Esmee Hawkey

Esmee Hawkey (born 2 March 1998 in Chislehurst) is an English racing driver. She currently competes in the 2020 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain with Team Parker Racing, where she claimed the Pro-Am championship title.

Hawkey battles Megan Gilkes at the 2019 W Series Brands Hatch round.
Esmee Hawkey
Nationality British
Born (1998-03-02) 2 March 1998
Chislehurst, Greater London, England
W Series
Years active2019
Starts6
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish15th in 2019
Previous series
2014–2015
2016–2017
2018–2020		Ginetta Junior Championship
United Kingdom GT Cup – GT4
Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

Biography

Inspired by her father, Hawkey began racing karts at the age of ten. She had previously attended ballet and tap dancing classes, but chose to leave both in order to pursue a career in motorsport.[1] Hawkey moved up to the Ginetta Junior Championship in 2014.[2] Her first season would consist of a part-time schedule as a result of external commitments, and would score a best result of two 15th places in the six races she contested.[3] She would stay in the Ginettas for 2015, switching to the JHR Developments team, however would be one of only two regular drivers (out of 25) who would fail to score a top-ten all season.[4][5]

Hawkey would become a Porsche junior driver in 2016, and would race a Cayman in the GT4 Class of the UK GT Cup for the next two seasons, with a best championship position of 2nd in 2016.[6][7] Her GT Marques team would promote her to their Porsche Carrera Cup program in 2018, placing her in the Pro-Am class.[8] She would finish the season 5th in class with two podiums, and would be retained for 2019.[9]

She would be announced as one of the 18 permanent drivers for the inaugural season of the W Series.[10] Hawkey would finish 12th in her maiden open-wheel race at Hockenheim having run in the points for a large portion of the race, but caused a collision with Gosia Rdest at Circuit Zolder that would take both drivers out of the race. The highlight of her campaign was a 3rd place in qualifying at the final round in Brands Hatch, but she stalled on the grid and finished 16th – her only points of the season came in a race of attrition at the Norisring and left her 15th in the standings.

Having tested for British Touring Car Championship team MB Motorsport in early 2020, she returned to the Porsche Carrera Cup GB with Team Parker Racing, where she won the first 4 races straight in the Pro-Am class, finishing the season as champion.[11]

Career results
Season Series Position Car Team
2014 Ginetta Junior Championship 22nd Ginetta G40 Junior AMD Motorsport
2015 Ginetta Junior Championship 25th Ginetta G40 Junior JHR Developments
2016 United Kingdom GT Cup – GT4 2nd Porsche Cayman GT4 GT Marques
2018 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain - Pro Am 5th Porsche 911 GT3 GT Marques
2019 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain - Pro Am 3rd Porsche 911 GT3 GT Marques
W Series 15th Tatuus–Alfa Romeo T-318 Hitech Grand Prix
2020 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain - Pro Am 1st Porsche 911 GT3 Team Parker Racing

Complete W Series results

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

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 DC Points
2019 HOC
12		 ZOL
Ret		 MIS
11		 NRM
9		 ASS
11		 BRH
16		 15th 2

References
  1. "An interview with Esmee Hawkey". www.mane.co.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  2. "Esmee Hawkey Joins Ginetta Junior Championship With AmD Tuning". Ginetta. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  3. "HAWKEY TO MAKE GINETTA RACE DEBUT AT ROCKINGHAM". TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  4. "Esmee Hawkey Joins KICK Start Energy Ginetta Junior Championship". Ginetta. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  5. "2015 GINETTA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON REVIEW". TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  6. "ESMEE HAWKEY MOVES TO GT CUP FOR 2016". SportscarRacingNews.org. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  7. "Esmee Hawkey - motorsport's teenage sensation". BBC. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  8. "ESMEE HAWKEY STEPS UP TO PORSCHE CARRERA CUP GB FOR 2018". TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  9. "Esmee Hawkey & GT Marques announce fresh assault on Porsche Carrera Cup GB for 2019". PlanetPorsche.org. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  10. "W Series announces its driver line-up". W Series. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  11. "Esmee Hawkey thrilled by maiden BTCC run". Touring Car Times. 9 July 2020.
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