David Beckmann

David Beckmann
David Beckmann
	Beckmann in 2023
Nationality	German
Born	27 April 2000 (age 24); Iserlohn, Germany
Formula E career
Debut season	2022–23
Current team	Kiro Race Co
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	36
Former teams	Avalanche Andretti Formula E
Starts	2 (2 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	25th in 2022–23
Previous series
2021–22; 2019–20; 2018; 2016–17; 2015; 2015	FIA Formula 2 Championship; FIA Formula 3 Championship; GP3 Series; FIA Formula 3 European; ADAC Formula 4; Italian F4 Championship

David Alexander Beckmann (born 27 April 2000) is a German professional racing driver. Who currently is the reserve driver for TAG HEUER Porsche in Formula E. He previously competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for Charouz Racing System, Campos Racing and Van Amersfoort Racing.

Junior racing career

Karting

Beckmann began karting in 2008, collecting major karting wins in 2009, 2012 and 2014. He remained in karting until 2014.^[1]

Formula 4

In 2015, Beckmann graduated to single seaters in ADAC Formula 4 and Italian F4, racing with Mücke Motorsport. He ended the seasons fourth in Italian F4 and fifth in ADAC Formula 4, as well as taking the rookie championship in the latter.^[1]^[2]

FIA European Formula 3 Championship

In December 2015, it was announced Beckmann would graduate to European Formula 3 for 2016, whilst continuing his collaboration with Mücke. On account of his age, Beckmann was forced to miss the first two rounds of the season, making his debut at the third round at Pau.^[3] Nonetheless, Beckmann claimed a fastest lap and two podiums to finish seventh in the Rookie Championship and fifteenth overall. For 2017, Beckmann continued to race in European Formula 3, but switched to Van Amersfoort Racing.^[4] After three rounds where he failed to score a point with the outfit, Beckmann made a mid-season change to Motopark where he fared better, amassing 45 points and ending up 16th in his second year in the category.^[5]

GP3 Series

For 2018 Beckmann partnered Juan Manuel Correa and Tatiana Calderón at Jenzer Motorsport in the final year of the GP3 Series. Having scored 12 points after the fourth round of the championship, Beckmann switched over to Trident. His results improved drastically, and the German achieved three race wins as well as another podium, which led him to fifth in the standings.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2019

In 2019, Beckmann competed for the French team ART Grand Prix in the newly formed FIA Formula 3 Championship.

2020

In 2020, he returned to Formula 3, this time with Trident, and finished sixth overall after two wins and four further podium finishes.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

2021

In 2021, Beckmann moved up to the FIA Formula 2 Championship with the Czech team Charouz Racing System, where was joined by Guilherme Samaia.^[6] Throughout the first half of the season Beckmann showed impressive performances, such as a third-place finish in his debut race at Sakhir and second place in race 2 in Baku, which, along with two further points finishes, propelled him to 13th in the standings after four rounds.^[7]^[8] At the start of September however it was announced Enzo Fittipaldi would replace Beckmann from the next round at Monza, due to the German having to shift his focus to the family business for financial issues.^[9] But just a few days before the start of that weekend Beckmann signed up to race for Campos in place of Matteo Nannini.^[10] He competed for the Spanish team in the next two rounds, scoring a best finish of fifth at Monza, although Beckmann would ultimately be unable to finish his season, being replaced by Olli Caldwell. The German ended the campaign 15th in the standings.

2022

In 2022, Beckmann originally made four cameo appearances, but had later been announced as a permanent driver. The first of which he drove for Charouz's No. 23 car at Imola in place of Cem Bölükbaşı, finishing 8th in the feature race. He then drove for Van Amersfoort Racing's No. 25 car at Silverstone in place of Amaury Cordeel. He would then compete again for the same team, but in the No. 24, at Le Castellet and Budapest in place of Jake Hughes.^[11] However, Van Amersfoort Racing decided to replace Hughes with Beckmann for the rest of the season, starting at Spa-Francorchamps, thus his cameo deputization driver role would become a permanent driver role until the final round at Abu Dhabi, where he would be replaced by Juan Manuel Correa.^[12]

Formula E

In February 2022, on the week of the Mexico City ePrix, Beckmann was announced to be the test and reserve driver of the Avalanche Andretti Formula E team.^[13]

