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Jake Dennis (born 16 June 1995) is a British racing driver who lives in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. He currently competes in the Formula E with Avalanche Andretti Formula E.

Early career[]

Karting[]

Dennis began his racing career in karting at the age of eight with Andy Cox Racing. In 2005 he clinched South West Cadet championship title. Following year he finished third in the Shenington Club Championship. In 2008 he received Racing Steps Foundation backing and graduated to KF3 category. in his first year he became British champion in KF3. By 2010 he claimed MSA Super 1 British Junior Championship and the CIK-FIA U18 World Championship.[1]

InterSteps & Formula Renault[]

In 2011 Dennis made his début in single-seaters taking part in the new-for-2011 InterSteps championship for Fortec Motorsport, dominated in the championship and won the title with eight wins.[2] Also he raced for Fortec in off-season Formula Renault UK Finals Series, finishing 19th in the standings with just three point-scoring finishes.[3]

Dennis continued his collaboration with Fortec for Formula Renault 2.0 NEC (initially in British Formula Renault Championship but the championship was closed due to lack of entries) and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0.[4][5]

Dennis was nominated for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award due to his performances in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC series,[6] Jake then went on to win the prestigious award, and became the youngest ever participant at only 17 years of age.

2014 F3 HockenheimringII Jake Dennis by 2eight DSC7559

Jake Dennis in F3 - Hockenheimring 2014

In 2014 he joined Carlin Motorsport to compete in the FIA European Formula 3 Championship, where he has collected multiple podiums.

GP3 Series[]

In December 2015, it was announced that Dennis would compete in the 2016 GP3 Series with Arden International. He finished fourth in the drivers standings.

Formula E[]

Avalanche Andretti Formula E (2021–)[]

2020–21 season[]

Dennis debuted in the 2020–21 Formula E World Championship driving for the BMW i Andretti team alongside Maximilian Günther.[7] With 0 points from the first 4 races, he took his first win during the second race of the 2021 Valencia ePrix, held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, and a second win in the first race round the Excel arena in London. After a red flag in the final race of the season in Berlin which saw 2 title contenders eliminated on the start line. The provisinal standings meant Jake Dennis and Nyck De Vries would be tied on 95 points if the race finished as it was, however in the restart Dennis went for an overtake and crashed, meaning he would score 0 points, and not win the championship in his rookie season.

Dennis finished the season with 4 DNF's and ended in third in the standings with 91 points, placing as the highest rookie.[8]

2021–22 season[]

Dennis remained with Andretti Autosport despite BMW withdrawing from the team. He was partnered by Oliver Askew.[9] Dennis took 3rd in the opening race and 5th the next day giving him 25 points after 2 races. He then took 1 point from the next 3 races with a DNF in the second race in Rome, and then 2 points from the next 3, with a total of 28 points from 8 races. with a 6th, 7th, 10th and 8th following up. Dennis then had 47 points from 12 races heading to his home race in London.

Dennis topped the fp2 times in London and took the pace into Qualifying to secure pole and 3 points, Dennis won round 13 leading the race from championship leader Stoffel Vandoorne, and also took the fastest lap, giving him the maximum 29 points on Saturday. Dennis took pole again on Sunday but fought with Di Grassi for the win and ended the race in 2nd with the fastest lap. The strong weekend meant he climbed up the championship table gaining 51 points in 2 races. Dennis finished 4th with a fastest lap and 3rd in Seoul to finish the season in 6th with 126 points, joint on points with Di Grassi but behind due to countback, and Di Grassi having 1 4th place and Dennis having no 4th places.[8]

2022–23 season[]

Dennis extended his contract to remain with Andretti for the 2022–23 season and beyond.[10] At the season opener in Mexico City, Dennis managed to qualify second despite damaging his front wing during the quarter final session, which he was unable to change due to Parc fermé regulations.[11] He used his position to overtake poleman Lucas di Grassi in the opening stage of the race, after which the Briton created a gap, taking victory with a margin of eight second and becoming the first winner of the Gen3 era.[12][13] His title charge continued in Diriyah, as, having started from the sixth row of the grid, Dennis charged through to finish second, narrowly missing out on victory to Pascal Wehrlein,[14][15] an end result that repeated itself the following day.[16][17]

IndyCar[]

Following his season in Formula E in 2022 for the Avalanche Andretti team, he tested one of the team's cars in October 2022 in a private IndyCar driver evaluation test at Sebring.[18][19]

Formula One[]

In 2018, Dennis was the simulator and development driver for Red Bull Racing. As a result of the team's association with Aston Martin, he tested for them at the Barcelona mid-season tests in May 2018, and then again at the Hungaroring in August.[20]

Racing record[]

