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🇺🇸 Maxwell Esterson

Racing driver from United States. Formula 2, Trident.
Driver facts
Full name
Maxwell Esterson
Born
9 October 2002(b. 2002)
Nationality
United States
Current team
Trident
Series
Formula 2
Status
Active
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
49
Career DNFs
9
Racer Rating
4,236
Maxwell Esterson
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,236
Rank 2620 of 38,983 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Maxwell Esterson is a racing driver from United States who competes in Formula 2 for Trident. Esterson has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 49 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,236 ranks Esterson 2620th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2025 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFBHRBHRSAUSAUITAITAMONMONESPESPAUTAUTGREGREBELBELHUNHUNITAITA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2025-09-07Monza FRFormula 2P15+30
2025-09-06Monza SRFormula 2DNF−43
2025-08-03Budapest FRFormula 2P19−30
2025-08-02Budapest SRFormula 2P19−33
2025-07-27Spa-Francorchamps FRFormula 2P16+10
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+122Spa-Francorchamps 2024Formula 3P7
+115Sakhir 2024Formula 3P6
+105Spielberg 2025Formula 2P10
+64Monaco 2025Formula 2P13
+59Silverstone 2025Formula 2P13
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Spielberg4 starts+21
Spa-Francorchamps4 starts+9
Budapest6 starts+9
Monaco4 starts+8
Struggles
Monza4 starts-19
Silverstone6 starts-15
Barcelona4 starts-6
Sakhir4 starts-6
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2025▸Formula 2Trident2100400P22−344,236
2024▸Formula 3Jenzer Motorsport2000400P22−3074,270
▸Formula 2Trident400000P28+100
2023▸Formula 3Rodin Carlin400100P25+3,1284,478
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Esterson finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇸🇪 Dino Beganovic6,1234974214%
🇬🇧 Luke BrowningFIA Gold5,9594974214%
🇮🇹 Leonardo Fornaroli6,605472454%
🇩🇪 Oliver GoetheFIA Silver4,9534783917%
🇮🇹 Gabriele Mini6,5264573816%
🇨🇴 Sebastian MontoyaFIA Silver5,13245162936%
🇬🇧 Cian ShieldsFIA Silver4,11945271860%
🇬🇧 Arvid LindbladFIA Platinum6,8704183320%
🇮🇪 Alex Dunne6,16141103124%
🇺🇸 Sami MeguetounifFIA Silver5,17641152637%
🇮🇹 Andrea Kimi AntonelliFIA Platinum, 3× champion8,098440100%
🇫🇷 Isack HadjarFIA Platinum7,43741325%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
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2,611🇦🇹 Steve PARROWLe Mans Cup4,240
2,612🇩🇴 Efrin CastroPorsche Carrera Cup NA4,239
2,613🇦🇪 Khaled Al Qubaisi24H Series4,239
2,614🇺🇸 David HintonIMSA WeatherTech4,238
2,615🇨🇿 Ioan Mihnea StefanAsian Le Mans Series4,238
2,616🇮🇹 Luca DrudiFIA GT Championship4,238
2,617🇫🇷 Sébastien BaudIMSA WeatherTech4,238
2,618🇨🇭 Karen GAILLARDIMSA WeatherTech4,237
2,619🇧🇪 David SterckxFIA GT Championship4,236
2,620🇺🇸 Maxwell EstersonFormula 24,236
2,621🇦🇺 Christian LefortFIA GT Championship4,235
2,622🇦🇺 Kurt KosteckiSupercars Championship4,235
2,623🇺🇸 Brandon WagnerIndy NXT4,234
2,624🇦🇺 Lachlan DaltonSupercars Championship4,234
2,625🇫🇷 Richard PhilippeFormula 3 Euro Series4,234
2,626🇺🇸 Ronald CooperNASCAR Xfinity4,234
2,627🇺🇸 Scott HuffakerLamborghini Super Trofeo NA4,234
2,628🇦🇺 Anthony MartinPro Mazda Championship4,233
2,629🇺🇸 Brett SandbergIMSA Pilot Challenge4,231
2,630🇺🇸 Justin BostonNASCAR Truck4,231
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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.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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