Jake Hill (born 22 February 1994) is a British racing driver who is currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship in 2023 for Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport with West Surrey Racing BMW 330e M Sport. He has also driven for Team HARD, Rob Austin Racing, Motorbase PerformanceTrade Price Cars Racing, MB Motorsport with AmD Tuning, MB Motorsport with 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 laps 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
Historic Motorsport
Hill achieved a life-time ambition at the 79th Goodwood Members Meeting when he took part in the 'V10 Era' Formula One demo and drove a 1993 Footwork FA14 alongside several other significant 80's & 90's F1 cars.
He previously had partnered Ric Wood in the Gitanes Capri to 4th place (first non-V8 machine( in the Gerry Marshall Trophy that he had taken victory in driving solo at the 78th Members Meeting the previous October.
Hill's Historic Career started when he drove solo in his sponsor Richard Wheeler's John Danby Racing-prepared Lotus Elan 26R in the Pre 66 GT Race at the 2018 Silverstone Classic, Hill fought his way into the lead, and in a remarkable display kept the Shelby Cobras, E-Type Jaguars and TVR Griffiths behind to become the first-ever overall winner in an under 2-Litre machine.
In 2019 Hill shared the same car, now owned by David & Rob Fenn, with Rob Fenn to take wins at Brands Hatch, and Paul Ricard in Masters Historic, then a further win at the Nurburging Old-timer event, the pair also sharing the Fenn's 'Red Rooster' 1966 Ford Mustang to Victory at Brands Hatch in Masters Historic, before a dramatic race at the Silverstone Classic, Hill battling with Craig Davies similar machine, before Davies made contact, spinning Hill out of the lead. Sportingly Davies allowed Hill back past until on the final lap Hill's tyre exploded at 130 mph (as a result of bodywork rubbing after the contract earlier, Hill retaining control, and Davies staying behind giving Hill & Fenn Victory.
Due to Covid restrictions Hill was unable to race regularly in 2020 Historic, but took a spectacular class victory at Goodwood Speedweek in Ric Wood's 1992 Calsonic Nissan Skyline R32 GTR.
During 2021 Hill tested a number of machines for JDR including a 2002 Panoz SR7 LMP900, and raced a Chevron B26 at Donington Park taking class-Pole and Fastest Lap, then a Podium at Brands Hatch in the Lotus 26R with Fenn, before tasking class victory at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the HKS-Nissan R32 Skyline GTR in the 'Shootout'
Hill & Wood took Pole, Fastest Lap and Victory at Spa-Francorchamps in the Historic Festival the Calsonic Nissan Skyline R32 GTR, Hill also racing Lee Penson's Lotus 26R in the Spa Six Hours Historic.
Finally in 2021 as mentioned previously, Hill raced Ric Wood's 1980 Ford Capri in the Gerry Marshall Trophy at the Goodwood Member's Meeting, taking Pole Position in the wet in his first ever drive in the car, then taking a battling Victory in the final to earn 'Driver of the Day' from AUTOSPORT's expert Marcus Pye.
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.