Introduction
Jonas Ried (born 18 December 2004) is a German racing driver currently competing in the European Le Mans Series for Proton Competition.
He is the son of FIA World Endurance Championship driver and Proton Competition team owner Christian Ried.
Early career
Karting
Having finished second in the Bavarian-based Kart Trophy Weiß-Blau in 2014, Ried began karting at a national level the following year, taking part in the ADAC Kart Masters in the Bambini class. Parallel to that, he would also compete in the South German ADAC Kart Cup, finishing third in 2016, while also becoming runner-up in the ADAC Kart Bundesendlauf during his first year of OK Junior karting in 2017. Ried would remain in karting until 2020, where he made a first foray into gearbox karts.
Lower formulae
2021
Ried progressed into single-seaters in 2021, racing for BWT Mücke Motorsport in the Formula 4 UAE Championship at the start of the year. There he would take his first podiums in car racing, one at Yas Island and Dubai respectively, and finished ninth in the standings.
That season, the German would compete full-time in the Italian F4 Championship with the same team, partnering Joshua Dürksen and Erick Zúñiga. His best finish came during Race 1 in Misano, where he also took the fastest lap, and another points finish the race before at Le Castellet meant that Ried ended up 23rd overall.
2022
Having begun the 2022 season by racing in the F4 UAE Championship during the winter, Ried teamed up with Taylor Barnard and Niktia Bedrin for a season in Italian and ADAC F4 with new team PHM Racing. Ried would experience a challenging campaign in the former, managing to score points on just one occasion in Monza, whereas the season in Germany proved to bear more fruit, with Ried taking points in all but four races, which meant he took ninth in the drivers' standings.
Sportscar career
In 2023, Ried would make a switch to endurance racing, first driving for Rinaldi Racing in the LMP3 class of the Asian Le Mans Series, before joining his father's team, Proton Competition, for a season in the European Le Mans Series as part of the LMP2 category. The campaign in Asia started off promisingly, as Ried, Matthias Lüthen and Lorcan Hanafin finished Race 1 at Dubai in fourth place, however three subsequent, successive retirements caused by reliability issues and a collision in the final race meant that the trio ended up twelfth in the drivers' standings.
At the start of June 2023 it was announced that Ried would partner Harry Tincknell and Donald Yount at Proton in the LMGTE Am category in the cetenary edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Ried would crash out of the race during the early stages of Sunday morning, losing control of his Porsche 911 RSR-19 under braking on the approach to Indianapolis.
Karting record
Karting career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Kart Trophy Weiß-Blau – Raket RT | 2nd | |
| 2015 | Süddeutscher ADAC Kart Cup – Bambini | AMC Ehingen | NC† |
| ADAC Kart Masters – Bambini | Solgat Motorsport | 29th | |
| 2016 | Süddeutscher ADAC Kart Cup – Bambini | AMC Ehingen | 3rd |
| ADAC Kart Masters – Bambini | Solgat Motorsport | 8th | |
| 2017 | Süddeutscher ADAC Kart Cup – OKJ | Solgat Motorsport | NC† |
| ADAC Kart Bundesendlauf – OKJ | 2nd | ||
| ADAC Kart Masters – OKJ | 23rd | ||
| 2018 | Süddeutscher ADAC Kart Cup – OKJ | Solgat Motorsport | NC† |
| ADAC Kart Masters – OKJ | 5th | ||
| WSK Champions Cup — OKJ | 75th | ||
| WSK Super Master Series — OKJ | NC† | ||
| Trofeo Andrea Margutti – OKJ | 7th | ||
| Deutsche Kart Meisterschaft — OKJ | 28th | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ | NC† | ||
| WSK Final Cup — OKJ | NC† | ||
| 2019 | WSK Super Master Series — OK | Solgat Motorsport | NC† |
| Trofeo Andrea Margutti – OK | 9th | ||
| WSK Euro Series — OK | NC† | ||
| Deutsche Kart Meisterschaft — OK | 23rd | ||
| 2020 | ADAC Kart Masters – KZ2 | Solgat Motorsport | 12th |
| DMSB-Schalt-Kart-Cup – KZ2 | ? | ||
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As Ried was a guest driver, he was ineligible to be classified in the standings.
Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Solgat Motorsport | OKJ | SAR QH |
SAR R |
PFI QH |
PFI R |
AMP QH 46 |
AMP R DNQ |
ESS QH |
ESS R |
NC† | 0 |
As Ried was a guest driver, he was ineligible to be classified in the standings.
