Jota Sport

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Jota Sport is a British sports car racing team. Founded as Team Jota by Sam Hignett and John Stack, Jota Sport is part of the Jota Group which is owned by Sam Hignett and David Clark. The team is based in Tunbridge Wells in England.[1] Jota Sport has finished on the overall podium of 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans with two Oreca in an alliance with Jackie Chan DC Racing. In 2018/2019 Jota competed, in partnership with Arden International, RP Motorsport, Jackie Chan DC Racing and Aston Martin in the FIA World Endurance Championship with two ORECA 07 LMP2 and in the GT World Challenge Europe with Mclaren 720S GT3 cars.[2]

United Kingdom JOTA
Founded2000
Founder(s)Sam Hignett, John Stack
BaseKent, UK
Team principal(s)Sam Hignett (Partner & Team Principal), David Clark (Partner & Commercial Director)
Current series24 Hours of Le Mans
FIA World Endurance Championship
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
Former seriesAsian Le Mans Series
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
FIA Sportscar Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
Porsche Supercup
European Le Mans Series
24 Hours Nürburgring
American Le Mans Series
British GT Championship
Current driversUnited Kingdom Jenson Button
France Norman Nato
United Kingdom Will Stevens
United Kingdom Callum Ilott
Denmark Oliver Rasmussen
United Kingdom Phil Hanson
Websitewww.jotagroup.com

History

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Started in 2000 by Sam Hignett, then a university student in materials engineering, and racing driver John Stack, Team Jota's first car was a Honda Integra built specifically for endurance racing. That year the team competed at 24 Hours Nürburgring and Spa 24 Hours.[3] The following year, the team raced in the Renault Clio V6 Trophy as well as taking the Honda Integra to 24 Hours Nürburgring for a second year.[3] In 2002, they bought an SR2 class Pilbeam to compete in the FIA Sportscar Championship, finishing second overall in the SR2 championship; their second year with the Pilbeam saw them finish third.[3][4]

2004

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In 2004, Team Jota purchased Zytek’s very first car (Zytek 04S), starting a relationship with the engineering company that still exists today. Gianni Collini joined Hignett and Stack to drive the Zytek in the Le Mans Endurance Series where they finished 6th overall in the championship.[3]

2005

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Team Jota competed in the Le Mans Endurance Series again in 2005 with the Zytek 04S, achieving another sixth overall result in the championship. This was the first year they also competed at Le Mans 24 Hours where they didn't finish due to an accident on track, but held fifth place up until hour 22. In addition to Hignett and Stack, Haruki Kurosawa, Gregor Fisken, Sam Hancock and Jason Tahincioglu drove for the team during the season.

2006

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During 2006, Team Jota ran the Zytek factory team in the newly named Le Mans Series, the Le Mans 24 Hours and the final two rounds of the American Le Mans Series which included Petit Le Mans and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The final result for the Le Mans Series was fifth overall. The team finished 24th overall at Le Mans 24 Hours and fifth in their class. Petit Le Mans saw a second place overall for the factory team with a seventh place overall at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, with the car driven by Stefan Johansson and Johnny Mowlem.

2007

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In 2007, the team ran a Lola-Judd LMP1 for Charouz Racing Systems which was Charouz's first venture into endurance racing. The team finished fifth in the series with drivers Jan Charouz and Stefan Mücke, and fifth in class, eighth overall in the Le Mans 24 Hours with Alex Young joining the team. Team Jota again competed in the final two rounds of the American Le Mans Series for Zytek, finishing fourth overall and third in the LMP2 class at Petit Le Mans with drivers Danny Watts, Stefan Mücke and Jan Charouz.

