2026 Formula Regional European Championship

Rashid Al Dhaheri currently leads the Drivers' Championship driving for R-ace GP, while MP Motorsport leads the Teams' Championship.

The 2026 FIA Formula Regional European Championship is a multi-event, Formula Regional open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across Europe. The championship features a mix of professional and amateur drivers, competing in Formula Regional cars that conform to the FIA Formula Regional regulations for the championship. This is the eighth season of the championship.

After five seasons of working together with Alpine for championship and engine branding purposes, the championship and the manufacturer split in 2026, coinciding with the series retiring the Tatuus FR-19 after seven seasons and switching to the new Tatuus T-326 chassis.[1][2]

Teams and drivers

All teams 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]

Team No. Driver Status Rounds
Rodin Motorsport 2 Alex Ninovic 1–4
4 Reza Seewooruthun 1–4
78 Gabriel Gomez R 1–4
G4 Racing 3 Saqer Al Maosherji 1–4
23 Rahim Alibhai R 1–4
67 Marcus Sæter R 1–4
RPM 5 Miguel Costa 1–4
8 Jan Przyrowski 1–4
99 Giovanni Maschio[5] 1–4
CL Motorsport 6 Enea Frey 1
9 Thomas Strauven 2–3
24 Jules Roussel 1–4
42 Kyuho Lee R 4
69 Reno Francot 1–4
Van Amersfoort Racing 7 Andrea Dupé 1–4
11 Francisco Macedo 1–4
55 Dion Gowda[6] 1–4
R-ace GP 12 Yuki Sano 1–4
71 Rashid Al Dhaheri 1–4
73 Emanuele Olivieri R 1–4
MP Motorsport 15 Alexander Abkhazava 1–4
28 Zhenrui Chi[a] 1–4
98 Sebastian Wheldon 1–4
ART Grand Prix 19 Kabir Anurag 1–4
27 Matteo Giaccardi 1–4
95 Alexandre Munoz R 1–4
Trident Motorsport 33 Maximilian Popov[b] 1–4
47 Andrija Kostić 1–4
87 Kai Daryanani[c] 1–4
Prema Racing 51 Kean Nakamura-Berta[d] 1–4
60 Tomass Štolcermanis R 1–4
88 Salim Hanna 1–4
Icon Status
R Rookie

Team changes

After three years of competing in the series, Saintéloc Racing discontinued their FREC programme. AKCEL GP, who joined the series in 2025 and already ended its efforts after six of ten rounds, also did not return.[4]

MP Motorsport returned to the series after a one-year absence, while New Zealand-based team Rodin Motorsport made their series debut.[4]

Driver changes

Team's champion R-ace GP renewed their lineup after both Enzo Deligny and Jin Nakamura moved up to FIA F3 with Van Amersfoort Racing and Hitech respectively, and Akshay Bohra moved to Super Formula Lights with TOM'S.[7][8][9] The team signed Rashid Al Dhaheri, who finished eighth with Prema Racing in 2025, hired TOM'S driver and Super Formula Lights runner-up Yuki Sano and promoted Emanuele Olivieri from their Italian F4 outfit after he came seventh in 2025.[10][11][12]

Reigning Drivers' Champion Freddie Slater left Prema Racing as he graduated to FIA F3 with Trident, while Rashid Al Dhaheri moved to R-ace GP and Jack Beeton left the series to compete in Indy NXT with HMD Motorsports.[13][14][11] Prema promoted reigning Italian F4, E4 and FRMET champion Kean Nakamura-Berta as well as Italian F4 rookie champion Salim Hanna from their Formula 4 operation.[15][16] The team initially signed Sebastian Wheldon, but ahead of the start of the season, he joined MP Motorsport instead.[17] The seat was taken by Tomass Štolcermanis, who finished fourth in 2025 F4 Middle East Championship and made a one-off appearance with RPM in 2025.[18]

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.[19][20] To replace them, the team signed Francisco Macedo, who moved over from Eurocup-3 after coming 14th in 2025 driving for Campos Racing's Griffin Core outfit, and Andrea Dupé, who graduated from Italian F4 and the E4 Championship.[21][22]

ART Grand Prix saw both Taito Kato and Kanato Le get promoted to the team's FIA F3 setup, while Evan Giltaire moved to Super Formula Lights with B-Max Racing Team.[23][24][25] The team signed three F4 graduates in Alpine junior drivers Kabir Anurag and Matteo Giaccardi, who step up after coming 16th in Italian F4 with US Racing and eleventh in French F4, respectively, and reigning French F4 champion Alexandre Munoz.[26][27][28]

