With most series starting towards the end of April, various large-scale tests in junior single-seaters – official, unofficial, pre-season and in-season – took place in the weeks prior. In our final testing round-up of 2025–26, Feeder Series tells you who tested where in official tests and track days over the past month.

By Marco Albertini

We hope you’ve enjoyed our weekly and monthly testing round-ups throughout the past six months. With most championships having now kicked off their 2026 seasons or on the verge of doing so, Feeder Series is winding down its primarily off-season testing coverage and focusing on weekend reports. As always, you can catch our weekly previews and reviews on our website under the appropriate headings.

Though they too will be focused on their main campaigns, drivers and teams will continue doing occasional tests from May to September. Of note, as was announced earlier this week, F3 will hold its postponed in-season test at Spielberg on 20 and 21 May.

FREC at Paul Ricard

On 30 and 31 March, the second of three official pre-season tests for the Formula Regional European Championship was held at Paul Ricard. All confirmed drivers took part in the test, though only six drivers turned laps on the first day, designated for rookies. Those drivers were ART Grand Prix’s Alexandre Munoz (#95), the G4 Racing duo of Saqer Al Maosherji (#3) and Marcus Saeter (#67), Prema Racing’s Tomass Štolcermanis (#60), R-ace GP’s Emanuele Olivieri (#73) and Rodin Motorsport’s late signing Gabriel Gomez (#78).

Paul Ricard, 30–31 March	P1	P2	P3
Day 1, AM	Alexandre Munoz, 1:56.672	Marcus Saeter, +0.330s	Gabriel Gomez, +0.445s
Day 1, PM	Gabriel Gomez, 1:56.401	Emanuele Olivieri, +0.167s	Alexandre Munoz, +0.195s
Day 2, AM	Kean Nakamura-Berta, 1:56.745	Alexandre Munoz, +0.066s	Andrea Dupé, +0.137s
Day 2, PM	Emanuele Olivieri, 1:56.706	Rashid Al Dhaheri, +0.065s	Alexander Abkhazava, +0.079s

Italian F4 at Mugello

Meanwhile, in Italy, F4 cars took the track at Mugello for a two-day test on the same two days for the last Kateyama-organised test of March.

AKM’s three cars were driven by Evan Michelini (#942), Vittorio Orsini (#88) and Gregorio Prandi (#993), while AS brought two cars for Ginevra Panzeri (#910) and Michalina Sabaj (#37). Maffi Racing fielded four cars for Igor Polak (#5), David Walther (#907), Nikolaj Dyrved (#14) and Cezary Bień (#921), while Samuil Ivanov (#40) and Knud Nielsen (#41) piloted Real Racing’s two cars. Motorsport Performance Academy’s two cars were driven by Alba Larsen (#998) and Alexandre Louza (#99), while Trident’s lone car was driven by its development driver Yibei Sun (#24).

Prema Racing brought six cars for Christian Costoya (#1), Alp Aksoy (#10), Niccolò Maccagnani (#19), Oleksandr Bondarev (#27), Kingsley Zheng (#69) and David Cosma Cristofor (#98). US Racing meanwhile fielded seven cars for Luka Sammalisto (#7), Edu Robinson (#9), Noah Killion (#13), Oleksandr Savinkov (#17), Ludovico Busso (#29), Ary Bansal (#46) and Arjen Kräling (#62). PHM’s five cars were driven by Emma Felbermayr (#4), Iacopo Martinese (#946), Alexander Chartier (#60), Oscar Repetto (#91) and Roland Kuklane (#97).

Italian F4’s newest entry, Alpha54 Racing, were only present on the first day with the recently announced Thiago Palotini (#11) and Federico Díaz Quaglia (#23). At R-ace GP, Payton Westcott (#35) was the only driver to take part in both test days. Tamás Gender (#932), Andy Consani (#934) turned laps on the first day and Emily Cotty (#42) and Kenzo Craigie (#34) appeared on the second.

Jenzer Motorsport fielded six cars, which were driven by Teodor Borenstein (#20), Levi Arn (#21), Elia Weiss (#22), Nicolás Cortés (#924), Georgiy Zasov (#25) and Ella Häkkinen (#56). Van Amersfoort Racing’s three cars were driven by Pedro Lima (#53), Thomas Bearman (#87) and an unnamed third driver. Also in the paddock, Cram Motorsport fielded four cars for Simon Rechenmacher (#28); Andre Rodriguez (#940); Ginetta Junior Championship competitor Victoria Farfus (#66), who only took to the track on the first day; and an unnamed fourth driver, who did not set any laps.

Mugello, 30–31 March	P1	P2	P3
Day 1	Teodor Borenstein, 1:48.782	Andy Consani, +0.321s	Luka Sammalisto, +0.422s
Day 2	Teodor Borenstein, 1:48.613	Elia Weiss, +0.723s	Ludovico Busso, +0.904s

EC3, Spanish F4 at Barcelona

On 31 March and 1 April, a two-day official pre-season test was held for both Eurocup-3 and Spanish F4.

In Eurocup-3, all but one team, Double R Racing, were present. Every driver confirmed at the time to take part in the full season was present at the test, while Tecnicar also brought a third car for GB3 points leader Nikita Bedrin (#22).

All 12 Spanish F4 teams were also present. MP Motorsport, Campos Racing, G4 Racing and Tecnicar all brought their already confirmed line-ups, while Drivex, GRS Team and Monlau Motorsport brought their Spanish Winter Championship rosters. TC Racing was the only team to field a slightly altered lineup, as Riccardo Ferrari (#5) joined the already confirmed Beau Lowette (#24) and Maria Germano Neto (#78).

Barcelona, 31 March–1 April	P1	P2	P3
EC3, Day 1	Patrick Heuzenroeder, 1:32.820	Christopher El Feghali, +0.151s	René Lammers, +0.180s
EC3, Day 2	Christopher El Feghali, 1:32.761	Alex Powell, +0.020s	Gianmarco Pradel, +0.022s
F4, Day 1	Vivek Kanthan, 1:42.100	Ty Fisher, +0.273s	Noah Monteiro, +0.298s
F4, Day 2	Noah Monteiro, 1:42.028	Philippe Armand Karras, +0.281s	Rocco Coronel, +0.342s

GB4 at Oulton Park

At the same time, GB4 drivers appeared at Oulton Park for a two-day test in which all but one of the 12 teams confirmed to take part in the series were present. Nine of those teams brought their full line-ups. Scorpio fielded a lone car for Archie Davies (#87), with Romuald Bocquet not present, while Fox brought two cars for Jasser Iskander (#33) and Archie Bullard (#48) but not Enzo Rujugiro. R Racing did not appear.

Oulton Park, 31 March–1 April	P1	P2	P3
Day 1	Luke Hilton, 1:34.657	Fred Green, +0.052s	Alex O’Grady, +0.159s
Day 2	Fred Green, 1:34.455	Thomas Ingram Hill, +0.110s	Enzo Hallman, +0.197s

Indy NXT at Nashville

On 2 April, Indy NXT held a one-day series test at Nashville in which all eight full-time teams and 24 drivers took part.

FREC at Red Bull Ring

The final pre-season test for FR Europe took place on 4 and 5 April at the Red Bull Ring, three weeks before the first round of the season at the same venue. All confirmed drivers were present at the test, with the same six drivers from Le Castellet taking part on the first day.

Red Bull Ring, 4–5 April	P1	P2	P3
Day 1, AM	Saqer Al Maosherji, 1:25.636	Marcus Saeter, +0.045s	Alexandre Munoz, +0.193s
Day 1, PM	Marcus Saeter, 1:25.740	Saqer Al Maosherji, +0.016s	Emanuele Olivieri, +0.092s
Day 2, AM	Marcus Saeter, 1:25.385	Reza Seewooruthun, +0.210s	Kean Nakamura-Berta, +0.254s
Day 2, PM	Sebastian Wheldon, 1:25.825	Reno Francot, +0.164s	Rashid Al Dhaheri, +0.365s

GB3, GB4 at Brands Hatch

On 9 April, a one-day test for GB3 and GB4 machinery was held at Brands Hatch.

Eight of the 10 announced GB3 teams were present, with JHR – who did not appear in round one – and Nitrous ADM absent from the test. Five of them brought their full season line-ups to the test. Elite Motorsport fielded their duo of Flynn Jackes (#18) and Kyuho Lee (#19), while VRD fielded two cars for Nikita Bedrin (#20) and James Hedley (#67). Xcel Motorsport’s two cars were driven by Rowan Campbell-Pilling (#8) and Cadi Baptista (#9). Alex Kattoulas (#23) was the sole Fortec driver.

