JHR Developments
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JHR Developments is a British motorsport team, based in Dronfield, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. The team currently participates in the F4 British Championship and GB3 Championship.
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| Founded | 1995 |
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| Base | Dronfield, Derbyshire |
| Team principal(s) | Steven Hunter |
| Current series | GB3 Championship F4 British Championship |
| Former series | Formula 4 UAE Championship F4 Spanish Championship Ginetta GT4 Supercup Ginetta Junior Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain Renault UK Clio Cup |
| Current drivers | GB3 Championship 11. Noah Lisle 88. Kai Daryanani F4 British Championship 22. Joel Bergström 32. Harry Reynolds 42. Rowan Campbell-Pilling 52. Esmee Kosterman |
| Teams' Championships | F4 British Championship: 2021 GB3 Championship: 2023 |
| Drivers' Championships | Ginetta Junior Championship: 2014: Jack Mitchell Ginetta GT Supercup: 2013: Tom Ingram F4 British Championship: 2021: Matthew Rees |
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Notable past drivers for the team include Tom Ingram, Sennan Fielding, Deagen Fairclough, Billy Monger, Ayrton Simmons, James Hedley, Abbi Pulling, Matthew Rees, McKenzy Cresswell, Joseph Loake and John Bennett.
History
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The team was founded in 1995 as Jamie Hunter Racing to support Jamie Hunter’s entry in the Formula Renault Eurocup (then Eurocup Formula Renault) and Formula Renault 2.0 UK.[1][2] The founder, Jamie Hunter (born 16 February 1972), participated in the 2001 Porsche Supercup season, but he died on 3 July 2001 after a road traffic accident.[2][3] After Jamie Hunter’s death, his younger brother, Steven Hunter (current team principal) continued to run the team and renamed the team as JHR, which stands for the team’s initial name.[1][2] Because the team’s focus is driver development, the team began using the current name, JHR Developments, at an unknown date.
The team has claimed to win all series the team participated in.[2]
Single-seater racing
Formula 4
Initially, after the team’s foundation, the team participated in two Formula Renault series: Eurocup Formula Renault and Formula Renault 2.0 UK.[1]
The team has competed in the F4 British Championship since its inception in 2015. The team won all available championships in 2021: Driver, team and rookie.
To serve its F4 British operation, the team is known to have a race simulator.[4]
The team also competed in the 2022 season in two non-British F4 championships in 2022: UAE (full-time entry) and Spanish (part-time entry), but failed to score any points.
In late 2024, the team was officially announced to join 2025 season of the Formula Winter Series.[5] However, the team withdrew prior to the start of the season. It is possible that the team had struggled to find drivers for the series.[6]
GB3 Championship
In November 2018, it was announced that the team would compete in GB3 Championship (then BRDC British Formula 3 Championship) from 2019 season.[1][7] However, the team did not compete in any round in 2019 season.[8] Their debut occurred in 2020 for a part-time basis with two cars. The team did not compete in 2021 season, although the team was named as one of the participated teams.[9][10]
In 2023 season, the team claimed the Teams' Championship with 844 points.
Sports car racing
British GT Championship
In May 2010, the team entered the 2010 British GT Championship for the two Knockhill races in the GTC class. Using the Jamie Hunter Racing (the original team name) banner, the team fielded a Porsche 997 GT3 Cup with the British duo Steven Hunter and Derek Pierce in the driver’s seats and secured one victory in the class as the only car competing in GTC class in this round (8th in overall) along with a DNF (did not finish).[11] The team did not do any further rounds in the 2010 British GT season and the team’s two drivers, Hunter and Pierce, finished 3rd in GTC class.
The team also appeared in the first two rounds of 2011 British GT Championship with a Ginetta G55, fielding Stefan Hodgetts and Adam Morgan.[12] The pair finished 14th overall in the first race but retired from the second race.
