Paul Aron

Date of Birth: 04 February 2004

Place of Birth: Tallinn, Estonia

Height: 182”

Paul Aron serves on the team’s roster of Test and Reserve Drivers following his announcement in December on the back of his impressive rookie season in FIA Formula 2. Hailing from Estonia’s capital city Tallinn, Paul comes from a family of racing enthusiasts - his grandmother and father were both involved in bike racing whilst his brother Ralf is an accomplished driver who has competed across both single-seaters and sports car series. Paul started his own racing career at the age of 7, karting in his home country before expanding his experience across Europe on his way to winning the 2018 CIK-FIA Karting European Championship. His karting success caught the eye of the Mercedes F1 Team who signed him to their Junior Team programme in July 2019, just three months after he made his single-seater debut.

From 2019-2022 Paul competed in a variety of championships, finishing third overall in the 2019 Italian F4 Championship and both the 2021 and 2022 Formula Regional European Championships.

Paul made his FIA Formula 3 debut in 2023 with Prema Racing. During the Sprint Race in Austria, he climbed the order from eighth to second by Lap 8 before capitalising on a Safety Car restart to claim first place and his first win in the series. Paul was consistent over the course of the season – only missing out on points in four races – and was able to clinch third in the overall standings with one win, four podiums and two Fastest Laps.

He made the step up to FIA Formula 2 for the final round in 2023 with Trident Racing before going on to compete in the full 2024 season with Hitech Pulse-Eight as an independent driver. Once again, in a competitive championship, Paul showed immediate potential scoring seven podiums in the first seven rounds and proved consistency as key across the season. Paul claimed one win, eight podiums, four pole positions – the most of any driver - and three Fastest Laps to finish third in the Championship standings.

Paul was announced as Test and Reserve Driver for BWT Alpine Formula One Team at the end of 2024 and drove a Formula One car for the first time in the Post-Season Abu Dhabi Test in the A524.