While there wasn’t as much racing action, the first week of the final month of the year was no less filled with testing sessions up and down the feeder series ladder, even in South America and Japan. We dug as deep as we could to present you with all the information about who tested where this week. 

By Francesca Brusa

F2, F3, GB3, EC3, F4, GB4 at Barcelona

A large group of drivers took to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for three intense days of testing from 1 to 3 December, in which machinery from Formula 2 all the way to F4 hit the track.

Campos and Speed Center combined fielded three current and old F2-spec cars, though the identities of the drivers who tested them remained unknown. 

F3 machinery was the most widely tested throughout the weekend, with some FIA F3 teams taking the chance to have their 2026 line-ups get acquainted with the car. That was the case for Campos, who fielded Ugo Ugochukwu; DAMS, who ran Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi (#181) and his widely rumored future teammate Nicola Lacorte (#17); Hitech, who fielded Michael Shin (#1) and Jin Nakamura (#2); and Prema, who entered Enzo Deligny and James Wharton, fresh off his F2 cameo in Qatar.

Hitech’s 2026 signing Fionn McLaughlin is also understood to have been at the circuit for testing, though with which team hasn’t been determined. The identity of the driver testing Porteiro’s #101 car also remains unclear.

Eurocup-3’s GRS Team put Gianni Giovanelli behind the wheel of car #73, while fellow Spanish team Palou Motorsport ran car #300 on 3 December only with an unknown driver.

Several GB3 teams decided to test their machinery in Barcelona. That includes Elite, who fielded Edu Robinson (#07) on all three days and divided car #03 between Flynn Jackes on the first two days and Fred Green on the last day; Hillspeed on 2 and 3 December, with Dante Vinci (#19) and Kyuho Lee (#26); Hitech, also only on the final two days, with all three of Noah Lisle, Yuhao Fu and Deagen Fairclough; and Rodin, also on 2 and 3 December, with Martin Molnár (#12), Maxim Rehm (#21), and Abbi Pulling (#901).

On the first two days of the test, Fred Green (#51) appeared in one of Elite’s GB4 cars, while Matan Achituv (#01) and Emmilio Valentino Del Grosso (#003) tested for them all three days.

Most of the F4 action took place on the first two days. AKM fielded Ginevra Panzeri (#3), 13-year-old Williams junior Dean Hoogendoorn (#14), Vittorio Orsini (#99) and Phil Colin Strenge (#120). Monlau also fielded four cars with unknown drivers on those days, while Van Amersfoort Racing tested Thomas Bearman (#7) and Aleksander Ruta (#8) as well as an unknown driver in car #09.

SG Motors were the only team to run F4 cars on all three days, doing so with Juste Mulder (#180) and Ferrari junior Filippo Sala (#16).

Incoming ART Grand Prix F3 driver Kanato Le and Chris Dittmann Racing British F4 signing Henry Mercier are also believed to have been in Barcelona for testing, but it wasn’t determined with what teams or cars.

Barcelona, 01–03 December	P1	P2	P3
F2, Day 1	Campos #012, 1:24.503	Campos #260, +0.355s
F2, Day 2	Campos #012, 1:24.636	Campos #260, +1.883s
F3, Day 1	Prema #201, 1:27.801	Nicola Lacorte, +0.385s	Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi, +0.773s
F3, Day 2	Prema #202, 1:27.621	Nicola Lacorte, +0.228s	Campos #37, +0.927s
GB3, Day 1	Flynn Jackes, 1:34.718	Edu Robinson, +0.838s
GB3, Day 2	Hitech #900, 1:34.511	Hitech #18, +0.081s	Martin Molnár, +0.376s
GB3, Day 3	Hitech #9, 1:33.702	Hitech #18, +0.546s	Maxim Rehm, +0.695s
F4, Day 1	Aleksander Ruta, 1:42.402	Thomas Bearman, +0.498s	Monlau #62, +1.016s
F4, Day 2	Aleksander Ruta, 1:43.179	Monlau #62, +0.319s	Thomas Bearman, +0.401s
F4, Day 3	Filippo Sala, 1:44.008	Juste Mulder, +0.680s
GB4, Day 1	Fred Green, 1:41.736	Matan Achituv, +0.271s	Emmilio Valentino Del Grosso, +0.534s
GB4, Day 2	Fred Green, 1:42.669	Matan Achituv, +0.284s	Emmilio Valentino Del Grosso, +0.699s
GB4, Day 3	Emmilio Valentino Del Grosso, 1:43.315	Matan Achituv, +0.211s

F3, EFO, GB3, FRegional, F4 at Le Castellet

More F3, FRegional and F4 machinery appeared at Le Castellet from 2 to 3 December in a test organised by Motopark.

BVM, Double R and Motopark started preparing for the upcoming Euroformula Open season with the Dallara 324, while MP Motorsport also tested two Evans GP–owned Euroformula Open cars with Hankook tyres. BVM fielded Javier Herrera (#32) and Miguel Costa, plus one other driver whose identity wasn’t determined. Double R tested three unknown drivers, with one of them believed to be Bart Harrison. Jan Koller, Diego de la Torre and Wiktor Dobrzański were the drivers Feeder Series could confirm from among Motopark’s own six-car line-up, with the other three cars likely to be driven by Lorenzo Castillo, Everett Stack and Enzo Yeh based on previous testing activity.

