🇦🇺 James Wharton

James Wharton is an established professional racing driver competing in international single-seater racing. The Australian competes for Prema Racing across the junior and mid-tier categories, driving open-wheel cars in multiclass and single-class championships spanning Europe and beyond. He holds an FIA Silver grading, which places him among drivers developing toward the full-professional grades in sportscar and endurance racing. Wharton has made 120 starts across seven seasons since 2018, accumulating 11 wins and 32 podiums.[1]

His record centers on Formula 3 and Formula Regional European, where he has contested 58 starts combined for Prema; he won four races in Formula Regional European in 2024 and took two wins across 40 Formula 3 starts in the two-year period through 2026. Earlier results in Italian F4 and ADAC Formula 4 showed consistent podium form, with 13 podiums from 38 Italian F4 starts and seven podiums from 16 combined entries in ADAC Formula 4 and SKUSA SuperNationals. His most recent activity came in Formula 2 with Trident, where he completed two starts in 2025.[2]

Wharton's competition runs regularly against established professionals in fields mixing amateurs with graded drivers. He typically finishes ahead of Brando Badoer, a professional with substantial single-seater racing, and runs closely matched with Ugo Ugochukwu, an established professional who has contested 39 Formula 3 starts and 28 British F4 starts. His podium record includes six finishes ahead of Andrea Kimi Antonelli, a generational driver and multi-time champion who progressed to Formula 1, and 13 finishes ahead of Arvid Lindblad, an elite professional with a Platinum grading.