Paul Aron
Paul Aron | |
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Nationality | Estonian |
Born | Tallinn, Estonia | 4 February 2004
Related to | Ralf Aron (brother) |
Formula Regional European Championship career | |
Debut season | 2021 |
Current team | Prema Powerteam |
Car number | 1 |
Starts | 20 (20 entries) |
Wins | 2 |
Podiums | 7 |
Poles | 2 |
Fastest laps | 1 |
Best finish | 3rd in 2021 |
Previous series | |
2019 2019 2020 | ADAC F4 Championship Italian F4 Championship Formula Renault Eurocup |
Paul Aron (born 4 February 2004) is an Estonian racing driver currently racing in the Formula Regional European Championship for Prema Powerteam and is part of the Mercedes Junior Team.[1] He also won the rookie cup in the 2019 Italian F4 Championship.
Career[]
Karting[]
Starting in Estonia at the age 8, Aron climbed the karting ladder as he was soon racing all over Europe but mostly in Italy. Aron won the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship in 2018.[2]
Lower formula[]
Aron raced in the 2019 ADAC Formula 4 Championship for Prema Powerteam, he finished seventh in the championship with two podiums both of which were wins in Austria and the Netherlands.[3] Aron's more successful campaign in 2019 came in the Italian F4 Championship, also racing for Prema, he took eight podiums and two wins, one of which also coming at the Red Bull Ring, with the other achieved at Mugello. Aron finished the year in third behind Red Bull junior driver Dennis Hauger and Brazilian FDA-member Gianluca Petecof. Thanks to nine rookie's victories Aron became the rookie champion.
Formula Renault Eurocup[]
After testing with them in the post-season test at Paul Ricard in November 2019, Aron was signed to ART Grand Prix's new Formula Renault Eurocup outfit for the 2020 season.[4][5] Despite scoring a second place at the Nürburgring, the Estonian was outscored by his more experienced teammates Grégoire Saucy and eventual champion Victor Martins and finished eleventh in the standings.
Formula Regional European Championship[]
In 2021 Aron moved back to Prema to partner David Vidales and Dino Beganovic in the Formula Regional European Championship.[6] The Estonian's first podium came at the opening round at Imola, where he finished second in race 2, being beaten only by previous year's teammate Saucy.[7] Aron was able to finish third at the following two rounds respectively, but would then go on a podium drought that lasted until the seventh round of the season, where he ended the first race at the Red Bull Ring in third place.[8] After a round in which he finished fourth and twelfth in Valencia, Aron claimed his first pole position of the season at the Mugello Circuit.[9]
FIA Formula 3 Championship[]
In November 2021, Aron partook in the post-season test with Prema.[10]
Formula One[]
In July 2019, the Mercedes Formula One team added Aron to their junior team.[1]
Personal life[]
Aron's older brother is 2015 Italian F4 champion Ralf Aron, who currently is team manager at Prema Powerteam.
Karting record[]
Karting career summary[]
Season | Series | Team | Position |
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2012 | Estonian Championship — Cadet | AIX Racing Team | 6th |
2015 | WSK Gold Cup — 60 Mini | 24th | |
WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini | Baby Race Srl | 37th | |
WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini | 14th | ||
2016 | WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini | Baby Race Srl | 9th |
WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini | 13th | ||
WSK Final Cup— 60 Mini | 31st | ||
2017 | WSK Champions Cup — OKJ | Baby Race Srl | NC |
South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | 34th | ||
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | 22nd | ||
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | 32nd | ||
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 63rd | |
WSK Final Cup — OKJ | Baby Race Srl | 33rd | |
2018 | WSK Champions Cup — OKJ | Ricky Flynn Motorsport | 1st |
South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | 1st | ||
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | 3rd | ||
German Karting Championship — Junior | 8th | ||
WSK Open Cup — OKJ | 31st | ||
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | 1st | ||
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | 8th | ||
WSK Final Cup — OKJ | 17th |
Racing record[]
Racing career summary[]
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2019 | Italian F4 Championship | Prema Powerteam | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 226 | 3rd |
ADAC Formula 4 Championship | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 129 | 7th | ||
2020 | Formula Renault Eurocup | ART Grand Prix | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 11th |
2021 | Formula Regional European Championship | Prema Powerteam | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 197 | 3rd |
* Season still in progress.
