Jordan King

Jordan King (born 26 February 1994 in Warwick) is a British racing driver. He is currently the reserve driver for the Mahindra Formula E Team, for whom he made his Formula E debut at the 2024 Berlin ePrix.

Previously, King has been a race winner in the GP2 Series and the LMP2 class of the WEC, as well as racing in the IndyCar Series. He is also the 2013 champion of the British F3 International Series.

Personal life

King attended Repton School in Derbyshire on a C. B. Fry scholarship and later Princethorpe College in Warwickshire. King is the son of former Sainsbury's CEO Justin King.

King is also an avid fundraiser for Birmingham Children's Hospital, having raised over £8,500 in 2019 while cycling the North Coast 500. In 2020, he ran the 84-mile Hadrian's Wall Path to continue his fundraising efforts.[citation needed]

In 2024, King ran the London Marathon raising over £16,900 for Birmingham Children’s Hospital and completing the marathon in 2:58.[citation needed]

King also manages the career of 2024 Euro 4 Champion Akshay Bohra.[citation needed]

Career

Formula Renault 2.0 UK

King's early racing career began in karting before he moved to open-wheel racing at the end of 2010. He began driving in Formula Renault UK, starting in the Formula Renault UK Winter Series before he began the main championship in 2011.[citation needed]

FIA Formula Two Championship

In 2009, aged only fifteen, King tested a Formula Two car. He drove four races in Formula Palmer Audi at the Silverstone round in 2010, managing to get a podium and impressing series boss Jonathan Palmer. In 2011, he has signed up for three rounds of the Formula Two championship, at Spa-Francorchamps, the Nürburgring and Brands Hatch during the Formula Renault UK summer break. King was the youngest driver to take part in the modern era of the series.[citation needed]

GP2 Series

In February 2015, it was confirmed King would move up to GP2, signing with Racing Engineering, alongside Alexander Rossi, for 2015, where he finished twelfth overall. He remained with the team for the following season, where he claimed two victories and finished seventh overall.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

2017

In 2017, King switched to MP Motorsport for a third season of the sport.

2019

For 2019, King returned with the same team partnered with Indian driver Mahaveer Raghunathan. King missed the Monaco round due to his participation in the 2019 Indianapolis 500, with Artem Markelov serving as his substitute. King scored two podium finishes during the season, claiming the third position in the feature race at Baku and second in the sprint race at Monza.[citation needed] He finished ninth in the standings.

King holds two F2 track records, both set in 2017, at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and Autodromo Nazionale di Monza.[citation needed]

Formula One

King was signed as a development driver by the Manor Marussia team for the 2015 season, being retained by the squad, renamed Manor Racing, in 2016. He made his debut in a Formula One session when he drove for Manor during free practice at the 2016 United States Grand Prix.

Since 2020, King has been a development driver for the Alpine F1 Team.

IndyCar Series

In 2018, King signed with Ed Carpenter Racing as a part-time driver in the No. 20 car, sharing driving duties with owner Ed Carpenter. Carpenter started the ovals, while King started the eleven road and street circuit races. In his IndyCar Series debut, the season opening Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, he set the track record in qualifying, made the Firestone Fast 6 and took the lead of the race on only the fifth lap. His second Fast 6 appearance came at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during qualifications for the IndyCar Grand Prix. He also paced the field during the only international stop in 2018, the Honda Indy Toronto. King advanced out of the first round of qualifications in half of the possible races over the course of the season.

King returned to Indy car racing in 2019 to make his Indianapolis 500 debut with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. The 2019 Indianapolis 500 was his first-ever oval race. He successfully qualified his No. 42 on the first day, locking in the 26th starting position.

FIA World Endurance Championship

King also made his debut in prototype racing in 2019. He signed with Jackie Chan DC Racing x Jota for the 1000 Miles of Sebring, the sixth round of the 2018-19 Super Season. King secured the LMP2 victory in his first endurance race and subsequently finished the season with the team. He competed in his first 24 Hours of Le Mans in June.[citation needed]

King has competed in two rounds of the 2019-20 Super Season with Team LNT Ginetta Cars in the LMP1 class.

Formula E

King first tested Formula E machinery twice, firstly in 2016-17 with Mahindra Racing, and again in a private test with Dragon Racing in 2019. In February 2021, it was announced that King would be taking on a sim and development driver role at Mahindra. In April 2023, King would participate in the Berlin rookies' driver test with the team.

Mahindra Racing (2024)

King made his debut in Berlin with Mahindra, replacing Nyck de Vries, who missed the event due to a calendar clash with 6 Hours of Spa.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Formula Palmer Audi results

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Complete Formula Renault UK results

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Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

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Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results

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Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

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Complete British Formula Three Championship results

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Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

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Complete GP2/Formula 2 results

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† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Formula One participations

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American open-wheel racing results

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IndyCar Series

Indianapolis 500

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete Formula E results

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External links

• career summary at DriverDB.com