2026 FIA Formula 3 Championship

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The 2026 FIA Formula 3 Championship is a scheduled motor racing championship for Formula 3 cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship will be the seventeenth season of Formula 3 racing and the eighth season run under the FIA Formula 3 Championship moniker. FIA Formula 3 is an open-wheel racing category serving as the third tier of formula racing in the FIA Global Pathway. The category will be run in support of selected rounds of the 2026 FIA Formula One World Championship. As the championship is a spec series, all teams and drivers competing in the championship will run the same car, the Dallara F3 2025.

Campos Racing will enter the season as the reigning Teams' Champions, having secured their inaugural title at the final race of the 2025 season at Monza Circuit.

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The following teams and drivers are scheduled to compete in the 2026 FIA Formula 3 Championship. [1] As the championship is a spec series, all teams will compete with an identical Dallara F3 2025 chassis with a 3.4 L (207 cu in) naturally-aspirated V6 engine developed by Mecachrome. [2] All teams will compete with tyres supplied by Pirelli.

EntrantNo.Driver nameRounds
Flag of Spain.svg Campos Racing 1 Flag of France.svg Théophile Naël TBC
2 Flag of the United States.svg Ugo Ugochukwu TBC
3 Flag of Mexico.svg Ernesto Rivera TBC
Flag of Italy.svg Trident 4 Flag of Denmark.svg Noah Strømsted [3] TBC
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Freddie Slater TBC
6 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo De Palo TBC
Flag of the Netherlands.svg MP Motorsport 7 Flag of Argentina.svg Mattia Colnaghi TBC
8 Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen TBC
9 Flag of France.svg Alessandro Giusti [4] TBC
Flag of France.svg ART Grand Prix 10 Flag of Japan.svg Taito Kato TBC
11 Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Gładysz TBC
12 Flag of Japan.svg Kanato Le TBC
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Van Amersfoort Racing 14 Flag of Japan.svg Hiyu Yamakoshi TBC
15 Flag of France.svg Enzo Deligny TBC
16 Flag of Spain.svg Bruno del Pino TBC
Flag of New Zealand.svg Rodin Motorsport 17 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Clerot TBC
18 Flag of Italy.svg Brando Badoer TBC
19 Flag of Singapore.svg Christian Ho TBC
Flag of Italy.svg Prema Racing 20 Flag of New Zealand.svg Louis Sharp TBC
21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Wharton TBC
22 Flag of Mexico.svg José Garfias TBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hitech 23 Flag of South Korea.svg Michael Shin TBC
24 Flag of Ireland.svg Fionn McLaughlin TBC
25 Flag of Japan.svg Jin Nakamura TBC
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg AIX Racing 26 Flag of the United States.svg Brad Benavides [5] TBC
27 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Yevan David TBC
28 Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Barrichello TBC
Flag of France.svg DAMS Lucas Oil 29 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Lacorte [6] TBC
30 Flag of Thailand.svg Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi TBC
31 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gerrard Xie TBC

Driver changes

Campos Racing will have an all-new lineup after Nikola Tsolov, Mari Boya and Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak left the team, all graduating to Formula 2, with Tsolov remaining with Campos, Boya to Prema Racing and Inthraphuvasak joining ART Grand Prix. [7] [8] [9] The team signed two sophomore drivers in 2025 Macau Grand Prix winner Théophile Naël, who leaves Van Amersfoort Racing after finishing eighth with the team in 2025, and Ugo Ugochukwu, who left Prema Racing after ending the 2025 season 16th. [10] [11] Red Bull Junior driver Ernesto Rivera will complete Campos' lineup on his graduation from their Eurocup-3 outfit. [12]

Reigning champion Rafael Câmara will step up to Formula 2 with Invicta Racing, while Charlie Wurz leaves the series to compete in Super Formula with Team Goh. [13] [14] The team signed FRECA champion Freddie Slater and promoted runner-up Matteo De Palo for their full-season debut after Slater already deputised for two rounds for AIX Racing and Hitech in 2025. [15] [16]

Both Tim Tramnitz and Bruno del Pino left MP Motorsport, with the latter joining Van Amersfoort Racing. [17] To replace them, the team signed reigning Eurocup-3 champion Mattia Colnaghi, who also joined the Red Bull Junior Team, as well as Ferrari junior driver Tuukka Taponen, who departs ART Grand Prix after coming ninth in 2025. [18] [19] [20]

ART Grand Prix reset their lineup as Tuukka Taponen joined MP Motorsport, James Wharton joined Prema Racing and Laurens van Hoepen moved to Formula 2 with Trident. [20] [21] [22] The team signed Eurocup-3 winter series champion Maciej Gładysz, who finished tenth in Eurocup-3, and promoted 2024 French F4 Champion Taito Kato and Kanato Le from their FRECA outfit, where they finished the 2025 season in seventh and 14th, respectively. [23] [24] [25]