2008

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This year saw the introduction of the Jota Sport brand in partnership with Simon Dolan and Sam Hancock, with the team competing in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB. Hancock drove for the team along with Phil Quaife and between them they achieved five pole positions and three race wins earning them a second-place finish in the championship. Team Jota continued with sportscar racing and ran the Corsa Motorsports LMP1 Zytek in the American Le Mans Series as well as the ex-Charouz Lola-Judd at the Le Mans 24 Hours with CytoSport (Muscle Milk). The car driven by Greg Pickett, Klaus Graf and Jan Lammers was a non finisher due to engine failure. Simon Dolan had his racing debut and first race win in April of this year at Snetterton in a Radical.

2009

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The brand Team Jota was retired in 2009 and Jota Sport ran the newly developed Ligier JS49 prototype in the European V de V Sports Championship, Challenge Endurance Proto and the UK Speed Series. Hancock and Dolan drove the car this season achieving third overall in the UK Speed Series and 24th overall in the V de V Championship. The team also ran a Juno SSE in the V de V Championship which was driven by Ollie Hancock and Chris Cappuccini who finished 16th in the championship. Johansson and Mowlem drove the Corsa Motorsports LMP1 Zytek in the American Le Mans Series again this year, their best result was a third place at Lime Rock.

2010

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The team ran the Ligier JS49 for a second year in the European V de V Championship and the UK Speed Series, taking three first places over the season across both championships. This year saw the team become an Official Partner Team to Aston Martin Racing competing with a GT4 Aston Martin in the Spa 24 Hours and Britcar Silverstone 24 Hours where they took a first in class[5] and second in class respectively. Mazda UK also commissioned Jota to run their MX-5 sports cars to celebrate the car's 21st anniversary. The cars were driven by six journalists at endurance races at Snetterton and Silverstone.

2011

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With Aston Martin, the team competed in the Le Mans Series with a V8 Vantage GT2 car in the GTE Pro class. Dolan and Hancock were joined by Chris Buncombe for the 6 hours of Silverstone and again when the team took part in the 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours. The team's highest placing during the Le Mans Series Championship was fifth in class at Spa-Francorchamps and Estoril, with a DNF at Le Mans 24 Hours. Jota Sport was commissioned by Mazda to create a GT4 version of the MX-5 to compete in the Britcar Dunlop Production GTN Championship.[6] The result for the season was seventh overall with Mark Ticehurst and Owen Mildenhall driving.

2012

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Jota returned to the European Le Mans Series with the LMP2 Zytek Z11SN Nissan and also competed at the Le Mans 24 Hours and the Spa-Francorchamps round of the FIA World Endurance Championship. The team achieved a class win at Spa but failed to finish the Le Mans 24 hours after retiring nearly 20 hours in. Jota ran the Mazda MX-5 GT4 in the British GT Championship in 2012, again with Ticehurst and Mildenhall driving with the best result of the season a third in class at Brands Hatch.

2013

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The team continued in the European Le Mans Series with the LMP2 Zytek Z11SN Nissan with a class win at Silverstone and finishing third overall in the championship.[7] In the Le Mans 24 Hours they finished seventh in class with the Zytek, which was thirteenth overall.

2014

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Jota Sport's third consecutive year running the LMP2 Zytek Z11SN Nissan saw a class win and fifth overall at the Le Mans 24 Hours,[8] and a first, second and third in the European Le Mans Series which secured them second place in class in the championship.[9] They were also commissioned by Mazda Motor Corporation to design, build and run a V4 category MX-5 for the Nurburgring 24 hours. Driven by Teruaki Kato, Stefan Johansson, Mildenhall and Wolfgang Kaufmann the car did not finish due to accident damage.

