The summer break for Formula 1 has done little to slow down the racing activity further down the ladder, with nine junior single-seater championships ushering in the month of August. Feeder Series previews them all.
By Feeder Series
It’s another of those strange weekends with few professional series in action but many lower-level junior championships. This weekend, we’re turning the spotlight back on the FRegional and F4 levels after spending much of June and July focused on F2 and F3 as they ran the bulk of their European season.
We begin with Eurocup-3 in Monza, supporting the new Prototype Cup Europe championship. GB3 and GB4 rejoin after three months apart, both racing at Silverstone – where they began their seasons. French F4 heads to Magny-Cours and F4 CEZ to the Autodrom Most, with new drivers in each.
Outside of Europe, Japanese F4 will race in Fuji for the second time this season, while the three Racing America championships – FR Americas, F4 US and the Ligier Junior Formula Championship – head to New Jersey Motorsport Park. Keep reading to find out how you can keep up with each series, and listen to this week’s Feeder Focus episode for more on the top storylines to follow.
If all this single-seater racing isn’t enough, the final round of the FIA Karting European Championship will take place this weekend at the Åsum Ring in Kristianstad, Sweden. The winners earn a handful of super licence points and will join the likes of Max Verstappen, Lando Norris and Andrea Kimi Antonelli in the record books. In the OK class, Ferrari junior Noah Baglin leads Zac Drummond by 23 points, with the former securing a win at the same circuit last weekend in the Champions of the Future Euro Series. In OK-Junior, Will Green from the Williams academy has a 72-point lead over Daniel Mirón Lorente, with 101 points still on the table.
All this, of course, came on a week when F4’s return to Germany was announced after a four-year absence. For more information on the new Gedlich-organised championship, read our report here.
- Eurocup-3: Round 4, Monza
- GB3: Round 5, Silverstone
- GB4: Round 4, Silverstone
- French F4: Round 4, Magny-Cours
- F4 CEZ: Round 4, Most
- Japanese F4: Round 3, Fuji
- FRegional Americas: Round 5, New Jersey
- F4 US: Round 4, New Jersey
- Ligier Junior Formula Championship: Round 4, New Jersey
Eurocup-3: Round 4, Monza
Circuit: Autodromo Nazionale Monza, 5.793 km
Schedule: All times local (UTC+2)
Friday 31 July
- 09:00–09:40: Official test 1
- 13:25–14:05: Official test 2
Saturday 1 August
- 09:00–09:20: Qualifying 1
- 12:35–13:10: Race 1
Sunday 2 August
- 09:00–09:20: Qualifying 2
- 13:10–13:45: Race 2
How to follow: All sessions will have live timing at Al Kamel Systems. All races will be streamed on the Eurocup-3 YouTube channel.
Weather forecast: Very hot and sunny all weekend, with temperatures in excess of 37°C.
What to know: For the second year in succession, Eurocup-3 heads to Monza to see off the first half of its season.
James Egozi returns to Italy with an extended championship lead of 56 points after scoring two pole positions and a grand slam victory in the final race of the weekend at Imola. Podiums for teammates Heitor Dall’Agnol and Rafaël Pérard mean that Palou Motorsport coincidentally also have a 56-point lead in the teams’ standings.
Imola saw new names on the podium across the weekend. Kacper Sztuka gave Tecnicar their first trip to the rostrum with third in race two, whilst MP Motorsport’s Ean Eyckmans scored his maiden Eurocup-3 win in race one, which moved him into second in the championship following a Saturday to forget for winter series champion Keanu Al Azhari.
Two names from the world of F4 are making their series debuts this weekend. The first is Nathan Tye (#3), who steps up from Drivex’s Spanish F4 squad in lieu of Édouard Borgna. The 18-year-old British driver is currently fifth in the standings, having taken a win and two of his three other podiums at the previous round at Aragón. He also finished as the runner-up in the Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship with two wins and a third place.