Trident 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 moved to Porsche Carrera Cup Asia with Phantom Global Racing.[29][30][31] 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.[32][33] 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.[34][35]

CL Motorsport saw all of their 2025 entrants bar Enea Frey depart the team, with Zhenrui Chi joining MP Motorsport and the other four competitors all leaving the series. Frey rejoined the team for a full season after a three-round campaign in 2025 saw him finish 25th. He was joined by reigning FIA F4 World Cup winner Jules Roussel, who stepped up from French F4, where he came third in 2025, and Reno Francot, who graduated to FREC after coming fifth in Spanish F4 and third in E4 in 2025 driving for KCL/MP and PHM Racing, respectively.[36]

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.[37][5]

G4 Racing rehired Saqer Al Maosherji, who had joined the team for the final three rounds of 2025 after AKCEL GP's mid-season departure, while the teams' five other 2025 competitors all left the series. G4 signed Italian F4 graduate Marcus Sæter, who finished 15th in 2025 with Van Amersfoort Racing, and Rahim Alibhai, who steps up to FREC after a part-time USF Juniors season with Zanella Racing.[38][39][40]

New team Rodin Motorsport recruited two drivers from the GB3 championship in reigning champion Alex Ninovic, who moved over from the team's outfit in that championship, and Reza Seewooruthun, who joined Rodin after finishing fifth with Argenti with Prema.[41][42] Italian F4 and Euro 4 runner-up Gabriel Gomez completed the teams' lineup.[43]

Returning team MP Motorsport saw Alexander Abkhazava move from the teams' KCL-branded Eurocup-3 satellite outfit, with whom he came 12th in 2025, to FREC, and took on Zhenrui Chi for his full-season FREC debut after a four-race campaign for CL Motorsport in 2025.[44][45] Sebastian Wheldon, third in Italian F4 with Prema Racing, was originally slated to remain with the Italian team before joining MP Motorsport to complete the team's lineup.[46]

Departing team Saintéloc Racing saw Nikita Bedrin move to the GB3 Championship with VRD Racing, Tim Gerhards move to the Le Mans Cup in the LMP3 class with More Motorsport, and Yaroslav Veselaho join AF Corse in the Pro Cup of the International GT Open.[47][48][49]

Mid-season

Ahead of the second round of the season, CL Motorsport announced that reigning Spanish F4 champion Thomas Strauven would join the team for the weekends at Zandvoort and Spa alongside his main Eurocup-3 campaign.[50] He replaced Enea Frey, who ended his campaign after the opening round.

CL Motorsport signed Genesis Magma junior driver Kyuho Lee to pilot the car previously driven by Frey and Strauven at Monza.[51]

Race calendar

The FIA announced the series' provisional calendar on 2 December 2025.[52] The series will reduce its calendar from ten to eight events, with Misano and Barcelona not returning to the calendar. To compensate for this, four rounds will divert from the series' two-race format and hold three races.

Round Circuit Date Supporting Map of circuit locations
1 R1 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 25 April Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
ADAC GT Masters
ADAC GT4 Germany
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
R2
R3 26 April
2 R1 Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort 23 May
R2 24 May
3 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 30 May GB3 Championship
Supercar Challenge
Britcar Endurance Championship
R2
R3 31 May
4 R1 Monza Circuit, Monza 20 June Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup
Italian F4 Championship
TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
R2
R3 21 June
5 R1 Hungaroring, Mogyoród 3–5 July International GT Open
TCR Europe Touring Car Series
R2
6 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 17–19 July International GT Open
Euroformula Open Championship
E4 Championship
GT Cup Open Europe
R2
7 R1 Imola Circuit, Imola 4–6 September Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup
Italian F4 Championship
GT4 Italian Series
R2
R3
8 R1 Hockenheimring, Hockenheim 11–13 September International GT Open
Euroformula Open Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux
Supercar Challenge
R2

Race results

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Rookie winner
1 R1 Red Bull Ring Kean Nakamura-Berta Alex Ninovic[e] Kean Nakamura-Berta Prema Racing Alexandre Munoz
R2 Dion Gowda Rashid Al Dhaheri[f] R-ace GP Emanuele Olivieri
R3 Kean Nakamura-Berta Alex Ninovic Reno Francot CL Motorsport Gabriel Gomez
2 R1 Circuit Zandvoort Sebastian Wheldon Emanuele Olivieri Sebastian Wheldon MP Motorsport Emanuele Olivieri
R2 Kean Nakamura-Berta Kean Nakamura-Berta Sebastian Wheldon MP Motorsport Emanuele Olivieri
3 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Alexandre Munoz Kean Nakamura-Berta Alexandre Munoz ART Grand Prix Alexandre Munoz
R2 race cancelled due to adverse weather conditions
R3 Maximilian Popov Rashid Al Dhaheri Maximilian Popov Trident Motorsport Marcus Sæter
4 R1 Monza Circuit
R2
R3
5 R1 Hungaroring
R2
6 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard
R2
7 R1 Imola Circuit
R2
R3
8 R1 Hockenheimring
R2

