Feeder Series weekend preview and schedule: 09–12 July 2026

After a whirlwind weekend of motorsport last time out, many championships have taken a weekend off, with four junior single-seater series getting a chance to shine. Feeder Series previews this weekend’s GB3, British Formula 4, Ultimate Cup Series Formula Cup and USF Juniors action.

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With a quieter weekend on track, many of motorsport’s luminaries will instead be in attendance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, where a variety of junior single-seater competitors from 2025 and 2026 will be in attendance. F2’s Kush Maini and F3’s Fernando Barrichello are driving Formula E cars, Red Bull–backed Alisha Palmowski is piloting the F1 Academy machine she has taken to the points lead as well as the RB17 hypercar, and Nina Gademan is doing two runs in the Lotus E20 F1 car run in 2012.

The three European series we cover in detail are all racing outside of their traditional habitats. GB3 completes its second consecutive weekend outside of the UK with its first trip to Spielberg, while British F4 leaves the British Isles for the first and only time this year as it heads to Zandvoort. The Ultimate Cup Series, normally based in France, makes a trip to Mugello as it reaches the halfway point before its more than nine-week summer break. We cover these series in our latest episode of Feeder Focus, and GB3 and British F4 will also be included in our weekend review on Monday.

Outside of those, Formula Nordic remains in Sweden for its fourth round of 2026 at Falkenbergs Motorbana, though we will not cover the event in detail in our previews and reviews. There’s also our potential first title-deciding round stateside, with Karol Pasiewicz in USF Juniors standing a slim chance of wrapping up the title a round early in the lowest rung of the IndyCar ladder.

Finally, we end our preview this week with our quarterly report featuring all the highlights from the past three months at Feeder Series.

GB3: Round 4, Spielberg

Circuit: Red Bull Ring, 4.326 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC+2).

Thursday 9 July

09:20–10:05: Practice 1
11:05–11:55: Practice 2
14:00–14:55: Practice 3

Friday 10 July

08:30–09:00: Practice 1
13:00–13:30: Practice 2
17:25–17:55: Practice 3

Saturday 11 July

10:20–10:35: Qualifying 1
10:40–10:55: Qualifying 2
14:25–14:50: Race 1

Sunday 12 July

09:55–10:20: Race 2
14:15–14:40: Race 3

How to follow: All of the weekend’s races are available to watch live on the MSV TV YouTube channel, with the stream also shown on the GB3 website and Facebook page. Live timing for all of the weekend’s sessions can be found through the GB3 website.

Weather forecast: Warm all weekend with light rain possible on Saturday.

What to know: For the first time in its history, GB3 will visit Spielberg in Austria, with the Red Bull Ring hosting the fourth round of eight this weekend as the halfway point of the 2026 season beckons.

At the last round, at the Hungaroring, VRD Racing’s Nikita Bedrin extended his points lead over his closest rival, Rodin Motorsport’s Maxim Rehm, to 68 points. Xcel Motorsport’s Lucas Fluxá, who stood on the podium twice in Budapest, moved up to third in the drivers’ standings. There are also now only five points separating Rodin and VRD in the teams’ championship.

The Hungaroring also saw both Hitech’s Deagen Fairclough and Elite Motorsport’s Flynn Jackes take their first wins of the season, with Jackes taking his first in the championship on his 52nd GB3 start.

There are no driver changes this round.

Report by Isabelle Chandler

Nikita Bedrin is 68 points clear of Maxim Rehm in the drivers’ championship | Credit: Jack Morrison

Read the previous round’s report here.

British F4: Round 5, Zandvoort

Circuit: Circuit Zandvoort, 4.259 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC+2)

Thursday 9 July

09:45–10:30: Test session 1
12:25–13:10: Test session 2
15:05–15:50: Test session 3
18:05–18:50: Test session 4

Friday 10 July

11:00–11:45: Practice 1
15:15–16:00: Practice 2

Saturday 11 July

10:00–10:25: Qualifying
14:15–14:35: Race 1

Sunday 12 July

09:40–10:00: Race 2
13:35–14:00: Race 3

How to follow: Live timing for all of the weekend’s action can be found on getraceresults.com. For the first time ever, qualifying will be broadcast live alongside all three races on the British F4 YouTube channel.

Weather forecast: Bright and sunny all weekend, with a moderate breeze.

What to know: In the second of the championship’s rounds away from the TOCA package, British F4 heads to Zandvoort for its fifth round of 2026.

Currently, JHR Developments’ Lewis Wherrell leads the charge in the drivers’ championship on 132 points, sitting nine points clear of Rodin Motorsport’s Dries Van Langendonck. Argenti Motorsport’s Ethan Jeff-Hall follows behind in third on 95 points.

Hitech sit at the top of the Teams’ Championship on 231 points, followed by Virtuosi Racing on 168 points and Rodin Motorsport on 164.

