Jake Hill


Jake Hill is a British racing driver who is currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship for Trade Price Cars Racing. He is the son of racing driver and motorsport commentator Simon Hill, has also driven for Team HARD, Rob Austin Racing and Motorbase Performance.

Racing career

Ginetta Junior Championship

Hill was born in Tunbridge Wells. After a short karting career, he began car racing in 2008, having signed with Tollbar Racing to tackle the Ginetta Junior Championship Winter Series. Hill finished the series as the top rookie and fourth overall.
This led to Hill joining the main championship in 2009. Despite not racing the full season, Hill took three wins, five Pole Positions, five fastest laps and five podiums and led every race he competed in.
The following season saw the début of the Ginetta G40 in the championship, replacing the previous Ginetta G20. 2010 was just as successful for Hill, which saw him take a further 10 wins, 13 Podiums, 8 Pole Positions and 9 Fastest Lsp on his way to finishing second in the championship to Tom Ingram, after being docked points early in the season.

Ginetta GT Supercup

In 2011, Hill made the step up into a Ginetta G50, racing in the Michelin Ginetta GT Supercup. Hill secured four class wins during this season, and 17 Podiums in 27 races
Hill only had a partial campaign in 2012, but still took a single overall win in the championship and six podiums

British Touring Car Championship

2013 saw Hill make his début in the BTCC whilst substituting for absent Addison Lee Motorbase driver Liam Griffin at the Croft round of the championship. Hill took a Jack Sears Trophy class win in the first round of the meeting.
Hill joined Rob Austin Racing prior to the final round of the 2013 season at Brands Hatch, replacing Will Bratt and qualifying 10th, scoring points in all three races and outscoring and out qualifying his race-winning teammate Rob Austin all weekend.
Jake is a BRDC Rising Star. Jake started racing in 2002 in Cadet Karting, he has continued his career by racing in Ginetta Juniors rising up to Ginetta GT Supercup. He has driven for Motorbase Performance, Exocet Racing and AMD Tuning, Porsche Carerra Cup GB scoring three podiums in four races, Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup at Silverstone in 2015 and in the BTCC before now finally getting a full season with TeamHard.
In 2016 he regularly out qualified his teammates, scored points on 17 occasions, qualified 10th at Donington Park, 11th at Croft and Silverstone, Won the Dunlop #ForeverForward award for most places gained at Oulton Park, finished in the top-ten on 6 occasions, finished 6th overall at Croft having passed Mat Jackson and held Rob Collard at bay for the entire race. Hill finished 5th at Silverstone and in 'Motorsport News' review of the season was voted 6th by the BTCC Team Managers, based on his performances on a limited budget with an older chassis. He also was voted 'HiQ Driver of the Day' at Silverstone by the BTCC fans.
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2017 saw Hill stay with Team Hard, now in a VW CC, impressing with 5 top-ten qualifying results with a career-best of 5th at Silverstone, three points scoring finishes at Oulton Park and Snetterton, taking 7 top-ten finishes and posting the fastest time in testing at Snetterton mid-season, and the fastest lap for Independent Drivers at Silverstone.
In 2018 Team HARD expanded to four cars, with Hill now joined by Renault Clio Cup Champion Mike Bushell at Trade Price Cars Brisky Racing racing a heavily revised VW CC, with VW Cup Champion Bobby Thompson and former British GT Champion Michael Caine also running as stablemates. As well as essential support from Trade Price Cars and Brisky Racing and Team HARD, the hugely appreciated support from Rolec, Sportif Cars, Ecoflam, Danfoss, Bill Rawles Classic Cars, AWS Appliance Spares, Scoria Tech, Zynth, Jakob Ebrey Photos, P1 Nutrition, Spine Optics, Octane Hair, Tech Max and many others have made it possible for Hill to compete and at the opening meeting at Brands Hatch a charging drive in race two saw Hill score his maiden Dunlop BTCC Podium, finishing Second, and taking his and the team's first Independent Category Win, plus fastest lap for Independent Drivers.
2019 started with Hill finishing second in the first race of the year, after gambling with slick tyres on a drying track, mirroring his result from the previous year. On 30 June Hill finished first on the road during the reverse grid race at Oulton Park, but was awarded a 20-second penalty post-race for an incident with Matt Neal on the third lap. After taking points in the first two races at Knockhill, former BTCC champion Alain Menu drew Hill on Pole Position for race three. Hill made a superb start, managed two safety car re-starts calmly, the despite a scary moment on the final lap, came home to WIN his first BTCC race for AmD Tuning and Trade Price Cars Racing.

