2026 Formula Winter Series

2026 Formula Winter Series

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The 2026 Formula Winter Series is the fourth season of the Formula Winter Series. It is a multi-event motor racing championship for open-wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to Formula 4 regulations by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), and is organised by Gedlich Racing.

The championship consists of five rounds in Portugal and Spain, beginning on 24 January at Circuito do Estoril and ending on 15 March at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The rookies' championship features a separate classification for the first time, rather than the title being awarded to the highest-placed rookie in the drivers' championship.

Entries

Entry list Team No. Driver Class Rounds Van Amersfoort Racing 2 Rocco Coronel R 1–3 3 Aleksander Ruta 1–3 53 Pedro Lima 1–3 87 Thomas Bearman 1–3 Rodin Motorsport 5 Ella Stevens RF 2 15 Dries Van Langendonck R 1–3 32 Ethan Lennon R 1–3 77 Alfie Slater R 1–3 Renauer Motorsport 6 Tomas Rudokas R 1–2 US Racing 7 Roman Kamyab R 1–3 13 Noah Killion 1–3 17 Oleksandr Savinkov [a] 1–3 29 Ludovico Busso 1–3 46 Ary Bansal 1–3 62 Arjen Kräling 1–3 AS Motorsport Olimpija 10 Ginevra Panzeri F 1–3 37 Viktor Poulsen 1–2 54 Eric Poulsen R 3 Cram Motorsport 11 Oscar Repetto R 1, 3 12 Alexandre Louza 2 28 Samuel Ifrid R 1–3 40 Andre Rodriguez 1–3 66 Maximilian Kammerlander R 1–3 Mathilda Racing 18 Mathilda Paatz F 1–2 19 Emmilio Valentino Del Grosso R 2 35 Caitlyn McDaniel RF 3 57 Alex Chartier R TBC 58 Jensen Burnett R 3 Jenzer Motorsport 20 Teodor Borenstein 1–3 21 Levi Arn R 1–3 24 Nicolás Cortés 2 25 Georgiy Zasov R 1, 3 26 Markas Šilkūnas R 1–3 AKM Motorsport 44 Felipe Reijs R 1–3 88 Vittorio Orsini R 1–3 99 Abdullah Kamel 1–3 Campos Racing 70 Rafaela Ferreira F 1 71 Alisha Palmowski F 1 89 Chiara Bättig F 1–3 92 Leon Hedfors R 2–3 93 Zoe Florescu RF 2–3 TBA Megan Bruce F TBC Source: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

Entry list key Icon Legend R Rookie F Female

Calendar

The calendar expanded from four rounds in previous seasons to five rounds in 2026. The season opener was half at Circuito do Estoril, the series' first visit to the track. All rounds supported the GT Winter Series. ^[16]

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Dates	Supporting	Map of circuit locations
1	Circuito do Estoril (Estoril, Portugal)	22–25 January	GT Winter Series GT4 Winter Series	1. Estoril 2. Portimão 3. Valencia 4. Aragón 5. Barcelona
2	Algarve International Circuit (Portimão, Portugal)	5–8 February	GT Winter Series Sports Prototypes Winter Series
3	Circuit Ricardo Tormo (Cheste, Spain)	12–15 February	GT Winter Series GT4 Winter Series Sports Prototypes Winter Series
4	MotorLand Aragón (Alcañiz, Spain)	5–8 March	GT Winter Series GT4 Winter Series Prototype Winter Series
5	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (Montmeló, Spain)	12–15 March
Source: [16]

