Paul Aron

Paul Aron (; born 4 February 2004) is an Estonian racing driver who serves as a reserve driver in Formula One for Alpine. Aron most recently competed in the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship for Hitech.

Born and raised in Tallinn, Aron is the younger brother of sportscar racing driver Ralf Aron. After a successful karting career—culminating in his victory at the junior direct-drive Karting European Championship in 2018—Aron graduated to junior formulae. Debuting in Italian and ADAC F4 with Prema, he finished third in the former as the highest-placed rookie. He moved to the Formula Renault Eurocup in 2020, which then merged with Formula Regional European. He claimed third in 2021 and 2022 with Prema before progressing to FIA Formula 3, where he finished third again in his rookie season. Having debuted at Yas Island in , Aron graduated to FIA Formula 2 for , finishing third to Gabriel Bortoleto and Isack Hadjar following his maiden victory in Lusail with Hitech.

A member of the Mercedes Junior Team from 2019 to 2023, Aron joined Alpine as a reserve driver in and made his free practice debut in Formula One at the . He made his Formula E debut with Envision at the 2024 Berlin ePrix. Provided by Wikipedia