2026 Formula Winter Series

The 2026 Formula Winter Series was the fourth season of the Formula Winter Series. It was 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 was organised by Gedlich Racing.

The championship consisted 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 featured 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 1–4
53 Pedro Lima All
87 Thomas Bearman All
97 Platon Kostin 4–5
Rodin Motorsport 5 Ella Stevens R F 2
15 Dries Van Langendonck R All
32 Ethan Lennon R All
77 Alfie Slater R All
Renauer Motorsport 6 Tomas Rudokas R 1–2
US Racing 7 Roman Kamyab R 1–4
13 Noah Killion All
17 Oleksandr Savinkov[a] All
29 Ludovico Busso All
46 Ary Bansal All
62 Arjen Kräling All
AS Motorsport Olimpija 10 Ginevra Panzeri F All
37 Viktor Poulsen 1–2, 4–5
52 Alexander Chartier R 4–5
54 Erik Poulsen R 3
STEP Motorsport 5
Cram Motorsport 11 Oscar Repetto R 1, 3, 5
12 Alexandre Louza 2, 4
28 Samuel Ifrid R All
40 Andre Rodriguez All
66 Maximilian Kammerlander R All
Mathilda Racing 18 Mathilda Paatz F 1–2, 4
35 Caitlyn McDaniel R F 3
36 Rahim Alibhai R 4
58 Jensen Burnett R 3
19 Emmilio Del Grosso R 2
AKM Motorsport 4
44 Felipe Reijs R 1–3
55 George Proudford-Nalder R 4–5
88 Vittorio Orsini R All
99 Abdullah Kamel 1–3
Jenzer Motorsport 20 Teodor Borenstein All
21 Levi Arn R All
24 Nicolás Cortés 2, 4
25 Georgiy Zasov R 1, 3, 5
26 Markas Šilkūnas R All
Campos Racing 70 Rafaela Ferreira F 1
71 Alisha Palmowski F 1, 4
75 Megan Bruce F 4
89 Chiara Bättig F All
92 Leon Hedfors R 2–3, 5
93 Zoe Florescu R F 2–3[b]
94 Timo Jüngling R 5
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
2 Algarve International Circuit
(Portimão, Portugal) 		5–8 February
3 Circuit Ricardo Tormo
(Cheste, Spain) 		12–15 February
4 MotorLand Aragón
(Alcañiz, Spain) 		5–8 March
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[c] Arjen Kräling Arjen Kräling US Racing Samuel Ifrid Zoe Florescu
4 R1 Aragón Thomas Bearman Ary Bansal Ary Bansal US Racing Dries Van Langendonck Chiara Bättig
R2 Thomas Bearman Dries Van Langendonck Dries Van Langendonck Rodin Motorsport Dries Van Langendonck Mathilda Paatz
R3 Dries Van Langendonck Thomas Bearman Dries Van Langendonck Rodin Motorsport Dries Van Langendonck Chiara Bättig
5 R1 Barcelona Dries Van Langendonck Dries Van Langendonck Dries Van Langendonck Rodin Motorsport Dries Van Langendonck Ginevra Panzeri
R2 Dries Van Langendonck Dries Van Langendonck Dries Van Langendonck Rodin Motorsport Dries Van Langendonck Chiara Bättig
R3 Dries Van Langendonck Dries Van Langendonck Dries Van Langendonck Rodin Motorsport Dries Van Langendonck Chiara Bättig
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[c]
 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 2 1 1 1 1 1 308
2 Thomas Bearman 11 3 20 2 7 7 15 2 3 3 3 2 23 2 4 159
3 Ary Bansal 28 5 4 1 5 6 5 5 6 1 11 Ret 5 Ret 2 148
4 Oleksandr Savinkov 26 7 1 5 14 2 17 28† 4 9 2 5 6 5 8 123
5 Ethan Lennon 30 4 24 8 3 4 9 22 18 5 23 3 2 Ret 3 105
6 Aleksander Ruta 27 6 25 6 6 5 3 1 2 10 DNS DNS 93
7 Alfie Slater 2 16 27 Ret 2 8 6 25 11 8 26 8 3 Ret 7 77
8 Arjen Kräling 6 27 13 18 15 12 19 29† 1 23 7 4 7 8 5 74
9 Rocco Coronel 12 1 17 4 4 9 2 Ret 15 70
10 Pedro Lima 24 8 23 Ret 8 11 4 8 14 4 4 25 9 4 Ret 62
11 Ludovico Busso 10 12 10 9 9 3 7 4 5 27 29† 7 Ret 7 17 61
12 Levi Arn 3 29† 7 23 17 15 20 13 29 11 6 6 12 6 9 47
13 George Proudford-Nalder 7 15 9 4 3 6 43
14 Samuel Ifrid 17 10 6 13 12 10 11 11 7 18 5 15 10 9 10 30
15 Teodor Borenstein 22 14 18 3 10 14 12 7 12 24 8 Ret Ret Ret 11 26
16 Noah Killion 5 19 Ret 10 11 13 8 24 10 6 16 17 Ret 23† 15 24
17 Chiara Bättig 16 17 2 21 26 21 16 21 25 16 12 10 21 11 14 19
18 Mathilda Paatz 23 23 3 20 27 24 20 9 21 17
19 Alisha Palmowski 4 11 15 19 Ret 13 12
20 Vittorio Orsini 18 26 5 25 32 Ret 23 Ret 28 26 20 26 24 21 18 10
21 Jensen Burnett 21 6 16 8
22 Felipe Reijs 7 13 16 28 20 19 10 15 17 7
23 Oscar Repetto 13 9 21 18 10 9 14 24† 25 5
24 Platon Kostin 15 14 19 8 15 12 4
25 Tomas Rudokas 8 25 14 16 21 Ret 4
26 Andre Rodriguez 20 18 8 14 16 Ret Ret 16 Ret 22 24 24 18 13 Ret 4
27 Roman Kamyab 25 21 11 11 13 17 13 9 13 WD WD WD 2
28 Abdullah Kamel 31† 28 9 29 24 22 22 12 19 2
29 Ginevra Panzeri 9 24 Ret 24 29 26 24 19 24 29 21 Ret 19 18 22 2
30 Leon Hedfors 19 30 27 14 14 22 11 10 16 1
31 Alexander Chartier 17 10 14 13 16 20 1
32 Rahim Alibhai 13 19 11 0
33 Markas Šilkūnas 15 15 Ret 12 19 DNS 28 23 20 12 27 12 17 12 13 0
34 Maximilian Kammerlander 14 22 12 15 18 23 Ret 18 23 25 25 23 15 20 21 0
35 Emmilio Valentino Del Grosso Ret 31 18 14 13 22 0
36 Georgiy Zasov 19 30† 26 25 26 Ret 16 14 19 0
37 Nicolás Cortés 17 Ret 16 28 28 16 0
38 Viktor Poulsen 29 Ret Ret 22 23 29 30 17 18 20 17 23 0
39 Zoe Florescu Ret 22 20 Ret 17 21 0
40 Megan Bruce 21 18 20 0
41 Rafaela Ferreira 21 20 19 0
42 Erik Poulsen 26 20 26 25 19 24 0
43 Alexandre Louza 27 25 28 Ret 22 27 0
44 Ella Stevens 26 28 25 0
45 Caitlyn McDaniel 27 27 27 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Timo Jüngling 22 22† 26
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 1 1 1 1 1 1 330
2= Samuel Ifrid 10 5 2 6 5 5 6 5 1 10 2 9 5 4 6 151
2= Ethan Lennon 14 3 11 3 3 2 4 11 9 2 9 2 2 Ret 2 151
4 Alfie Slater 2 8 13 Ret 2 3 3 13 4 4 12 4 3 Ret 4 133
5 Levi Arn 3 13† 3 10 7 6 10 6 17 5 3 3 7 3 5 125
6 Rocco Coronel 6 1 8 1 4 4 2 Ret 6 112
7 George Proudford-Nalder 3 6 5 4 2 3 78
8 Roman Kamyab 13 9 4 4 6 7 7 3 5 WD WD WD 71
9 Oscar Repetto 7 4 9 9 4 3 9 13 14 51
10 Markas Šilkūnas 9 7 Ret 5 9 Ret 16 12 10 6 11 7 12 6 7 49
11 Felipe Reijs 4 6 7 13 10 9 5 8 8 47
12 Leon Hedfors 9 14 13 8 7 12 6 5 8 34
13 Vittorio Orsini 11 12 1 11 16 Ret 12 Ret 16 12 8 12 14 11 9 31
14 Maximilian Kammerlander 8 10 5 7 8 11 Ret 9 13 11 10 11 10 10 12 30
15 Alexander Chartier 9 4 8 8 8 11 26
16 Jensen Burnett 11 2 7 24
17 Tomas Rudokas 5 11 6 8 11 Ret 22
18 Rahim Alibhai 7 7 6 20
19 Emmilio Del Grosso Ret 15 8 8 5 10 19
20 Georgiy Zasov 12 14† 12 13 14 Ret 11 7 10 7
21 Eric Poulsen 14 10 14 15 9 13 3
— Zoe Florescu Ret 12 10 1
— Ella Stevens 12 13 12 0
— Caitlyn McDaniel 15 15 15 0
— Timo Jüngling 13 12 15 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:[22]

