f(3)/TEAMS/VAF

F3 DEBUT

VAF · FRANCO COLAPINTO · F3 2022

Colapinto at VAF

2022 · FRANCO COLAPINTO · → WILLIAMS F1 2024 · ARGENTINA

F3 LEGEND

VAF · MAX VERSTAPPEN · GERMAN F3 2014

Verstappen at VAF

2014 · GERMAN FORMULA 3 · HOCKENHEIM · 4× WDC ORIGIN STORY

FORMULA 3 · ACTIVE SINCE 2022

Van Amersfoort Racing

VAF

NETHERLANDS · FOUNDED 1975

Van Amersfoort Racing entered the FIA F3 Championship in 2022 with fifty years of motorsport heritage behind them. Their alumni from the German F3 era — Max Verstappen (2014) and Charles Leclerc (2015–16) — represent the gold standard of what junior F3 can produce. In the FIA F3 era, VAF fields young talent from across Europe and South America, with Franco Colapinto — who went on to race in F1 — among their most notable FIA F3 graduates.

“The driver can't do it alone without the team, and the team can't do it without the driver.”

— FRITS VAN AMERSFOORT, VAN AMERSFOORT RACING FOUNDER — PIT DEBRIEF (50 YEARS IN RACING)

CONSTRUCTORS

MOST IN HISTORY

DRIVERS' TITLES

4 WORLD CHAMPIONS

RACE WINS

ALL-TIME 1ST

PODIUMS

ALL-TIME 1ST

SEASONS

2022–PRESENT

○ STATIC FIGURES · API UNAVAILABLE

ENGINEERING ERAS

2 CHAPTERS · 1998–PRESENT

The story told through engineering leadership and the chapters they defined.

ERA 01 · GOLDEN

German F3 Legend

1998–2018

VERSTAPPEN · LECLERC · MAWSON

4× GER F3

ERA 02 · CURRENT

FIA F3 Era

2022–present

COLAPINTO · VILLAGÓMEZ · BROWNING

BUILDING

ENGINEERING SIGNATURE

MODERN ERA · 2014–PRESENT

The character of the cars built. Aggregated across chassis performance patterns in the hybrid era.

THE CAR CHARACTER

High-downforce, qualifying-oriented cars. Strong one-lap pace, historically weaker race stint management. Mechanical grip advantage in wet conditions.

Development heritageEXCEPTIONAL

VERSTAPPEN & LECLERC · FIFTY YEAR LEGACY

FIA F3 competitive paceMODERATE

BUILDING F3 IDENTITY SINCE 2022

Dutch driver pipelineSTRONG

NATIONAL TALENT DEVELOPMENT FOCUS

F1 graduate productionEXCEPTIONAL

10 F1 DRIVERS INCLUDING MV1 & CL16

LongevityEXCEPTIONAL

FOUNDED 1975 · 50 YEARS IN MOTORSPORT

Championship threatLOW

ASCENDING THE FIA F3 LADDER SINCE 2022

DRIVER ALUMNI

VERSTAPPEN · LECLERC · COLAPINTO

Van Amersfoort Racing's FIA F3 programme continues their fifty-year legacy — Franco Colapinto (F1 2024) is their most recent graduate from the orange Dutch machinery.

CURRENT · F1

CURRENT · F2 / F3

Rafael VillagómezMexican junior · FIA F3 2022–23 with VAF

NOTABLE ALUMNI

Max VerstappenGerman F3 2014 · VAF · → Toro Rosso/Red Bull F1 · 4× WDC

Charles LeclercF3 European 2015–16 · VAF · → Sauber/Ferrari F1

Franco ColapintoFIA F3 2022 · VAF · → Williams F1 2024 · Argentine hero

Mick SchumacherF3 European with VAF · → Haas F1 2021–22

ICONIC CARS

THE CHASSIS ARCHIVE

2 chassis that defined an era.

VAF Dallara F312 · PEAK

2014

Verstappen's German F3 car

MAX VERSTAPPEN · GERMAN FORMULA 3 2014 · VAF · HOCKENHEIM

VAF Dallara F3 2022

2022

Colapinto's FIA F3 car

FIA F3 2022 · FRANCO COLAPINTO · VAF DEBUT SEASON

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