Jessica Mary Hawkins (born 16 February 1995) is a

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and

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from

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, England. She currently competes in the

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for

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. Hawkins previously competed in the

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driving for

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Career

Hawkins made her professional motorsport debut in

British Formula Ford The British Formula Ford Championship was an entry-level single seater motor racing category, designed to give racing drivers their first step into car racing after karting. Drivers from around the world were attracted to the United Kingdom to co ...

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, 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 The 2015 MSA Formula Championship was a multi-event, Formula 4 open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across England and Scotland. The championship featured a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers, ...

. She had to wait until the fourth round of the championship at

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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

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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 Series, where she finished the championship 11th after two points finishes in the last two races of the

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. In 2020, after the cancellation of the W Series season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hawkins made her debut in the

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racing for

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– qualifying 22nd and scoring only one top-20 finish. 2019 Brands Hatch W Series round 22

Hawkins continued working as a stunt driver in 2021, featuring in the ''James Bond'' film ''

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''. On 19 May, she was announced as the driver ambassador for the

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. She returned to W Series for the second edition of the championship, once again placing 11th in the standings, with four points finishes between the

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and US races, including a 5th place finish in

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. She also made a one-off return to the BTCC at Snetterton, replacing

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having elected to sit out the event, with a best finish of 21st in three races. In September 2023, Hawkins tested the Aston Martin AMR21 over 26 laps at

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, becoming the first female driver to test an F1 car since

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with

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in 2018. In November, Aston Martin announced that Hawkins' role within the team will be extended as the team's head of racing for

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, where she is working with Aston Martin's F1 Academy representative

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Sportscar racing

British GT Championship

In 2024, Hawkins and the Aston Martin Formula One Team announced that she would compete in the

driving the new Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 for

alongside team owner Andrew Howard. She would have middling results, finishing a high of seventh in race one at Donnington Park.

GT World Challenge Europe

2025

For 2025, Hawkins returned to GT3 racing, this time entering the

driving the No. 270 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo for

Personal life

Hawkins was previously in a relationship with

Abbie Eaton Abigail Eaton (born 2 January 1992) is an English racing driver, instructor and performance coach from the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. She last competed in Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain. She is best known for starring as the test dr ...

, also a British racing driver. Hawkins holds the 0-100 mph lawnmower record.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete British Formula Ford Championship/MSA Formula results

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

Complete MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship results

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

Complete W Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† Did not finish, but was classified having completed 90% of the race distance.

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races; * signifies that driver led race for at least one lap – 1 point given all races)

Complete TCR UK Touring Car Championship results

Complete British GT Championship results

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

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

References

External links

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