Photo: Spanish Winter Championship

Keanu Al Azhari, Stefan Bostandjiev and James Egozi were the winners in round two of Eurocup-3’s winter series at Jarama.

MP Motorsport’s Gianmarco Pradel started race one on pole alongside Hitech GP’s Al Azhari, and after a turn two lock-up on lap one had to hold off the points leader for several corners.

Al Azhari attacked again through the first corners of lap two before the safety car was summoned as Thomas Strauven (Campos Racing) and Rafael Perard (Palou Motorsport) had a incident that ended in the turn one gravel while disputing ninth place.

Racing resumed on lap seven, and the slipstream effect meant Pradel ended the lap just 0.099 seconds ahead. Al Azhari set a new fastest lap and tried a move at turn one but could not get past, then again on lap 10 before the safety car returned due to Lorenzo Campos (Double R Racing) crashing out. Gianni Giovanelli (Global Racing Service) also had a big off at turn one but was able to rejoin.

The next restart was on lap 15 of 19, and Al Azhari tried the outside line at turn two. It allowed him to stay alongside to the turn four hairpin where he took the lead, then he instantly pulled away and was 1.7s ahead by the finish.

After MP’s Ean Eyckmans stalled from third on the grid, team-mate Rene Lammers and Campos’s Alex Powell held third and fourth. Fifth place went to Campos’s Enzo Tarnvanichkul, who overtook Drivex School’s Filippo Fiorentino on lap eight and Palou’s Egozi had to fight Drivex’s Christopher Feghali and Campos’s Patrick Heuzenroeder for seventh.

The top 12 from qualifying one were reversed to form the front of race two’s grid, putting Feghali on pole ahead of Hitech’s Bostandjiev, Egozi, Perard, Palou’s Heitor Dall’Agnol and Tarnvanichkul.

Feghali was slow off the line and Bostandjiev took the lead, with Egozi and Tarnvanichkul on his outside. He locked up hard approaching turn two and failed to turn in, going into Egozi and Tarnvanichkul who were sent spinning off. Feghali hit the brakes mid-corner and stopped behind them, casting Perard off as he tried avoiding the melee. He was able to rejoin at the back.

Red flags waved on lap two, then the race restarted with two laps of safety car-led action. Bostandjiev was unchallenged at the restart, as Dall’Agnol had to hold off Powell for second and Lammers did the same against Al Azhari for fourth.

Hitech’s Gino Trappa stopped on track a few laps later, but it did not interrupt racing. However on lap nine an off for Drivex’s Stylianos Kolovos triggered a safety car period that ran to the end, ensuring Bostandjiev won and casting Lammers to 14th due to a five-second penalty.

Feghali got a five-place grid penalty for race three, which he had qualified third for. Al Azhari claimed pole ahead of Lammers by less than 0.1s after they traded fastest laps in qualifying on Sunday morning, with Egozi and Powell filling row two. Dall’Agnol and Perard were next up.

The top two locked up going into turn two for the first time and Al Azhari was intially ahead before flying off and dropping to 25th. Powell nerfed Egozi’s rear, and Feghalo climbed from eighth to sixth ahead of Hitech’s Santino Panetta. On lap two he swept past Feghali in a confident move, then both got past Perard on lap three before the safety car was summoned after Eyckmans went off.

Panetta passed Dall’Agnol when racing resumed on lap six, as Al Azhari got up to 18th. There was drama next time by as contact led to a puncture for Panetta and Trappa had an off rather than profiting. The safety car returned as Tecnicar Motorsport’s Benjamin Beckley had crashed at turn two, while Panetta and Dall’Agnol were pit-bound.

Powell took the lead before reaching turn one on the lap 10 restart, and Perard went around the outside of Egozi for third but he got back past at turn four. Campos crashed at turn two, so the safety car was needed again with Al Azhari now in 11th.

Racing resumed on lap 13, and it was a similar story. This time Feghali clipped Perard’s rear at turn one on lap 14 and bounced across the run-off before flying across turn two and into the gravel. Al Azhari got into ninth, and the safety car returned.

Two laps remained when green flags waved again, and Powell was not challenged up front. Tarnvanichkul had inherited fifth, and Fiorentio’s attempt to get alongside him through turns four and five led to a slight off that dropped him to 10th and brought Al Azhari into seventh. He attacked Trappa through the final lap but could not get past, although was lifted to fifth post-race as Powell and Lammers were penalised.

