Kaylen Frederick
Kaylen Frederick (born 4 June 2002) is an American-German[1] race car driver who is currently racing in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship for ART Grand Prix.[2] He was the last champion of the British Formula 3 Championship in 2020.[3]
Kaylen Frederick | |
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![]() Frederick driving for Hitech Grand Prix during the 2022 Spielberg Formula 3 round. | |
Nationality | ![]() ![]() via dual nationality |
Born | Potomac, Maryland, United States | 4 June 2002
FIA Formula 3 Championship career | |
Debut season | 2021 |
Current team | ART Grand Prix |
Racing licence | ![]() |
Car number | 7 |
Former teams | Hitech Grand Prix, Carlin Buzz Racing |
Starts | 35 (37 entries) |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 17th in 2022 |
Previous series | |
2019–20 2018 2016–18 | BRDC Formula 3 Championship Euroformula Open Championship U.S. F2000 National Championship |
Championship titles | |
2020 | BRDC British Formula 3 Championship |
Career
Karting career
Frederick began his racing career in karting at the age of seven, where he remained active until 2015.
Lower formulae
In 2016 Frederick switched to formula racing at the age of fourteen, where he competed in the F1600 Championship Series with Team Pelfrey. Due to his age he had to miss the first six races, but was nevertheless successful with a win at the Pittsburgh International Race Complex and three second place finishes. With 474 points, he finished seventh in the championship. Later in the year the American made his U.S. F2000 debut for Pelfrey on the final race weekend at Laguna Seca, where he finished thirteenth in both races. He also drove for Pelfrey in the season finale of the F2000 Championship at Virginia International Raceway. He immediately took pole position, but finished seventh in the first race, while failing to finish the second race.
The following year Frederick competed full-time in U.S. F2000 with Pelfrey. He scored five podium finishes at Barber Motorsport Park (twice), Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Toronto Street Circuit and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. With 240 points he finished fourth in the standings behind Oliver Askew, Rinus VeeKay and Parker Thompson. He also drove an F2000 Championship Series weekend at Mid-Ohio, where he earned pole position and a podium finish.
In 2018, Frederick took another shot at U.S. F2000 with Pabst Racing Services.[4] He achieved four podium finishes at Lucas Oil Raceway, Road America and Toronto to finish sixth in the final standings with 173 points, and also drove in the first race weekend of the Formula 4 United States Championship in Virginia with the K-Hill Motorsports team, but managed only a retirement, 23rd and 12th in the races. At the end of the season, the American drove for the first time in Europe for two Euroformula Open race weekends with RP Motorsport.[5] He achieved two top ten finishes in four races, with a fifth place at the Monza as his best result. With 21 points Frederick finished fourteenth in the final standings.
2019
In 2019 Frederick drove full-time in Europe and competed in British Formula 3 with Carlin.[6] He achieved his first class win on his first weekend at Oulton Park and added a second victory at Spa-Francorchamps.[7][8] He was also on the podium at Snetterton and Silverstone, which helped him to ninth in the final standings.
2020
The American remained in BRDC F3 for 2020.[9] He achieved nine victories: two at Oulton Park, four at Donington Park, one at Snetterton and two at Silverstone. In the rest of the season, he took three more podiums and was crowned champion, having outscored his nearest rival Kush Maini by 51 points.[10][11]
2021

In 2021 Frederick progressed to the FIA Formula 3 Championship.[12] Remaining with Carlin, he was partnered by Ido Cohen and Red Bull Junior Jonny Edgar. He missed 2 rounds due to an injury and testing positive for COVID, scoring only 2 points, besting out Cohen, who scored 0 points, but got outlasted by Edgar, who scored 23 points.
2022
He drove for Hitech Grand Prix in the post-season test and joined the team in 2022.[13] He would finish in the top-10 for seven races, ending up 17th in the final standings.
In late September, Frederick partook in the post-season test with ART Grand Prix, driving on Day 1 and Day 2 for the French outfit.[14][15]
2023
Frederick moved to ART Grand Prix for his third Formula 3 season in 2023.[16]
Karting record
Karting career summary
Season | Series | Position |
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2013 | Florida Winter Tour — Rotax Micro Max | 38th |
Florida Winter Tour — Cadet | 41st | |
2014 | SKUSA Pro Tour — Cadet | 8th |
Florida Winter Tour — Rotax Micro Max | 17th | |
Florida Winter Tour — Cadet | 5th |
Racing record
Racing career summary
* Season still in progress.
