Teams and drivers
All teams will compete using identical Tatuus T-326 cars powered by Toyota engines on Pirelli tyres. [2] [3] The ten pre-selected teams for the 2026 season were announced on 2 October 2025. [4]
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Team changes
After three years of competing in the series, Saintéloc Racing will discontinue their FREC programme. AKCEL GP, who joined the series in 2025 and already ended its efforts after six of ten rounds, will also not return. [4]
MP Motorsport will return to the series after a one-year absence, while New Zealand-based team Rodin Motorsport will make their series debut. [4]
Driver changes
Team's champion R-ace GP saw both Enzo Deligny and Jin Nakamura move up to FIA F3 with Van Amersfoort Racing and Hitech respectively, and Akshay Bohra moves to Super Formula Lights with TOM'S. [7] [8] [9] The team signed Super Formula Lights runner-up Yuki Sano from TOM'S, and Rashid Al Dhaheri, who finished eighth with Prema Racing. [10] [11]
Reigning Drivers' Champion Freddie Slater leaves Prema Racing, as he graduates to FIA F3 with Trident, while Rashid Al Dhaheri moves to R-ace GP and Jack Beeton leaves the series to compete in Indy NXT with HMD Motorsports. [12] [13] [11] Prema promoted reigning Italian F4 rookie champion Salim Hanna and third place finisher Sebastian Wheldon from their outfit in that championship. [14] [15]
Van Amersfoort Racing saw two of their drivers move up to FIA F3, with Pedro Clerot joining Rodin Motorsport and Hiyu Yamakoshi remaining with VAR's F3 outfit. [16] [17] To replace them, the team signed Francisco Macedo, who will move over from Eurocup-3 after coming 14th in 2025 driving for Campos Racing's Griffin Core outfit, and Andrea Dupé, who graduates from Italian F4 and the E4 Championship. [18] [19]
ART Grand Prix saw both Taito Kato and Kanato Le promoted to the team's FIA F3 setup, while Evan Giltaire moves to Super Formula Lights with B-Max Racing Team. [20] [21] [22] Alpine junior driver Kabir Anurag and Matteo Giaccardi will join the team, with Anurag graduating from Italian F4 after coming 16th in 2025 with US Racing and Giaccardi graduating from French F4 after coming 11th in 2025. [23] [24]
Trident will have an all-new line up as they promoted runner-up Matteo De Palo to their FIA F3 team, Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi joined DAMS in FIA F3 and Ruiqi Liu compete in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia with Phantom Global Racing. [25] [26] [27] The team signed Italian F4 graduates Maksimilian Popov and Andrija Kostić, who took sixth place with Van Amersfoort Racing and 17th with US Racing respectively in 2025. [28] [29] Luka Sammalisto also was to join the team, but was replaced ahead of the season by Kai Daryanani, who finished 11th with JHR Developments in the 2025 GB3 Championship. [30] [31]
RPM saw Enzo Yeh and the other nine part-time entries of 2025 all depart the team. They signed two drivers departing Campos Racing in Spanish F4 in Jan Przyrowski, who was third and already made a one-round guest appearance in 2025, and Miguel Costa, who came 14th in 2025. [32] [6]
G4 Racing signed Norwegian Italian F4 driver Marcus Sæter, who finished 15th with Van Amersfoort Racing. [33]
New team Rodin Motorsport recruited two drivers from the GB3 championship in reigning champion Alex Ninovic, who moves over from the team's outfit in that championship, and Reza Seewooruthun, who joins Rodin after finishing fifth with Argenti with Prema. [34] [35]
Departing team Saintéloc Racing saw Nikita Bedrin move to GB3 Championship with VRD Racing, Tim Gerhards move to Le Mans Cup in the LMP3 class with More Motorsport, and Yaroslav Veselaho leave single-seater racing. [36] [37] [38]
Reigning Italian F4 champion Kean Nakamura-Berta will step up to the series. [39]
