Laurens van Hoepen

Laurens van Hoepen
Van Hoepen driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2024 Spielberg Formula 3 round.
NationalityNetherlands Dutch
Born (2005-09-06) 6 September 2005 (age 19)
Wassenaar, Netherlands
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season2024
Current teamART Grand Prix
Car number24
Starts18 (18 entries)
Wins0
Podiums4
Poles1
Fastest laps2
Best finish13th in 2024
Previous series
2023
2022–2023
2021		FR Oceania Championship
FR European Championship
Ultimate Cup Series

Laurens van Hoepen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlʌurəns fɑn ˈɦupə(n)]; born 6 September 2005) is a Dutch racing driver who is set to compete in the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship with ART Grand Prix. He previously competed in the Formula Regional European Championship with the French outfit in 2022 and 2023, having previously raced in the Ultimate Cup Series in 2021.[1]

Career

Karting

Van Hoepen started karting at the age of eight in his native Netherlands, winning a series of national championships before jumping onto the international scene in 2015.[2][3] A protégé of Formula 2 and Formula E champion Nyck de Vries,[4] he won the IAME Euro Series in the X30 Mini class in 2017 and finished in the top ten of both the FIA European Championship and the WSK Champions Cup in OK in 2020, driving for Nico Rosberg's Racing Academy and Charles Leclerc's Leclerc by Lennox Racing respectively.[5][6] For 2021 he remained with Leclerc's team and made the step up to KZ2 shifter karts,[7] finishing third overall in the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship.[8][9]

Formula Regional

2021

Van Hoepen made his racing debut directly in Formula Regional machinery in late 2021, driving for Graff Racing in the Challenge Monoplace category of the Ultimate Cup Series [fr]. He hit the ground running, winning his first ever single-seater race from pole at Le Mans, ahead of Formula E race winner and 24 Hours of Le Mans class winner Nico Prost.[10] He would go on to win seven of the nine races he entered—enough to claim 3rd in the championship standings despite having missed the first half of the season.[11][12]

2022

Van Hoepen racing in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring.

For the 2022 season Van Hoepen moved to the Formula Regional European Championship with ART Grand Prix, partnering Gabriele Minì and Mari Boya.[13][14]

2023

Van Hoepen racing in the 2023 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring.

Van Hoepen remained with ART Grand Prix for the 2023 Formula Regional European Championship.[15]

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2024

Van Hoepen joined ART Grand Prix for the 2023 Formula 3 post-season testing sessions.[16][17] In December 2023, the French outfit announced the signing of Van Hoepen for the full 2024 FIA F3 season, alongside Christian Mansell and Alpine Academy driver Nikola Tsolov.[18]

2025

Van Hoepen was retained by ART Grand Prix for the 2025 FIA Formula 3 season, for his fourth consecutive year with the French team.[19]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Position
2015 SKUSA SuperNationals XIX - TaG Cadet 61st
2017 IAME Euro Series - X30 Mini 1st
WSK Super Master Series - 60 Mini 34th
2018 CIK-FIA European OK Junior Championship 25th
CIK-FIA Karting World Championship - Junior 24th
WSK Final Cup - OKJ 9th
WSK Super Master Series - OKJ 11th
German Junior Kart Championship - OK-Junior 7th
23° South Garda Winter Cup - OKJ 8th
2019 WSK Open Cup - OK class 21st
Italian Championship - OK-Junior 12th
CIK-FIA Karting European Championship - OK-Junior 27th
FIA Karting World Championship - OK-Junior 8th
WSK Euro Series - OK-Junior 8th
WSK Champions Cup - OK Junior 13th
WSK Super Master Series - OK Junior 5th
24° South Garda Winter Cup - OK Junior 13th
2020 WSK Open Cup - KZ2 11th
CIK-FIA World Championship - OK class 31st
WSK Euro Series - OK 17th
CIK-FIA European Championship - OK 8th
FIA Karting International Super Cup - KZ2 80th
25° South Garda Winter Cup - OK 32nd
WSK Super Master Series - OK 17th
WSK Champions Cup - OK 6th
2021 32° Andrea Margutti Trophy - KZ2 4th
FIA Karting International Super Cup - KZ2 17th
WSK Open Cup - KZ2 7th
WSK Euro Series - KZ2 10th
WSK Super Master Series - KZ2 38th
WSK Champions Cup - KZ2 28th

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2021 Ultimate Cup Series - Challenge Monoplace - F3 Regional Graff 9 7 6 8 9 324 3rd
2022 Formula Regional European Championship ART Grand Prix 20 0 0 0 0 15 21st
2023 Formula Regional Oceania Championship M2 Competition 6 1 2 1 5 154 11th
Formula Regional European Championship ART Grand Prix 20 0 0 0 2 71 10th
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 10th
2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship ART Grand Prix 20 0 1 2 3 58 13th
2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship ART Grand Prix 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD

* Season still in progress.