Racing Record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930PosPts
2013Addison Lee MotorbaseFord Focus ST Mk.IIBRH
1		BRH
2		BRH
3		DON
1		DON
2		DON
3		THR
1		THR
2		THR
3		OUL
1		OUL
2		OUL
3		CRO
1
18		CRO
2
17		CRO
3
Ret		SNE
1		SNE
2		SNE
3		KNO
1		KNO
2		KNO
3		ROC
1		ROC
2		ROC
3		SIL
1		SIL
2		SIL
3		23rd8
2013Exocet RacingAudi A4BRH
1
14		BRH
2
11		BRH
3
15		23rd8
2015AmD TuningAudi S3 SaloonBRH
1		BRH
2		BRH
3		DON
1		DON
2		DON
3		THR
1		THR
2		THR
3		OUL
1		OUL
2		OUL
3		CRO
1		CRO
2		CRO
3		SNE
1		SNE
2		SNE
3		KNO
1		KNO
2		KNO
3		ROC
1		ROC
2		ROC
3		SIL
1		SIL
2		SIL
3		BRH
1
17		BRH
2
18		BRH
3
Ret		38th0
2016RCIB Insurance RacingToyota AvensisBRH
1
13		BRH
2
Ret		BRH
3
23		DON
1
26		DON
2
Ret		DON
3
Ret		THR
1
10		THR
2
17		THR
3
13		OUL
1
13		OUL
2
26		OUL
3
9		CRO
1
6		CRO
2
20		CRO
3
20		SNE
1
12		SNE
2
12		SNE
3
11		KNO
1
16		KNO
2
13		KNO
3
15		ROC
1
Ret		ROC
2
16		ROC
3
8		SIL
1
5		SIL
2
27		SIL
3
14		BRH
1
15		BRH
2
12		BRH
3
8		17th83
2017TAG RacingVolkswagen CCBRH
1
NC		BRH
2
19		BRH
3
10		DON
1
Ret		DON
2
26		DON
3
11		THR
1
Ret		THR
2
21		THR
3
15		OUL
1
10		OUL
2
9		OUL
3
9		CRO
1
12		CRO
2
Ret		CRO
3
19		SNE
1
6		SNE
2
11		SNE
3
7		KNO
1
21		KNO
2
Ret		KNO
3
22		ROC
1
24		ROC
2
17		ROC
3
16		SIL
1
Ret		SIL
2
17		SIL
3
Ret		BRH
1
26		BRH
2
16		BRH
3
10		20th63
2018Trade Price Cars with Brisky RacingVolkswagen CCBRH
1
25		BRH
2
2		BRH
3
29		DON
1
17		DON
2
23		DON
3
10		THR
1
20		THR
2
18		THR
3
17		OUL
1
23		OUL
2
21		OUL
3
10		CRO
1
Ret		CRO
2
26		CRO
3
25		SNE
1		SNE
2		SNE
3		ROC
1		ROC
2		ROC
3		KNO
1		KNO
2		KNO
3		SIL
1		SIL
2		SIL
3		BRH
1		BRH
2		BRH
3		26th29
2019TradePriceCars.comAudi S3 SaloonBRH
1
2		BRH
2
4		BRH
3
Ret		DON
1
Ret		DON
2
9		DON
3
6		THR
1
10		THR
2
12		THR
3
18		CRO
1
12		CRO
2
Ret		CRO
3
DNS		OUL
1
13		OUL
2
12		OUL
3
14*		SNE
1
10		SNE
2
10		SNE
3
Ret		THR
1
16		THR
2
15		THR
3
12		KNO
1
10		KNO
2
10		KNO
3
1*		SIL
1
16		SIL
2
16		SIL
3
11		BRH
1
Ret		BRH
2
19		BRH
3
12		15th131

Complete British GT Championship results

YearTeamCarClass123456789DCPoints
2015AmDtuning.comPorsche 997 GT4GT4OUL
1		OUL
2		ROC
1
19		SIL
1
20		SPA
1
16		BRH
1
22		SNE
1		SNE
2		DON
1
23		17th31.5