Laurens van Hoepen

Laurens van Hoepen (born 6 September 2005) is a Dutch racing driver who is currently competing in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship with ART Grand Prix. He previously competed in the Formula Regional European Championship with the French outfit in 2022 and 2023, having previously raced in the Ultimate Cup Series in 2021.

Karting
Van Hoepen started karting at the age of eight in his native Netherlands, winning a series of national championships before jumping onto the international scene in 2015. A protégé of Formula 2 and Formula E champion Nyck de Vries, he won the IAME Euro Series in the X30 Mini class in 2017 and finished in the top ten of both the FIA European Championship and the WSK Champions Cup in OK in 2020, driving for Nico Rosberg's Racing Academy and Charles Leclerc's Leclerc by Lennox Racing respectively. For 2021 he remained with Leclerc's team and made the step up to KZ2 shifter karts, finishing third overall in the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship.

2021
Van Hoepen made his racing debut directly in Formula Regional machinery in late 2021, driving for Graff Racing in the Challenge Monoplace category of the Ultimate Cup Series. He hit the ground running, winning his first ever single-seater race from pole at Le Mans, ahead of Formula E race winner and 24 Hours of Le Mans class winner Nico Prost. He would go on to win seven of the nine races he entered—enough to claim 3rd in the championship standings despite having missed the first half of the season.

2022
For the 2022 season Van Hoepen moved to the Formula Regional European Championship with ART Grand Prix, partnering Gabriele Minì and Mari Boya.

2023
Van Hoepen remained with ART Grand Prix for the 2023 Formula Regional European Championship.

FIA Formula 3 Championship
Van Hoepen joined ART Grand Prix for the 2023 Formula 3 post-season testing sessions. In December 2023, the French outfit announced the signing of Van Hoepen for the full 2024 FIA F3 season. Alongside Australian Christian Mansell and 2023 ART F3 driver Nikola Tsolov

Racing career summary
* Season still in progress.

Complete Ultimate Cup Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) † – Driver did not finish the race but was classified, as he completed more than 90% of the race distance. * Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Regional Oceania Championship Results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)