Cian Shields

Cian Shields
Shields driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2024 Spielberg Formula 3 round
Born (2005-03-07) 7 March 2005 (age 19)
Glasgow, Scotland
Nationality
  • United Kingdom British
  • Republic of Ireland Irish
  • via dual nationality
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2024
Current teamAIX
Car number25
Starts4 (4 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish30th in 2024
Previous series

Cian Shields (born 7 March 2005)[1] is a British and Irish racing driver from Scotland, who most recently competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for AIX.

He competed in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship with Hitech, and was runner-up in the 2023 Euroformula Open Championship.[2]

Career

Karting

Shields started karting at the age of 11 in 2016.[3] In 2017 he competed in IAME Cadets with British GT driver Dean MacDonald being his driver coach.[4] In 2019 he became champion of the X30 Junior category in the IAME Series Benelux.[5][6]

GB3 Championship

In 2022, Shields began his single-seater career by joining Hitech Grand Prix in the GB3 Championship.[6][7] He would take his first victory in the reversed-grid race at Silverstone, holding off Nick Gilkes in the closing laps.[8][9] Until the end of the season, which he ultimately finished in thirteenth, he would take two further podium finishes.[2]

Shields at the Red Bull Ring in 2023

Euroformula Open

In 2023 he joined Team Motopark to compete in the Euroformula Open Championship.[2] Throughout the season Shields took four wins at Spa-Francorchamps, Paul Ricard, Spielberg and Mugello becoming vice-champion behind Noel León.[10][11][12][13]

FIA Formula 3

Shields driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2024 Spielberg Formula 3 round

In late 2023 Shields rejoined Hitech Pulse-Eight for post-season testing in the FIA Formula 3 Championship.[14] Later that December, Shields was announced to be driving for Hitech during the 2024 FIA F3 season.[15]

Prototype racing

In 2022 Shields joined 360 Racing to compete in the Prototype Challenge at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Radical SR3. In the first race he was the winning car in the Radical class.[16]

FIA Formula 2

In November 2024, it was announced that Shields would race with AIX Racing for the last two rounds of the 2024 Formula 2 season at Qatar and Abu Dhabi. He is replacing Niels Koolen, and will be partnered alongside Joshua Dürksen.[17][18]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2016 LGM Series - IAME Cadet 33rd
2018 Kartmasters British Grand Prix- X30 Mini Fusion Motorsport 7th
IAME Winter Cup - X30 Junior Strawberry Racing 3rd
2019 IAME Series Benelux - X30 Junior 1st
IAME International Final - X30 Junior 9th
British Kart Championship - X30 Junior Fusion Motorsport 41st
IAME Euro Series - X30 Junior 21st
IAME Winter Cup - X30 Junior 22nd
2020 Rotax Max Challenge International Trophy - Senior Max 7th
Rotax Max Euro Winter Cup - Senior Strawberry Racing 14th
IAME Winter Cup - X30 Senior 19th
2021 IAME Winter Cup - X30 Senior KR Racing 10th
IAME Euro Series - X30 Senior 13th

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2022 GB3 Championship Hitech Grand Prix 24 1 0 0 3 186.5 13th
Prototype Challenge - Radical 360 Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2023 Euroformula Open Championship Team Motopark 23 4 0 3 10 307 2nd
Eurocup-3 Palou Motorsport 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship Hitech Pulse-Eight 20 0 0 0 0 0 30th
FIA Formula 2 Championship AIX Racing 4 0 0 0 0 0 30th

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

Complete GB3 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 DC Points
2022 Hitech Grand Prix OUL
1
11 		OUL
2
Ret 		OUL
3
7 		SIL1
1
16 		SIL1
2
18 		SIL1
3
11 		DON1
1
14 		DON1
2
15 		DON1
3
19 		SNE
1
14 		SNE
2
19 		SNE
3
Ret 		SPA
1
7 		SPA
2
9 		SPA
3
136 		SIL2
1
17 		SIL2
2
15 		SIL2
3
157 		BRH
1
21 		BRH
2
19 		BRH
3
2 		DON2
1
12 		DON2
2
5 		DON2
3
21 		13th 186.5

Complete Euroformula Open 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 Pos Points
2023 Team Motopark EST
1
6 		EST
2
9 		EST
3
5 		SPA
1
2 		SPA
2
4 		SPA
3
1* 		HUN
1
2 		HUN
2
8 		HUN
3
6 		LEC
1
4 		LEC
2
2 		LEC
3
1 		RBR
1
2 		RBR
2
5 		RBR
3
1 		MNZ
1
6 		MNZ
2
4† 		MNZ
3
Ret 		MUG
1
4 		MUG
2
1 		CAT
1
3 		CAT
2
3 		CAT
3
6 		2nd 307

* Season still in progress.

Complete Eurocup-3 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 DC Points
2023 Palou Motorsport SPA
1
DNS 		SPA
2
DNS 		ARA
1
 ARA
2
 MNZ
1
 MNZ
2
 ZAN
1
 ZAN
2
 JER
1 		JER
2 		EST
1 		EST
2 		CRT
1 		CRT
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		NC 0

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 Hitech Pulse-Eight BHR
SPR
26 		BHR
FEA
26 		MEL
SPR
25 		MEL
FEA
20 		IMO
SPR
19 		IMO
FEA
18 		MON
SPR
Ret 		MON
FEA
21 		CAT
SPR
14 		CAT
FEA
20 		RBR
SPR
16 		RBR
FEA
21 		SIL
SPR
17 		SIL
FEA
Ret 		HUN
SPR
21 		HUN
FEA
17 		SPA
SPR
22 		SPA
FEA
22 		MNZ
SPR
20 		MNZ
FEA
Ret 		30th 0

Complete FIA Formula 2 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 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DC Points
2024 AIX Racing BHR
SPR 		BHR
FEA 		JED
SPR 		JED
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 		HUN
SPR 		HUN
FEA 		SPA
SPR 		SPA
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		MNZ
FEA 		BAK
SPR 		BAK
FEA 		LSL
SPR
18 		LSL
FEA
11 		YMC
SPR
18 		YMC
FEA
18 		30th 0

* Season still in progress.

References

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