Canadian racing driver and commentator (born 1986)
James Hinchcliffe
Hinchcliffe at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2021
Nationality
Canadian
Born
(1986-12-05) December 5, 1986 (age 37) North York, Ontario, Canada[1]
Racing licence
FIA Gold
Previous series
2009–10 2006–08 2006–07 2005 2004
Indy Lights Atlantic Championship A1 Grand Prix Star Mazda Series Formula BMW USA
Awards
2010 2011
2024
Greg Moore Legacy Award IndyCar Rookie of the Year Tony Renna Rising Star Award CMHF Inductee
IndyCar Series career
161 races run over 11 years
Team(s)
No. 29 (Andretti Autosport)
2020 position
23rd
Best finish
8th (2012, 2013)
First race
2011 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama (Barber)
Last race
2021 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach (Long Beach)
First win
2013 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Last win
2018 Iowa Corn 300 (Iowa)
Wins
Podiums
Poles
6
18
1
James Douglas Meredith Hinchcliffe (born December 5, 1986) is a Canadian race car driver and commentator best known for competing in the IndyCar Series. Hinchcliffe won six races for Andretti Autosport and Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. In 2015, his first year driving for Schmidt Peterson, he suffered life-threatening blood loss when he was impaled in a crash when his suspension failed while practicing for the Indianapolis 500. He would recover and win the pole position for the following year's race. In 2016, he appeared on season 23 of the ABC series Dancing with the Stars, finishing in second place. He is often called by his nicknames "Hinch" and "the Mayor of Hinchtown".
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place. For season 23, Burgess was partnered with race car driver JamesHinchcliffe. Due to a knee injury from the previous week's dress rehearsal, Burgess...
Orientation/Refresher session, general practice resumed from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. JamesHinchcliffe set the fastest lap of the day at 224.526 mph (361.340 km/h), leading...
began on Monday, May 16. Time trials were held on May 21–22, with JamesHinchcliffe winning the pole position. Carb Day, the traditional final practice...
surprise winner. Bourdais won from last place on the starting grid. JamesHinchcliffe won at Long Beach, his first victory since suffering a near-fatal...
sitter, and three-time front row starter, JamesHinchcliffe, who was bumped from the field. Hinchcliffe's first qualifying attempt came after the first...
for a life-saving effort in their rescue of driver JamesHinchcliffe. During the run, Hinchcliffe was involved in a major crash, and was impaled by a...
particularly as the afternoon wore on. On his first qualifying attempt, JamesHinchcliffe, who failed to qualify in 2018, suffered a major crash in turn two...
occurred with rookies Jay Howard and JamesHinchcliffe. Howard lost a right-rear wheel on lap 61, while Hinchcliffe slid high in turn 3 and bounced off...
starter instructions. The nine drivers to advance to the fast nine were JamesHinchcliffe, Will Power, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Hélio Castroneves, Ryan Briscoe, Tony...
Butler and Jodie Comer TV in the United States Network NBC (blacked out locally) Announcers Leigh Diffey, Townsend Bell, JamesHinchcliffe Chronology...
replace Patrick in the #7 GoDaddy car, but was killed at Las Vegas. JamesHinchcliffe drove the GoDaddy car, and the number switched from #7 to #27, the...
earliest. JamesHinchcliffe won the first IndyCar race of his career, taking the lead from Hélio Castroneves on a restart on lap 85 of 110. Hinchcliffe held...
to IndyCar-driver JamesHinchcliffe, with whom she attended his high school prom in 2004. On 3 August 2019, Dalton and Hinchcliffe were married at the...
In January it was announced that 2011 IndyCar rookie of the year JamesHinchcliffe would drive the GoDaddy car renumbered to #27. In 2012, rumors started...
Silvestro's first IndyCar and Indianapolis 500 appearance since 2015. JamesHinchcliffe re-joined Andretti Autosport full-time in the No. 29 after competing...
sunny skies. A total of 32 drivers took 2,226 laps without incident. JamesHinchcliffe drove Marco Andretti's car #25 to a lap of 224.210 mph, for the fastest...
and the Formula 3 Euro Series. Another driver with ten top-fives, JamesHinchcliffe finished second in the title race for Team Moore Racing, a race winner...
Bathurst 1000 in October, competing with fellow IndyCar Series driver JamesHinchcliffe as a wildcard entry for Walkinshaw Andretti United, a partnership...
Racing JamesHinchcliffe Dan Wheldon8 2012 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Dallara6 Chevrolet Chevrolet Simon Pagenaud JamesHinchcliffe 2013 Scott...
IndyCar Series on NBC – Townsend Bell, JamesHinchcliffe IMSA on NBC – Calvin Fish, Townsend Bell, JamesHinchcliffe Tennis on NBC – John McEnroe, Mary Carillo...
12 laps had been run. Contact between drivers Wade Cunningham and JamesHinchcliffe triggered a massive chain reaction crash that involved fifteen of...
one and two in which Wheldon was involved. The accident began when JamesHinchcliffe was clipped by Wade Cunningham. Cunningham and J. R. Hildebrand then...
Stirling James Hinchliffe (born 23 November 1970), is an Australian politician. Born in Dalby, Queensland, he was educated at state schools and received...
as they had together since 2019. Leigh Diffey, Townsend Bell, and JamesHinchcliffe were the booth announcers for the race. Two additional hours of pre-race...
Global Information
Canadian
FIA Gold