De Heus began studying for a degree in marketing and communications at the Johan Cruyff Institute in 2022.[5][6]
Career
Karting
Emely de Heus competed in the 2019 and 2020 Rotax Max Challenge International Trophy in karting. In 2019, she secured 4 points and finished in 27th position overall. In 2020, she improved to 23rd place with 45 points.[7] In February 2020 she won the Dutch Wintercup in Senior Karting at Berghem.[8] That same year, she amassed 239 points in the Dutch Rotax Max Senior National Championship, finishing 4th overall.[9]
De Heus competed in all 21 races of the season. She finished in 29th place in the drivers standings and won the 2021 Female Trophy.[12]
W Series
In early 2022, De Heus was announced as a competitor for the 2022 W Series season. In February she completed a test at Inde Motorsports Ranch, Arizona and also drove at the March test at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain where she completed 134 laps.[13][14] De Heus competed for Sirin Racing alongside fellow Dutch racer Beitske Visser.[15][16][17] Her best result was 10th in the first round of the season in Miami.[18]
De Heus scored her best result in the final round at Abu Dhabi, with a 4th place finish in race 1.[26] De Heus finished the season in 11th place with 29 points.[27] As a result of competing in two seasons, De Heus is ineligible to compete in the 2025 championship so will depart F1 Academy to be replaced by Chloe Chambers.[28][29]
Eurocup-3
Alongside her commitments in F1 Academy, De Heus joined the Eurocup-3 series for seven races. Initially she joined GRS Team as a replacement driver for Nikola Tsolov.[30][31] After her first two races with the team at second round of the season, De Heus would return to race for GRS Team at three further weekends at Portugal, Netherlands and at the final round of the season at the Circuit de Catalunya.[32][33]
