The sixth and penultimate round of the 2025 F4 Spanish Championship at Valencia crowned Thomas Strauven as the new overall champion and Ean Eyckmans as the Rookie Champion, marking a historic all-Belgian weekend in the series. Strauven sealed the title with five races to spare — the earliest coronation in the championship’s history — by winning Saturday’s opening race, while Eyckmans clinched his rookie crown after Race 3 on Sunday.
 

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.

The MP Group has further expanded its karting activities by acquiring the legendary karting circuit Karting Genk. To this end, MP owner Henk de Jong reached an agreement with the Lemmens family, who opened the outdoor track at Horensbergdam in 1983 and have owned it ever since. MP, best known in the Netherlands for its leading Formula racing team MP Motorsport, has been working for several years to grow its presence in karting—the foundation of the talent ladder that MP Motorsport offers all the way up to Formula 2.

Atlassian Williams Racing is pleased to announce that Williams Racing Academy Driver Alessandro Giusti will challenge for another season in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with MP Motorsport in 2026. He will continue to be supported by the Williams Racing Driver Academy as he develops on his path to Formula 1.

The Circuito de Navarra hosted a thrilling second round of the 2025 F4 Spanish Championship, where René Lammers delivered a flawless performance by winning two of three races, propelling him to the top of the overall standings.

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.

Promising Australian motor racing talent Joanne Ciconte has joined MP Motorsport to complete the team’s F1 Academy line-up for the 2025 season.

Young Belgian talent Yani Stevenheydens has joined MP Motorsport for this year’s F4 Spanish Championship, as the Dutch single-seater team continues to expand its Formula 4 line-up. The 18-year-old, from Meise, already had his first taste of Spanish F4 by teaming up with MP in the opening round of the F4 Spanish Winter Championship at Jérez last weekend.

Austrian karting prodigy Niklas Schaufler is MP Motorsport’s latest addition to its 2025 F4 Spanish Championship line-up. Backed by the Red Bull Junior Team, Schaufler will transition to single-seater racing following a distinguished karting career which established him as one of motorsport’s most promising young talents.
 

Peruvian youngster Andrés Cardénas is the fifth driver confirmed for MP Motorsport’s strong six car line-up in the 2025 Eurocup-3 series, the 16-year-old from Lima moving up after a pair of successful seasons in the F4 Spanish Championship.

This weekend, the Karting Champions League Winter Series is at Karting des Fagnes in Mariembourg. There is a very interesting prize pool in the different classes! From Golden Tickets for the IAME IWF 2025 to F4 tests with MP Motorsport and more great prizes! The IAME X30 Senior class has reached a full starting grid, but the organization has now expanded it to the number of 72 drivers! That promises great competition!

This weekend, the Karting Champions League Winter Series is at Karting des Fagnes in Mariembourg. There is a very interesting prize pool in the different classes! From Golden Tickets for the IAME IWF 2025 to F4 tests with MP Motorsport and more great prizes! The IAME X30 Senior class has reached a full starting grid, but the organization has now expanded it to the number of 72 drivers! That promises great competition!

This weekend, the Karting Champions League Winter Series is at Karting des Fagnes in Mariembourg. There is a very interesting prize pool in the different classes! From Golden Tickets for the IAME IWF 2025 to F4 tests with MP Motorsport and more great prizes! The IAME X30 Senior class has reached a full starting grid, but the organization has now expanded it to the number of 72 drivers! That promises great competition!

Registrations are going well for the Karting Champions League Winter Series: January 31st - February 2nd at Karting des Fagnes in Mariembourg. There is a very interesting prize pool in the different classes! From Golden Tickets for the IAME IWF 2025 to F4 tests with MP Motorsport and more great prizes!

Williams Racing is proud to confirm the 2025 line-up of the Williams Racing Driver Academy, with the stars of tomorrow all making a step up in their careers.

René Lammers will remain with MP Motorsport for a second season in the F4 Spanish Championship in 2025, where the Dutch talent will be focused on building on the experience he gained during his rookie campaign.

Alba Hurup Larsen will join the F1 Academy grid with MP Motorsport in 2025 to represent the world-renowned Tommy Hilfiger brand in the all-female international single-seater racing series. The 16-year-old Danish driver is the first of three drivers to be run by the Dutch outfit in F1 Academy.

Today, F1 Academy announced that Hitech Grand Prix will join the grid and operate three cars from the 2025 season, expanding the grid to 18 cars.

Oliver Goethe stays with MP Motorsport for a full-season campaign in the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship.

Alessandro Giusti will race with MP Motorsport in 2025, joining Tim Tramnitz and Bruno Del Pino at the Dutch squad and completing their line-up for next season.