The final afternoon session at Circuit Paul Ricard brought two productive days of pre-season collective testing to a close for the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine. Under sunny skies, Hiyu Yamakoshi (Van Amersfoort Racing) topped the timesheets with a best lap of 1:57.470, confirming the Japanese driver’s strong form ahead of the championship’s fifth season.

The first official outing of the 2025 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine came to a close this afternoon at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with the fourth and final session of the two-day pre-season collective test.

The Barcelona sun returned for the afternoon session of the FRECA opening pre-season test, offering teams and drivers ideal conditions to continue fine-tuning their setups and gathering valuable data ahead of the 2025 campaign.

Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi is one of the new Trident Motorsport drivers the 2025 Formula Regional European by Alpine championship. The 18-year-old from Bangkok, Thailand, already has one season of experience in the category. Before that, he raced in the Italian F4 championship in 2023 and 2022, the year in which he also competed in the German F4.

Matteo De Palo is the new Trident Motorsport driver for the 2025 Formula Regional European by Alpine Championship. Born in Rome on November 8, 2007, De Palo will tackle the category for the second season after an initial apprenticeship in 2024 during which he achieved two important results such as fourth place at the Red Bull Ring and fifth place at Spa.