Season report

First half

The 2026 FIA Formula Regional European Championship began at the Red Bull Ring with pole position for Prema's Kean Nakamura-Berta in the opening qualifying session.[53] The opening race saw Nakamura-Berta and R-ace GP's Rashid Al Dhaheri taking turns leading the race while Rodin's Alex Ninovic and MP's Sebastian Wheldon were also part of the lead battle. Nakamura-Berta was victorious in the end, with Al Dhaheri second and Wheldon inheriting third after a penalty for Ninovic.[54] A reverse-grid race followed, where VAR driver Dion Gowda led from start to finish, but was classified fourth after a jump start penalty. That saw Al Dhaheri take his maiden victory after rising from eleventh on the grid to second on the road as Rodin's Reza Seewooruthun and CL's Reno Francot completed the podium.[55] Nakamura-Berta claimed pole position again for race three,[56] but lost his lead to Francot ahead of the first of four safety car interruptions. Francot remained faultless throughout all the restarts to clinch his and his team's first victory ahead of Ninovic and Wheldon. Polesitter Nakamura-Berta was involved in multiple incidents, ending in damage to his rear wing and a non-finish as Francot assumed the lead in the standings.[57]

Round two at Circuit Zandvoort saw Wheldon take pole position for the first race, with Prema's Salim Hanna starting alongside him.[58] At the start of race 1, Prema's Tomass Štolcermanis surged from the second row to take the lead around the outside of Wheldon at Tarzan. After an early safety car, Wheldon reclaimed the lead by drafting past him on the restart. As Štolcermanis faded, Hanna moved into second and spent the remainder of the race chasing Wheldon. Despite narrowing the gap to 0.249 seconds, Wheldon resisted late pressure to claim his first career victory in the series as R-ace GP's Emanuele Olivieri finished third.[59] Nakamura-Berta was fastest in qualifying for race 2,[60] which began with a major incident as the Trident of Andrija Kostić was pitched into a barrel roll, causing a red flag. After the restart, Wheldon overtook Nakamura-Berta for the lead at the banked final turn. He successfully defended his position to complete the weekend sweep and take the championship lead by twelve points over Francot, who finished third.[61]

Spa-Francorchamps hosted round three, and it began with a surprise pole position for ART Grand Prix driver Alexandre Munoz ahead of Al Dhaheri.[62] Heavy rain across Saturday morning meant the opening race was suspended after two reconnaissance laps before it was held in place of the reversed-grid race. The race started behind the safety car, allowing Munoz to keep his advantage at the front. Three more caution periods punctured the race, and the last one set up a one-lap dash to the finish. A slow restart saw Al Dhaheri get by before Munoz repassed him into Les Combes and kept ahead through the final lap to take his maiden win as Nakamura-Berta took third.[63] Qualifying for race two saw Trident's Maximilian Popov claim pole position, with Al Dhaheri starting on the front row again.[64] Munoz tried taking the lead from him on the opening lap before running off track and falling down the order. The fight for second place between Al Dhaheri, MP's Alexander Abkhazava and RPM's Jan Przyrowski then allowed Popov to control his lead before the race ended under safety car and he claimed his maiden victory. Abkhazava finished second as Al Dhaheri in third took a one-point lead over Wheldon.[65]

Championship standings

Scoring system

The points system was overhauled in 2026, introducing points for the drivers taking pole position in qualifying and setting the fastest lap in the top ten. In the newly introduced three-race rounds, the second race of the weekend sees the top twelve of the first qualifying session reversed on the grid. These sprint races award reduced points:[66]

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

Points for the two main races remain the same in 2026, with the aforementioned addition of bonus points for pole position and fastest lap:

