Ido Cohen

Ido Cohen
Ido Cohen
	Cohen at the Red Bull Ring in 2021
Nationality	Israeli
Born	16 August 2001 (age 23); Tel Aviv, Israel
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season	2021
Current team	Rodin Carlin
Car number	22
Former teams	Jenzer Motorsport
Starts	55 (56 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	24th in 2021, 2022 & 2023
Previous series
2022; 2021; 2020; 2019–20; 2018–19; 2018–19; 2019	FR Asian Championship; FR European Championship; Toyota Racing Series; Euroformula Open Championship; ADAC Formula 4; Italian F4 Championship; FIA Motorsport Games

Ido Cohen (Hebrew: עידו כהן, born 16 August 2001) is an Israeli racing driver who most recently competed in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Rodin Carlin.

Career summary

Lower formulae

Cohen made his car racing debut in 2018, racing in Italian F4 and ADAC Formula 4. In Italian F4, he finished 30th overall (9th in the Rookie Championship), and in ADAC Formula 4, he finished 19th in the standings.

The Israeli would race in these same championships again for 2019, and fared much better, finishing 6th in Italian F4 and 13th in ADAC Formula 4.^[1]

Also in 2019, Cohen raced in the Formula 4 category of the FIA Motorsport Games for Team Israel, where he won the Qualifying Race, but then dropped back to 13th in the Main Race.^[2]

Euroformula Open Championship

2019

Cohen raced in the final two rounds of the 2019 Euroformula Open Championship as a guest driver for Carlin Motorsport, where he had a best finish of 7th.^[3]

2020

He would then race full time in the series in 2020 with Carlin, where he finished 7th in the standings with 114 points and 2 podiums.^[4]^[5]

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2021

In October 2020, Cohen tested in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship post season test with Carlin at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, where he managed 23rd on Day 1.^[6] He then tested again with the team in the second post season test at Circuito de Jerez, where he again achieved 23rd place.^[7] In February 2021, it was announced that Cohen would race full time for Carlin Buzz Racing in the FIA Formula 3 Championship, alongside Kaylen Frederick and former Italian F4 rival Jonny Edgar.^[8]

2022

Cohen joined Jenzer Motorsport for the 2022 season, after testing with the Swiss outfit during the final day of 2021 post-season testing.^[9] Cohen had a disappointing season, but he scored his first points finish in the seventh round at Spielberg in the feature race, where he finished 9th. He ended the season 24th in the standings with 2 points, ahead of teammate Federico Malvestiti but far from his other teammate William Alatalo.^[10]

2023

Staying in the category for a third season, Cohen would return to the rebranded Rodin Carlin outfit to drive in Formula 3, partnering Oliver Gray and Hunter Yeany.^[11]

Personal life

Cohen's father Amihai Cohen owns Greek airline Bluebird Airways.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2014	Rotax Winter Cup — Junior		22nd
	Rotax International Open — Junior		14th
	Rotax Max Euro Challenge — Junior		46th
	CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy	Cohen, Amihai	36th
2015	WSK Champions Cup — KFJ	RL-Competition.COM	49th
	Rotax Max Wintercup — Junior		31st
	WSK Super Master Series — KFJ	CRG SpA	76th
	German Karting Championship — Junior		14th
	CIK-FIA European Championship — KFJ		NC†
	Rotax Max Euro Challenge — Junior		28th
	CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy	Cohen, Amihai	16th
2016	WSK Champions Cup — OK	CRG SpA	NC
	Rotax Max Wintercup — Senior		20th
	Rotax International Open — Senior		8th
	WSK Super Master Series — OK		29th
	Rotax Max Euro Challenge — Senior		36th
2017	Rotax Max Wintercup — Senior		32nd
	IAME Euro Series — X30 Senior		12th
	Rotax Max Euro Challenge — Senior		22nd

