Fast Finnish driver Tuukka Taponen will race for MP Motorsport in his second season in the highly competitive FIA Formula 3 Championship. The 18-year-old member of the Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy has signed with the Dutch team for 2026 after a promising debut year in the category.

IAME Euro Series would like to inform all teams, drivers, and partners that there has been a small adjustment to next year’s calendar. Round 2 at Franciacorta (Italy) will now take place on 15–18 April 2026.

Komatsu-Williams Engineering Academy – the global initiative designed to discover and develop the next generation of engineering talent – has announced its Class of 2025 at the STEM Racing Global Final in Singapore.

The Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine enters its penultimate round of the 2025 season at Hockenheim, with the championship battle wide open and everything still to be decided. At the top of the standings, Freddie Slater (Prema Racing) and Matteo De Palo (Trident Motorsport) arrive tied on 226 points after a season of duels that has showcased the consistency and speed of both drivers. With just two rounds remaining, every session in Germany will prove decisive in shaping the outcome of the title.

BRP-Rotax is pleased to confirm the location and dates for the Rotax MAX Challenge International Trophy Asia 2026. The RMCIT will be hitting the track in the New Year at the Coloane Kart Circuit in Macau from January 23-25. The champions in five of the Rotax classes will be awarded their RMC Grand Finals 2026 tickets as one of the very first opportunities for competitors to officially qualify for the headline event.

One week after winning the Italian Championship title and securing multiple podium finishes in the WSK during the season, Modena Racing Team have been crowned world champions! Gioele Girardello made history by becoming the first winner of the FIA Karting World Cup in OK-N Junior. The Italian completely dominated the event in Italy, on the Cremona circuit. By climbing onto the third step of the podium, Switzerland's Albert Tamm completed the triumph of this leading team, which rewarded the extreme performance of their Parolin-TM Kart combinations.

PREMA is proud to announce that Enzo Deligny will be competing for the team in the 2026 FIA Formula 3 Championship. The 17-year-old racer, a Shanghai-born dual French and Chinese citizen, will join the team starting from the upcoming postseason test in Jerez.

Race week is here! The Grand Finale for KZ, KZ2 and KZ2 Masters at the 1300m Franciacorta Karting Track! One last showdown, one last chance for glory, and all the power of the shifters ready to roar across the circuit. This Final Round is also good preparation for drivers and technicians, as the FIA Karting World Championship KZ, KZ2, and KZ2 Masters will take place on the same race track from October 9th to 12th. Who’s going to close the season on top? We will know it after the finals on Saturday.

Race week is here! The Grand Finale for KZ, KZ2 and KZ2 Masters at the 1300m Franciacorta Karting Track! One last showdown, one last chance for glory, and all the power of the shifters ready to roar across the circuit. This Final Round is also good preparation for drivers and technicians, as the FIA Karting World Championship KZ, KZ2, and KZ2 Masters will take place on the same race track from October 9th to 12th. Who’s going to close the season on top? We will know it after the finals on Saturday.

October will be the month with the KZ2 and KZ categories taking center stage in the international karting scene. Next weekend (with Finals scheduled for Saturday, October 4), the 2nd and final round of the Champions of the Future will take place in Franciacorta, Italy. The following week, from October 8 to 11, on the same track, the most important event of the season for the Shifter categories is scheduled: the FIA World Championship KZ and the World Cup KZ2 and KZ Master. The most prominent drivers and teams in these categories will be based in Italy for 15 days to crown the 2025 World Champions. CRG boasts a prestigious and winning history in these categories, and once again this year, CRG and Kalì Kart chassis are expected to be among the frontrunners.
 

According to the egalitarian principle which has always prevailed in this competition, the 86 or so drivers entered this season in each of the two FIA Karting Academy Trophies, Senior and Junior categories, have had the use of strictly identical equipment: this includes chassis and engines (supplied by OTK), tyres (provided by Maxxis or LeCont, depending on the category), overalls and gloves (branded OMP) and the data acquisition system (of the Alfano brand).

British youngster Lewis Wherrell will make his car racing debut in the GB4 Championship at Donington Park this weekend (4/5 October).

The new FIA Karting event, which brought together the OK-N and OK-N Junior World Cups, as well as the third and final competition of the Academy Trophy - Junior, lived up to all expectations. On the Cremona circuit, the last day ended in sunshine with some very exciting Finals. Italy's Manuel Scognamiglio made the difference in OK-N, and his compatriot Gioele Girardello made history by becoming the first winner of the OK-N Junior World Cup. While Lithuania's Nojus Stasionis won the Academy - Junior Final, the title was clinched by Finland's Oiva Vettenranta on the final lap

The GB3 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, has released a new-look calendar for the 2026 season, with events at the Red Bull Ring and the season finale at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya being the headline additions. Both F1 venues are set to host GB3 action for the first time, with the season schedule retaining the customary eight-round, 24-race schedule.

The GB4 Championship, partnered by the BRDC, has confirmed its 2026 event calendar, retaining the popular and cost-effective seven-round, 21-race schedule across the UK’s premier circuits. In addition, plans for a maiden Winter Series have also been confirmed, with an end of year visit to Snetterton on 24/25 October for drivers considering an entry for the 2027 season.

This FIA Karting World Cup has attracted a large number of participants this year in a sign of the growing strength of FIA Karting events. Applications exceeded expectations so much so that FIA Karting had to close OK-N applications just hours after they opened. A total of 90 OK-N and 83 OK-NJ drivers will compete in Cremona in these two competitions, which promise to be very open.

At the Italian circuit of Cremona, the second edition of the OK-N World Cup, the first for the OK-N Junior category and the FIA Karting Academy Trophy produced an incredible spectacle, with 34 intense races since the end of Qualifying. Rain on Saturday reshuffled the deck, sometimes changing the rankings and causing a few incidents in the pack. In all categories, many drivers believe they have a chance of victory. At this stage, Italians Manuel Scognamiglio in OK-N and Gioele Girardello in OK-N Junior, as well as Frenchman Maël Le Marchand in Academy - Junior, are leading the intermediate rankings.

After another intense weekend in KZ2 for Davide Forè, who completes the 5th and final round of the Italian ACI Karting Championship in Franciacorta with the IPK Factory Team.

Trident Motorsport is pleased to announce that 18-year-old Danish driver Noah Strømsted will continue to race under their colours in the 2026 FIA Formula 3 Championship.

This FIA Karting World Cup has attracted a large number of participants this year in a sign of the growing strength of FIA Karting events. Applications exceeded expectations so much so that FIA Karting had to close OK-N applications just hours after they opened. A total of 90 OK-N and 83 OK-NJ drivers will compete in Cremona in these two competitions, which promise to be very open.