Winter series racing officially came to a close this month, with winter testing also moving into its springtime phase as more and more championships prepare to get underway. Feeder Series tells you who from the world of junior single-seater racing tested where in official tests and track days over the past month.

By Marco Albertini

Having run weekly testing reports from late October to late February, we have pivoted to monthly reports for March and April to account for the reduced quantity of testing and heightened number of championships kicking off their 2026 seasons. This report covers the roughly five-week span from February 24 to March 29. Our next testing report will cover activities taking place in the month of April.

French F4 at Nogaro

From 24 to 26 February, a three-day test for French Formula 4 machinery was held at Nogaro. Reigning champion Alexandre Munoz took part in all three days, as did Lisa Billard, Jade Jacquet, Sofia Zanfari, Arthur Eschalier, Jimmy Hélias, Héloïse Goldberg, Jack Iliffe, Clara Stiebleichinger, Shane Chandaria, Kota Tsuchihashi, Skye Parker, Oscar Goudchaux, Matthéo Dauvergne and Thibaut Ramaekers.

Of the drivers who entered two days, Angelina Proenca, Tom Dussol, Maverick McKenna, Annabelle Brian and Lilian Soares only drove on the first two days, whilst Hugo Herrouin, Thomas Senecloze, Guillaume Bouzar, Wojtek Woda and Lewis Francis participated in the final two days.

Of the drivers who entered one day only, Jules Avril was present on Tuesday, Kyler Cheezum on Wednesday, and Yuval Rosen and Paul Gleizes on Thursday. Also at the track was Matéo Rivals, who didn’t turn any laps during the test.

Nogaro, 24–26 February	P1	P2	P3
Day 1	Alexandre Munoz, 1:25.631	Thibaut Ramaekers, +0.768s	Jade Jacquet, +1.111s
Day 2	Guillaume Bouzar, 1:26.187	Thibaut Ramaekers, +0.074s	Alexandre Munoz, +0.213s
Day 3	Guillaume Bouzar, 1:25.398	Thibaut Ramaekers, +0.233s	Lisa Billard, +0.303s

FR, F4, GB4 at Silverstone

On Thursday and Friday, a two-day test at Silverstone took place for FRegional, F4 and GB4 machinery.

Valour Racing were the only team to run FR machinery, fielding one car for Luke Hilton (#32). F4 cars, meanwhile, were fielded by five different teams. Fortec Motorsport brought three cars for Kit Belofsky (#9), Cash Felber (#11) and Roman Felber (#73), while Chris Dittmann Racing’s four cars were driven by Tommy Harfield (#21), Daniella Sutton, Alba Larsen and Henry Mercier. Argenti Motorsport fielded five cars for León Hedfors, Justin Di Lucia (#23), Sun Anzhe (#24), Ethan Jeff-Hall (#25) and Vegard Klemetsen (#88), while Xcel Motorsport brought two cars for Cole Hewetson (#2) and Mate Kobakhidze (#3). JHR Developments’ four cars, meanwhile, were driven by Timo Jüngling (#4), Cameron Nelson (#5), Lewis Wherrell (#6) and Haarni Sadiq (#7).

GB4 cars were fielded by six teams. Douglas Motorsport’s three cars were driven by Jason Smyth (#26), Dayton Coulthard (#28) and Conor Grant (#54), while Pace Performance fielded three cars for John O’Donnell (#17), Torrin Byrne (#18) and Josh McLean (#76). Fortec also brought three cars to the test, which were driven by Thomas Ingram-Hill (#8), Jordyn Martin (#88) and two unnamed drivers. Fox fielded a lone car for Enzo Rujugiro (#48), while Idola and KMR also brought one car each, for Jamie Leverton (#11) and Holly Miall (#23) respectively.

Hitech GB3 signing Noah Lisle was also present at the test, driving a Radical SR10.

GB3, GB4 at Snetterton

The first large-scale test in March took place on 10 and 11 March for GB3 and GB4 cars at Snetterton.