Van Amersfoort Racing will have an all-new line-up, as Théophile Naël moved to Campos Racing while Santiago Ramos and Ivan Domingues left the team. [10] VAR promoted Hiyu Yamakoshi from its FRECA outfit, who finished ninth, and signed Bruno del Pino, who leaves MP Motorsport after finishing the 2025 season in 23rd. [17] In September 2025 it was announced that Jesse Carrasquedo Jr., who deputised for Hitech for two rounds in 2025, would drive for the team in 2026. [26] [27] However, Carrasquedo vacated his seat indefinitely for personal reasons ahead of the start of the season, and was replaced by Enzo Deligny, who finished third with R-ace GP. [28]

Rodin Motorsport also have three new drivers with Louis Sharp moving to Prema, Callum Voisin competing in Porsche Carrera Cup GB and Roman Bilinski graduating to Formula 2 with DAMS. [29] [30] [31] The team signed Brando Badoer, who in turn left Prema after finishing his debut season with the team in 25th, 2024 Eurocup-3 champion Christian Ho, who departed DAMS after coming 22nd in 2025, and Pedro Clerot will graduate from FRECA, where he finished fourth with Van Amersfoort Racing. [32] [33] [34]

Brando Badoer, Ugo Ugochukwu, and Noel León all left Prema Racing as Badoer and Ugochukwu moved to Rodin Motorsport and Campos Racing respectively, while León stepped up to Formula 2 with Campos Racing. [32] [11] [35] James Wharton returns to Prema, departing ART Grand Prix after finishing his full-time debut season in 18th. [21] 2024 GB3 Champion Louis Sharp will join Prema for his sophomore season after a 26th place with Rodin Motorsport in 2025. [29] The team initially signed Enzo Deligny, but he left the team ahead of the start of the season to join Van Amersfoort Racing instead. [36] [28] The seat was taken by José Garfias, who finished fourth in Euroformula Open with Motopark, and made a one-round appearance last year with AIX Racing. [37]

Hitech also renewed their lineup after Martinius Stenshorne stepped up to Formula 2 with Rodin Motorsport, Gerrard Xie moved to DAMS and none of the team's four part-time competitors returned. [38] Hitech signed a returnee and two championship debutants: Genesis Magma Racing's Trajectory Program driver Michael Shin who made his FIA F3 debut in 2023 with PHM Racing by Charouz and has since been competing in Euroformula Open with Team Motopark where he finished 3rd, TGR Junior driver Jin Nakamura steps up from FRECA, where he finished 10th with R-ace GP, and Fionn McLaughlin enters FIA F3 after winning the 2025 F4 British Championship with Hitech's outfit. [39] [40] [41] [42]

AIX Racing will have two new drivers as neither James Hedley nor Nicola Marinangeli returned to the team. To replace them, AIX signed two Euroformula Open graduates: Yevan David, the series runner-up who will become the first Sri Lankan driver to compete in FIA Formula 3, and 7th placed Fernando Barrichello, who already deputised for Hedley at the team in the last round of the 2025 season. [43] [44]

DAMS Lucas Oil saw Christian Ho join Rodin Motorsport and Matías Zagazeta leave the team and the series. [33] To replace them, the team signed Thai driver Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi from FRECA, where he finished 16th with Trident, [45] and Gerrard Xie, who joined the team after finishing the 2025 FIA F3 season in 29th driving for Hitech. [46]

Race calendar

RoundCircuitSprint raceFeature race
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne 7 March8 March
2 Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 11 April12 April
3 Flag of Monaco.svg Circuit de Monaco, Monaco 6 June7 June
4 Flag of Spain.svg Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 13 June14 June
5 Flag of Austria.svg Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 27 June28 June
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 4 July5 July
7 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 18 July19 July
8 Flag of Hungary.svg Hungaroring, Mogyoród 25 July26 July
9 Flag of Italy.svg Monza Circuit, Monza 5 September6 September
10 Flag of Spain.svg Madring, Madrid 12 September13 September
Source: [47]

Calendar changes

Results and standings

Scoring system

Points will be awarded to the top ten classified finishers in both races. [a] The pole-sitter in the feature race will also receive two points, and one point will be given to the driver who set the fastest lap in both the feature and sprint races, provided that driver finished inside the top ten. If the driver who set the fastest lap is classified outside the top ten, the point will be given to the driver who set the fastest lap of those inside the top ten. No extra points will be awarded to the pole-sitter in the sprint race as the grid for it will be set by reversing the top twelve qualifiers.

Sprint race points

Points will be awarded to the top ten classified finishers. A bonus point will be awarded to the driver who set the fastest lap and finished in the top ten. [49]

Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th   FL  
Points109876543211
Feature race points

Points will be awarded to the top ten classified finishers. Bonus points will be awarded to the pole-sitter and to the driver who set the fastest lap and finished in the top ten.

Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th   Pole    FL  
Points25181512108642121

Notes

  1. ↑ In the event of a race ending prematurely, the number of points paying positions can be reduced, depending on how much of the race has been completed.

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