Jacob John Parsons (born 26 December 1994) is an Australian racing driver. In 2018, he was crowned champion in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship National class. He is also the driver and managing director for AWD Racing.
Career Early career Parsons started his early career karting in Australia. He then competed in the Australian Formula Ford Series in 2014 as well as Formula Masters China. He stayed for 2015 with Meritus where he finished Vice Champion behind Martin Rump.
Parsons moved to the States as he competed in the 2016 Pro Mazda Championship with Juncos Racing.
Parsons also competed in the Asian Le Mans Series for two seasons, competing in one race of each of the two seasons of 2017-18 and 18-19.
Japanese motorsport Parsons moved to Japan to compete in the Super GT GT300 class with Team Taisan alongside Shinnosuke Yamada for the 2017 season.
Parsons switched to compete in the 2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship for Noda Racing He won the National class taking victory in all races aside from one.
For 2019, Parsons competed in the Super Taikyu TCR class with Adenau alongside Shogo Mitsuyama, and Philippe Devesa.
In 2020, Parsons returned to Super GT after a two-year absence, driving for Honda factory team Drago Corse alongside owner/driver Ryō Michigami.
Parsons then competed in the Super Taikyu ST-Z class with Team 5ZIGEN in 2021, followed by a switch to D'station Racing for two seasons in ST-1, and one race in ST-X in 2022 and 2023.
In 2025, Parsons assisted in the formation of a new team with Japanese company AWD and Canadian Jesse Anthony Swinimer by the name of "AWD Racing". Both Parsons and Swinimer also competed in SRO Japan Cup in the GTC class.
Racing record Racing career summary + Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2014 Formula Masters China Meritus.GP 12 3 3 2 7 116 4th Australian Formula Ford Series Synergy Motorsport 12 0 0 0 1 116 9th 2015 Formula Masters China Meritus.GP 18 3 2 2 11 163 2nd 2016 Pro Mazda Championship Juncos Racing 16 0 0 0 2 258 6thLamborghini Super Trofeo Asia 2017 Super GT - GT300 Team Taisan SARD 8 0 0 0 0 0 NC2017–18 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 Eurasia Motorsport 1 1 0 0 1 16 8th 2018 Japanese Formula 3 Championship NODA Racing 18 0 0 0 0 0 18th Japanese Formula 3 Championship - National 18 18 16 18 18 214 1st2018–19 Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3 Jackie Chan DC Racing X Jota Sport 1 0 0 0 0 1 15th 2019 Super Taikyu - ST-Z Adenau5000284.5‡4th‡ 2020 Super GT - GT300 Modulo Drago Corse 8 0 0 0 0 8 22nd 2021 Super Taikyu - ST-Z Team 5Zigen4000280.5‡3rd‡ 2022 Super Taikyu - ST-1 D'station Racing42104151.5‡ 2nd‡ 2023 Super Taikyu - ST-1 D'station Racing51105151.5‡ 2nd‡ Super Taikyu - ST-X100006‡8th‡ 2025 SRO Japan Cup - GTC AWD Racing2120243 3rd2026SRO Japan Cup - GT3AWD RacingSuper Taikyu - ST-1D'station Racing
Complete Super GT results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Pts 2017 Team Taisan SARD Audi R8 LMS GT300 OKA FUJ AUT SUG FUJ SUZ CHA MOT NC 0 2020 Modulo Drago Corse Honda NSX GT3 Evo GT300 FUJ FUJ SUZ MOT FUJ SUZ MOT FUJ 22nd 8
Complete Japanese Formula 3 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Engine Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Pts 2018NODA RacingVolkswagen SUZ1 SUZ2 SUG11 SUG12 FUJ11 FUJ12 OKA11 OKA12 OKA13 MOT1 MOT2 MOT3 OKA21 OKA22 OKA23 SUG21 SUG22 SUG23 SUG24 FUJ21 FUJ22 18th 0 N SUZ1 SUZ2 SUG11 SUG12 FUJ11 FUJ12 OKA11 OKA12 OKA13 MOT1 MOT2 MOT3 OKA21 OKA22 OKA23 SUG21 SUG22 SUG23 SUG24 FUJ21 FUJ22 1st 214
References
External links
https://www.jakeparsons.jp/ | Personal Website