Emely de Heus (; born 10 February 2003) is a Dutch racing driver. She currently competes for ID Racing in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany series. De Heus is best known for her two seasons racing in F1 Academy for MP Motorsport.
Personal life De Heus was born in Mijnsheerenland, Netherlands. Her father is Bert de Heus, a veteran amateur driver in the 24H Series endurance racing championship. Her family owns and operates De Heus Tractors, based in Mijnsheerenland. Her racing heroes growing up were Michael Schumacher and Kimi Räikkönen.
In July 2026, De Heus gave birth to her first child.
Career Karting De Heus competed in the 2019 and 2020 Rotax Max Challenge International Trophy in karting. In 2019, she secured four points and finished in 27th position overall. In 2020, she improved to 23rd place with 45 points. In February 2020, she won the Dutch Wintercup in Senior Karting at Berghem. That same year, she amassed 239 points in the Dutch Rotax Max Senior National Championship, finishing fourth overall.
F4 Spanish Championship For the 2021 season, de Heus made her debut in single seater racing in the F4 Spanish Championship. She competed for Dutch team, MP Motorsport.
De Heus competed in all 21 races of the season. She finished in 29th place in the drivers standings and won the 2021 Female Trophy.
W Series In early 2022, de Heus was announced as a competitor for the 2022 W Series season. In February she completed a test at Inde Motorsports Ranch, Arizona and also drove at the March test at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain where she completed 134 laps. De Heus competed for Sirin Racing alongside fellow Dutch racer Beitske Visser. Her best result was tenth in the first round of the season in Miami.
Formula 4 UAE Championship In January 2023, it was announced that de Heus would compete in the 2023 Formula 4 UAE Championship with MP Motorsport. Her best finish was 21st place at Kuwait Motor Town.
F1 Academy
In March 2023, de Heus was announced as a driver for the brand new F1 Academy series and competed with MP Motorsport in 2023. De Heus won her first race in the series at Catalunya. For 2024, she re-signed with MP Motorsport and joined the Red Bull Academy Programme. She was sponsored by Red Bull GmbH and Ford.
De Heus scored her best result in the final round at Abu Dhabi, with a fourth-place finish in race 1. De Heus finished the season in 11th place with 29 points. As a result of competing in two seasons, de Heus was ineligible to compete in the 2025 championship so she departed F1 Academy and was replaced by Chloe Chambers.
Eurocup-3
Alongside her commitments in F1 Academy, de Heus joined the Eurocup-3 series for seven races. Initially she joined GRS Team as a replacement driver for Nikola Tsolov. After her first two races with the team at second round of the season, de Heus would return to race for GRS Team at three further weekends at Portugal, Netherlands and at the final round of the season at the Circuit de Catalunya.
24H Series De Heus joined WS Racing to compete in the 2025 Dubai 24 Hour racing a BMW M4 alongside Jeroen Bleekemolen, George King, Bernd Küpper and Keith Gatehouse. The race is the first of two rounds of the 2025 Middle East Trophy, a prequel to the 2025 24H Series season. The team retired from the race in hour eight following a car fire whilst de Heus was at the wheel.
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany In February 2025, de Heus announced her switch to the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, where she competed in the 2025 season for ID Racing. The Dutchwoman was forced to withdraw from the championship mid-season with an autoimmune disease.
Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2015 SKUSA SuperNationals XIX - TaG Cadet Team PDB Kart 48th 2019 BNL Karting Series - Rotax Senior Rotax Max Euro Trophy - Senior Max JJ Racing 27th 2020 Rotax Max Euro Trophy - Senior Max JJ Racing 25th Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals - Senior Max 23rd
Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2021 F4 Spanish Championship MP Motorsport 21 0 0 0 0 0 29th 2022 W Series Sirin Racing 7 0 0 0 0 1 17th 2023 Formula 4 UAE Championship MP Motorsport 9 0 0 0 0 0 43rd F1 Academy 21 1 1 0 2 87 9th Formula Pro USA Western Championship - FPUSA-4 Jensen Motorsports 2 0 0 0 0 10 7th 2024 F1 Academy MP Motorsport 14 0 0 0 0 29 11th Eurocup-3 GRS Team 7 0 0 0 0 0 29thSupercar Challenge - SupersportFerry Monster Autosport60003866th 2025 Middle East Trophy - GT4 WS Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Porsche Carrera Cup Germany ID Racing100000227th * Season still in progress.
Complete F4 Spanish 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 DC Points2021MP Motorsport SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 NAV1 NAV2 NAV3 ALG1 ALG2 ALG3 ARA1 ARA2 ARA3 CRT1 CRT2 CRT3 JER1 JER2 JER3 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 29th 0
Complete W Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DC Points 2022 Sirin Racing MIA1 MIA2 CAT SIL LEC HUN SIN 17th 1
Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearTeam123456789101112131415PosPoints 2023 MP MotorsportDUB11 DUB12 DUB13 KMT11 KMT12 KMT13 KMT21 KMT22 KMT23 DUB21DUB22DUB23YMC1YMC2YMC343rd0
Complete F1 Academy 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 DC Points 2023 MP Motorsport RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 CRT1 CRT2 CRT3 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 COA1 COA2 COA3 9th 87 2024 MP Motorsport JED1 JED2 MIA1 MIA2 CAT1 CAT2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SIN1 SIN2 LSL1 LSL2 YMC1 YMC2 YMC3 11th 29
Complete Eurocup-3 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 DC Points 2024 GRS Team SPA1 SPA2 RBR1 RBR2 POR1 POR2 POR3 LEC1 LEC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 ARA1 ARA2 JER1 JER2 CAT1 CAT2 29th 0
Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 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 DC Points 2025 ID Racing IMO1 IMO2 SPA1 SPA2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 RBR1 RBR2 HOC1 HOC2 27th 2
References
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