2015

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For the 2015 season, the Zytek car had a change of name and model; the new car was a Nissan Nismo powered Gibson 015S[10] LMP2 class, which again competed in the European Le Mans Series.[11] Jota Sport ended the year with a third place in the European Le Mans Series, achieving a first, second and two third places during the Championship, as well as a first in class, ninth overall at the FIA World Endurance Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps.[12] The Le Mans 24 Hours saw the team finish second in class and tenth overall.[13]

2016

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An Oreca 05 operated by Jota under the G-Drive Racing banner at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans

At the beginning of the 2016 season, JOTA Sport announced a landmark sponsorship deal with Russian energy company, Gazprom.[14] As part of the sponsorship, Gazprom obtained the naming rights for JOTA Sport, so they competed as G-Drive Racing during the 2016 FIA WEC and European Le Mans Series.[15]

In the 2016 European Le Mans Series, JOTA Sport raced a Gibson 015S, whilst in the 2016 FIA WEC, the team competed in an Oreca 05.[16] The ELMS car was raced by Simon Dolan, Giedo van der Garde and Harry Tincknell. For Rounds 2 and 3 of the FIA WEC season, the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and 24 Hours of Le Mans respectively, Jake Dennis replaced Tincknell. Roman Rusinov, Nathanael Berthon and Rene Rast were announced as the driver line up for the 2016 FIA WEC season.[17] In June 2016, JOTA Sport announced that the team had parted company with Berthon. Will Stevens replaced Berthon for Round 3 of the 2016 FIA WEC Championship, the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[18]

In June 2016, JOTA Sport announced that Alex Brundle, son of former Formula One driver Martin Brundle, had replaced Berthon as part of the WEC driver line-up, alongside Rusinov and Rast.[19]

2017

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In 2017, Jota Sport joined forces with Jackie Chan DC Racing to run two Oreca 07 LMP2 cars in the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship.[2] Car 37 was driven by Jackie Chan DC Racing founder, David Cheng, ELMS LMP3 2016 champion, Alex Brundle and Frenchman Tristan Gommendy. Car 38 was driven by Ho-Pin Tung, Oliver Jarvis and Thomas Laurent.[20]

2018/2019

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The #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca 07 at the 2018 6 Hours of Spa

2018 saw a second year partnering with Jackie Chan DC Racing for a larger than normal race calendar of the FIA World Endurance Championship. Again running two Oreca 07 LMP2 cars with Gibson Technology 4.2 V8 engines. Car 37 was driven by David Heinemeier Hansson, Will Stevens and Jordan King. Car 38 was driven by Ho-Pin Tung, Stephane Richelmi and Gabriel Aubry. The WEC calendar covered 13 months to move the championship to a winter schedule with car 38 finishing second in the championship and car 37 taking third. Car 37 took 8th place overall at Le Mans 24 Hours 2018 but failed to finish in the 2019 event due to a gear box problem.[21] Car 38 claimed 10th place in Le Mans in 2018 and 7th in 2019.

2019/2020

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Jota again raced the two Oreca 07 LMP2 cars with Gibson Technology 4.2 V8 engines in a second winter schedule FIA World Endurance Championship covering 15 months but Covid disruption meant no racing between February and August 2020.[22] Car 38 driven by Anthony Davidson, António Félix da Costa and Roberto Gonzalez finished second in class, 6th overall, at the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans whilst car 37, partnered with Jackie Chan DC Racing, driven by Ho-Pin Tung, Will Stevens and Gabriel Aubry failed to finish. For the second year running, car 38 finished second in the WEC and car 37 finished third.

2021

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The 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship returned to a summer schedule and Jota ran the two Oreca 07 LMP2 cars with Gibson Technology 4.2 V8 engines but with a change of number for the 37 car to number 28 and a new trio of drivers – Tom Blomqvist, Sean Gelael and Stoffel Vandoorne.[23] Car 38 was driven by António Félix da Costa, Roberto Gonzalez and Will Stevens. Car 28 finished second in class and 8th overall at 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans while car 38 was 8th in class and 13th overall. For the third year running, car 38 was second 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship and car 28 took third place.