For the 2022-23 season, Beckmann continued his duties with Andretti, whilst also joining Porsche as a reserve driver.^[14]

Avalanche Andretti Formula E (2023)

2022–23 season

Beckmann made his Formula E debut with Avalanche Andretti for the Jakarta ePrix double-header, deputising for André Lotterer as he prepared for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.^[15]

Porsche reserve driver (2024)

Beckmann continued as the reserve driver for Porsche.^[16]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2008	ADAC Kart Masters — Bambini B		3rd
2009	DMV Landesmeisterschaft — Bambini B	TR Racing	1st
	ADAC Kart Bundesendlauf — Bambini B		11th
	ADAC Kart Masters — Bambini B	Hagen	1st
2010	ADAC Kart Masters — Bambini A	Hagen	13th
2011	Euro Wintercup — KF3		4th
	Belgian Championship — KF5		3rd
	SKUSA SuperNationals — TaG Junior		19th
2012	Euro Wintercup — KF3		6th
	Bridgestone Cup Europe — KF3	Keijzer Racing	1st
	ADAC Kart Masters — KF3		10th
	DMV Kart Championship — KF3		1st
2013	South Garda Winter Cup — KF3		4th
	German Karting Championship — Junior	Reenergys Racing Team	2nd
	CIK-FIA International Super Cup — KFJ		23rd
	WSK Super Master Series — KFJ	Keijzer Racing	27th
	WSK Final Cup — KFJ	Keijzer Racing	14th
	WSK Euro Series — KFJ	Zanardi	3rd
	CIK-FIA European Championship — KFJ		43rd
	CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ		25th
2014	South Garda Winter Cup — KF3		10th
	German Karting Championship — Junior		1st
	WSK Super Master Series — KFJ	Energy Corse Srl	12th
	CIK-FIA European Championship — KFJ	Beckmann, Robin	5th
	CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ	Beckmann, Robin	28th
	WSK Champions Cup — KFJ	Ricky Flynn Motorsport	11th

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2015	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	20	1	0	0	4	166	5th
2015	Italian F4 Championship	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	18	3	1	4	7	176	4th
2016	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	24	0	0	1	2	67	15th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	19th
2017	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Van Amersfoort Racing	9	0	0	0	0	45	16th
2017	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Motopark	21	0	0	0	0	45	16th
2018	GP3 Series	Jenzer Motorsport	8	0	0	0	0	137	5th
2018	GP3 Series	Trident	10	3	2	2	4	137	5th
2019	FIA Formula 3 Championship	ART Grand Prix	14	0	0	0	0	20	14th
2019	Macau Grand Prix	Trident	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
2020	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Trident	18	2	0	0	5	139.5	6th
2020	Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East	Lechner Racing Middle East	6	1	0	1	1	97	13th
2021	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Charouz Racing System	12	0	0	0	2	32	15th
2021	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Campos Racing	5	0	0	0	0	32	15th
2021–22	Formula E	Avalanche Andretti Formula E	Test/Reserve driver
2022	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Charouz Racing System	2	0	0	0	0	25	18th
2022	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Van Amersfoort Racing	12	0	0	1	0	25	18th
2022–23	Formula E	Avalanche Andretti Formula E	2	0	0	0	0	0	25th
2022–23	Formula E	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	Reserve driver
2023	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Hertz Team Jota	2	1	0	0	1	N/A	NC†
2023–24	Formula E	TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team	Reserve driver
2024	24 Hours of Nürburgring - Cup2	Huber Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th

^* Season still in progress.

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	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	VLL 1 10	VLL 2 1	VLL 3 5	MNZ 1 4	MNZ 2 2	MNZ 3 Ret	IMO1 1 8	IMO1 2 1	IMO1 3 9	MUG 1 3	MUG 2 15	MUG 3 2	ADR 1 1	ADR 2 4	ADR 3 5	IMO2 1 4	IMO2 2 17	IMO2 3 3	MIS 1	MIS 2	MIS 3	4th	176

