James Hedley


James Hedley is a British racing driver who last competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for Van Amersfoort Racing, having previously raced for AIX Racing.
Hedley previously competed in the 2024 GB3 Championship with VRD by Arden. He is part of the BRDC Rising Star Programme.

Career

Karting

Hedley started karting at the age of eleven. In 2016, he became the Honda Cadet London Easter Champion.

Ginetta Junior Championship

Hedley made his car racing debut with Elite Motorsport in final two rounds of the 2017 Ginetta Junior Championship. For the 2018 Ginetta Junior Championship, he remained with the team finished the season in eighth after scoring two podiums. In 2019, he returned for another season in the Ginetta Junior Championship. This time he went on to become champion ahead of Zak O'Sullivan with seven wins to his name.

F4 British Championship

In 2020, Hedley joined JHR Developments in the F4 British Championship to make his single-seater racing debut. He took four wins throughout the season and finished the championship fifth in the standings.
In 2021, Hedley returned to the F4 British Championship with Fortec Motorsport. In the first half of the season Hedley took four wins. Ahead of the sixth round at Thruxton Circuit he split with Fortec Motorsport and continued in the championship with Carlin instead. He once again finished fifth in the overall championship standings.

GB3 Championship

In October 2021, Hedley also joined his old Ginetta Junior-team Elite Motorsport to compete in the final round of the GB3 Championship at Donington Park.
Hedley then started the 2022 GB3 Championship with Elite Motorsport. He took his only podiums finish of the season in the fourth round at Snetterton Circuit. Ahead of the fifth round at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, he switched teams to join JHR Developments. Hedley finished 17th in the championship standings.
For the 2023 GB3 Championship, Hedley joined Arden VRD. Throughout the season, he took two wins at Oulton Park and Snetterton Circuit. He came sixth in the standings.
File:GB3 2024 Mogyoród Nr. 2 Hedley.jpg|thumb|left|Hedley driving at the Hungaroring during the 2024 GB3 Championship
Hedley remained with VRD by Arden for the opening two rounds of the 2024 GB3 Championship, acting as a replacement for Nikita Johnson, who was yet to reach the minimum age requirement to compete in the GB3 Championship.

Formula Regional

2023

Following the 2023 Formula Regional season, Hedley participated in multiple post-season tests with RPM. These tests never amounted to a race seat.

2024

Hedley was linked to the Monolite Racing team during the 2024 pre-season and was due to test and race with them until they withdrew from the championship shortly before the season's start.

2025

Hedley joined PHM Racing from round 3 onwards, in the Formula Regional Middle East Championship.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2024

In May 2024, Hedley made his FIA Formula 3 debut following a late call-up to race in the Monaco round, replacing Matías Zagazeta who was recovering from appendicitis.

2025

Hedley made his debut in the 2025 FIA Formula 3 season with AIX Racing, replacing Javier Sagrera for round three from Imola and onwards. During the opening lap of the Monaco sprint race, Hedley was involved in a collision with Ivan Domingues which inflicted a hand injury; this caused him to miss the feature race. The injury also caused him to miss the following round in Barcelona, and he was replaced by José Garfias. Hedley was replaced for the final round in Monza by Fernando Barrichello. A few days later however, he would return to the championship with Van Amersfoort Racing, replacing Santiago Ramos.

Super Formula

In December 2024, Hedley partook in a Super Formula test at the Suzuka Circuit.

Racing record

Racing career summary

* Season still in progress.

Complete Ginetta Junior Championship results

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627DCPoints
2017Elite MotorsportBHI
1
BHI
2
DON
1
DON
2
DON
3
THR1
1
THR1
2
OUL
1
OUL
2
CRO
1
CRO
2
CRO
3
SNE
1
SNE
2
SNE
3
KNO
1
KNO
2
ROC
1
ROC
2
ROC
3
SIL
1
17		SIL
2
16		SIL
3
10		BHGP
1
10		BHGP
2
10		BHGP
3
6		22nd60
2018Elite MotorsportBHI
1
7		BHI
2
10		DON
1
8		DON
2
10		DON
3
5		THR1
1
6		THR1
2
2		OUL
1
5		OUL
2
12		CRO
1
6		CRO
2
11		CRO
3
10		SNE
1
13		SNE
2
7		SNE
3
6		ROC
1
5		ROC
2
Ret		ROC
3
12		KNO
1
7		KNO
2
4		SIL
1
2		SIL
2
8		SIL
3
18		BHGP
1
5		BHGP
2
10		BHGP
3
18		8th356
2019Elite MotorsportBHI
1
3		BHI
2
2		DON
1
1		DON
2
2		DON
3
1		THR1
1
4		THR1
2
1		CRO
1
C		CRO
2
2		OUL
1
2		OUL
2
2		SNE
1
6		SNE
2
2		SNE
3
3		SNE
4
2		THR2
1
1		THR2
2
3		THR2
3
Ret		KNO
1
1		KNO
2
1		KNO
3
3		SIL
1
17		SIL
2
4		SIL
3
4		BHGP
1
1		BHGP
2
5		BHGP
3
5		1st680
2019------------------------------

Complete F4 British Championship results

Complete GB3 Championship results

* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

Complete Eurocup-3 results

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617DCPoints
2024Saintéloc RacingSPA
1
SPA
2
RBR
1
RBR
2
POR
1
POR
2
POR
3
LEC
1
LEC
2
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
ARA
1
ARA
2
JER
1
17		JER
2
11		CAT
1
CAT
2
NC†0

† As Hedley was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points

Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results

YearTeam123456789101112131415DCPoints
2025AKCEL GP / PHM RacingYMC1
1		YMC1
2		YMC1
3		YMC2
1		YMC2
2		YMC2
3		DUB
1
18		DUB
2
16		DUB
3
13		YMC3
1
15		YMC3
2
Ret		YMC3
3
13		LUS
1		LUS
2		LUS
3		25th0