Frederik Vesti

Frederik Vesti (born 13 January 2002) is a Danish racing driver[1][2] competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with ART Grand Prix. He is a member of the Mercedes Junior Team. He is the inaugural champion of the Formula Regional European Championship.

Frederik Vesti
Vesti during the 2021 Spielberg Formula 3 round.
Nationality Danish
Born (2002-01-13) 13 January 2002
Langelund, Denmark
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2022
Current teamART Grand Prix
Car number9
Starts4 (4 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finishTBA in 2022
Previous series
2020-2021
2019
2018
2017–18
2017		FIA Formula 3 Championship
FR European Championship
Italian F4 Championship
ADAC Formula 4
F4 Danish Championship
Championship titles
2019FR European Championship

Racing career

Lower formulae

Vesti started his career in Danish Formula Ford.[3] After finishing 4th in 2016 he moved on to compete full-time in both the German and Danish Formula 4 Championships. Despite missing two events of the Danish Championship the Danish driver managed to finish 2nd in his debut F4 season, helping his team Vesti Motorsport to win the team championship.[4][5] In 2018 he would yet again compete in the German F4 Championship and make appearances in the 2018 Italian F4 Championship, where he won two out of the three races he competed in, and the European Formula 3 Championship.[6][7][8]

Formula Regional European Championship

Prema Powerteam signed Vesti to compete in the inaugural Formula Regional European Championship.[9] After 13 victories, with six of them being achieved back-to-back, and a total of 20 podium finishes Vesti won the championship in front of Ferrari Academy driver and teammate Enzo Fittipaldi. They, along with British driver Olli Caldwell helped Prema to win the team championship.[10]

2020

In 2020 Vesti continued to drive for Prema, this time progressing to the FIA Formula 3 Championship, partnering Formula Renault Eurocup champion Oscar Piastri and American Logan Sargeant.[11] The Dane's first win came at the second round of the year in Styria, a race, which was cut short due to bad weather conditions.[12] Following that, Vesti would not score a podium until finishing in second at Spa-Francorchamps.[13] Vesti had a strong end to the season however: two feature race victories at Monza and Mugello helped the Danish driver to reach fourth in the drivers' standings.[14] His performances helped the team retain the teams' championship.

2021
Vesti at the Red Bull Ring in 2021

Vesti would sign for ART Grand Prix to race in Formula 3 alongside Russian Aleksandr Smolyar and American Juan Manuel Correa.[15] After an underwhelming start to the season, in which the Dane only managed to score one podium from six races, Vesti would finish second in the second race at the Red Bull Ring, and won the third race of the same round, narrowly beating out championship leader Dennis Hauger. However, his next podium of the season would come at Zandvoort in race 2, at which point he was mathematically out of the running for the title. Vesti finished second in the final race of the season at Sochi, thus taking enough points to repeat his previous year's championship finish of fourth place.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

Vesti got his first taste of Formula 2 machinery when he participated in the post-season test in 2021 with ART alongside former F3 title rival Théo Pourchaire.[16] On 21 January 2022, ART Grand Prix announced that Vesti will join the team for 2022.[17]

Formula One

On the 19th of January 2021, Vesti was announced as a Mercedes Junior Team driver.[15]

Karting record

Karting career summary
Season Series Team Position
2011—12 Chrono Rotax Max Winter Cup — Mini Max RS Competition 21st
2012 Rotax Winter Series — Mini Max RS Competition 11th
Rotax Nordic Championship — Rotax Mini 1st
Kart Cup South Denmark — Cadett Junior 12th
2013 Racehall of Champions — 65 kg 13th
Danish Championship — Cadet Junior 1st
Rotax Max Challenge Denmark — Junior 26th
2014 NEZ Cup — KFJ 3rd
Danish Championship — KFJ 1st
Rotax Max Challenge Denmark — Junior 9th
2015 WSK Champions Cup — KFJ Energy Corse 13th
South Garda Winter Cup — KFJ NC
WSK Gold Cup — KFJ NC
Trofeo Andrea Margutti — KFJ 6th
WSK Super Master Series — KFJ 38th
CIK-FIA European Championship — KFJ 28th
Trofeo Industrie — KFJ 10th
CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ 69th
WSK Final Cup — KFJ Forza Racing 1st
2016 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ Forza Racing 28th
South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ 7th
Sources:[18][19]

Racing record

Racing career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2016 Formula Ford Denmark Vesti Höyer Motorsport 20 2 0 1 8 254 4th
2017 ADAC Formula 4 Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 21 1 0 2 3 113 7th
F4 Danish Championship Vesti Motorsport 15 8 5 4 15 320 2nd
Formula 4 United States Championship Global Racing Group 2 0 0 0 0 1 29th
2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 21 2 1 3 8 211 4th
Italian F4 Championship 3 2 1 1 3 68 10th
FIA Formula 3 European Championship 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 15th
2019 Formula Regional European Championship Prema Powerteam 24 13 10 9 20 467 1st
Macau Grand Prix SJM Prema Theodore Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 10th
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship Prema Racing 18 3 1 3 4 146.5 4th
2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship ART Grand Prix 20 1 1 0 5 138 4th
2022 FIA Formula 2 Championship ART Grand Prix 6 0 0 0 0 8 16th*