Egozi inherited victory ahead of Perard, and Powell was demoted to sixth while Lammers dropped out of the top 10.

Results round-up
Race 1 (19 laps)
1 Keanu Al Azhari Hitech GP 32m34.103s
2 Gianmarco Pradel MP Motorsport +1.704s
3 Rene Lammers MP Motorsport +2.990s
4 Alex Powell Campos Racing +4.019s
5 Enzo Tarnvanichkul Campos Racing +4.826s
6 Filippo Fiorentino Drivex School +5.947s
7 James Egozi Palou Motorsport +7.184s
8 Christopher Feghali Drivex School +9.119s
9 Yuanpu Cui Double R Racing +9.444s
10 Heitor Dall’Agnol Palou Motorsport +10.024s
Fastest lap: Al Azhari, 1m25.391s

Race 2 (12 laps)
1 Stefan Bostandjiev Hitech GP 29m54.220s
2 Dall’Agnol +1.053s
3 Powell +1.914s
4 Al Azhari +3.464s
5 Ean Eyckmans MP Motorsport +4.061s
6 Patrick Heuzenroeder Campos Racing +4.433s
7 Thomas Strauven Campos Racing +4.969s
8 Pradel +5.261s
9 Santino Panetta Hitech GP +5.544s
10 Yani Stevenheydens Global Racing Service +5.768s
FL: Bostandjiev, 1m25.597s

Race 3 (18 laps)
1 Egozi 32m02.154s
2 Rafael Perard Palou Motorsport +0.624s
3 Tarnvanichkul +1.464s
4 Gino Trappa Hitech GP +1.816s
5 Al Azhari +1.887s
6 Powell +3.361s
7 Heuzenroeder +5.012s
8 Strauven +4.688s
9 Stevenheydens +5.206s
10 Bostandjiev +5.513s
P: Al Azhari, 1m24.311s
FL: Lammers, 1m26.109s

Championship standings
1 Al Azhari 100   2 Egozi 67   3 Powell 49   4 Lammers 46   5 Tarnvanichkul 39   6 Eyckmans 24   7 Strauven 34   8 Pradel 29   9 Perard 22   10 Heuzenroeder 21

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Photo: Palou Motorsport

Eurocup-3’s new era with the Dallara 326 chassis began as its winter series got underway at the Algarve circuit, where James Egozi claimed the first two wins before Keanu Al Azhari seized the points lead.

After Ean Eyckmans topped both of Thursday’s collective test sessions for MP Motorsport, Alpine junior Al Azhari set the pace for Hitech GP in Friday’s test sessions, leading the first one by 0.32 seconds over team-mate Gino Trappa and the second by 0.259s ahead of Campos Racing’s Alex Powell.

Eyckmans claimed pole in qualifying on Saturday morning by 0.057s over compatriot and former Spanish Formula 4 rival Thomas Strauven of Campos. Powell was third ahead of Rene Lammers and Egozi, with Al Azhari only eighth behind fellow GB3 converts Gianmarco Pradel and Patrick Heuzenroeder.

When the lights went out, both Eyckmans and Powell failed to get away properly. That allowed Strauven to lead from Egozi, who then grabbed the lead further around the opening lap before the safety car was deployed to retrieve Trappa’s car from the Turn 4 gravel trap.

Egozi, driving for the Palou Motorsport team that has Prema engineering support, broke away from Strauven at the restart only for another safety car to be triggered by Tecnicar’s Costa Rican single-seater debutant Benjamin Beckley stopping with a puncture. Another interruption followed after Pradel tangled with Rafael Perard at the restart.

Less than eight minutes remained at the final restart, where Egozi remained ahead while Al Azhari took third from Lammers. Al Azhari then went on to grab second Strauven down the inside of Turn 4, and Lammers demoted Strauven to fourth before the end.

The top 12 from qualifying were reversed to form the grid for the shorter race two, putting Luca Viisoreanu on pole from Hector Dall’Agnol, but it was Trappa that burst through to take the lead from third on the grid, while Egozi leapt from eighth to second within the first half a lap.

After another early safety car period, Egozi immediately attacked Trappa on the restart, but the Argentine held on. Heuzenroeder slowing to a halt out of sixth caused another intervention late on, and Egozi this time got the job done to snatch the lead from Trappa before Turn 1.