At GRS Team, Dani Maciá returns to Eurocup-3 after previously competing as a guest driver in last year’s final round with Tecnicar. The Spanish driver finished a best of seventh on that occasion and has since competed in multiple European karting championships in the KZ2, OK and X30 Senior categories. Italian F4 driver Oleksandr Bondarev filled the seat during Thursday testing, but he will not compete this weekend.
Lastly, Andrej Petrović (#22) returns to Tecnicar’s Eurocup-3 outfit for his second appearance of the season, replacing his Spanish F4 T-Code teammate Nacho Tuñón. The 20-year-old Serbian driver is currently third in Spanish F4 having taken a win and three further podiums. In Eurocup-4, he finished third with two wins and two further podiums.
Follow editor Seb Tirado on X for updates from the paddock.
Report by Seb Tirado
Read the previous round’s report here.
GB3: Round 5, Silverstone
Circuit: Silverstone GP, 5.891 km
Schedule: All times local (UTC+1)
Friday 31 July
- 11:25–11:55: Practice 1
- 14:25–14:55: Practice 2
- 16:35–17:05: Practice 3
Saturday 1 August
- 09:35–09:50: Qualifying 1
- 09:55–09:10: Qualifying 2
- 13:25–13:50: Race 1
Sunday 2 August
- 10:50–11:15: Race 2
- 15:15–15:40: Race 3
How to follow: All races will be broadcasted live on the MSV TV YouTube channel, with the stream also being shown on the GB3 website and Facebook page. Live timings for all the weekend’s sessions can be found through TSL Timing and the live timing page on the GB3 website.
Weather forecast: Warm and cloudy all weekend.
What to know: GB3 heads back to Silverstone, where this year’s championship began back in April, for round five of the 2026 season.
VRD Racing’s Nikita Bedrin left Spielberg with both hands still firmly on the top spot of the standings. He holds a 106-point lead over his closest rival, Xcel Motorsport’s Lucas Fluxá, who took two podium finishes at the Red Bull Ring to settle into second in the drivers’ standings.
VRD Racing still sit at the top of the teams’ standings, on 490 points, ahead of Rodin Motorsport, whose three drivers all currently sit in the top 10 of the standings.
Bedrin will be looking to build upon the two wins he took at Silverstone in round one, while Rodin’s Maxim Rehm and Martin Molnár both took podium finishes and now have the chance to use their experience to fight for even more.
Elite Motorsport have confirmed that Edu Robinson (#17) will join the team for the Silverstone round. The 17-year-old Spanish-British driver currently competes in the Italian F4 and E4 championships with US Racing and sits eighth and 10th in the standings respectively.
Silverstone also sees the return of Fortec Motorsports’ Jack Taylor and Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing’s Jason Pribyl, who have both sat out from the previous two rounds.
Report by Isabelle Chandler
Read the previous round’s report here.
GB4: Round 4, Silverstone
Circuit: Silverstone GP, 5.891 km
Schedule: All times local (UTC+1)
Friday 31 July
- 10:00–10:30: Practice 1
- 13:00–13:30: Practice 2
- 15:30–16:00: Practice 3
Saturday 1 August
- 11:25–11:40: Qualifying
- 14:40–15:00: Race 1
Sunday 2 August
- 12:05–12:25: Race 2
- 17:00–17:20: Race 3
How to follow: All races are available to watch live on the MSV TV YouTube channel, with the stream also being shown on the GB4 Facebook page and website. Live timing for all of the weekend’s sessions can be found through TSL Timing and the GB4 website.
Weather forecast: Warm and cloudy all weekend.
What to know: GB4 heads back to Silverstone for the second time this season for the fourth round of the 2026 championship.
Last time out, at Donington Park, KMR Sport’s Alex O’Grady clinched the top spot in the drivers’ standings, with former leader Elite Motorsport’s Fred Green falling back to second, 11 points behind the Irish driver. Hillspeed’s Enzo Hallman maintained third position.
It was also a strong weekend for Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing’s Luke Hilton, who stood on all three steps of the podium, including the top step for his first win of the season.