† As Vesti was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete F4 Danish Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pos Points
2017 Vesti Motorsport JYL1
1
1		 JYL1
2
1		 JYL1
3
1		 DJU1
1		 DJU1
2		 DJU1
3		 PAD1
1
2		 PAD1
2
2		 PAD1
3
1		 JYL2
1
2		 JYL2
2
1		 JYL2
3
2		 PAD2
1
3		 PAD2
2
6		 PAD2
3
1		 DJU2
1		 DJU2
2		 DJU2
3		 JYL3
1
1		 JYL3
2
1		 JYL3
3
2		 2nd 320

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pos Points
2017 Van Amersfoort Racing OSC1
1
14		 OSC1
2
Ret		 OSC1
3
14		 LAU
1
5		 LAU
2
6		 LAU
3
2		 RBR
1
21		 RBR
2
13		 RBR
3
9		 OSC2
1
9		 OSC2
2
12		 OSC2
3
1		 NÜR
1
7		 NÜR
2
10		 NÜR
3
23		 SAC
1
8		 SAC
2
5		 SAC
3
3		 HOC
1
4		 HOC
2
19		 HOC
3
Ret		 7th 113
2018 Van Amersfoort Racing OSC
1
6		 OSC
2
2		 OSC
3
4		 HOC1
1
6		 HOC1
2
3		 HOC1
3
8		 LAU
1
Ret		 LAU
2
Ret		 LAU
3
5		 RBR
1
2		 RBR
2
5		 RBR
3
2		 HOC2
1
1		 HOC2
2
11		 NÜR
1
3		 NÜR
2
1		 NÜR
3
6		 HOC3
1
3		 HOC3
2
Ret		 HOC3
3
13		 4th 211

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2018 Van Amersfoort Racing Mercedes PAU
1
 PAU
2
 PAU
3
 HUN
1
 HUN
2
 HUN
3
 NOR
1
 NOR
2
 NOR
3
 ZAN
1
 ZAN
2
 ZAN
3
 SPA
1
 SPA
2
 SPA
3
 SIL
1
 SIL
2
 SIL
3
 MIS
1
 MIS
2
 MIS
3
 NÜR
1
 NÜR
2
 NÜR
3
 RBR
1
 RBR
2
 RBR
3
 HOC
1
10		 HOC
2
20		 HOC
3
14		 NC 0

Complete Macau Grand Prix results
Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2018 Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara F317 18th DNF 15th
2019 SJM Theodore Racing by Prema Dallara F3 2019 7th 18th 10th

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pos Points
2019 Prema Powerteam LEC
1
1		 LEC
2
2		 LEC
3
1		 VLL
1
5		 VLL
2
1		 VLL
3
C		 HUN
1
1		 HUN
2
1		 HUN
3
1		 RBR
1
1		 RBR
2
1		 RBR
3
3		 IMO
1
3		 IMO
2
1		 IMO
3
3		 IMO
4
6		 CAT
1
1		 CAT
2
3		 CAT
3
10		 MUG
1
1		 MUG
2
1		 MUG
3
4		 MNZ
1
2		 MNZ
2
3		 MNZ
3
1		 1st 467

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2020 Prema Racing RBR
FEA
4		 RBR
SPR
6		 RBR
FEA
1‡		 RBR
SPR
8		 HUN
FEA
Ret		 HUN
SPR
Ret		 SIL
FEA
5		 SIL
SPR
4		 SIL
FEA
4		 SIL
SPR
8		 CAT
FEA
Ret		 CAT
SPR
21		 SPA
FEA
6		 SPA
SPR
2		 MNZ
FEA
1		 MNZ
SPR
23†		 MUG
FEA
1		 MUG
SPR
9		 4th 146.5
2021 ART Grand Prix CAT
1
7		 CAT
2
3		 CAT
3
7		 LEC
1
15		 LEC
2
10		 LEC
3
6		 RBR
1
7		 RBR
2
2		 RBR
3
1		 HUN
1
Ret		 HUN
2
16		 HUN
3
7		 SPA
1
4		 SPA
2
6		 SPA
3
6		 ZAN
1
9		 ZAN
2
3		 ZAN
3
8		 SOC
1
8		 SOC
2
C		 SOC
3
2		 4th 138

† Driver did not finish, but was classified, as they completed more than 90% of race distance.
‡ Half points were awarded, as less than 75% of the scheduled distance was completed.

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 DC Points
2022 ART Grand Prix BHR
SPR
13		 BHR
FEA
Ret		 JED
SPR
12		 JED
FEA
18†		 IMO
SPR
10		 IMO
FEA
6		 CAT
SPR		 CAT
FEA		 MCO
SPR		 MCO
FEA		 BAK
SPR		 BAK
FEA		 SIL
SPR		 SIL
FEA		 RBR
SPR		 RBR
FEA		 HUN
SPR		 HUN
FEA		 SPA
SPR		 SPA
FEA		 ZAN
SPR		 ZAN
FEA		 MNZ
SPR		 MNZ
FEA		 YMC
SPR		 YMC
FEA		 16th* 8*

* Season still in progress.

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