The FIA and ACI are proud to announce the creation of the FIA Formula Regional European Championship, a brand-new, FIA-supported single-seater competition set to commence in 2026. This marks a crucial next step in the FIA’s structured talent development pathway. The implementation of a new car in 2026 – the FR Gen2 – will mark a significant evolution in the junior single-seater landscape, signalling a strategic moment for redefining the Formula Regional level in Europe.

Rafael Camara, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Dino Beganovic, and before them Grégoire Saucy, Formula Regional builds champions. A quick look at the series’ roll of honour reveals a growing legacy of excellence, with many former drivers now competing in Formula 1, including Antonelli, Isack Hadjar, and Gabriel Bortoleto. Co-organised by ACI Sport and Alpine Racing since 2021, the championship now enters its fifth season, kicking off this weekend at Misano, an all-new venue for the series, with a 26-car grid representing ten teams.
 

With the FIA ​​awards ceremony which took place in Rwanda in the last few days, the curtain has finally fallen on the 2025 sporting season for international karting. As usual, at CRG, it’s time to take stock with President Giancarlo Tinini. The first reflections are aimed precisely at the international season, in which once again CRG products were among the great protagonists.

The 2024 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine (FRECA) season was an extraordinary showcase of young talent and determination, highlighted by record-breaking performances and new milestones. This fourth season featured 41 drivers from 20 nations, illustrating FRECA’s role as a premier development platform for the next generation of racing stars. Held over 10 rounds on some of Europe’s most iconic circuits, the championship not only set new records but further cemented its reputation as a vital stepping stone to the top levels of motorsport.

Audi and Sauber Motorsport AG have secured one of the most promising talents for the future of Formula One: Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto (20) will complete the team’s strong and well-matched pairing alongside Nico Hülkenberg (37).

Trident Motorsport is pleased to announce the second of the three drivers who will make up its 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship line-up. The team based in Milan with operational headquarters in Ossona, which won the Drivers' championship with Gabriel Bortoleto in 2023 and with Leonardo Fornaroli in 2024, will field the promising Noah Strømsted next season. For the 17-year-old from Copenhagen, this will be his first full-time campaign in the series, where he made his debut this year in Monza.

Trident Motorsport is pleased to announce the first of its three drivers for the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship. The team based in Milan and operating out of Ossona, which won the championship title in 2023 with Gabriel Bortoleto and in 2024 with Leonardo Fornaroli, will field promising Austrian driver Charlie Wurz next season.

The chain of young drivers coming from the CRG training camp who are entering motorsport is enriched with a new name, the one of Mattia Colnaghi. After many big names of the past, including Hamilton, Verstappen and Hulkenberg, as well Gabriel Bortoleto, the new FIA F3 Champion, who recently joined the McLaren Academy or Dennis Hauger, protagonist of the FIA F2 Championship, a new potential protagonist of tomorrow’s motor racing who comes from what can be considered in all respects a full-fledged school for young karting drivers.

Gabriel Bortoleto and Oliver Goethe delivered a sensational 1-2 finish in a race that saw them as the main characters. Trident Motorsport climbed to the top of the team standings, while a puncture stopped Leonardo Fornaroli.

Gabriel Bortoleto ended pre-season testing on top, setting a 1:47.417 to lead the way on the final day of running for Trident. He narrowly headed up the field from Gabriele Minì, just 0.035s off the top spot with Grégoire Saucy in the top three once again.

The second race of the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine held at Mugello gave the last emotions of the year with the victory of Gabriele Minì (ART Grand Prix), who thanks to his third success ended the season with the second place in the overall championship standings behind the champion Dino Beganovic (Prema Racing).

The race held at the Mugello Circuit will remain in the history of the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine, as Dino Beganovic is crowned champion of the 2022 season. It was enough for the Swedish driver to finish the race in fourth position to mathematically bring home the title, conquered by the Prema Racing standard bearer with one race still to go. A Prema Racing branded success, already triumphant last weekend in Barcelona, which today saw an unreachable Paul Aron on the highest step of the podium. The Estonian, who this morning also set the pole position record in the series, also overtook Gabriele Minì (ART Grand Prix) in the overall standings, moving into second place behind team-mate Beganovic.

Paul Aron once again was the fastest driver in qualifying in the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine. The Estonian, who celebrated the team title with Prema Racing in Barcelona, put everyone behind setting the best time of 1:42.723 at Mugello. 

ART Grand Prix’s Gabriele Minì returned to the top of the timesheets to set the pace in the first Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine collective test at Mugello.

Mugello fog welcomed the 36 drivers of the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine, who prepare to face the final round of the season this weekend.

Gabriel Bortoleto was the undisputed star of the second Spanish round of the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine, going for a fine victory after taking his first pole position this morning. 

Gabriel Bortoleto claimed his first pole position in the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine in Barcelona right on the weekend of his birthday. The R-ace GP‘s Brazilian driver set the fastest time of 1m40.532s in the Group B session, only 0.156s ahead of his teammate Hadrien David. The Frenchman finished yesterday’s race with a second place and will start from the second row of the grid in Race 2.

Paul Aron‘s victory was won by keeping the lead from start to finish. After signing the pole position this morning, he climbed on the top step of the podium for the fifth time this year at the wheel of  Prema Racing team’s car number 3.

The countdown marks less than three days to the start of the penultimate round of the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine, which will be back in action this weekend at the Barcelona track. 

The Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine ends its eighth round of the season at Red Bull Ring with Hadrien David‘s victory in Race 2. The young driver of the R-ace GP team drove a perfect race after starting from pole, and kept the lead from start to finish.