Trappa then made contact with Pradel in Turn 3, damaging both cars, while Lammers was eliminated from the battle behind by a further clash later in the lap. That caused the race to finish under safety car, but not before Al Azhari came through to second past the compromised Pradel.

Al Azhari claimed pole for race three by 0.092s over Eyckmans, who got the launch at the start to take the lead, while Egozi was slow away from third and fell to the back of the field.

After just one lap, Al Azhari managed to take the lead from Eyckmans down the inside of the first corner. Any attempt by Al Azhari to pull away was halted by a safety car after his team-mates Trappa and Stefan Bostandjiev collided.

With the last 20 minutes staying under green flag conditions, Al Azhari and Eyckmans pulled away from the rest, separated by 0.869s at the chequered flag. Lammers was 6s further back after managing to keep Powell at bay for another podium finish.

Results round-up
Race 1 results (16 laps)
1 James Egozi Palou Motorsport 31m55.808s
2 Keanu Al Azhari Hitech GP +2.269s
3 Rene Lammers MP Motorsport +5.758s
4 Thomas Strauven Campos Racing +7.250s
5 Patrick Heuzenroeder Campos Racing +8.048s
6 Christopher Feghali Drivex +9.875s
7 Yani Stevenheydens GRS +10.465s
8 Enzo Tarnvanichkul Campos Racing +11.362s
9 Alceu Feldmann MP Motorsport +12.265s
10 Ean Eyckmans MP Motorsport +12.882s
Pole: Eyckmans, 1m35.656s
Fastest lap: Egozi, 1m36.210s

Race 2 (11 laps)
1 Egozi 23m45.880s
2 Al Azhari +0.397s
3 Alex Powell Campos Racing +2.464s
4 Eyckmans +2.963s
5 Stevenheydens +3.259s
6 Stefan Bostandjiev Hitech GP +4.842s
7 Strauven +5.365s
8 Feghali +6.207s
9 Tarnvanichkul +6.574s
10 Feldmann +6.743s
FL: Powell, 1m36.868s

Race 3 (18 laps)
1 Al Azhari 32m30.341s
2 Eyckmans +0.869s
3 Lammers +6.840s
4 Powell +7.533s
5 Strauven +8.990s
6 Tarnvanichkul +12.370s
7 Pradel +13.229s
8 Rafael Perard Palou Motorsport +20.538s
9 Filippo Fiorentino Drivex +22.569s
10 Heitor Dall’Agnol Palou Motorsport +23.183s
P: Al Azhari, 1m35.452s
FL: Al Azhari, 1m36.102s

Championship standings
1 Al Azhari 55   2 Egozi 36   3 Lammers 30   4 Eyckmans 28   5 Strauven 26   6 Powell 21   7 Tarnvanichkul 14   8 Stevenheydens 12   9 Feghali 11   10 Heuzenroeder 10

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James Egozi will remain with Palou Motorsport in Eurocup-3 this year after winning several races with the team last season.

The 18-year-old American did both the main championship and the winter series in 2025, with the latter kicking things off. He came third in the standings of the three-round series, taking two wins, a second place and a pole.

In the main championship he was ninth after missing the last round, and had five top-five finishes including his victory.

Egozi also did two Formula Regional European Championship rounds last year, and finished 14th in the Macau Grand Prix.

Palou has partnered with Prema for the 2026 Eurocup-3 season, with the latter providing “engineering support in multiple areas throughout the year, including the use of the Prema simulator and advanced technical tools”.

Elsewhere on the grid, Luca Viisoreanu has joined the Thibaut Courtois-owned TC Racing and Stylianos Kolovos has been signed by Drivex School.

Viisoreanu, 16, has experience of third-tier single-seaters (as Eurocup-3 moves to faster cars for 2026) through two Euroformula outings last year. A sixth place was his best result.

He primarily competed in F4 with Real Racing Team, which is run from his home country Romania. A race-winning F4 Central European Zone cameo put him 15th in the standings, while he went points-free in his E4 cameo and came 24th in Italian F4 where he missed the last round. In 2024, also with Real Racing Team, he had come 22nd in E4.

“Eurocup-3 is an important step in my career and a key season to prepare as best as possible for the future,” said Viisoreanu.

“I’m confident that TC Racing is the right environment to keep growing as a driver, and I’m excited to be part of a competitive project with clear and ambitious goals.”

Kolovos is also 16 and has Euroformula experience. The Greek made his single-seater debut in the Monza season finale, and finished ninth on his second start.

