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Ralf Aron

Ralf Aron (born 21 March 1998) is an Estonian racing driver, who currently competes in the 2024 GT World Challenge Asia driving for Climax Racing.[1] He previously competed in the Italian F4 Championship, ADAC Formula 4 and European Formula 3 championships for Prema Powerteam and Hitech GP.

Ralf Aron
Ralf Aron during the 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship
NationalityEstonia Estonian
Born (1998-03-21) 21 March 1998 (age 26)
Tallinn, Estonia
Related toPaul Aron (brother)
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup career
Debut season2023
Current teamTheeba Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number81
Starts7
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish30th in 2023
Previous series
2016–18
2015
2015
2014
2014
2014
2014		FIA F3 European Championship
Italian F4 Championship
ADAC Formula 4
Italian F4 Winter Trophy
Formula Renault 1.6 NEZ
Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic
Formula Renault 1.6 NEC
Championship titles
2015
2014		Italian F4 Championship
Italian F4 Winter Trophy

He is now a team manager at Prema, but continues to race sporadically – winning the Palanga 1000 GT race three times[2] and also raced in the Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ.[3]

Career

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Sports car racing

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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, Aron competed with customer teams Theeba Motorsport and Haupt Racing Team in the GT World Challenge Europe and ADAC GT Masters respectively.[1]

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Team Position
2010 Estonian championship — Raket 1st
2011 Estonian championship — Rotax Junior 6th
Rotax Max Euro Challenge Aix Racing Team 60th
2012 Estonian Championship — Rotax Junior 1st
Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Junior Aix Racing Team 51st
Rotax International Open — Junior 30th
Rotax Max Euro Challenge — Junior Aix Racing 14th
Rotax Max Wintercup — Rotax Max Junior Aix Racing Team 18th
2013 Rotax Max International Open — Junior 4th
Estonian Championship — Rotax Junior 2nd
CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy 9th
CIK-FIA European Championship — KF 41st
Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals— Junior AIX Racing 4th
2014 Rotax Max Wintercup — Rotax Max Senior 9th

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2014 Formula Renault 1.6 NEC Scuderia Nordica 15 2 0 3 7 263 2nd
Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic 13 5 3 5 5 146 6th
Formula Renault 1.6 NEZ 7 3 2 3 3 95 2nd
Italian F4 Winter Trophy Prema Powerteam 2 1 2 1 2 N/A 1st
2015 Italian F4 Championship Prema Powerteam 21 9 7 6 13 331 1st
ADAC Formula 4 Championship 12 1 0 2 4 120 9th
2016 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Prema Powerteam 29 1 0 0 2 166 7th
2016–17 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 MRF Racing 12 1 0 3 8 168 5th
2017 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Hitech GP 30 0 1 1 2 123 9th
Macau Grand Prix Van Amersfoort Racing 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Prema Theodore Racing 30 4 0 2 8 254.5 6th
Macau Grand Prix SJM Theodore Racing by Prema 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th
Aurum 1006 km - GT Circle K milesPLUS Racing Team 1 0 0 1 1 N/A 2nd
2019 Aurum 1006 km - GT Circle K milesPLUS Racing Team 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
2020 Aurum 1006 km - GT Open Circle K milesPLUS Racing Team 1 1 1 1 1 N/A 1st
2021 Aurum 1006 km - GT Open Circle K milesPLUS Racing Team 1 1 1 1 1 N/A 1st
2022 Aurum 1006 km - GT3 Circle K milesPLUS Racing Team 1 0 1 0 1 N/A 2nd
2023 ADAC GT Masters Haupt Racing Team 12 1 1 2 4 170 2nd
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Theeba Motorsport 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Bronze Cup 5 0 0 0 0 6 30th
2024 GT World Challenge Asia Climax Racing 10 0 1 ? 1 34 20th
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Team ADVAN x HRT 3 3 3 3 3 22* 3rd*
Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf
Intercontinental GT Challenge Team ADVAN x HRT
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing
FIA GT World Cup TORO Racing

