Ollie Jackson

Oliver Jackson (born 26 April 1984 in Whitechapel, London) is a British racing driver who currently competes in the British Touring Car Championship.

Ollie Jackson AmD Tuning Cobra Exhausts Audi BTCC Brands Hatch 2017

Ollie Jackson
Ollie Jackson at BTCC Rockingham 2017
Nationality British
Born (1984-04-26) 26 April 1984
Reigate (England)
British Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2011
Current teamMotorbase Performance
Car number48
Former teamsAmD with Cobra Exhausts
STP Racing with Sopp & Sopp
Triple 8 Race Engineering
Speedworks Motorsport
Starts233
Wins2
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish12th in 2020
Previous series
2011
2008–2010
2008
2006–2007
2005		British GT Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup GB
Caterham Superlights
Caterham Graduates
Caterham Academy
Championship titles
2010Porsche Carrera Cup GB Pro-Am1

Personal life

Ollie Jackson is from Reigate, Surrey and was educated at Epsom College. He then obtained a BSc in Computer Information Systems from the University of Bath and an MSc in Automotive Product Engineering from Cranfield University. His current occupation is Chief Engineer for Controlled Braking at Alcon Specialist Brakes and Clutches in Tamworth, Staffordshire. He previously worked at Lotus Engineering as a Ride and Handling Engineer.

Racing career

Caterhams

Jackson started his racing career driving in the Caterham Academy, a series for novice drivers. He took one race win in 2005 before moving up to the Mega Graduate Class in 2006, claiming two wins. He took two further wins in 2007 to finish as runner-up in the championship. For 2008 he raced in Caterham Superlights and took two victories on the way to second in the championship.[1]

Porsche Carrera Cup GB

In 2009 he moved up to the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain racing for Motorbase Performance. In his maiden season he finished 7th on 163 points. He stayed with the team for 2010, winning 11 of the 20 races as winner of the pro-am1 category and claiming pro-am1 title ahead of Jonas Gelžinis and Tony Gilham. At the end of 2009, Jackson had an unrivalled record in the Carrera Cup Great Britain having scored points in all 40 races he competed in.[2]

Jackson driving for AmD Tuning.com at Brands Hatch in the 2012 British Touring Car Championship.

British GT

In January 2011, Jackson was announced as a driver for the new works-backed Lotus team which would compete in the GT4 category of the British GT Championship with the Lotus Evora.[3] He competed in the first 8 rounds of the championship, finishing 6th in the GT4 category with a class win at Spa-Francorchamps.

Triple 8 (2011)

In September 2011, Triple 8 Race Engineering announced they had signed Jackson to race one of their Vauxhall Vectras in the final two rounds of the 2011 British Touring Car Championship season.[4] He ended the season 26th in the overall drivers' championship and 20th in the independents' trophy.

AmD Tuning.com (2012)

Jackson continued in the BTCC in 2012, this time driving for AmD Tuning.com in their S2000-NGTC Volkswagen Golf.[5] Jackson and the team missed the Knockhill round to go testing before they resumed racing at Rockingham.[6] Jackson finished 18th in the drivers' championship and 13th in the independents' trophy at the end of the season, claiming three top ten finishes.

Speedworks Motorsport (2013)

Jackson joined Speedworks Motorsport team for the 2013 season, driving a full Next Generation Touring Car–spec Toyota Avensis alongside Dave Newsham.[7]

Welch Motorsport (2014)

Jackson joined Welch Motorsport for the 2014 season, as confirmed at the Autosport International Show at the NEC Birmingham.[8]

AmD Tuning.com (2016–2018)

On 9 March 2016, Jackson was confirmed at AmD Tuning.com in their Audi S3 Saloon, finishing 26th with 14 points. He continued with the team for two more seasons, scoring a podium at Brands Hatch in 2018. He finished 22nd with 42 points in 2017 and 23rd with 59 in 2018.

Motorbase Performance (2019–)

For 2019, Jackson returned to Motorbase Performance, running under the Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Gallagher banner alongside Tom Chilton, with Nicolas Hamilton also part of the line-up. He finished 19th in the standings with 81 points and on 28 January 2020, it was confirmed that he would return for a second consecutive season in a new Ford Focus ST Mk.IV.[9][10] At Silverstone, Jackson secured his maiden win when he took victory in the reverse grid final race,[11] and would go on to win again at Snetterton.

