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Jordan King
King in 2019
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Born (1994-02-26) 26 February 1994 (age 29)
Warwick, Warwickshire, England
Related toJustin King (father)
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2017
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number14
Former teamsMP Motorsport
Starts42
Wins0
Podiums2
Poles0
Fastest laps3
Best finish9th in 2019
Previous series
2018
2015-16
2013-14
2013
2012
2012
2011–12
2011
2011		IndyCar Series
GP2 Series
European Formula 3 Championship
British Formula 3
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Toyota Racing Series
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Formula Renault UK
FIA Formula Two Championship
Championship titles
2015
2013
2011		FIA Institute Young Driver of the Year
British Formula 3
MRF Formula 1600

Jordan King (born 26 February 1994 in Warwick) is a British racing driver from Harbury, Warwickshire who last competed in the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship. He is currently a reserve and development driver for the Mahindra Formula E Team.

In 2019, King competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, FIA World Endurance Championship in LMP1 and LMP2, and the NTT IndyCar Series. He made debuts in both the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He also tested in Formula One, Formula E and the British Touring Car Championship.

Personal life

He attended Repton School in Derbyshire on a C. B. Fry scholarship and later Princethorpe College in Warwickshire . King is the son of former Sainsbury's CEO Justin King.[1]

King is also an avid fundraiser for Birmingham Children's Hospital, having raised over £8,500 in 2019 alone while cycling the North Coast 500. [2] In 2020, he plans to run the 84-mile Hadrian's Wall Path to continue his fundraising efforts.

Career

Formula Renault 2.0 UK

King's early racing career began in karting before he moved to open-wheel racing at the end of 2010. He began driving in Formula Renault UK, starting in the Formula Renault UK Winter Series before he began the main championship in 2011.

FIA Formula Two Championship

In 2009, aged only fifteen, King tested a Formula Two car. He drove four races in Formula Palmer Audi at the Silverstone round in 2010, managing to get a podium and impressing series boss Jonathan Palmer. In 2011, he has signed up for three rounds of the Formula Two championship,[3][4] at Spa-Francorchamps, the Nürburgring and Brands Hatch during the Formula Renault UK summer break. King will be the youngest driver to take part in the modern era of the series.

GP2 Series

In February 2015, it was confirmed King would move up to GP2, signing with Racing Engineering, alongside Alexander Rossi, for 2015, where he finished twelfth overall.[5] He remained with the team for the following season, where he claimed two victories and finished seventh overall.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

2017

In 2017, King switched to MP Motorsport for a third season of the sport.[6]

2019

King at the 2019 Spielberg Formula 2 round with MP Motorsport

For 2019, King returned with the same team partnered with Indian driver Mahaveer Raghunathan. King missed the Monaco round due to his participation in the 2019 Indianapolis 500, with Artem Markelov serving as his substitute. King scored two podium finished during the season, claiming the 3rd position in the feature race at Baku and 2nd in the sprint race at Monza. He had 15 top 10 finishes in his 20 races and completed 98.7% of all laps.

King holds two F2 track records, both set in 2017, at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and Autodromo Nazionale di Monza.

Formula One

King was signed as a development driver by the Manor Marussia team for the 2015 season, being retained by the squad, renamed Manor Racing, in 2016.[7] He made his début in a Formula One session when he drove for Manor during free practice at the 2016 United States Grand Prix.[8]

He is currently a simulator driver for the Alpine F1 Team.[9]

IndyCar Series

In 2018, King signed with Ed Carpenter Racing as a part-time driver in the No. 20 car, sharing driving duties with owner Ed Carpenter. Carpenter started the ovals, while King started the 11 road and street circuit races. In his IndyCar Series debut, the season opening Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, he set the track record in qualifying, made the Firestone Fast 6 and took the lead of the race on only the fifth lap. His second Fast 6 appearance came at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during qualifications for the INDYCAR Grand Prix. He also paced the field during the only international stop in 2018, the Honda Indy Toronto. King advanced out of the first round of qualifications in half of the possible races over the course of the season.

King returned to Indy car racing in 2019 to make his Indianapolis 500 debut with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. The 2019 Indianapolis 500 was his first-ever oval race. He successfully qualified his No. 42 on the first day, locking in the 26th starting position.[10]

FIA World Endurance Championship

King also made his debut in prototype racing in 2019. He signed with Jackie Chan DC Racing x Jota for the 1000 Miles of Sebring, the 6th round of the 2018-19 Super Season. King secured the LMP2 victory in his first endurance race[11] and subsequently finished the season with the team. He competed in his first 24 Hours of Le Mans in June.

