Edvin Beqiri

Edvin Beqiri (born 27 March 1998) is a Kosovan racing driver. Beqiri burst onto the scene as a replacement driver for the injured Marco Aurelio at Audi, and within 4 races, he scored 30 points. However, he was not kept by Audi, and in 2021 he got a full-time seat at Jaguar, as a replacement for Freyr Vigfusson. On his 6th race for the British team, he scored his first podium and pushed the struggling car to 10th in the standings, tied with Norman Power. However, due to Jaguar's weak performances, he was stuck for the next two years in midfield mediocrity, and in 2024 he moved to Tesla Dragon. At the same time, he was signed by McLaren as a reserve driver. With his new team, Beqiri scored his first ever win at Paris and finished 5th in the standings, beating the reigning champion Mart Soosaar. In 2025, McLaren loaned him to Nissan, but there he only scored 3 podiums and finished 7th. Despite this, he was given a seat in Formula Earth for the newly created Shadow team, which is McLaren's B team. He struggled with the fragile and slow car, but he actually managed to beat his experienced teammate Alexander Albon. Despite this, he was not kept by the team due to the reserve contract running out, and he moved back to Tesla Dragon, where he will stay for 3 more years as the star driver. In 2027 he also scored his second career win, and he kept up the team during two weak seasons in 2028 and 2029. In 2030, he announced a move to Alpine after 3 years with Tesla Dragon. In his first season for Alpine, he scored the team's only podium. In 2031, he made a surprising return to Formula Earth, this time at Campos Repsol, repalcing the departing Roman Massey. On his first season after 5 years, Beqiri scored his first ever points in the series at Monaco, becoming the first Kosovan driver to do so and overall finished 12th with 23 points. After 2032, he retired from the sport in order to focus on the creation of a Balkan-based driver academy.