Vivien Schumacher (née Keszthelyi, born 7 December 2000) is a Hungarian former racing driver.
Career Keszthelyi began her career in 2014 at the age of thirteen, entering the Swift Cup Europe series with a special license. At the end of the season, she finished third in the junior and sixth in the overall standings. The promoter of Swift Cup Austria invited her to one of the races of the competition, where she finished fourth.
In her second season in the Swift Cup Europe, Keszthelyi finished third in the absolute and second in the junior category. In 2016, she was included into the Audi Sport Racing Academy at the age of fifteen among the three drivers chosen to be members of the academy.
Keszthelyi then competed in the Central European Zone Trophy with an Audi TT in 2016, earning herself a place in Audi's academy programme. In her first season, she became the D-2000 Hungarian national champion of both the sprint and the endurance category with race wins in both.
In 2017, Keszthelyi continued in the Audi TT Cup where she only completed seven out of thirteen races. She collected 65 points and finished 13th in the championship.
In 2018, Keszthelyi competed in the Audi Sport Seyffarth R8 LMS Cup with an Audi R8 LMS GT4. Over the course of the season, she collected three podiums, finishing runner-up in the overall standings and champion of the rookie category.
On 2 January 2019, it was confirmed that Keszthelyi would race in the F3 Asian Championship Winter Series. She scored 13 points and finished 13th.
Keszthelyi qualified for W Series as one of two reserve drivers. Keszthelyi replaced Emma Kimiläinen in the second round at Zolder and the third round at Misano, scoring her only point of the season in the latter. Normally a reserve driver, she was promoted to regular driver duties at Round 4 and Round 6.
In 2020, Keszthelyi tested the Dallara 320 with Carlin Motorsport and Motopark. In 2021, Keszthelyi competed in the Euroformula Open Championship with Motopark – she participated in the first four rounds of the championship before being replaced with Roman Staněk.
Personal life In 2026, Keszthelyi married long-time partner David Schumacher.
Racing record Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2014 Suzuki Swift Cup Europe Oxxo Motorsport ? ? ? ? ? ? 6th 2015 Suzuki Swift Cup Europe Oxxo Motorsport ? ? ? ? ? ? 3rd 2016 Central European Zone Trophy Team VRS ? ? ? ? ? ? 1st 2017 Audi Sport TT Cup N/A 11 0 0 0 0 65 13th 2018 Audi Sport Seyffarth R8 LMS Cup Team VRS 12 0 0 0 3 129 2nd 2019 W Series Hitech GP 4 0 0 0 0 1 17th F3 Asian Championship - Winter Series BlackArts Racing Team 9 0 0 0 0 13 13th 2021 Euroformula Open Championship Team Motopark 12 0 0 0 0 12 20th * Season still in progress.
Complete Audi Sport Seyffarth R8 LMS Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Category 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 PosPoints HOC LAU HUN BRA MIS NÜR2018Team VRS Absolute 33444274461142nd129 Rookie2233212224431st154.5
Complete F3 Asian Winter 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 Pos Points 2019 BlackArts Racing Team CHA1 CHA1 CHA1 SEP1 SEP1 SEP1 SEP1 SEP1 SEP1 13th 13
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 DC Points 2019 Hitech GP HOC ZOL MIS NOR ASS BRH 17th 1
Complete Euroformula Open 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 22 23 24 DC Points 2021 Team Motopark POR1 POR2 POR3 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 20th 12
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