Hillspeed sit at the top of the teams’ standings on 282 points, with Douglas Motorsport in second position, 36 points behind, and Pace Performance currently holding third position, just 12 points behind Douglas and three ahead of Fortec Motorsports.
Silverstone also marks the GB4 debut of two new drivers. Arden Motorsport will field American driver William Rohan (#22), who contested two rounds of the 2025 Ligier Junior Formula Championship but will be making his European racing debut. Scorpio Motorsport will also run Saudi Arabian driver Faris Organji (#10), 17, who made his car racing debut in the 2025 Saudi Arabian F4 championship last year, scoring twice.
Douglas will run a two-car line-up this weekend with the absence of Jason Smyth, who was withdrawn at the last minute.
Report by Isabelle Chandler
Read the previous round’s report here.
French F4: Round 4, Magny-Cours
Circuit: Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, 4.411 km
Schedule: All times local (UTC+2)
Thursday 30 July
- 09:00–09:25: Private practice 1
- 11:45–12:10: Private practice 2
- 13:10–13:35: Private practice 3
- 15:55–16:20: Private practice 4
- 17:20–17:45: Private practice 5
Friday 31 July
- 09:00–09:30: Free practice
- 16:20–16:50: Qualifying
Saturday 1 August
- 11:35–12:10: Race 1
- 18:15–18:50: Race 2
Sunday 2 August
- 10:00–10:35: Race 3
How to follow: All sessions will have live timing available on GT World Challenge Europe website. All races will be broadcast for free on YouTube.
Weather forecast: Sunny all weekend with temperatures expected above 30°C. There is a risk of thunderstorms and showers for qualifying on Friday afternoon or evening, with strong wind gusts possible.
What to know: After welcoming the 12th stage of the Tour de France less than two weeks ago, Magny-Cours is back to a more traditional activity with the fourth round of French F4.
Since last weekend, several drivers have been busy testing FRegional machinery, with championship leader Guillaume Bouzar testing with R-ace GP and Maverick McKenna with MP Motorsport in FR Europe tests at Barcelona. Since the start of the season, Bouzar has finished all races but two on the podium, and increasing his 58-point gap on Thibaut Ramaekers would be a big step towards the title.
Ramaekers has improved weekend after weekend, but the Belgian will also have to deal with the ultra-consistent Hugo Herrouin and Lilian Soares, still eyeing their maiden wins. Meanwhile, Yuval Rosen, who won his first race at Spa, returns to the place he earned a spot on the French F4 grid by winning Feed Racing last year.
After missing last weekend, Isabella Abreu and Jimmy Hélias have both been replaced for this round in Magny-Cours, meaning French F4 returns to 32 drivers. Having turned 15 a few days ago, Walter Schulz (#55) will make his single-seater debut. The Frenchman last competed in 2023, the year he finished as the runner-up in the FFSA junior karting championship aged just 11. Meanwhile, 15-year-old Truly Adams (#2) from California will return to the venue where he finished third in the Feed Racing shootout last September. He has since made his racing debut in the Ligier Junior Formula Championship with three podiums on his only appearance in NOLA, albeit in previous-generation F4 machinery.
Report by Perceval Wolff-Taffus
Read the previous round’s report here.
F4 CEZ: Round 4, Most
Circuit: Autodrom Most, 4.212 km
Schedule: All times local (UTC+2)
Thursday 30 July
- 13:00–13:30: Collective test 1 (heat 1)
- 13:35–14:05: Collective test 1 (heat 2)
- 14:55–15:25: Collective test 2 (heat 1)
- 15:30–16:00: Collective test 2 (heat 2)
Friday 31 July
- 09:00–09:40: Collective test 3 (heat 1)
- 09:45–10:25: Collective test 3 (heat 2)
- 12:10–12:50: Test (heat 1)
- 12:55–13:35: Test (heat 2)
- 16:25–17:05: Free practice (heat 1)
- 17:10–17:50: Free practice (heat 2)
Saturday 1 August
- 09:00–09:20: Qualifying (heat 1)
- 09:30–09:50: Qualifying (heat 2)
- 12:35–13:25: Race 1 (groups A and B)
- 16:35–17:25: Race 2 (groups B and C)
Sunday 2 August
- 09:00–09:50: Race 3 (groups A and C)
- 14:55–15:45: Race 4 (final)
How to follow: All sessions will have live timing available at Race Results. Races will be live-streamed on YouTube on the official F4 CEZ Championship channel.
