Louisa Austen

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Louisa Austen
Louisa Austen
Nationality 23px-Flag of the United States.svg-1-.png American
Born (2004-03-03) 3 March 2004 (age 20)
Lafayette, Louisiana, United States
VERS Series career
Debut season 2023
Current team Formation Competition
Car no. 8
Starts 0
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums 0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
Previous series
N/A None
Championship titles
N/A None

Louisa Austen (born 3 March 2004) is an American virtual racing driver from Lafayette, Louisiana. She currently races in the Virtual European Racing Series for Formation Competition, where she made her debut at the start of 2023.

Personal life

Louisa was raised in Louisiana but her parents - Mark and Florence - were from Memphis, Tennessee and Manhattan, Kansas, respectively.

Austen began karting at the age of 7 years old, and was the first female to win the American Premier Karting Championship in her category in 2021. She is currently in a relationship fellow racing driver, Daniël Dirkx, and is good friends with former VERS Formation Competition teammate, Sergio Meléndez.

Her older brother Tanner, is a Virtual Rallycross driver.

Early career (2023-present)

Virtual European Racing Series (2023-present)

2023

Louisa's first season in single seaters was very successful. With Formation Competition as her team, she managed to score points in every race except the first race in Italy where she retired. In her second race, she managed to score a 2nd place. Overall she ended the 2023 season with 7 podium finishes, 2 wins and a total of a 175 points.

Later that season SRT got her into their Talent Factory to support her career.

"I'm quite happy to get a good start into my single seater rookie season. To finish with the Rookie title and a 4th place overall is quite good, isnt it? I'm happy to continue that form next season!"

2024

Racing record

Career Summary

Season Series Team Name Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2023 VERS Formation Competition 0 0 0 0 0 0* N/A*

* Season in progress.

Complete VERS results

(results in bold indicate pole position; results 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
2023 Formation Competition FRA
1
4
FRA
2
2
FRA
3
6
GBR
1
5
GBR
2
3
GBR
3
9
ESP
1
5
ESP
2

1
ESP
3
9
NED
1
12
NED
2
10
NED
3
1
ITA
1

Ret
ITA
2
3
ITA
3
3
DEU
1
8
DEU
2

2
DEU
3
9
4th* 175*

* Season in progress.