Jake Cook

Jake Cook (20 June 1993 – 14 November 2023) was a British racing driver who competed in the Protyre Formula Renault Championship for Hillspeed.

[1] For 2009, he entered the full Ginetta Junior Championship season, driving for TJ Motorsport, and won his first race in the series, having qualified on pole, at the Brands Hatch track.

[5] In August of that year, Cook had joined the Motor Sport AASE programme, part of the MSA's Academy structure.

[7] His first podium came at the Zandvoort Circuit, before his season came to a premature close due to funding issues, resulting in Cook finishing ninth overall.

[8] Cook did, however, enter that year's Formula Ford Festival (held at the Brands Hatch circuit), and got through to the semi-final, where he retired on the first lap.

[1] During the season, Cook also competed in the Zandvoort round of the Formula Ford EuroCup, with a single victory coming at the third race.

[21] A hat-trick of podiums followed at the second round, held at Snetterton Circuit, resulting in Cook leaving the track in second place overall in the championship standings.