🇳🇱 Freek Schothorst

Freek Schothorst is a semi-professional driver; his rating of 3,554 places him in the semi-professional band, meaning he competed at the level of paid drivers in pro-am and one-make classes, though his single-season record shows he was outmatched in the professional field he entered. His only documented racing came in 2018, when he contested seven rounds of Formula Renault Eurocup for MP Motorsport without recording a podium finish. He averaged P18.6 across the season and ended the campaign in 23rd position in the standings.[1]

Throughout the season, Schothorst raced against a field of much stronger drivers. He finished behind Oscar Piastri, the 2021 Formula 2 champion and now a Formula 1 driver rated 9,562, in all seven shared races. He also competed alongside Logan Sargeant and Charles Milesi, both established professionals rated above 6,000, and finished behind them in every encounter. His head-to-head record across the field was heavily negative; he beat only Clément Novalak twice among competitive rivals, though he managed isolated results ahead of other FIA Gold and Silver graded drivers including Lorenzo Colombo and the late Phil Hill. The overwhelming pattern was one of a driver competing at a lower level than his peers in a professional junior formula.[2]

Schothorst's career ended after that single season in 2018. He came from a Dutch motorsport family; his father Jeroen, brothers Pieter and Freek, and nephew Bas all competed in domestic racing. His entry into Formula Renault Eurocup with MP Motorsport, a team that has since fielded numerous professional drivers, proved beyond his capabilities at that stage, and he did not continue racing beyond the end of that campaign.