Last time out at Silverstone, Virtuosi’s George Proudford-Nalder won the prestigious BRDC International Trophy, awarded for the first time since 2004, while his teammate Joseph Smith and Wherrell both also added wins to their tally.

The championship announced the departure of Argenti Motorsport’s Vegard Klemetsen before the beginning of the weekend, with Bulgarian driver Lyuboslav Ruykov making his British F4 debut in his place. The 15-year-old currently competes in Italian F4 and E4 with Trident, sitting 36th in the former and 32nd in the latter.

Zandvoort will also mark the return of Ferrari junior Alba Larsen, who once again takes over the Chris Dittmann Racing seat left vacant for several rounds this year by Piotr Orzechowski while he finishes his public exams. One of her F1 Academy rivals, two-time race winner Emma Felbermayr of the Audi Driver Development Programme, will return to Virtuosi Racing.

Report by Isabelle Chandler

Vegard Klemetsen vacates his Argenti seat, with Trident Italian F4 driver Lyuboslav Ruykov taking his place | Credit: Connor Botha

Read the previous round’s report here.

UCS Formula Cup: Round 3, Mugello

Circuit: Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, 5.245 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC+2)

Thursday 9 July

10:25–11:05: Paid practice 1
13:40–14:20: Paid practice 2
16:00–16:30: Private practice 1
18:10–18:40: Private practice 2

Friday 10 July

09:25–09:40: Qualifying 1
09:45–10:00: Qualifying 2

13:25–13:45: Race 1
17:05–17:25: Race 2

Saturday 11 July

12:00–12:20: Race 3

How to follow: Live timing is available through It’s Live. Only race three will be live-streamed on UCS’ YouTube channel.

Weather forecast: Mugello is currently under a yellow weather alert because of a heatwave. Temperatures up to 33°C are to be expected along with a small risk of thunderstorms from Thursday to Saturday.

What to know: UCS Formula Cup arrives in Mugello for its third round, the first to be held outside French territory.

After another week of domination, rookie Stepan Suslov is leading the drivers’ championship with a 59-point gap over Frenchman Alexis Størksen. At the last round in Magny-Cours, Suslov was only bested in race one by 2024 rookie champion driver Enzo Richer, who returned to the series after missing the season opener.

Frenchman Frédéric Boillot remains uncontested in the gentleman’s championship since the start of the season. With 150 points, he has a staggering 96-point lead over Walter Rykart, who passed away between the first two rounds, and Gilles Depierre, his closest competitor.

This weekend, Enzo Richer, Alexandre Botella and Corentin Tierce are exiting the grid in the rookie class, but the most surprising absentee is Størksen, second in the rookies’ standings. Hailing from Vichy, France, 25-year-old William Chardin (#6) will join the three other remaining rookies, competing for Race Motorsport. The 2025 Mitjet 1300 champion currently competes in the Mitjet Evo category of the Trophée Tourisme Endurance, having taken three wins already.

In the gentleman driver class, Frenchmen Laurent Fresnais and Michel Renavand will complete the grid. Fresnais has raced in a variety of series, among them FFSA GT in 2018, a season highlighted by a podium finish in race one at the Dijon-Prenois round. Renavand started racing in 1992 before becoming an automotive journalist in 1997. The 58-year-old has acquired experience in GT cars as well as in historic single-seater series in which he drove older F3 and F2 cars.

Report by Julien Thoinet

Neither Enzo Richer (front) nor Alexis Størksen (rear) is set to race this weekend in the rookie class | Credit: Julien Thoinet

From the press: Suslov’s domination comes on the heels of a tough Spanish F4 season in which he scored zero points. Purely on paper, his transformation between 2025 and 2026 seems astounding, but what’s the real story? We caught up with him in Magny-Cours about his unusual journey to UCS Formula Cup and his plans beyond 2026. Read the article here.

You can also read the previous round’s report here.

USF Juniors: Round 5, Lime Rock

Circuit: Lime Rock Park, 2.462 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC–4)

Friday 10 July

10:00–10:30: Practice
14:45–15:15: Qualifying

Saturday 11 July

11:15–12:00: Race 1
16:15–17:00: Race 2

How to follow: All sessions will be streamed live on the USF Pro Championships YouTube channel. Live Timing will be available on the USF Juniors website and the USF Pro Championships app.

Weather forecast: Mostly sunny across both days of on-track action, with rain possible on Friday and Friday night.

What to know: USF Juniors travels north-east to Lime Rock for its fifth and penultimate round of the season.

Despite qualifying on pole for both races at Mid-Ohio last time out, Olivia Racing’s Karol Pasiewicz was not the star of the weekend, as 14-year-old Edward Kennedy became the series’ youngest-ever race victor by winning both races in convincing fashion.

