Meet Ethan Jeff-Hall…
Following his recent win at the PFi FIA World Kart Championships, Revolution (Motorsport UK ) caught up with Ethan to learn more about his journey so far…
Ethan Jeff-Hall, winner of the Ginetta Junior Championship and 2024 Ginetta Junior Rookie Championship, is certainly making a name for himself. The 16-year-old has recently signed with CRG Factory Racing Team in the OK Senior Category, and won the CIK FIA OK World Kart Championships at PFi in just his second race with the team.
“I first started karting when I was about six years old,”notes Jeff-Hall. “It was indoor karting, but I actually got into it when I went on holiday and there were some go-karts – and ever since then I have always wanted to be a racing driver.“It’s always been something that I have wanted to do, and I haven’t felt pushed by anybody else. My favourite F1 driver is Lewis Hamilton. I used to watch him throughout the years with my dad and he’s a magnificent driver.”
I usually wake up at a similar time, even though races can be at different times, I’ll have some granola and yoghurt for breakfast and get showered and ready to head down to the awning. If it’s the first day of testing I will take my race gear down, say good morning to the team, and prepare for the first session.”
“It was a great championship. To win the Ginetta Junior Championship and the Ginetta Rookie Championship was just an amazing feeling”, enthuses Jeff-Hall. “The whole season presented tricky conditions, some wet, some dry and a few conditions that were sort of in the middle.
The last race of the championship was a bit difficult for me.We struggled a bit with the car set up and we couldn’t quite find out where we needed to be. But nevertheless, we got the job done and it was an amazing feeling. At the start of
the season, I had only done 15 test days during the whole season, so to go into the first race and qualify pole, it was always going to be a mega season.”
If you want to start racing, Jeff-Hall has this advice: “Always follow your dreams, if it’s something that you have been interested in then work as hard as you can, stay dedicated and look into every detail from the data. I think the main thing is to enjoy it, because when you enjoy it, the results will come along with it.”
