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Trident has announced that Laurens van Hoepen will remain part of its Formula 2 line-up for the last two rounds of the season.
The 20-year-old Dutchman made his championship debut with the team last time out in Baku, as Trident parted ways with its regular drivers and brought in Martinius Stenshorne and van Hoepen as replacements.
After being 20th fastest in qualifying, van Hoepen finished both races in 17th. His next F2 outing will be at Losail, on November 28-30, then the season finale at Yas Marina Circuit is on December 5-7.
“I can’t wait to get back on track, where consistency will be the key for me. My goal will be to be steadily fast,” said van Hoepen.
Before debuting in F2 he drove for ART Grand Prix in the FIA Formula 3 Championship, coming 12th in the standings with two sprint race podiums. That was two points and one place higher than in 2024, when he made the podium three times.
Trident’s team manager Giacomo Ricci said van Hoepen had a “positive debut in Baku” and that retaining him in its line-up is an “important and natural continuation” in which the team will have “the aim of helping him grow in the category and being consistently competitive”.
It is yet to be confirmed who will be van Hoepen’s team-mate. Stenshorne started off impresively on his debut by qualifying eighth, but only got 11 laps of racing action as he suffered two retirements.
In the preceding 11 rounds, Sami Meguetounif had scored two points and Max Esterson went points-free before the pair parted ways with Trident.