The Paul Ricard circuit buzzed with activity in the afternoon as the 32 single-seaters returned to the track for the second pre-season collective test of the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine. Finnish driver Tuukka Taponen showcased his solid aptitude around the French track’s corners, clocking the fastest lap time of 1’57”492 in his R-ace GP car.
 

The Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine sprang into action this morning at Paul Ricard, the stage for the second pre-season collective test of the year. Commanding the track during the morning session was Rafael Camara of Prema Racing, who clinched the fastest lap with an impressive time of 1’57”321.

Hezemans overtakes Ghirelli on lap 7 to take home the winner’s trophy - Ghirelli leaves Spain in the championship lead.

KIC Motorsport announced the addition of Alex Sawer (Sawer Hoàng Đạt) as a promising new talent for the upcoming season. The 16-year-old Vietnamese sensation, with a solid background in international karting, is poised to make his debut in the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine after a successful campaign in the 2023 Formula 4 Indian Championship, where he notched a race win and six podium finishes. Supported by Evans GP, Sawer’s entry into FRECA signifies a pivotal step in his racing career.

Swiss driver Dario Cabanelas Altukhov has joined MP Motorsport as the team’s fifth and final signing for its burgeoning 2024 Eurocup-3 programme. It will be the 17-year-old’s first full year in the series as he aims to build on his experience gained in the final three rounds of the 2023 season.

The countdown is drawing to a close, and Belén García is set to continue her rise in endurance racing. After impressing in the Asian Le Mans Series and Michelin Le Mans Cup, the 24-year-old Spaniard will make her European Le Mans Series debut this weekend on home soil at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

Moroccan driver Suleiman Zanfari has just completed the 2024 Saudi Arabian F4 season with a fourth victory last weekend at the famous Jeddah Corniche Circuit. This puts him just off the podium in the first edition of this championship.

The FK Performance Motorsport line-up in the ADAC GT4 Germany is complete. The Bremen-based outfit will line up with four BMW M4 GT4s in the ADAC's highly competitive GT4 racing series. This means that Fabian Finck and Martin Kaemena's racing team will have the largest line-up in the German GT4 racing series.

Lucas Lasserre’s Speedhouse team welcomes a new driver in Dani Briz, 17-year old karting star from Spain. Briz will drive the #33 Ford Mustang in the regularity division – the Club Challenge – as the newest driver to join Speedhouse’s developmental Academy Driver Program, which has produced many talents that have found their way to success in the official European NASCAR championship.

The afternoon in Barcelona unfolded with the last two sessions of the tests, marking the official start of the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine season. The penultimate session kicked off right after the lunch break, with Sainteloc Racing’s Theophile Naël setting the pace, recording the best time of 1:37.583. Close behind the French driver, Brando Badoer (Van Amersfoort Racing) performed well, finishing less than three-tenths of a second off the pace.

A record number of aspiring young GT drivers have registered for the 2024 Aston Martin Racing Driver Academy as the British ultra-luxury sportscar manufacturer begins a new search to endorse an eighth graduate from the successful and prestigious initiative.

Bremotion will expand its NASCAR Whelen Euro Series program to two cars for the 2024 season. The German organization, led by Patrick Brenndorfer, will field the #77 Chevrolet Camaro for the first time in the season opener at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain. Julien-Noel Rehberg from Germany, who participated in the 2024 Drivers Recruitment Program, will make his EuroNASCAR 2 debut as a Bremotion driver.

The Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine has officially fired up its engines for the start of the 2024 season, which, as per tradition, kicks off at the Barcelona circuit, where today the first preseason collective test took place.

We are thrilled to announce that Brando Badoer will be continuing his journey with Van Amersfoort Racing for the upcoming 2024 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine. After a successful year in the prestigious Italian F4 Championship, Brando is making the leap to the competitive FRECA series.

After making his single-seater debut in Spain last year, Lin Hodenius is now ready for the next chapter in his racing career. This season, he joins Van Amersfoort Racing for the 2024 F4 European campaign. The season comprises three European races along with seven races in the prestigious Italian Formula 4 Championship.

KMR Sport’s Brandon McCaughan and Fortec’s Linus Granfors were victorious on Monday at Oulton Park, as McCaughan’s teammate Harry Burgoyne completed a podium clean sweep in Cheshire to leave the event as the early championship leader. 

JHR Developments’ John Bennett and Hitech Pulse-Eight’s Will Macintyre made it a clean sweep of new winners in the GB3 Championship season opener at Oulton Park, after both triumphed on Monday. 

Elite Motorsport’s Alisha Palmowski fought her way to victory in the first GB4 Championship race of the season at Oulton Park. From second on the grid, she blasted into the lead on the run to turn one, and then led from there, taking the flag over three seconds clear of her opposition. 

Rodin Motorsport’s reigning British F4 champion Louis Sharp stormed to victory on his GB3 debut, after a perfect start to his campaign in Cheshire. The New Zealander claimed pole position for races one and two in qualifying this morning and made the most of it to convert the first into victory this afternoon.

Italian-licensed racer Nikita Bedrin has teamed up with MP Motorsport for a full-season attack in the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine. The 18-year-old who was born in Belgorod in Russia will have Nikhil Bohra and Valerio Rinicella as his teammates.