King has competed in two rounds of the 2019-20 Super Season with Team LNT Ginetta Cars in the LMP1 class.[12]

Formula E

King has tested Formula E machinery twice, firstly in 2016-17 with Mahindra Racing,[13] and again in a private test with Dragon Racing in 2019.[14] In February 2021, it was announced that King would be taking on a sim and development driver role at Mahindra. [13] In April 2023, King would participate in the Berlin rookies' driver test with the team.[15]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2010 Formula Palmer Audi MotorSport Vision 4 0 1 0 1 20 23rd
Formula Renault UK Winter Series Manor Competition 6 0 0 0 0 43 15th
2011 Formula Renault UK Manor Competition 20 0 1 1 1 265 8th
MRF Formula 1600 India Team Sidvin 8 4 1 6 6 ? 1st
FIA Formula Two Championship MotorSport Vision 6 0 0 0 0 17 14th
2012 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Manor MP Motorsport 20 1 0 2 9 316 2nd
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 14 0 0 0 1 31 13th
Toyota Racing Series M2 Competition 14 1 1 1 4 591 5th
2012–13 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 MRF Racing 8 4 2 4 6 159 2nd
2013 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Carlin 30 0 0 1 2 176 6th
British Formula 3 Championship 12 3 2 2 8 176 1st
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Carlin 32 0 0 0 7 217 7th
2015 GP2 Series Racing Engineering 22 0 0 1 1 60 12th
Formula One Manor Marussia F1 Team Development Driver
2016 GP2 Series Racing Engineering 22 2 0 1 5 122 7th
Formula One Manor Racing MRT Development Driver
2017 FIA Formula 2 Championship MP Motorsport 22 0 0 0 0 62 11th
2018 IndyCar Series Ed Carpenter Racing 11 0 0 0 0 175 22nd
2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Jackie Chan DC Racing 3 1 0 0 1 40 11th
2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship MP Motorsport 20 0 0 2 2 79 9th
IndyCar Series Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 1 0 0 0 0 12 36th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Jackie Chan DC Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship Team LNT 2 0 0 1 0 12 20th
2020–21 Formula E Mahindra Racing Reserve/development driver
2021 Formula One Alpine F1 Team Simulator driver
2021–22 Formula E Mahindra Racing Reserve/development driver
2022–23 Formula E Mahindra Racing Reserve/development driver
2023–24 Formula E Mahindra Racing Reserve/development driver

Complete Formula Renault UK results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics 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 Pos Points
2011 Manor Competition BRI
1
8 		BRI
2
9 		DON
1
7 		DON
2
8 		THR
1
10 		THR
2
10 		OUL
1
Ret 		OUL
2
10 		CRO
1
9 		CRO
2
2 		SNE
1
Ret 		SNE
2
8 		SIL1
1
8 		SIL1
2
9 		ROC
1
9 		ROC
2
7 		BHGP
1
4 		BHGP
2
12 		SIL2
1
7 		SIL2
2
8 		8th 265

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results

(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 Pos Points
2011 MotorSport Vision SIL
1 		SIL
2 		MAG
1 		MAG
2 		SPA
1
17 		SPA
2
8 		NÜR
1
5 		NÜR
2
9 		BRH
1
Ret 		BRH
2
10 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		14th 17

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Points
2012 Manor MP Motorsport ALC
1
Ret 		ALC
2
Ret 		SPA
1
7 		SPA
2
12 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
5 		MSC
1
13 		MSC
2
Ret 		HUN
1
3 		HUN
2
13 		LEC
1
20 		LEC
2
Ret 		CAT
1
Ret 		CAT
2
25 		13th 31

Complete British Formula 3 International Series results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2013 Carlin SIL
1
Ret 		SIL
2
6 		SIL
3
2 		SPA
1
2 		SPA
2
1 		SPA
3
3 		BRH
1
2 		BRH
2
4 		BRH
3
2 		NÜR
1
1 		NÜR
2
5 		NÜR
3
1 		1st 176

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Engine 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 31 32 33 DC Points
2013 Carlin Volkswagen MNZ
1
7 		MNZ
2
Ret 		MNZ
3
9 		SIL
1
11 		SIL
2
Ret 		SIL
3
6 		HOC
1
11 		HOC
2
9 		HOC
3
5 		BRH
1
7 		BRH
2
13 		BRH
3
11 		RBR
1
3 		RBR
2
6 		RBR
3
5 		NOR
1
17 		NOR
2
9 		NOR
3
9 		NÜR
1
4 		NÜR
2
4 		NÜR
3
Ret 		ZAN
1
4 		ZAN
2
4 		ZAN
3
2 		VAL
1
13 		VAL
2
Ret 		VAL
3
5 		HOC
1
6 		HOC
2
8 		HOC
3
9 		6th 176
2014 Carlin Volkswagen SIL
1
3 		SIL
2
6 		SIL
3
9 		HOC
1
3 		HOC
2
9 		HOC
3
7 		PAU
1
5 		PAU
2
18† 		PAU
3
9 		HUN
1
5 		HUN
2
Ret 		HUN
3
DNS 		SPA
1
10 		SPA
2
10 		SPA
3
10 		NOR
1
Ret 		NOR
2
2 		NOR
3
3 		MSC
1
2 		MSC
2
5 		MSC
3
Ret 		RBR
1
9 		RBR
2
Ret 		RBR
3
7 		NÜR
1
4 		NÜR
2
6 		NÜR
3
5 		IMO
1
2 		IMO
2
19 		IMO
3
11 		HOC
1
6 		HOC
2
13 		HOC
3
2 		7th 217