The Polish driver meanwhile still finished no lower than fifth during the round as he extended his lead to 51 points over Max Mokarem, while only a handful of his nearest rivals were able to notch a top 10 last weekend. Exclusive Autosport’s Bex Cranston and Dean Hoogendoorn were the only other drivers to stand on the podium, and they enter this weekend seventh and 14th in points respectively. With 66 points on offer, Pasiewicz can wrap up the title with a round to spare if he grows his advantage to 99 points.

The only change from last weekend’s entry list is the absence of one-off DEForce Racing Jack Haydu, who made his series debut at Mid-Ohio last weekend, taking a best result of 13th in race two.

Report by Marco Albertini

Karol Pasiewicz enters the final two rounds with a 51-point lead over Max Mokarem | Credit: Gavin Baker Photography

Read the previous round’s report here.

Feeder Series quarterly review: Spring 2026

So much happened in the spring, both internally and externally, that we could hardly keep up. X’s new limits on posts and algorithm shifts on other platforms provided new challenges for us to navigate, but naturally, our team persevered, continuing to produce the high-quality independent journalism you’ve come to expect from us across all our channels. In April, we even launched a newsletter to take you directly to the key information in our previews and reviews, including where to watch the series you care about most!

On editorial, we closed out a busy quarter – and our most hectic weekend yet – with several paddock trips. In the past three weeks alone, we’ve had staff on site to cover F2, F3, FR Europe, Euroformula Open, GB3, Eurocup-3, Indy NXT, USF Pro 2000, USF2000 and even the 24 Hours of Spa, speaking to many future stars of F1 and IndyCar and learning more about their journeys. The interviews we conducted at those circuits are just beginning to be published, with more to follow through July and August.

As tends to be the case, our 2026 season guides ranked near the top for most-viewed stories of the quarter, with Italian F4, British F4 and F4 CEZ heading that list. The overall top article, however, was our 2016 GP2 season guide – well, our 10-year retrospective of it. Historical features editor H. M. Gillard dove deep into the careers of the drivers you may have watched growing up, several of whom now dot the grids of the professional series that 2026’s brightest talents aspire to join.

Speaking of talents, we welcomed several new editors over the past quarter. Back in April, we brought on Archie Harper as our new FR Europe and Euroformula Open editor, Isabelle Chandler as our GB3 and GB4 editor, and Julien Thoinet as our Italian F4 and E4 editor. Julien is also our inaugural UCS Formula Cup editor, and he represented Feeder Series in that paddock for the first time at Magny-Cours. They were joined by new staff researcher Erik Heinvee on our growing data team.

Their arrivals followed two bittersweet departures, with Francesca Brusa – our former FR Europe, Italian F4 and E4 editor – going on to digital and social media work in the Italian GT paddock and George Sanderson becoming Motorsport News’ single-seater reporter after concluding his time as GB3 and GB4 editor.

Our last change on the editorial team followed in the heels of our successful resumption of a regular content schedule for the Feeder Series Podcast, which now consistently releases two weekly shows, Feeder Focus and Race Recap. Podcast producer Cliona Sheerin became our new F2 editor last month as Martin Lloyd, who has occupied the role since the end of 2023, left us to become an account executive at Diagonal Comms. Both drivers and editors are being propelled from the junior paddocks to professional positions!

Cliona’s additional role has by no means weakened the podcast team, however. To supplement our editing and producing efforts, three new team members joined us at the end of June, and you may have already seen their work if you’ve watched or listened to the latest episodes of Feeder Focus and Race Recap. Our most recent Race Recap episode focused on F2 dominator Nikola Tsolov, produced and edited by two of our new recruits, was by far our most-viewed episode as well. Keep your ears open for more content through the remainder of a busy July.

Our social media team underwent a significant change with several team members departing and others joining in their place. Ella Pawley and Katie McCarthy joined us at the start of April, just as we were preparing our last quarterly review, and have grown to become full-fledged team members. Meanwhile, our three longest-tenured social media administrators – Hanne Scheepers, Daisy Turvey and Alice Cook – have taken on leading roles with X, Instagram and TikTok respectively to keep you informed and engaged through some of the busiest periods of the year for motorsport. Our Feeder Series Live team, meanwhile, has continued to provide minute-by-minute updates on X for all the F2, F3 and F1 Academy sessions this year.

On Instagram, you engaged the most by far with our post memorialising the late FRegional Europe driver Dilano van ’t Hoff on the three-year anniversary of his passing. Other content you relished highlighted F2 drivers’ average qualifying positions in 2026, Alex Dunne’s five-round podium streak from Melbourne to Barcelona, and Luke Browning’s answer to why he chose not to return for a sophomore F2 season in 2026.

If you’ve got fast fingers and a good eye for high-performing content, you might be a perfect fit for our social media manager opening! Read more about the position and what it takes here, and submit your application by 12 July to be considered.

— Michael McClure, head of content

All times and forecasts listed above are subject to change. For the most up-to-date information, follow each series’ websites or social media pages.

Header photo credit: PDM Motorsport Media