| James Hedley | |
| Nationality: |  British |
| Birth Date: | 1 September 2003 |
| Current Series: | GB3 Championship |
| Current Team: | Arden VRD |
| Former Teams: | Elite Motorsport, JHR Developments |
| First Year: | 2021 |
| Car Number: | 4 |
| Starts: | 52 (56 entries) |
| Wins: | 2 |
| Podiums: | 4 |
| Poles: | 0 |
| Fastest Laps: | 0 |
| Best Finish: | 6th |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Prev Series: | |
| Prev Series Years: | 2020–2021 2017–2019 |
| Titles: | Ginetta Junior Championship |
| Title Years: | 2019 |
James Hedley (born 1 September 2003) is a British racing driver who currently competes in the GB3 Championship with VRD by Arden. He is part of the BRDC Rising Star Programme.
Hedley started karting at the age of 11.[1] In 2016 he became the Honda Cadet London Easter Champion.[2] [3]
Hedley made his car racing debut with Elite Motorsport in final two rounds of the 2017 Ginetta Junior Championship. 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]
In 2020 Hedley joined JHR Developments in the F4 British Championship to make his single-seater racing debut. 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. 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]
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.
He then started the 2022 GB3 Championship with Elite Motorsport. 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. Hedley finished 17th in the championship standings.[12]
For the 2023 GB3 Championship Hedley joined Arden VRD. Throughout the season he took two wins at Oulton Park and Snetterton Circuit.[13] [14] He came sixth in the standings.
He 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]
Following the 2023 Formula Regional season, Hedley participated in multiple post-season tests with RPM. These tests never amounted to a race seat.[17]
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]
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.[20] [21]
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ginetta Junior Championship | Elite Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 22nd |
| Ginetta Junior Winter Series | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 7th | ||
| 2018 | Ginetta Junior Championship | Elite Motorsport | 26 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 356 | 8th |
| Ginetta Junior Winter Championship | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 95 | 1st | ||
| 2019 | Ginetta Junior Championship | Elite Motorsport | 26 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 680 | 1st |
| 2020 | F4 British Championship | JHR Developments | 25 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 249 | 5th |
| 2021 | F4 British Championship | Fortec Motorsport | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 226 | 5th |
| Carlin | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| GB3 Championship | Elite Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 26th | |
| 2022 | GB3 Championship | Elite Motorsport | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 156 | 17th |
| JHR Developments | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023 | GB3 Championship | Arden VRD | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 347 | 6th |
| 2024 | GB3 Championship | VRD by Arden | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143* | 12th* |
| Rodin Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| FIA Formula 3 Championship | Jenzer Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33rd* |
(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 | nowrap | 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 | SIL 2 | SIL 3 | BHGP 1 | BHGP 2 | BHGP 3 | 22nd | 60 | |||
| 2018 | nowrap | 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 | ROC 1 | ROC 2 | ROC 3 | KNO 1 | KNO 2 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | SIL 3 | BHGP 1 | BHGP 2 | BHGP 3 | 8th | 356 | |||
| id=2019R rowspan=2 | 2019 | nowrap | Elite Motorsport | BHI 1 | BHI 2 | DON 1 | DON 2 | DON 3 | THR1 1 | THR1 2 | CRO 1 | CRO 2 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SNE 3 | SNE 4 | THR2 1 | THR2 2 | THR2 3 | KNO 1 | KNO 2 | KNO 3 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | SIL 3 | BHGP 1 | BHGP 2 | BHGP 3 | 1st | 680 |
(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 | DON 2 | DON 3 | BHGP 1 | BHGP 2 | BHGP 3 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | OUL 3 | KNO 1 | KNO 2 | KNO 3 | THR 1 | THR 2 | THR 3 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | SIL 3 | CRO 1 | CRO 2 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SNE 3 | BHI 1 | BHI 2 | BHI 3 | 5th | 249 | |||||
| 2021 | Fortec Motorsport | THR1 1 | THR1 2 | THR1 3 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SNE 3 | BHI 1 | BHI 2 | BHI 3 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | OUL 3 | KNO 1 | KNO 2 | KNO 3 | THR2 1 | THR2 2 | THR2 3 | CRO 1 | CRO 2 | CRO 3 | SIL 1 | SIL 2 | SIL 3 | DON 1 | DON 2 | DON 3 | BHGP 1 | BHGP 2 | BHGP 3 | 5th | 226 |
(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 | SIL2 2 | SIL2 3 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | OUL 3 | DON2 1 | DON2 2 | DON2 3 | 26th | 23 | |||
| 2022 | Elite Motorsport | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | OUL 3 | SIL1 1 | SIL1 2 | SIL1 3 | DON1 1 | DON1 2 | DON1 3 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SNE 3 | 17th | 156 | |||||||||||||
| JHR Developments | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | SIL2 1 | SIL2 2 | SIL2 3 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | BRH 3 | DON2 1 | DON2 2 | DON2 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Arden VRD | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | OUL 3 | SIL1 1 | SIL1 2 | SIL1 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | SNE 3 | SIL2 1 | SIL2 2 | SIL2 3 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | BRH 3 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | ZAN 3 | DON 1 | DON 2 | DON 3 | 6th | 347 | |
| 2024 | nowrap | VRD by Arden | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | OUL 3 | SIL1 1 | SIL1 2 | SIL1 3 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | SPA 3 | 9th* | 143* | |||||||||||||||
| nowrap | Rodin Motorsport | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | HUN 3 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | ZAN 3 | SIL2 1 | SIL2 2 | SIL2 3 | DON 1 | DON 2 | DON 3 | BHR 1 | BHR 2 | BHR 3 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)