Ralf Aron

Ralf Aron (born 21 March 1998) is an Estonian racing driver, who currently competes in the GT World Challenge Asia driving for Climax Racing.^[1][2]

Ralf Aron
Ralf Aron during the 2018 FIA Formula 3 European Championship
Nationality	Estonian
Born	(1998-03-21) 21 March 1998 (age 27) Tallinn, Estonia
Related to	Paul Aron (brother)
GT World Challenge Asia career
Debut season	2024
Current team	Climax Racing
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	2
Starts	16
Wins	1
Podiums	3
Poles	2
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	14th in 2024 (Pro-Am)
Previous series
2023–24 2016–18 2015 2015 2014 2014 2014 2014	GT World Challenge Europe FIA F3 European Championship Italian F4 Championship ADAC Formula 4 Italian F4 Winter Trophy Formula Renault 1.6 NEZ Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic Formula Renault 1.6 NEC
Championship titles
2015 2014	Italian F4 Championship Italian F4 Winter Trophy

Career

Aron has competed in the Italian F4 Championship, ADAC Formula 4 and European Formula 3 championships for Prema Powerteam and Hitech GP.

He is now a team manager at Prema, but continues to race sporadically – winning the Palanga 1000 GT race three times^[3] and also raced in the Porsche Sprint Challenge NEZ.^[4]

Sports car racing

In 2023, Aron returned to full-time racing for the first time since 2018. Aron pivoted to GT3 racing, signing with Mercedes-AMG to become part of their factory Junior driver lineup. In line with his factory duties, Aron competed with customer teams Theeba Motorsport and Haupt Racing Team in the GT World Challenge Europe and ADAC GT Masters respectively.^[1]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2010	Estonian championship - Raket		1st
2011	Estonian championship - Rotax Junior		6th
	Rotax Max Euro Challenge	Aix Racing Team	60th
2012	Estonian Championship - Rotax Junior		1st
	Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals - Junior	Aix Racing Team	51st
	Rotax International Open - Junior		30th
	Rotax Max Euro Challenge - Junior	Aix Racing	14th
	Rotax Max Wintercup - Rotax Max Junior	Aix Racing Team	18th
2013	Rotax Max International Open - Junior		4th
	Estonian Championship - Rotax Junior		2nd
	CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy		9th
	CIK-FIA European Championship - KF		41st
	Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals - Junior	AIX Racing	4th
2014	Rotax Max Wintercup - Rotax Max Senior		9th

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2014	Formula Renault 1.6 NEC	Scuderia Nordica	15	2	0	3	7	263	2nd
	Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic		13	5	3	5	5	146	6th
	Formula Renault 1.6 NEZ		7	3	2	3	3	95	2nd
	Italian F4 Winter Trophy	Prema Powerteam	2	1	2	1	2	N/A	1st
2015	Italian F4 Championship	Prema Powerteam	21	9	7	6	13	331	1st
	ADAC Formula 4 Championship		12	1	0	2	4	120	9th
2016	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Prema Powerteam	29	1	0	0	2	166	7th
2016–17	MRF Challenge Formula 2000	MRF Racing	12	1	0	3	8	168	5th
2017	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Hitech GP	30	0	1	1	2	123	9th
	Macau Grand Prix	Van Amersfoort Racing	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
2018	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Prema Theodore Racing	30	4	0	2	8	254.5	6th
	Macau Grand Prix	SJM Theodore Racing by Prema	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
	Aurum 1006 km - GT	Circle K milesPLUS Racing Team	1	0	0	1	1	N/A	2nd
2019	Aurum 1006 km - GT	Circle K milesPLUS Racing Team	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
2020	Aurum 1006 km - GT Open	Circle K milesPLUS Racing Team	1	1	1	1	1	N/A	1st
2021	Aurum 1006 km - GT Open	Circle K milesPLUS Racing Team	1	1	1	1	1	N/A	1st
2022	Aurum 1006 km - GT3	Circle K milesPLUS Racing Team	1	0	1	0	1	N/A	2nd
2023	ADAC GT Masters	Haupt Racing Team	12	1	1	2	4	170	2nd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Theeba Motorsport	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Bronze Cup		5	0	0	0	0	6	30th
2024	GT World Challenge Asia	Climax Racing	10	0	1	?	1	34	20th
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Team ADVAN x HRT	3	3	3	3	3	22*	3rd*
		Mercedes-AMG Team Landgraf
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Team ADVAN x HRT
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		Boutsen VDS	1	0	0	0	0
	FIA GT World Cup	TORO Racing
2024–25	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Climax Racing
2025	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Lone Star Racing	1	0	0	0	0	183	15th*
	GT World Challenge Asia	Climax Racing	6	0	1	0	2	37*	9th*
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed
	International GT Open	GetSpeed

