# Hadrien David

Hadrien David (born 26 February 2004) is a French racing driver who currently races in the Formula Regional European Championship part-time with Monolite Racing, having previously competed with R-ace GP for the previous two years. He was the youngest FIA Formula 4 Champion when he won the French F4 Championship in 2019, at the age of 15. He was the 2021 Formula Regional European runner-up.

## Career
### Karting

David started karting at the age of 8 on the Karting de Royan track in his hometown. He started in official competition in 2013 in the Mini-kart category and finished third in the Coupe de France, first in the Poitou-Charentes regional championship and second in the Center Region. In 2014, he finished fifth in the Coupe de France and the French Championship in the Minime category, David was also best rookie. That same year, he entered the 10-153 program of the French Federation of Automobile Sport (FFSA). In 2015, he won the French Cup, the Rotax Challenge and finished third in the French Championship in the same category and became a member of the French Karting Team.
In 2016, he made his international debut and became Belgian Champion in X30 Cadet. He again won the Coupe de France and became Champion of France Cadet. In two years, he participated in 30 national and international competitions, climbed 28 times on the podium and won 26 victories. From 2017, he improved his international presence and finished fourth in the European Championship and third in Genk, German Championship and in the OK-Junior category. In 2018, he won the WSK at La Conca in the same category and won a round of the German Championship in Genk in the OK category.

### Lower formulae

In 2019, David joined the French F4 Championship. In preparation for this season, he also participated in the F4 SEA Championship, using the same Mygale M14-F4-Renault as the French championship. David won 6 of the 8 races he participated in along with 1 second place and 1 seventh place.
In the opening round in the French F4 series at Nogaro, he won two of the three races, along with two poles and all three fastest laps, allowing him to take the lead in the championship. He won his third victory of the season at Pau. He won again at Lédenon, and despite some complicated races due to contact with other drivers resulting in him finishing 9th and 16th, David still lead the championship with Réunion's Reshad de Gerus being his only real championship rival. David won two new victories on the Hungaroring and from this point to the end of the season David didn't fail to step on the podium once with one more victory at Paul Ricard. This victory made David the youngest driver to win any FIA Formula 4 category at the age of 15 with a total of 280 points.
Driving as a guest driver for R-ace GP in the 2019 ADAC Formula 4 Championship at Circuit Zandvoort and Nürburgring. David's best finish was 7th at the final race in Nürburgring, he then returned to the French F4 Championship where he was competing in full time.

### Formula Renault Eurocup

In October 2019, David partook in the post-season test at Yas Marina with R-ace GP and MP Motorsport. The following January, it was confirmed David would make his debut in the upcoming season with the latter, partnering Franco Colapinto. Speaking of that opportunity before the season, Renault Academy boss Mia Sharizman remarked that the series was "an excellent platform to develop and test Hadrien David's talent". However, the Frenchman experienced a slow first half of the season, which included a streak of four consecutive races without points. David would improve in the second half, scoring consistent points finishes and finishing on the podium in Imola. He ended up finishing tenth in the standings, seven positions behind teammate Franco Colapinto.

### Formula Regional European Championship
#### 2021

In 2021 the Frenchman competes in the Formula Regional European Championship for R-ace GP, alongside Léna Bühler, Zane Maloney and fellow countryman Isack Hadjar. David's first podium came in the first race, with third place in Imola. He finished race two in fourth. David eventually ended 2nd in the standings.

#### 2022

David remained with R-ace GP for the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship, as he was unable to find the budget to step up to the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship. At the start of the season, he partook in the Formula Regional Asian Championship for the first two rounds, taking two victories and placing 9th in the standings.

#### 2023

David spent 2023 on the sidelines. However, he made a one-off return in the championship with ART Grand Prix for the Spa-Francorchamps as driver Charlie Wurz was having laryngitis. He again returned to the championship with Monolite Racing, to replace an absent Kirill Smal at the Red Bull Ring round.

### FIA Formula 3 Championship

At the end of September 2022, David partook in the FIA Formula 3 post-season test with Carlin during the second day.
The following year in 2023, David partook in FIA Formula 3 post-season test again, this time with MP Motorsport.

### Eurocup-3

David joined Eurocup-3 for a one-off round at MotorLand Aragón in 2024, competing with Drivex.

### Formula One

As reward for winning the French F4 title, David became a member of the Renault Sport Academy in January 2020. He was released following the academy's rebrand as Alpine Academy.
David was re-signed by the structure in March 2022, this time as a member of their new Alpine Affiliate programme. After just a year, David left the programme.

