🇬🇧 Jake Hughes

Racing driver from United Kingdom. WEC, Algarve Pro Racing.

Driver facts

Full name

Jake Hughes

Born

30 May 1994(b. 1994)

Nationality

United Kingdom

Current team

Algarve Pro Racing

Series

WEC

Status

Active

Career wins

Career podiums

Career starts

Career DNFs

Racer Rating

4,506

Source · Wikimedia Commons

Racer Rating

4,506

RANK 372 / 12,285 INDEXED · -337 SEASON

FIA Categorisation

Gold

DRIVER CATEGORISATION · FIA
SOURCE · FIA.COM

SYNTHESIZED FROM 2 SOURCES · UPDATED 0H AGO

Jake Hughes is a British racing driver currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Algarve Pro Racing. Beyond his cockpit duties, Hughes has built a reputation within the McLaren Formula One organization as a simulator driver and holds a reserve role with Mahindra Racing in Formula E, reflecting a career that spans multiple disciplines of professional motorsport. His path to endurance racing has been shaped by this broad technical and competitive background, which has informed his adaptability across different racing categories.[1]

Across his career, Hughes has amassed 66 starts, six wins, and eight podium finishes, though he has yet to secure a championship title. He carries a Racer Rating of 4,506, placing him 372nd among active drivers on the platform's Elo-style scale. His 2026 season with Algarve Pro Racing has begun with a single round completed, yielding no wins or podiums and a current standing of 144th. As an active driver still pursuing further success in WEC, Hughes continues to build on a career defined by versatility and steady progression through the sport's competitive ranks.[2]

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia

SYNTHESIZED FROM 1 SOURCE · UPDATED 0H AGO

Jake Hughes is a racing driver from United Kingdom who competes in WEC for Algarve Pro Racing. Hughes has recorded 6 wins and 8 podiums from 66 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,506 ranks Hughes 372th of 12,285 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS

2026 form

LAST 20 RACES · FINISH POSITION, HIGHER IS BETTER

RACERDB · REFERENCE FOR EVERY RACING SERIESAGGREGATED FROM 1 SOURCES · SYNCED JUST NOW AGO

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Podiums	Pos	Gain/Loss	Rating
2026	European Le Mans Series	Algarve Pro Racing	2	0	0	P26	−273	4,506
	WEC	Algarve Pro Racing	1	0	0	P144	−63
2022	Formula 2	Van Amersfoort Racing	16	2	2	P10	+209	4,843
2021	Formula 2	HWA RACELAB	8	0	0	P24	−615	4,634
	Formula 3	Carlin Buzz	3	0	0	P32	+88
2020	Formula 3	HWA RACELAB	18	2	2	P7	+325	5,161
	Formula 2	BWT HWA RACELAB	2	0	0	P24	−223
2019	Formula 3	HWA RACELAB	16	2	4	P5	+59	5,059

Head-to-head

MOST-RACED RIVALS · TIMES HUGHES FINISHED AHEAD VS BEHIND

Rival	Rating	Raced	Ahead	Behind	Record
🇳🇿 Liam Lawson	6,703	58	28	30	48%
🇳🇱 Richard Verschoor	4,856	58	28	30	48%
🇺🇸 Logan Sargeant	5,037	53	31	22	58%
🇦🇺 Jack Doohan	5,131	43	25	18	58%
🇳🇿 Marcus Armstrong	5,525	42	19	23	45%
🇪🇪 Jüri Vips	5,354	42	14	28	33%
🇧🇷 Felipe Drugovich	5,133	42	12	30	29%
🇮🇳 Jehan Daruvala	4,956	42	12	30	29%
🇫🇷 Théo Pourchaire	4,953	42	14	28	33%
🇧🇷 Enzo Fittipaldi	4,642	42	32	10	76%

WHEEL-TO-WHEEL ONLY · SAME CLASS, DIFFERENT CAR · TEAM-MATES EXCLUDED

SYNTHESIZED FROM 2 SOURCES · UPDATED 0H AGO

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS[2] Wikipedia