Complete Formula Renault 1.6 NEC results

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(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 ZAN1
1
8 		ZAN1
2
5 		SPA1
1
8 		SPA1
2
7 		NÜR
1
7 		NÜR
2
8 		ASS
1
2 		ASS
2
1 		ZOL
1
3 		ZOL
2
2 		SPA2
1
2 		SPA2
2
1 		ZAN2
1
5 		ZAN2
2
6 		ZAN2
3
2 		2nd 263

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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(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 VLL
1
1 		VLL
2
11 		VLL
3
1 		MNZ
1
3 		MNZ
2
6 		MNZ
3
2 		IMO1
1
1 		IMO1
2
15 		IMO1
3
1 		MUG
1
1 		MUG
2
11 		MUG
3
1 		ADR
1
3 		ADR
2
6 		ADR
3
2 		IMO2
1
1 		IMO2
2
4 		IMO2
3
1 		MIS
1
1 		MIS
2
Ret 		MIS
3
20 		1st 331

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

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(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 LEC
1
7 		LEC
2
Ret 		LEC
3
7 		HUN
1
1 		HUN
2
2 		HUN
3
DNS 		PAU
1
13 		PAU
2
6 		PAU
3
15 		RBR
1
9 		RBR
2
12 		RBR
3
9 		NOR
1
4 		NOR
2
10 		NOR
3
9 		ZAN
1
14 		ZAN
2
6 		ZAN
3
8 		SPA
1
8 		SPA
2
14 		SPA
3
13 		NÜR
1
6 		NÜR
2
4 		NÜR
3
14 		IMO
1
7 		IMO
2
4 		IMO
3
4 		HOC
1
4 		HOC
2
5 		HOC
3
8 		7th 166
2017 Hitech GP Mercedes SIL
1
Ret 		SIL
2
16 		SIL
3
10 		MNZ
2
8 		MNZ
2
9 		MNZ
3
8 		PAU
1
5 		PAU
2
5 		PAU
3
3 		HUN
1
Ret 		HUN
2
12 		HUN
3
13 		NOR
1
9 		NOR
2
5 		NOR
3
4 		SPA
1
11 		SPA
2
8 		SPA
3
7 		ZAN
1
Ret 		ZAN
2
10 		ZAN
3
8 		NÜR
1
14 		NÜR
2
5 		NÜR
3
3 		RBR
1
12 		RBR
2
6 		RBR
3
18† 		HOC
1
8 		HOC
2
10 		HOC
3
19 		9th 123
2018 Prema Theodore Racing Mercedes PAU
1
2 		PAU
2
8 		PAU
3
1‡ 		HUN
1
5 		HUN
2
12 		HUN
3
7 		NOR
1
2 		NOR
2
13 		NOR
3
6 		ZAN
1
1 		ZAN
2
1 		ZAN
3
14 		SPA
1
3 		SPA
2
Ret 		SPA
3
14 		SIL
1
Ret 		SIL
2
10 		SIL
3
Ret 		MIS
1
7 		MIS
2
5 		MIS
3
1 		NÜR
1
5 		NÜR
2
5 		NÜR
3
8 		RBR
1
23 		RBR
2
5 		RBR
3
9 		HOC
1
6 		HOC
2
3 		HOC
3
15 		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

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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

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(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points
2023 Theeba Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Bronze MNZ
38 		LEC
43† 		SPA
6H
52 		SPA
12H
60† 		SPA
24H
Ret 		NÜR
29 		CAT
36 		30th 6

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

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(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 HOC
1
7 		HOC
2
9 		NOR
1
4 		NOR
2
5 		NÜR
1
2 		NÜR
2
10 		SAC
1
4 		SAC
2
33 		RBR
1
42 		RBR
2
7 		HOC
1
22 		HOC
2
11 		2nd 170

Personal life

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His younger brother Paul is also a racing driver.

References

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  1. ^ a b Thukral, Rachit (4 April 2023). "Aron in race return as part of 18-driver Mercedes factory GT3 roster". Autosport. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  2. ^ "The junior single-seater star managing Prema as a summer job". Formula Scout. 16 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ entries".
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Italian Formula 4 Championship
Champion
2015 		Succeeded by
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