He has raced OK class karts since 2024, coming 24th in WSK’s Champions Cup, 26th in its Euro Series, 54th in the Champions of the Future series and 62nd in CIK-FIA World Championship.

Eurocup-3 will run a winter series again this year, and it starts next weekend. Kacper Sztuka has been announced as driving for Tecnicar Motorsport in the three-round series. The 20-year-old Pole came 27th in the FIA Formula 3 Championship two years ago, then stepped down to Eurocup-3 for its last season as a FRegional-based entity.

A podium from his part-time winter series campaign put him 11th in the standings, and in the main championship he was third. Sztuka won twice, claimed five other podiums and two poles. He also came 24th in FREC, which he did three rounds of.

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The 2026 Eurocup-3 grid has grown, with drivers recently signed at Campos Racing, Palou Motorsport and TC Racing.

Campos now has two drivers confirmed for the championship as it switches to Formula 3-level machinery, with its reigning Spanish Formula 4 champion Thomas Strauven now being joined by GB3 runner-up Patrick Heuzenroeder [pictured top].

The 20-year-old Australian only took one win and four other podiums en route to second in the standings as a third-year GB3 driver in 2025, and also came fourth in Formula Regional Oceania where he won a race from pole.

“2025 was a breakthrough season for me and it was rewarding to see the interest the top teams had in me for the coming year,” said Heuzenroeder.

“The team’s performance has always been impressive, and their teams’ championship win in FIA F3 just proved what they can do. The opportunity to develop and race the Dallara 326-Toyota is something I’m really looking forward to, and the Eurocup-3 championship is proving itself as the series to race in if you want to prepare for FIA F3. I’m raring to go and my goal is the Championship win for Campos.”

Joining Palou for the season ahead is French racer Rafael Perard, who came seventh in French F4 last year with three podiums including a runner-up finish on debut. His team is now partnering with Prema in Eurocup-3 in a plot to increase its competitivity.

TC Racing, the team of famed Belgian footballer Thibaut Courtois, is new to Eurocup-3 and has named Renzo Barbuy as its first driver signing. It has competed in F4 and Esports to date, with some sportscar action for drivers who starred in the latter.

Barbuy, 16, hails from Argentina and steps up the ladder after coming 14th in Brazilian F4 as a single-seater rookie last year. His best results in that paddock were seventh places.

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Bianca Bustamante will step up to Eurocup-3 this year with Palou Motorsport, which will be competing in the championship in partnership with Prema.

It was announced last month that Italian single-seater behemoth Prema would partner with the Palou team founded in 2023 by four-time IndyCar champion Alex Palou and his father Ramon for the upcoming Eurocup-3 season.

The championship is switching from a Fomula Regional-based car to the Dallara 326, a Formula 3-level chassis with a Toyota engine. To help Palou Motorsport with that technical transition, Prema will provide “engineering support in multiple areas throughout the year, including the use of the Prema simulator and advanced technical tools”.

Ramon Palou said: “I’m really happy and excited about the collaboration we’ve just started with Prema Racing. I couldn’t imagine a better partner to help us develop the new car we’ll be using in Eurocup-3 from 2026 onward. For a young structure like Palou Motorsport, having the support of one of the world’s leading single-seater teams is something truly extraordinary. I want to personally thank both Angelina and Rene [Rosin] for the effort they’ve put into making this collaboration a reality.”

Prema ventured into top-tier single-seaters for the first time last year, creating a two-car IndyCar squad. Robert Shwartzman claimed pole for Prema’s first ever oval race, the Indianapolis 500, and despite a run of top-10 results in races there has been uncertainty surrounding the team’s continued presence on the IndyCar grid since the 2025 season ended.

At Palou Motorsport, Bustamante is the first driver to be signed for 2026. Eurocup-3 will be the highest level the 20-year-old Filipino has raced at as she enters the fifth year of her single-seater career.

She started off in Formula 4 in 2022, doing two USF Juniors rounds before stepping up to FRegional by driving in the all-female W Series. After finishing ninth on her debut, there were no further points-scoring races and she came 15th in the standings.

The next two years were spent primarily in F4, with her 2023 campaign in the all-female F1 Academy championship her most competitive campaign. Two wins and two other podiums put her seventh in the points table.

Bustamante was part of Prema’s line-up that season, and she also came 27th in UAE4 with the team. She drove for three different teams in 2024 as a McLaren junior, coming seventh in F1 Academy again with one podium and 40th in Formula Winter Series.

