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Théophile Naël charged from sixth on the grid to win the 2026 Budapest F3 Sprint Race at the Hungarian GP after overtaking Kanato Le for the lead on Lap 9. Le survived a chaotic opening lap to finish second for ART Grand Prix, while Campos Racing’s Ernesto Rivera completed the podium. Meanwhile, Mattia Colnaghi and…
Théophile Naël claimed victory in the Budapest Round Sprint Race at the 2026 F3 Hungarian GP. View the full race results here. Kanato Le started from the front row alongside Maciej Gładysz. However, contact between Xie, Gładysz and Nakamura at Turn 2 on the opening lap disrupted the early stages of the race. Xie suffered…
Ugo Ugochukwu was left frustrated after Qualifying sixth for the Budapest round of the FIA Formula 3 (F3) Championship, missing out on Pole Position by just 0.112s. The Campos Racing driver remained in the fight throughout the session and improved on his final run to secure sixth on the grid with a 1:33.524. However, despite…
Freddie Slater believes his growing understanding of F3 machinery and work with TRIDENT has helped him establish greater consistency near the front during recent 2026 Qualifying sessions, including in Budapest. The TRIDENT rookie secured another top-three starting position at the Hungaroring after narrowly missing pole during a tightly contested session. The result continued an encouraging…
Mattia Colnaghi believes he can challenge for an F3 podium in Budapest after producing his strongest Qualifying performance of the 2026 season. The MP Motorsport driver placed himself near the front of the Feature Race grid during his first visit to the Hungaroring. His result continued the team’s recent improvement after he secured two fourth-place…
Tuukka Taponen celebrated MP Motorsport’s recent progress in 2026 after securing his maiden F3 pole position during Qualifying in Budapest. The Finnish driver produced a 1:33.411 on his final attempt to beat TRIDENT’s Freddie Slater to pole by 0.040 seconds. MP Motorsport teammate Mattia Colnaghi completed the top three, only 0.064s behind Taponen. The result…
The Stewards have disqualified Hiyu Yamakoshi from the 2026 Budapest F3 Qualifying results after Van Amersfoort Racing worked on his car following the end-of-race signal. Officials deleted every lap time recorded by Car 14 after determining that the team had breached the FIA Formula 3 Sporting Regulations and the FIA International Sporting Code. Yamakoshi originally…
Tuukka Taponen claimed Pole Position in 2026 FIA Formula 3 (F3) Qualifying at the Hungarian GP, finishing ahead of Freddie Slater and Mattia Colnaghi. Earlier in the day, Freddie Slater topped Free Practice ahead of Rodin Motorsport duo Brando Badoer and Pedro Clerot. As the lights went green, the drivers headed out on their preparation…
Qualifying for round 7 of the 2026 F3 season has been completed at the Hungarian GP, view the full results here as MP Motorsport’s Tuukka Taponen took his first pole position in the catgeory by 0.040s from Freddie Slater. Championship leader Ugo Ugochukwu was 6th. 0.199s covered the top 9 cars in an extraordinarily close…
Freddie Slater made the perfect start to the F3 Budapest Round, topping Free Practice for TRIDENT around the Hungaroring. The Briton set a 1:33.947 to finish fastest in the opening session, having spent much of the 45 minutes fighting at the front of the field. However, despite ending the session on top, Slater admitted it…