Eight of the confirmed ten GB3 teams were present, with VRD Racing and JHR were absent. Arden Motorsport fielded two cars for their previously announced duo of Lewis Gilbert (#26) and Leon Wilson (#27), as did Rodin, who fielded their confirmed trio of Maxim Rehm (#1), Abbi Pulling (#2) and Martin Molnár (#3). Fortec’s confirmed duo of Alex Kattoulas (#23) and Jack Taylor (#24) turned laps, as did Hitech’s trio composed of Noah Lisle (#4), Yuhao Fu (#5) and Deagen Fairclough (#6) and Nitrous ADM’s lone car for Jason Pribyl (#31). Hillspeed’s announced trio of Dante Vinci (#10), Peter Bouzinelos (#11) and Aurelia Nobels (#12) were at the test, while Xcel’s Rowan Campbell-Pilling (#8) and Ricardo Baptista (#9) were joined by the team’s F4 signing Cole Hewetson (#7). Elite Motorsports’ previously confirmed Kyuho Lee (#19) was joined by former FR Europe driver Edu Robinson (#17) and Flynn Jackes (#18), who drove for the team last year.

Ten teams fielded GB4 cars. Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing fielded two cars for their confirmed duo of Caitlyn McDaniel (#35) and Luke Hilton (#42), as KMR Sport’s trio of Alex O’Grady (#3), Lily-May Watkins (#15) and Holly Miall (#23) also turned laps. Douglas’ already announced trio of Jason Smyth (#26), Dayton Coulthard (#28) and Conor Grant (#54) were present, as was Idola Motorsport’s lone car for Jamie Leverton (#11). Fortec’s three cars were driven by Thomas Ingram Hill (#8), Franciszek Cegielski (#11) and Jordyn Martin (#88), while Fox’s announced duo of Jasser Iskander (#33) and Enzo Rujugiro (#66) were joined by Archie Bullard (#48).

Hillspeed’s confirmed trio of Demitri Nolan (#6), Enzo Hallman (#7) and Connor Willis (#99) were at the test, as were Pace Performance’s John O’Donnell (#17), Torrin Byrne (#18) and Josh McLean (#76). Arden’s duo of Michael Koh (#24) and Solenn Amrouche (#95) were joined by Charlie Myers (#22), while Elite’s trio of Emmilio Valentino Del Grosso (#5), Fred Green (#51) and Matan Achituv (#77) were once again joined by Liu Taiji (#78).

Snetterton, 10–11 March	P1	P2	P3
GB3, Day 1	Deagen Fairclough, 1:38.428	Maxim Rehm, +0.205s	Cole Hewetson, +0.508s
GB3, Day 2	Maxim Rehm, 1:37.958	Deagen Fairclough, +0.028s	Dante Vinci, +0.180s
GB4, Day 1	Luke Hilton, 1:49.093	Fred Green, +0.096s	Alex O’Grady, +0.119s
GB4, Day 2	Fred Green, 1:48.380	Alex O’Grady, +0.199s	Enzo Hallman, +0.330s

Brazilian F4 at Velocittà

On 11 March, a one-day test for Brazilian F4 cars was held at Velocittà. TMG Racing’s four cars were driven by Celo Hahn (#01), Alexandre Louza (#15), Bernardo Gentil and Maximo Toviggino, while Bassani Racing fielded two cars for Paulo Willemann Filho (#48) and Nacho Díaz (#72). Cavaleiro Racing brought four cars for Fabrício Fogaça (#33), Enricco Abreu (#29), Enzo Nienkötter (#14) and Eduardo Salamonde (#26). Nick Garfinkel (#10), Rodrigo Rocha (#77) and Elias Barbosa drove as privateers.

GB3, GB4 at Donington Park

Exactly a week later, both GB3 and GB4 returned for another two-day large-scale test, this time at Donington Park. The same teams from the previous test returned with mostly unchanged lineups.

In GB3, Elite’s Flynn Jackes (#18) and Kyuho Lee (#19) were joined by Ary Bansal (#17), whilst Xcel’s previously confirmed Lucas Fluxá (#7) returned to the team after missing the previous test. In GB4, the only change in the line-up was Liu Taiji’s absence at Elite.