Complete Ultimate Cup Series 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 DC Points
2021 Graff LEC1
1 		LEC1
2 		LEC1
3 		DIJ
1 		DIJ
2 		DIJ
3 		LEC2
1 		LEC2
2 		LEC2
3 		LMS
1
1 		LMS
2
3 		LMS
3
1 		MAG
1
1 		MAG
2
1 		MAG
3
2 		EST
1
1 		EST
2
1 		EST
3
1 		3rd 324

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 DC Points
2022 ART Grand Prix MNZ
1
Ret 		MNZ
2
Ret 		IMO
1
20 		IMO
2
13 		MCO
1
8 		MCO
2
8 		LEC
1
18 		LEC
2
13 		ZAN
1
19 		ZAN
2
21 		HUN
1
11 		HUN
2
15 		SPA
1
20 		SPA
2
15 		RBR
1
8 		RBR
2
Ret 		CAT
1
18 		CAT
2
19 		MUG
1
10 		MUG
2
17 		21st 15
2023 ART Grand Prix IMO
1
11 		IMO
2
12 		CAT
1
10 		CAT
2
9 		HUN
1
13 		HUN
2
5 		SPA
1
19 		SPA
2
16 		MUG
1
16 		MUG
2
22† 		LEC
1
6 		LEC
2
Ret 		RBR
1
17 		RBR
2
20 		MNZ
1
7 		MNZ
2
5 		ZAN
1
3 		ZAN
2
3 		HOC
1
9 		HOC
2
18 		10th 71

† – Driver did not finish the race but was classified, as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Regional Oceania 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 DC Points
2023 M2 Competition HIG
1 		HIG
2 		HIG
3 		TER
1 		TER
2 		TER
3 		MAN
1 		MAN
2 		MAN
3 		HMP
1
2 		HMP
2
3 		HMP
3
1 		TAU
1
3 		TAU
2
4 		TAU
3
2 		11th 154

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2023 France ART Grand Prix Dallara F3 2019 22nd 14th 10th

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2024 ART Grand Prix BHR
SPR
2 		BHR
FEA
15 		MEL
SPR
3 		MEL
FEA
13 		IMO
SPR
7 		IMO
FEA
13 		MON
SPR
3 		MON
FEA
Ret 		CAT
SPR
5 		CAT
FEA
29† 		RBR
SPR
5 		RBR
FEA
8 		SIL
SPR
9 		SIL
FEA
11 		HUN
SPR
9 		HUN
FEA
DSQ 		SPA
SPR
10 		SPA
FEA
12 		MNZ
SPR
13 		MNZ
FEA
8 		13th 58
2025 ART Grand Prix BHR
SPR
 BHR
FEA
 MEL
SPR
 MEL
FEA
 IMO
SPR
 IMO
FEA
 MON
SPR
 MON
FEA
 CAT
SPR
 CAT
FEA
 RBR
SPR
 RBR
FEA
 SIL
SPR
 SIL
FEA
 SPA
SPR
 SPA
FEA
 HUN
SPR
 HUN
FEA
 MNZ
SPR
 MNZ
FEA
 TBD TBD

References

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  2. ^ Kaligis, Bas (12 September 2017). "Laurens van Hoepen maakt belofte waar: Nederlands kampioen karting! "Dit voelt heel fijn! Echt!"". RaceXpress.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Laurens van Hoepen is de Rotterdamse Max!". De Havenloods (in Dutch). 13 September 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. ^ Oudman, René (11 February 2022). "Interview: GPToday presenteert jonge Nederlandse talenten: Laurens van Hoepen". GPToday.net (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 March 2022.
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  7. ^ "Wassenaarder Laurens Van Hoepen, Kartteamlid Van F1-Coureur Charles Leclerc, Toont Zijn Talent". Wassenaarders.nl (in Dutch). 22 June 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
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  19. ^ "Laurens van Hoepen returns with ART Grand Prix for 2025 F3 campaign". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
Sporting positions
Preceded by New Zealand Grand Prix
Winner
2023 		Succeeded by
Liam Sceats