James Hedley

James Hedley (born 1 September 2003) is a British racing driver who last competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for Van Amersfoort Racing, having previously raced for AIX Racing.

Hedley previously competed in the 2024 GB3 Championship with VRD by Arden. He is part of the BRDC Rising Star Programme.

Hedley started karting at the age of eleven. In 2016, he became the Honda Cadet London Easter Champion.

Hedley made his car racing debut with Elite Motorsport in final two rounds of the 2017 Ginetta Junior Championship. For the 2018 Ginetta Junior Championship, he remained with the team finished the season in eighth after scoring two podiums. In 2019, he returned for another season in the Ginetta Junior Championship. This time he went on to become champion ahead of Zak O'Sullivan with seven wins to his name.

In 2020, Hedley joined JHR Developments in the F4 British Championship to make his single-seater racing debut. He took four wins throughout the season and finished the championship fifth in the standings.

In 2021, Hedley returned to the F4 British Championship with Fortec Motorsport. In the first half of the season Hedley took four wins. Ahead of the sixth round at Thruxton Circuit he split with Fortec Motorsport and continued in the championship with Carlin instead. He once again finished fifth in the overall championship standings.

In October 2021, Hedley also joined his old Ginetta Junior-team Elite Motorsport to compete in the final round of the GB3 Championship at Donington Park.

Hedley then started the 2022 GB3 Championship with Elite Motorsport. He took his only podiums finish of the season in the fourth round at Snetterton Circuit. Ahead of the fifth round at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, he switched teams to join JHR Developments. Hedley finished 17th in the championship standings.