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Ricardo Escotto and Gerrard Xie will not participate in the ninth and final round of the 2026 FIA F3 season in Madrid, with both AIX Racing and DAMS Lucas Oil set to field two cars at Madring. AIX Racing confirmed Escotto’s withdrawal after the Mexican driver was involved in a road traffic collision. Following medical…
Niccolò Maccagnani will make his FIA F3 debut with Rodin Motorsport at the 2026 season finale in Madrid, replacing Christian Ho after the Singaporean elected not to contest the final round. The 16-year-old Maccagnani steps up from Italian F4, where he has recorded two victories and four podiums during the 2026 campaign. His Madrid appearance…
Freddie Slater and Ugo Ugochukwu enter the 2026 FIA F3 finale separated by only 15 points, yet they have reached Madrid through distinctly different routes. Slater leads on 141 points after building his title challenge around relentless consistency, improving Qualifying form and a remarkable run of podium finishes across every round. Ugochukwu sits second on…
James Wharton expects the 2026 F3 Madrid Qualifying sessions to rank among the most intense of the season as drivers balance risk, traffic and the potential for repeated interruptions. While speaking to the media, including Pit Debrief, ahead of the 2026 Monza F3 Round, the PREMA Racing driver said that he believes the unusual format…
Mattia Colnaghi believes the opening Qualifying session at the 2026 F3 Madrid finale will force drivers to carefully judge how much risk they can afford to take. The expanded format gives Q1 added importance because its result will influence both the Sprint Race and first Feature Race. However, the circuit’s narrow layout and nearby walls…
Ernesto Rivera expects the unusual Qualifying format at the 2026 F3 Madrid season finale to force drivers into a difficult balancing act between outright speed and protecting their weekend. F3 will use consecutive Qualifying sessions as part of an expanded Madrid format featuring a Sprint Race and two Feature Races, which places additional importance on…
Taito Kato returned to form in emphatic fashion at Monza, taking his maiden FIA F3 victory in the Sprint Race before following it with third place in Sunday’s Feature Race. The ART Grand Prix driver had endured several difficult rounds in which outright pace proved harder to find, but the Italian weekend delivered a significant…
Nicola Lacorte paid tribute to DAMS Lucas Oil after he and the team secured their first FIA F3 victory together in the 2026 Monza Feature Race. The Italian enjoyed his strongest weekend of the season at his home round, qualifying third before recovering to ninth in the Sprint Race. He then produced a measured drive…
The 2026 FIA F3 Teams’ Championship reaches Madrid with five teams still mathematically capable of taking the title, but Campos Racing holds a substantially stronger position than the raw number of remaining points might initially suggest. Campos leads the standings with 277 points after Monza, 64 clear of TRIDENT on 213. ART Grand Prix and…
The 2026 FIA F3 Drivers’ Championship will be decided at Madrid, with Freddie Slater arriving at the season finale holding a 15-point advantage over Ugo Ugochukwu and only four drivers remaining mathematically capable of winning the title. Slater leads on 141 points after Monza, with Ugochukwu second on 126. Campos Racing teammates Ernesto Rivera and…
