Danish Frederik Veste in 2024 In the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) championship. You will drive, as 4-hour races are organised.
Vesti will start for the Cool Racing team, as a teammate to Ferdinand Habsburg and Alex Garcia, in an LMP2 car, the championship's top-level machine class. However, the series is less well known than its “big brother”, the WEC World Championship, where Mick Schumacher, among others, also participates. He runs a full season with the Alpine team. Mercedes allowed him to do it, but of course if he had to replace Lewis Hamilton or George Russell, the Formula 1 team would take priority.
In addition to the last two drivers, the two of them currently in the Mercedes league can expect to start Formula 1 racing in the near future with the Silver Arrows or in the colors of another stable, even as the successor to the approaching retirement Hamilton.
Vesti actually took part in practice sessions for last year's Formula 1 Grand Prix and, as expected, Mercedes It provided him with the opportunity to drive On each of the two mandatory annual events scheduled for young people. However, he does not want to compete in the ELMS for a long time.
“My goal is to drive in Formula 1 in 2025. I’m working hard to achieve it,” the Dane said. my houseto. Williams may have the best chance of doing so, with Logan Sargent already securing a contract for next year with more difficulty than expected, while the team maintains a close relationship with Mercedes, and team boss James Vowles also came from there. We can remember that a few years ago, George Russell also spread his wings here before preparing to drive a top-class car.
The ELMS season consists of six races this year, with fields clashing at the Barcelona, Paul Ricard, Imola, Spa, Mugello and Portimão circuits. In the championship, lesser-known rivals will start, from the previous announcement, Juan Pablo Montoya with a Formula 1 background, Paul di Resta, the younger Nelson Piquet, Gianmaria Bruni, Neel Jani, or the former GP3 champion also supported by Red Bull, Alex could be mentioned. Familiarly soft. Theo Bourchier, who beat Veste in Formula 2 last year It will compete in the Japanese Super Formula series In 2024.
Feste tried everything but was unable to snatch the championship from Bourchier
