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The battle for the F3 championship intensifies at the final racing weekend of the season, as the Sprint Race in Madrid for the Spanish GP has now delivered its results. The first competition of the racing weekend saw PREMA’s James Wharton start from pole in the Sprint Race, alongside Campos’ Théophile Naël. Championship leader Slater…
Théophile Naël claimed victory in the first-ever FIA Formula 3 (F3) Sprint Race at Madrid’s new Madring circuit, leading James Wharton and Alex Powell across the line to take the opening win of the Spanish GP weekend. The final Sprint Race of the 2026 FIA Formula 3 (F3) season got underway at the brand-new Madrid…
Pedro Clerot came away from qualifying at the 2026 F3 Madrid Round with two strong results, securing P2 for the opening Feature Race and P3 for the second Feature Race as Rodin Motorsport showed strong pace around the new street circuit. The Brazilian was just 0.012 seconds away from Taito Kato’s pole time in Qualifying…
Ugo Ugochukwu secured a front-row starting position for Sunday’s Feature Race 2 after qualifying second in Qualifying 2 at Madrid, completing a strong day across both sessions as he continues his fight for the FIA Formula 3 (F3) championship. The Campos Racing driver had already secured P4 in Qualifying 1, giving him a strong starting…
PREMA Racing’s Alex Powell delivered one of the standout performances of the opening Qualifying session at the 2026 FIA F3 Madrid round, taking 10th place and securing a second-row start for the Sprint Race. Powell entered the weekend with limited F3 experience after joining the championship only recently, yet he immediately showed competitive pace around…
MP Motorsport’s Tuukka Taponen completed one of his strongest Qualifying days of the 2026 FIA F3 season in Madrid, taking third in the opening session before securing pole in Qualifying 2. The Finn showed front-running pace across both sessions at the Madring, even though he felt more satisfied with his driving in the first. Taponen…
ART Grand Prix’s Taito Kato secured the first pole position of his FIA Formula 3 career in the opening Qualifying session of the 2026 Madrid round, continuing his strong run after an encouraging weekend at Monza. Kato produced the fastest lap around the Madring to lead Rodin Motorsport’s Pedro Clerot and MP Motorsport’s Tuukka Taponen….
Jin Nakamura topped Free Practice for the 2026 Madrid F3 Round at the Spanish GP ahead of Qualifying, with Taito Kato second and Enzo Deligny third. Nicola Lacorte’s late crash ended the session early. Freddie Slater leads the championship on 141 points, 15 clear of Ugo Ugochukwu, with the title fight reaching its conclusion this…
Qualifying 2 for the second F3 Feature Race in Madrid this weekend at the 2026 Spanish GP has been completed, view the full results here. In Free Practice much earlier in the day, Nicola Lacorte crashed at turn 9 near the end of the session. Nonetheless, considering the carnage that occurred in testing when they…
Qualifying 1 for the first F3 Feature Race and the Sprint Race in Madrid this weekend at the 2026 Spanish GP has been completed, view the full results here. In Free Practice much earlier in the day, Nicola Lacorte crashed at turn 9 near the end of the session. Nonetheless, considering the carnage that occurred…
