Emma Kickert

Emma Kickert
Details
Name	Emma Kickert
Born	17th Feb 1996
Nationality	Dutch
Relatives
Pieter Kickert (father)

Emma Kickert (born 17th February 1996) is a Dutch racing driver who most recently raced for Avanti Grand Prix in AutoReject 3.5. She is the daughter of former racing driver and current McEwan Automotive Junior Driver Manager Pieter Kickert. Her career in open-wheel cars started in mid-2016, where she replaced Albanian Renato Bulku at ZimSport. She stayed with Zimsport and later Garry Rogers Motorsport, before choosing to make the big international move to join Avanti Grand Prix. She finished pointless for the backmarker team despite managing to handily outperform teammate Rafael Martins, and she naturally looked elsewhere for a 2020 drive.

Junior Career

Emma Kickert's transition into cars came slightly late, first achieving notoriety when appearing as a mid-season replacement in the 2016 season of what is now known as AutoReject 2.0. She performed creditably by earning four points finishes, and was immediately promoted into AutoReject 3.5 for the 2017 season. Here she showed real development with a best overall result of sixth place at Oulton Park, followed by a best heat result of second place at Road Atlanta. This was all the more impressive given that she was just a year into her career in cars at the time.

For the 2018 season, she made the switch to Formula 2, showing real promise for Garry Rogers Motorsport and comprehensively outperforming her teammate. The following year she was tempted back onto the AutoReject ladder, only to find that Avanti Grand Prix offered comfortably the worst package in the field; possibly in the series' history. She finished pointless, despite outperforming the very competent Rafael Martins in the sister car.

Simpson Motorsports

The Simpson-Sunbeam livery for the 2023 ARWS season.

After her 2018 and 2019 seasons, Simpson Motorsports identified Kickert as a potential diamond in the rough and appointed her a Test and Development driver for the 2020 season. They had signed her up to race in the 2020 AutoReject 3.5 season, only for the collapse of the AutoReject ladder to mean that that opportunity disappeared. Simpson shifted his team's focus to Formula 5000 in his native Australia, and Harvey Norman sponsorship was enough to secure the seat for Kickert. Elsewhere, she also managed to secure a race seat in Super Formula, further expanding her international experience.

Following a difficult debut campaign in which Kickert finished 19th despite some promising results, she was kept by Team Mugen for 2022.

2023

When the AutoReject World Series returned in 2023, Kickert was promoted to a Simpson race seat alongside fellow former sim driver Edvard Holm. Kickert quickly proved herself worthy of the investment the team had poured into her, by taking home their first-ever ARWS win at the British Grand Prix, then adding a second at the Southern US round. However, severe unreliability, particularly with their rebadged Sunbeam engines, would be a hallmark of Simpson's 2023, with Holm's car not running at the finish of any race that season, and Kickert's breaking down often too, which put a dampener on her otherwise sterling rookie season.

2024

Still fully committed to the team that had believed in her when few others seemed to, Kickert remained with Simpson for the 2024 season.

Racing Career Results

AutoReject 2.0

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	#	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Pts	Pos
2016	ZimSport	ZimSport JZ1/3	Holden LSF3-16	31	AUS R1	AUS R2	GBR R1	GBR R2	ITA R1	ITA R2	PAU	CAN R1 9	CAN R2 C	GER R1 Ret	GER R2 29	NED   Ret	BEL R1 25	BEL R2 26	SMR R1 Ret	SMR R2 14	JPN R1 15	JPN R2 C	QLD   15†	12	35th

AutoReject 3.5

Year	Team	Engine	#	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Pts	Pos
2017	Ansett Australia Racing	Holden	13	AUS Heat 7	AUS Final 9	FRA Heat 13	FRA Final 7	AUT Heat 7	AUT Final 16	ITA Heat 18	ITA Final DNQ	GBR Heat 14	GBR Final 21	USA Heat 2	USA Final Ret	NED Heat 8	NED Final 10	GER Heat 5	GER Final 6	BEL Heat 5	BEL Final 12	JPN Heat 12	JPN Final 7			37	16th
2019	Avanti Grand Prix	Cosworth	36	AUS Heat 15	AUS Final DNQ	ESP Heat 18	ESP Final DNQ	ITA Heat 12	ITA Final 14	FRA Heat 13	FRA Final 18	IRL Heat 9	IRL Final DNS	GBR Heat Ret	GBR Final DNQ	AUT Heat 15	AUT Final DNQ	GER Heat 10	GER Final 22	BEL Heat 11	BEL Final 16	USA Heat 9	USA Final 24	JPN Heat 17	JPN Final DNQ	0	38th

Formula 2 World Championship

Year	Team	#	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	Pts	Pos
2018	K-mart Young Lions	31	JPN R1 5	JPN R2 20	BAH R1 Ret	BAH R2 18	GER R1 25	GER R2 27	BEL R1 6	BEL R2 22	SIN R1 18	SIN R2 3	FIN R1 22	FIN R2 25	GBR R1 18	GBR R2 12	FRA R1 12	FRA R2 Ret	NED R1 27	NED R2 15	AUS R1 28	AUS R2 15	ABU R1 Ret	ABU R2 8	CHN R1 Ret	CHN R2 9	BRA R1 10	BRA R2 12	27	18th

Formula 5000

Year	Team	#	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	Pts	Pos
2020-21	Simpson Motorsports(!)	12	PEN R1 ENT	PEN R2 ENT	PEN R3 ENT	BAT R1 ENT	BAT R2 ENT	OKY R1 ENT	OKY R2 ENT	OKY R3 ENT	SUZ R1 ENT	SUZ R2 ENT	SUZ R3 ENT	MAC R1 ENT	MAC R2 ENT	SHA R1 ENT	SHA R2 ENT	SHA R3 ENT	SYD R1 ENT	SYD R2 ENT	SYD R3 ENT	PHI R1 ENT	PHI R2 ENT	PHI R3 ENT	JMD R1 ENT	JMD R2 ENT	JMD R3 ENT	CAN R1 ENT	CAN R2 ENT	BAT R1 ENT	BAT R2 ENT	SUR R1 ENT	SUR R2 ENT	MEL R1 ENT	MEL R2 ENT	MEL R3 ENT	ADE R1 ENT	ADE R2 ENT	ADE R3 ENT	*	*

Super Formula

Year	Team	#	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	Pos
2021	Red Bull Mugen Team Goh	16	FUJ 11	SZE 10	AUT 23	SUG 8	MOT 5	THA Ret	MAL 12	OKY 6	FUJ 23	SUZ 11	15	19th
2022	Team Mugen	2	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	MOT	AUT	THA	MAL	OKY	FUJ	SUZ	TBA	TBA

AutoReject World Series

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	Pos
2023	Simpson Jetstar Motorsport	Simpson SJM-070	"Sunbeam" Ford EcoBoost 2.0 L ARWS	MON Ret	LUX 7†3	GER 12	CZE 23	NUS Ret	GBR 1	SCA Ret3	SUS 13	MAL Ret	AUS Ret1	JPN Ret	KIN Ret2	MAC Ret				264	8th
2024	Simpson Jetstar Motorsport	Simpson SJM-080	"Jetstar" Ford EcoBoost 2.0 ARWS/24	MON ENT	MED ENT	LUX ENT	GER ENT	CRI ENT	GRS ENT	NUS ENT	ITA ENT	GBR ENT	CAN ENT	RNO ENT	SUS ENT	MAL ENT	KIN ENT	JPN ENT	AUS ENT	*	*