Jake Dennis

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Not to be confused with Jack Dennis.

Jake Dennis
McLaren Autosport BRDC Award

Jake Dennis (born 16 June 1995) is a British racing driver who lives in

Formula E with Andretti Formula E. He also currently serves as a development driver for the Red Bull Racing Formula One team and is a BMW Factory driver. He is the 2022–23 Formula E
world champion.

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

Formula Renault UK Finals Series, finishing 19th in the standings with just three point-scoring finishes.[3]

Dennis continued his collaboration with Fortec for

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.

Jake Dennis in F3 – Hockenheimring 2014

In 2014 he joined

FIA European Formula 3 Championship
, where he 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, having taken a pair of victories.

Formula E

Andretti Formula E (2021–)

2020–21 season

Dennis debuted in 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 four retirements and ended up third in the standings with 91 points, placing as the highest rookie.[8]

2021–22 season

Andretti
.

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 at the 2023 Berlin ePrix.

Dennis extended his contract to remain with

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] At the Hyderabad ePrix, Dennis would miss out on the points for the first time that year, being the victim of an error from René Rast, who collided with the back of the Andretti driver in the closing stages of the race.[18][deprecated source] Misery would pile on in Cape Town, where, having been given a drive-through penalty for under-pressured tyres, the Briton ended up 13th.[19]

In São Paulo, Dennis crashed into the back of championship rival Pascal Wehrlein after contact with Dan Ticktum, causing him to once again not score points and take only a fifth DNF in Formula E. The Brit once again failed to score at the following race in Berlin, being involved in a crash with António Félix da Costa due to a brake failure, though he was able to come back with a runner-up finish on Sunday.[20][21] This began a podium streak which continued through the races in Monaco, Jakarta, and Portland, edging himself back into the title battle.[22][23]

Following a lap count misjudgement on the part of Andretti that cost Dennis a potential victory in the first Rome race, a pole and subsequent victory in race two put the Brit into the lead of the championship, with his title rivals Cassidy and Evans having crashed out behind him.[24][25] He eventually clinched the title at London with one race to go, having finished second on Saturday.[26] By the end of the campaign, Dennis had scored eleven podiums, including two wins and two podiums, outscoring his teammate Lotterer by 206 points.

2023–24 season

Dennis returned to

2023–24 season, partnering Norman Nato.[27] During the first race in Diriyah, Dennis battled past Jean-Éric Vergne before extending his lead, scoring the fastest lap and taking the win in dominant fashion, ending up 13 seconds ahead of the Frenchman.[28][29]

2024–25 season

Pre-season, Dennis signed a multi-year extension to remain with Andretti through the

2024–25 Formula E season and beyond.[30]

IndyCar

Following his season in

Avalanche Andretti team, he tested one of the team's cars in October 2022 in a private IndyCar driver evaluation test at Sebring.[31][32]

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.[33] As of 2023, Dennis remains a development driver for Red Bull.

He was chosen to participate in the Friday free practice session (FP1) at the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for Red Bull.[34] He finished the session in 16th.[35]

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
24H GT Series - A6
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
 16 2 2 5 11 229 1st
2023 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Walkenhorst Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
Formula One
Oracle Red Bull Racing
 Development driver
2023–24 Formula E Andretti Formula E 7 1 0 1 4 89* 2nd*
2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Century Motorsport
Formula One
Oracle Red Bull Racing
 Development driver

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

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup 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 19 20 Pos Points
2012
Fortec Motorsports
 HOC
1
3 		HOC
2
1 		HOC
3
2 		NÜR
1
12 		NÜR
2
7
OSC
1

3
OSC
2

4
OSC
3

1 		ASS
1
1 		ASS
2
3 		RBR
1
4 		RBR
2
2 		MST
1
3 		MST
2
7 		MST
3
4
ZAN
1

3
ZAN
2

3
ZAN
3

5 		SPA
1
Ret 		SPA
2
7 		1st 376

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 Russia G-Drive Racing United Kingdom Simon Dolan
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
16 		CAP
13 		SAP
Ret 		BER
18 		BER
2 		MCO
3 		JAK
2 		JAK
2 		POR
2 		RME
4 		RME
1 		LDN
2 		LDN
3 		1st 229
2023–24 Andretti Formula E Formula E Gen3
Porsche 99X Electric
 MEX
9 		DRH
1 		DRH
12 		SAP
5 		TKO
3
MIS

2
MIS

2 		MCO
BER
BER
SHA
SHA
POR
POR
LDN
LDN

 2nd* 89*

Complete Formula One participations

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 WDC Points
2023 Oracle Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB19
Honda RBPTH001 1.6 V6 t
 BHR SAU AUS AZE MIA MON ESP CAN AUT GBR HUN BEL NED ITA SIN JPN QAT USA MXC SAP LVG ABU
TD 		– –

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