Laurens van Hoepen

Laurens van Hoepen (; born 6 September 2005) is a Dutch racing driver who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Trident.

Van Hoepen 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. He stepped up to the FIA Formula 3 Championship with ART Grand Prix for and .

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. A protégé of Formula 2 and Formula E champion Nyck de Vries, 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. For 2021, he remained with Leclerc's team and made the step up to KZ2 shifter karts, finishing third overall in the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship.

Formula Regional 2021 Van Hoepen racing in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring. 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. 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. He would go on to win seven of the nine races he entered—enough to claim third in the championship standings despite having missed the first half of the season.

2022 Van Hoepen racing in the 2023 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. Though he only finished 21st in the standings, van Hoepen managed to claim two rookie class wins, both coming around the streets of Monaco.

2023 After taking part in two rounds of the Formula Regional Oceania Championship at the start of 2023, where he won the New Zealand Grand Prix following a brief battle with Louis Foster, van Hoepen remained at ART in the European Championship. With several more points finishes, as well as two podiums at Zandvoort, he improved to tenth overall.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2024 Van Hoepen joined ART Grand Prix for the 2023 Formula 3 post-season testing sessions. Following that, he took part in the Macau Grand Prix, finishing tenth, before being confirmed as an ART driver for the 2024 FIA F3 season in December. Van Hoepen began the year by fighting for victory at the Bahrain sprint race, losing out to Arvid Lindblad but overcoming teammate Nikola Tsolov to finish second on debut. He scored another sprint race podium at Melbourne, as he finished third following battles with Lindblad and eventual winner Martinius Stenshorne. After continuing his sprint scoring streak on Saturday at Imola, van Hoepen finished third in the Monaco sprint, having been passed by Tim Tramnitz at the start. He made progress on Sunday, passing Noel León at Mirabeau, before crashing out at Tabac while trying to overtake Joseph Loake. Fifth in the Barcelona and Spielberg sprints in races that included multiple wheel-to-wheel fights preceded Van Hoepen's first feature race points finish of the year — eighth place and a fastest lap in Austria.

Further points followed on Saturday at Silverstone before van Hoepen qualified on pole at the Hungaroring, benefiting from a late red flag which came out before many of the other contenders could set a lap time. Despite losing the lead to Tsolov on lap 1, van Hoepen crossed the line in second; however, he would be disqualified due to his car being underweight, which was later revealed to have been caused by a water radiator leak. Van Hoepen scored more points in the sprint at Spa and the feature in Monza, where he had risen from 29th on the grid owing to an accident in qualifying caused by Kacper Sztuka to 13th and eighth in the two races. This meant that he finished 13th in the championship, behind more experienced teammates Tsolov and Christian Mansell.

2025

Van Hoepen remained at ART Grand Prix for the 2025 season, in what was his fourth consecutive year with the French team.

FIA Formula 2 Championship 2025 Shortly after the F3 season finale, Trident confirmed that van Hoepen would step up to Formula 2 with them in the Baku Formula 2 round alongside Martinius Stenshorne. He would continue to race for the team during the final two rounds of the season.

2026

Van Hoepen continued with Trident for a full season, teaming up with John Bennett.

Formula One In May 2026, Van Hoepen made his debut in Formula One machinery with the Williams F1 Team, driving at the Hungaroring in a private test.

Karting record Karting career summary

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 1 3 58 13th 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship ART Grand Prix 19 0 0 1 2 60 12th FIA Formula 2 Championship Trident 5 0 0 0 0 0 25th 2026 FIA Formula 2 Championship Trident 3 0 1 0 1 33* 6th* 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 LEC11 LEC12 LEC13 DIJ1 DIJ2 DIJ3 LEC21 LEC22 LEC23 LMS1 LMS2 LMS3 MAG1 MAG2 MAG3 EST1 EST2 EST3 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 MNZ1 MNZ2 IMO1 IMO2 MCO1 MCO2 LEC1 LEC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 RBR1 RBR2 CAT1 CAT2 MUG1 MUG2 21st 15 2023 ART Grand Prix IMO1 IMO2 CAT1 CAT2 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 MUG1 MUG2 LEC1 LEC2 RBR1 RBR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HOC1 HOC2 10th 71 – Driver did not finish the race but was classified, as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

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 HIG1 HIG2 HIG3 TER1 TER2 TER3 MAN1 MAN2 MAN3 HMP1 HMP2 HMP3 TAU1 TAU2 TAU3 11th 154

Complete Macau Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race 2023 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 BHRSPR BHRFEA MELSPR MELFEA IMOSPR IMOFEA MONSPR MONFEA CATSPR CATFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA SILSPR SILFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA SPASPR SPAFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA 13th 58 2025 ART Grand Prix MELSPR MELFEA BHRSPR BHRFEA IMOSPR IMOFEA MONSPR MONFEA CATSPR CATFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA SILSPR SILFEA SPASPR SPAFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA 12th 60

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 Trident MELSPR MELFEA BHRSPR BHRFEA JEDSPR JEDFEA IMOSPR IMOFEA MONSPR MONFEA CATSPR CATFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA SILSPR SILFEA SPASPR SPAFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA BAKSPR BAKFEA LSLSPR LSLFEA YMCSPR YMCFEA 25th 0 Trident MELSPR MELFEA MIASPR MIAFEA MTLSPR MTLFEA MONSPR MONFEA CATSPR CATFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA SILSPR SILFEA SPASPR SPAFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA MADSPR MADFEA BAKSPR BAKFEA LSLSPR LSLFEA YMCSPR YMCFEA 8th* 65* Season still in progress.