Autodromo Nazionale Monza - Luka Sammalisto claimed his third victory of the weekend, the seventh of his season. Once again, it was a perfect score: wins in every race he has taken part in, exactly as he did at Vallelunga.

At the Autodromo Piero Taruffi di Vallelunga, venue of the second round of the Italian F4 Championship, US Racing’s Luka Sammalisto completed a perfect weekend. Three wins from the three races he contested for the Finnish driver, who only missed Race 2 because of the group rotation format, with that race instead won by teammate Edu Robinson.

Italian F4 Championship leader after the opening round is Alp Aksoy (Prema Racing), who came close to a perfect scorecard at the Misano World Circuit. With two victories and a third-place finish, the Turkish driver collected 82 out of the 90 points available and became the first championship leader of the 2026 season.

Qualifying for the opening round of the Italian F4 Championship at the Misano World Circuit has come to an end. Luka Sammalisto, the Finnish driver for US Racing, set the fastest overall time with a 1’35.492 lap, securing pole position for Race 2 and Race 3 at the head of Group A. The fastest driver in the other series was Prema Racing’s Turkish driver Alp Aksoy, who will start from pole position in Race 1 with Group B.

The 2026 season of the Italian F4 Championship, the single-seater series promoted by ACI Sport and WSK Promotion, gets underway with record-breaking numbers. After the previous record set at Monza in 2022 with 44 cars on the grid, the championship has already surpassed that mark: 47 single-seaters ready to take to the track on Thursday for the collective tests ahead of the opening round of the season at the Misano circuit on the Adriatic Riviera.

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.

The 2025 Yearbook and all WSK Yearbooks dating back to the first volume in 2012 are now available online at wsk.it. They are available both online and in prestigious glossy print editions, featuring all the pictures, race reports, and results from every WSK, Rotax, and F4 karting season.

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. 

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.

Australian youngster Dante Vinci has been confirmed as Hillspeed’s first driver signing for the 2026 GB3 Championship, following a highly promising winter testing programme with the squad across the UK and Europe. The 17-year-old makes the step up into GB3 after his first full season in cars this year in the Italian F4 Championship and Euro F4 Championships.

Young Dutch driver Reno Francot has rejoined MP Motorsport for a full season in the F4 Spanish Championship; the 17-year-old from Echt will team up with the previously announced René Lammers, Yani Stevenheydens, Ean Eyckmans, Niklas Schaufler and Hudson Schwartz in a strong six-car entry for the Dutch team.

The Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team is delighted to announce its Junior Programme line-up for 2025. This year, the programme expands to include twelve talented young drivers, competing across various categories from karting to FIA Formula 3.

The 20th season of WSK Promotion kicks off from the International Circuit La Conca with the opener of the WSK Super Master Series, on January 22-26, 2025. 

The 20th season of WSK Promotion kicks off from the International Circuit La Conca with the opener of the WSK Super Master Series, on January 22-26, 2025. 

After official collective Tests, the 20th season of WSK Promotion kicks off from the International Circuit La Conca with the opener of the WSK Super Master Series, on January 22-26, 2025.

Freddie Slater, one of the UK’s most highly rated and hotly tipped racing drivers for a potential future in Formula One, will contest selected rounds of the GB3 Championship this year with Hillspeed.

F1 Academy race-winner Bianca Bustamante will make her GB3 Championship debut with Elite Motorsport in 2025. Bustamante, who celebrates her 20th birthday in January, has finished seventh for the past two years in the F1 Academy standings.
 

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.

Van Amersfoort Racing (VAR) is excited to announce that Indian racing talent Dion Gowda will join their FRECA (Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine) team for the 2025 season. His arrival marks an exciting new chapter for both Dion and VAR. The team is excited to support his development as he competes in one of Europe’s most prestigious development series.