Biography
Jack Aitken was born in London on 23 September 1995, the son of a Scottish father and a South Korean mother, and holds both British and South Korean citizenship. He began karting at Buckmore Park in Kent at the age of seven. He moved into single-seaters with Formula Renault in 2012, and in 2015 he won both the Eurocup and the Alps series of Formula Renault 2.0 for Koiranen GP. In the GP3 Series he finished fifth overall in 2016 with Arden, taking a win at Spa-Francorchamps, and in 2017 he was runner-up to George Russell with ART Grand Prix. In Formula 2 he came 11th for ART in 2018, then fifth in 2019 and 14th in 2020, both with Campos.
Aitken joined the Renault junior programme in 2016. In 2018 he was the team's third and reserve driver, and in 2019 he remained a test driver. He left Renault in February 2020. For the 2020 season he became a reserve driver for Williams. At the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix he stood in for George Russell, who was driving for Mercedes in place of Lewis Hamilton after Hamilton tested positive for coronavirus. Aitken raced with the number 89, qualified 18th and finished 16th, despite a spin on lap 61 that forced him into the pits for a new front wing. It remained his only Formula One start. He stayed on as Williams reserve until 2022 and parted ways with the team at the start of 2023 to concentrate on sports car racing.
He had already switched to the GT World Challenge Europe in 2021, driving a Lamborghini for Emil Frey Racing, and made his 24 Hours of Le Mans debut in 2022. In 2023 he raced the new Cadillac in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Whelen Engineering Racing, winning the 12 Hours of Sebring, and also competed in the DTM. In 2024 and 2025 he drove full-time in IMSA for Action Express Racing, and in 2025 he finished as runner-up after winning the last two races of the season. That year he also took two wins in the DTM and ended up eighth. In 2026 he is racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Cadillac Hertz Team Jota.
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