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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.
| Entrant | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
 Campos Racing | 1 |  Théophile Naël | TBC |
| 2 |  Ernesto Rivera | TBC | |
| 3 |  Ugo Ugochukwu | TBC | |
 Trident | 4 | Matteo De Palo | TBC |
| 5 |  Freddie Slater | TBC | |
| 6 |  Noah Strømsted [3] | TBC | |
 MP Motorsport | 7 | Mattia Colnaghi | TBC |
| 8 | Alessandro Giusti [4] | TBC | |
| 9 |  Tuukka Taponen | TBC | |
| ART Grand Prix | 10 |  Maciej Gładysz | TBC |
| 11 |  Kanato Le | TBC | |
| 12 |  TBA | TBC | |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | 14 | Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. | TBC |
| 15 | Bruno del Pino | TBC | |
| 16 | Hiyu Yamakoshi | TBC | |
 Rodin Motorsport | 17 | Brando Badoer | TBC |
| 18 |  Pedro Clerot | TBC | |
| 19 |  Christian Ho | TBC | |
| Prema Racing | 20 | Enzo Deligny | TBC |
| 21 | Louis Sharp | TBC | |
| 22 |  James Wharton | TBC | |
| Hitech TGR | 23 |  Fionn McLaughlin | TBC |
| 24 | Jin Nakamura | TBC | |
| 25 |  Michael Shin | TBC | |
 AIX Racing | 26 | Fernando Barrichello | TBC |
| 27 | Brad Benavides [5] | TBC | |
| 28 |  Yevan David | TBC | |
| DAMS Lucas Oil | 29 |  Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi | TBC |
| 30 | TBA | TBC | |
| 31 | TBA | TBC |
Driver changes
Campos Racing will have an all-new lineup after Mari Boya and Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak left the team and 2025 runner-up Nikola Tsolov graduated to their FIA F2 outfit. [6] The team signed two sophomore drivers in Théophile Naël, who leaves Van Amersfoort Racing after finishing eighth with the team in 2025, and McLaren junior driver Ugo Ugochukwu, who left Prema Racing after ending the 2025 season 16th. [7] [8] Red Bull Junior driver Ernesto Rivera will complete Campos' lineup on his graduation from their Eurocup-3 outfit. [9]
Reigning champion Rafael Câmara will step up to Formula 2 with Invicta Racing, while Charlie Wurz left Trident. [10] The team signed Formula Regional European Championship champion Freddie Slater and promoted runner-up Matteo De Palo for their full-season debut after Slater already deputized for two rounds for AIX Racing and Hitech TGR in 2025. [11] [12]
Both Tim Tramnitz and Bruno del Pino left MP Motorsport, with the latter joining Van Amersfoort Racing. [13] 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. [14] [15] [16]
Tuukka Taponen and James Wharton will both leave ART Grand Prix to join to MP Motorsport and Prema Racing, respectively. [16] To replace them, the team signed Maciej Gładysz, who steps up from Eurocup-3, where he won the winter series driving for KCL by MP Motorsport, and Kanato Le, who steps up from their FRECA outfit after finished 14th. [17] [18]
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. [7] 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, and Jesse Carrasquedo Jr., who deputized for Hitech TGR for two rounds in 2025. [19] [13] [20]
Rodin Motorsport also have three new drivers with Louis Sharp move to Prema, and both Callum Voisin and Roman Bilinski left the team. [21] They signed McLaren Driver Development Programme driver 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 raced with Van Amersfoort Racing, who finished fourth. [22] [23] [24]
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. [22] [8] [25] Prema signed Enzo Deligny from FRECA, where he finished third with R-ace GP. James Wharton returns to Prema, departing ART Grand Prix after finishing his full-time debut season in 18th. [26] [27] 2024 GB3 champion Louis Sharp will complete Prema's lineup for his sophomore season after a 26th place with Rodin Motorsport in 2025. [21]
Hitech TGR also renewed their lineup after Martinius Stenshorne stepped up to Formula 2 with Rodin Motorsport and neither Gerrard Xie nor any of the team's four part-time competitors returned. [28] Hitech signed a returnee and two championship debutants: Michael Shin 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 Champion with Hitech's outfit in that series. [29] [30] [31]
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 Formula 3, and 7th place Fernando Barrichello, who already deputized for Hedley at the team in the last round of the 2025 season. [32] [33]
DAMS Lucas Oil saw Christian Ho leave the team as he moves to Rodin Motorsport. [23] To replace Ho, the team signed Thai driver Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi from FRECA, where he finished 16th with Trident. [34]
