Max Esterson will continue to compete for Trident Motorsport in 2025 FIA F2 Championship season, as more drivers in F3 and F1 Academy are announced.
F2 –
Trident Motorsport is pleased to announce the first of two drivers who will make up its 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship line-up. Based in Milan, and with its operational headquarters in Ossona, Italy, next season the team will field the promising American driver Max Esterson. For the 22-year-old born in New York and resident in London, it will be the first full campaign in the category where he has made his debut last weekend in Losail at the Qatar Grand Prix.
The American driver competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for the first time this year, obtaining a sixth place as best result in his debut race in Bahrain. Esterson began his racing career competing in iRacing esports championships when he was only 10 years old, quickly becoming one of the most highly ranked sim drivers in the world.
In 2021, he moved to the UK for his first season of real racing where in three seasons he achieved 14 wins, 12 poles and 34 podiums in British Formula Ford and GB3, including becoming the first American to win the world renowned Formula Ford Festival. 2024 saw Esterson move up a class to compete in FIA Formula 3, contesting his first full season in an international series.
Giacomo Ricci, Team Manager Trident Motorsport: “We are very pleased to announce that Max Esterson will compete in the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship with Trident Motorsport. He is a driver we met two years ago, we have followed him very carefully and we have seen him making remarkable progress. This past year, Max has proven to be extremely competitive in his debut in the FIA Formula 3 Championship. I am confident that he has all the qualities to do a good job with our technical staff and be competitive in 2025.”
Max Esterson, Trident Motorsport driver, FIA F2 Championship 2025:”I am thrilled to be able to compete in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Trident Motorsport. Participating in the Losail race last weekend and the Abu Dhabi final are very useful in this regard. I think even in one weekend I have already learned so much about Formula 2, but I’m sure it’s just the tip of the iceberg. Together with the Trident engineering team, I will work hard this winter to make 2025 a great year. I would like to thank the team, my sponsors, my fans and my family for all their work and support that have allowed me to be where I am today.”
2025 F2 line-up so far –
Campos Racing: Arvid Lindblad
DAMS: Jak Crawford
Invicta Racing: Leonardo Fornaroli
MP Motorsport: Richard Verschoor
Rodin Motorsport: Christian Mansell
Trident: Max Esterson
F3 –
Williams Racing Academy Driver Alessandro Giusti will graduate to FIA Formula 3 with MP Motorsport for the 2025 season. Joining the Williams Racing Driver Academy in January this year, Alessandro has had a strong 2024 season in the Formula Regional European Championship (FRECA) where he won in Imola and Paul Ricard and stood on the podium a further five times across the year. The Frenchman finished the season in a closely fought fourth place.
In 2023, Alessandro’s debut season in FRECA saw him achieve three wins, four podiums, and two poles. This followed an impressive 2022 campaign in French Formula 4 where he was crowned champion in only his second year of single-seater racing. The Williams Racing Driver Academy has a proud tradition of supporting young talent, which has most recently seen Academy product Franco Colapinto graduate to an F1 race seat. The Driver Academy supports drivers on every rung of the motorsport ladder, working with them on and off the track to develop the skills necessary to race at the top level.
Alessandro Giusti: “I’m excited to step up to Formula 3 with MP Motorsport. Our first tests together at Jérez and Barcelona were highly promising which is a good sign for my rookie season in the category. It’s my aim to know the team better as we head into the coming season, especially with the new F3-2025 car. I can’t wait to make my F3 debut at Melbourne in March.“
Sven Smeets, Sporting Director, Williams Racing: “It’s rewarding to see Alessandro step up to FIA Formula 3 with MP Motorsport after a strong campaign in the Formula Regional European Championship. His experience so far demonstrates that he has strong foundations needed to compete in F3 and will be able to maximise this opportunity to rapidly strengthen his skills on-track. I look forward to watching him this coming season.”
2025 F3 line-up so far –
Prema Racing: Ugo Ugochukwu, Brando Badoer, Noel Leon
Trident: Charlie Wurz, Noah Stromsted, Rafael Camara
Campos Racing: Mari Boya, Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak, Nikola Tsolov
Rodin Motorsport: Louis Sharp, Callum Voisin, Roman Bilinski
Hitech GP: Gerrard Xie, Martinius Stenshorne, Joshua Dufek
ART: Laurens van Hoepen, Tuukka Taponen, James Wharton
MP Motorsport: Tim Tramnitz, Bruno del Pino, Alessandro Giusti
DAMS: Matias Zagazeta, Nicola Lacorte
Van Amersfoort Racing: Theophile Nael
AIX Racing: Javier Sagrera
F1 Academy –
BWT Alpine Formula One Team has signed Dutch racing driver Nina Gademan as its driver selection for the 2025 F1 Academy season. Nina will head into her first full season in the all-female series in 2025, having previously secured a Wild Card entry for Round 4 of the 2024 season in Zandvoort, The Netherlands. The 21-year-old finished fourth and 10th in Race 1 and 2, respectively, taking home 13 points.
Nina previously won the FIA Motorsport Games Karting Slalom Cup in 2019 for Team Netherlands and made her single-seater debut in 2024, competing in British Formula 4 in which she claimed her first rookie podium during Round 4 at Thruxton. In advance of her season start in F1 Academy series, Nina will also compete with Hitech GP in Formula Winter Series which runs from 30th January – 9th March and will head to Portimão, Valencia and Aragon before closing out the season in Barcelona.
Nina Gademan, BWT Alpine Formula One Team F1 Academy Driver: “I am incredibly proud to be representing BWT Alpine Formula One Team in the 2025 F1 Academy season. This is a moment I once thought might never come, and it is a dream come true. Having the support of a team with such an incredible legacy means the world to me. I am deeply grateful for Alpine’s trust and belief in me, and I can’t wait to make the 2025 season an unforgettable chapter in this journey.”
Oliver Oakes, Team Principal: “We are happy to have Nina coming on board as our F1 Academy driver selection for the 2025 season. It was great to see her step up into single seaters at the start of 2024 and to claim points on her F1 Academy debut as the wildcard in Zandvoort. We are excited to see what she can do in the series next year. Nina will be a fantastic addition to our line-up of junior drivers, and we look forward to working with her throughout 2025.”
[Note: The story is as per press release]
