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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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