Esmee Hawkey

Inspired by her father, Hawkey began racing karts at the age of ten. She had previously attended ballet and tap dancing classes, but chose to leave both in order to pursue a career in motorsport.^[2] Hawkey moved up to the Ginetta Junior Championship in 2014.^[3] Her first season would consist of a part-time schedule as a result of external commitments, and would score a best result of two 15th places in the six races she contested.^[4] She would stay in the Ginettas for 2015, switching to the JHR Developments team, however would be one of only two regular drivers (out of 25) who would fail to score a top-ten all season.^[5][6]

Hawkey would become a Porsche junior driver in 2016, and would race a Cayman in the GT4 Class of the UK GT Cup for the next two seasons, with a best championship position of 2nd in 2016.^[7][8] Her GT Marques team would promote her to their Porsche Carrera Cup program in 2018, placing her in the Pro-Am class.^[9] She would finish the season 5th in class with two podiums, and would be retained for 2019.^[10] Hawkey has had a number of successful results in Porsche Carrera Cup and is the 2020 Pro-Am Champion.^[11]

Hawkey would be announced as one of the 18 permanent drivers for the inaugural season of the W Series.^[12] Hawkey would finish 12th in her maiden open-wheel race at Hockenheim having run in the points for a large portion of the race, but caused a collision with Gosia Rdest at Circuit Zolder that would take both drivers out of the race. The highlight of her campaign was a 3rd place in qualifying at the final round in Brands Hatch, but she stalled on the grid and finished 16th – her only points of the season came in a race of attrition at the Norisring and left her 15th in the standings.

Having tested for British Touring Car Championship team MB Motorsport in early 2020, Hawkey returned to the Porsche Carrera Cup GB with Team Parker Racing, where she won the first 4 races straight in the Pro-Am class, finishing the season as champion.^[13] She signed with Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab to contest the 2021 European Le Mans Series in their Iron Dames GTE-spec Ferrari, but had her contract terminated before the first round due to incorrect license grading being provided to the FIA.^[14][15]

In 2021, Hawkey received backing from ROKiT and joined German racing team T3 Motorsport to drive a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo full-time in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, the leading Germany-based touring car racing series.^[16] After scoring two championship points in her first season in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, she returned for a second season in 2022 with the same team and car but the team pulled out after two rounds due to a lack of funding.^[17]

Hawkey joined Ginetta as an ambassador in 2023, and was scheduled to contest the GT4 class of the 2023 British GT Championship.^[18] She only contested the opening two rounds of the season, with a best finish of 13th in class at Oulton Park.

After 2023, Hawkey appears to have moved away from motorsport and now hosts a podcast on business marketing.^[19]

Hawkey has a son, Leo, born in October 2024.^[20] She married Harry Fern in June 2025.^[1]