Meanwhile in GB4, nine teams took part in the test, with Scorpio and Nitrous ADM skipping the test. The returning teams brought nearly identical line-ups to the Oulton Park test. Arden fielded a lone car for Michael Koh (#24) with Solenn Amrouche and Charlie Myers absent, while Elite fielded an extra car for Charlie Smith (#78).

Brands Hatch, 9 April	P1	P2	P3
GB3, Day 1	Martin Molnár, 1:16.605	James Hedley, +0.143s	Maxim Rehm, +0.285s
GB4, Day 1	Alex O’Grady, 1:25.153	Fred Green, +0.740s	Enzo Hallman, +0.799s

Italian F4 at Imola

On 9 April, a handful of F4 cars were back on track at Imola for a one-day test. PHM’s two cars were driven by Oscar Repetto (#91) and Roland Kuklane (#97), while Prema brought six cars for Christian Costoya (#01), Alp Aksoy (#10), Niccolò Maccagnani (#19), Oleksandr Bondarev (#27), Kingsley Zheng (#69) and David Cosma Cristofor (#98). Trident fielded six cars for Bernardo Bernoldi (#16), Yibei Sun (#24), Florentin Hattemer (#50), Augustus Toniolo (#51), Dominik Šimek (#67) and Lyuboslav Ruykov (#73). US Racing brought their Mugello line-up, as Cram also brought one car, while AKM fielded four cars for Evan Michelini (#55), Vittorio Orsini (#88), Fabrício Fogaça (#919) and an unidentified driver.

Imola, 9 April	P1	P2	P3
Day 1	Luka Sammalisto, 1:46.111	Edu Robinson, +0.172s	Ludovico Busso, +0.343s

Indy NXT at Mid-Ohio

Five days later, on 14 and 15 April, a two-day test for Indy NXT machinery took place at Mid-Ohio. All eight teams in the championship and their confirmed drivers participated aside from HMD Motorsports’ Jack Beeton, who sustained an injury during the Nashville test.

USF Pro Championships at Indianapolis

After that, the two series further down the IndyCar ladder had a two-day test on 15 and 16 April at Indianapolis.

All seven USF Pro 2000 teams that raced at Arlington were present, and they were joined by the returning FatBoy Racing and owner-driver Charles Finelli (#83). 

Exclusive Autosport brought their full-season line-up of Mac Clark (#90), Jack Jeffers (#92) and Joey Brienza (#93), while JHDD’s two cars were driven by Andrés Cárdenas (#6) and JT Hoskins (#7). Pabst Racing added Mayer Deonarine (#20) to their already confirmed duo of G3 Argyros (#18) and Jacob Douglas (#19), while family team Comet/NCMP fielded their usual lone car for Logan Adams (#21).

Turn 3 and VRD brought their Arlington lineups, and TJ Speed Motorsports fielded Christian Cameron (#27) and Jeshua Alianell (#28) on both days and Thomas Schrage (#26) on only the first day.

In USF2000, seven of the eight teams that raced in St. Petersburg were present, with Zanella Racing being the only absentee.

DEForce Racing fielded Elías Vignola (#10) for the first day alongside their full-season duo of Sebastián Garzón (#12) and Thomas Nordqvist (#17). JHDD, meanwhile, saw Kaylee Countryman (#5) join the team for the test – and a partial campaign in the series – alongside their four-car squadron of Liam Loiacono (#6), Naim Saleh (#7), Erik Holm (#8) and Cal Peter (#9).

Exclusive Autosport’s four cars were driven by their full-season lineup of Evan Cooley (#90), Anthony Martella (#92), Gabriel Cahan (#93) and Ayrton Cahan (#94). VRD Racing also fielded four cars, for their full-season trio of João Vergara (#3), Ryan Giannetta (#44), Jack Mohrhardt (#78) and Oliver Wheldon (#98), who will make his series debut at the same venue in May. Pabst Racing, Enve Motorsports and Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Development all brought their St. Petersburg lineups.

