Jonas Ried


Jonas Ried 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, Ried 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 centenary 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. In the ELMS, Ried and Proton scored a best Pro-Am finish of fifth and ended up eighth in the teams' standings.
Having competed in the AsLMS with ARC Bratislava during the winter, Ried entered the ELMS with Iron Lynx - Proton to partner Matteo Cairoli and Macéo Capietto in the LMP2 Pro class.

Karting record

Karting career summary

As Ried was a guest driver, he was ineligible to be classified in the standings.

Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results

YearTeamClass12345678DCPoints
2018Solgat MotorsportOKJSAR
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 still in progress.

Complete F4 UAE Championship results

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617181920PosPoints
2021BWT Mücke MotorsportDUB1
1
9
DUB1
2
9
DUB1
3
12
DUB1
4
8
YMC1
1
Ret
YMC1
2
10
YMC1
3
9
YMC1
4
10
DUB2
1
10
DUB2
2
10
DUB2
3
8
DUB2
4
9
YMC2
1
8
YMC2
2
8
YMC2
3
7
YMC2
4
3
DUB3
1
Ret
DUB3
2
8
DUB3
3
7
DUB3
4
2
9th77
2022PHM RacingYMC1
1
16
YMC1
2
13
YMC1
3
16
YMC1
4
19
DUB1
1
15
DUB1
2
14
DUB1
3
26
DUB1
4
11
DUB2
1
26
DUB2
2
17
DUB2
3
20
DUB2
4
19
DUB3
1
18
DUB3
2
13
DUB3
3
22
DUB3
4
19
YMC2
1
9
YMC2
2
24†
YMC2
3
9
YMC2
4
18
23rd4

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

YearTeam12345678910111213141516171819202122DCPoints
2021BWT Mücke MotorsportLEC
1
18
LEC
2
26
LEC
3
10
MIS
1

4
MIS
2
16
MIS
3
24
VLL
1
22
VLL
2
24
VLL
3
23
IMO
1
19
IMO
2
Ret
IMO
3
23
RBR
1
26
RBR
2
Ret
RBR
3
Ret
MUG
1
22
MUG
2
27
MUG
3
20
MNZ
1
Ret
MNZ
2
23
MNZ
3
16
25th13
2022PHM RacingIMO
1
14
IMO
2
14
IMO
3
16
MIS
1
Ret
MIS
2
32
MIS
3
Ret
SPA
1
14
SPA
2
Ret
SPA
3
33
VLL
1
Ret
VLL
2
18
VLL
3
12
RBR
1
11
RBR
2
21
RBR
3
RBR
4
Ret
MNZ
1
10
MNZ
2
37†
MNZ
3
C
MUG
1
Ret
MUG
2
20
MUG
3
21
25th1

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
2022PHM RacingSPA
1
9
SPA
2
7
SPA
3
Ret
HOC
1
6
HOC
2
9
HOC
3
5
ZAN
1
Ret
ZAN
2
14
ZAN
3
13
NÜR1
1
10
NÜR1
2
Ret
NÜR1
3
9
LAU
1
7
LAU
2
5
LAU
3
7
NÜR2
1
Ret
NÜR2
2
7
NÜR2
3

11
9th71

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

Complete European Le Mans Series results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456RankPoints
2023Proton CompetitionLMP2 Pro-AmOreca 07Gibson GK428 V8CAT
6
LEC
6
ARA
5
SPA
Ret
PRT
Ret
ALG
7
11th33
2024Iron Lynx - ProtonLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8CAT
Ret
LEC
9
IMO
Ret
SPA
7
MUG
1
ALG
9
8th36
2025Iron Lynx - ProtonLMP2Oreca 07Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8CAT
11
LEC
Ret
IMO
4
SPA
8
SIL
7
ALG
4
9th35

* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results