This year also saw Jota partner with Era Motorsport in the 2021 Asian Le Mans Series, running an Oreca 07 LMP2 car, where they finished 2021 LMP2 Am class champions.[24]

2022

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The Oreca 07 that won the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 class

A dominating season for car 38, driven by António Félix da Costa, Roberto Gonzalez and Will Stevens; first in class, 5th overall, at 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans and five podiums out of six during the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship saw Jota win the championship for the first time, 21 points ahead of the competition.[25] Car 28, driven by Oliver Rasmussen, Ed Jones and Jonathan Aberdein, finished third in class, 7th overall, at Le Mans and finished the WEC in 6th place.

2023

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The #38 Porsche 963 ran by Jota Sport for the 2023 WEC season

Jota Sport will become Porsche's customer racing team to campaign the Porsche 963 LMDh racing car in the Hypercar class of the FIA World Endurance Championship as a new name Hertz Team JOTA.[26] Porsche later announced that the first customer 963s would not be delivered until April 2023 due to delays caused by supply chain disruptions, forcing the team to miss the opening races of the WEC, something that the teams understood when engaging in talks with Porsche to take delivery.[27] In November 2022, the team announced that Chinese Driver Yifei Ye will join team. Ye will become part of the Hertz Team Jota Hypercar programme alongside António Félix da Costa and Will Stevens.[28] With the advent of their Hypercar program and continued presence in LMP2, Jota paused their factory GT3 program for 2023.[29]

2024

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The #12 Porsche 963 at the Lone Star Le Mans, in Texas.
 
The #38 Porsche 963 in a special livery celebrating Mobil 1 at the Lone Star Le Mans, in Texas.

For the 2024 season, Jota expanded to two Porsche 963 Hypercars, with numbers 12 and 38; drivers include Callum Ilott, Norman Nato, Will Stevens, and Jenson Button, Phil Hanson, Oliver Rasmussen, respectively.[30] The number 12 crew took a surprise win at Spa,[31] after a Red flag and a reinstatement of racing time pushed them to the lead on pit strategy.









2025

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For the 2025 Season, Hertz Team Jota announced they will be switching to running the Cadillac V-Series.R, meaning they will run as a factory entry for the first time. [32]

