| James Hedley | |
|---|---|
 Hedley at theHungaroring in 2024 | |
| Nationality |  British |
| Born | (2003-09-01)1 September 2003 (age 21) |
| GB3 Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2021 |
| Car number | 4 |
| Former teams | Elite Motorsport,JHR Developments,Arden VRD |
| Starts | 52 (56 entries) |
| Wins | 2 |
| Podiums | 4 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 6th in2023 |
| Previous series | |
| 2024 2024 2020–2021 2017–2019 | Eurocup-3 FIA Formula 3 Championship F4 British Championship Ginetta Junior Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2019 | Ginetta Junior Championship |
James Hedley (born 1 September 2003) is a Britishracing driver who last competed in theGB3 Championship with VRD byArden. He is part of theBRDC 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 the2017 Ginetta Junior Championship.[1] For the2018 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 theGinetta Junior Championship. This time he went on to become champion ahead ofZak O'Sullivan with seven wins to his name.[5]
In 2020 Hedley joinedJHR Developments in theF4 British Championship to make hissingle-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 theF4 British Championship withFortec Motorsport.[7] In the first half of the season Hedley took four wins. Ahead of the sixth round atThruxton Circuit he split with Fortec Motorsport and continued in the championship withCarlin instead.[8][9] He once again finished fifth in the overall championship standings.[10]
In October 2021 Hedley also joined his oldGinetta Junior-team Elite Motorsport to compete in the final round of theGB3 Championship atDonington Park.[10]
He then started the2022 GB3 Championship with Elite Motorsport.[1][4] He took his only podiums finish of the season in the fourth round atSnetterton Circuit.[11] Ahead of the fifth round atCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps he switched teams to joinJHR Developments.[11] Hedley finished 17th in the championship standings.[12]
For the2023 GB3 Championship Hedley joinedArden VRD.[12] Throughout the season he took two wins atOulton Park andSnetterton Circuit.[13][14] He came sixth in the standings.
He remained with VRD byArden for the opening two rounds of the2024 GB3 Championship, acting as a replacement forNikita Johnson, who was yet to reach the minimum age requirement to compete in theGB3 Championship.[15][16]
Following the 2023 Formula Regional season, Hedley participated in multiple post-season tests withRPM. 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]
Hedley joinedPHM Racing from round 3 onwards, in theFormula Regional Middle East Championship.[20]
In May 2024, Hedley made hisFIA Formula 3 debut following a late call-up to race in theMonaco round, replacingMatías Zagazeta who was recovering fromappendicitis.[21][22]
In December 2024, Hedley partook in aSuper Formula test at theSuzuka Circuit.[23]
| 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 | ArdenVRD | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 347 | 6th |
| 2024 | GB3 Championship | VRD byArden | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 15th |
| Rodin Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Chris Dittmann Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| FIA Formula 3 Championship | Jenzer Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34th | |
| Eurocup-3 | Saintéloc Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
| 2025 | Formula Regional Middle East Championship | AKCEL GP /PHM Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th |
* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 | ArdenVRD | 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 byArden | 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 Dittman Racing | BRH 1 18 | BRH 2 Ret | BRH 3 121 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics 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 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Saintéloc Racing | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | POR 1 | POR 2 | POR 3 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | ARA 1 | ARA 2 | JER 1 17 | JER 2 11 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | NC† | 0 |
† As Hedley was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | AKCEL GP /PHM Racing | YMC1 1 | YMC1 2 | YMC1 3 | YMC2 1 | YMC2 2 | YMC2 3 | DUB 1 18 | DUB 2 16 | DUB 3 13 | YMC3 1 15 | YMC3 2 Ret | YMC3 3 13 | LUS 1 | LUS 2 | LUS 3 | 25th | 0 |
James Hedley career summary at DriverDB.com