Although her McLaren backing was lost for 2025, Bustamante did becoming a development driver of Formula E’s Cupra-partnered Kiro Race Co. team (formerly known as ERT) and tested for them. She also moved back up the single-seater ladder, racing for Elite Motorsport in GB3 and coming 22nd in the standings.

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Tecnicar Motorsport will make its Eurocup-3 debut at Jerez this weekend, running USF Pro 2000 runner-up Ariel Elkin.

It had previously been announced that Spanish team Tecnicar would join the grid in 2026 when Eurocup-3 goes from being a Formula Regional-based series to a third-tier competition by introducing the Dallara 326 chassis.

Elkin, 18, came fourth in USF Juniors last year then leapt up to the third-tier USFP2000 for 2025. As a rookie he claimed three victories, three poles and will likely test an Indy Nxt car in the off-season as he evaluates where to race next year.

Alan Orzynski, currently second in the Formula 4-spec Skip Barber Formula Race Series, will become the fifth different driver this year to race Drivex School’s #15 entry in Eurocup-3 at Jerez, while Palou Motorsport is without Luciano Morano (who is yet to score this season) and has replaced him with Brazilian F4 points leader Heitor Dall’Agnol.

In the supporting Spanish F4 championship, there are also line-up changes for this weekend. Drivex’s other #15 car will appear for the third time this season, and will be driven by Rafaela Ferreira.

The 20-year-old Brazilian was fourth in her home F4 championship last year, and this year has been driving for Campos Racing in Europe. She came 24th in the Formula Winter Series standings as a part-timer, and is currently 11th in the all-female F1 Academy championship.

TC Racing is without Santiago Baztarrica, who sits 20th in the points table, and its three-car line-up will be completed by Brazilian driver Rogerio Grotta. He was seventh in Brazilian F4 last year, winning one race, and is currently ninth in the 2025 standings after two rounds.

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Jesse Carrasquedo Jr and James Egozi won Eurocup-3’s two Saturday races at Algarve.

Kacper Sztuka led a Campos Racing lockout of the top five places on the race one grid, and managed to keep the lead into the opening corner.

Racing was neutralised midway through the opening lap as MP Motorsport’s Alexander Abkhazava spun out, while Sainteloc Racing’s Garrett Berry and Theodor Jensen had to pit.

MP’s Maciej Gladysz climbed from 13th to 10th before the safety car came out, while Valerio Rinicella passed MP team-mate Andres Cardenas for eighth.

Sztuka left it as late as possible to return to racing speeds for the lap four restart, and Carrasquedo went past on the outside while Ernesto Rivera overtook on the inside before turn one.

Enzo Tarnvanichkul and Jules Caranta were ahead of Sztuka too by turn three, while Palou Motorsport’s Egozi regained a spot against Gladysz. He overtook Campos’s Francisco Macedo at turn one on lap five, as Rinicella and Cardenas squabbled and Gladysz dropped to 12th.

Palou’s Isaac Barashi and Zack Scoular went a lap down by pitting, and the race settled down.

Sztuka reclaimed fourth from Caranta on lap 10, as Berry collided with Palou’s Lenny Ried and they both retired. The safety car returned, with racing continuing on the penultimate lap.

Carrasquedo nailed the restart but still had to weave down the long pit straight, and Tarnvanichkul tried fighting Rivera but went off at turn one and dropped behind Sztuka.

He proceeded to lose further ground and finished 22nd, as Carrasquedo had to defend against Rivera several times to hold him off for victory.

MP’s points leader Mattia Colnaghi had followed Sztuka passed Caranta, but the latter got back past for fourth. Cardenas lost out to Egozi and Gladysz on the restart lap.

The first ever reversed-grid race in the main Eurocup-3 series followed a few hours later, with Egozi and Abkhazava on the front row as a three-place grid penalty for his race one clash meant Berry started fifth.

Sztuka and Tarnvanichkul stalled on the grid and avoided being hit, with Sztuka not able to regain any of his lost places with passes while Tarnvanichkul charged up to 10th.

Macedo overtook Cardenas for fourth on lap one, then went around the outside of Rinicella at turn one on lap two. Colnaghi passed Cardenas at turn three, as Ried spun and Allay Racing’s Emil Hellberg got beached in the turn four gravel.

