JHR Developments

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JHR Developments is a British motorsport team, based in Dronfield, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. The team currently participates in the F4 British Championship and GB3 Championship.

Founded1995
Team principal(s)Steven Hunter
Founder(s)Jamie Hunter
Fred Hunter
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United Kingdom JHR Developments
Founded1995
BaseDronfield, Derbyshire
Team principal(s)Steven Hunter
Founder(s)Jamie Hunter
Fred Hunter
Current seriesGB3 Championship
F4 British Championship
Former seriesFormula 4 UAE Championship
F4 Spanish Championship
Ginetta GT4 Supercup
Ginetta Junior Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
Renault UK Clio Cup
Current driversGB3 Championship
11. Australia Noah Lisle
17. India Divy Nandan
77. United Kingdom Bart Harrison
88. India Kai Daryanani
F4 British Championship
22. Sweden Joel Bergström
32. United Kingdom Harry Reynolds
42. United Kingdom Rowan Campbell-Pilling
43. Pakistan Haarni Sadiq
52. Netherlands Esmee Kosterman
Teams'
Championships
F4 British Championship: 2021
GB3 Championship: 2023
Drivers'
Championships
Ginetta Junior Championship:
2014: Jack Mitchell
Ginetta GT Supercup:
2013: Tom Ingram
F4 British Championship:
2021: Matthew Rees
Websitehttps://jhrdevelopments.com
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Team principal Steven Hunter at Knockhill in 2017.

Notable past drivers for the team include Tom Ingram, Tom Gamble, Sebastian Priaulx, Billy Monger, Jamie Chadwick, Joseph Loake, Adam Smalley and Abbi Pulling.

History

Early years

The team was founded in 1995 by Fred Hunter,[1] as Jamie Hunter Racing.[2] At the time of establishment, its purpose was to support Jamie Hunter’s entry in the Formula Renault Eurocup (then Eurocup Formula Renault) and Formula Renault 2.0 UK.[3] The founder, Jamie Hunter (born 16 February 1972), participated in the 2001 Porsche Supercup season, but he died on 3 July 2001 after an car accident. After Jamie Hunter’s death, his younger brother and also a racing driver in Porsche, Steven Hunter (current team principal) continued to run the team.[4] The team was renamed as JHR, which stands for the team’s initial name.[2] The team began using the current name, JHR Developments (stand for Jamie Hunter Racing Developments) at an unknown date.[4]

In its early years, beside Formula Renault, the team claimed to be formerly active in multiple sports car racing series, including the MGF Cup, Porsche Supercup, Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom,[5] Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain, Britcar and SEAT Cupra Championship.[6]

2010–2021

In May 2010, the team entered the 2010 British GT Championship for the two Knockhill races in the GTC class. Using the Jamie Hunter Racing (the original team name) banner, the team fielded a Porsche 997 GT3 Cup with the British duo Steven Hunter and Derek Pierce in the driver’s seats and secured one victory in the class as the only car competing in GTC class in this round (8th in overall) along with a DNF (did not finish).[7] The team did not do any further rounds in the 2010 British GT season and the team’s two drivers, Hunter and Pierce, finished 3rd in GTC class.

JHR appeared in the first two rounds of 2011 British GT Championship with a Ginetta G55, fielding Stefan Hodgetts and Adam Morgan.[8] The pair finished 14th overall in the first race but retired from the second race.