Racing record
Racing career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Formula 4 UAE Championship | BWT Mücke Motorsport | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 9th |
| Italian F4 Championship | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 25th | ||
| 2022 | Formula 4 UAE Championship | PHM Racing | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23rd |
| Italian F4 Championship | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25th | ||
| ADAC Formula 4 Championship | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 9th | ||
| F4 Spanish Championship | Monlau Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
| 2023 | Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3 | Rinaldi Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12th |
| European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-Am | Proton Competition | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 11th | |
| FIA World Endurance Championship - GTE Am | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
| 2023-24 | Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 | ARC Bratislava | |||||||
| 2024 | European Le Mans Series - LMP2 | Iron Lynx - Proton |
Season still in progress.
Complete F4 UAE Championship results
(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 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | BWT Mücke Motorsport | DUB11 9 |
DUB12 9 |
DUB13 12 |
DUB14 8 |
YMC11 Ret |
YMC12 10 |
YMC13 9 |
YMC14 10 |
DUB21 10 |
DUB22 10 |
DUB23 8 |
DUB24 9 |
YMC21 8 |
YMC22 8 |
YMC23 7 |
YMC24 3 |
DUB31 Ret |
DUB32 8 |
DUB33 7 |
DUB34 2 |
9th | 77 |
| 2022 | PHM Racing | YMC11 16 |
YMC12 13 |
YMC13 16 |
YMC14 19 |
DUB11 15 |
DUB12 14 |
DUB13 26 |
DUB14 11 |
DUB21 26 |
DUB22 17 |
DUB23 20 |
DUB24 19 |
DUB31 18 |
DUB32 13 |
DUB33 22 |
DUB34 19 |
YMC21 9 |
YMC22 24† |
YMC23 9 |
YMC24 18 |
23rd | 4 |
Complete Italian F4 Championship results
(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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | BWT Mücke Motorsport | LEC1 18 |
LEC2 26 |
LEC3 10 |
MIS1 4 |
MIS2 16 |
MIS3 24 |
VLL1 22 |
VLL2 24 |
VLL3 23 |
IMO1 19 |
IMO2 Ret |
IMO3 23 |
RBR1 26 |
RBR2 Ret |
RBR3 Ret |
MUG1 22 |
MUG2 27 |
MUG3 20 |
MNZ1 Ret |
MNZ2 23 |
MNZ3 16 |
25th | 13 | |
| 2022 | PHM Racing | IMO1 14 |
IMO2 14 |
IMO3 16 |
MIS1 Ret |
MIS2 32 |
MIS3 Ret |
SPA1 14 |
SPA2 Ret |
SPA3 33 |
VLL1 Ret |
VLL2 18 |
VLL3 12 |
RBR1 11 |
RBR2 21 |
RBR3 | RBR4 Ret |
MNZ1 10 |
MNZ2 37† |
MNZ3 C |
MUG1 Ret |
MUG2 20 |
MUG3 21 |
25th | 1 |
Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results
(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 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | PHM Racing | SPA1 9 |
SPA2 7 |
SPA3 Ret |
HOC1 6 |
HOC2 9 |
HOC3 5 |
ZAN1 Ret |
ZAN2 14 |
ZAN3 13 |
NÜR11 10 |
NÜR12 Ret |
NÜR13 9 |
LAU1 7 |
LAU2 5 |
LAU3 7 |
NÜR21 Ret |
NÜR22 7 |
NÜR23 11 |
9th | 71 |
Complete Asian Le Mans Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Rinaldi Racing | LMP3 | Duqueine M30 – D08 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 | DUB1 4 |
DUB2 Ret |
ABU1 Ret |
ABU2 Ret |
12th | 12 | |
| 2023–24 | ARC Bratislava | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEP1 10 |
SEP2 10 |
DUB 10 |
ABU1 11 |
ABU2 8 |
14th | 7 |
Complete European Le Mans Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Proton Competition | LMP2 Pro-Am | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 V8 | CAT 6 |
LEC 6 |
ARA 5 |
SPA Ret |
PRT Ret |
ALG 7 |
11th | 33 |
| 2024 | Iron Lynx - Proton | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | CAT | LEC | IMO | SPA | MUG | ALG |
Season still in progress.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Proton Competition | Harry Tincknell Don Yount |
Porsche 911 RSR-19 | GTE Am |
170 | DNF | DNF |