Donington Park, 18–19 March	P1	P2	P3
GB3, Day 1	Martin Molnár, 1:21.130	Dante Vinci, +0.389s	Jack Taylor, +0.460s
GB3, Day 2	Martin Molnár, 1:20.367	Rowan Campbell-Pilling, +0.057s	Maxim Rehm, +0.169s
GB4, Day 1	Luke Hilton, 1:28.763	Jason Smyth, +0.162s	Dayton Coulthard, +0.216s
GB4, Day 2	Luke Hilton, 1:28.546	Thomas Ingram Hill, +0.057s	Fred Green, +0.324s

FR, F4 at Monza

On 20 and 21 March, a two-day test for FR and F4 machinery took place at Monza. At the FR level, Lorenzo Colombo (#80) shook down the Tatuus T-326 chassis, whilst Scuderia Buell fielded one car for Mateo Valente (#21). MP Motorsport were also present with four current-spec Eurocup-3 cars, with its occupants remaining unidentified.

F4 cars composed the majority of cars present, with 13 teams fielding at least one car. PHM Racing’s five cars were driven by Emma Felbermayr (#4), Alexander Chartier (#60), Iacopo Martinese (#46), Oscar Repetto (#91) and Roland Kuklane (#97), while PA Racing by AS fielded a lone car for Ginevra Panzeri (#910). Prema Racing’s confirmed five-car lineup of Christian Costoya (#1), Alp Aksoy (#10), Niccolò Maccagnani (#19), Oleksandr Bondarev (#27) and Kingsley Zheng (#69) was augmented by an unnamed driver. R-ace GP fielded two cars for Yuzuki Sato (#32) and Payton Westcott (#27), whilst Soren Motorsports also brought two cars for Dean Pedersen (#1) and coach Christian Brooks (#44). Zengő Motorsport’s only car was driven by Benett Gáspár (#96), while Scuderia Buell and Trident also fielded one car each for Santino Panetta (#27) and Sun Yibei (#924).

Alpha 54 and Motorsport Performance Academy also were present at the test with two cars each, albeit with drivers whose identities remain unclear. Real Racing brought one car for an unnamed driver, whilst Cram and Double R also fielded four and three cars respectively, also for unidentified drivers.

Monza, 20–21 March	P1	P2	P3
EC3, Day 1	MP Motorsport #99, 1:42.147	MP Motorsport #12, +0.136s	MP Motorsport #4, +0.226s
EC3, Day 2	MP Motorsport #99, 1:42.117	MP Motorsport #12, +0.047s	MP Motorsport #4, +0.192s
F4, Day 1	Double R Racing #28, 1:52.341	Double R Racing #24, +0.196s	Christian Brooks, +0.373s
F4, Day 2	Double R Racing #24, 1:52.225	Double R Racing #28, +0.028s	Cram Motorsport #028, +0.451s

FR, F4, LJFC at NOLA

Two days later, FR Americas, F4 United States and the Ligier Junior Formula Championship held their two-day official pre-season test at NOLA.

At least four FR Americas teams were present at the test. Crosslink Motorsports’ five cars were driven by Alex Bobadilla (#8), Barrett Wolfe (#13), Aidan Schuh (#14), Kevin Janzen (#24) and Kekai Hauanio (#29), whilst Momentum Motorsport’s lone car was piloted by Harbir Dass (#9). Toney Driver Development fielded two cars for Luke Powers (#51) and Brady Golan (#80). F4 US champion Cooper Shipman (#84) also tested for Kiwi Motorsport on the second day of the test. 

Eric Wiśniewski (#25), Jonathan Cottrill (#10) and Whitney Strickland (#21) also turned laps at the test, but their teams could not be identified.

F4 machinery was fielded by seven teams. Kiwi Motorsport fielded two cars for Zach Fourie (#15) and Ayden Kohut (#18), while Crosslink brought one car for Fernando Rivera (#16). Momentum’s only car was driven by Luca Day (#54), Vmax Motorsport’s by Robert Soroka (#93), Speed Factory’s by Clemente Huerta (#17) and Champagne Racing’s by Ligier JFC champion Gastón Irazú (#27). Cole Medeiros (#55) also drove F4 machinery for an unidentified team.

Ligier Junior Formula Championship cars were fielded by no fewer than six teams, with five of them bringing second-generation machinery. Berg Racing’s four cars were driven by Tyler Wade (#9), AJ Abdullah (#21), Truly Adams (#47) and Ella White (#52), while Ava Hanssen (#26) drove for her eponymous team. Kiwi Motorsport fielded a second-generation car for Jack Speth (#07) and a first-generation car for Will Franklin (#109), while MLT’s only car, also a second-generation vehicle, was driven by Edward Kennedy (#54). Alexander Savage (#33) and Michael Fatutta (#95), who appeared only on the final day, tested for unidentified teams.

