Fortec Motorsports has confirmed that rising Australian star James Wharton will join the team for both Silverstone GB3 Championship events this season. The 17-year-old from Melbourne is a race-winner in the Italian F4, ADAC Formula 4 and Euro 4 Championships, and is the 2023 UAE F4 champion. He began karting at the age of eight, winning the Australian Championship three years later before moving to Europe to continue his progression.

Italian-licensed racer Nikita Bedrin has teamed up with MP Motorsport for a full-season attack in the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine. The 18-year-old who was born in Belgorod in Russia will have Nikhil Bohra and Valerio Rinicella as his teammates.

Ferrari Driver Academy talent Tuukka Taponen became the 2024 Formula Regional Middle East Champion (FRMEC) in the final round at Dubai Autodrome. Victory in Saturday’s opening race of the weekend for R-ace GP’s 17-year-old Finnish star was enough to put him beyond reach of his only remaining title rival, Taylor Barnard, and for good measure, Taponen put on a dominant display in Sunday’s season finale to further underline his superiority with another win.

Young Brazilian star Emerson Fittipaldi Jr is the latest to sign up with MP Motorsport for a twin-pronged assault on the Eurocup-3 series and the Formula Regional Middle East Championship (FRMEC), with his first FRMEC races coming up this weekend.

Spanish racer Bruno Del Pino Ventos will remain with MP Motorsport for a fresh assault on the Eurocup-3 series. By way of preparation, the 17-year-old will also take in a campaign in the Formula Regional Middle East Championship.

Indian American racer Nikhil Bohra has switched to MP Motorsport for a second season in the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine (FRECA) and the Formula Regional Middle East Championship (FRMEC). The New York City-born resident of Singapore has signed to join the Dutch outfit’s three-car team, with the previously announced Valerio Rinicella as one of his teammates.

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Norwegian talent Martinius Stenshorne joins Hitech off the back of an impressive year in the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine, where he claimed both the Vice and Rookie Champion titles.

Title-winning single-seater team MP Motorsport has signed a multi-year deal to become the exclusive Technical Partner for the FIA-certified Indian F4 Championship (F4IC). Promoted and organised by Racing Promotions Private Limited (RPPL), the new Indian series will use halo-equipped second-generation Mygale F4 cars all run by the Dutch team.

Van Amersfoort Racing is excited to announce that countryman Niels Koolen will join the team for the 2023 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine (FRECA). Koolen completes the VAR FRECA driver line-up for 2023, joining Joshua Dufek and fellow Dutchman Kas Haverkort.

Japanese driver Ayato Iwasaki will remain with Elite Motorsport for a full GB3 campaign in 2023, after making his series debut with the Norfolk team at last year’s Donington Park finale. Iwasaki posted a sixth place finish in the last race of the season, his first car event in Europe, ending less than four seconds behind the race winner. 
 

Van Amersfoort Racing is excited to announce that Joshua Dufek will stay with the team to compete in the 2023 Formula Regional Championship by Alpine. Dufek, who made his debut in the series last year, is now aiming to fight at the front end of the grid with the championship title as his main goal.

The Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team is excited to confirm its Junior Programme line-up for 2023.

Danish youngster Sebastian Øgaard is the first driver to hook up with MP Motorsport for an assault on the inaugural Eurocup-3 series. The Dutch outfit is one of the teams providing cars for this new stepping stone in between Formula 4, the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine (FRECA) and FIA Formula 3.

Dubai, February 12, 2023: Thrilling racing on the Formula Regional Middle East Championship’s (FRMEC) return to Dubai Autodrome culminated in Andrea Kimi Antonelli taking an encouraging points lead into the final round next weekend at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. But such has been the unpredictable nature of the season so far, that nothing can be taken for granted. Antonelli may have shared the wins in Dubai with Pepe Martí and Nikita Bedrin, but it was Taylor Barnard who scored the biggest points total of the weekend and he is still very much in the picture for the title.

Monolite Racing is delighted to announce the agreement reached with Giovanni Maschio for the 2023 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine season.

The Formula Regional Middle East Championship (FRMEC) will make history as the first single-seater series to race at the new 5.609km Kuwait Motor Town (KMT) this week. Alongside the F4 UAE Championship, the two series will debut open-wheel competition at the impressive, multi-discipline USD162 million motorsport facility with a combined grid just shy of 70 cars.

Much of the world’s most exciting young racing talent, including numerous champions, is gearing up for the opening round of the Formula Regional Middle East Championship Certified by FIA at the Dubai Autodrome. The huge, international field will begin its schedule of five triple-header events on 13-14 January in support of the Dubai 24 Hours, before four more rounds, the entire season held at FIA Grade I circuits.