Racing record

Complete British GT Championship results

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

Year Entrant Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points
2011 Lotus Sport UK Lotus Evora GT4 OUL
1
Ret		 OUL
2
15		 SNE
1
11		 BRH
1
21		 SPA
1
16		 SPA
2
10		 ROC
1
17		 ROC
2
Ret		 DON
1		 SIL
1		 6th 101.5

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

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

Year Team Car 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
2011 Triple 8 Race Engineering Vauxhall Vectra BRH
1		 BRH
2		 BRH
3		 DON
1		 DON
2		 DON
3		 THR
1		 THR
2		 THR
3		 OUL
1		 OUL
2		 OUL
3		 CRO
1		 CRO
2		 CRO
3		 SNE
1		 SNE
2		 SNE
3		 KNO
1		 KNO
2		 KNO
3		 ROC
1		 ROC
2		 ROC
3		 BRH
1
11		 BRH
2
18		 BRH
3
17		 SIL
1
16		 SIL
2
13		 SIL
3
11		 26th 0
2012 AmD Tuning.com Volkswagen Golf BRH
1
13		 BRH
2
8		 BRH
3
Ret		 DON
1
NC		 DON
2
DNS		 DON
3
DNS		 THR
1
12		 THR
2
15		 THR
3
15		 OUL
1
11		 OUL
2
15		 OUL
3
15		 CRO
1
11		 CRO
2
15		 CRO
3
Ret		 SNE
1
Ret		 SNE
2
15		 SNE
3
14		 KNO
1		 KNO
2		 KNO
3		 ROC
1
NC		 ROC
2
8		 ROC
3
8		 SIL
1
14		 SIL
2
NC		 SIL
3
16		 BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
11		 BRH
3
11		 18th 61
2013 Speedworks Motorsport Toyota Avensis BRH
1
10		 BRH
2
Ret		 BRH
3
DNS		 DON
1
16		 DON
2
NC		 DON
3
Ret		 THR
1
16		 THR
2
17		 THR
3
Ret		 OUL
1
24		 OUL
2
16		 OUL
3
15		 CRO
1
Ret		 CRO
2
DNS		 CRO
3
Ret		 SNE
1
16		 SNE
2
11		 SNE
3
13		 KNO
1
15		 KNO
2
15		 KNO
3
11		 ROC
1
15		 ROC
2
16		 ROC
3
15		 SIL
1
19		 SIL
2
Ret		 SIL
3
Ret		 BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
13		 BRH
3
11		 20th 32
2014 STP Racing with Sopp & Sopp Proton Persona BRH
1
25		 BRH
2
25		 BRH
3
22		 DON
1
26		 DON
2
Ret		 DON
3
23		 THR
1
23		 THR
2
25		 THR
3
Ret		 OUL
1
Ret		 OUL
2
Ret		 OUL
3
22		 CRO
1
22		 CRO
2
19		 CRO
3
19		 SNE
1
24		 SNE
2
22		 SNE
3
24		 KNO
1
Ret		 KNO
2
DNS		 KNO
3
DNS		 ROC
1
27		 ROC
2
22		 ROC
3
17		 SIL
1
Ret		 SIL
2
Ret		 SIL
3
DNS		 BRH
1
19		 BRH
2
22		 BRH
3
21		 29th 0
2016 AmD Tuning Audi S3 Saloon BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
23		 BRH
3
22		 DON
1
21		 DON
2
Ret		 DON
3
Ret		 THR
1
17		 THR
2
21		 THR
3
14		 OUL
1
26		 OUL
2
20		 OUL
3
25		 CRO
1
19		 CRO
2
15		 CRO
3
26		 SNE
1
19		 SNE
2
Ret		 SNE
3
Ret		 KNO
1
23		 KNO
2
Ret		 KNO
3
19		 ROC
1
17		 ROC
2
13		 ROC
3
11		 SIL
1
14		 SIL
2
16		 SIL
3
17		 BRH
1
18		 BRH
2
15		 BRH
3
Ret		 26th 14
2017 AmD Tuning with Cobra Exhausts Audi S3 Saloon BRH
1
22		 BRH
2
14		 BRH
3
16		 DON
1
17		 DON
2
Ret		 DON
3
15		 THR
1
18		 THR
2
16		 THR
3
17		 OUL
1
14		 OUL
2
26		 OUL
3
18		 CRO
1
13		 CRO
2
9		 CRO
3
10*		 SNE
1
18		 SNE
2
14		 SNE
3
Ret		 KNO
1
28		 KNO
2
19		 KNO
3
Ret		 ROC
1
14		 ROC
2
12		 ROC
3