Results and standings

Results

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie winner	Female winner
1	R1	Estoril	Dries Van Langendonck	Arjen Kräling	Dries Van Langendonck	Rodin Motorsport	Dries Van Langendonck	Alisha Palmowski
	R2		Alisha Palmowski	Rocco Coronel	Rocco Coronel	Van Amersfoort Racing	Rocco Coronel	Alisha Palmowski
	R3		Dries Van Langendonck	Dries Van Langendonck	Oleksandr Savinkov	US Racing	Vittorio Orsini	Chiara Bättig
2	R1	Portimão	Ethan Lennon	Ary Bansal	Ary Bansal	US Racing	Rocco Coronel	Mathilda Paatz
	R2		Ethan Lennon	Dries Van Langendonck	Dries Van Langendonck	Rodin Motorsport	Dries Van Langendonck	Zoe Florescu
	R3		Dries Van Langendonck	Dries Van Langendonck	Dries Van Langendonck	Rodin Motorsport	Dries Van Langendonck	Zoe Florescu
3	R1	Valencia	Dries Van Langendonck	Dries Van Langendonck	Dries Van Langendonck	Rodin Motorsport	Dries Van Langendonck	Chiara Bättig
	R2		Dries Van Langendonck	Arjen Kräling	Aleksander Ruta	Van Amersfoort Racing	Dries Van Langendonck	Zoe Florescu
	R3		Arjen Kräling [b]	Arjen Kräling	Arjen Kräling	US Racing	Samuel Ifrid	Zoe Florescu
4	R1	Aragón
	R2
	R3
5	R1	Barcelona
	R2
	R3
Source: [18]

Scoring system

See also: Formula Winter Series § Format

Points are awarded to the top-10 classified drivers; the highest-placed driver in each qualifying session, which set the grids for races one and three, respectively; and the fastest lap holder, ^[19] as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole	FL
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	2	1
Source: [16]

Drivers are deducted 10 points for any technical disqualifications. ^[20] The grids for race two are set by each driver's second-fastest lap time in qualifying one. ^[21]

Drivers' championship standings

Drivers' championship standings Pos Driver EST POR CRT [b] ARA CAT Points R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Dries Van Langendonck 1 2 22 7 1 1 1 3 8 155 2 Ary Bansal 28 5 4 1 5 6 5 5 6 94 3 Aleksander Ruta 27 6 25 6 6 5 3 1 2 92 4 Thomas Bearman 11 3 20 2 7 7 15 2 3 78 5 Oleksandr Savinkov 26 7 1 5 14 2 17 28† 4 71 6 Rocco Coronel 12 1 17 4 4 9 2 Ret 15 70 7 Ludovico Busso 10 12 10 9 9 3 7 4 5 49 8 Alfie Slater 2 16 27 Ret 2 8 6 25 11 48 9 Ethan Lennon 30 4 24 8 3 4 9 22 18 47 10 Arjen Kräling 6 27 13 18 15 12 19 29† 1 36 11 Pedro Lima 24 8 23 Ret 8 11 4 8 14 24 12 Teodor Borenstein 22 14 18 3 10 14 12 7 12 22 13 Levi Arn 3 29† 7 23 17 15 20 13 29 21 14 Chiara Bättig 16 17 2 21 26 21 16 21 25 18 15 Noah Killion 5 19 Ret 10 11 13 8 24 10 16 16 Samuel Ifrid 17 10 6 13 12 10 11 11 7 16 17 Mathilda Paatz 23 23 3 20 27 24 15 18 Alisha Palmowski 4 11 15 12 19 Vittorio Orsini 18 26 5 25 32 Ret 23 Ret 28 10 20 Jenson Burnett 21 6 16 8 21 Felipe Reijs 7 13 16 28 20 19 10 15 17 7 22 Oscar Repetto 13 9 21 18 10 9 5 23 Tomas Rudokas 8 25 14 16 21 Ret 4 24 Andre Rodriguez 20 18 8 14 16 Ret Ret 16 Ret 4 25 Roman Kamyab 25 21 11 11 13 17 13 9 13 2 26 Abdullah Kamel 31† 28 9 29 24 22 22 12 19 2 27 Ginevra Panzeri 9 24 Ret 24 29 26 24 19 24 2 28 Maximilian Kammerlander 14 22 12 15 18 23 Ret 18 23 0 29 Markas Šilkūnas 15 15 Ret 12 19 DNS 28 23 20 0 30 Leon Hedfors 19 30 27 14 14 22 0 31 Nicolás Cortés 17 Ret 16 0 32 Zoe Florescu Ret 22 20 Ret 17 21 0 33 Emmilio Valentino Del Grosso Ret 31 18 0 34 Georgiy Zasov 19 30† 26 25 26 Ret 0 35 Rafaela Ferreira 21 20 19 0 36 Eric Poulsen 26 20 26 0 37 Viktor Poulsen 29 Ret Ret 22 23 29 0 38 Ella Stevens 26 28 25 0 39 Alexandre Louza 27 25 28 0 40 Caitlyn McDaniel 27 27 27 0 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Points EST POR CRT ARA CAT Source: [18]

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † – Did not finish, but was classified as they had completed more than 75% of the race distance.