Complete Italian F4 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 | Pos | Points |
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2019 | Prema Powerteam | VLL 1 5 |
VLL 2 12 |
VLL 3 Ret |
MIS 1 4 |
MIS 2 Ret |
MIS 3 C |
HUN 1 3 |
HUN 2 3 |
HUN 3 26 |
RBR 1 1 |
RBR 2 23 |
RBR 3 3 |
IMO 1 4 |
IMO 2 6 |
IMO 3 4 |
IMO 4 2 |
MUG 1 1 |
MUG 2 4 |
MUG 3 2 |
MNZ 1 8 |
MNZ 2 3 |
MNZ 3 5 |
3rd | 226 |
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 | Pos | Points |
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2019 | Prema Powerteam | OSC 1 6 |
OSC 2 4 |
OSC 3 7 |
RBR 1 23 |
RBR 2 6 |
RBR 3 1 |
HOC 1 16 |
HOC 2 Ret |
ZAN 1 15 |
ZAN 2 1 |
ZAN 3 Ret |
NÜR 1 7 |
NÜR 2 10 |
NÜR 3 6 |
HOC 1 4 |
HOC 2 9 |
HOC 3 Ret |
SAC 1 5 |
SAC 2 11 |
SAC 3 7 |
7th | 129 |
Complete Formula Renault Eurocup 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 |
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2020 | ART Grand Prix | MNZ 1 Ret |
MNZ 2 12 |
IMO 1 Ret |
IMO 2 6 |
NÜR 1 11 |
NÜR 2 2 |
MAG 1 10 |
MAG 2 12 |
ZAN 1 7 |
ZAN 2 17 |
CAT 1 8 |
CAT 2 12 |
SPA 1 Ret |
SPA 2 DNS |
IMO 1 Ret |
IMO 2 8 |
HOC 1 9 |
HOC 2 5 |
LEC 1 10 |
LEC 2 17 |
11th | 54 |
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 |
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2021 | Prema Powerteam | IMO 1 4 |
IMO 2 2 |
CAT 1 3 |
CAT 2 4 |
MCO 1 3 |
MCO 2 Ret |
LEC 1 14 |
LEC 2 26 |
ZAN 1 4 |
ZAN 2 7 |
SPA 1 18 |
SPA 2 8 |
RBR 1 3 |
RBR 2 13 |
VAL 1 4 |
VAL 2 12 |
MUG 1 1 |
MUG 2 1 |
MNZ 1 6 |
MNZ 2 2 |
3rd | 197 |
* Season still in progress.
References[]
- ^ a b "F4 racer Paul Aron joins Mercedes F1 junior programme". Formula Scout. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ "FIA Karting". www.fiakarting.com. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ "European junior karting champion Paul Aron steps up to F4 with Prema". Formula Scout. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ Costa, Massimo (27 November 2019). "Test a Le Castellet, 4 turno Martins si conferma al top (Test in Le Castellet, 4th round Martins is confirmed at the top)". Italiaracing.net. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ "Paul Aron signs with ART Grand Prix for 2020 Formula Renault Eurocup". 17 February 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ Allen, Peter (4 February 2021). "Paul Aron returns to Prema for Formula Regional European Championship". Formula Scout. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ Waring, Bethonie (18 April 2021). "Saucy scores first car racing win in second Imola FREC race". Formula Scout. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ Wood, Ida (11 September 2021). "Colapinto clinches his first FREC win at Red Bull Ring". Formula Scout. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ Wood, Ida (9 October 2021). "Aron earns first FREC pole in Prema 1-2 at Mugello". Formula Scout. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ Gascoigne, Roger (31 October 2021). "Crawford and Bearman join Prema for FIA F3 Valencia post-season test". Formula Scout. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
External links[]
- Paul Aron career summary at DriverDB.com
- 2004 births
- Living people
- Estonian racing drivers
- Sportspeople from Tallinn
- ADAC Formula 4 drivers
- Italian F4 Championship drivers
- Formula Renault Eurocup drivers
- Formula Regional European Championship drivers
- Prema Powerteam drivers
- ART Grand Prix drivers