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics 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 21 22 DC Points
2015 Racing Engineering BHR
FEA
4 		BHR
SPR
9 		CAT
FEA
14 		CAT
SPR
11 		MON
FEA
9 		MON
SPR
Ret 		RBR
FEA
12 		RBR
SPR
7 		SIL
FEA
22† 		SIL
SPR
10 		HUN
FEA
6 		HUN
SPR
12 		SPA
FEA
8 		SPA
SPR
2 		MNZ
FEA
8 		MNZ
SPR
Ret 		SOC
FEA
Ret 		SOC
SPR
15 		BHR
FEA
9 		BHR
SPR
6 		YMC
FEA
6 		YMC
SPR
C 		12th 60
2016 Racing Engineering CAT
FEA
7 		CAT
SPR
3 		MON
FEA
Ret 		MON
SPR
16 		BAK
FEA
12† 		BAK
SPR
4 		RBR
FEA
8 		RBR
SPR
1 		SIL
FEA
8 		SIL
SPR
1 		HUN
FEA
8 		HUN
SPR
2 		HOC
FEA
15 		HOC
SPR
11 		SPA
FEA
2 		SPA
SPR
12 		MNZ
FEA
7 		MNZ
SPR
4 		SEP
FEA
5 		SEP
SPR
14 		YMC
FEA
13 		YMC
SPR
10 		7th 122

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Formula One participations

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 WDC Points
2016 Manor Racing MRT Manor MRT05 Mercedes PU106C Hybrid 1.6 V6 t AUS BHR CHN RUS ESP MON CAN EUR AUT GBR HUN GER BEL ITA SIN MAL JPN USA
TD 		MEX BRA ABU
TD 		– –

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 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
2017 MP Motorsport BHR
FEA
4 		BHR
SPR
5 		CAT
FEA
9 		CAT
SPR
5 		MON
FEA
9 		MON
SPR
8 		BAK
FEA
6 		BAK
SPR
DSQ 		RBR
FEA
9 		RBR
SPR
6 		SIL
FEA
7 		SIL
SPR
Ret 		HUN
FEA
15 		HUN
SPR
11 		SPA
FEA
Ret 		SPA
SPR
14 		MNZ
FEA
10 		MNZ
SPR
20 		JER
FEA
6 		JER
SPR
Ret 		YMC
FEA
8 		YMC
SPR
Ret 		11th 62
2019 MP Motorsport BHR
FEA
17 		BHR
SPR
8 		BAK
FEA
3 		BAK
SPR
Ret 		CAT
FEA
7 		CAT
SPR
7 		MON
FEA 		MON
SPR 		LEC
FEA
6 		LEC
SPR
11 		RBR
FEA
8 		RBR
SPR
7 		SIL
FEA
10 		SIL
SPR
9 		HUN
FEA
6 		HUN
SPR
4 		SPA
FEA
C 		SPA
SPR
C 		MNZ
FEA
6 		MNZ
SPR
2 		SOC
FEA
12 		SOC
SPR
9 		YMC
FEA
12 		YMC
SPR
9 		9th 79

American open-wheel racing results

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

IndyCar Series

Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref
2018 Ed Carpenter Racing Dallara DW12 20 Chevrolet STP
21 		PHX LBH
18 		ALA
14 		IMS
24 		INDY DET
16 		DET
18 		TXS ROA
12 		IOW TOR
11 		MDO
12 		POC GTW POR
15 		SNM
13 		22nd 175 [16]
2019 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 42 Honda STP COA ALA LBH IMS INDY
24 		DET DET TXS RDA IOW MDO POC GTW POR LAG 36th 12 [17]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2018–19 Jackie Chan DC Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA LMS SIL FUJ SHA SEB
1 		SPA
6 		LMS
Ret 		11th 40
2019–20 Team LNT LMP1 Ginetta G60-LT-P1 AER P60C 2.4 L Turbo V6 SIL FUJ SHA
4 		BHR
Ret 		COA SPA LMS BHR 20th 12

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2019 China Jackie Chan DC Racing United States Ricky Taylor
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 199 DNF DNF

References

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  5. ^ Pettit, Vince. "FORMER BRITISH F3 CHAMPION KING JOINS GP2 GRID FOR 2015". theCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
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  7. ^ Noble, Jonathan (1 March 2016). "Manor retains King as development driver for 2016". motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
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  10. ^ "Sato, Rahal and King Qualified for the 103rd Indianapolis 500; Will Start 14th, 17th and 26th Respectively After a Full Day of Excitement". 18 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
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