The second edition of Spanish F4’s winter series gets underway this weekend at Portimão. Feeder Series tells you all you need to know about this year’s Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship. 

By Seb Tirado

Last year’s winter series was won by eventual Spanish F4 champion Thomas Strauven after a resurgent second round at Portimão put him in a championship showdown with teammate Jan Przyrowski ahead of the final weekend at Navarra. The Belgian driver effectively sealed his title in the first lap of the final race of the season when Przyrowski was taken out of contention in a multi-car incident with Nacho Tuñón, Kyuho Lee and Philippe Armand Karras.

While senior series Eurocup-3 undergoes major change for 2026, the F4-level championship on the Spanish Winter Championship remains much the same entering its second season.

The calendar

In contrast to last year, Eurocup-4 will share all its rounds with Eurocup-3’s winter series. Portimao now acts as the season opener, and the Circuito del Jarama welcomes back F4 competition after acting as Spanish F4’s opening round in 2024.

• Round 1: Autódromo Internacional do Algarve (20–22 February)
• Round 2: Circuito del Jarama (27 February–1 March)
• Round 3: MotorLand Aragón (13–15 March)

The format 

The championship will share its overall format with the revamped one used for Eurocup-3 but will have different test sessions on the Friday.

Eurocup-4 will have a single one-hour official test before going into two 30-minute free practice sessions. On Saturday, a single 20-minute qualifying session will set the grid for the first race, which lasts 30 minutes plus one lap. If the first qualifying session is unable to go ahead, the grid will be formed using the classification of the final free practice session.

The second race that day, labelled as a sprint race, will last 20 minutes plus one lap but will now reverse the top 12 from qualifying, compared to the top 10 being reversed last year. If the first qualifying session is unable to go ahead, the top 12 will be formed by reversing the top 12 fastest laps from race one, with the rest formed in descending order.

On Sunday, a second 20-minute qualifying session will set the grid for the final race of the weekend, which will last 30 minutes plus one lap. If the second qualifying session is unable to go ahead, the grid will be formed using the fastest laps from race one.

Points will be awarded for the first and final races of the weekend through the standard FIA points format, from 25 points for the winner to one point for 10th place. The sprint race will award 10 points for the winner down to one point for 10th.

The fastest driver in each qualifying session will again receive two points. For all three races, the driver with the fastest lap will score one point. Any drivers that only compete in the last two rounds will be classed as guest drivers and will not be eligible to score points. New for this year, the champion will be rewarded with a test in a Eurocup-3 car. 

Along with the existing rookie trophy, the female trophy will also be awarded to the highest-placed female driver in each race. 

Where to watch 

Every race will be streamed on the Spanish Winter Championship YouTube channel. Live timing for all sessions will be available on Al Kamel Systems.

Teams and drivers 

Like Eurocup-3, Spanish F4 has introduced an allocation of entries for each team for the winter series and the main season, with the highest number a team has received also being four. This allocation includes satellite teams such as KCL by MP Motorsport and DX Racing Team.

Twelve teams and a maximum of 36 cars will take to the grid this year. G4 Racing will make their full-season return after entering from last year’s Jerez round of Spanish F4 onwards, with their last full-time entry into any version of the series being in 2019 when they ran Axel Gnos, the son of team principal Patrick Gnos, as a single entry.

Rodin Motorsport and Saintéloc Racing will not compete in Eurocup-4 or Spanish F4 this year, whilst ART Grand Prix and Cram Motorsport, who only competed in the winter series, will similarly not return.

MP Motorsport

MP Motorsport finished second in both the winter series and the main season, their second year in a row of finishing as the runner-up in the Spanish F4 teams’ championship.

With an allocation of three cars this year, the Dutch team will field Felipe Reijs (#7), 2025 Ginetta Junior champion Rocco Coronel (#23) and Kasper Schormans (#40).

Reijs, 15, is currently 21st in the Formula Winter Series standings with AKM Motorsport with a best result so far of seventh in the season-opening race. The Dutch driver made his debut in Formula Trophy last year with Xcel Motorsport, finishing 21st with a best result of ninth.

Coronel, a member of the Red Bull Junior Team, made his single-seater debut in Barcelona last year with the team as a guest driver and finished third in the second race of the weekend. The 15-year-old Dutch driver, the son of 1999 Formula Nippon champion Tom Coronel, is also currently competing in the Formula Winter Series and is sixth in the championship having taken a win at Estoril and a second place at Valencia.