## Karting record
### Karting career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Position |
| 2012 | Championnat de France Regional Aquitaine — Mini Kart | | 1st |
| 2012 | Challenge Rotax Max France — Mini Kart | | 5th |
| 2012 | Sens Trophy — Mini Kart | | NC† |
| 2012 | Championnat de France Regional Bourgogne Franche-Comte — Mini Kart | | NC† |
| 2013 | Regional Series — Mini Kart | | 1st |
| 2013 | Sens Trophy — Mini Kart | | 1st |
| 2013 | Championnat de France Regional Centre — Mini Kart | | 2nd |
| 2013 | Coupe de France — Mini Kart | | 3rd |
| 2013 | Challenge Rotax Max France — Mini Kart | | 8th |
| 2014 | Stars of Karting — Minime | | 5th |
| 2014 | Championnat de France — Minime | | 5th |
| 2014 | Coupe de France— Minime | | 5th |
| 2015 | Trophée Oscar Petit— Minime | | 1st |
| 2015 | National Series Karting — Minime | | 1st |
| 2015 | Coupe de France — Minime | | 1st |
| 2015 | Rotax Max Challenge France — Minime | | 1st |
| 2015 | Championnat de France — Minime | | 3rd |
| 2016 | Championnat de Belgique — Cadet | | 1st |
| 2016 | Championnat de France — Cadet | | 1st |
| 2016 | Coupe de France — Cadet | | 1st |
| 2016 | National Series Karting — Cadet | | 1st |
| 2016 | Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Mini Max | | 11th |
| 2017 | WSK Champions Cup — OKJ | Chiesa Corse | 9th |
| 2017 | South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | Chiesa Corse | 26th |
| 2017 | Trofeo Andrea Margutti — OKJ | Chiesa Corse | 34th |
| 2017 | WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | Chiesa Corse | 21st |
| 2017 | Coupe de France — OKJ | Chiesa Corse | 2nd |
| 2017 | German Karting Championship — Junior | Chiesa Corse | 3rd |
| 2017 | CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | Chiesa Corse | 4th |
| 2017 | CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ | Chiesa Corse | 87th |
| 2017 | IAME International Final — X30 Junior | Chiesa Corse | 19th |
| 2018 | South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ | Kosmic Racing Departement | 15th |
| 2018 | WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | Kosmic Racing Departement | 7th |
| 2018 | German Karting Championship — Senior | Kosmic Racing Departement | NC |
| 2018 | CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | Kosmic Racing Departement | 12th |
$^†$ As David was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

### Complete Karting World Championship results

| Year | Team | Car | Quali Heats | Main race |
| 2017 | Chiesa Corse | OKJ | 87th | DNQ |

## Racing record
### Racing career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2019 | French F4 Championship | FFSA Academy | 21 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 281 | 1st |
| 2019 | Formula 4 South East Asia Championship | Meritus GP | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 182 | 7th |
| 2019 | ADAC F4 Championship | R-ace GP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2020 | Formula Renault Eurocup | MP Motorsport | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 10th |
| 2021 | Formula Regional European Championship | R-ace GP | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 209 | 2nd |
| 2022 | Formula Regional Asian Championship | 3Y Technology by R-ace GP | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 64 | 9th |
| 2022 | Formula Regional European Championship | R-ace GP | 20 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 224 | 4th |
| 2022 | Italian F4 Championship | R-ace GP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18th |
| 2022 | Ultimate Cup Series - Proto P3 | CD Sport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2023 | Formula Regional European Championship | ART Grand Prix | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th |
| 2023 | Formula Regional European Championship | Monolite Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29th |
| 2023 | Formula 4 South East Asia Championship | R-ace GP | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 3rd |
| 2023 | Macau Formula 4 Race | R-ace GP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 7th |
| 2024 | Le Mans Cup - LMP3 | R-ace GP | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 68 | 2nd |
| 2024 | Prototype Winter Series - Class 3 | R-ace GP | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.29 | 12th |
| 2024 | Ultimate Cup Series - Proto P3 | R-ace GP | | | | | | | |
| 2024 | Eurocup-3 | DXR by Drivex | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 18th |
$^†$ As David was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. * Season still in progress.

