Carlton Jackston "Jak" Crawford (born 2 May 2005) is an American racing driver who most recently competed in the

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with

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. He is a member of the

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and finished as runner-up in the

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Career

Karting

Born in

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, Crawford started his karting career in 2011 after he moved to the Houston, Texas area. He competed in multiple championships, predominantly in North America, winning the Challenge of the Americas - Junior Rotax Series among others. In Crawford's first overseas karting race in 2014 at the Rok Cup International Championship, while only 9 years old, he finished second. Other international karting competition was mostly sporadic but generally successful.

Lower formulae

In 2018, Crawford made his car racing debut in the

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, driving for Scuderia Martiga EG. He won six races, and with eight further podiums the American driver finished second in the Series behind

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. Crawford raced in the

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and Italian Formula 4 Championships in 2020, however, due to the

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he would only compete part-time in the latter. He signed for

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, partnering fellow

member Jonny Edgar. The American driver would end up finishing second in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship with a gap of just two points behind

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, while in the Italian Championship he would finish sixth, despite missing two race weekends.

Road to Indy

U.S. F2000

In April 2019, Crawford joined DEForce Racing to contest part of the 2019 season as he was not old enough to start the racing season. In July, he switched to Cape Motorsports to contest the final five rounds and ended the season seventh in the standings.

Euroformula Open

In March 2021, it was announced Crawford would race with

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in the 2021 season alongside his FIA Formula 3 commitments.

Formula Regional

2022

In January 2022, Crawford partook in the

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with Prema ahead of their FIA Formula 3 campaign together.

2023

Crawford is set to partake in three rounds in the

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with

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before his main 2023 campaign.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2021

In October 2020 Crawford completed the first post-season test at

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, running for Hitech GP. Later that month, the British outfit once again fielded Crawford in the second post-season test at

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and confirmed him for the 2021 season in January the following year.

2022

In November, Crawford joined

, which had taken fellow Red Bull junior

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to that year's title, for the post-season test. In January 2022, Crawford was confirmed with the Italian outfit for that year's championship.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

In September 2022, Crawford announced his promotion to the

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. He tested for Hitech in the post-season Yas Marina F2 test.

Formula One

In January 2020, Crawford was named as a new signing for the

Karting record

Karting career summary

Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results

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

Racing record

Racing career summary

Complete NACAM Formula 4 Championship results

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

Complete U.S. F2000 National Championship results

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

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

Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results

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

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Crawford, Jak 2005 births Living people American racing drivers Italian F4 Championship drivers American people of Scotch-Irish descent ADAC Formula 4 drivers FIA Formula 3 Championship drivers Racing drivers from Charlotte, North Carolina Van Amersfoort Racing drivers Motopark Academy drivers Hitech Grand Prix drivers Prema Powerteam drivers Formula Regional Asian Championship drivers U.S. F2000 National Championship drivers Euroformula Open Championship drivers NACAM F4 Championship drivers