page_title: James Jakes
section_title: IndyCar Series
hierarchical_section_title: James Jakes / Career / IndyCar Series
caption_attribution_description: English: James Jakes during practice at the 2015 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma
context_page_description: James Jakes is a British racing driver.
context_section_description: Jakes had signed with Coloni to race in the GP2 Asia Series in 2011, but in March tested an IndyCar Series car for Dale Coyne Racing at Barber Motorsports Park. It was subsequently announced that Jakes would be replaced in Coloni's GP2 car by Luca Filippi and that Jakes would race for Coyne in the 2011 IndyCar Series season. In his debut season he collected no top 10s and resulted 22nd in the final standings. In 2012, Jakes resulted 10th at Texas Motor Speedway and 8th at the Indy Toronto, repeating his 22nd place in the season standings.
  Jakes switched to Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing for the 2013 season. At Detroit he finished 10th in the first race and second in the second race. Later he finished sixth in Houston 1. The Brit ended 19th in the final standings.
  After a sabbatical year, Jakes joined Schmidt Peterson Motorsports for the 2015 IndyCar season. He collected a third place in New Orleans.
caption: Jakes during practice at the 2015 GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma
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