James Roe (R)
Nationality: Irish
Languages spoken: English
Height/weight: 5’11” / 170 lbs.
Education: High school graduate
Hobbies: Watersports, charity work and spending time understanding the business of motorsport
Favorite sports to watch: Ireland's national rugby team, boxing and NFL - Green Bay Packers
Favorite sports to play: Watersports and skiing
Interesting note about me: I am the youngest person to race an open-wheel car in Ireland
Favorite food: Steak
Guilty food pleasure: Bacon and cheese burger or thin-crust pizza
Best meal I can cook by myself: Spaghetti Bolognese
Racing goal: Compete in the Indy 500
Racing hero: Scott Dixon - a six-time champ and still going strong
Career results:
2020
- Finished seventh in the Formula Regional Americas Championship powered by Honda with five top-five finishes and 15 top-10s
- Named Motorsport/Sport Ireland International Driver of the Year
2019
- Finished fifth in the F3 Americas Championship powered by Honda with one win (during the NASCAR weekend at Road America) and a total of eight top-fives
- Helped Global Racing Group win the Team Championship
- Named Motorsport Ireland Young Racing Driver of the Year
2018
- Finished second in the FRP F2000 Championship Series with three wins and seven podium finishes at six different tracks
- Won Rookie of the Year honors
- Broke the 10-year-old lap record at Summit Point Motorsports Park (WV)
- Made his Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship debut at Indianapolis, finishing fifth (and top rookie) in second race
- Mazda Ireland brand ambassador
- Earned a "wildcard" invitation to the Mazda Road to Indy Shootout
2017
- Finished fifth in the BRSCC Britcover National Formula Ford Championship in the UK, scoring multiple wins, podiums, fastest laps and front row starts
- Claimed new lap record at Knockhill, Scotland
- Finished second in the Northern Ireland Formula Ford Championship
- Won the Martin Donnelly Pole Position Trophy
- Named Skoda Ireland Sports Star of the Month in August
2016
- Ginetta Junior Ireland Rookie of the Year
- Won the Allied Irish Finance Trophy at Mondello Park
- Competed in the BRSCC Avon Tyres Formula Ford 1600 Championship in the UK, claiming a pair of top-five finishes as a Firman FF1600 "factory" driver
- Became the first Irish driver to compete in an FIA F4 race, securing a podium finish on debut in the Formula 4 UAE Championship at the Dubai Autodrome
- Team Ireland member
2015
- Finished second in the Ginetta Junior Ireland Championship with four wins, four pole positions and one lap record
- Competed in one RT2000 Super Car race weekend at Anglesey with two wins, two poles and lapping the entire field in wet conditions
- Selected for the inaugural “Irish Motor Racing Academy” Team Ireland
2014
- Allied Irish Finance Trophy winner at Mondello Park
- Ginetta Junior Ireland Rookie of the Year
- Won a prize drive in Formula Sheane at the end-of-season meeting for performances during the year
- Became the youngest person ever to race an open-wheel race car in Ireland at 16 years and one day
- Competed in three Junior Rallycross events with a win, a second and a third-place finish