Racing Record

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24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Entrant No Car Drivers Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2005   Team Jota - Zytek 9 Zytek 04S   Sam Hignett
  Haruki Kurosawa
  John Stack
LMP1 325 NC NC
2006   Zytek Engineering[33]
  Team Essex Invest
2 Zytek 06S   Philip Andersen
  Casper Elgaard
  John Nielsen
LMP1 269 24th 5th
2007   Charouz Racing System[34] 15 Lola B07/17-Judd   Jan Charouz
  Stefan Mücke
  Alex Yoong
LMP1 338 8th 5th
2008   Charouz Racing System[34]
  Team Cytosport
12 Lola B07/17-Judd   Klaus Graf
  Jan Lammers
  Greg Pickett
LMP1 146 DNF DNF
2011   Jota Sport 79 Aston Martin Vantage GT2   Chris Buncombe
  Simon Dolan
  Sam Hancock
GTE Pro 74 DNF DNF
2012   Jota Sport 38 Zytek Z11SN-Nissan   Simon Dolan
  Sam Hancock
  Haruki Kurosawa
LMP2 271 DNF DNF
2013   Jota Sport 38 Zytek Z11SN-Nissan   Simon Dolan
  Lucas Luhr
  Oliver Turvey
LMP2 319 13th 7th
2014   Jota Sport 38 Zytek Z11SN-Nissan   Simon Dolan
  Harry Tincknell
  Oliver Turvey[N 1]
LMP2 356 5th 1st
2015   Jota Sport 38 Zytek Z11SN-Nissan   Simon Dolan
  Mitch Evans
  Oliver Turvey
LMP2 358 10th 2nd
2016   G-Drive Racing 26 Oreca 05-Nissan   René Rast
  Roman Rusinov
  Will Stevens
LMP2 357 6th 2nd
38 Gibson 015S-Nissan   Jake Dennis
  Simon Dolan
  Giedo van der Garde
222 DNF DNF
2017   Jackie Chan DC Racing 37 Oreca 07-Gibson   Alex Brundle
  David Cheng
  Tristan Gommendy
LMP2 363 3rd 2nd
38   Oliver Jarvis
  Thomas Laurent
  Ho-Pin Tung
366 2nd 1st
2018   Jackie Chan DC Racing 37 Oreca 07-Gibson   Jazeman Jaafar
  Nabil Jeffri
  Weiron Tan
LMP2 361 8th 4th
38   Gabriel Aubry
  Stephane Richelmi
  Ho-Pin Tung
356 10th 6th
2019   Jackie Chan DC Racing 37 Oreca 07-Gibson   David Heinemeier Hansson
  Jordan King
  Ricky Taylor
LMP2 199 DNF DNF
38   Gabriel Aubry
  Stephane Richelmi
  Ho-Pin Tung
367 7th 2nd
2020   Jackie Chan DC Racing 37 Oreca 07-Gibson   Gabriel Aubry
  Will Stevens
  Ho-Pin Tung
LMP2 141 DSQ DSQ
  Jota 38   Antonio Felix da Costa
  Anthony Davidson
  Roberto González
370 6th 2nd
2021   Jota 28 Oreca 07-Gibson   Tom Blomqvist
  Sean Gelael
  Stoffel Vandoorne
LMP2 363 7th 2nd
38   António Félix da Costa
  Roberto González
  Will Stevens
358 13th 8th
2022   Jota 28 Oreca 07-Gibson   Jonathan Aberdein
  Ed Jones
  Oliver Rasmussen
LMP2 368 7th 3rd
38   António Félix da Costa
  Roberto González
  Will Stevens
369 5th 1st
2023   Hertz Team Jota 38 Porsche 963   António Félix da Costa
  Will Stevens
  Yifei Ye
Hypercar 244 40th 13th
  Jota 28 Oreca 07-Gibson   Pietro Fittipaldi
  David Heinemeier Hansson
  Oliver Rasmussen
LMP2 316 24th 13th
2024   Hertz Team Jota 12 Porsche 963   Callum Ilott
  Norman Nato
  Will Stevens
Hypercar 311 8th 8th
38   Jenson Button
  Philip Hanson
  Oliver Rasmussen
311 9th 9th

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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Year Entrant Class No Chassis Engine Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pos. Pts
2016   G-Drive Racing LMP2 26 Oreca 05 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8   Roman Rusinov
  René Rast
  Nathanaël Berthon
  Will Stevens
  Alex Brundle
SIL
3
SPA
5
LMN
2
NUR
NC
MEX
8
COTA
3
FUJ
1
SHA
1
BHR
1
3rd 164
38 Gibson 015S   Simon Dolan
  Jake Dennis
  Giedo van der Garde
SIL SPA
6
LMN
NC
NUR
MEX
COTA
FUJ
SHA
BHR
2017   Jackie Chan DC Racing LMP2 37 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8   David Cheng
  Tristan Gommendy
  Alex Brundle
SIL
8
SPA
10
LMN
2
NUR
5
MEX
6
COTA
5
FUJ
NC
SHA
8
BHR
8
7th 77
38   Ho-Pin Tung
  Thomas Laurent
  Oliver Jarvis
SIL
1
SPA
3
LMN
1
NUR
1
MEX
9
COTA
4
FUJ
3
SHA
4
BHR
2
2nd 175
2018 - 2019   Jackie Chan DC Racing LMP2 37 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8   Jazeman Jaafar
  Weiron Tan
  Nabil Jeffri
  David Heinemeier Hansson
  Jordan King
  Will Stevens
  Ricky Taylor
SPA
4
LMN
4
SIL
2
FUJ
1
SHA
4
SEB
1
SPA
7
LMN
Ret
3rd 138
38   Gabriel Aubry
  Stéphane Richelmi
  Ho-Pin Tung
SPA
2
LMN
6
SIL
1
FUJ
2
SHA
1
SEB
6
SPA
4
LMN
2
2nd 166
2019 - 2020   Jackie Chan DC Racing LMP2 37 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8   Will Stevens
  Ho-Pin Tung
  Gabriel Aubry
  Ryan Cullen
SIL
4
FUJ
2
SHA
2
BHR
3
COTA
2
SPA
6
LMN
DSQ
BHR
1
3rd 136
  Jota Sport 38   António Félix da Costa
  Roberto González
  Anthony Davidson
SIL
5
FUJ
DSQ
SHA
1
BHR
2
COTA
3
SPA
4
LMN
2
BHR
2
2nd 152
2021   Jota Sport LMP2 28 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8   Tom Blomqvist
  Sean Gelael
  Stoffel Vandoorne
SPA
3
POR
2
MNZ
5
LMN
2
BHR
2
BHR
3
2nd 131
38   Anthony Davidson
  António Félix da Costa
  Roberto González
SPA
2
POR
1
MNZ
NC
LMN
8
BHR
3
BHR
2
3rd 123
2022   Jota Sport LMP2 28 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8   Jonathan Aberdein
  Ed Jones
  Oliver Rasmussen
SEB
5

