42 – Jordan King
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Date of birth: 26 February 1994
Race number: 42
Sponsors: Hugo Boss
Jordan King’s early racing career started in 2005 at the age of 11. His rise through the ranks of motorsport began when he started karting on indoor tracks ‘just for fun’. Quickly hooked, he moved on to outdoor karting the following year as a cadet.
In 2007 Jordan moved to the respected Minimax Super One National Kart Championship – the key series that the vast majority of top British racers come through – the following year and took a string of podium finishes in 2008.
Moving to KF3 in 2009, Jordan won the Asia-Pacific KF3 Championship, with strong performances also in the British Championship, the Silver Cup at Sarno, and the Spanish KF3 Championship.
In 2009, aged only fifteen, Jordan tested a Formula Two race car.
The 2010 season saw a move up to KF2 class and more top results. Jordan was 11th overall at the CIK-FIA World Karting Championship; second ovberall at the WSK KF2 Karting Masters Series and won outright at Castelletto, Italy. He was 7th overall at the 21st Trofeo Andrea Margutti; 6th overall at the WSK KF2 Karting International Series and 6th overall at the S1 UK National KF2 Championship
Jordan made his step up into single-seater racing at the end of 2010 with a debut run at the Formula Palmer Audi season final at Silverstone. He took pole position and a maiden podium finish among a fiercely competitive field.
Jordan also raced Formula Renault UK that year with a best result of 6th at Snetterton and again at Pembrey.
The year just ended has been a busy one. In addition to Formula Renault UK, Jordan has raced six times in the FIA Formula Two championship, finished second in the MRF Formula 1600 International Challenge, and won the MRF Formula 1600 Delhi Challenge event.
Jordan is part of the British Racing Drivers’ Club “Rising Star” talent-spotting programme for drivers aged under 24, having been scouted trackside by one of the BRDC’s “spotters”. He is allowed to race wearing the blue roundel of the exclusive invitation-only group, who are in effect junior BRDC members.*
Warwickshire-based Jordan is looking forward to the prospect of tough competition across the five weekends of TRS. Having signed up with M2 Competition, the 17-year-old Princethorpe College student will find himself a team-mate of former karting sparring-partner and Ferrari Driver Academy member Raffaele Marciello. If he can get the better of the well-regarded Italian it will significantly enhance Jordan’s reputation and career prospects.
Jordan says he is keen to make the most of the race time offered by TRS. The chance to learn new circuits and gain experience in a strong field of international and New Zealand drivers – and escape the northern winter – appeals immensely.
* Jordan is one of two Rising Stars in the 2012 TRS, the other being Josh Hill. Recent TRS graduates who are members of the Rising Stars group are British driver Will Stevens and Australian Scott Pye.
