About

Frederik Vesti

Frederik Vesti is a truly driven young man who has dreamed big throughout his upbringing.

Vesti always expected more of himself than others and early on sought out opportunities through people and showed initiative to take action from seeking out commercial partners to making sponsor events. Participating in business networking from an early age to making his own luck, Frederik possess a rare "can do attitude" and always instinctively knew that without true commitment and dedication you are not going anywhere in life. Vesti always loved to give speeches in schools for children and to inspire them to set big goals in life and to never give up on their dreams.

The bedrock of Frederik Vesti's racing career was created at Van Amersfoort Racing and obviously made it very hard to leave behind. Switching for uncompromishing Prema Racing in 2019 and taking the title in FIA F3 Regional working with Vesti’s dream engineer, Pedro Matos and a consecutive year with Prema in FIA F3 took Frederik to a new level of racing. Frederik finished P4 in FIA F3 having most wins. Teammates were Oscar Piastri and Logan Sargeant.

In 2021, Vesti was signed for Mercedes-AMG F1’s Junior Programme. Vesti then switched to another Champion team in FIA F3 with great reputation, ART Grand Prix, to develop and grow from new challenges. Vesti finished 4th in the Championship. 

Another big step up the racing career ladder was realized in the 2022 season. Frederik participated in the FIA F2 Championship and continued to race for ART Grand Prix. Vesti was only 19 points from P3 in the Championship prior to the last race in Abu Dhabi, but ended up finishing P9 overall. It was that close. Vesti proved himself during many races showing his pace and winning the sprint race in Baku, setting pole in Red Bull Ring and ended up having 5 podiums. The disappointing overall result however was primarily due to lack of consistency.

At the end of the season and much to Frederiks' surprise his biggest dream for as long as he can remember, came true. After spending many many hours of simulation with Mercedes-AMG F1 and providing race support to Lewis Hamilton and George Russell the team decided to put him behind the wheel of Hamilton’s W13 at the Young Driver Test in Abu Dhabi. Vesti seemed not to put a foot wrong.

Vesti's close and ongoing young driver agreement with Mercedes-AMG F1 and in combination with Prema would be that most important and complete package - another decisive step towards approaching F1.

For Vesti, signing again with Prema in 2023 was like “coming home”. Vesti’s season saw triumphant moments with the win in Monaco as the crown jewel. Frederik had most wins (6) and most podiums (10) of all but ended up as Vice Champion 9 points from Théo Pourchaire.

In 2024 Frederik is racing for Cool Racing in LMP2 in European Le Mans series and 24 hours of Le Mans keeping himself actively racing and alert while preparing himself for F1 in 2025. Most of Frederik's time in 2024 will be spent in the simulator and trackside at the F1 races in his capacity as a reserve- and test driver for Mercedes-AMG F1.

In 2025 Frederik is looking forward to continue in his role with Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 as reserve, sim and test driver while waiting to finally get a chance to prove himself in F1. 

Fred is also very excited to be racing at the pinnacle of sports car racing in North America in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Fred has signed a factory seat with Whelen Cadillac Racing in the GTP Class / Hypercar.