The Paul Ricard circuit buzzed with activity in the afternoon as the 32 single-seaters returned to the track for the second pre-season collective test of the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine. Finnish driver Tuukka Taponen showcased his solid aptitude around the French track’s corners, clocking the fastest lap time of 1’57”492 in his R-ace GP car.
 

The Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine sprang into action this morning at Paul Ricard, the stage for the second pre-season collective test of the year. Commanding the track during the morning session was Rafael Camara of Prema Racing, who clinched the fastest lap with an impressive time of 1’57”321.

Young Dutch karting sensation René Lammers has reached an agreement with MP Motorsport to enter the future together. The 15-year-old Zandvoort resident will compete in the Spanish F4 championship in 2024 while preparing for that this winter by racing in the Formula Winter Series in Spain.

The sixth round of the 2023 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine was an unforgettable one for G4 Racing. The Swiss squad, led by Patrick Gnos, captured a sensational win in the opening race of the weekend at Circuit Paul Ricard with Alessandro Giusti.

37 single-seaters ready to take to the track to compete in the fifth round of the Championship at Paul Ricard

G4 Racing is excited to announce the continuation of its collaboration with Pierre-Alexandre Provost for the upcoming race of the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine season. Provost, a talented French driver, and former French-Luxembourg F4 race winner has been an integral part of our team during the winter testing period, showcasing significant progress. Now, he is fully prepared to compete in one of the most fiercely competitive championships in motorsport.

Mathematically, Japanese driver Souta Arao still has a very small chance of winning the title! But on the Paul Ricard circuit, Frenchman Alessandro Giusti and Australian Hugh Barter will be fighting hard for the title of 2022 French F4 Champion...

This weekend Circuit Paul Ricard is the track for the fifth race of the 2022 W Series season.

At Paul Ricard, the first race of the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine was filled with excitement and provided quite a show from the first to the last lap. After such show and so much overtaking, the winner was Paul Aron, who took his second win of the season in France and redeemed himself after the unlucky weekend in Monaco, where he was left with no points. Prema Racing got a one-two as the championship leader Dino Beganovic fought with his teammate for the race lead until the very last lap, after starting from pole position.

Prema Racing’s Dino Beganovic will start the first Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine race at Paul Ricard from pole position after going fastest in both stages of qualifying. The championship leader, set the fastest lap of 1m58.808s, just 0.002s ahead of his teammate Paul Aron, who will start from the third place. 

Oliver Goethe continued his astonishing form in the third round of the Euroformula Open championship season last weekend at the Circuit Paul Ricard.

Colombian youngster Nicolás Baptiste Velasco has signed to drive for FA Racing in the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine (FRECA), the 16-year-old from Bogotá stepping up for his debut season in the category.

Van Amersfoort Racing is excited to announce the joining of Romanian Filip Ugran. The 19-year-old will compete for the Dutch team in the upcoming Euroformula Open Championship, which starts early May at the Autódromo do Estoril.

Italian racing squad Iron Lynx announced this week that former karting star Logan Sargeant would join the team to compete in this weekend’s Michelin Le Mans Cup, to be held at the Paul Ricard circuit in France. For Sargeant, who finished third in last year’s hotly-contested FIA Formula 3 Championship, the move this weekend represents a new step in his career – racing a GT car for the first time. 
 

In Race 2 Grégoire Saucy (ART Grand Prix) is in pole position, while on his side is his first opponent on the Circuit Paul Ricard, Hadrien David (R-ace GP). In the second row are the two fastest Rookies in the start of the season, Gabriele Minì (ART Grand Prix) and Isack Hadjar (R-ace GP).

It’s racing weekend at Circuit Paul Ricard, for the fourth round of the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine – certified by FIA and co-organized by ACI Sport and Alpine.

The standings of Race 1 in Paul Ricard change due to the disqualification of Grégoire Saucy due to his car not being compliant with the technical regulations; a sad situation after the great driving by the Swiss driver of ART Grand Prix. The final standings see all driver behind Saucy move up one position, so the winner is Hadrien David (R-ace GP), followed by Mikhael Belov (JD Motorsport, and Gabriele Minì (ART Grand Prix)

Great performances by the drivers, but no changes in the first positions in Race 1 of the Formula Regional EU by Alpine at Paul Ricard where, from pole, Grègoire Saucy (ART Grand Prix) makes a great start, and Hadrien David (R-ace GP) cannot really try anything to overtake, from the second position, the leader and final winner of the race. 

It’s racing weekend at Circuit Paul Ricard, for the fourth round of the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine – certified by FIA and co-organized by ACI Sport and Alpine.

In the second 50 minutes practice session of the Friday, Grégoire Saucy (ART Grand Prix) confirms to be the fastest also with new tires, obtaining a very good lap time (1:57.937), being the only driver to go below 1:58.000. Behind him, his teammate, Gabriele Minì, stopping the watch at 1:58.275, so not as close as he might have wanted, but still in a potential first row. 

The Iron Lynx squad raced across France and Austria at the weekend, fielding six cars across the European Le Mans Series at the Red Bull Ring and Italian Formula 4 at the Paul Ricard circuit.

After the victory of the Russian from Prema Powerteam in race 1, the German by US Racing impose himself twice on the track of Le Castellet.

Italian racing team Iron Lynx will propel a young racer on her first step towards single-seater glory this weekend, as she competes in her first ever car race. Dutch-Spanish driver Maya Weug is 16 years old and having triumphed in last year’s “FIA Girls on Track – Rising Stars” programme, has become the first girl to join the prestigious Ferrari Driver Academy.

Record numbers for the eighth edition of the Italian F.4. 37 single-seater will be deployed at the start of Paul Ricard race, 12 the teams involved and 18 the nationalities represented from 4 different continents

Van Amersfoort Racing is happy to announce to have Bence Válint in their Formula 4 squad for the second time around. Bence is scheduled to attack the full Italian F4 Championship and will also compete in selected rounds of the ADAC German F4 Series. 

Some necessary changes and improvements to the 2021 calendar of the Formula Regional by Alpine have been made, while the organization of the new Championship is proceeding fast in the final steps towards what is definitely going to be an extraordinary season, thanks to the joint efforts of ACI Sport and Alpine.

A 15-year-old Moroccan hopeful, Suleiman has shone in karting on most international circuits. His official debut in F4 was disrupted, like all motorsport, by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, the horizon is now opening up with the implementation of a new programme in the Spanish F4 Championship within Team GRS.

Young women drivers are poised to become Ferrari’s first-ever female racing professionals as a result of an exciting and innovative talent detection programme by the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission and its first major partner, Scuderia Ferrari.