It’s been a month packed with action for the Sauber Academy, with testing, racing, simulator work and training. As March unfolded, four of our five young drivers officially kicked off their respective 2024 campaigns between Europe, the Middle East, and Japan.

It was a dramatic first visit of 2024 to the Dubai Autodrome for the Formula 4 UAE Championship Certified by FIA (F4 UAE). Two race victories for Nikita Bedrin have propelled the PHM AIX Racing driver firmly into the championship hunt, in which Mumbai Falcons Racing’s Freddie Slater continues to narrowly lead. After a superb weekend that also included two pole positions, Bedrin is one of four drivers at the top of the table covered by 22 points – 25 are on offer for a race win – with two events comprising six races still to come.

James Wharton will step up to the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine with PREMA Racing in 2024, the team is proud to announce.

Sauber Academy reflects on a successful season of racing, with its 2023 lineup, made of Théo Pourchaire, Léna Bühler, Marcus Amand, and Taym Saleh, collecting podiums and outstanding results throughout their respective campaigns.

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.

Monolite Racing will be fielding Enzo Scionti in the 2023 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine. The team, led by Rudi Mariotto, has been competing in the European series promoted by ACI Sport and Alpine since its inception. For the upcoming series, they will line up the American on one of the team's three race cars. 

Round 3 continues with Races 2 and 3 of the Formula 4 UAE Championship and the Formula Regional Middle East Championship (FRMEC) at the new 5.609km Kuwait Motor Town.
 

Brazilian racer Rafael Camara will race with PREMA in the 2023 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine, making a key step from Formula 4 to complete the team’s three-car line-up. The 17-year-old racer, who is supported by the Ferrari Driver Academy program, debuted in single-seaters at the beginning of the year and immediately rose to the occasion in the Formula 4 UAE Championship, where he amassed six wins despite having to miss one round.

PREMA Racing announces that Danish racer Conrad Laursen will return to the team to enter the 2022 Formula 4 season, with the full Italian F4 Championship as his main commitment for the year.