Jake Hughes

British racing driver

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2024 Moves to Maserati MSG Racing for the 2024-25 Formula E season.
2024 Jake Hughes signed a multi-year deal with Maserati MSG Racing in Formula E, joining as a teammate to 2021-22 champion Stoffel Vandoorne for the 2024-25 season, shortly after departing from McLaren.
2023 Jake Hughes extended his contract with McLaren for the 2023–24 Formula E season, teaming up with Sam Bird after René Rast's departure.
2023 Hughes scored his second pole position at the Monaco ePrix after Sacha Fenestraz was stripped of pole position for exceeding power limits.
2023 Hughes achieved his first pole position in Formula E during the Diriyah ePrix, beating Mitch Evans in the final qualifying session and finishing the race in fifth position.
2023 During the London ePrix weekend, Hughes set a new Guinness World Record for indoor speed, hitting 218.71 km/h (135.9 mph) in a modified Formula E Gen3 race car called the GENBETA.
2023 Jake Hughes joined McLaren's Formula E team as a driver for the 2023-2024 season, marking a significant step in his motorsport career.
July 2023 McLaren announced they would not retain Hughes for a third Formula E season, resulting in his departure from the team. However, he was kept on as the McLaren F1 Team's simulator driver.
2022 Continues as a Simulator driver for Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team and joins Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team as a Simulator driver.
2022 Hughes left Van Amersfoort Racing before the Spa-Francorchamps round due to growing Formula E commitments.
2022 Hughes signed with Van Amersfoort Racing for the full Formula 2 season, partnering with Amaury Cordeel.
2022 Hughes missed the French and Hungarian Formula 2 rounds after testing positive for COVID-19, being replaced by David Beckmann.
2022 Hughes was disqualified from a third-place finish in the Jeddah sprint race due to a technical infringement.
November 2022 Jake Hughes joined McLaren Formula E Team, partnering René Rast for the 2022–23 season.
2021 Becomes a Simulator driver for Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team.
2021 Hughes deputised for Gary Paffett at Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team in the last rounds of the season.
2021 Signed as the full-time reserve and development driver for Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team for the 2021–22 season.
2021 Hughes scored his first Formula 2 points at Sochi, finishing fourth in the sprint race and securing HWA's best-ever race finish in the series.
2021 Hughes was confirmed as a replacement driver for Jack Aitken at HWA for the Monza round due to Aitken's injury from the 24 Hours of Spa.
2021 Jake Hughes raced as a substitute driver for Carlin Buzz Racing at the fourth round of the Formula 3 championship at the Hungaroring, replacing the injured Kaylen Frederick. He finished the races in 16th, 17th, and 13th positions.
2021 Hughes tested a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo for Team HRT at the Circuit Paul Ricard, driving alongside Lirim Zendeli, David Beckmann, and David Schumacher.
February 25 2021 Jake Hughes was announced as the reserve driver for Venturi Racing in the 2020–21 Formula E World Championship.
2020 Becomes a Reserve/Development driver for Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team and ROKiT Venturi Racing.
2020 Hughes participated in the Formula E rookie test at Marrakech circuit, driving for Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team alongside Daniel Juncadella.
2020 Secured his first Formula 3 feature race victory in Barcelona.
2020 Struggled in the early part of the season, collecting only half a point from the first six races.
2020 Jake Hughes raced with HWA Racelab in the Formula 3 season, competing alongside Ferrari junior Enzo Fittipaldi and Red Bull junior Jack Doohan.
2020 Finished seventh in the championship, scoring 111.5 points out of his team's total 138.5 points.
2020 Won the Monza sprint race, marking his second victory of the year.
2020 Collided with Liam Lawson during a sprint race at the Red Bull Ring, ending his race prematurely when he was on course for a top-two finish.
2020 Achieved his first podium of the year in the feature race at the second Silverstone round.
September 22 2020 Jake Hughes was announced as a replacement driver for Giuliano Alesi at BWT HWA Racelab in Formula 2, joining the team for the Sochi Autodrom round.
2019 Jake Hughes made his first Formula E appearance during the rookie test in Marrakech, partnering with Jamie Chadwick at Nio Formula E Team.
2019 Jake Hughes joined HWA Racelab in the newly rebranded FIA Formula 3 Championship, competing alongside Keyvan Andres and Bent Viscaal.
2019 Hughes won a sprint race at the Red Bull Ring after race leaders Robert Shwartzman and Marcus Armstrong collided on the final lap, with Shwartzman receiving a penalty that promoted Hughes to victory.
2019 Hughes scored 90 of his team's 100 points, finishing seventh in the FIA Formula 3 Championship drivers' standings.
2019 Hughes achieved a double podium finish at the Hungaroring, securing third place in both races.
2018 Performs exceptionally in F3 Asian Championship with Hitech GP, winning 9 races, securing 6 pole positions, and finishing 2nd in the championship.
2018 Hughes returned to GP3 Series after a one-year absence, racing for ART Grand Prix alongside teammates Nikita Mazepin, Callum Ilott, and Anthoine Hubert.
2018 Hughes claimed his first and only win of the year in the second race at the Red Bull Ring, finishing eighth in the overall standings.
2016 Jake Hughes joined DAMS in the GP3 Series as a newcomer.
2016 Hughes won his first GP3 Series race in the sprint race at Hockenheim.
November 2016 At the Abu Dhabi season finale, Hughes experienced a technical qualifying failure but started from the pitlane. He climbed to seventh in race 1 and won the second race of the weekend.
2015 Hughes achieves significant success in Formula Renault 2.0 Alps, finishing 2nd in the championship with 3 wins, 2 pole positions, and 7 podium finishes.
2013 Jake Hughes wins the BRDC Formula 4 Championship with Lanan Racing, securing the title with 4 wins, 4 pole positions, and 10 podium finishes.

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