Enea Frey was born on 10 September 2008 in Auenstein, a municipality in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland.[1][2] His father, Michel Frey, is a former sportscar racer who competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times between 2011 and 2014 for his Race Performance[fr] team.[3][4]
Career
Karting
Frey made his karting debut in 2017. In his first year of karts, Frey finished second to René Lammers in the seventh edition of the Summer Trophy in the Mini Gr3 class.[5] Frey then spent a year in the Swiss karting championship, before joining Gamoto in 2019 to mainly race in WSK-organized series. Staying with Gamoto in 2020,[6] Frey finished 13th in the WSK Champions Cup 60 Mini standings before taking 14th in the X30 Junior class of the Trofeo Andrea Margutti later that year.[7]
Frey then joined Ricky Flynn Motorsport in 2021 as he stepped up to OK-J, most notably finishing third at the Adria round in the WSK Euro Series on his way to tenth in points,[8] while also taking ninth in the WSK Final Cup at the end of the year.[9] In his second-to-last year in karting, Frey stepped up to OK during 2022, as he also joined Beyond Racing Team. After finishing 11th in the South Garda Winter Cup with them at the start of 2023,[10] Frey for the second half of 2023, taking a best result of 14th in the Karting World Championship at Lonato.[11]
Stepping up to single-seaters in 2024, Frey joined Jenzer Motorsport to race in Formula Winter Series and Italian F4.[12] In the four-round winter championship, Frey scored his first points at the season-ending race at Barcelona, finishing eighth on his way to 25th in the overall standings.[13] In his rookie season in Italian F4, Frey scored his first points at the fifth round at Le Castellet by finishing 10th in race two and taking his first rookie podium of the season.[14] Frey then ended the weekend by finishing fifth in a wet-dry race three, which turned out to be his best result of the season as he scored points once more,[15] taking 10th in race three at Barcelona on his way to 16th in points.[16]
During 2024, Frey also competed in the Euro 4 Championship and made a one-off apperance in the Formula 4 CEZ Championship at the Red Bull Ring.[17][18] In the former, Frey ended the season 17th with four points, all achieved in race three at Mugello, where he also finished third among the rookies.[19] In the latter, Frey finished fourth in race one and three, whilst also taking fifth in race two.[20][21]
Frey remained with Jenzer Motorsport the following year to race in the Formula Winter Series.[22] In his second season in the series, Frey scored points in all but four races and ended the winter ninth in points with a best result of fifth in the season-ending race at Barcelona.[23][24] Continuing with Jenzer for the rest of 2025, Frey returned to both the Italian F4 and the E4 Championships.[25][26]
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