The safety car appeared, and on the lap five restart Cardenas lost out to Berry and Carrasquedo as MP’s Kai Daryanani, Jensen and Drivex School’s Oscar Wurz collided at turn three. Racing was neutralised again, and next resumed on lap nine.

Egozi did not accelerate until on the pit straight, but it worked and he pulled away to win. Rivera and Caranta threw away top-10 finishes by colliding at turn eight, lifting fellow Red Bull junior Tarnvanichkul into 10th.

Results round-up
Race 1 (16 laps)
1 Jesse Carrasquedo Jr Campos Racing 32m40.261s
2 Ernesto Rivera Campos Racing +0.528s
3 Kacper Sztuka Campos Racing +0.941s
4 Jules Caranta Campos Racing +2.461s
5 Mattia Colnaghi MP Motorsport +2.655s
6 Valerio Rinicella MP Motorsport +3.764s
7 James Egozi Palou Motorsport +4.206s
8 Maciej Gladysz MP Motorsport +4.916s
9 Andres Cardenas MP Motorsport +6.596s
10 Yani Stevenheydens Global Racing Service +7.186s
Fastest lap: Carrasquedo, 1m41.207s

Race 2 (10 laps)
1 Egozi 21m52.203s
2 Alexander Abkhazava MP Motorsport +0.967s
3 Francisco Macedo Campos Racing +1.692s
4 Rinicella +2.143s
5 Colnaghi +2.474s
6 Carrasquedo +2.886s
7 Garrett Berry Sainteloc Racing +4.026s
8 Cardenas +4.807s
9 Gladysz +5.696s
10 Enzo Tarnvanichkul Campos Racing +7.529s
FL: Sztuka, 1m40.881s

Championship standings
1 Colnaghi 63   2 Sztuka 45   3 Rivera 41   4 Carrasquedo 37   5 Rinicella 35   6 Gladysz 31   7 Caranta 29   8 Egozi 27   9 Berry 20   10 Abkhazava 9

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Eurocup-3 has a 28-car grid for this weekend’s opening round at the Red Bull Ring, following late changes to several line-ups.

Yani Stevenheydens was due to race in Spanish Formula 4 this year with MP Motorsport after being 2024 French F4 runner-up, but lost his seat to Juan Cota in March and following that signed with the Global Racing Service team to contest the Eurocup-3 winter series finale at Motorland Aragon.

That outing resulted in a points finish, and earlier this month he penned another one-round deal with GRS. The 19-year-old Belgian will be the team’s sole driver in Austria, and also recently joined the Road to Success management operation run by former Auto GP and Euroformula racer Facu Regalia.

Drivex School is fielding a four-car line-up after replacing two drivers. It had signed Lenny Ried, who failed to score in full Formula Winter Series and Spanish F4 campaigns last year as a car racing rookie, and kept on Victoria Blokhina after she came 27th in the 2024 standings with the team but both will not be in its garage at the Red Bull Ring.

Ried has maintained a presence on Eurocup-3’s entry list by signing a last-minute deal with Palou Motorsport, replacing Adam Hideg, and Drivex signed Alessandro Famularo after Ried’s seat became vacant.

For the opening round Wiktor Dobrzanski takes the place of Blokhina, who will spend this weekend racing a prototype sportscar shared with countrywoman Irina Sidorkova on home soil in Russia.

Dobrzanski is a single-seater sophomore and went points-free in F4 Central European Zone, FWinter Series, Italian F4 and Spanish F4 in 2024. This year the 18-year-old Pole is also racing for Tecnicar Motorsport in Spanish F4. He came 25th in the winter championship with no points, and is currently 29th in the main series.

Famularo is making a single-seater comeback. The 22-year-old Venezuelan was an ADAC F4 race-winner back in 2019, did part-time Formula Regional Europe campaigns in the two years following that and made an FIA Formula 3 Championship cameo in 2022.

His return to the cockpit came in the pre-event test day at the Red Bull Ring, which was split into three sessions.

James Egozi (Palou) led the first, setting a 1m25.613s on his penultimate lap to go 0.13 seconds clear of Jesse Carrasquedo Jr (Campos Racing). It was close behind them, with third-placed Kacper Sztuka (Campos) 0.162s off the top and just 0.101s ahead of Alexander Abkhazava (MP) in sixth. Between them were Luciano Morano (Palou) and Ernesto Rivera (Campos).