Weather forecast: The weekend is expected to be warm and partly sunny, with rain and thunderstorms possible on Saturday.
What to know: The Czech-based F4 CEZ championship heads to Autodrom Most for the first home round for the series in 2026.
After temporarily losing the championship lead to Elia Weiss after the Salzburgring round, David Walther heads to the Czech Republic first in the standings with a 13-point gap over the German. Just 11 points behind Weiss sits his teammate Teodor Borenstein, who won twice at the Slovakia Ring.
Simon Rechenmacher and the Cram Motorsport team will try to repeat the victory they took in race two last time out, with Rechenmacher fifth overall with 101 points after his maiden triumph. Conversely, Mathilda Paatz showed great pace but lost podium chances in two races after incidents, and she will hope to make amends at the track located just 300 metres off the shores of Lake Matylda.
No drivers are missing from the entry list compared to the last round, but there are three additions to the grid, resulting in a 40-car line-up for round four.
Felipe Reijs (#4) joins Cram Motorsport alongside the Swede Leo Nilsson (#29), who switches to the Italian outfit after having competed with Drivex in previous rounds. The 15-year-old Dutchman races in Spanish F4 with MP Motorsport and currently sits 22nd in the standings with one point. Nilsson, meanwhile, is 36th in F4 CEZ standings after scoring his debut points at Slovakia Ring.
The empty spot in Drivex is being filled by Simón Bulbarella (#32). The 17-year-old competes with the team in Spanish F4 and is currently 25th in the championship, with his best result being 12th in the most recent race at Aragón.
Mathilda Racing will field a third car for the first time this season, and it will be driven by Ivonn Simeonova (#47). It will be the car racing debut of the 15-year-old Austrian, who competes in the Senior class of the FIA Karting Academy Trophy. She sits 14th in the standings after two of three rounds but will miss the final round, which also takes place this weekend. Simeonova, part of the More than Equal programme, tested with Mathilda Racing at Autodrom Most in July .
Report by Maciej Jackiewicz
Read the previous round’s report here.
Japanese F4: Round 3, Fuji
Circuit: Fuji Speedway, 4.563 km
Schedule: All times local (UTC+9)
Thursday 30 July
- 13:30–14:00: Champion Class practice 1
- 14:15–14:45: Independent Class practice 1
- 15:30–16:00: Champion Class practice 2
- 16:15–16:45: Independent Class practice 2
Friday 31 July
- 08:00–08:30: Champion Class practice 3
- 08:45–09:15: Independent Class practice 3
- 13:05–13:25: Champion Class qualifying
- 13:40–14:00: Independent Class qualifying
Saturday 1 August
- 08:15–08:45: Independent Class race 1
- 09:20–09:50: Champion Class race 1
Sunday 2 August
- 08:00–08:30: Independent Class race 2
- 09:05–09:35: Champion Class race 2
How to follow: All races are streamed on the series’ official YouTube channel. Live timing will be available on the Super GT Live Timing app, although it is not available in Europe.
Weather forecast: Cloudy on all days, with hot temperatures near 34°C. Rain possible for the races on Sunday.
What to know: Japanese F4 enters its third round of the season at Fuji this weekend, its second time visiting the circuit this season having kicked off the season there.
Toyota juniors Buntaro Igarashi and Masana Muto shared the wins at Fuji, and Muto leads the drivers’ standings having come second in both races at the second round at Okayama.
Kageyama Racing’s Ryo Shirasaki dominated Okayama and took both wins. He sits second in the championship on 50 points, 19 behind Muto, having not scored any points in the opening round.
