Frederik Vesti

Frederik Vesti Stamm (born 13 January 2002) is a Danish racing driver who is set to compete in the 2024 European Le Mans Series with Cool Racing.

He previously competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Prema Racing where he finished as the runner-up in 2023.

He is a member of the Mercedes Junior Team and is the inaugural champion of the Formula Regional European Championship.

Vesti starting karting competitively in 2012, at the age of 10.

He went on to win many Danish karting competitions, including the Danish championship in 2014 for the KFJ category.

He raced in the 2015 edition of the Karting World Championship, where he ended 69th.

He made his debut in the Macau Grand Prix, where he finished 15th.

Prema Powerteam signed Vesti to compete in the inaugural Formula Regional European Championship.

Vesti dominated the championship, claiming 13 victories, with six of them being achieved back-to-back, and a total of 20 podium finishes.

Vesti won the championship with 467 points, 131 in front of Ferrari Academy driver and teammate Enzo Fittipaldi.

They, along with British driver Olli Caldwell, helped Prema to win the team championship.

At the end of the season, Vesti again raced in the Macau Grand Prix, but this time was called up to replace an injured Jehan Daruvala at Prema Powerteam.

He ended the race in tenth place.

Vesti had another weekend to forget in Barcelona, qualifying poorly in 15th.

Vesti continued karting until 2016.

Vesti started his career in Danish Formula Ford, in which he managed to finish fourth in the championship.

In 2017, Vesti competed in the German and Danish Formula 4 Championships.

Despite missing two events of the Danish Championship, the Danish driver managed to finish second in his debut F4 season, finishing all races on the podium and helping his team, Vesti Motorsport, to win the team championship.

In the German championship, Vesti took his first podium by taking second in the second round at Lausitzring.

Two rounds later, he would claim his first and only win of the season.

Vesti took another podium en route to finishing seventh in the standings.

Vesti also made a one-off appearance in the Formula 4 United States Championship during the final round.

In 2018, Vesti would yet again compete in the German F4 Championship with Van Amersfoort Racing.

After starting the season with two podiums in the opening two rounds, he claimed his maiden win during the second Hockenheimring round.

His second win came during the next round at the Nürburgring.

Vesti eventually ended fourth in the standings, collecting six other podiums along with his two wins.

The Danish driver also participated in one round at Circuit Paul Ricard during the Italian F4 Championship with VAR.

Vesti claimed two wins in the three races, which placed him tenth in the championship.

Vesti also participated in the final round of the European Formula 3 Championship.

In an article by Motorsport.com, he was ranked 13th in their top 20 junior single-seater drivers of 2019.

Vesti tested for Prema Racing during the 2019 post-season test.

In Race 2, he worked his way up to 19th before damaging his suspension in a collision with Jack Doohan, putting Vesti into retirement.

In the first Silverstone round, Vesti had a quiet weekend, scoring two fifth places.

He scored fourth in qualifying for the second Silverstone round, and finished the races in fourth and eighth.

At the start of January 2020, Vesti was announced to continue driving for Prema, progressing to the FIA Formula 3 Championship, partnering with Formula Renault Eurocup champion Oscar Piastri and American driver Logan Sargeant.

Vesti's first weekend at the Red Bull Ring was decent, scoring a fourth and sixth place.

During the second Red Bull Ring round, he stormed to his first pole position in the championship.

He controlled the race and won perfectly, despite it being cut short due to treacherous weather conditions.

The next day, he finished in eighth place.

Vesti had a torrid Budapest round; he was caught up in a collision during Race 1 after qualifying fourth.