🇺🇸 Maxwell Esterson

Maxwell Esterson is a professional racing driver competing at a national-level front-runner tier, with a Racer Rating of 4,254. He operates on the sharp end of single-seater racing but has not yet broken through to wins or podiums in the Formula 2 and Formula 3 championships where his record is built. His career spans three seasons from 2023 onward, beginning with Formula 3 at Jenzer Motorsport in 2023 and 2024, then progressing to Formula 2 with Trident from 2024 into 2025. Across 49 starts in these two series combined, Esterson has finished on average in 17th place, demonstrating consistency in competitive fields without the results to mark him as a front-runner; he completed his most recent Formula 3 season in 22nd position.[1]

Esterson's competitive record shows him facing a field of established and rising professionals. His most frequent rivals include Leonardo Fornaroli, a two-time champion of Formula 3 and Formula 2, against whom Esterson has finished ahead only twice in 38 shared races; Gabriele Minì and Dino Beganovic, both established winners in European single-seater championships, against whom he has similarly struggled to maintain a winning head-to-head ratio. Among his occasional results against drivers of elite standing, Esterson has twice outfinished Arvid Lindblad, an FIA Platinum-graded driver, and once beaten Andrea Kimi Antonelli, a generational prospect and multiple champion. These rare successes against stronger drivers remain isolated instances within an otherwise one-sided record across shared grids.[2]

Esterson's progression reflects the typical path of a competitive mid-grid single-seater driver; he continues his Formula 2 campaign with Trident while his record remains without podiums or wins. His background includes esports racing success, and recent reporting has tracked his development in international junior formulae. The absence of a breakthrough result across nearly 50 starts suggests he operates as a supporting driver in these championships rather than as a title contender.