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 1.6 NEC results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	DC	Points
2014	Scuderia Nordica	ZAN1 1 8	ZAN1 2 5	SPA1 1 8	SPA1 2 7	NÜR 1 7	NÜR 2 8	ASS 1 2	ASS 2 1	ZOL 1 3	ZOL 2 2	SPA2 1 2	SPA2 2 1	ZAN2 1 5	ZAN2 2 6	ZAN2 3 2	2nd	263

Complete Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	DC	Points
2014	Scuderia Nordica	KAR 1 10	KAR 2 13	BOT 1 6	BOT 2 9	BOT 3 1	FAL 1	FAL 2	FAL 3	FAL 4	AUD 1 8	AUD 2 6	KNU 1 Ret	KNU 2 Ret	SOL 1 1	SOL 2 1	MAN 1 1	MAN 2 1	6th	146

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2015	Prema Powerteam	VLL 1 1	VLL 2 11	VLL 3 1	MNZ 1 3	MNZ 2 6	MNZ 3 2	IMO1 1 1	IMO1 2 15	IMO1 3 1	MUG 1 1	MUG 2 11	MUG 3 1	ADR 1 3	ADR 2 6	ADR 3 2	IMO2 1 1	IMO2 2 4	IMO2 3 1	MIS 1 1	MIS 2 Ret	MIS 3 20	1st	331

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2015	Prema Powerteam	OSC 1 2	OSC 2 3	OSC 3 4	RBR 1 2	RBR 2 Ret	RBR 3 Ret	SPA 1 6	SPA 2 4	SPA 3 Ret	LAU 1	LAU 2	LAU 3	NÜR 1 7	NÜR 2 7	NÜR 3 1	SAC 1	SAC 2	SAC 3	OSC 1	OSC 2	OSC 3	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	9th	120

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Points
2016	Prema Powerteam	Mercedes	LEC 1 7	LEC 2 Ret	LEC 3 7	HUN 1 1	HUN 2 2	HUN 3 DNS	PAU 1 13	PAU 2 6	PAU 3 15	RBR 1 9	RBR 2 12	RBR 3 9	NOR 1 4	NOR 2 10	NOR 3 9	ZAN 1 14	ZAN 2 6	ZAN 3 8	SPA 1 8	SPA 2 14	SPA 3 13	NÜR 1 6	NÜR 2 4	NÜR 3 14	IMO 1 7	IMO 2 4	IMO 3 4	HOC 1 4	HOC 2 5	HOC 3 8	7th	166
2017	Hitech GP	Mercedes	SIL 1 Ret	SIL 2 16	SIL 3 10	MNZ 2 8	MNZ 2 9	MNZ 3 8	PAU 1 5	PAU 2 5	PAU 3 3	HUN 1 Ret	HUN 2 12	HUN 3 13	NOR 1 9	NOR 2 5	NOR 3 4	SPA 1 11	SPA 2 8	SPA 3 7	ZAN 1 Ret	ZAN 2 10	ZAN 3 8	NÜR 1 14	NÜR 2 5	NÜR 3 3	RBR 1 12	RBR 2 6	RBR 3 18†	HOC 1 8	HOC 2 10	HOC 3 19	9th	123
2018	Prema Theodore Racing	Mercedes	PAU 1 2	PAU 2 8	PAU 3 1‡	HUN 1 5	HUN 2 12	HUN 3 7	NOR 1 2	NOR 2 13	NOR 3 6	ZAN 1 1	ZAN 2 1	ZAN 3 14	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 Ret	SPA 3 14	SIL 1 Ret	SIL 2 10	SIL 3 Ret	MIS 1 7	MIS 2 5	MIS 3 1	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 5	NÜR 3 8	RBR 1 23	RBR 2 5	RBR 3 9	HOC 1 6	HOC 2 3	HOC 3 15	6th	242.5

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Year	Team	Car	Qualifying	Quali Race	Main race
2017	Van Amersfoort Racing	Dallara F317	17th	13th	3rd
2018	SJM Theodore Racing by Prema	Dallara F317	10th	9th	6th

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup results

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2023	Theeba Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Bronze	MNZ 38	LEC 43†	SPA 6H 52	SPA 12H 60†	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR 29	CAT 36	30th	6

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2023	Haupt Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	HOC 1 7	HOC 2 9	NOR 1 4	NOR 2 5	NÜR 1 2	NÜR 2 10	SAC 1 4	SAC 2 33	RBR 1 42	RBR 2 7	HOC 1 22	HOC 2 11	2nd	170

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2025	Lone Star Racing	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 14	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET	15th*	183*

^* Season still in progress.

Personal life

His younger brother Paul is also a racing driver.