Rivera lowered the pace to 1m25.264s in session two, pipping Valerio Rinicella (MP) by 0.035s and Sztuka by 0.046s. Enzo Tarnvanichkul (Campos) was 0.311s behind in fourth. There were seven non-improvers.

In session three nine drivers set personal bests, including Carrasquedo who topped the times with a 1m35.537s lap that put him fourth overall for the day. He edged Rivera by 0.026s and Sztuka by 0.085s. Cota was fourth fastest, 0.287s off.

Propping up the test’s combined classification was Zack Scoular (Palou), who missed two sessions.

Red Bull Ring entry list

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Photo: Maciej Gladysz

Palou Motorsport’s James Egozi beat MP Motorsport’s Maciej Gladysz to victory in the final Eurocup-3 winter series race at Motorland Aragon, but Gladysz took the title.

Mattia Colnaghi went into the race level on points with team-mate Gladysz at the top of the standings, while Egozi trailed by 23 points after scoring two for claiming pole in the morning.

Gladysz had been just 0.042 seconds shy of pole, and Colnaghi had a disastrous session in which he was over three seconds off the pace and only 23rd fastest.

Egozi made a great start to lead Gladysz into turn one, with MP’s Valerio Rinicella and Andres Cardenas chasing the top two and with Campos’s Jesse Carrasquedo Jr behind them.

MP’s Kai Daryanani stalled and fell to the back, and team-mate Alexander Abkhazava was already losing ground before he ended up facing the wrong way and dropped outside of the top 20.

Egozi’s lead wavered between 0.8 and 1.1 seconds until lap eight, when it was slashed to 0.667s by Gladysz. He then sat less than 0.6s behind Egozi for several laps, with the leader responding slightly on lap 12. He then managed to manage his gap, and on the penultimate lap snatched the point for fastest lap from Rinicella. But he reclaimed it on the final tour, and Gladysz comfortably claimed the title when he met the chequered flag 0.791s behind Egozi.

Cardenas and Carrasquedo passed Rinicella on lap one, then Carrasquedo briefly cleared Cardenas too on lap two as Red Bull juniors Ernesto Rivera and Enzo Tarnvanichkul clashed behind.

Once Cardenas got back past, he was unable to shake off Carrasquedo and they finished the race 0.786s apart in third and fourth. On the penultimate lap, Carrasquedo had attacked Cardenas into the final chicane.

Rivera made a diving pass on Rinicella there on lap three, and two laps later Tarnvanickhul made his own lunging move on him. MP’s Emmo Fittipaldi aimed to get through too but then fell to 10th, as Palou’s Adam Hideg profited to demote Rinicella another spot.

Rinicella was back into seventh by the end of the lap, ahead of Red Bull junior Jules Caranta, Hideg and Fittipaldi, and thereon he and Rivera were two of the fastest drivers on track as they traded fastest laps.

They ultimately held their positions to the chequered flag though, and there was not much overtaking behind either in the race’s second half. Colnaghi recovered to 13th, with Drivex School’s Oscar Wurz weaving to keep him behind late on,

Fittipaldi retired in the pits, and Palou’s Isaac Barashi finished four laps down due to a technical issue.

Race results (17 laps)

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Formula Regional Oceania runner-up Zack Scoular will race in Eurocup-3 later this year with Palou Motorsport.

The 17-year-old has had a strong start to 2025, winning two races, claiming a pole position and setting two fastest laps en route to second in the FRegional Oceania standings with MTEC Motorsport as a category rookie.

He had raced in Formula 4 prior to that, making his debut in the support races at the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – where he finished 12th twice – then contesting the full seasons of the United Arab Emirates and British championships in 2024.

In F4 UAE, Scoular had a best finish of fifth driving for the Yas Heat Academy team and his five points-scoring results left him 17th in the standings.

Driving for Emirati team Xcel Motorsport in British F4, Scoular made the podium in his fourth race but finished in the top 10 just six more times over the 30-race campaign. His next best result was a fifth place, and he came 15th in the standings. In the rookie classification he was fifth, having been the top rookie three times.

Scoular teased his Eurocup-3 move during his FRegional Oceania campaign, and he is one of six drivers that have been signed by Palou Motorsport so far.

The team was launched by three-time IndyCar champion Alex Palou and is run by his father Ramon. It is partnered with top IndyCar team Chip Ganassi Racing through its driver development programme, and is currently fielding five cars in Eurocup-3’s winter series.

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