Hadrien David

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, David 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

In the opening round in the French F4 series at Nogaro, David 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 fifteen with a total of 280 points.^[5]

David competed 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 seventh at the final race in Nürburgring, he then returned to the French F4 Championship where he was competing in full time.^[6]

Formula Renault Eurocup

In October 2019, David partook in the post-season test at Yas Marina with R-ace GP and MP Motorsport.^[7] The following January, it was confirmed David would make his debut in the upcoming season with the latter, partnering Franco Colapinto.^[8] 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".^[9] 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, David competed in the Formula Regional European Championship for R-ace GP, alongside Léna Bühler, Zane Maloney and fellow countryman Isack Hadjar.^[10] 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.^[11][12] At the start of the season, he partook in the Formula Regional Asian Championship for the first two rounds,^[13] taking two victories and placing ninth in the standings.^[14][15]

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.^[16] He again returned to the championship with Monolite Racing, to replace an absent Kirill Smal at the Red Bull Ring round.^[17]

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.^[18]

The following year in 2023, David partook in FIA Formula 3 post-season test again, this time with MP Motorsport.^[19]

Eurocup-3

David joined Eurocup-3 for a one-off round at MotorLand Aragón in 2024, competing with Drivex.^[20]

Formula One

As reward for winning the French F4 title, David became a member of the Renault Sport Academy in January 2020.^[8] 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.^[21] After just a year, David left the programme.^[22]

2022: Debut

David made his sportscar debut in 2022, driving a round of the Ultimate Cup Series in the LMP3 class.

2024: Le Mans Cup title assault

At the start of 2024, David joined Fabien Michal and R-ace GP for the final round of the Prototype Winter Series, where overtakes on Rik Koen and Danny Soufi during the second stint earned David his first LMP3 victory.^[23] This preceded David's assault at the 2024 Le Mans Cup, which he contested for R-ace alongside the bronze-ranked Michal.^[24] The pair finished second in the Barcelona season opener, David losing the lead to Tommy Foster late in the race.^[25] In Le Castellet, the combination of a spin by Michal prior to his pit stop and a mandatory pit stop handicap time penalty (given to Michal for his strong performance at Barcelona) conspired to demote David to eighth at the start of his stint. David charged forward forcefully, being the fastest driver on the circuit and progressing to third.^[26]

During the Road to Le Mans event, David once again recovered lost time during the pit stop in race 2 and finished third on track, before dropping to fifth thanks to a corner cutting penalty.^[27] Misfortune followed at Spa, where a pole by Michal was undone by a multi-car pileup on lap 1 which forced the R-ace entry to retire.^[28] Another Michal pole led to a dominant performance at Mugello, David crossing the line 42 seconds ahead of the second-placed car to claim the championship lead.^[29][30] In the final round at Portimão, a badly-timed safety car period dropped the team back to 14th; they lost out on the title by 5.5 points.^[31]

2025: Le Mans Cup title, GT4

David remained at R-ace for the 2025 Le Mans Cup season, partnering Hugo Schwarze in the new Duqueine D09 chassis.^[32] In round 1 at Barcelona, David recovered to eighth after Schwarze had received a drive-through penalty for avoidable contact.^[33] After finishing fifth in Le Castellet, David finished second in the first Road to Le Mans race, having been overtaken by eventual race winner Adrien Closmenil after the pit stop phase.^[34] In race 2 of the weekend, David and Schwarze finished second again, the latter being unable to get past Matteo Quintarelli on the final lap.^[35] In Spa, David claimed pole during a rainy qualifying session, before driving out a dominant gap to win the race by 14 seconds.^[36][37] With a tightly-fought win at Silverstone, where David successfully defended the lead against Romain Favre in a last-lap battle, David and Schwarze clinched the LMP3 title with one round to spare.^[38][39] David also secured victory in the final round, creating a 21-second gap after passing the leading Inter Europol Competition entry.^[40]

Karting career summary

^† As David was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Karting World Championship results

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

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Racing career summary

! colspan="10" |Source:^[41] |} ^† 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)

Complete Formula 4 South East Asia Championship results

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

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup results

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

^‡ 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)

^† 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)

Complete Le Mans Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Eurocup-3 results

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

Complete GT4 European Series results

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

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)