Hughes raced for ART Grand Prix alongside Nikita Mazepin and his friends Callum Ilott and Anthoine Hubert.

Jake Hughes claimed his first and only win of the year in the second race at the Red Bull Ring and ended up eighth in the standings, whilst his teammates locked out the first three positions in the standings.

For 2017, Jake Hughes made the switch from the GP3 Series to the FIA Formula 3 European Championship, having competed in the final round of the 2016 season.

Jake Hughes contested the season with the Hitech GP team.

Jake Hughes claimed his first and only win at the second race in Nurburgring and finished the season 5th in the driver's championship.

Jake Hughes continued in the third tier of single-seater racing, as the GP3 Series rebranded to become the FIA Formula 3 Championship.

Jake Hughes joined the new HWA Racelab outfit alongside Keyvan Andres and Bent Viscaal.

Jake Hughes claimed his only win of the year in a fortuitous sprint race at the Red Bull Ring, as race leaders Robert Shwartzman and Marcus Armstrong collided on the final lap.

Jake Hughes claimed a double podium finish at the Hungaroring, finishing both races in third place.

Jake Hughes scored 90 of his team's 100 points over the season, placing him seventh in the drivers' championship.

Jake Hughes was retained by HWA Racelab for the 2020 season and was joined by Ferrari junior Enzo Fittipaldi and Red Bull junior Jack Doohan.

Jake Hughes experienced a poor start to the season, collecting only half a point from the first six races.

Jake Hughes was on course for a top-two finish in the sprint race at the second Red Bull Ring round, but collided with Liam Lawson and suffered race-ending damage.

Jake Hughes took his first podium of the year in the feature race at the second Silverstone round, followed by his first Formula 3 feature race victory in Barcelona the following week.

Jake Hughes claimed his second win of the year at the Monza sprint race.

Jake Hughes ended the season seventh in the championship for a second consecutive year, scoring 111.5 of his team's 138.5 points.

Shortly prior to the final round of the 2020 championship, Jake Hughes announced that he would leave the series at the end of the year, having spent five years racing at Formula 3 level.

However, in 2021, Jake Hughes returned to the championship at the fourth round at the Hungaroring as a substitute driver, replacing the injured Kaylen Frederick at Carlin Buzz Racing.

Jake Hughes finished the races in 16th, 17th and 13th respectively.

Jake Hughes finished 12th on his feature race debut, but was eliminated from the sprint race after a first-lap collision with Guilherme Samaia.

Jake Hughes was replaced by former FIA Formula 3 competitor Theo Pourchaire for the final two rounds in Bahrain.

Jake Hughes had to retire from the second race after a collision with his teammate Alessio Deledda.

One week later in Austria, Jake Hughes took a fifth place in a chaotic feature race, which would end up being his final points of the season, as Jake Hughes would miss the French and Hungarian rounds after testing positive for COVID-19, being replaced by David Beckmann.

Jake Hughes ended up 16th in the standings, outscoring teammate Cordeel, who had competed throughout the entire season.

Jake Hughes made his first Formula E appearance during the 2019 rookie test in Marrakech, where he partnered Jamie Chadwick at Nio Formula E Team.

Jake Hughes ended the race in fifth position, having lost the lead to Evans at the start.

At the Hyderabad ePrix, Jake Hughes suffered his first retirement of the season as a piece of debris got lodged in his steering wheel, prompting him to withdraw.

Jake Hughes scored his second pole position at the Monaco ePrix after being promoted from second due to Nissan's Sacha Fenestraz being stripped of his pole position for exceeding his power limit in his final run.

Jake Hughes placed 12th in the standings with 48 points, eight ahead of teammate Rast.

Jake Hughes started the season positively with a seventh place at the Mexico City ePrix.

Jake Hughes was born in Birmingham, England and is a supporter of Aston Villa FC.