Indianapolis, 15–16 April	P1	P2	P3
USF Pro, Day 1	Jack Jeffers, 1:21.9678	Teddy Musella, +0.4204s	Sebastian Manson, +0.5246s
USF Pro, Day 2	G3 Argyros, 1:21.7166	Jack Jeffers, +0.0395s	Teddy Musella, +0.0539s
USF2000, Day 1	Sebastián Garzón, 1:25.6483	Oliver Wheldon, +0.1929s	Evan Cooley, +0.2322s
USF2000, Day 2	Brad Majman, 1:25.4466	Sebastián Garzón, +0.0171s	Oliver Wheldon, +0.1475s

F3, EFO, EC3, F4 at Valencia

On 20 and 21 April, a two-day test at Valencia was held for F3, Euroformula Open, Eurocup-3 and F4 machinery.

Two teams fielded F3 cars. Campos brought two previous-generation F3 cars, one of which was driven by Ernesto Rivera, while Porteiro’s lone car had an unidentified drivers. Five teams were present with Eurocup-3 cars, all for unnamed drivers. Campos and GRS both brought one car each, Tecnicar and TC fielded two cars, and Drivex brought three cars. Only one Euroformula Open car was present courtesy of G Motorsport, for whom Alceu Feldmann Neto (#8) drove in all but two sessions across both days.

F4 machinery was represented by seven teams, though the only identified driver was Oskar Galan (#27), one of four Monlau Motorsport drivers. Double R brought three cars, though only two ran on the second day; TC Racing, MP, Tecnicar fielded two cars; and Drivex and GRS brought one car each.

Indy NXT at Gateway

On 22 April, Indy NXT machinery returned to the track, doing so for a one-day test at Gateway. All full-timers were present with the exception of HMD Motorsports’ Jack Beeton; Juncos Hollinger Racing’s Ricardo Escotto; and Cusick Morgan Motorsports’ Nicolas Stati, replaced by Yuven Sundaramoorthy.

F1 Academy at Silverstone

On the same two days, F1 Academy held an official mid-season test at Silverstone, in which all full-time drivers took part.

Italian F4 at Misano

A week later, on 27 and 28 April, a two-day test for F4 cars took place at Misano, where 13 different teams brought at least one car.

AKM Motorsport’s Mugello trio were joined by Fabrício Fogaça (#19), while Cram Motorsport brought two cars for Andre Rodriguez (#40) and Victoria Farfus (#66). PHM downsized to four cars for the test at Misano, as Emma Felbermayr was at Silverstone for the F1 Academy test, while AS Motorsport’s two cars were driven by Ginevra Panzeri (#910) and Lewis Francis (#75).

Jenzer Motorsport also downsized, albeit to five cars, as Nicolás Cortés (#24), Elia Weiss (#22), Levi Arn (#923) and Ella Häkkinen (#21) returned to the team alongside Bader Al Sulaiti (#26), who drove for the team in last year’s Italian F4 season. R-ace GP brought five cars to the test, with the only change from Mugello being Jesse Phillips (#31) in Payton Westcott’s place as the American was also at Silverstone. Trident fielded their Imola squadron, while Technorace brought a lone car for Antonio Errigo (#99).

Van Amersfoort’s Mugello duo were joined by Aleksander Ruta (#3), returning from injury, as Real Racing added David Minciuna (#931) and Jiang Houzai (#913) alongside the returning Knud Nielsen (#41). Alpha54, US Racing and Prema retained their Mugello testing line-ups, and this time, the Argentine squad participated on both days.

Misano, 27–28 April	P1	P2	P3
Day 1	Luka Sammalisto, 1:36.259	David Cosma Cristofor, +0.086s	Bader Al Sulaiti, +0.218s
Day 2	Andy Consani, 1:36.027	David Cosma Cristofor, +0.134s	Ary Bansal, +0.178s

Other testing

On 30 and 31 March, a two-day test for F4 cars at Valencia was held. ART were the only team known to have taken part, fielding their F1 Academy trio of Lisa Billard, Jade Jacquet and Kaylee Countryman.

On 20 and 21 April, a two-day test for Formula Regional and F4 machinery was held at Sepang, where F4 SEA was due to hold its season opener over the weekend before being postponed because of shipping delays. Evans GP brought three FR cars for Ben Nguyễn (#8), Aaron Mehta (#9) and Rafael Vaessen (#10) as well as a lone F4 car for Maxim Kirwan (#51).

Read the previous testing round-up here.

Editor’s note: Marco Albertini is the press officer for Emanuele Olivieri and Emily Cotty. Neither driver was consulted in this article’s drafting or publication.

Header photo credit: Formula Regional European Championship / ACI Sport