David Alexander Beckmann (born 27 April 2000) is a

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racing driver currently racing in the

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with

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Career

Karting

Beckmann began karting in 2008, collecting major karting wins in 2009, 2012 and 2014. He remained in karting until 2014.

Formula 4

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, Beckmann graduated to single seaters in

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and Italian F4, racing with

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. He ended the seasons fourth in Italian F4 and fifth in ADAC Formula 4, as well as taking the rookie championship in the latter.

FIA European Formula 3 Championship

In December 2015, it was announced Beckmann would graduate to European Formula 3 for

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, whilst continuing his collaboration with Mücke. On account of his age, Beckmann was forced to miss the first two rounds of the season, making his debut at the third round at Pau. Nonetheless, Beckmann claimed a fastest lap and two podiums to finish seventh in the Rookie Championship and fifteenth overall. For 2017, Beckmann continued to race in European Formula 3, but switched to

. After three rounds where he failed to score a point with the outfit, Beckmann made a mid-season change to Motopark where he fared better, amassing 45 points and ending up 16th in his second year in the category.

GP3 Series

For 2018 Beckmann partnered

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and

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in the final year of the

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. Having scored 12 points after the fourth round of the championship, Beckmann switched over to

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. His results improved drastically, and the German achieved three race wins as well as another podium, which led him to fifth in the standings.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2019

In 2019, Beckmann competed for the French team

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in the newly formed

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2020

In 2020, he returned to

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, this time with

, and finished sixth overall after two wins and four further podium finishes.

FIA Formula 2 Championship

2021

In 2021, Beckmann moved up to the

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with the Czech team

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, where was joined by

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. Throughout the first half of the season Beckmann showed impressive performances, such as a third-place finish in his debut race at

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and second place in race 2 in

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, which, along with two further points finishes, propelled him to 13th in the standings after four rounds. At the start of September however it was announced

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would replace Beckmann from the next round at

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, due to the German having to shift his focus to the family business for financial issues. But just a few days before the start of that weekend Beckmann signed up to race for Campos in place of

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. He competed for the Spanish team in the next two rounds, scoring a best finish of fifth at

, although Beckmann would ultimately be unable to finish his season, being replaced by

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. The German ended the campaign 15th in the standings.

2022

In 2022, Beckmann originally made four cameo appearances, but had later been announced as a permanent driver. The first of which he drove for Charouz's No. 23 car at

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in place of

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, finishing 8th in the feature race. He then drove for

's No. 25 car at

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in place of

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. He would then compete again for the same team, but in the No. 24, at Le Castellet and

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in place of

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. However, Van Amersfoort Racing decided to replace Hughes with Beckmann for the rest of the season, starting at

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, thus his cameo deputization driver role would become a permanent driver role until the final round at Abu Dhabi, where he would be replaced by Formula 3 standout star

Formula E

In February 2022, on the week of the

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, Beckmann was announced to be the test and reserve driver of the Avalanche Andretti Formula E team. For the 2022-23 season, Beckmann continued his duties with Andretti, whilst also joining

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as a reserve driver.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

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Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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