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	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	OSC1 1	OSC1 2	OSC1 3	RBR 1 7	RBR 2 Ret	RBR 3 3	SPA 1 7	SPA 2 11	SPA 3 7	LAU 1 5	LAU 2 Ret	LAU 3 18	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 4	NÜR 3 8	SAC 1 7	SAC 2 5	SAC 3 5	OSC2 1 15	OSC2 2 5	OSC2 3 11	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 1	HOC 3 2	5th	166

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	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	LEC 1	LEC 2	LEC 3	HUN 1	HUN 2	HUN 3	PAU 1 17	PAU 2 Ret	PAU 3 Ret	RBR 1 7	RBR 2 7	RBR 3 12	NOR 1 10	NOR 2 13	NOR 3 Ret	ZAN 1 10	ZAN 2 7	ZAN 3 3	SPA 1 7	SPA 2 16	SPA 3 10	NÜR 1 13	NÜR 2 6	NÜR 3 13	IMO 1 Ret	IMO 2 Ret	IMO 3 5	HOC 1 12	HOC 2 3	HOC 3 18	15th	67
2017	Van Amersfoort Racing	Mercedes	SIL 1 14	SIL 2 17	SIL 3 14	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 15	MNZ 3 14	PAU 1 11	PAU 2 14	PAU 3 Ret																						16th	45
2017	Motopark	Volkswagen										HUN 1 11	HUN 2 5	HUN 3 5	NOR 1 12	NOR 2 11	NOR 3 6	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 15	SPA 3 16	ZAN 1 Ret	ZAN 2 5	ZAN 3 13	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 16	NÜR 3 15	RBR 1 8	RBR 2 11	RBR 3 9	HOC 1 17	HOC 2 13	HOC 3 10	16th	45

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Year	Team	Car	Qualifying	Quali Race	Main race
2016	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	Dallara F312	15th	13th	19th
2019	Trident	Dallara F3 2019	19th	9th	9th

Complete GP3 Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2018	Jenzer Motorsport	CAT FEA 6	CAT SPR 17	LEC FEA 18	LEC SPR 10	RBR FEA 8	RBR SPR Ret	SIL FEA 14	SIL SPR Ret											5th	137
2018	Trident									HUN FEA 4	HUN SPR 7	SPA FEA 1	SPA SPR Ret	MNZ FEA 1	MNZ SPR 5	SOC FEA 5	SOC SPR 1	YMC FEA 2	YMC SPR Ret	5th	137

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Points
2019	ART Grand Prix	CAT FEA 4	CAT SPR 7	LEC FEA 10	LEC SPR Ret	RBR FEA 15	RBR SPR 10	SIL FEA 11	SIL SPR 6	HUN FEA 28†	HUN SPR 19	SPA FEA 10	SPA SPR 12	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR 28†	SOC FEA WD	SOC SPR WD			14th	20
2020	Trident	RBR FEA 7	RBR SPR 4	RBR FEA 3‡	RBR SPR 3	HUN FEA 10	HUN SPR 1	SIL FEA 9	SIL SPR 1	SIL FEA 5	SIL SPR 4	CAT FEA 5	CAT SPR 9	SPA FEA 3	SPA SPR 9	MNZ FEA 4	MNZ SPR Ret	MUG FEA 8	MUG SPR 2	6th	139.5

^† 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 FIA Formula 2 Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	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	DC	Points
2021	Charouz Racing System	BHR SP1 3	BHR SP2 7	BHR FEA 11	MCO SP1 12	MCO SP2 Ret	MCO FEA 13	BAK SP1 9	BAK SP2 2	BAK FEA 12	SIL SP1 13	SIL SP2 8	SIL FEA 15																	15th	32
2021	Campos Racing													MNZ SP1 10	MNZ SP2 5	MNZ FEA 16†	SOC SP1 15	SOC SP2 C	SOC FEA 10	JED SP1	JED SP2	JED FEA	YMC SP1	YMC SP2	YMC FEA					15th	32
2022	Charouz Racing System	BHR SPR	BHR FEA	JED SPR	JED FEA	IMO SPR Ret	IMO FEA 8	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	MCO SPR	MCO FEA	BAK SPR	BAK FEA																	18th	25
2022	Van Amersfoort Racing													SIL SPR 16	SIL FEA 19	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	LEC SPR 10	LEC FEA 14	HUN SPR 12	HUN FEA 14	SPA SPR 8	SPA FEA 6	ZAN SPR 14	ZAN FEA 13	MNZ SPR 7	MNZ FEA 5	YMC SPR	YMC FEA	18th	25

Complete Formula E results

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

Year	Team	Chassis	Powertrain	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2022–23	Avalanche Andretti Formula E	Formula E Gen3	Porsche 99X Electric	MEX	DRH	DRH	HYD	CAP	SAP	BER	BER	MCO	JAK 16	JAK Ret	POR	RME	RME	LDN	LDN	25th	0

^* Season still in progress.

