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Terry Hawkin
Nationality	British
Born	1 September, 1998; Southend-on-Sea, England
ARWS
Debut Season	2018
Latest Season	2020
Current Team	Fusion Lotto Racing
Car Number	7
Former Teams	N/A
Races	35 (35 starts)
Championships	1 (2018)
Victories	6
Podiums	11
Points	99
Pole Positions	6
Fastest Laps	8
First Race	2018 Australian Grand Prix
First Victory	2018 Italian Grand Prix
Last Victory	2018 Japanese Grand Prix
Last Race	2020 New South Wales Grand Prix
Best Finish	1st (2018)
F2RWRS
Debut Season	2014
Latest Season	2017
Current Team	Unattached
Car Number	N/A
Former Teams	Gillet ENB; / Scuderia Jones Italia; Jones Racing
Races	43 (42 starts)
Championships	0
Victories	4
Podiums	15
Points	158
Pole Positions	2
Fastest Laps	3
First Race	2014 F2RWRS Monaco Grand Prix
First Victory	2014 F2RWRS FedEx 100
Last Victory	2017 F2RWRS North Sea Grand Prix
Last Race	2017 F2RWRS Macau Grand Prix
Best Finish	3rd (2017)

Latest revision as of 17:27, 16 January 2023

Terry Hawkin (born 1st September 1998 in Southend-on-Sea, England) is an English racing driver, currently driving for Fernando Alonso Speed Team (FAST) in Formula One. Formerly of the AutoReject World Series, Hawkin is the third driver to win the ARWS title during their first season, the only other two drivers to hold this distinction being Gary Cameron and Mark Dagnall.

Early career

Karting and Formula Ford (2006-2013)

Hawkin began his motorsport career as many other young drivers do, entering into the fiercely competitive world of karting in 2006, aged 7, and having won a number of races and featured prominently, he was picked up by Sammy Jones who offered to assist Hawkin with a step up to Formula Ford at the end of 2011. Two successful years in Formula Ford followed, with race wins and 2nd place in the 2013 championship resulting in Jones immediately promoting the young Englishman into the first seat of his newly-created Jones Racing F3RWRS team for 2014.

F3RWRS, F2RWRS and IFRC (2014-2017)

2014 would be something of a baptism of fire for Hawkin. He was partnered with Belgian Eric Swerts at Jones Racing and following two steady weekends, the Briton found himself called up to replace Laurent Seron in F2RWRS. Seron had been injured in a horrifying accident at the first race of the F2RWRS season at Turkey and while Seron's boss Tony Gillet was initially going to promote Swerts, the Belgian's underwhelming start to the F3RWRS season meant Gillet gave the nod to Hawkin to make the step up instead. Terry would subsequently drive for the Gillet team for the next four races until Seron had returned to fitness, and in that time surprised everyone with two third place finishes, and retired while on course for victory in Britain. The spell in F2RWRS meant Hawkin had missed the F3RWRS British round at Brands Hatch, but he returned for the remaining four rounds of the season. After a superb weekend in Germany, Hawkin was offered the chance to return to F2RWRS with Scuderia Jones Italia and he took it, deciding to dovetail the two series for the remainder of the year. A long break in the F3RWRS schedule was filled with four F2RWRS races for Hawkin in which he claimed two further third place finishes. From there, Hawkin was replaced by Irishman Connor O'Heagan so that Terry remained eligible for the final two F3RWRS rounds. A messy weekend in China meant the title was all but out of Hawkin's hands at the final race at Surfers Paradise but he took the win nonetheless and finished second overall in the championship, two points behind winner Tomo Kazama. With F3RWRS done, Hawkin could return to F2RWRS for the final race on the calender, the FedEx 100 which he won in emphatic fashion as part of a Jones Italia 1-2 finish with Marco Bizzarri in second place. Following his impressive performances, Hawkin was rewarded with appearances at the two F1RWRS non-championship races at the end of 2014. At the World 800 he finished third in a Jones 1-2-3 but retired from the Luxembourg GP.

With nothing left to prove in F3RWRS, Sammy Jones took the decision to immediately promote Hawkin into his new F2RWRS team for 2015. In a much more straightforward year for Terry he was able to settle into the series with no distractions but failed to cause as much of a stir as in 2014. Nevertheless he achieved a string of points finishes, highlighted by third places in South Africa and Holland, and a second win in the series, this time in Belgium. Ironically, despite it being his first full year in the championship, Hawkin finished one place lower, seventh, than he did in 2014 when he finished sixth overall. In his second appearance at the World 800 non-championship F1RWRS race Terry couldn't replicate his 2014 form and would retire from the race. Going into 2016, the initial anticipation was for Hawkin to stay in F2RWRS for another year and launch a proper title assault, but following rule changes in the off-season, Jones moved his protege across to the International Formula Reject Challenge for 2016 which appeared to be a better prospect. The decision proved to be a shrewd one as despite a slow start, with no points until the sixth race, Hawkin was then off the podium on just four occasions for the remainder of the season. With a total of six wins and 163 points, he sealed the title in style, his first ever championship victory in his career.

Following his success, Hawkin was keen to make the step up to the premier class in 2017, but Jones felt it was too soon and moved him back into F2RWRS which had resolved its problems and presented an attractive prospect for young drivers once again. Alongside fellow talent Nick Nurmester, Hawkin enjoyed another successful year but was ultimately beaten into third place overall by Nurmester and eventual champion Dan Greenlaw. There were still two wins, in Austria and at the North Sea GP, on top of a number of other podium finishes, but it wasn't the result Hawkin wanted. Despite missing out on the championship, it was clear he had achieved everything he could in the lower formulae, but with no space at Jones' ARWS team, a spot was found at the up-and-coming Fusion team, going into their second season.

ARWS career

Fusion (2018-present)

Hawkin made his debut in ARWS at the age of nineteen, but on the back of his impressive junior category career he was expected to do well. Signed to the Fusion team as there was no room at Jones, Hawkin surpassed all of the expectations placed upon him as he won four of the first seven races of the year. The Fusion car proved to be one of the best in the field, with Hawkin's main opposition coming from the two MRT drivers of Phillippe Nicolas and Alberto Cara. Following the Moroccan GP, Sammy Jones severed all ties with Hawkin after the two were involved in a very public spat relating to on-track incidents between Jones driver Mark Dagnall and Fusion drivers Hawkin and Fredo Mestolio. With Jones out of the picture, it meant Hawkin would manage his own affairs from this point on.

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