Adrian Quaife-Hobbs


Adrian Rodney Quaife-Hobbs is a British former racing driver, notable for being the youngest driver to win the T Cars championship and the youngest ever winner of a MSA-sanctioned car racing series.
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Career

Early career

Quaife-Hobbs was born in Pembury. He began his career in 2002, racing in the Honda cadets category, winning four races in his first season and coming second in the Formula 6 Championship. 2003 saw Quaife-Hobbs move up to the more powerful Mini Max category where he took several podium finishes and a race victory. Quaife-Hobbs continued racing in the Mini Max series for 2004, winning the Bayford Meadows Championship. At the age of 14, Quaife-Hobbs moved up to the T Cars category where he won both the main T Cars Championship title, becoming the youngest Champion in the series' history at 14 years 8 months old, and winning the Autumn Trophy title as well. In 2006 Quaife-Hobbs competed in the first few T-car races and got a double win in the opening rounds and also won his last race at Rockingham before deciding to focus on a 2007 campaign in Formula BMW. 2006 also saw Quaife-Hobbs win the British Racing Drivers' Club's Rising Star Award, becoming the youngest driver to receive the award at the age of fifteen.

Formula BMW

For 2007, Quaife-Hobbs was promoted to the Formula BMW class, running in its UK series, racing for the current Champions Fortec Motorsport. The young Brit established himself in the first meeting of the championship at Brands Hatch, coming eleventh on his debut and running in third for a majority of the second race before tyre issues forced him to yield the final podium place to Valle Mäkelä, the winner of race one. Quaife-Hobbs finished his debut season tenth in the Drivers' Championship with 405 points.

Formula Renault

Following the closure of the 2007 FBMW UK season, Quaife-Hobbs decided to enter the Formula Renault Eurocup with BVM Minardi to gain experience in the Formula Renault cars. He did well on his debut, despite retiring in the first race, he finished eighth in the second from thirteenth position, enough to earn him three points. Quaife-Hobbs also competed in two Formula Renault NEC races with Motopark Academy and at Spa, he got his first Formula Renault podium in only his third event. 2007 also saw Quaife-Hobbs win a place on the prestigious MSA British Race Elite scheme run by David Brabham.
Quaife-Hobbs entered the Eurocup for a full season in 2008 as well as the Italian championship, both with the BVM Minardi team in which he finished fourth. He returned to Motopark Academy for 2009 campaigns in the Eurocup and Northern European Cup, finishing fourth in both series.

Formula Three

Quaife-Hobbs stepped up into the Formula 3 Euro Series for the 2010 season, staying with Motopark Academy for his graduation into the series. He earned points in first races of the Circuit Paul Ricard and Hockenheim meetings, finishing sixth and fifth respectively.

GP3 Series

After the Euro Series opener, Quaife-Hobbs elected to concentrate on the new-for-2010 GP3 Series, signing a contract with Manor Racing. At Spa he secured his first podium. He finished in fifteenth position in the championship standings.
Quaife-Hobbs stayed in GP3 for 2011 with Manor. He achieved his first win at Valencia. At the end of the season he improved to fifth position in the drivers' championship, and as he finished as the best-placed Marussia Manor driver in the championship, he received a Formula One test with Marussia Virgin Racing.

Auto GP World Series

In 2012 Quaife-Hobbs graduated to the Auto GP World Series, competing for Super Nova International. Since the start of the season, he has taken victory in Monza and Valencia, notching up two pole positions, five podium finishes from six rounds and currently leads the series by 29 points.
He went on to take every pole bar one throughout the season, and took the championship.

GP2 Series

For 2013 Quaife-Hobbs was signed to race for MP Motorsport in the GP2 Series. The highlight of the first half of the season was a second place at Monaco, before he switched to Hilmer Motorsport from Hungary onwards. Following a second podium in Belgium, Quaife-Hobbs scored his maiden GP2 victory at Monza in the sprint race. He finished the season 13th overall, with a total of 56 points and one win.
For 2014, Quaife-Hobbs remained in GP2, but drove for the Rapax Team alongside Simon Trummer. For the second season in a row he finished the year in 13th position in the championship standings.

GT3

For the 2015 season, Quaife-Hobbs moved into endurance racing with the Von Ryan Racing team. He contested selected rounds of the Blancpain Endurance Series and British GT Championship, driving a McLaren 650S in the GT3 class. On his début in the British series, Quaife-Hobbs and his co-driver, Gilles Vannelet, took victory in the Silverstone 500.