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 Rodin Motorsport 1 2 22 7 1 1 1 3 8 2 1 1 308
2 4 24 8 2 4 6 22 11 5 23 3
2 US Racing 5 5 1 1 5 2 5 4 1 1 2 4 305
6 7 4 5 9 3 7 5 4 6 7 5
3 Van Amersfoort Racing 11 1 17 2 4 5 2 1 2 3 3 2 287
12 3 20 4 6 7 3 2 3 4 4 19
4 Jenzer Motorsport 3 14 7 3 10 14 12 7 12 11 6 6 63
15 15 18 12 17 15 20 13 20 12 8 12
5 Cram Motorsport 13 9 6 13 12 10 11 10 7 18 5 15 35
14 10 8 14 16 23 18 11 9 22 22 23
6 Campos Racing 4 11 2 19 22 20 14 14 21 16 12 10 31
16 17 15 21 26 21 16 17 22 19 18 13
7 AKM Motorsport 7 13 5 25 20 19 10 12 17 7 13 9 27
18 26 9 28 24 22 22 15 19 14 15 22
8 Mathilda Racing 23 23 3 20 27 18 21 6 16 13 9 11 25
Ret 31 24 27 27 27 20 19 21
9 Renauer Motorsport 8 25 14 16 21 Ret 4
10 AS Motorsport Olimpija 9 24 Ret 22 23 26 24 19 24 17 10 14 3
29 Ret Ret 24 29 29 26 20 26 29 17 18
Pos Team R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Points
EST
 POR
 CRT
 ARA
 CAT
Source:


Notes

  1. ^ Oleksandr Savinkov is Ukrainian but competed under an Italian licence.
  2. ^ Zoe Florescu only entered round two in the rookie class.
  3. ^ a b 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]

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