NAME Jessica Hawkins
AGE 28- born February, 16 1995
COUNTRY England
JOB Racing and stunt driver
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. Her strong rookie performance saw her being picked up by Falcon Motorsport to contest the 2015 MSA Formula Championship . 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. She entered the Bahrein round of the 2015-16 MRF Challenge but finished 15th in both races.
In 2016 Hawkins moved into single-make racing, competing in the Volkswagen Racing Cup series. She crossed over to the Mini Challenge in 2017, scoring six class wins and finishing runner-up to Matt Hammond in the Pro division. Hawkins returned to the VW Cup in 2018, spending most of that year working as a stunt driver on Fast and Furious Live . In 2019 she moved to the newly-formed women-only W-serie, where she was 11th after two points finishes in the last two races of the season.
Hawkins continued working as a stunt driver in 2021 . On 19 May, she was announced as the driver ambassador for the Aston Martin F1 Team . She returned to W-serie for the second edition of the championship, once again placing 11th in the standings, with four points finishes between the Hungray 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
Hawkins holds the 0-100mph lawnmower record
In September 2023, Hawkins tested the Aston Martin AMR21 over 26 laps at Hungaroring , becoming the first female driver to test an F1 car since Tatiana Calderon with Sauber in 2018. In November, Aston Martin announced that Hawkins' role within the team will be extended as the team's head of racing for F1 Academy, where she will be working closely with Aston Martin's F1 Academy representative driver, Tina Hausmann.
She's in a relation ship with Abbie Eaton, also a British driver.
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