Schormans won last year’s Richard Mille Young Talent Academy shootout and its Spanish F4 scholarship seat with MP. After competing in the KZ2 category in karting, the 16-year-old Dutch driver made his single-seater debut with Evans GP in Formula Trophy’s third round at Yas Marina, where he finished a best of fifth. He also competed with the team in UAE4’s second round at the same venue, with a best result of seventh.

KCL by MP 

MP Motorsport’s satellite team finished behind the main outfit in both 2025 championships but managed to beat Campos Racing in the main season with a third-place finish after finishing behind them in the winter series in fourth.

KCL by MP have been allocated three cars and will field returning driver Reno Francot (#1) alongside rookies Borys Łyżeń (#21) and Louis Cochet (#39).

Francot, 18, competed with the team in the final two rounds of Eurocup-4, taking a best finish of fourth, and in Spanish F4, in which he finished fifth in the standings with a win at Barcelona and four further podiums. Last year, the Dutch driver also competed in F4 Middle East with AKCEL GP, taking a win and three further podiums on his way to fifth, and finished third in E4 with PHM Racing after again taking a win and three other podiums. He also competed in a partial Italian F4 campaign with PHM, in FR Europe’s Spielberg round with RPM and most recently in the final two rounds of FR Middle East’s 2026 season with CL Motorsport.  

Łyżeń will be making his single-seater debut this year after competing in multiple European karting championships in the OK category last year. The 15-year-old Polish driver was also a finalist in the Richard Mille Young Talent Academy shootout. 

French driver Cochet will also be making his single-seater debut. Last year, the 15-year-old competed in multiple European karting championships in the OK category and achieved his best 2025 result the FIA Karting European Championship’s Viterbo round with fourth.

Campos Racing

After narrowly beating MP’s satellite team to third in the winter series, Campos Racing went on to finish fourth in the main Spanish F4 season, behind both MP teams.

For this year’s winter series, the team will field Jacob Micallef (#8), Mercedes junior Luna Fluxá (#10) and Daniel Kelleher (#38) in their three allocated cars. 

Micallef, 16, makes his full-season car racing debut after first racing a single-seater in Saudi Arabian F4’s opening round last year in Sakhir, where he finished a best of seventh. The Maltese driver moves to F4 after competing in the OK category of multiple European karting championships last year.

Fluxá notably won the 2024 Champions of the Future Academy title in the OK-N category before moving to OK karting the following year across Europe. The 15-year-old Spanish driver will be making her single-seater debut.

Kelleher makes his single-seater debut having also competed in OK karting in Europe last year. The 15-year-old from Ireland notably finished second and third in Champions of the Future Euro Series’ Viterbo and Rødby rounds and won at Kristianstad. 

Griffin Core by Campos

Last year, Strauven’s title wins and Przyrowski’s consistent appearance at the sharp end of the standings meant Griffin Core by Campos won the teams’ title in both the winter series and the main season. 

With an allocation of three cars, the Spanish powerhouse’s satellite team will field Vivek Kanthan (#22), Ty Fisher (#37) and Noah Monteiro (#81).

Kanthan took four podiums on his way to fifth in the Eurocup-4 standings and entered Spanish F4 as the highest-placed rookie coming from the winter series. The 16-year-old American driver then went on to finish ninth in the standings, with a single second place in Barcelona. He also made an appearance in NACAM F4’s third Mexico City round with Alessandros Racing Blue, winning on his debut and finishing third in the weekend’s final race.

Hailing from Canada, Fisher moves to Spanish F4 after having competed in USF Juniors last year with Zanella Racing. The 15-year-old finished fourth in the championship with three wins and two podiums and also finished third in the YACademy Winter Series with two wins and a second-place finish.

Monteiro, 16, is the highest-placed returning rookie from last season, having finished eighth in the main season’s standings. The Portuguese driver also scored his only podium of 2025 in the winter series’ Portimão round, where he finished ninth in the standings.

Drivex

Drivex finished sixth in the teams’ standings in both the winter series and the main season, with Eurocup-3-bound Christopher Feghali scoring all three of the team’s podiums in 2025. 

For 2026, the team has been allocated three cars and will field Jensen Burnett (#15), Simón Bulbarella (#32) and Nathan Tye (#46).