Other series
Before 2014, the team participated in Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom (now Clio Cup Great Britain), a one-make, entry-level sports car racing series, but the team has not participate since the second half of the 2014 season.[13][14]
Formerly, the team also competed in one-make racing championships organized by Ginetta, including Ginetta Junior Championship and Ginetta GT4 Supercup. In August 2017, the team was suspended from competing in these championships as the team was under investigation because of engine irregularities.[15][16][17]
The team also claimed to be formerly active in multiple sports car racing series, including the MGF Cup, Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain, Porsche Supercup, Britcar and SEAT Cupra Championship.[18]
Current series results
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F4 British Championship
| F4 British Championship results | ||||||||||
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| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2015 | Mygale M14-F4 |  Sennan Fielding |
30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 300 | 4th | 5th |
| Jack Butel |
30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 18th | |||
| 2016 | Mygale M14-F4 | Sennan Fielding |
30 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 351 | 2nd | 3rd |
| Billy Monger |
27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 78 | 12th | |||
| Jack Butel |
27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 18th | |||
| 2017 | Mygale M14-F4 |  Manuel Sulaimán |
21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 13th | 5th |
| Billy Monger |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 12th | |||
| Harry Dyson |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23rd | |||
| 2018 | Mygale M14-F4 | Ayrton Simmons |
30 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 374 | 2nd | 3rd |
| Manuel Sulaimán |
30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 9th | |||
| Josh Skelton |
30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 10th | |||
| 2019 | Mygale M14-F4 | Josh Skelton |
30 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 326.5 | 4th | 2nd |
 Carter Williams |
30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 230 | 7th | |||
| Alex Walker |
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14th | |||
| 2020 | Mygale M14-F4 | James Hedley |
27 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 249 | 5th | 4th |
| Abbi Pulling |
27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 191.5 | 6th | |||
| Nathanael Hodgkiss |
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15th | |||
| 2021 | Mygale M14-F4 | Matthew Rees |
30 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 331 | 1st | 1st |
| McKenzy Cresswell |
29 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 305 | 3rd | |||
| Joseph Loake |
30 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 199 | 6th | |||
| Abbi Pulling |
18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 97 | 14th | |||
 Dougie Bolger † |
30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 79 | 15th | |||
| 2022 | Tatuus F4-T421 | Joseph Loake |
30 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 271 | 5th | 3rd |
 Georgi Dimitrov |
30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 197 | 8th | |||
 Noah Lisle |
30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 13th | |||
| 2023 | Tatuus F4-T421 | Deagen Fairclough |
30 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 296 | 3rd | 3rd |
| Sonny Smith |
20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 16th | |||
| Tom Mills |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th | |||
| 2024 | Tatuus F4-T421 |  Leo Robinson |
30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 164 | 6th | 3rd |
| Ella Lloyd |
26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 99 | 11th | |||
 Joel Bergström |
11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 17th | |||
| Chloe Chong |
30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 24th | |||
| Harri Reynolds |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 25th | |||
| 2025 | Tatuus F4-T421 | Joel Bergström |
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| Rowan Campbell-Pilling |
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| Harry Reynolds |
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 Esmee Kosterman |
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† Bolger drove for Carlin until round 9.
‡ Smith drove for Phinsys by Argenti in round 1.
BRDC British Formula 3 Championship / GB3 Championship
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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| 2020 | Tatuus-Cosworth BF3-020 | Ayrton Simmons† |
7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 124 | 17th | N/A |
| Carter Williams |
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 18th | |||
| Max Marzorati† |
13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 21st | |||
| 2022 | Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 | Matthew Rees |
24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 314.5 | 6th | 8th |
| James Hedley‡ |
21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 156 | 17th | |||
| 2023 | Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 | Joseph Loake |
23 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 417 | 3rd | 1st |
| Matthew Rees |
23 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 370 | 5th | |||
| David Morales |
23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 13th | |||
| 2024 | Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-022 | John Bennett |
23 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 456 | 2nd | 4th |
| Patrick Heuzenroeder |
23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 189 | 12th | |||
| Josh Irfan |
23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 138 | 16th | |||
| 2025 | Tatuus-Cosworth MSV-025 | Noah Lisle |
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 Kai Daryanani |
† Simmons and Marzorati also drove for Chris Dittmann Racing.
‡ Hedley drove for Elite Motorsport prior to round 5.
Former series results
Formula 4 UAE Championship
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Tatuus F4-T421 | Joseph Loake |
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th | 11th |
 Michael Shin |
20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th |
F4 Spanish Championship
| Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Tatuus F4-T421 | Noah Lisle† |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th | 12th |
| Daniel Guinchard |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
† Lisle drove for Drivex School in round 1.
Timeline
| Current series | |
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| F4 British Championship | 2015–present |
| GB3 Championship | 2020, 2022–present |
| Former series | |
| SEAT Cupra Championship | 2008 |
| British GT Championship | 2010–2011 |
| Ginetta Junior Championship | 2011–2017 |
| Ginetta GT4 Supercup | 2011–2015, 2017 |
| Formula 4 UAE Championship | 2022 |
| F4 Spanish Championship | 2022 |
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