Career summary[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2011 InterSteps Championship Fortec Motorsports 20 8 7 5 16 539 1st
Formula Renault UK Finals Series 6 0 0 0 0 38 19th
2012 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Fortec Motorsports 20 3 2 3 11 376 1st
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 6 0 0 0 1 19 12th
2013 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Fortec Motorsports 14 0 1 1 1 130 4th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 4 1 0 0 1 42 31st
Pau Formula Renault 2.0 Trophy 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Carlin 33 0 0 0 3 174 9th
2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Prema Powerteam 33 6 6 5 16 375 3rd
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th
2015–16 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 MRF Racing 4 0 0 1 2 53 9th
2016 GP3 Series Arden International 18 2 0 4 5 149 4th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 G-Drive Racing 2 0 0 0 0 8 28th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Team WRT 10 0 0 0 2 27 9th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 5 0 1 0 1 28 12th
Intercontinental GT Challenge 2 0 0 0 0 8 12th
FIA Formula 3 European Championship Carlin 9 0 0 0 1 41 17th
China GT Championship Kings Linky Racing 2 1 1 1 2 40 12th
Audi R8 LMS Cup Castrol Racing Team 2 1 0 0 1 0 NC†
2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup R-Motorsport 5 1 2 0 1 29 13th
ADAC GT Masters Phoenix Racing 2 0 0 0 0 22 24th
Montaplast by Land-Motorsport 6 0 0 0 1
Intercontinental GT Challenge Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 1 0 0 0 0 2 24th
Formula One Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Development driver
2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters R-Motorsport I 18 0 0 0 0 17 17th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup R-Motorsport 5 0 0 1 1 38 6th
Formula One Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Development driver
2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge R-Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 1 21st
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Jota Sport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Formula One Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Development driver
2020–21 Formula E BMW i Andretti Motorsport 15 2 1 0 2 91 3rd
2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Walkenhorst Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Nürburgring Endurance Series - M240i Adrenalin Motorsport Team Alzner Automotive 2 0 1 0 1 0 NC†
Formula One Red Bull Racing Honda Development driver
2021–22 Formula E Avalanche Andretti Formula E 16 1 2 2 4 126 6th
2022 Formula One Oracle Red Bull Racing Development driver
2022–23 Formula E Avalanche Andretti Formula E 3 1 0 1 3 62* 2nd*

As Dennis was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 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 Pos Points
2012 Fortec Motorsports ALC
1
ALC
2
SPA
1

10
SPA
2

2
NÜR
1

14
NÜR
2

24
MSC
1
MSC
2
HUN
1
HUN
2
LEC
1
LEC
2
CAT
1

12
CAT
2

4
12th 31
2013 Fortec Motorsports ALC
1

5
ALC
2

5
SPA
1

6
SPA
2

5
MSC
1

11
MSC
2

5
RBR
1

4
RBR
2

4
HUN
1

5
HUN
2

9
LEC
1

4
LEC
2

2
CAT
1

23†
CAT
2

4
4th 130

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Engine 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 31 32 33 DC Points
2014 Carlin Volkswagen SIL
1

17
SIL
2

17
SIL
3

Ret
HOC
1

7
HOC
2

10
HOC
3

6
PAU
1

4
PAU
2

3
PAU
3

4
HUN
1

11
HUN
2

17
HUN
3

9
SPA
1

3
SPA
2

6
SPA
3

7
NOR
1

5
NOR
2

4
NOR
3

Ret
MSC
1

15
MSC
2

6
MSC
3

4
RBR
1

3
RBR
2

18†
RBR
3

5
NÜR
1

Ret
NÜR
2

Ret
NÜR
3

9
IMO
1

7
IMO
2

7
IMO
3

7
HOC
1

15
HOC
2

12
HOC
3

11
9th 174
2015 Prema Powerteam Mercedes SIL
1

3
SIL
2

Ret
SIL
3

3
HOC
1

4
HOC
2

15
HOC
3

8
PAU
1

1
PAU
2

1
PAU
3

23
MNZ
1

3
MNZ
2

2
MNZ
3

2
SPA
1

5
SPA
2

1
SPA
3

1
NOR
1

Ret
NOR
2

Ret
NOR
3

11
ZAN
1

Ret
ZAN
2

3
ZAN
3

4
RBR
1

1
RBR
2

8
RBR
3

7
ALG
1

1
ALG
2

2
ALG
3

2
NÜR
1

Ret
NÜR
2

4
NÜR
3

4
HOC
1

2
HOC
2

2
HOC
3

7
3rd 375
2017 Carlin Volkswagen SIL
1

2
SIL
2

5
SIL
3

5
MNZ
1

Ret
MNZ
2

Ret
MNZ
3

Ret
PAU
1

Ret
PAU
2

10
PAU
3

9
HUN
1
HUN
2
HUN
3
NOR
1
NOR
2
NOR
3
SPA
1
SPA
2
SPA
3
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
ZAN
3
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
NÜR
3
RBR
1
RBR
2
RBR
3
HOC
1
HOC
2
HOC
3
17th 41

Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

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 Pts
2016 Arden International SPA
FEA

7
SPA
SPR

4
RBR
FEA

Ret
RBR
SPR

Ret
SIL
FEA

12
SIL
SPR

9
HUN
FEA

3
HUN
SPR

7
HOC
FEA

12
HOC
SPR

6
SPA
FEA

2
SPA
SPR

5
MNZ
FEA

1
MNZ
FEA

4
SEP
FEA

6
SEP
SPR

1
YMC
FEA

2
YMC
SPR

4
4th 149

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2016 G-Drive Racing LMP2 Gibson 015S Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA
6
LMS
Ret
NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 28th 8

24 Hours of Le Mans results[]

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2016 25px The flag of the Russian Federation G-Drive Racing 25px Great Britain Simon Dolan
25px Netherlands Giedo van der Garde
Gibson 015S-Nissan LMP2 222 DNF DNF

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results[]

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2017 Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Pro MIS
QR

14
MIS
CR

10
BRH
QR

13
BRH
CR

9
ZOL
QR

24
ZOL
CR

9
HUN
QR

3
HUN
CR

2
NÜR
QR

12
NÜR
CR

12
9th 27

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results[]

Year Entrant Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points
2019 R-Motorsport I Aston Martin Vantage DTM HOC
1

11
HOC
2

11
ZOL
1

Ret
ZOL
2

6
MIS
1

15
MIS
2

13
NOR
1

9
NOR
2

12
ASS
1

12
ASS
2

Ret
BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

9
LAU
1

11
LAU
2

Ret
NÜR
1

Ret
NÜR
2

14
HOC
1

11
HOC
2

8
17th 17

Complete Formula E results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Chassis Powertrain 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points
2020–21 BMW i Andretti Motorsport Spark SRT05e BMW iFE.21 DIR
12
DIR
Ret
RME
Ret
RME
13
VLC
8
VLC
1
MCO
16
PUE
5
PUE
5
NYC
Ret
NYC
16
LDN
1
LDN
9
BER
5
BER
Ret
3rd 91
2021–22 Avalanche Andretti Formula E Spark SRT05e BMW iFE.21 DRH
3
DRH
5
MEX
10
RME
13
RME
Ret
MCO
9
BER
13
BER
13
JAK
6
MRK
7
NYC
10
NYC
8
LDN
1
LDN
2
SEO
4
SEO
3
6th 126
2022–23 Avalanche Andretti Formula E Formula E Gen3 Porsche 99X Electric MEX
1
DRH
2
DRH
2
HYD CAP SAP BER BER MCO JAK JAK POR RME RME LDN LDN 2nd* 62*

* Season still in progress.

References[]

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  7. "Jake Dennis joins Max Guenther at BMW i Andretti Motorsport for Season 7" (in en). http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/2020/october/bmw-jake-dennis-driver-announcement. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 "Driver Standings" (in en-gb). http://www.fiaformulae.com/en/results/standings/driver. 
  9. Kew, Matt (13 August 2021). "Dennis to remain with Andretti in Formula E after BMW's exit". https://www.autosport.com/formula-e/news/dennis-to-remain-with-andretti-in-formula-e-after-bmws-exit/6646588/?filters%5Bdriver%5D%5B0%5D%5Btitle%5D=Jake+Dennis&filters%5Bdriver%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=19957. 
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  11. "Why FE winner had to complete qualifying with half a wing" (in en-GB). 2023-01-15. https://the-race.com/formula-e/why-fe-winner-had-to-complete-qualifying-with-half-a-wing/. 
  12. "Andretti wins first race of Formula E's Gen3 era with Dennis" (in en-GB). 2023-01-14. https://the-race.com/formula-e/andretti-wins-first-race-of-formula-es-gen3-era-with-dennis/. 
  13. "Dominant Dennis becomes first winner of GEN3 era in Mexico City" (in en). https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/15748/www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/15748/dominant-dennis-becomes-first-winner-of-gen3-era-in-mexico-city. 
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  20. "Out of the blue Red Bull tests "insane" – Dennis". https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/out-of-the-blue-red-bull-tests-insane-dennis-/3154667/. 

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Sporting positions
Preceded by:
Inaugural
Intersteps
Champion

2011
Succeeded by:
Matt Parry
Preceded by:
Carlos Sainz Jr.
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Champion

2012
Succeeded by:
Matt Parry
Awards
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Oliver Rowland
McLaren Autosport BRDC Award
2012
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