Burnett made his single-seater debut last week in the Formula Winter Series’ Valencia round with Mathilda Racing. The 15-year-old from Canada took a best finish of sixth in race two of the weekend. Last year, he competed in various European karting championships in the OK category as well as in X30 Senior in the United States, with his best 2025 result being second in the WSK Super Master Series’ Viterbo round.  

Bulbarella, 17, will make his single-seater debut after competing in the OK and Academy Trophy senior categories across Europe. The Argentine driver is also currently affiliated with the Honda Racing School, based out of the Suzuka Circuit.

Going into his third season of Spanish F4, Tye scored two podiums in last year’s winter series with Rodin Motorsport on his way to fourth in the standings. In the main season, the 17-year-old British driver finished seventh and took his first career victory at Le Castellet along with one other podium.

DX Racing Team 

Drivex’s satellite team finished 12th in the winter series and 10th in the main season, with the team’s only points coming from a 10th-place finish for Kaiden Higgins in the final race of Spanish F4’s Jerez weekend.

Having also been allocated three cars, DX Racing Team will field Max Radeck (#28), Elliot Kaczynski (#44) and Sebastian Frigolet (#80).

Radeck makes his single-seater debut with the team in 2026. Last year, the Portuguese driver competed in the X30 Senior category of the IAME Euro Series and IAME Warriors Final and also made an appearance with DEForce Racing in USF2000’s fall combine test.

Kaczynski, 15, competed in multiple European karting championships in the OK category, with his best 2025 result being sixth in the WSK Super Master Series’ Lonato round. The Swedish driver was also a finalist in the Richard Mille Young Talent Academy shootout.

Frigolet will be making his single-seater debut in Eurocup-4. The Mexican driver competed in Pro X30 karting in the United States last year.

Tecnicar 

The Valencian team finished behind their satellite team T-Code in the teams’ standings in both the winter series and main season, placing ninth and 11th respectively. 

Tecnicar have been allocated three cars for 2026 but are fielding only two at Portimão, occupied by returning driver Aleix Piñera (#13) and Zoe Florescu (#18).

Piñera, 15, competed in Spanish F4’s final two rounds last year as a guest driver and took a best result of 20th in the final race of the season. Before making his single-seater debut, the Spanish driver competed in the IAME Euro Series’ X30 Senior category, with a best finish of fifth at Zuera.

Romanian driver Florescu competed in the two most recent Formula Winter Series rounds with Campos Racing and took a best finish of 17th at Valencia. Last year, the 17-year-old competed in the KZ2 category across Europe, with her best result being 14th at the WSK Super Master Series’ La Conca round.

T-Code

Despite only being established ahead of the final round of the winter series, Tecnicar’s satellite team finished ahead of the main outfit in seventh thanks to a win for returning driver Andrej Petrović (#77) in the final race of the season at Navarra. T-Code also finished seventh in the main season, with the Serbian driver taking two fourth-place finishes as his best result.

Petrović was entered under the T-Code banner for Navarra and finished 11th in the winter series standings. The 19-year-old went on to finish 12th in the main season standings with the team.

Alongside Petrović, T-Code will also field another returning driver in Nacho Tuñón (#17). The 18-year-old Spanish driver competed in the main Tecnicar team last year, finishing 22nd in Eurocup-4 with a best finish of 11th and 26th in Spanish F4 with two best finishes of 12th.

TC Racing

In their second year of competing in Spanish F4, Belgian footballer Thibaut Courtois’ namesake team finished eighth in both the winter series and the main season, with Alfio Spina notably also scoring the team’s first ever pole position for the final race of the season.

TC Racing will field single-seater debutants Beau Lowette (#24) and Maria Germano Neto (#78) in two of their three allocated cars, with the third car left unoccupied for the opening round.

Lowette, 16, competed in the OK category in multiple European karting championships for much of 2025 before switching to KZ2 karting for the Champions of the Future Euro Series’ Franciacorta round and the FIA Karting World Cup at the same venue. The Belgian driver’s best result in 2025 was 12th at the FIA Karting European Championship’s Rodby round. 

Fifteen-year-old Germano Neto also competed in the OK category across Europe last year. The Portuguese driver also received backing from the Ferrari Driver Academy after winning the 2021 Girls on Track – Rising Stars’ junior category.