After the team's last known Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom entry in the 2014 season's first two rounds,[9][10] the team began competing in the F4 British Championship since its inception in 2015.[11] In 2017, one of the team's British F4 drivers, Billy Monger, was severely crashed during a race at Donington Park. As a result, both of his legs were amputated.[12][13] During its participation in British F4, the team is known to have a race simulator, which is claimed by the team as "bespoke".[14] The team won all available championships in 2021: Driver, team and rookie.[11]

JHR Developments formerly competed in one-make racing championships organised by Ginetta, including Ginetta Junior Championship and Ginetta GT4 Supercup; however, in August 2017, the team was suspended from competing in these championships as the team was under investigation because of engine irregularities.[15][16][17]

In November 2018, it was announced that the team would compete in GB3 Championship (then BRDC British Formula 3 Championship) from 2019 season;[3][18] however, the team did not compete.[19] Their BRDC F3 debut occurred in 2020 for a part-time basis with two cars.[20] For this season, the team signed Carter Williams, Max Marzorati and Ayrton Simmons.[19][21] The team did not compete in 2021 season, although the team was named as one of the participated teams.[22]

2022–2025

In November 2021, the team announced that it would join the 2022 Formula 4 UAE Championship.[23] The team ended the season without scoring team points. The team also competed in 2022 F4 Spanish Championship as a part-time entry, but failed to score any points.

For the 2022 GB3 season, the team signed Matthew Rees.[24] After being a single-car entry for the season's first half, the team expanded to a two-car entry after the team signed James Hedley who departed from Elite Motorsport.[25]

Matthew Rees stayed with the team for the 2023 GB3 Championship. The team promoted Joseph Loake from their F4 British outfit for the second car and signed David Morales for the third car.[26][27][28] The team claimed the Teams' Championship.[29]

In 2024, the team signed Patrick Heuzenroeder, Josh Irfan and John Bennett for GB3.[30][31][32] In late 2024, the team was officially announced to join 2025 season of the Formula Winter Series.[33] However, the team withdrew prior to the start of the season. It is possible that the team had struggled to find drivers for the series.[34]

JHR signed Noah Lisle and Kai Daryanani for the 2025 GB3 Championship.[35] Later, Divy Nandan moved to the team from Chris Dittmann Racing ahead of the Zandvoort round.[36] Bart Harrison joined the team for the last two rounds.[37]

Managing company

According to information from British Government's Companies House, a company, named JHR Developments (UK) Ltd, was incorporated on 3 February 2011. Formerly called JHR Automotive until 28 November 2013,[38] it is responsible for JHR Developments's activities.

Current series results

F4 British Championship

More information F4 British Championship results, Year ...
F4 British Championship results
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2015 Mygale M14-F4 United Kingdom Sennan Fielding 30 3 0 1 11 300 4th 5th
United Kingdom Jack Butel 30 0 0 0 0 38 18th
2016 Mygale M14-F4 United Kingdom Sennan Fielding 30 5 3 4 11 351 2nd 3rd
United Kingdom Billy Monger 27 0 1 1 3 78 12th
United Kingdom Jack Butel 27 0 0 0 0 14 18th
2017 Mygale M14-F4 Mexico Manuel Sulaimán 21 0 0 0 1 43 13th 5th
United Kingdom Billy Monger 6 0 0 0 2 44 12th
United Kingdom Harry Dyson 6 0 0 0 0 0 23rd
2018 Mygale M14-F4 United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons 30 4 3 3 12 374 2nd 3rd
Mexico Manuel Sulaimán 30 0 0 0 0 95 9th
United Kingdom Josh Skelton 30 0 0 0 0 84 10th
2019 Mygale M14-F4 United Kingdom Josh Skelton 30 2 0 4 14 326.5 4th 2nd
United States Carter Williams 30 3 0 1 6 230 7th
United Kingdom Alex Walker 12 0 0 0 0 17 14th
2020 Mygale M14-F4 United Kingdom James Hedley 27 4 4 7 7 249 5th 4th
United Kingdom Abbi Pulling 27 0 0 0 4 191.5 6th
United Kingdom Nathanael Hodgkiss 12 0 0 0 0 8 15th
2021 Mygale M14-F4 United Kingdom Matthew Rees 30 4 7 4 10 331 1st 1st
United Kingdom McKenzy Cresswell 29 6 4 6 11 305 3rd
United Kingdom Joseph Loake 30 3 0 3 5 199 6th
United Kingdom Abbi Pulling 18 0 0 0 3 97 14th
Japan Dougie Bolger † 30 1 0 0 1 79 15th
2022 Tatuus F4-T421 United Kingdom Joseph Loake 30 4 2 4 9 271 5th 3rd
Bulgaria Georgi Dimitrov 30 3 0 0 6 197 8th
Australia Noah Lisle 30 0 0 0 1 47 13th
2023 Tatuus F4-T421 United Kingdom Deagen Fairclough 30 3 0 6 8 296 3rd 3rd
United Kingdom Sonny Smith 20 2 0 0 2 69 16th
United Kingdom Tom Mills 3 0 0 0 0 0 26th
2024 Tatuus F4-T421 Algeria Leo Robinson 30 3 0 1 6 164 6th 3rd
United Kingdom Ella Lloyd 26 0 0 0 4 99 11th
Sweden Joel Bergström 11 0 0 0 0 41 17th
United Kingdom Chloe Chong 30 0 0 0 0 16 24th
United Kingdom Harri Reynolds 2 0 0 0 0 12 25th
2025 Tatuus F4-T421 United Kingdom Rowan Campbell-Pilling 28 1 1 1 3 127.5 10th 7th
Sweden Joel Bergström 11 0 0 0 2 40 20th
United Kingdom Harri Reynolds 3 0 0 0 0 6 31st
Netherlands Esmee Kosterman 9 0 0 0 0 4 34th
Pakistan Haarni Sadiq 9 0 0 0 0 4 35th
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† Bolger drove for Carlin until round 9.

