Jessica Hawkins

Jessica Hawkins (born 16 February 1995) is a British racing driver and stunt driver from East Hampshire, England. In 2022 she competed in the W Series,[1] as well as the British Touring Car Championship.

Jessica Hawkins
Hawkins at W Series 2021
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1995-02-16) 16 February 1995
Headley, East Hampshire, England
W Series
Years active2019, 2021, 2022
Starts19
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish9th in 2022
Previous series
2020
2019–20
2016, 2018
2017
2015–16
2015
2014		British Touring Car Championship
Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy
Volkswagen Racing Cup GB
Mini Challenge UK
MRF Challenge Formula 2000
MSA Formula
British Formula Ford Championship

Career

Hawkins made her professional motorsport debut in British Formula Ford at Silverstone, in a one-off event where she twice finished inside the top ten.[2] Her strong rookie performance saw her being picked up by Falcon Motorsport to contest the 2015 MSA Formula Championship.[3] She had to wait until the fourth round of the championship at Oulton Park to make her debut, and only completed half of the ten-round championship – finishing 11th twice and placing 23rd in the championship.[4][5] She entered the Bahrain round of the 2015–16 MRF Challenge but finished 15th in both races.[6]

In 2016 Hawkins moved into single-make racing, competing in the Volkswagen Racing Cup series.[7] She crossed over to the Mini Challenge in 2017, scoring six class wins and finishing runner-up to Matt Hammond in the Pro division.[8] Hawkins returned to the VW Cup in 2018, spending most of that year working as a stunt driver on Fast and Furious Live.[9] In 2019 she moved to the newly-formed women-only W Series, where she was 11th after two points finishes in the last two races of the season. In 2020, after the cancellation of the W Series season, Hawkins made her debut in the 2020 British Touring Car Championship racing for Power Maxed Racing in Snetterton Circuit. She qualified in 22nd place where she stayed during Race 1. During Race 2, she made up one place to take P21, and then in Race 3, she climbed another position to take 20th place.[10]

Hawkins continued working as a stunt driver in 2021, featuring on James Bond film No Time to Die. On 19 May, she was announced as the driver ambassador for the Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team.[11] She returned to W Series for the second edition of the championship, once again placing 11th in the standings, with four points finishes between the Hungary and US races, including a 5th place finish in Zandvoort, and also made a one-off return to the BTCC at Snetterton when asked to take over the Ford Focus of Andy Neate when he elected to sit out the event.[12]

Hawkins holds the 0-100 MPH lawnmower record.[13]

In September 2023 Hawkins tested the Aston Martin AMR21 over 26 laps of the Hungaroring. [14]

Personal life

Hawkins is currently in a relationship with Abbie Eaton, also a British racing driver.[15]

Racing record
Hawkins contesting the 2019 W Series Brands Hatch round

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2014 British Formula Ford Championship MBM Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2015 MSA Formula Falcon Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 13 23rd
2015–16 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 MRF Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 27th
2016 Volkswagen Racing Cup GB Team HARD Racing 3 0 0 0 0 54 22nd
2017 Mini Challenge UK – Pro Class Excelr8 Motorsport 18 5 3 1 13 727 2nd
2018 Volkswagen Racing Cup GB Allumy Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 36 25th
2019 W Series Hitech GP 6 0 0 0 0 12 11th
2019–20 Jaguar I-Pace eTrophy Jaguar VIP Car 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2020 British Touring Car Championship Power Maxed Racing 3 0 0 0 0 0 33rd
2021 W Series Racing X 8 0 0 0 0 27 11th
British Touring Car Championship Racing with Wera & Photon Group 3 0 0 0 0 0 33rd
2022 TCR UK Touring Car Championship FastR Racing Team 11 1 0 0 1 129 14th
W Series Click2Drive Bristol Street Motors Racing 7 0 0 0 1 37 9th
2023 Britcar Prototype Cup - Praga University of Wolverhampton Racing 3 1 0 1 2 54 2nd*
Zeo Prototype Cup - Class A 6 5 2 4 5 N/A 1st*

* Season still in progress.

Complete W 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 DC Points
2019 Hitech GP HOC
11		 ZOL
13		 MIS
15		 NOR
Ret		 ASS
7		 BRH
7		 11th 12
2021 Racing X RBR
16		 RBR
16		 SIL
16		 HUN
10		 SPA
6		 ZAN
5		 COA
6		 COA
15		 11th 27
2022 Bristol Street Motors Racing MIA1
2		 MIA2
18†		 CAT
11		 SIL
6		 LEC
10		 HUN
14		 SIN
5		 9th 37

† Did not finish, but was classified having completed 90% of the race distance.

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2020 Power Maxed Car Care Racing Vauxhall Astra DON
1		 DON
2		 DON
3		 BRH
1		 BRH
2		 BRH
3		 OUL
1		 OUL
2		 OUL
3		 KNO
1		 KNO
2		 KNO
3		 THR
1		 THR
2		 THR
3		 SIL
1		 SIL
2		 SIL
3		 CRO
1		 CRO
2		 CRO
3		 SNE
1
22		 SNE
2
21		 SNE
3
20		 BRH
1		 BRH
2		 BRH
3		 33rd 0
2021 Racing with Wera & Photon Group Ford Focus ST THR
1		 THR
2		 THR
3		 SNE
1
23		 SNE
2
21		 SNE
3
23		 BRH
1		 BRH
2		 BRH
3		 OUL
1		 OUL
2		 OUL
3		 KNO
1		 KNO
2		 KNO
3		 THR
1		 THR
2		 THR
3		 CRO
1		 CRO
2		 CRO
3		 SIL
1		 SIL
2		 SIL
3		 DON
1		 DON
2		 DON
3		 BRH
1		 BRH
2		 BRH
3		 33rd 0

References
  1. "Jessica Hawkins – W Series". W Series. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  2. "Jessica Hawkins Formula Ford Debut Silverstone 2014 – Flickr". Flickr. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  3. "#RACINGFORHEROES DRIVER JESSICA HAWKINS TO CONTEST MSA FORMULA". Ford Performance. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  4. "Toby Sowery to make MSA Formula debut with Fortec". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  5. "MSA Formula Championship Points 2015" (PDF). MSA Formula. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  6. "MRF Challenge 2015 – Bahrain Round 2, Race 2". MRF. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  7. "Fantastic Opportunity to Join Jessica Hawkins, Apprentice Supermarket.com and Team HARD on the Race Track". Jessica Hawkins – SlidePlayer.com. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  8. "Jessica Hawkins debuts in the Mini Challenge at Snetterton". GirlRacer.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  9. "W Series: Jessica Hawkins leads a showcase of female driving talent". inews.co.uk. 3 May 2019.
  10. "Jessica Hawkins takes PMR seat for Snetterton". ITV.
  11. "James Bond stunt driver gets Aston Martin F1 role". PlanetF1. 19 May 2021.
  12. admin (31 May 2021). "Jessica Hawkins returns to the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship". Motorbase Performance. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  13. "Fastest acceleration 0-100 MPH for a lawnmower (Prototype)".
  14. "Aston Martin: Jessica Hawkins becomes first woman to test F1 car since 2018". BBC News. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  15. Medland, Chris (19 October 2021). "The James Bond stunt driver racing at COTA". Racer.
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