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

Drivers' standings

Pos. Driver RBR
ZAN
SPA
MNZ
HUN
LEC
IMO
HOC
Points
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2
1 Rashid Al Dhaheri 2 1 5 5 4 2 C 3 94
2 Sebastian Wheldon 3 19 3 1 1 5 C 10 93
3 Kean Nakamura-Berta 1 6 25 23 2 3 C 5 81
4 Reno Francot 5 3 1 4 3 13 C 20 70
5 Alex Ninovic 12 17 2 6 15 7 C 6 41
6 Emanuele Olivieri 22 7 Ret 3 6 6 C 8 40
7 Alexandre Munoz 26 18 8 21 8 1 C 9 37
8 Maximilian Popov 6 11 11 11 Ret 18 C 1 35
9 Alexander Abkhazava 7 Ret 13 7 9 27 C 2 32
10 Zhenrui Chi 4 5 22 8 5 Ret C 11 32
11 Salim Hanna 11 10 4 2 14 11 C 21 31
12 Dion Gowda 13 4 6 9 10 Ret C 28† 19
13 Reza Seewooruthun 28 2 19 13 12 8 C 12 13
14 Yuki Sano 10 12 Ret 18 16 4 C 16 13
15 Jan Przyrowski 17 25 Ret 22 13 20 C 4 12
16 Kai Daryanani 8 8 10 20 Ret 10 C 18 9
17 Gabriel Gomez Ret 15 7 12 21 9 C 17 8
18 Tomass Štolcermanis 23 14 20 10 7 16 C 27 7
19 Marcus Sæter 15 Ret 14 24 22 12 C 7 6
20 Miguel Costa 9 Ret 9 Ret 24 17 C Ret 4
21 Francisco Macedo 18 9 21 16 23 Ret C 23 2
22 Andrea Dupé 27 20 17 19 11 22 C 15 0
23 Andrija Kostić 19 13 12 27 Ret 19 C 22 0
24 Jules Roussel 25 22 16 14 17 24 C 13 0
25 Matteo Giaccardi 21 24 15 15 19 14 C 14 0
26 Enea Frey 14 Ret 23 0
27 Kabir Anurag 16 16 18 28 18 21 C 25 0
28 Giovanni Maschio 20 21 24† Ret Ret 15 C 19 0
29 Saqer Al Maosherji Ret Ret Ret 17 26 25 C Ret 0
30 Thomas Strauven 25 20 23 C 24 0
31 Rahim Alibhai 24 23 Ret 26 25 26 C 26 0
Kyuho Lee
Pos. Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 Points
RBR
ZAN
SPA
MNZ
HUN
LEC
IMO
HOC
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 classified (completed more than 90% of the race distance)

Rookie

Teams' standings

Pos. Team RBR
ZAN
SPA
MNZ
HUN
LEC
IMO
HOC
Points
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2
1 MP Motorsport 3 5 3 1 1 5 C 2 157
4 19 13 7 5 27 C 10
7 Ret 22 8 9 Ret C 11
2 R-ace GP 2 1 5 3 4 2 C 3 147
10 7 Ret 5 6 4 C 8
22 12 Ret 17 16 6 C 16
3 Prema Racing 1 6 4 2 2 3 C 5 119
11 10 20 10 7 11 C 21
23 14 25 23 14 16 C 27
4 CL Motorsport 5 3 1 4 3 13 C 13 70
14 22 16 14 17 23 C 20
25 Ret 23 25 20 24 C 24
5 Rodin Motorsport 12 2 2 6 12 7 C 6 62
28 15 7 12 15 8 C 12
Ret 17 19 13 21 9 C 17
6 Trident Motorsport 6 8 10 11 Ret 10 C 1 44
8 11 11 20 Ret 18 C 18
19 13 12 27 Ret 19 C 22
7 ART Grand Prix 16 16 8 15 8 1 C 9 37
21 18 15 21 18 14 C 14
26 24 18 28 19 21 C 25
8 Van Amersfoort Racing 13 4 6 9 10 22 C 15 21
18 9 17 16 11 Ret C 23
27 20 21 19 23 Ret C 28†
9 RPM 9 21 9 22 13 15 C 4 16
17 25 24† Ret 24 17 C 19
20 Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 C Ret
10 G4 Racing 15 23 14 17 22 12 C 7 6
24 Ret Ret 24 25 25 C 26
Ret Ret Ret 26 26 26 C Ret
Pos. Team R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 Points
RBR
ZAN
SPA
MNZ
HUN
LEC
IMO
HOC

Notes

  1. ^ Chi is a Chinese driver competing under an Italian licence.
  2. ^ Popov is a Russian-Grenadian driver competing under an Italian license as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  3. ^ Daryanani is an Indian driver competing under a British licence.
  4. ^ Nakamura-Berta is a Japanese-Slovakian driver competing under a British licence.
  5. ^ Alex Ninovic set the fastest lap but did not finish in the top 10, so the point was not awarded.
  6. ^ Dion Gowda crossed the line first, but a penalty for a jump start saw Rashid Al Dhaheri inherit the win.

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