Adrian Quaife-Hobbs

Adrian Quaife-Hobbs
Nationality	British
Born	3 February 1991 Pembury (United Kingdom)
Related to	Phil Quaife (cousin)
Blancpain Endurance Series career
Debut season	2015
Current team	Von Ryan Racing
Car no.	59
Previous series
2013–14 2012 2010–11 2010 2008 2008 2007, 2009 2007–09 2007 2005–06 2005	GP2 Series Auto GP World Series GP3 Series Formula 3 Euro Series Portuguese FR2.0 W. Series Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula BMW UK T Cars T Cars Autumn Trophy
Championship titles
2012 2005 2005	Auto GP World Series T Cars T Cars Autumn Trophy
Awards
2007 2006	MSA British Race Elite BRDC Rising Star Award

Adrian Rodney Quaife-Hobbs (born 3 February 1991 in Pembury) is a British race car 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. He currently resides in Tonbridge.

Career

Early career

Quaife-Hobbs 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.^[1]

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 competing at the second round of the 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series at Hockenheim.

Quaife-Hobbs stepped up into the Formula 3 Euro Series for the 2010 season, staying with Motopark Academy for his graduation into the series.^[2] He earned points in first races of the Circuit Paul Ricard and Hockenheim meetings, finishing sixth^[3] and fifth^[4] 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.^[5] At Spa he secured his first podium.^[6] He finished in fifteenth position in the championship standings.^[7]

Quaife-Hobbs stayed in GP3 for 2011 with Manor. He achieved his first win at Valencia.^[8] 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.^[9]

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.^[10]

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.^[11] 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.^[12]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Podiums	Points	Position
2005	T Cars	PR Motorsport	17	8	2	?	10	284	1st
	T Cars Autumn Trophy		7	6	7	?	7	138	1st
2006	T Cars	PR Motorsport	10	3	3	?	7	68	9th
2007	Formula BMW UK	Fortec Motorsport	18	0	1	0	0	405	10th
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	BVM Minardi	8	0	0	0	0	3	23rd
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Motopark Academy	4	0	0	0	1	70	18th
2008	Italian Formula Renault 2.0	BVM Minardi	14	1	0	1	4	250	4th
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		14	0	0	0	0	2	25th
	Portugal Winter Series FR2.0	Motopark Academy	2	0	0	0	1	16	6th
2009	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Motopark Academy	14	1	1	2	3	229	4th
	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0		14	1	0	0	4	83	4th
2010	Formula Three Euroseries	Motopark Academy	4	0	0	0	0	7	13th
	GP3 Series	Manor Racing	14	0	0	0	1	10	15th
2011	GP3 Series	Manor Racing	16	1	2	2	2	36	5th
	Formula One	Virgin Racing	Test driver
2012	Auto GP World Series	Super Nova International	14	5	6	4	10	221	1st
2013	GP2 Series	MP Motorsport	12	0	0	0	1	56	13th
		Hilmer Motorsport	10	1	0	0	2
2014	GP2 Series	Rapax	18	0	0	0	1	30	13th
2015	Blancpain Endurance Series	Von Ryan Racing	5	0	0	0	0	10	20th
	British GT Championship		1	1	0	0	1	37.5	13th
2016	GT3 Le Mans Cup	FFF Racing Team by ACM	6	0	0	0	2	46	5th

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Points
2010	Motopark Academy	Dallara F308/099	Volkswagen	LEC 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	13th	7

Complete GP3 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	DC	Points
2010	Manor Racing	CAT 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	15th	10
2011	Marussia Manor Racing	IST 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	5th	36

Complete Auto GP World 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	Pos	Points
2012	Super Nova International	MNZ 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	1st	221

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

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
2013	MP Motorsport	SEP 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											13th	56
	Hilmer Motorsport													HUN 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†
2014	Rapax	BHR 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	13th	30

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
2015	Von Ryan Racing	McLaren 650S GT3	GT3	OUL 1	OUL 2	ROC 1	SIL 1 1	SPA 1	BRH 1	SNE 1	SNE 2	DON 1	13th	37.5

References

1. "T Cars > Graduates". Retrieved 17 April 2007.
2. Beer, Matt; Mills, Peter (9 December 2009). "Motopark signs Quaife-Hobbs, Laine". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Archived from the original on 24 December 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
3. Stoppe, Sven (10 April 2010). "La Castellet Race 1" (PDF). f3euroseries.com. La Castellet: Formula 3 Euro Series. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
4. Tischer, Alexander H.H. (24 April 2010). "Hockenheim Race 1" (PDF). f3euroseries.com. Formula 3 Euro Series. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
5. "GP3 Series: Llista d'inscrits / Entry list" (PDF). circuitcat.com. Circuit de Catalunya. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
6. "Race 1 results – GP3: Belgium 2010". GPUpdate.net. GPUpdate. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
7. "Drivers' Championship". GPUpdate.net. GPUpdate. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
8. "Quaife-Hobbs storms to first GP3 victory". GPUpdate.net. GPUpdate. 25 June 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
9. "Félix da Costa wins dramatic season finale". GPUpdate.net. GPUpdate. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
10. "16 drivers on the Auto GP World Series grid". Auto GP World Series. Auto GP Organization. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
11. "British racer Quaife-Hobbs joins Rapax". GPUpdate. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
12. Kalinauckas, Alex (4 June 2015). "Mclaren debutants steal the show at Silverstone". Autosport. Haymarket Media Group. 220 (10): 48–49.

External links

• Official website
• Adrian Quaife-Hobbs career summary at DriverDB.com