‡ Smith drove for Phinsys by Argenti in round 1.

BRDC British Formula 3 Championship / GB3 Championship

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Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2020 Tatuus-Cosworth BF3-020 United Kingdom Ayrton Simmons 7 2 2 1 4 124 17th N/A
United States Carter Williams 10 0 0 0 0 73 18th
United Kingdom Max Marzorati† 13 0 0 0 0 55 21st
2022 Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 United Kingdom Matthew Rees 24 1 1 2 3 314.5 6th 8th
United Kingdom James Hedley 21 0 0 0 1 156 17th
2023 Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 United Kingdom Joseph Loake 23 4 3 3 8 417 3rd 1st
United Kingdom Matthew Rees 23 1 3 2 6 370 5th
United States David Morales 23 0 0 0 0 178 13th
2024 Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 United Kingdom John Bennett 23 3 3 5 11 456 2nd 4th
Australia Patrick Heuzenroeder 23 0 0 0 1 189 12th
United Kingdom Josh Irfan 23 0 0 0 1 138 16th
2025 Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-025 Australia Noah Lisle 23 0 0 0 4 287 7th 5th
India Kai Daryanani 24 0 0 0 2 219 11th
United Kingdom Bart Harrison 6 0 0 1 1 34 28th
India Divy Nandan* 12 0 0 0 0 33 29th
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† Simmons and Marzorati also drove for Chris Dittmann Racing.

‡ Hedley drove for Elite Motorsport prior to round 5.

* Nandan drove for Chris Dittmann Racing in round 1.

Former series results

Formula 4 UAE Championship

More information Year, Car ...
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2022 Tatuus F4-T421 United Kingdom Joseph Loake 8 0 0 0 0 0 27th 11th
South Korea Michael Shin 20 0 0 0 0 0 29th
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F4 Spanish Championship

More information Year, Car ...
Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.
2022 Tatuus F4-T421 Australia Noah Lisle 9 0 0 0 0 0 29th 12th
United Kingdom Daniel Guinchard 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC
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† Lisle drove for Drivex School in round 1.

Timeline

More information Current series, Former series ...
Current series
F4 British Championship 2015–present
GB3 Championship 2020, 2022–present
Former series
SEAT Cupra Championship 2008
British GT Championship 2010–2011
Ginetta Junior Championship 2011–2017
Ginetta GT4 Supercup 2011–2015, 2017
Formula 4 UAE Championship 2022
F4 Spanish Championship 2022
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