SPA
NC

LMN
3
MNZ
10
FUJ
3
BHR
7
6th 70
38   António Félix da Costa
  Roberto González
  Will Stevens
SEB
6
SPA
3
LMN
1
MNZ
2
FUJ
2
BHR
3
1st 137
2023   Jota LMP2 28 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8   David Heinemeier Hansson
  Pietro Fittipaldi
  Oliver Rasmussen
SEB
6
POR
5
SPA
9
LMN
13
MNZ
1
FUJ
6
BHR
3
6th 84
  Hertz Team Jota LMP2 48 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8   David Beckmann
  Yifei Ye
  Will Stevens
SEB
1
POR
5
SPA LMN MNZ
FUJ

N/C N/A
Hypercar 38 Porsche 963 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L twin-turbo V8   António Félix da Costa[36]
  Will Stevens[37]
  Yifei Ye[38]
SEB POR SPA
6
LMN
13
MNZ
9
FUJ
6
BHR
4
1st[39] 163[39]
2024   Hertz Team Jota Hypercar 12 Porsche 963 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L twin-turbo V8   Callum Ilott
  Norman Nato
  Will Stevens
QAT
2
IMO
14
SPA
1
LMS
8
SAP
18
COTA
FUJ
BHR
6th* 60*
38   Jenson Button
  Phil Hanson
  Oliver Rasmussen
QAT
Ret
IMO
11
SPA
Ret
LMS
9
SAP
7
COTA
FUJ
BHR
17th* 10*
  • *Season still in progress

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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Year Entrant Class No Chassis Engine Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos. Pts
2012   Jota LMP2 38 Zytek Z11SN Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8   Sam Hancock
  Simon Dolan
LEC
9
DON
Ret
ATL 10th 2
2013   Jota Sport LMP2 38 Zytek Z11SN Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8   Simon Dolan
  Oliver Turvey
SIL
1
IMO
Ret
RBR
4
HUN
3
LEC
3
3rd 71
2014   Jota Sport LMP2 38 Zytek Z11SN Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8   Filipe Albuquerque
  Simon Dolan
  Harry Tincknell
SIL
NC
IMO
1
RBR
2
LEC
4
EST
3
2nd 74
2015   Jota Sport LMP2 38 Gibson 015S Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8   Filipe Albuquerque
  Simon Dolan
  Harry Tincknell
SIL
2
IMO
3
RBR
1
LEC
3
EST
4
3rd 89
2016   G-Drive Racing LMP2 38 Gibson 015S Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8   Simon Dolan
  Giedo van der Garde
  Harry Tincknell
SIL
1
IMO
2
RBR
3
LEC
5
SPA
5
EST
1
1st 103
2020   Jota Sport LMP2 38 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8   Anthony Davidson
  Jake Dennis
  Roberto González
LEC SPA
8
LEC MNZ POR
2021   Jota Sport LMP2 82 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8   Sean Gelael
  Jazeman Jaafar
CAT RBR LEC MNZ
3
SPA POR

