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Paul Aron (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈpɑu̯l ˈɑ.ron]; born 4 February 2004) is an Estonian racing driver who serves as a reserve driver in Formula One for Alpine. Aron most recently competed in the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship for Hitech.

Born and raised in Tallinn, Aron is the younger brother of sportscar racing driver Ralf Aron. After a successful karting career—culminating in his victory at the junior European Championship in 2018—Aron graduated to junior formulae. Debuting in Italian and ADAC F4 with Prema, he finished third in the former as the highest-placed rookie. He moved to the Formula Renault Eurocup in 2020, which then merged with Formula Regional European. He claimed third in 2021 and 2022 with Prema before progressing to FIA Formula 3, where he finished third again in his rookie season. Having debuted at Yas Island in 2023, Aron graduated to FIA Formula 2 for 2024, finishing third to Gabriel Bortoleto and Isack Hadjar following his maiden victory in Lusail with Hitech.

A member of the Mercedes Junior Team from 2019 to 2023, Aron joined Alpine as a reserve driver in 2025 and made his free practice debut in Formula One at the British Grand Prix. He made his Formula E debut with Envision at the 2024 Berlin ePrix.

Karting

Starting in Estonia at the age of eight, Aron climbed the karting ladder as he was soon racing all over Europe but mostly in Italy. Aron won the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship in 2018.

Lower formulae

Aron made his single-seater debut in the 2019 ADAC Formula 4 Championship, racing for Prema Powerteam. Aron did not wait long to take his first win, taking his first in Austria. Two rounds later, he would win again in Netherlands, both of aforementioned wins would be his only podiums. He continued to score consistently and ended seventh in the standings.

Aron's more successful campaign in 2019 came in the Italian F4 Championship, also racing for Prema. He again took his first win at the Austria, the fourth round of the season. His other win was achieved at the penultimate round in Mugello. Having scored six other podiums, Aron finished the year in third behind Red Bull junior driver Dennis Hauger and Brazilian FDA-member Gianluca Petecof. Thanks to nine rookie victories, Aron became the rookie champion.

Formula Renault Eurocup

After testing with them in the post-season test at Paul Ricard in November 2019, Aron was signed to ART Grand Prix's new Formula Renault Eurocup outfit for the 2020 season. Aron had a difficult campaign, his high point of the season being his only podium, a second place at the Nürburgring. He was outscored by his more experienced teammates Grégoire Saucy and eventual champion Victor Martins and finished eleventh in the standings.

Formula Regional European Championship

2021

In 2021, Aron moved back to Prema to partner David Vidales and Dino Beganovic in the Formula Regional European Championship. The Estonian's first podium came at the opening round at Imola, where he finished second in race 2, being beaten only by previous year's teammate Grégoire Saucy. Aron was able to finish third at the following two rounds respectively, but would then go on a podium drought that lasted until the seventh round of the season, which included a non-points scoring round at Circuit Paul Ricard. He would end that streak by finishing third during the first race at the Red Bull Ring. After a round in which he finished fourth and twelfth in Valencia, Aron claimed his first pole position of the season at the Mugello Circuit. He would then swoop by to take his first win in the series. The next day was just as superior for him, again taking pole and ending a complete sweep with a win. He concluded his season in Monza with a second place. Aron finished the year third overall with 197 points, two wins and seven total podiums behind Saucy and Hadrien David.

2022

During pre-season in 2022, Aron joined Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema for the Asian Championship. Aron did not win a race during that championship, but did manage to take a double pole during the third Dubai round. Claiming three podiums, he was classified ninth in the standings.

Aron continued with Prema for the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship. He got off to a great start, winning pole and the second race during the Monza opening round. After a third place in Imola, he had a terrible weekend in Monaco as a crash in qualifying hampered a chance of points. He would bounce back with a win at Paul Ricard, before completing a complete sweep in the next round at Zandvoort. However, Aron would go podium-less throughout the next three rounds, despite taking two pole positions at Spa-Francorchamps and the Red Bull Ring. A win followed in Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya which was followed by another podium in the second race. The final round in Mugello witnessed Aron notch up yet another victory in the first race, but his title challenge ended as teammate Dino Beganovic was crowned champion. However, a poor second race meant that he failed to score, and race winner Gabriele Minì pipped Aron to second in the standings by four points. This meant Aron again finished third in the standings but he scored more points that the year before (238), had the most wins of anyone that season, (6), and the most poles (7).

FIA Formula 3 Championship

In November 2021, Aron partook in the post-season test with Prema Racing on Day 2 and Day 3.

At the end of September 2022, Aron again took part in the FIA Formula 3 post-season test with Prema, contesting on all three days. During the following month, the team confirmed that Aron had signed up to compete in the 2023 F3 season, partnering FREC rival Dino Beganovic and GB3 champion Zak O'Sullivan.

Aron had a solid debut in Bahrain, finishing fifth in his first outing, but in the feature race, ended outside the points after a penalty for forcing teammate O'Sullivan wide. Aron qualified in sixth and finished in fourth for the sprint race. However, race winner Franco Colapinto was disqualified, promoting Aron to his first podium. He finished sixth in the feature race. He qualified third in Monaco. He then held off Gabriele Minì to take the final points-paying position in the sprint race. He capped the weekend by maintaining his third place in the feature race. He continued his consistent qualifying form in Barcelona, securing fifth. He would finish both races in the same position.

In Austria, Aron produced a lap that took him to pole, but due to exceeding track limits, was demoted to fourth. In the sprint race, he would redeem himself, jumping all the way to second from eighth by lap 8. A safety car helped to close the gap to race leader Pepe Martí, and Aron overhauled him for his first and only win of the season. The feature race provided contrasting fortunes, as he would clip his front wing in a battle for the lead with Grégoire Saucy and Aron had to pit for repairs. At Silverstone, Aron scored good points with fourth in the feature race. In Budapest, Aron persisted his qualifying form, doing so in sixth, despite labelling it as "difficult". Despite that, he would finish both races in fourth and fifth, again continuing his consistent form.

Aron had his worst qualifying session in Spa-Francorchamps in 11th. After a slow start from second in the sprint race which dropped him to fourth, he later overcame Hugh Barter for third, which was where he would finish. In the feature race, Aron was one of the minority who started on wet tyres. It proved to be the right gamble, hitting the front at the end of the first sector on the first lap. After Oliver Goethe crashed, Aron opted to pit under the safety car on a drying track for dry tyres. This resulted him in throwing away a potential victory, as the track had not dried enough yet. He eventually was left to rue his choice, finishing in eighth place. Aron qualified third for the Monza season finale. His failure to secure pole position handed Gabriel Bortoleto, the F3 title as…