James Hedley
British racing driver (born 2003)
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James Hedley (born 1 September 2003) is a British racing driver who last competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for Van Amersfoort Racing, having previously raced for AIX Racing.
British| James Hedley | |
|---|---|
Hedley driving the Dallara F3 2025 during the 2025 Spielberg Formula 3 round | |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 1 September 2003 Poole, Dorset, England |
| FIA Formula 3 Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2025 |
| Current team | Van Amersfoort Racing |
| Car number | 21 |
| Former teams | Jenzer Motorsport, AIX Racing |
| Starts | 14 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 28th in 2025 |
| Previous series | |
| 2021–2024 2024 2024 2020–2021 2017–2019 | GB3 Championship Eurocup-3 FIA Formula 3 Championship F4 British Championship Ginetta Junior Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2019 | Ginetta Junior Championship |
Hedley previously competed in the 2024 GB3 Championship with VRD by Arden. He is part of the BRDC Rising Star Programme.
Career
Karting
Hedley started karting at the age of eleven.[1] In 2016, he became the Honda Cadet London Easter Champion.[2][3]
Ginetta Junior Championship
Hedley made his car racing debut with Elite Motorsport in final two rounds of the 2017 Ginetta Junior Championship.[1] For the 2018 Ginetta Junior Championship, he remained with the team finished the season in eighth after scoring two podiums.[4] In 2019, he returned for another season in the Ginetta Junior Championship. This time he went on to become champion ahead of Zak O'Sullivan with seven wins to his name.[5]
F4 British Championship
In 2020, Hedley joined JHR Developments in the F4 British Championship to make his single-seater racing debut.[5] He took four wins throughout the season and finished the championship fifth in the standings.[6][7]
In 2021, Hedley returned to the F4 British Championship with Fortec Motorsport.[7] In the first half of the season Hedley took four wins. Ahead of the sixth round at Thruxton Circuit he split with Fortec Motorsport and continued in the championship with Carlin instead.[8][9] He once again finished fifth in the overall championship standings.[10]
GB3 Championship
In October 2021, Hedley also joined his old Ginetta Junior-team Elite Motorsport to compete in the final round of the GB3 Championship at Donington Park.[10]
Hedley then started the 2022 GB3 Championship with Elite Motorsport.[1][4] He took his only podiums finish of the season in the fourth round at Snetterton Circuit.[11] Ahead of the fifth round at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, he switched teams to join JHR Developments.[11] Hedley finished 17th in the championship standings.[12]
For the 2023 GB3 Championship, Hedley joined Arden VRD.[12] Throughout the season, he took two wins at Oulton Park and Snetterton Circuit.[13][14] He came sixth in the standings.
Hedley remained with VRD by Arden for the opening two rounds of the 2024 GB3 Championship, acting as a replacement for Nikita Johnson, who was yet to reach the minimum age requirement to compete in the GB3 Championship.[15][16]
Formula Regional
2023
Following the 2023 Formula Regional season, Hedley participated in multiple post-season tests with RPM. These tests never amounted to a race seat.[17]
2024
Hedley was linked to the Monolite Racing team during the 2024 pre-season and was due to test and race with them until they withdrew from the championship shortly before the season's start.[18][19]
2025
Hedley joined PHM Racing from round 3 onwards, in the Formula Regional Middle East Championship.[20]
FIA Formula 3 Championship
2024
In May 2024, Hedley made his FIA Formula 3 debut following a late call-up to race in the Monaco round, replacing Matías Zagazeta who was recovering from appendicitis.[21][22]
2025
Hedley made his debut in the 2025 FIA Formula 3 season with AIX Racing, replacing Javier Sagrera for round three from Imola and onwards.[23] During the opening lap of the Monaco sprint race, he was involved in a collision with Ivan Domingues which inflicted a hand injury; this caused him to miss the feature race.[24] The injury also caused him to miss the following round in Barcelona, and he was replaced by José Garfias.[25] Hedley was replaced for the final round in Monza by Fernando Barrichello.[26] A few days later however, he would return to the championship with Van Amersfoort Racing, replacing Santiago Ramos.[27]
Super Formula
In December 2024, Hedley partook in a Super Formula test at the Suzuka Circuit.[28]
Racing record
Racing career summary
* Season still in progress.