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup results

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Year Entrant Class No Car Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 Pos. Pts
2021   Jota Sport Pro 38 McLaren 720S GT3   Ben Barnicoat
  Rob Bell
  Oliver Wilkinson
MNZ
Ret
LEC
16
SPA
7
NUR CAT 12th 21
2022   Jota Sport Pro 38 McLaren 720S GT3   Rob Bell
  Marvin Kirchhöfer
  Oliver Wilkinson
IMO
10
LEC
Ret
SPA
8
HOC
Ret
CAT
10
10th 24

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

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Year Entrant Class No Car Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 Pos. Pts
2021   Jota Sport Pro 38 McLaren 720S GT3   Ben Barnicoat
  Oliver Wilkinson
MAG 1
17
MAG 2
4
ZAN 1
ZAN 2
MIS 1
22
MIS 2
8
BRH 1
28
BRH 2
DNS
VAL 1
22
VAL 2
4
10th 23
2022   Jota Sport Pro 38 McLaren 720S GT3   Rob Bell
  Oliver Wilkinson
BRH 1
12
BRH 2
10
MAG 1
MAG 2
ZAN 1
ZAN 2
MIS 1
MIS 2
VAL 1
VAL 2
13th 6

Notes

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  1. ^ Marc Gené was originally scheduled to drive the No. 38 Jota Sport Zytek before being called up to replace the injured Loïc Duval in the No. 1 Audi. Jota replaced Gené with Oliver Turvey, who drove the car for the first time in Thursday qualifying.[35]

References

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  1. ^ ""JOTA Sport Recruitment"". Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b "JACKIE CHAN DC RACING AND JOTA SPORT COMBINE FOR 2017 FIA WEC-CAMPAIGN" Archived 12 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine Jota Sport Official Website. Retrieved 12 April 2017
  3. ^ a b c d "Team CV" Archived 2016-03-17 at archive.today Race results from Jota Sport Official Website. Retrieved August 2015
  4. ^ "Doing It Differently" E-magazine dailysportscar.com, 22 November 2004. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Jota Sport - AMR Partner" Aston Martin Racing website, Jota Sport Team Highlights for 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2015
  6. ^ "Mazda MX-5 GT Race Car (2011)" NetCarShow.com, unknown publish date. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  7. ^ "A colourful season for a successfully re-launched series" European Le Mans Series website. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Le Mans 24 Hours: Harry Tincknell wins class for JOTA Sport" BBC Sport, 16 June 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  9. ^ "European endurance racing continues upward trend" European Le Mans Series website. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  10. ^ "Zytek Engineering Change Company Name" Gibson Technology, press release 20 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015
  11. ^ "European Le Mans Series 2015 Entrants" European Le Mans Series website. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  12. ^ "Paul Ricard European Le Mans: Jota Sport extends lead with win" Autosport, 6 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  13. ^ "Final Classification - 24 Hours Le Mans 2015" 24 Hours Le Mans website, 14 June 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  14. ^ "JOTA Sport Announces Partnership With Gazprom Neft" Archived 13 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine fiawec.com
  15. ^ "How Motor Racing is Dependent on Technology" Technojobs.co.uk. Retrieved 26 February 2016
  16. ^ "Jota Sport Reveals G-Drive Racing WEC Effort" dailysportscar.com, 3 February 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  17. ^ "Ex-F1 driver Will Stevens moves from Manor to G-Drive for Le Mans" autosport.com
  18. ^ "G-Drive LMP2 team signs Alex Brundle for rest of WEC season" autosport.com
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