French F4 at Le Mans

On 24 and 25 March, a two-day official pre-season test for French F4 took place at Le Mans. All confirmed drivers bar Skye Parker participated.

FREC at Hockenheimring

On 24 and 25 March, FR Europe held its first of three official pre-season tests at the Hockenheimring.

A new rule meant that drivers who raced in FR Middle East could only turn laps on the final day. Therefore, only five drivers turned laps on Tuesday: ART Grand Prix’s Alexandre Munoz (#95), Rodin Motorsport’s Gabriel Gomez (#78), Prema Racing’s Tomass Štolcermanis (#60) and the G4 Racing duo of Saqer Al Maosherji (#3) and Marcus Saeter (#67) took to the track on the first day.

The rest of the field joined on the following day, which included new G4 signing Rahim Alibhai (#23) as well as R-ace GP’s recently confirmed trio of Yuki Sano (#12), Rashid Al Dhaheri (#71) and Emanuele Olivieri (#73). CL Motorsport’s three cars were driven by Enea Frey (#6), Jules Roussel (#24) and Reno Francot (#69), while MP Motorsport’s Alexander Abkhazava (#15) was joined by newly signed Sebastian Wheldon (#98) – who left Prema and switched to MP ahead of the test – and Newman Chi (#28).

Hockenheimring, 24–25 March	P1	P2	P3
Day 1, AM	Saqer Almaosherji, 1:34.709	Marcus Saeter, +0.355s	Gabriel Gomez, +0.652s
Day 1, PM	Marcus Saeter, 1:34.370	Alexandre Munoz, +0.090s	Tomass Štolcermanis, +0.197s
Day 2, AM	Rashid Al Dhaheri, 1:34.589	Miguel Costa, +0.093s	Emanuele Olivieri, +0.114s
Day 2, PM	Reno Francot, 1:34.500	Jan Przyrowski, +0.281s	Dion Gowda, +0.310s

GB3, GB4 at Silverstone

GB3 and GB4 returned to action on 24 March for a two-day test at Silverstone, which also featured largely similar line-ups to the previous two tests.

In the faster category, Elite’s #17 was once again driven by Edu Robinson, whilst Nitrous ADM added a second car for Daniel Guinchard (#30). VRD also made their first and only testing appearance of the month with their previously confirmed trio of Nikita Bedrin (#20), Patricio Gonzalez (#21) and Rodrigo Gonzalez (#22).

In GB4, Idola added a second car for Alexandre Louza (#12), whilst Scorpio fielded two cars for Romuald Bocquet (#9) and Archie Davies (#87).

Silverstone, 24–25 March	P1	P2	P3
GB3, Day 1	Deagen Fairclough, 1:49.198	Maxim Rehm, +0.194s	Nikita Bedrin, +0.384s
GB3, Day 2	Deagen Fairclough, 1:49.749	Maxim Rehm, +0.071s	Martin Molnár, +0.116s
GB4, Day 1	Thomas Ingram Hill, 2:01.050	Luke Hilton, +0.251s	Alex O’Grady, +0.421s
GB4, Day 2	Thomas Ingram Hill, 2:01.194	Luke Hilton, +0.278s	Jason Smyth, +0.771s

EC3, FR, F4 at Paul Ricard

On March 25, a two-day test for Eurocup-3, FR and F4 machinery was held in the south of France, at the Circuit Paul Ricard.

Three teams brought Eurocup-3 machinery. MP Motorsport’s two cars were driven by Ean Eyckmans (#4) and Alceu Feldmann Neto (#17), while Hitech and Palou’s four cars were piloted by their Spanish Winter Championship lineups. Hitech fielded Keanu Al Azhari (#14), Stefan Bostandjiev (#23), Santino Panetta (#39) and Gino Trappa (#84), while Palou’s cars were driven by Bianca Bustamante (#16), Rafaёl Pérard (#33), James Egozi (#48) and Heitor Dall’Agnol (#927). The only team fielding FR machinery was Winfield, who brought two cars for unidentified drivers.

