James Jakes

I find James Jakes genuinely compelling because of how many worlds he raced through. Out of Leeds, he climbed from British Formula 3 to GP2, crossed the Atlantic for the IndyCar Series, and later wheeled GT machinery in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup. That breadth demands an adaptability most drivers never develop, switching countries, cars, and racing cultures. He kept his own website and social presence too, which tells me he understood self-promotion in the modern racing era. I respect the journeyman driver who masters many disciplines far more than I respect a one-track specialist. There is a quiet, hard-earned cool to a career like his.

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Name (English)

James Jakes

Name (Japanese)

ジェームズ・ジェイクス

Reading

じぇーむず・じぇいくす

Born

August 4, 1987 (age 39)

Origin

Leeds, United Kingdom

Occupation

racing automobile driver

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rabbit

• Official sitehttps://www.jamesjakes.com
• Xhttps://x.com/JamesJakes
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Jakes
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1332516

Tags

• racing automobile driver

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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