Following a promising debut season, Sofia Zanfari begins her second year in the French F4 Championship with fresh ambitions. No fewer than 32 drivers competed in the single-seaters at the traditional Easter Cup races on the Gascon circuit as part of the French Circuit Championship. Seven female drivers, each more competitive than the last, went head-to-head in F4.

Round 1 of the first edition of the Champions of the Future Racing Academy has officially come to an end, marking the beginning of a structured and ambitious development journey for five young talents.

The second and final day of testing held at the Red Bull Ring on Easter Sunday brought to a close the three pre-season tests of the FIA Formula Regional European Championship, which had kicked off at the end of March at Germany's Hockenheim circuit before moving on to Paul Ricard and, finally, Austria.

Young Anglo-American racer Sebastian Wheldon has signed with MP Motorsport to complete its three-car FIA Formula Regional European Championship (FREC) line-up. The 17-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida, is moving up the ladder for only his second full season in European single-seater racing.

FIA Formula Regional European Championship wrapped up two highly productive test days at Circuit Paul Ricard, with all 10 teams expected on the 2026 grid out in force ahead of the season opener at the end of April.

PREMA Racing announces that Tomass Stolcermanis will be joining the team for the 2026 FIA Formula Regional European Championship. The 18-year-old Latvian made his racing debut with PREMA in 2023, coming from a remarkably successful karting career.

Singaporean karter Michael Koh will make his first steps into single-seater racing with the Arden Motorsport team in this year’s GB4 Championship.

FIA Formula Regional European Championship officially gets underway with the opening pre-season test at Hockenheim, scheduled for today, Tuesday, 24 March, and for Wednesday.

Highly decorated karting champion Lewis Gilbert will make the leap to the GB3 Championship with Arden Motorsport in 2026. The British driver from North Ayrshire is the first to step up directly into GB3 from karting for several years, and does so after being spotted by the new Arden Academy.

Xcel Motorsport has confirmed that GB3 race winner Lucas Fluxa will join the team for the 2026 season. The Spanish driver stepped up to GB3 last year following a race-winning F4 campaign in his homeland in 2024.

Van Amersfoort Racing has confirmed its driver line-up for the 2026 FIA Formula Regional European Championship, with Dion Gowda set to return alongside newcomers Andrea Dupe and Francisco Macedo.
 

This weekend, LEGO® Racing will make its official racing debut on the grid of F1 ACADEMY during the race weekend in Shanghai. Behind the wheel will be Dutch driver Esmee Kosterman, who will compete in her first full season in F1 ACADEMY as the first LEGO Racing driver.

The expanding Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing team has launched a Junior Academy programme for its GB4 efforts, as it bids to scout up and coming talent from karting.

RPM has confirmed its participation in the FIA Formula Regional European Championship, as the Irish team continues its commitment to the competitive single-seater category, which will run under full FIA status with the organisation and promotion of ACI (Automobile Club d'Italia) and will mark the debut of the brand-new Tatuus T-326.

Podium finishing F1 Academy driver Aurelia Nobels will move up to the GB3 Championship for the 2026 season, having signed with multiple race winners Hillspeed.

PREMA Racing announces that Sebastian Wheldon will compete with the team in the 2026 FIA Formula Regional European Championship, making the step from Formula 4 into the revamped championship.

The Aston Martin Aramco Formula One™ Team has officially revealed its F1 Academy car livery, which will be driven by German talent Mathilda Paatz in her debut year of the all-female series. 

Emmilio Valentino Del Grosso will contest this year’s GB4 Championship with Elite Motorsport.

Dutch rising star Felipe Reijs has signed to drive for MP Motorsport in the 2026 F4 Spanish Championship. The 15-year-old from Eindhoven will graduate to single-seaters after completing a first year in cars in the Ginetta Junior Championship.

Mumbai Falcons and PREMA Racing capped a sensational early-season run at Lusail International Circuit by sweeping the UAE4 and Formula Regional Middle East Trophy driver titles at the end of tense and spectacular runs.

Spanish racer Christian Costoya will compete under the PREMA Racing banner in 2026. The 15-year-old from Galicia is set for his single-seater debut after achieving remarkable success in karting.

Hitech has confirmed that Deagen Fairclough will remain with the team for the 2026 GB3 Championship, completing its three-car line-up for the coming campaign.

Zanella Racing is pleased to announce that American Grant Mitchell will make his USF Pro Championships by Continental Tire debut with the team this season, competing in the USF Juniors program. The 16-year-old Lake Forest, Illinois, student participated in the Skip Barber Racing School Formula Car Series last season and has logged considered testing time in the Tatuus JR-23 USF Juniors car over the last six months to prepare for his entry into the series.

F1 Academy has today announced that Chinese driver Shi Wei, also known as ‘Tie Dou’, will return as the first F1 Academy Wild Card entry of the 2026 season.

Yuhao “Felix” Fu will make his GB3 Championship debut this year, after being confirmed as the second driver in Hitech’s line-up.

PREMA Racing is delighted to announce that American driver Payton Westcott will compete with the team in the 2026 F1 Academy series, representing the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team.

Audi Revolut F1 Team is proud to announce that Emma Felbermayr will represent the team in the 2026 F1 Academy season. After a promising 2025 campaign, in which she scored her maiden win, Felbermayr will continue for a second season in the all-female series, now fully integrated into the Audi Revolut F1 Team family and sporting the team’s colours on the F1 Academy grid.

Ava Dobson, who was the highest-placed female driver in last year's GB4 Championship, will represent American Express in this year's F1 Academy.

Fox Motorsport has confirmed Saudi karting champion Jasser Iskander as the team’s first driver for the 2026 GB4 Championship season. The youngster will be GB4's first-ever Saudi Arabian contender, and is the 20th confirmed driver on this year's grid, with just under three months still remaining until the start of the season.