Mexican
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Jesse Alejandro Carrasquedo Parada (born 27 April 2007 in Leon, Guanajuato), also listed as Jesse Carrasquedo Jr., is a Mexican prospect backed by Carlos Slim's Escuderia Telmex programme and mentored by Sergio Perez. He started karting at five and spent six formative years with Parolin under coach Jonathan Thonon, taking fifth in the Junior class of the 2020 Rok Cup International Final.
His car career began in Europe, where he won on debut at Padborg Park in the 2021 F4 Danish Championship. NACAM F4 in 2022 brought two wins at Puebla, before campaigns in F4 Spain, F4 UAE and Italian F4. A recurring thread of his career has been Joshua Dufek: Carrasquedo first replaced Dufek in Formula Regional European with Van Amersfoort Racing in 2023, then again in FIA Formula 3 in 2025. His real breakthrough came in Eurocup-3, where a maiden win at Aragon in 2024 was followed by further victories at Algarve and Spa in 2025, fifth overall - the form that opened the F3 door.
Formula 3
Carrasquedo's only F3 racing to date came as a 2025 part-season substitute with Hitech TGR, stepping in from the Barcelona round to replace the injured Dufek. Across two weekends - Barcelona and Spielberg - he managed a best of 13th in the Red Bull Ring feature race, a respectable showing for a newcomer parachuted into the world's strongest junior field mid-season.
2026 / current season
In September 2025 Van Amersfoort Racing announced him for a full-time 2026 FIA Formula 3 campaign, a seat he called a dream opportunity. But the deal fell apart: shortly before the Barcelona pre-season test he left VAR for personal reasons and was replaced by Enzo Deligny. Rather than sit out, he redirected 2026 to Euroformula Open with Team Motopark, carrying car number 27. After the opening rounds at Algarve and Spa he sat sixth in the standings with a podium to his name, the season still unfolding. At 18, Carrasquedo remains an early-stage talent whose top-level single-seater story is still being written.