References

^ ^a ^b "David Beckmann | Racing career profile". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
^ "Interview with David Beckmann, ADAC Formula 4 Rookie champion". racecar.com. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
^ Simmons, Marcus (December 19, 2015). "German teenager David Beckmann gets 2016 Mucke European F3 seat". Autosport. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
^ Gruz, David (12 December 2016). "Beckmann moves to Van Amersfoort Racing for second F3 campaign". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
^ Simmons, Marcus (9 June 2017). "David Beckmann makes mid-season switch to join Motopark". Autosport. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
^ "Beckmann and Samaia to form new-look Charouz line-up for 2021". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
^ "2021 Round 1 post-Sprint Race 1 press conference". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
^ "2021 Round 3 post-Sprint Race 2 press conference". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
^ "Fittipaldi replaces Beckmann at Charouz Racing System". Archived from the original on 2021-09-01.
^ "Beckmann replaces Nannini at Campos for Round 5 at Monza". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
^ Wood, Ida (2022-07-18). "Beckmann back in at VAR in F2 as Hughes catches COVID-19". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
^ "David Beckmann replaces Jake Hughes in FIA F2". www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
^ Seiwert, Robert (10 February 2022). "Formel E: David Beckmann heuert bei Andretti an". Motorsport-Magazin.com (in German). Retrieved 2022-02-10.
^ "Beckmann And De Silvestro In As Porsche's Test And Reserve Drivers". FIA Formula E. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
^ "Beckmann Steps In At Andretti For Jakarta E-Prix". The Official Home of Formula E. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
^ "Andre Lotterer And David Beckmann In As Test And Reserve Drivers At Porsche". The Official Home of Formula E. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

External links

Official website (In German)
David Beckmann career summary at DriverDB.com

[DriverDB-1] "David Beckmann | Racing career profile". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 24 August 2020.

[2] "Interview with David Beckmann, ADAC Formula 4 Rookie champion". racecar.com. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2020.

[3] Simmons, Marcus (December 19, 2015). "German teenager David Beckmann gets 2016 Mucke European F3 seat". Autosport. Retrieved October 14, 2016.

[4] Gruz, David (12 December 2016). "Beckmann moves to Van Amersfoort Racing for second F3 campaign". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.

[5] Simmons, Marcus (9 June 2017). "David Beckmann makes mid-season switch to join Motopark". Autosport. Retrieved 14 June 2017.

[6] "Beckmann and Samaia to form new-look Charouz line-up for 2021". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 2021-09-10.

[7] "2021 Round 1 post-Sprint Race 1 press conference". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 2021-09-10.

[8] "2021 Round 3 post-Sprint Race 2 press conference". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 2021-09-10.

[9] "Fittipaldi replaces Beckmann at Charouz Racing System". Archived from the original on 2021-09-01.

[10] "Beckmann replaces Nannini at Campos for Round 5 at Monza". FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website. Retrieved 2021-09-10.

[11] Wood, Ida (2022-07-18). "Beckmann back in at VAR in F2 as Hughes catches COVID-19". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2022-07-30.

[12] "David Beckmann replaces Jake Hughes in FIA F2". www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. Retrieved 2022-08-23.

[13] Seiwert, Robert (10 February 2022). "Formel E: David Beckmann heuert bei Andretti an". Motorsport-Magazin.com (in German). Retrieved 2022-02-10.

[14] "Beckmann And De Silvestro In As Porsche's Test And Reserve Drivers". FIA Formula E. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.

[15] "Beckmann Steps In At Andretti For Jakarta E-Prix". The Official Home of Formula E. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.

[16] "Andre Lotterer And David Beckmann In As Test And Reserve Drivers At Porsche". The Official Home of Formula E. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

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