21 Facts About Jon Lancaster

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Jon Lancaster used to watch Formula One since he was three years old and always liked seeing cars.

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Jon Lancaster's father was a former racing mechanic and wanted his son to balance karting with studying at Horsforth School.

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In 2006, as a 16-year-old, Jon Lancaster was mainly appearing in the Formula A karting category with the Italian team Birel, finishing second in the World Championship and third in the European Championship.

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Jon Lancaster finished sixteenth in the championship, recording a best finish of 8th during round 2 at Brands Hatch.

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Jon Lancaster struggled in the early part of the season, amassing only a second-place finish at the Hungaroring from the first six races, but he improved his form in the last eight races.

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Jon Lancaster dovetailed that European campaign with a season in the French Formula Renault Championship, competing in eleven of the series' thirteen races, finishing sixth with two wins coming at Magny-Cours and Barcelona.

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Jon Lancaster moved up to the Formula 3 Euro Series for the 2008 season, driving for multiple champions ART Grand Prix.

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8.

In non-championship races, Jon Lancaster finished third at Zolder, for ART at the Masters of Formula 3 event and was 11th at the Macau Grand Prix for Manor Motorsport.

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Jon Lancaster had been expected to return to the F3 Euroseries for the 2009 season, driving for SG Formula alongside Toyota junior drivers Henkie Waldschmidt and Andrea Caldarelli, but a pre-season disagreement with the team led to Alexandre Marsoin driving for the team.

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Jon Lancaster joined Comtec Racing for the rest of the 2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season, taking his first win, during the series' first race at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimao.

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Jon Lancaster returned to the series in 2010, moving to Fortec Motorsport.

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Jon Lancaster began 2011 without a regular drive, but moved to Formula Two to take part in the Magny-Cours event only, driving with sponsorship from Silver Lining.

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Jon Lancaster scored points in both races in which he competed.

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Jon Lancaster competed two rounds in Auto GP with Super Nova Racing in 2011.

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Jon Lancaster signed to drive for Ocean Racing Technology with fellow rookie Nigel Melker.

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Jon Lancaster was replaced by Brendon Hartley after the first event of the season for budgetary reasons.

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On 8 May 2013, newcomer GP2 team Hilmer announced that Jon Lancaster would drive alongside Formula Renault champion and Sauber test driver Robin Frijns for the third round of the 2013 GP2 season.

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Jon Lancaster went on to take his maiden GP2 win on 30 June 2013 at his home round at Silverstone, the fifth round of the season.

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Jon Lancaster won the sprint race, repeating the British success that weekend along with Sam Bird who won that weekend the day before in the feature race.

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Jon Lancaster is an alumnus of Calverley Church of England Primary and Horsforth High School, and has interests in karting, football, bike riding.

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Jon Lancaster is a supporter of English football team, Leeds United.