Esmee Hawkey

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Esmee Hawkey
Nationality United Kingdom British
Born (1998-03-02) 2 March 1998 (age 26)
Chislehurst, Greater London, England
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Years active 2021–2022
Teams T3 Motorsport
Starts 20
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Best finish 20th in 2021
Previous series
2014–2015
2016–2017
2018–2020
2019		 Ginetta Junior Championship
United Kingdom GT Cup – GT4
Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
W Series

Esmee Anna Hawkey (born 2 March 1998 in Chislehurst) is a British racing driver, who previously competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.

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Hawkey battles Megan Gilkes at the 2019 W Series Brands Hatch round.

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] Hawkey has had a number of successful results in Porsche Carrera Cup and is the 2020 Pro-Am Champion.[10]

She would be announced as one of the 18 permanent drivers for the inaugural season of the W Series.[11] 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.[12] She signed with Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab to contest the 2021 European Le Mans Series in their Iron Dames GTE-spec Ferrari, but had her contract terminated before the first round due to incorrect license grading being provided to the FIA.[13][14]

In 2021, Hawkey received backing from ROKiT and joined German racing team T3 Motorsport to drive a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo full-time in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, the leading Germany-based touring car racing series.[15] After scoring two championship points in her first season in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, she returned for a second season in 2022 with the same team and car but the team pulled out after two rounds due to a lack of funding.[16]

Hawkey joined Ginetta as an ambassador in 2023, and was scheduled to contest the GT4 class of the 2023 British GT Championship.[17] She only contested the opening two rounds of the season, with a best finish of 13th in class at Oulton Park.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2014 Ginetta Junior Championship AMD Motorsport 6 0 0 0 0 29 22nd
2015 Ginetta Junior Championship JHR Developments 16 0 0 0 0 34 25th
2018 Porsche Carrera Cup GB - Pro Am GT Marques 16 0 0 0 2 54 5th
2019 W Series Hitech GP 6 0 0 0 0 2 15th
Porsche Carrera Cup GB - Pro Am GT Marques 16 3 0 0 12 110 3rd
2020 Porsche Carrera Cup GB - Pro Am Team Parker Racing 16 9 0 0 15 156 1st
2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters T3 Motorsport 16 0 0 0 0 2 20th
2022 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters T3 Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 0 33rd
2023 British GT Championship - GT4 Toro Verde GT 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC

Complete W Series results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 DC Points
2019 Hitech GP HOC
12		 ZOL
Ret		 MIS
11		 NOR
9		 ASS
11		 BRH
16		 15th 2

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points
2021 T3 Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo MNZ
1
14		 MNZ
2
16		 LAU
1
Ret		 LAU
2
16		 ZOL
1
13		 ZOL
2
13		 NÜR
1
17		 NÜR
2
11		 RBR
1
16		 RBR
2
16		 ASS
1
11		 ASS
2
Ret		 HOC
1
14		 HOC
2
16		 NOR
1
Ret		 NOR
2
Ret		 20th 2
2022 T3 Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo ALG
1
Ret		 ALG
2
21		 LAU
1
18		 LAU
2
19		 IMO
1		 IMO
2		 NOR
1		 NOR
2		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 SPA
1		 SPA
2		 RBR
1		 RBR
2		 HOC
1		 HOC
2		 33rd 0

Complete British GT Championship results

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points
2023 Toro Verde GT Ginetta G56 GT4 GT4 OUL
1
31		 OUL
2
30		 SIL
1
Ret		 DON
1
Ret		 SNE
1		 SNE
2		 ALG
1		 BRH
1		 DON
1		 NC 0

References

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External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Karl Leonard
 Porsche Carrera Cup GB
Pro-Am Champion
2020		 Succeeded by
Ryan Ratcliffe

Template:W Series Drivers

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