^† As Cohen was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Poles	Podiums	Points	Position
2018	Italian F4 Championship	BWT Mücke Motorsport	21	0	0	0	30th
2018	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	BWT Mücke Motorsport	18	0	0	7	19th
2019	Italian F4 Championship	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	0	3	132	6th
	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	0	1	76	13th
	Euroformula Open Championship	Carlin Motorsport	4	0	0	0	NC†
	FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup	Team Israel	1	1	0	N/A	13th
2020	Euroformula Open Championship	Carlin Motorsport	18	0	2	114	7th
2020	Toyota Racing Series	M2 Competition	15	0	0	164	9th
2021	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Carlin Buzz Racing	20	0	0	0	24th
2021	Formula Regional European Championship	JD Motorsport	8	0	0	0	27th
2022	Formula Regional Asian Championship	BlackArts Racing	6	0	0	4	21st
2022	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Jenzer Motorsport	18	0	0	2	24th
2023	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Rodin Carlin	18	0	0	2	24th

^† As Cohen was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Italian F4 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	22	Pos	Points
2018	BWT Mücke Motorsport	ADR 1 16	ADR 2 11	ADR 3 Ret	LEC 1 16	LEC 2 15	LEC 3 18	MNZ 1 13	MNZ 2 Ret	MNZ 3 Ret	MIS 1 Ret	MIS 2 18	MIS 3 15	IMO 1 26	IMO 2 16	IMO 3 Ret	VLL 1 15	VLL 2 17	VLL 3 Ret	MUG 1 15	MUG 2 14	MUG 3 16		30th	0
2019	Van Amersfoort Racing	VLL 1 Ret	VLL 2 2	VLL 3 12	MIS 1 8	MIS 2 5	MIS 3 C	HUN 1 6	HUN 2 11	HUN 3 3	RBR 1 7	RBR 2 6	RBR 3 30	IMO 1 5	IMO 2 7	IMO 3 6	IMO 4 Ret	MUG 1 6	MUG 2 3	MUG 3 11	MNZ 1 7	MNZ 2 9	MNZ 3 6	6th	132

Complete ADAC Formula 4 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	Pos	Points
2018	BWT Mücke Motorsport	OSC 1 Ret	OSC 2 16	OSC 3 Ret	HOC1 1 14	HOC1 2 13	HOC1 3 14	LAU 1 8	LAU 2 14	LAU 3 13	RBR 1 13	RBR 2 10	RBR 3 14	HOC2 1 18	HOC2 2 13	NÜR 1 14	NÜR 2 11	NÜR 3 9	HOC3 1	HOC3 2	HOC3 3	19th	7
2019	Van Amersfoort Racing	OSC 1 8	OSC 2 Ret	OSC 3 11	RBR 1 10	RBR 2 5	RBR 3 13	HOC 1 6	HOC 2 17	ZAN 1 12	ZAN 2 13	ZAN 3 14	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 13	NÜR 3 10	HOC 1 7	HOC 2 7	HOC 3 3	SAC 1 12	SAC 2 13	SAC 3 4	13th	76

Complete FIA Motorsport Games results

Year	Entrant	Cup	Qualifying	Quali Race	Main race
2019	Team Israel	Formula 4	2nd	1st	13th

Complete Toyota Racing Series 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	DC	Points
2020	M2 Competition	HIG 1 10	HIG 2 11	HIG 3 7	TER 1 5	TER 2 4	TER 3 11	HMP 1 11	HMP 2 14	HMP 3 Ret	PUK 1 7	PUK 2 8	PUK 3 6	MAN 1 11	MAN 2 11	MAN 3 11	9th	164

Complete Euroformula Open 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	Pos	Points
2020	Carlin Motorsport	HUN 1 6	HUN 2 4	LEC 1 4	LEC 2 5	RBR 1 5	RBR 2 6	MNZ 1 11	MNZ 2 Ret	MNZ 3 11	MUG 1 6	MUG 2 9	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 2	SPA 3 7	CAT 1 10	CAT 2 11	CAT 3 NC	CAT 4 8	7th	114