G4 Racing

G4 Racing make their Eurocup-4 debut in 2026. Although both of the team’s drivers finished in the top 10 during the final Spanish F4 weekend at Barcelona last year, their results did not count towards the teams’ standings as the team was entered as a wild card entry and therefore ineligible to score points.

The drivers in question – 17-year-old twins Jean-Paul Karras (#9) and Philippe Armand Karras (#12)  – will return to G4 this season alongside newcomer Jorden Moodley (#94).

Jean-Paul Karras finished 32nd in last year’s Eurocup-4 standings with a best result of 16th at Navarra with Saintéloc Racing with his brother as his teammate. The Greek driver, along with his brother and the French team as a whole, withdrew from Spanish F4 after the first round. Returning with G4 Racing for the final three rounds, he finished a best of sixth in the final race of the season.

Philippe Armand Karras finished ahead of his brother in the Eurocup-4 standings and took a best result of 12th, also at Navarra, on his way to 24th overall. In Spanish F4, his best result was eighth in race one of the Barcelona season finale.

Last year, Moodley competed in MSA4, an F4–adjacent series in his native South Africa, before moving to Formula Trophy with Pinnacle Motorsport. He finished 34th in the latter’s standings with a best finish of 21st.

Monlau Motorsport

Monlau Motorsport finished 11th in Eurocup-4 and ninth in Spanish F4 last year, with Francisco Monarca and returning driver Miki Blascos (#88) scoring points for the team in the main season. Alongside Blascos, the team will also field Rahim Alibhai (#11) and Fausto Arnaudo (#73) in two of their three other allocated cars.

American driver Alibhai made his single-seater debut in the final two rounds of USF Juniors last year with Zanella Racing. The 16-year-old scored two best finishes of eighth in his first weekend at Road America.

Arnaudo will make his single-seater debut this year after competing in European karting in the OK category. The Argentine driver, who turns 16 next Thursday, had a best result of fourth in the WSK Euro Series’ Viterbo round.

Blascos, 16, joined Spanish F4 from the Jerez round onwards and scored his only point of the year in race one in Barcelona. The Spanish driver finished 24th in the standings.

GRS Team

GRS Team entered Eurocup-4 ahead of its final round last year with Aleksandar Bogunovič and finished 14th in the standings. In the main season, the team finished 12th and last of the full-season entrants.

With two cars allocated to them, GRS will field debutant Dante Cima (#70) and returning driver Pablo Riccobono Bello (#74).

Italian driver Cima, who competes under a Dutch licence, competed in the BNL Karting Series in Belgium as well as in the Rotax Max Euro Trophy’s senior class. He tested F4 machinery with the team over the winter. 

Riccobono Bello, 19, finished 16th in French F4 last year with a best result of sixth at Spa. The French driver also competed in the final round of Spanish F4 last year as a guest driver with GRS, scoring a best finish of 16th in race one.

The grid at a glance

Team	#	Driver
KCL by MP	1	Reno Francot
	21	Borys Łyżeń (R)
	39	Louis Cochet (R)
MP Motorsport	7	Felipe Reijs (R)
	23	Rocco Coronel (R)
	40	Kasper Schormans (R)
Campos Racing	8	Jacob Micallef (R)
	10	Luna Fluxá (R)
	38	Daniel Kelleher (R)
G4 Racing	9	Jean-Paul Karras
	12	Philippe Armand Karras
	94	Jorden Moodley
Monlau Motorsport	11	Rahim Alibhai (R)
	73	Fausto Arnaudo (R)
	88	Miki Blascos (R)
Tecnicar	13	Aleix Piñera (R)
	18	Zoe Florescu (R)
Drivex	15	Jensen Burnett (R)
	32	Simón Bulbarella (R)
	46	Nathan Tye
T-Code	17	Nacho Tuñón
	77	Andrej Petrović
Griffin Core by Campos	22	Vivek Kanthan
	37	Ty Fisher
	81	Noah Monteiro
TC Racing	24	Beau Lowette (R)
	78	Maria Germano Neto (R)
DX Racing Team	28	Max Radeck (R)
	44	Elliot Kaczynski (R)
	80	Sebastian Frigolet (R)
GRS Team	70	Dante Cima (R)
	74	Pablo Riccobono Bello

Header photo credit: Dutch Photo Agency / Red Bull Content Pool