Draft:August Aurelius Raber

Formula 4

Raber made part time appearances in the 2024 F4 British Championship with Xcel Motorsport during an injury affected campaign, after an acident left him absent for parts of the season. Ultimately ending 21st in the standings.^[4] Late that year he joined Yas Heat Racing for the 2024–25 Formula 4 Middle East Championship, alongside Adam Al-Azhari.^[6] He made his official racing debut at the non points scoring Formula 4 Middle East Trophy Round held at the Yas Marina Circuit during the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend.^[7] During the season, Raber claimed his first single seater victory at the Yas Marina Circuit, leading the reversed grid second race of the round from pole position to win by 0.651 seconds over Reno Francot.^[8] He finished eighth in the drivers' standings with 86 points.^[9][4]

In the 2025 F4 British Championship with Argenti Motorsport, Raber competed in his first full season of single seater racing. He won two of the three opening weekend races at Donington Park and led the championship after round one.^[5] At Snetterton in May 2025 he took a reversed grid race win to return to the top of the championship standings.^[3] He stepped up to GB3 mid season, having taken three race wins, two fastest laps and seven podium finishes in British F4 before doing so.^[10]

GB3 Championship

Following his success in F4, Raber stepped up to the GB3 Championship mid season at Silverstone in August 2025, racing for Argenti with Prema. He took over the seat before occupied by Yuanpu Cui as one of five debutants at the round.^[4] He contested two rounds with the team, at Silverstone and Monza, finishing in the points in four of six races, including a best result of fourth at Silverstone, to score 24 points and end the season 30th in the drivers' championship.^[11]

Formula Regional Middle East

For the 2026 Formula Regional Middle East Trophy, Raber stepped up to Formula Regional machinery in the new Tatuus T-326 with Pinnacle Motorsport, partnering Alex Powell in the team's line-up.^[10] He competed in all rounds, claming a best qualifing position of 10th.

Gulf 12 Hours

In December 2025, Raber scored a entry to the Gulf 12 Hours endurance race at the Yas Marina Circuit, driving the #3 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) for Car Collection Motorsport in the GT3 Pro-Am class. He shared the car with Alexey Denisov, Victor Plekhanov and Damir Saitov.^[12]

Michelin Le Mans Cup

For 2026, Raber signed with Brutal Fish by Campos Racing to share the #12 Ligier JS P325 in the LMP3 class of the 2026 Michelin Le Mans Cup, alongside French driver Arthur Rogeon.^[1][2] His entry qualified fourth at the season opening round at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and second at round two at the Circuit Paul Ricard, though the car retired with mechanical issues on both occasions. On 12 June 2026 Raber won the Road to Le Mans, the Michelin Le Mans Cup support race held on the Circuit de la Sarthe ahead of the 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans. He shared the No. 12 Brutal Fish by Campos Ligier JS P325-Toyota with Arthur Rogeon, who took pole position and led much of the race; after the final round of pit stops Rogeon ran down and passed the High Class Racing Ligier to win the new three-hour event by 23.1 seconds. The sister No. 19 Brutal Fish car came home third for a double podium.^[13][14][15]

Career summary