Complete Ginetta Junior Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Elite Motorsport | BHI 1 |
BHI 2 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
DON 3 |
THR1 1 |
THR1 2 |
OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
CRO 1 |
CRO 2 |
CRO 3 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
SNE 3 |
KNO 1 |
KNO 2 |
ROC 1 |
ROC 2 |
ROC 3 |
SIL 1 17 |
SIL 2 16 |
SIL 3 10 |
BHGP 1 10 |
BHGP 2 10 |
BHGP 3 6 |
22nd | 60 | |
| 2018 | Elite Motorsport | BHI 1 7 |
BHI 2 10 |
DON 1 8 |
DON 2 10 |
DON 3 5 |
THR1 1 6 |
THR1 2 2 |
OUL 1 5 |
OUL 2 12 |
CRO 1 6 |
CRO 2 11 |
CRO 3 10 |
SNE 1 13 |
SNE 2 7 |
SNE 3 6 |
ROC 1 5 |
ROC 2 Ret |
ROC 3 12 |
KNO 1 7 |
KNO 2 4 |
SIL 1 2 |
SIL 2 8 |
SIL 3 18 |
BHGP 1 5 |
BHGP 2 10 |
BHGP 3 18 |
8th | 356 | |
| 2019 | Elite Motorsport | BHI 1 3 |
BHI 2 2 |
DON 1 1 |
DON 2 2 |
DON 3 1 |
THR1 1 4 |
THR1 2 1 |
CRO 1 C |
CRO 2 2 |
OUL 1 2 |
OUL 2 2 |
SNE 1 6 |
SNE 2 2 |
SNE 3 3 |
SNE 4 2 |
THR2 1 1 |
THR2 2 3 |
THR2 3 Ret |
KNO 1 1 |
KNO 2 1 |
KNO 3 3 |
SIL 1 17 |
SIL 2 4 |
SIL 3 4 |
BHGP 1 1 |
BHGP 2 5 |
BHGP 3 5 |
1st | 680 |
Complete F4 British Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | JHR Developments | DON 1 5 |
DON 2 Ret |
DON 3 1 |
BHGP 1 DNS |
BHGP 2 9 |
BHGP 3 8 |
OUL 1 4 |
OUL 2 4 |
OUL 3 2 |
KNO 1 Ret |
KNO 2 5 |
KNO 3 5 |
THR 1 1 |
THR 2 1 |
THR 3 1 |
SIL 1 5 |
SIL 2 2 |
SIL 3 Ret |
CRO 1 8 |
CRO 2 5 |
SNE 1 9 |
SNE 2 7 |
SNE 3 3 |
BHI 1 8 |
BHI 2 5 |
BHI 3 9 |
5th | 249 | ||||
| 2021 | Fortec Motorsport | THR1 1 1 |
THR1 2 1 |
THR1 3 3 |
SNE 1 2 |
SNE 2 11 |
SNE 3 4 |
BHI 1 15 |
BHI 2 1 |
BHI 3 5 |
OUL 1 1 |
OUL 2 127 |
OUL 3 6 |
KNO 1 10 |
KNO 2 DNS |
KNO 3 11 |
5th | 226 | |||||||||||||||
| Carlin | THR2 1 Ret |
THR2 2 33 |
THR2 3 8 |
CRO 1 12 |
CRO 2 5 |
CRO 3 12 |
SIL 1 15 |
SIL 2 6 |
SIL 3 Ret |
DON 1 7 |
DON 2 48 |
DON 3 8 |
BHGP 1 12 |
BHGP 2 24 |
BHGP 3 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Complete GB3 Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Elite Motorsport | BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
SIL1 1 |
SIL1 2 |
SIL1 3 |
DON1 1 |
DON1 2 |
DON1 3 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
SPA 3 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
SNE 3 |
SIL2 1 |
SIL2 2 |
SIL2 3 |
OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
OUL 3 |
DON2 1 10 |
DON2 2 12 |
DON2 3 13 |
26th | 23 |
| 2022 | Elite Motorsport | OUL 1 13 |
OUL 2 10 |
OUL 3 12 |
SIL1 1 5 |
SIL1 2 7 |
SIL1 3 18 |
DON1 1 6 |
DON1 2 4 |
DON1 3 14 |
SNE 1 16 |
SNE 2 14 |
SNE 3 32 |
17th | 156 | ||||||||||||
| JHR Developments | SPA 1 Ret |
SPA 2 13 |
SPA 3 14 |
SIL2 1 15 |
SIL2 2 DSQ |
SIL2 3 Ret |
BRH 1 11 |
BRH 2 16 |
BRH 3 Ret |
DON2 1 WD |
DON2 2 WD |
DON2 3 WD | |||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Arden VRD | OUL 1 4 |
OUL 2 1 |
OUL 3 1110 |
SIL1 1 9 |
SIL1 2 20 |
SIL1 3 104 |
SPA 1 8 |
SPA 2 6 |
SPA 3 46 |
SNE 1 1 |
SNE 2 3 |
SNE 3 136 |
SIL2 1 11 |
SIL2 2 11 |
SIL2 3 C |
BRH 1 4 |
BRH 2 8 |
BRH 3 138 |
ZAN 1 Ret |
ZAN 2 4 |
ZAN 3 Ret |
DON 1 4 |
DON 2 6 |
DON 3 117 |
6th | 347 |
| 2024 | VRD by Arden | OUL 1 17 |
OUL 2 Ret |
OUL 3 156 |
SIL1 1 8 |
SIL1 2 7 |
SIL1 3 C |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
SPA 3 |
15th | 151 | |||||||||||||||
| Rodin Motorsport | HUN 1 4 |
HUN 2 8 |
HUN 3 62 |
ZAN 1 3 |
ZAN 2 2 |
ZAN 3 11 |
SIL2 1 |
SIL2 2 |
SIL2 3 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
DON 3 |
|||||||||||||||
| Chris Dittmann Racing | BRH 1 18 |
BRH 2 Ret |
BRH 3 121 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress.
Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jenzer Motorsport | BHR SPR |
BHR FEA |
MEL SPR |
MEL FEA |
IMO SPR |
IMO FEA |
MON SPR 20 |
MON FEA 22 |
CAT SPR |
CAT FEA |
RBR SPR |
RBR FEA |
SIL SPR |
SIL FEA |
HUN SPR |
HUN FEA |
SPA SPR |
SPA FEA |
MNZ SPR |
MNZ FEA |
34th | 0 |
| 2025 | AIX Racing | MEL SPR |
MEL FEA |
BHR SPR |
BHR FEA |
IMO SPR 18 |
IMO FEA 23 |
MON SPR Ret |
MON FEA WD |
CAT SPR |
CAT FEA |
RBR SPR DSQ |
RBR FEA 26 |
SIL SPR 26 |
SIL FEA 27 |
SPA SPR 24 |
SPA FEA C |
HUN SPR 4 |
HUN FEA 22 |
28th | 7 | ||
| Van Amersfoort Racing | MNZ SPR 24 |
MNZ FEA 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Complete Eurocup-3 results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† As Hedley was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points
Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)