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2021	Carlin Buzz Racing	CAT 1 29	CAT 2 20	CAT 3 22	LEC 1 24	LEC 2 Ret	LEC 3 24	RBR 1 Ret	RBR 2 20	RBR 3 16	HUN 1 28†	HUN 2 27	HUN 3 Ret	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 20	SPA 3 20	ZAN 1 12	ZAN 2 26†	ZAN 3 16	SOC 1 27	SOC 2 C	SOC 3 Ret	24th	0
2022	Jenzer Motorsport	BHR SPR 14	BHR FEA 15	IMO SPR 23	IMO FEA 13	CAT SPR 23	CAT FEA 22	SIL SPR 17	SIL FEA 15	RBR SPR 14	RBR FEA 9	HUN SPR Ret	HUN FEA 17	SPA SPR 24†	SPA FEA Ret	ZAN SPR 29	ZAN FEA 16	MNZ SPR 15	MNZ FEA 12				24th	2
2023	Rodin Carlin	BHR SPR 18	BHR FEA 18	MEL SPR Ret	MEL FEA Ret	MON SPR 19	MON FEA Ret	CAT SPR Ret	CAT FEA 26	RBR SPR 17	RBR FEA Ret	SIL SPR 9	SIL FEA 24	HUN SPR Ret	HUN FEA 22	SPA SPR Ret	SPA FEA Ret	MNZ SPR 21	MNZ FEA Ret				24th	2

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete Formula Regional European 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	DC	Points
2021	JD Motorsport	IMO 1	IMO 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	MCO 1	MCO 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	SPA 1 21	SPA 2 15	RBR 1 25	RBR 2 15	VAL 1	VAL 2	MUG 1 13	MUG 2 Ret	MNZ 1 25	MNZ 2 Ret	27th	0

Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	DC	Points
2022	BlackArts Racing	ABU 1 WD	ABU 2 WD	ABU 3 WD	DUB 1	DUB 2	DUB 3	DUB 1	DUB 2	DUB 3	DUB 1 25†	DUB 2 26†	DUB 3 8	ABU 1 27	ABU 2 11	ABU 3 15	21st	4

References

^ Wood, Ida (24 January 2019). "Red Bull junior Dennis Hauger remains in F4, switches to VAR". Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ Hansford, Rob (25 September 2019). "Germany, Israel and New Zealand join Motorsport Games F4 Cup". Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ Wood, Ida (16 September 2019). "ADAC F4 racer Ido Cohen joins Carlin for last two EF Open rounds". Formula Scout. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ Wood, Ida (14 January 2020). "Carlin signs Ido Cohen as first 2020 Euroformula Open driver". Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ Wood, Ida (16 December 2020). "Euroformula season review: The super-close battle that dominated 2020". Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ Wood, Ida (4 October 2020). "Full entry list revealed for post-season FIA F3 test at Barcelona". Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ Allen, Peter (26 October 2020). "Vesti to drive with ART in second FIA F3 post-season test". Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ "Carlin sign Cohen for 2021 campaign". FIA Formula 3. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^ Allen, Peter (11 February 2022). "Jenzer makes Ido Cohen its first F3 signing for 2022". Formula Scout. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
^ "Driver Standings for the FIA Formula 3 2022 Championship". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
^ "Ido Cohen returns to Rodin Carlin for 2023 season". FIA Formula3® - The Official F3® Website. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

External links

Ido Cohen career summary at DriverDB.com

[1] Wood, Ida (24 January 2019). "Red Bull junior Dennis Hauger remains in F4, switches to VAR". Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[2] Hansford, Rob (25 September 2019). "Germany, Israel and New Zealand join Motorsport Games F4 Cup". Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[3] Wood, Ida (16 September 2019). "ADAC F4 racer Ido Cohen joins Carlin for last two EF Open rounds". Formula Scout. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

[4] Wood, Ida (14 January 2020). "Carlin signs Ido Cohen as first 2020 Euroformula Open driver". Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[5] Wood, Ida (16 December 2020). "Euroformula season review: The super-close battle that dominated 2020". Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[6] Wood, Ida (4 October 2020). "Full entry list revealed for post-season FIA F3 test at Barcelona". Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[7] Allen, Peter (26 October 2020). "Vesti to drive with ART in second FIA F3 post-season test". Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

[FIA_F3-8] "Carlin sign Cohen for 2021 campaign". FIA Formula 3. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

[9] Allen, Peter (11 February 2022). "Jenzer makes Ido Cohen its first F3 signing for 2022". Formula Scout. Retrieved 27 March 2022.

[10] "Driver Standings for the FIA Formula 3 2022 Championship". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 8 October 2022.

[11] "Ido Cohen returns to Rodin Carlin for 2023 season". FIA Formula3® - The Official F3® Website. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

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