U.S. F2000 Championship
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Rank | Points |
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2016 | Team Pelfrey | STP | STP | BAR | BAR | IMS | IMS | LOR | ROA | ROA | TOR | TOR | MDO | MDO | MDO | LAG 13 |
LAG 13 |
24th | 16 |
2017 | Team Pelfrey | STP 4 |
STP 5 |
BAR 2 |
BAR 2 |
IMS DSQ |
IMS 3 |
ROA 6 |
ROA 4 |
IOW 6 |
TOR 17 |
TOR 3 |
MDO 7 |
MDO 3 |
WGL 4 |
4th | 240 | ||
2018 | Pabst Racing Services | STP 11 |
STP 9 |
IMS 22 |
IMS 21 |
LOR 2 |
ROA 2 |
ROA 2 |
TOR 3 |
TOR 8 |
MDO 24 |
MDO 23 |
MDO 19 |
POR 7 |
POR 15 |
6th | 173 |
Complete BRDC British Formula 3 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 | Pos | Points |
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2019 | Carlin | OUL 1 13 |
OUL 2 1 |
OUL 3 12 |
SNE 1 7 |
SNE 2 46 |
SNE 3 3 |
SIL1 1 4 |
SIL1 2 123 |
SIL1 3 3 |
DON1 1 10 |
DON1 2 Ret |
DON1 3 Ret |
SPA 1 1 |
SPA 2 Ret |
SPA 3 16 |
BRH 1 5 |
BRH 2 Ret |
BRH 3 5 |
SIL2 1 6 |
SIL2 2 13 |
SIL2 3 10 |
DON2 1 8 |
DON2 2 8 |
DON2 3 7 |
9th | 305 |
2020 | Carlin | OUL 1 8 |
OUL 2 142 |
OUL 3 1 |
OUL 4 1 |
DON1 1 8 |
DON1 2 29 |
DON1 3 1 |
BRH 1 NC |
BRH 2 123 |
BRH 3 Ret |
BRH 4 11 |
DON2 1 1 |
DON2 2 124 |
DON2 3 4 |
SNE 1 1 |
SNE 2 121 |
SNE 3 2 |
SNE 4 2 |
DON3 1 1 |
DON3 2 71 |
DON3 3 1 |
SIL 1 1 |
SIL 2 125 |
SIL 3 1 |
1st | 499 |
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 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
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2021 | Carlin Buzz Racing | CAT 1 22 |
CAT 2 17 |
CAT 3 30 |
LEC 1 20 |
LEC 2 22 |
LEC 3 17 |
RBR 1 9 |
RBR 2 Ret |
RBR 3 DNS |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
HUN 3 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
SPA 3 |
ZAN 1 20 |
ZAN 2 11 |
ZAN 3 21 |
SOC 1 23 |
SOC 2 C |
SOC 3 13 |
22nd | 2 |
2022 | Hitech Grand Prix | BHR SPR 8 |
BHR FEA 10 |
IMO SPR 16 |
IMO FEA 7 |
CAT SPR 7 |
CAT FEA 9 |
SIL SPR 5 |
SIL FEA 12 |
RBR SPR 6 |
RBR FEA 23 |
HUN SPR 19 |
HUN FEA 20 |
SPA SPR Ret |
SPA FEA 16 |
ZAN SPR 15 |
ZAN FEA 13 |
MNZ SPR Ret |
MNZ FEA 25 |
17th | 27 | |||
2023 | ART Grand Prix | BHR SPR 28 |
BHR FEA 7 |
MEL SPR 10 |
MEL FEA Ret |
IMO SPR |
IMO FEA |
MON SPR |
MON FEA |
CAT SPR |
CAT FEA |
RBR SPR |
RBR FEA |
SIL SPR |
SIL FEA |
HUN SPR |
HUN FEA |
SPA SPR |
SPA FEA |
MNZ SPR |
MNZ FEA |
14th* | 7* |
References
- "In profile: Kaylen Frederick". FIA Formula 3. 2021-05-28. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
- "Frederick moves to ART Grand Prix for 2023". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- "Thoughts of a champion: Kaylen Frederick". 2021-02-03. Archived from the original on 2021-04-10. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
- Wood, Ida (2018-01-30). "Kaylen Frederick switches to Pabst Racing for 2018 USF2000 season". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
- Wood, Ida (2018-09-18). "Italian F4 leader Leonardo Lorandi to make Euroformula Open debut at Monza". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
- Wood, Ida (2019-02-21). "Kaylen Frederick picks British F3 over EF Open for 2019". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
- Lumb, Tim (2019-04-22). "Kaylen Frederick converts pole into win in British F3 race two". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
- Waring, Bethonie (2019-07-20). "Kaylen Frederick takes his first British F3 win at Spa". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
- Wood, Ida (2020-02-28). "Kaylen Frederick sticks with Carlin in BRDC British F3". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
- Woollard, Craig (2020-11-08). "Frederick wins BRDC British F3 finale to become champion". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
- "Frederick 'put in the work' needed 'to catch up' in British F3 title battle". Formula Scout. 2020-12-13. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
- Wood, Ida (2021-03-31). "British F3 champion Kaylen Frederick moves up to FIA F3 with Carlin". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
- Wood, Ida (4 February 2022). "Kaylen Frederick moves to Hitech GP in FIA F3". Formula Scout. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- "Formula 3 returns to action with post-season testing in Jerez". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- "Jerez post-season testing Day 2 entry list". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- "Frederick moves to ART Grand Prix for 2023". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
External links
- Official website
- Kaylen Frederick career summary at DriverDB.com