Jordan Cane
NationalityBritish
Birth date23 May 2001 (age 25)
Birth placeKing's Lynn, Norfolk, England
Current seriesF1600 Championship Series
First year2015

Jordan Cane (born 23 May 2001) is a British former racing driver from West Sussex, England. Making his racing debut in the United States in 2015, he was the youngest active Formula Car racer and was the youngest to score a point in the F1600 Championship Series. Cane retired from racing in July 2018,[1] citing budgetary concerns.

Career

Cane attended the Goodwood Festival of Speed, where he became interested in motorsports and asked his father to help him make his way into the industry. From 2012 to 2014 Jordan was competitively karting. In Jordan’s first karting experience, at Thruxton Circuit, he broke the track record after just four sessions.[2] In those two years, Cane received awards such as Best Novice and entered into the British Super One Championship, where he placed tenth. Around that same time, he found himself traveling to America to try his hand at racing cars which led to attending the Skip Barber Racing School where he completed a 3-Day Racing School and an Advanced Racing School at Lime Rock Park.[3]

For the 2015 season, Cane joined Team Pelfrey for the F1600 Championship Series.[4] His first win as the youngest British driver in open-wheel racing took place at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on 5 July 2015.[5] Continuing with the momentum, Cane had from Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, he won two more races and placed third in the first of three at Pittsburgh International Race Complex. The next round took F1600 Championship Series to New Jersey Motorsports Park where Cane took home another victory and two more podiums, ending the weekend with his fourth win of the season and two-second-place finishes. He then went on to sweeping the final weekend back at Pittsburgh International Race Complex, taking all three wins which placed him fourth overall in the championship, despite missing the first six races due to age restrictions.

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2015F1600 Championship SeriesTeam Pelfrey15703105844th
2016U.S. F2000 National ChampionshipTeam Pelfrey6000112113th
Cape Motorsports Wayne Taylor Racing70000
2017BRDC British Formula 3 ChampionshipDouglas Motorsport1830052888th
2018BRDC British Formula 3 ChampionshipDouglas Motorsport11000215914th

F1600 Championship Series

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617181920RankPoints
2015Team PelfreyATL
ATL
ATL
WGL
WGL
WGL
VIR
DNS
VIR
8
VIR
8
MOH
6
MOH
1
MOH
6
PIT
3
PIT
1
PIT
1
NJ
1
NJ
2
NJ
2
PIT
1
PIT
1
4th584

U.S. F2000 National Championship

YearTeam12345678910111213141516RankPoints
2016Team PelfreySTP
25
STP
3
BAR
6
BAR
19
IMS
10
IMS
21
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13th121
Cape Motorsports
Wayne Taylor Racing
ROA
21
ROA
6
TOR
9
TOR
16
MOH
8
MOH
9
MOH
14
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References

  1. ^ Jackson, Connor (2018-07-02). "Jordan Cane Announces Retirement from Motorsport". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  2. ^ Craig, Andrew. "Jordan Cane: Fast Young Man in a Big Hurry". Goodwood Road & Racing
  3. ^ "Team Pelfrey Announces Two F1600 Drivers". Racer. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Team Pelfrey's F1600 Title Defense for 2015 Begins to Take Shape". F1600 Formula F Championship Series. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Cane Wins His First as Team Pelfrey Quartet Shines at Mid-Ohio". F1600 Formula F Championship Series. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.