11		 SIL
1
12		 SIL
2
Ret		 SIL
3
Ret		 BRH
1
14		 BRH
2
15		 BRH
3
16		 22nd 42
2018 AmD with Cobra Exhausts Audi S3 Saloon BRH
1
12		 BRH
2
3		 BRH
3
14		 DON
1
19		 DON
2
29		 DON
3
16		 THR
1
25		 THR
2
17		 THR
3
Ret		 OUL
1
14		 OUL
2
9		 OUL
3
21		 CRO
1
14		 CRO
2
25		 CRO
3
22		 SNE
1
Ret		 SNE
2
Ret		 SNE
3
12		 ROC
1
16		 ROC
2
11		 ROC
3
9		 KNO
1
16		 KNO
2
Ret		 KNO
3
Ret		 SIL
1
17		 SIL
2
25		 SIL
3
23		 BRH
1
17		 BRH
2
15		 BRH
3
12		 23rd 59
2019 Team Shredded Wheat Racing with Gallagher Ford Focus RS BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
18		 BRH
3
Ret		 DON
1
Ret		 DON
2
11		 DON
3
16		 THR
1
16		 THR
2
Ret		 THR
3
16		 CRO
1
Ret		 CRO
2
20		 CRO
3
11		 OUL
1
10		 OUL
2
13		 OUL
3
13		 SNE
1
8		 SNE
2
4		 SNE
3
7		 THR
1
15		 THR
2
18		 THR
3
15		 KNO
1
Ret		 KNO
2
18		 KNO
3
15		 SIL
1
18		 SIL
2
14		 SIL
3
19		 BRH
1
10		 BRH
2
6		 BRH
3
8		 19th 81
2020 Motorbase Performance Ford Focus ST Mk.IV DON
1
17		 DON
2
11		 DON
3
5*		 BRH
1
3		 BRH
2
5		 BRH
3
Ret		 OUL
1
13		 OUL
2
15		 OUL
3
19		 KNO
1
16		 KNO
2
13		 KNO
3
Ret		 THR
1
14		 THR
2
14		 THR
3
13		 SIL
1
13		 SIL
2
8		 SIL
3
1*		 CRO
1
14		 CRO
2
Ret		 CRO
3
12		 SNE
1
21		 SNE
2
8		 SNE
3
1*		 BRH
1
5		 BRH
2
5		 BRH
3
10		 12th 152

References
  1. "Ollie Jackson". btcc.net. British Touring Car Championship. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  2. "Jackson clinches pro-am1 title in Carrera Cup GB". btcc.net. Porsche. 12 December 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  3. "Two-car Lotus Evora campaign for new British GT team". British GT Championship. 24 January 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  4. "Jackson to debut with 888". btcc.net. 29 September 2011. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  5. "Jackson in AmD Golf". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 12 January 2012. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  6. "Trio to miss Knockhill". British Touring Car Championship. TOCA. 22 August 2012. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  7. Hudson, Neil (21 March 2013). "Record 32 car entry for 2013 BTCC season". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  8. Ashby, Chris (20 January 2014). "OLLIE JACKSON JOINS WELCH MOTORSPORT". BTCC Crazy. BTCC Crazy. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  9. "Ollie Jackson re-signs with Motorbase for 2020". Touring Car Times. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  10. "Motorbase confirm switch to fourth-generation Focus". Touring Car Times. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  11. "Ollie Jackson is a BTCC race winner". BTCC.net. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
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