Six teams fielded F4 machinery. AKM Motorsport brought three cars for Gregorio Prandi (#3), Evan Michelini (#55) and Vittorio Orsini (#88), while Van Amersfoort Racing fielded three cars for Pedro Lima (#53), Thomas Bearman (#87) and Rocco Coronel (#903). Prema Racing’s five cars were driven by the same drivers from the Monza test, while Trident brought six cars for Bernardo Bernoldi (#11), Florentin Hattemer (#50), Dominik Šimek (#67) and three unidentified drivers. Jenzer Motorsport’s four cars were piloted by Levi Arn (#21), Nicolás Cortés (#240) and two unnamed drivers, while the occupants of the three Double R Racing cars remain unidentified.

Paul Ricard, 25–26 March	P1	P2	P3
EC3, Day 1	Stefan Bostandjiev, 1:53.858	Palou Motorsport #16, +0.041s	MP Motorsport #4, +0.498s
EC3, Day 2	MP Motorsport #17, 1:53.611	Palou Motorsport #33, +0.460s	Stefan Bostandjiev, +1.027s
F4, Day 1	Double R Racing #28, 2:05.963	Jenzer Motorsport  #22, +0.005s	Double R Racing #924, +0.354s
F4, Day 2	Rocco Coronel, 2:05.889	Jenzer Motorsport #22, +0.116s	Double R Racing #28, +0.603s

Other testing

On 23 and 24 February, a two-day test at Snetterton for British F4 and GB4 cars was held. At the F4 level, JHR fielded a lone car for Lewis Wherrell (#6), while Fortec Motorsports brought four cars for Kit Belofsky (#9), Cash Felber (#11), Ethan Carney (#53) and Roman Felber (#73).

GB4 cars, meanwhile, were fielded by four teams. Idola Motorsport fielded one car for Jamie Leverton (#11), as did Fortec, who brought one car for Jordyn Martin (#88). Fox Motorsport’s two cars were driven by Enzo Rujugiro (#48) and David Taylor, while Arden Motorsport fielded three cars for Solenn Amrouche (#95) and two unidentified drivers.

On 3 March, French F4 cars turned laps at Le Mans. Eight drivers took part: Jimmy Hélias, Oscar Goudchaux, Nicolas Pasquier, Gabriel Benecchi, Héloïse Goldberg, Skye Parker, Kota Tsuchihashi and Sofia Zanfari.

On 3 and 4 March, two-day test for GB4 machinery took place at Snetterton, and Douglas fielded one car for Conor Grant (#54) while Fox and Fortec also ran one car each for Enzo Rujugiro (#48) and Jordyn Martin (#88) respectively.

A week later, on 10 and 11 March, F4 cars were back on track for a two-day test at Magny-Cours. Feed Racing fielded six cars for Matthéo Dauvergne, Clara Stiebleichinger, Autumn Fisher, Maverick McKenna, Nicolas Pasquier and Kyler Cheezum, who joined the test on the second day. iM4 also were present at the test, with two cars driven by Oscar Goudchaux and Shane Chandaria.

On 13 and 14 March, Brazilian F4 cars were on track again alongside other machinery for a two-day test at Brasília in which Naim Saleh (#3), Luiz Queiroz (#105) and an unnamed driver all drove as privateers.

The week after, on 18 and 19 March, a two-day test at Silverstone was held for GB3, Euroformula Open and F4 machinery. Hitech brought two GB3 cars for Deagen Fairclough and Noah Lisle whilst also bringing one current Eurocup-3 and one F4 car for Jin Nakamura and Theo Palmer (#4) respectively. Recently rebranded Northstar was also present with three Euroformula Open cars for Kanato Le, Ritomo Miyata and Fionn McLaughlin.

Also on 18 March, the first of three official British F4 tests took place at Snetterton. The other two took place the next week, with the first day – with everyone present for championship media duties – at Donington Park on 25 March and the second at Silverstone the following day.

British F4 machinery, among others, also appeared at an open test at Silverstone on 28 March. Xcel brought four cars for Cole Hewetson (#33), Mate Kobakhidze (#44), Jaber Al Sabah (#83) and Jackson Wolny (#96).

Read the previous round-up here.

Header photo credit: Connor Botha