Yevan David
| Yevan David | |
|---|---|
 David at the Hungaroring in 2025 | |
| Nationality |  Sri Lankan |
| Born | 11 July 2007 Romford, United Kingdom |
| Euroformula Open Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2024 |
| Current team | Team Motopark |
| Car number | 21 |
| Starts | 18 |
| Wins | 4 |
| Podiums | 9 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| Best finish | NC in 2024 |
| Previous series | |
| 2024 2024 2024 | Eurocup-3 Spanish F4 F4 UAE |
Yevan David (born 11 July 2007) is a Sri Lankan racing driver who currently competes in the Euroformula Open with Team Motopark. He previously competed in the 2024 F4 Spanish Championship for Saintéloc Racing.
David is set to race in FIA Formula 3 in 2026 with AIX Racing.
Early life
[edit]David was born on 11 July 2007 in Romford, UK to Sri Lankan parents Yohan David and Roshika Ranasinghe.[1][2][3] The family moved to Singapore when David was four years old.[4] David grew up in Singapore where he was educated at a local primary school before joining Chatsworth International School in Year 4.[5][6]
David's grandfathers Paramesh David and Nirmal Ranasinghe were both involved in motor racing in Sri Lanka.[7][8] David's first foray into motor racing was in 2014 when he went go karting with his father at the Sri Lanka Karting Circuit in Bandaragama.[2][7][9] He was given a go kart and began racing in Singapore in 2015 at the age of 7.[2][9] He also raced in Malaysia and Macau and in 2017, at the age of 10, he became the IAME Asia Series X30 champion in the cadet category.[10][11] In January 2018 he won the X30 Asia Cup in Bandaragama in the cadet category.[11][12]
Career
[edit]Formula 4
[edit]David made his single-seater debut in the 2024 Formula 4 UAE Championship with Saintéloc Racing, he scored no points and placed 26th in the standings, with a best finish of 13th place.[13]
His main campaign lied in the F4 Spanish Championship with Saintéloc.[14] Competing in all rounds bar the season finale in Barcelona, David took two seventh place finishes throughout the season and ended his campaign 19th overall.
In October, David participated in the FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup.[15] He took pole position in qualifying,[16] but dropped to third in the qualification race after a battle with Peru's Andrés Cárdenas.[17] He would finish third on the road again in the main race but a series of time penalties for track limits demoted him to 11th place.[18]
Eurocup-3
[edit]David competed in a one-off round during the 2024 Eurocup-3 season with Saintéloc Racing to replace an injured Finley Green; he finished the races tenth and seventh.[19]
Euroformula Open
[edit]2024
[edit]David competed in the final round of the 2024 Euroformula Open Championship with Team Motopark as a guest driver.[20] He had an outstanding debut, taking his first single-seater victories in race 1 and race 3, whilst earning a third-place finish in race 2.[21]
2025
[edit]David continued in the Euroformula Open full-time in 2025, remaining with Team Motopark.[22]
GB3
[edit]In August 2025, David made his GB3 debut in Silverstone with Xcel Motorsport.[23]
FIA Formula 3
[edit]In 2026, David will progress to Formula 3 with AIX Racing, becoming the first Sri Lankan to race in the FIA Formula 3 Championship.[24]
Karting record
[edit]Karting career summary
[edit]| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | IAME International Final - X30 Mini | 16th | |
| 2018 | Australian Karting Championship - Cadet 12 | 48th | |
| ROK Cup Asia - Mini ROK | BMS-G51 | 4th | |
| 2019 | Australian Karting Championship - KA2 | 47th | |
| Australian Karting Championship - Cadet 12 | 11th | ||
| IAME Asia Final - Junior | Stratos G51 | 10th | |
| Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals - Junior | Stratos Motorsport | 45th | |
| 2020 | IAME Winter Cup - X30 Junior | Strawberry Racing | 17th |
| IAME Asia Cup - Junior | Stratos Motorsport | 4th | |
| 2021 | WSK Super Master Series - OKJ | Forza Racing | 39th |
| WSK Euro Series - OKJ | 23rd | ||
| WSK Open Cup - OKJ | 39th | ||
| CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy | 6th | ||
| Champions of the Future - OK Junior | 20th | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship - OKJ | 17th | ||
| 2022 | Rotax Max Challenge Asia Festival - Senior Max | Stratos | 9th |
| Champions of the Future - Winter Series - OK | Birel ART | 24th | |
| FIA Motorsport Games Karting Sprint Cup Junior | Sri Lanka | 2nd | |
| 27° South Garda Winter Cup - KZ2 | 27th | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship - OK | Birel ART Racing | 44th | |
