Ralf Aron

Ralf Aron (born 21 March 1998) is an Estonian racing driver, who currently competes in the GT World Challenge Asia driving for Climax Racing. He is also a Mercedes-AMG factory driver. Career Aron competed in the Italian F4 Championship, ADAC Formula 4 and European Formula 3 championships for Prema Powerteam and Hitech GP.

After the conclusion of the 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, Aron retired from racing and moved into a team manager role at Prema. He continued to race sporadically, winning the Palanga 1000 GT race three times and also racing in the Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ. Sports car racing In 2023, Aron returned to full-time racing for the first time since 2018. Aron pivoted to GT3 racing, signing with Mercedes-AMG to become part of their factory Junior driver lineup. In line with his factory duties, he competed with customer teams Theeba Motorsport and Haupt Racing Team in the GT World Challenge Europe and ADAC GT Masters respectively.

At the ninth hour of the 2026 Bathurst 12 Hour, Aron suffered a high-speed collision with Tsunami RT driver Johannes Zelger. Approaching Turn 17, a typically blind corner at Mount Panorama Circuit, Aron drove at nearly full speed into Zelger, unaware that he was stationary following an earlier incident with Volante Rosso Motorsport driver Damien Hamilton, with the lack of yellow flags present also contributing to the incident. Aron struck Zelger's front end at an impact g-force of , resulting in two fractures in his back. Prior to the crash, Aron had been leading the race for Craft-Bamboo Racing in a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo.

Karting record Karting career summary

Racing record Racing career summary Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 1.6 NEC 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 2014 Scuderia Nordica ZAN11 ZAN12 SPA11 SPA12 NÜR1 NÜR2 ASS1 ASS2 ZOL1 ZOL2 SPA21 SPA22 ZAN21 ZAN22 ZAN23 2nd 263

Complete Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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 DC Points 2015 Prema Powerteam VLL1 VLL2 VLL3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 IMO11 IMO12 IMO13 MUG1 MUG2 MUG3 ADR1 ADR2 ADR3 IMO21 IMO22 IMO23 MIS1 MIS2 MIS3 1st 331

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Engine 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 29 30 DC Points 2016 Prema Powerteam Mercedes LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 7th 166 2017 Hitech GP Mercedes SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 MNZ2 MNZ2 MNZ3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 9th 123 2018 Prema Theodore Racing Mercedes PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 MIS1 MIS2 MIS3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 6th 242.5 † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. ‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Macau Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race 2017 Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara F317 17th 13th 3rd 2018 SJM Theodore Racing by Prema Dallara F317 10th 9th 6th

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup results (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete ADAC GT Masters results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points 2023 Haupt Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo HOC1 HOC2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 RBR1 RBR2 HOC1 HOC22nd170

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 2025 Lone Star Racing GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS ELK VIR IMS PET 79th 193 2026 Lone Star Racing GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS ELK VIR IMS PET 6th* 273* Season still in progress.