Frederik Vesti

Frederik Vesti (born 13 January 2002) is a Danish racing driver[1][2] due to compete in the 2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship[3] for ART Grand Prix alongside Aleksandr Smolyar. He is the inaugural champion of the Formula Regional European Championship and a member of the Mercedes Junior Team.

Frederik Vesti
Nationality	Danish
Born	13 January 2002 Langelund, Denmark
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season	2020
Current team	ART Grand Prix
Car number	7
Starts	18 (18 entries)
Wins	3
Podiums	4
Poles	1
Fastest laps	2
Best finish	4th in 2020
Previous series
2019 2018 2017–18 2017	FR European Championship Italian F4 Championship ADAC Formula 4 F4 Danish Championship
Championship titles
2019	FR European Championship

Racing career

Lower formula

Vesti started his career in Danish Formula Ford. 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. 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.

Formula Regional European Championship

Prema Powerteam signed Vesti to compete in the inaugural Formula Regional European Championship. 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.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

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. 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. Following that, Vesti would not score a podium until finishing in second at Spa-Francorchamps. 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. His performances helped the team retain the teams' championship.

Vesti would sign for ART Grand Prix to race in Formula 3 alongside Russian Aleksandr Smolyar.

Formula One

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

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2016	Formula Ford Denmark	Vesti Höyer Motorsport[4]	20	2	0	1	8	254	4th
2017	Formula 4 ADAC Championship	Van Amersfoort Racing[5]	21	1	0	2	3	113	7th
	F4 Danish Championship	Vesti Motorsport[6]	15	8	5	4	15	320	2nd
	Formula 4 United States Championship	Global Racing Group	2	0	0	0	0	1	29th
2018	Formula 4 ADAC Championship	Van Amersfoort Racing[7][8][9]	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	2	4	146.5	4th
2021	FIA Formula 3 Championship	ART Grand Prix

As Vesti was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

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	CAT 2	CAT 3	LEC 1	LEC 2	LEC 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	HUN 1	HUN 2	HUN 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	SPA 3	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	ZAN 3	COA 1	COA 2	COA 3

^† 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.

References

1. "Frederik Vesti". 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
2. "Frederik Vesti". 2019-12-23. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
3. "Formula Regional champion Vesti gets Prema F3 seat". 2020-01-02. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
4. "Formula Ford Denmark 2016 standings | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
5. "ADAC Formel 4 Entry list Sachsenring 2019". 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
6. "Formel 4 - præsentation". 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
7. "Zendeli and Wishofer join Schumacher at US Racing for ADAC F4". 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
8. "Elenco Verificati - Admitted List" (PDF). 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
9. "VAN AMERSFOORT TO RUN GERMAN F4 STAR AT HOCKENHEIM". 2018-10-13. Retrieved 2020-01-07.

External links

• Frederik Vesti career summary at DriverDB.com