Christian Lester has confirmed that he will return to the GB4 Championship for the 2023 season, reuniting with his family-run squad Rossoverde Racing. 

Double GB4 race-winner Tom Mills will complete KMR Sport’s three-car line-up for the Oulton Park season opener this weekend (7-10 April).

Fortec Motorsport has confirmed that Aditya Kulkarni will graduate to the GB4 Championship with the title-winning team for the 2023 season, which starts at Oulton Park this weekend (8-10 April).

The ADAC Formula Junior Team will be travelling to Nogaro for the season-opener in the French Formula 4 championship from 8th to 10th April. Max Reis (Ramstein) will mark the start of his second year at the 3.6-kilometre circuit in south-western France, while Tom Kalender (Hamm/Sieg) and Finn Wiebelhaus (Obertshausen) will be celebrating their racing debuts in the Formula 4 car.

This time it’s for real! After a hard-working winter, Arthur Rogeon is about to set off for Cheshire and the Oulton Park circuit in England where he will make his motor racing debut this Easter weekend. The young driver from Laval is entered for the GB3 Championship, the top-tier single-seater category in England.

Elite Motorsport has confirmed a two-car line-up for the 2023 GB4 Championship season opener at Oulton Park this weekend (7-10 April), with Harri Reynolds and Josh Irfan set to make their single-seater race debuts. Reynolds was a front-runner in the Ginetta Junior Championship last season, and is aiming to complete the full GB4 campaign with Elite, which won multiple GB4 races last season. 

Aston Martin Racing today announced 24 fresh Aston Martin Vantage racers to be part of the 2023 Aston Martin Racing Driver Academy. The initiative’s next winner will receive Aston Martin Racing support and assistance through 2024 and a test in a Vantage GT3. Part of the 2023 AMR Driver Academy is the Swedish racer Jessica Bäckman as the only Swede and female driver.

Fortec Motorsport has announced that Indian rising star Ruhaan Alva will race with the squad in the 2023 GB4 Championship, which gets underway this weekend at Oulton Park. 

Alina Loibnegger will take the next step in her career and challenge the elite drivers in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. The Austrian will return to Racingfuel Motorsport and move up to EuroNASCAR PRO for the 2023 NWES season. The Wolfsberg native joined the EuroNASCAR 2 championship in 2021 after getting her first taste of the car in the 2019 Club Challenge season. After a successful season with Racingfuel Motorsport out of Switzerland in 2022, Loibnegger is looking forward to the next challenge. 

Italian karter Alvise Rodella has chosen MP Motorsport for his full-season promotion to single-seaters. The youngster will step up from karts for a campaign in the 2023 Spanish Formula 4 Championship with the Dutch team.

Spanish youngster Bruno Del Pino Ventos will team up with MP Motorsport for his debut in the inaugural Eurocup-3 season. The 16-year-old is gearing up for his second season in single-seaters after a promising first year in the Spanish Formula 4 Championship.

The auspicious talents of race winning Louis Sharp have received further recognition with a coveted invitation from the British Racing Drivers Club to join its esteemed BRDC Rising Star scheme ahead of the 2023 season. Aged just 15 years-old, the New Zealander is one of the youngest prospects to have joined the coveted scheme reserved for drivers aged 24 and under – from Britain or the Commonwealth – who are considered to have huge potential.

Talented Danish youngster Sebastian Gravlund will remain with MP Motorsport for his promotion to the brand new Eurocup-3 series. The 18-year-old Team Denmark member hopes to build on his experience gained with MP in the Spanish Formula 4 Championship.

The Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine started from Barcelona and G4 Racing, set for its third year in the European series, got on track with reigning French Formula 4 Champion Alessandro Giusti.

Mexican racing driver José Antonio ‘Joss’ Garfias Martínez Lavín has hooked up with MP Motorsport for a full-season assault on the brand new Eurocup-3 series. The 17-year-old from San Luis Potosí joins young Danish driver Sebastian Øgaard in MP’s line-up for the maiden season of the category.

Quick young Frenchman Sami Meguetounif will remain with MP Motorsport for a second full term in the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine (FRECA). By doubling with MP, the 18-year-old from Marseille aims to improve on the promise shown in his debut season in the category. With Meguetounif’s signing, MP has completed a three-car FRECA line-up that also includes Dilano van ’t Hoff and Victor Bernier.

Elite Motorsport has confirmed that Oliver Stewart will join McKenzy Cresswell and Ayato Iwasaki in the team’s three-driver GB3 line-up for the 2023 season.

Dutch racing talent Emely de Heus will return to MP Motorsport as she gears up for her first season in F1 Academy, the new all-women series that aims to prepare young female drivers for elite competition in the world’s leading motorsport categories.

2018 Junior Karting World Champion Victor Bernier has joined MP Motorsport for a second assault on the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine (FRECA). With MP, the 18-year-old Frenchman is looking to make a strong impression in the highly competitive championship. In MP’s three-car FRECA line-up, Bernier will team up with Dilano van ’t Hoff and a third driver who will be announced shortly.

As the global motorsports calendar moves into the beginning of the European season, MP Motorsport have announced the addition of Emirati racing stars Amna and Hamda Al Qubaisi to their academy programme for the upcoming season, with the team joining the new F1 all-female driver series introduced for 2023.