James Aston Hedley (born 1 September 2003) 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.
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.
2026 After a year of absence from racing, Hedley made a one-off appearance in Eurocup-3 with Double R Racing during the Silverstone round.
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, he 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 Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2017Ginetta Junior Championship Elite Motorsport 6 0 0 0 0 60 22ndGinetta Junior Winter Series 4 0 0 0 0 65 7th 2018Ginetta Junior Championship Elite Motorsport 26 0 3 2 2 356 8thGinetta Junior Winter Championship 3 2 2 1 2 95 1st 2019Ginetta Junior Championship Elite Motorsport 26 7 11 12 18 680 1st 2020F4 British Championship JHR Developments 25 4 4 7 7 249 5th 2021F4 British Championship Fortec Motorsport 14 4 2 1 62265th Carlin 15 0 0 0 2GB3 Championship Elite Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 23 26th 2022 GB3 Championship Elite Motorsport 12 0 0 0 1 156 17th JHR Developments 9 0 0 0 0 2023GB3 Championship Arden VRD 23 2 0 0 3 347 6th 2024 GB3 Championship VRD by Arden 5 0 0 0 015115th Rodin Motorsport 6 0 0 0 2 Chris Dittmann Racing 3 0 0 0 0 FIA Formula 3 Championship Jenzer Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 34th Eurocup-3 Saintéloc Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship AKCEL GP / PHM Racing 6 0 0 0 0 0 25thFIA Formula 3 ChampionshipAIX Racing 10 0 0 0 0 7 28th Van Amersfoort Racing 2 0 0 0 0 2026Eurocup-3Double R Racing 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD* * Season still in progress.
Complete Ginetta Junior Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 DC Points 2017 Elite Motorsport BHI1 BHI2 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR11 THR12 OUL1 OUL2 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BHGP1 BHGP2 BHGP3 22nd 60 2018 Elite Motorsport BHI1 BHI2 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR11 THR12 OUL1 OUL2 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 KNO1 KNO2 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BHGP1 BHGP2 BHGP3 8th 356 2019Elite Motorsport BHI1 BHI2 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR11 THR12 CRO1 CRO2 OUL1 OUL2 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 SNE4 THR21 THR22 THR23 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BHGP1 BHGP2 BHGP3 1st 680
Complete F4 British Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points 2020 JHR DevelopmentsDON1DON2DON3BHGP1BHGP2BHGP3OUL1OUL2OUL3KNO1KNO2KNO3THR1THR2THR3SIL1SIL2SIL3CRO1CRO2SNE1SNE2SNE3BHI1BHI2BHI3 5th 2492021 Fortec Motorsport THR11 THR12 THR13 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 BHI1 BHI2 BHI3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO35th226 Carlin THR21 THR22 THR23 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 DON1 DON2 DON3 BHGP1 BHGP2 BHGP3
Complete GB3 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points 2021 Elite Motorsport BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 SIL11 SIL12 SIL13 DON11 DON12 DON13 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 SIL21 SIL22 SIL23 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 DON21 DON22 DON23 26th 23 2022 Elite MotorsportOUL1OUL2OUL3SIL11SIL12SIL13DON11DON12DON13SNE1SNE2SNE3 17th 156 JHR DevelopmentsSPA1SPA2SPA3SIL21SIL22SIL23BRH1BRH2BRH3DON21DON22DON23 2023 Arden VRDOUL1OUL2OUL3SIL11SIL12SIL13SPA1SPA2SPA3SNE1SNE2SNE3SIL21SIL22SIL23BRH1BRH2BRH3ZAN1ZAN2ZAN3DON1DON2DON3 6th 3472024 VRD by ArdenOUL1OUL2OUL3SIL11SIL12SIL13SPA1SPA2SPA3 15th 151 Rodin MotorsportHUN1HUN2HUN3ZAN1ZAN2ZAN3SIL21SIL22SIL23DON1DON2DON3 Chris Dittmann RacingBRH1BRH2BRH3
Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship 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 DC Points 2024 Jenzer Motorsport BHRSPR BHRFEA MELSPR MELFEA IMOSPR IMOFEA MONSPR MONFEA CATSPR CATFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA SILSPR SILFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA SPASPR SPAFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA 34th 0 2025 AIX Racing MELSPR MELFEA BHRSPR BHRFEA IMOSPR IMOFEA MONSPR MONFEA CATSPR CATFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA SILSPR SILFEA SPASPR SPAFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA 28th 7 Van Amersfoort Racing MNZSPR MNZFEA
Complete Eurocup-3 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 DC Points 2024 Saintéloc RacingSPA1SPA2RBR1RBR2POR1POR2POR3LEC1LEC2ZAN1ZAN2ARA1ARA2JER1JER2CAT1CAT2 NC† 0 2026 LEC1LECSRLEC2POR1POR2IMO1IMOSRIMO2MNZ1MNZ2SIL1SILSRSIL2JER1JER2HUN1HUN2CAT1CAT2 * * † As Hedley was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. Season still in progress.
Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points 2025 AKCEL GP / PHM Racing YMC11 YMC12 YMC13 YMC21 YMC22 YMC23 DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 YMC31 YMC32 YMC33 LUS1 LUS2 LUS3 25th 0
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