### Complete French F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pos | Points |
| 2019 | NOG 1 1 | NOG 2 4 | NOG 3 1 | PAU 1 2 | PAU 2 Ret | PAU 3 1 | SPA 1 Ret | SPA 2 6 | SPA 3 2 | LÉD 1 1 | LÉD 2 9 | LÉD 3 16 | HUN 1 1 | HUN 2 Ret | HUN 3 1 | MAG 1 2 | MAG 2 3 | MAG 3 2 | LEC 1 1 | LEC 2 3 | LEC 3 2 | 1st | 280 |

### Complete Formula 4 South East Asia 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 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | Pos | Points |
| 2019 | Meritus GP | SEP1 1 1 | SEP1 2 7 | SEP1 3 1 | SEP1 4 1 | SEP2 1 DNS | SEP2 2 DNS | SEP2 3 DNS | SEP2 4 DNS | BUR1 1 | BUR1 2 | BUR1 3 | BUR1 4 | BUR2 1 | BUR2 2 | BUR2 3 | BUR2 4 | MAD1 1 | MAD1 2 | MAD1 3 | MAD1 4 | MAD2 1 | MAD2 2 | MAD2 3 | MAD2 4 | SEP3 1 1 | SEP3 2 1 | SEP3 3 1 | SEP3 4 2 | SEP4 1 | SEP4 2 | SEP4 3 | SEP4 4 | SEP5 1 | SEP5 2 | SEP5 3 | SEP5 4 | SEP6 1 | SEP6 2 | SEP6 3 | SEP6 4 | 7th | 195 |
| 2023 | R-ace GP | ZZIC1 1 | ZZIC1 2 | ZZIC1 3 | MAC 1 Ret | MAC 2 7 | SEP1 1 1 | SEP1 2 1 | SEP1 3 1 | SEP2 1 | SEP2 2 | SEP2 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3rd | 75 |

### Complete ADAC Formula 4 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 | Pos | Points |
| 2019 | R-ace GP | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | OSC 3 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | RBR 3 | HOC1 1 | HOC1 2 | ZAN 1 Ret | ZAN 2 16 | ZAN 3 10 | NÜR 1 8 | NÜR 2 11 | NÜR 3 7 | HOC2 1 | HOC2 2 | HOC2 3 | SAC 1 | SAC 2 | SAC 3 | NC | - |

### Complete Formula Renault Eurocup 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 | 19 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
| 2020 | MP Motorsport | MNZ 1 7 | MNZ 2 6 | IMO 1 9 | IMO 2 12 | NÜR 1 14 | NÜR 2 7 | MAG 1 Ret | MAG 2 13 | ZAN 1 16 | ZAN 2 11 | CAT 1 5 | CAT 2 6 | SPA 1 8‡ | SPA 2 14 | IMO 1 6 | IMO 2 3 | HOC 1 10 | HOC 2 Ret | LEC 1 9 | LEC 2 Ret | 10th | 71 |
$^‡$ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

### 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 |
| 2021 | R-ace GP | IMO 1 3 | IMO 2 4 | CAT 1 12 | CAT 2 Ret | MCO 1 4 | MCO 2 3 | LEC 1 1 | LEC 2 10 | ZAN 1 3 | ZAN 2 12 | SPA 1 2 | SPA 2 3 | RBR 1 2 | RBR 2 Ret | VAL 1 7 | VAL 2 6 | MUG 1 23 | MUG 2 6 | MNZ 1 1 | MNZ 2 3 | 2nd | 209 |
| 2022 | R-ace GP | MNZ 1 4 | MNZ 2 7 | IMO 1 10 | IMO 2 4 | MCO 1 1 | MCO 2 2 | LEC 1 6 | LEC 2 4 | ZAN 1 12 | ZAN 2 7 | HUN 1 8 | HUN 2 1 | SPA 1 18 | SPA 2 2 | RBR 1 13 | RBR 2 1 | CAT 1 2 | CAT 2 2 | MUG 1 8 | MUG 2 4 | 4th | 224 |
| 2023 | ART Grand Prix | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | SPA 1 16† | SPA 2 4† | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | | | | | | | | | 29th | 0 |
| 2023 | Monolite Racing | | | | | | | | | | | | | RBR 1 20 | RBR 2 14 | MNZ 1 Ret | MNZ 2 15 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | 29th | 0 |
$^†$ As David was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

### Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
| 2022 | 3Y by R-ace GP | ABU 1 Ret | ABU 2 Ret | ABU 3 9 | DUB 1 1 | DUB 2 4 | DUB 3 1 | DUB 1 | DUB 2 | DUB 3 | DUB 1 | DUB 2 | DUB 3 | ABU 1 | ABU 2 | ABU 3 | 9th | 64 |

### Complete Le Mans Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Rank | Points |
| 2024 | R-ace GP | LMP3 | Duqueine M30 - D08 | CAT 2 | LEC 3 | LMS 1 21 | LMS 2 5 | SPA Ret | MUG 1 | ALG 14 | 2nd | 68 |

### Complete Eurocup-3 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 | DC | Points |
| 2024 | DXR by Drivex | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | POR 1 | POR 2 | POR 3 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | ARA 1 6 | ARA 2 21 | JER 1 | JER 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | 18th | 8 |
$^*$ Season still in progress.