The only Eurocup-3 team testing at Le Castellet was Palou, who put Alceu Feldmann Neto behind the wheel.

ART, Prema, R-ace GP and Trident were the teams testing the Tatuus F3-T318. ART fielded Matteo Giaccardi (#9), Kabir Anurag (#10) and Alexandre Munoz (#11); Prema Racing entered Kean Nakamura-Berta (#12) and Salim Hanna (#13); R-ace lined up Rashid Al Dhaheri (#3), Yuki Sano (#4) and Emanuele Olivieri (#5); and Trident ran their confirmed 2026 line-up consisting of Luka Sammalisto (#19), Maximilian Popov (#20) and Andrija Kostić (#21).

Lastly, ART and Feed Racing had drivers testing the F4 car. ART joined forces with Thibaut Ramaekers (#6), Thomas Senecloze (#7) and Matthéo Dauvergne (#8). Feed Racing fielded Clara Stiebleichinger (#14), Kyler Cheezum (#15), Maverick McKenna (#16), Arthur Eschalier (#17) and Guillaume Bouzar (#18). 

Italian F4 race winner Alex Powell and Rodin Motorsport British F4 signing Alfie Slater are also believed to have been present, but their teams and cars were unconfirmed.

Le Castellet, 02–03 December	P1	P2	P3
EFO, Day 1	MP #26, 1:54.970	MP #27, +0.051s	Motopark #4, +1.318s
EFO, Day 2	Motopark #3, 2:14.845	Motopark #6, +0.009s	Motopark #4, +0.041s
FRegional, Day 1	Kean Nakamura-Berta, 1:57.559	Alexandre Munoz, +0.189s	Kabir Anurag, +0.374s
FRegional, Day 2	Rashid Al Dhaheri, 2:17.523	Kean Nakamura-Berta, +0.047s	Emanuele Olivieri, +0.177s
F4, Day 1	Matthéo Dauvergne, 2:07.513s	Thibaut Ramaekers, +0.283s	Thomas Senecloze, +0.363s
F4, Day 2	Maverick McKenna, 2:24.297	Clara Stiebleichinger, +2.110s	Guillaume Bouzar, +2.318s

Eurocup-3 and F4 at Portimão

As preparations are underway for the start of the Spanish Winter Championship package in 2026, several Eurocup-3 and F4 teams flocked to Portimão for a two-day test at the Autódromo do Algarve on 4 and 5 December.

Campos and Drivex fielded three Eurocup-3 cars total, though the identity of the drivers who tested them remains a mystery.

As far as F4 is concerned, Campos fielded four cars, three of which were occupied by Luna Fluxá, Jacob Micallef and Daniel Kelleher. Drivex tested Nathan Tye (#90), Simón Bulbarella (#93) and a third driver in car #92 as well as three drivers in their sister team DXR’s #94, #95 and #96 cars.

Monlau was present with Miki Blascos (#25) and Rahim Alibhai (#27); MP with Borys Łyżeń (#1), Rocco Coronel (#3), Kasper Schormans (#10) and Louis Cochet (#11); Rodin with Dries Van Langendonck (#7),Alfie Slater (#15), Ethan Lennon and Ella Stevens; TC Racing with Beau Lowette (#78) and another driver, believed to be Maria Germano Neto, in car #39; Tecnicar with Zoe Florescu Potolea, Max Mokarem, and two additional drivers; and G4 with two drivers.

Portimão, 4–5 December	P1	P2	P3
EC3, Day 1	Drivex #26, 1:39.561	Campos #27, +1.824s	Drivex #21, +4.545s
EC3, Day 2	Campos #27, 2:01.532	Drivex #21, +2.252s
F4, Day 1	Nathan Tye #90, 1:51.735	G4 #12, +0.320s	G4 #13, +0.570s
F4, Day 2	Rodin #15, 2:03.082	Rodin #7, +0.699s	Rodin #32, +1.960s

Other testing activities

While those larger groups took to some of the most prestigious tracks in Europe, there were also smaller tests happening all over the world.

In Brazil, Franco Paolini was testing F4 machinery at Velocitta on 1 December. On the other side of the globe in Japan, Super Formula Lights held a session that same day at Motegi, with Delightworks fielding Keito Matsui (#2) and Itsuki Sato (#3) and Triple Tree entering Juju Noda, their Super Formula driver.

On 3 December, Sota Muto joined forces with Abbey Racing as FRegional Japan testing went down at Suzuka. Around that same time, Evan Giltaire got his first taste of Super Formula Lights machinery as he headed to Sugo for a test, believed to be with the B-Max Racing Team. 

And on the British Isles, GB4 cars were in action at Donington Park on 4 December, with Fox fielding Kayleigh Cole (#48) and Liam McNeilly, Fortec Zac Drummond (#7) and Jasser Iskander, and KMR Sport Alex O’Grady (#3).

Read the previous week’s round-up here.

Editor’s note, 10 December 2025, 23:12 CET: A previous version of this article stated that MP Motorsport had run two F3 cars at Paul Ricard. The team was testing Euroformula Open machinery owned by Evans GP. The paragraph and the test’s accompanying data table have been adjusted.

Header photo credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography