By the time Jake Hughes was at his first teenage crossroads, deciding what route what to take in life, the bug had still not hit. Never mind hit; at 16, the Brummie boy wasn’t even aware of a talent which would mould a career rising the ranks; full throttle behind the wheel. A career, after relentless strain in the junior formula, which now sees Hughes grasp his big break as he takes up a seat at McLaren in the legendary racing team’s first venture in Formula E this year.
An easy fall back for any kid, though, is to blame the parents. “No one in my family came from a motorsport background,” he tells The Independent. “I was obsessed with super cars and Hot Wheels so I joke with Mum and Dad now and say ‘how did you not realise that this is what I wanted to do?!’
