Jack Harvey (racing driver)

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Jack Harvey
Nationality British
Born (1993-04-15) 15 April 1993 (age 31)
Bassingham (England)
Indy Lights career
Debut season 2014
Current team Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
Car no. 42
Starts 30
Wins 6
Poles 5
Fastest laps 6
Best finish 2nd in 2014, 2015
Previous series
2013
2011–12
2009–10
2009		 GP3 Series
British Formula 3
Formula BMW Europe
Formula BMW Pacific
Championship titles
2012 British Formula 3

Jack Harvey (born 15 April 1993 in Bassingham, Lincolnshire) is a British auto racing driver, and a member of McLaren's Young Driver Programme.[1]

Career

Karting

Harvey began his kart racing career at the age of nine. In 2006 he won the MSA Super One British title by a single point, and the Kartmasters British Grand Prix, both in the ICA-J class.

In 2007 Harvey become a driver for the Italian Maranello team, in the newly created KF3 category. He ended up winning four trophies by the end of the year, with the Andrea Margutti Trophy, another Kartmasters title, the Italian Open Masters championship and became European Champion in KF3.

For the 2008 season, Harvey signed with the Birel Motorsport team as an KF2 driver,[2] and became Asia-Pacific Champion.

Formula BMW

Harvey began his formula racing career in the 2009 Formula BMW Europe season with Fortec Motorsport.[3][4] Harvey is a member of the Racing Steps Foundation,[5] helping young British drivers achieve success in the national and international series. He finish seventh overall in the championship, with a win at the Masters of Formula 3-supporting round at Zandvoort and two poles at Zandvoort and Monza. Following his successes, the British Racing Drivers' Club made him a member of their "Rising Star" initiative.[6][7]

In 2010 Harvey finished the year as vice–champion after an intense battle with Robin Frijns and eventual champion, entering the final round of the championship with a seven-point lead over Frijns, Harvey extended its lead by taking the pole position for both races, unfortunately he was pushed out of the track in the first race by DAMS driver Javier Tarancón.[8][9]

Formula 3

For 2011, Harvey moved into the British Formula 3 Championship with Carlin.[10][11][12] Harvey finished 9th, scoring one victory and four podiums, in his first season. For 2012 he set his sights on winning the championship opting to extend his commitment with Carlin.[13]

After 7 wins amassing a total of 12 podium finishes. Jack Harvey became the 2012 British Formula 3 champion. After 29 races Jack Harvey gained 319 points.[14][15] Winning the championship earned Harvey an entry for the Formula Renault 3.5 rookie test.[16]

GP3

Harvey signed with Lotus GP to race in the GP3 Series in 2013 and retained the backing from Racing Steps Foundation.[17] In the same week Harvey was named official driver coach for Sean Walkinshaw Racing in the new BRDC Formula 4 series.[18]

Indy Lights

For the 2014 season Harvey moved to the USA and signed to race for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in the Indy Lights series, the established junior feeder series for the Indycar Series. He finished the season in second place in the championship standings, and won four of the season's final five races. As a consequence, in recognition of his position as the top performing British driver in North American motor sport he was also awarded the British Racing Drivers' Club's Earl Howe Trophy for 2014.[19]

Harvey returned to the team and series for the 2015 Indy Lights season.[20]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2009 Formula BMW Europe Fortec Motorsport 16 1 2 1 1 149 7th
Formula BMW Pacific Eurasia Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0† NC†
2010 Formula BMW Europe Fortec Motorsport 14 7 8 7 13 372 2nd
2011 British Formula 3 Carlin 30 1 0 1 5 112 9th
2012 British Formula 3 Carlin 29 7 9 5 12 319 1st
2013 GP3 ART Grand Prix 16 2 0 1 3 114 5th
2014 Indy Lights Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 14 4 2 3 10 547 2nd
2015 Indy Lights Schmidt Peterson Motorsports 16 2 3 3 8 330 2nd

* Season still in progress.
† As Harvey was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

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 D.C. Points
2013 ART Grand Prix ESP
FEA
6		 ESP
SPR
6		 VAL
FEA
10		 VAL
SPR
12		 GBR
FEA
1		 GBR
SPR
7		 GER
FEA
3		 GER
SPR
10		 HUN
FEA
4		 HUN
SPR
5		 BEL
FEA
Ret		 BEL
SPR
Ret		 ITA
FEA
7		 ITA
SPR
1		 ABU
FEA
5		 ABU
SPR
4		 5th 114

American open-wheel racing results

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

Indy Lights

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
2014 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports STP
3		 LBH
4		 ALA
3		 ALA
5		 IMS
3		 IMS
2		 INDY
5		 POC
3		 TOR
3		 MDO
1		 MDO
1		 MIL
5		 SNM
1		 SNM
1		 2nd 547
2015 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports STP
2		 STP
2		 LBH
10		 ALA
2		 ALA
2		 IMS
1		 IMS
5		 INDY
1		 TOR
2		 TOR
2		 MIL
4		 IOW
5		 MDO
11		 MDO
10		 LAG
5		 LAG
9		 2nd 330

* Season still in progress.

References

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  20. ↑ Estrada, Chris. Jack Harvey confirms second year with SPM in Indy Lights, NBC Sports, 12 January 2015, Retrieved 31 March 2015

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by British Formula 3
Champion
2012		 Succeeded by
Jordan King
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