Rookies' championship standings

Points are awarded as they are in the overall championship, with all non-rookie drivers removed from the classification; pole positions and fastest laps are not counted. ^[20]

Rookies' championship standings

Pos	Driver	EST			POR			CRT			ARA			CAT			Points
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
1	Dries Van Langendonck	1	2	10	2	1	1	1	1	2							180
2	Rocco Coronel	6	1	8	1	4	4	2	Ret	6							112
3	Samuel Ifrid	10	5	2	6	5	5	6	5	1							100
4	Alfie Slater	2	8	13	Ret	2	3	3	14	4							82
5	Ethan Lennon	14	3	11	3	3	2	4	12	9							77
6	Roman Kamyab	13	9	4	4	6	7	7	3	5							71
7	Levi Arn	3	13†	3	10	7	6	10	6	17							54
8	Oscar Repetto	7	4	9				9	4	3							49
9	Felipe Reijs	4	6	7	13	10	9	5	8	8							47
10	Maximilian Kammerlander	8	10	5	7	8	11	Ret	10	13							26
11	Vittorio Orsini	11	12	1	11	16	Ret	12	Ret	16							25
12	Jensen Burnett							11	2	7							24
13	Tomas Rudokas	5	11	6	8	11	Ret										22
14	Markas Šilkūnas	9	7	Ret	5	9	Ret	16	13	10							21
15	Leon Hedfors				9	14	13	8	7	12							12
16	Emmilio Valentino Del Grosso				Ret	15	8										4
17	Zoe Florescu				Ret	12	10	Ret	9	11							3
—	Caitlyn McDaniel							15	16	15							0
—	Eric Poulsen							14	11	14							0
—	Ella Stevens				12	13	12										0
—	Georgiy Zasov	12	14†	12				13	15	Ret							0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Points
		EST			POR			CRT			ARA			CAT
Source:[ citation needed ]

Teams' championship standings

Each team's two highest-classified drivers in each race score points for the teams' championship; pole positions and fastest laps are not counted. ^[16]

Teams' championship standings

Pos	Team	EST			POR			CRT			ARA			CAT			Points
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
1	US Racing	5	5	1	1	5	2	5	4	1							226
		6	7	4	5	9	3	7	5	4
2	Rodin Motorsport	1	2	22	7	1	1	1	3	8							215
		2	4	24	8	2	4	6	22	11
3	Van Amersfoort Racing	11	1	17	2	4	5	2	1	2							215
		12	3	20	4	6	7	3	2	3
4	Jenzer Motorsport	3	14	7	3	10	14	12	7	12							43
		15	15	18	12	17	15	20	13	20
5	Campos Racing	4	11	2	19	22	20	14	14	21							30
		16	17	15	21	26	21	16	17	22
6	Cram Motorsport	13	9	6	13	12	10	11	10	7							25
		14	10	8	14	16	23	18	11	9
7	Mathilda Racing	23	23	3	20	27	18	21	6	16							23
					Ret	31	24	27	27	27
8	AKM Motorsport	7	13	5	25	20	19	10	12	17							19
		18	26	9	28	24	22	22	15	19
9	Renauer Motorsport	8	25	14	16	21	Ret										4
10	AS Motorsport Olimpija	9	24	Ret	22	23	26	24	19	24							2
		29	Ret	Ret	24	29	29	26	20	26
Pos	Team	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Points
		EST			POR			CRT			ARA			CAT
Source:[ citation needed ]

Notes

1. Oleksandr Savinkov is Ukrainian but competed under an Italian licence.
2. Due to a weather alert for strong winds, the race schedule for Valencia was condensed into one day and only one qualifying session was held; the grid for race three was set by each driver's fastest lap in race two. ^[17]

References

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External links

• Official website