Racing record

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314DCPoints
2007BVM MinardiZOL
1
ZOL
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
HUN
1
HUN
2
DON
1
Ret		DON
2
9		MAG
1
Ret		MAG
2
30†		EST
1
20		EST
2
19		CAT
1
27		CAT
2
20		23rd3
2008BVM MinardiSPA
1
Ret		SPA
2
Ret		SIL
1
11		SIL
2
9		HUN
1
14		HUN
2
19		NÜR
1
29		NÜR
2
24		LMS
1
Ret		LMS
2
Ret		EST
1
16		EST
2
Ret		CAT
1
Ret		CAT
2
14		26th2
2009Motopark AcademyCAT
1
8		CAT
2
Ret		SPA
1
4		SPA
2
3		HUN
1
6		HUN
2
1		SIL
1
9		SIL
2
3		LMS
1
14		LMS
2
6		NÜR
1
4		NÜR
2
9		ALC
1
6		ALC
2
4		4th83

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2007Motopark AcademyZAN
1
ZAN
2
OSC
1
OSC
2
ASS
1
ASS
2
ZOL
1
ZOL
1
NUR
1
NUR
2
OSC
1
OSC
2
4		SPA
1
5		SPA
2
3		HOC
1
4		HOC
2
18th70
2009Motopark AcademyZAN
1
1		ZAN
2
17		HOC
1
2		HOC
2
15		ALA
1
ALA
2
OSC
1
3		OSC
2
10		ASS
1
5		ASS
2
5		MST
1
5		MST
2
7		NÜR
1
7		NÜR
2
2		SPA
1
4		SPA
2
4		4th229

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

YearEntrantChassisEngine123456789101112131415161718DCPoints
2010Motopark AcademyDallara F308/099VolkswagenLEC
1
6		LEC
2
9		HOC
1
5		HOC
2
7		VAL
1		VAL
2		NOR
1		NOR
2		NÜR
1		NÜR
2		ZAN
1		ZAN
2		BRH
1		BRH
2		OSC
1		OSC
2		HOC
1		HOC
2		13th7

Complete GP3 Series results

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2010Manor RacingCAT
FEA
21		CAT
SPR
26		IST
FEA
Ret		IST
SPR
Ret		VAL
FEA
12		VAL
SPR
5		SIL
FEA
Ret		SIL
SPR
Ret		HOC
FEA
DNS		HOC
SPR
18		HUN
FEA
12		HUN
SPR
7		SPA
FEA
3		SPA
SPR
5		MNZ
FEA
17		MNZ
SPR
22		15th10
2011Marussia Manor RacingIST
FEA
24		IST
SPR
16		CAT
FEA
11		CAT
SPR
23		VAL
FEA
1		VAL
SPR
8		SIL
FEA
4		SIL
SPR
15		NÜR
FEA
5		NÜR
SPR
Ret		HUN
FEA
3		HUN
SPR
10		SPA
FEA
4		SPA
SPR
Ret		MNZ
FEA
Ret		MNZ
SPR
6		5th36

Complete Auto GP World Series results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314PosPoints
2012Super Nova InternationalMNZ
1
1		MNZ
2
3		VAL
1
2		VAL
2
1		MAR
1
2		MAR
2
4		HUN
1
1		HUN
2
2		ALG
1
1		ALG
2
1		CUR
1
6		CUR
2
12†		SON
1
Ret		SON
2
2		1st221

† Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Complete GP2 Series results

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516171819202122DCPoints
2013MP MotorsportSEP
FEA
Ret		SEP
SPR
17		BHR
FEA
7		BHR
SPR
8		CAT
FEA
17		CAT
SPR
21		MON
FEA
8		MON
SPR
2		SIL
FEA
12		SIL
SPR
11		NÜR
FEA
Ret		NÜR
SPR
16		13th56
2013Hilmer MotorsportHUN
FEA
18		HUN
SPR
Ret		SPA
FEA
10		SPA
SPR
3		MNZ
FEA
7		MNZ
SPR
1		MRN
FEA
22		MRN
SPR
8		YMC
FEA
11		YMC
SPR
21†		13th56
2014RapaxBHR
FEA
10		BHR
SPR
6		CAT
FEA
9		CAT
SPR
9		MON
FEA
9		MON
SPR
8		RBR
FEA
24		RBR
SPR
18		SIL
FEA
13		SIL
SPR
15		HOC
FEA
14		HOC
SPR
8		HUN
FEA
2		HUN
SPR
12		SPA
FEA
11		SPA
SPR
21		MNZ
FEA
11		MNZ
SPR
8		SOC
FEA		SOC
SPR		YMC
FEA		YMC
SPR		13th30

Complete British GT Championship results

YearTeamCarClass123456789DCPoints
2015Von Ryan RacingMcLaren 650S GT3GT3OUL
1		OUL
2		ROC
1		SIL
1
1		SPA
1		BRH
1		SNE
1		SNE
2		DON
1		13th37.5