| 2023 | WSK Champions Cup - KZ2 | CPB Sport | 8th |
| WSK Super Master Series - KZ2 | 21st | ||
| FIA Karting World Cup - KZ2 | 19th | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship - KZ2 | 20th | ||
| WSK Open Cup - KZ2 | 39th |
Complete Macao International Kart Grand Prix results
[edit]| Year | Series | Team | Class | Pre-Final | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Asian Karting Open Championship | Kartmaster Drakkar | Mini ROK | ? | ? |
| 2019 | Asian Karting Open Championship | Stratos Motorsport | Formula 125 Junior Open | 3rd | 5th |
| Sources:[25][26][27] | |||||
Racing record
[edit]Racing career summary
[edit]| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Formula 4 UAE Championship | Saintéloc Racing | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th |
| F4 Spanish Championship | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19th | ||
| Eurocup-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19th | ||
| Euroformula Open Championship | Team Motopark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | NC† | |
| FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup | Team Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 11th | |
| 2025 | Euroformula Open Championship | Team Motopark | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 213 | 2nd* |
| GB3 Championship | Xcel Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 27th* |
* Season still in progress.
† As David was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results
[edit](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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Saintéloc Racing | YMC1 1 14 |
YMC1 2 19 |
YMC1 3 11 |
YMC2 1 22 |
YMC2 2 18 |
YMC2 3 16 |
DUB1 1 16 |
DUB1 2 16 |
DUB1 3 13 |
YMC3 1 16 |
YMC3 2 27† |
YMC3 3 13 |
DUB2 1 19 |
DUB2 2 15 |
DUB2 3 14 |
26th | 0 |
Complete F4 Spanish Championship results
[edit](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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Saintéloc Racing | JAR 1 15 |
JAR 2 15 |
JAR 3 7 |
POR 1 13 |
POR 2 Ret |
POR 3 31 |
LEC 1 28 |
LEC 2 Ret |
LEC 3 13 |
ARA 1 23 |
ARA 2 21 |
ARA 3 7 |
CRT 1 18 |
CRT 2 18 |
CRT 3 21 |
JER 1 15 |
JER 2 31 |
JER 3 21 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
CAT 3 |
19th | 12 |
Complete Eurocup-3 results
[edit](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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Saintéloc Racing | SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
POR 1 |
POR 2 |
POR 3 |
LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
ZAN 1 10 |
ZAN 2 7 |
ARA 1 |
ARA 2 |
JER 1 |
JER 2 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
19th | 7 |
Complete Euroformula Open Championship results
[edit](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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Team Motopark | PRT 1 |
PRT 2 |
PRT 3 |
HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
HOC 3 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
SPA 3 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
HUN 3 |
LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
LEC 3 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
RBR 3 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
CAT 3 |
MNZ 1 1 |
MNZ 2 3 |
MNZ 3 1 |
NC† | 0 |
| 2025 | Team Motopark | PRT 1 3 |
PRT 2 1 |
PRT 3 1 |
SPA 1 1 |
SPA 2 4 |
SPA 3 2 |
HOC 1 10 |
HOC 2 3 |
HOC 3 1 |
HUN 1 8 |
HUN 2 3 |
HUN 3 4 |
LEC 1 2 |
LEC 2 12 |
LEC 3 10 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
RBR 3 |
CAT 1 |
CAT 2 |
CAT 3 |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
MNZ 3 |
2nd* | 213* |
† As David was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
* Season still in progress.
Complete FIA Motorsport Games results
[edit]| Year | Entrant | Competition | Qualifying | Quali race | Main race |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Team Sri Lanka
|
Formula 4 Cup | 1st | 3rd | 11th |
Complete GB3 Championship results
[edit](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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Xcel Motorsport | SIL1 1 |
SIL1 2 |
SIL1 3 |
ZAN 1 |
ZAN 2 |
ZAN 3 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
SPA 3 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
HUN 3 |
SIL2 1 17 |
SIL2 2 10 |
SIL2 3 19 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
DON 3 |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
MNZ 3 |
27th* | 15* |
* Season still in progress.
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