🇩🇪 David Beckmann

David Beckmann is an established professional racing driver competing in Formula E for Cupra Kiro, a single-seater championship that runs on street and city circuits across multiple countries. He holds an FIA Gold grading, one of the two full-professional grades in sportscar and endurance racing. Beckmann has spent 11 seasons in racing since 2011, with 183 starts across single-seater and endurance competition.[1]

His career began in junior formula racing, where he won races in Italian F4 and ADAC Formula 4 before stepping up through FIA Formula 3 European, GP3 and Formula 2. In Formula 3 with Trident he took two wins and six podiums across 32 starts from 2019 to 2020. His Formula 2 campaign across 2021 and 2022 with Van Amersfoort Racing yielded two podiums from 31 starts in both the SR1 and SR2 classes. He made 14 starts in GP3 for Trident in 2018, recording three wins and four podiums. He has also competed in endurance racing; his 2023 WEC entry for Hertz Team JOTA resulted in a win and a podium from two starts. Formula E entry came in 2023 with 13 indexed starts to date.[2]

Beckmann regularly races against established professionals graded at the same level; he has been closely matched with Jake Hughes across multiple series, including Formula E and Formula 3, and maintains a similar competitive standing to Zhou Guanyu, who shared his path through Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3 European. In junior formula, he finished ahead of generational drivers including Lando Norris and George Russell on multiple occasions, though these meetings came early in their careers before they reached their full potential. His record reflects steady progression through the single-seater ladder rather than domination at any one level, and he has since moved into Formula E competition alongside his endurance commitments.