There are a handful of driver changes in both the Champion Class and Independent Class. Ragno Motor Sport and their driver Keigo Okazawa (#2) will be absent from this weekend’s round, as will Dr.Dry Racing’s Kodai Yoshida (#85).
Buzz Racing will field New Zealander William Beck (#8) in place of South Korean driver Song Harim. Beck made his F4 debut this year in AU4 and currently sits third in the Gen2 championship with four podium finishes.
After sitting out the second round, Falcon Motorsport will field Haru Kataoka (#26), who will make his single-seater debut. He was a scholarship driver of Toyota-supported and Yamaha-backed karting team Formula Blue in 2024 and 2025. Kataoka placed an impressive third in the first practice session on Thursday.
Drago Corse also return to the championship with Kaoru Yoshida (#34), having last competed in 2025. Yoshida made his F4 debut with Ragno Motor Sport last year at Sugo, where he took a best result of 19th.
Fujita Pharmacy Racing will add their second car to the line-up again with the return of Taiga Ishii (#47), who raced for the team in the opening round. TGM Grand Prix and Miku Ikejima (#53) also return having sat out the second round because of car issues.
In the Independent Class, Rn-sports team owner Masayuki Ueda will again hand over his seat to Hiroshi Sugiyama (#11), who already raced for the team in the opening round. Kentaro Kojima (#12) and Ryuichi Kunihiro (#92) likewise return to the team, having sat out the second round. At B-Max Engineering, Nobuhiro Imada (#44) returns, replacing “Syuji”.
Yuichi Sasaki (#4) and his team DayDream Racing return having missed the second roundas do Shigeto Nagashima (#6) of Buzz Racing.
Report by Finjo Muschlien
Read the previous round’s report here.
From the press: While his rivals got to grips with racing behind the wheel of a kart, William Beck learned the tricks of the trade in a Honda Integra. From there, he moved on to Formula Ford in his native New Zealand, AU4, and now Japanese F4 with Buzz Racing. He sat down with Feeder Series at The Bend earlier this month to detail his journey. Read the article here.
FRegional Americas: Round 5, New Jersey
Circuit: New Jersey Motorsports Park, 3.621 km
Schedule: All times local (UTC−4)
Friday 31 July
- 10:30–11:10: Test session 1
- 13:45–14:25: Test session 2
- 15:30–15:55: Test session 3
Saturday 1 August
- 09:30–09:55: Qualifying
- 14:25–15:00: Race 1
Sunday 2 August
- 09:30–10:05: Race 2
- 13:40–14:15: Race 3
How to follow: Live timing will be available on Race Monitor for all sessions.
Weather forecast: Warm all weekend. Sunny on Friday, with increasing cloud cover throughout the weekend. Rain possible on Sunday.
What to know: The second half of the FRegional Americas season is set to get underway this weekend at New Jersey Motorsports Park, with the championship battle taking centre stage.
After sweeping the trio of races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Brady Golan sits just 10.5 points behind championship leader Evagoras Papasavvas. Golan, who leads the series in victories with five, may be in a good position to take over the lead in the standings, with Papasavvas having never raced a single-seater at NJMP before.
Cooper Shipman and Kekai Hauanio sit third and fourth in the standings, 34.5 and 60 points behind Papasavvas respectively. Last season in the F4 US championship, it was Shipman who won both races at NJMP, with Hauanio earning a pair of second-place results.
Although they are only expected to compete in testing sessions, Jensen Global Advisors returns to the series this , who last competed in the first two rounds of the 2025 season.
Three competitors from the previous weekend are absent from the entry list. Atlantic Racing Team and James Lawley will not race at NJMP as they are continuing their campaign in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America, which races this weekend at Road America. Hillenburg Motorsports’ Eric Wiśniewski and Crosslink Motorsports’ Barrett Wolfe are also absent.
Report by Owen White
Read the previous round’s report here.
F4 US: Round 4, New Jersey
Circuit: New Jersey Motorsports Park, 3.621 km
Schedule: All times local (UTC−4)
Friday 31 July
- 09:00–09:40: Test session 1
- 11:15–11:55: Test session 2
- 14:30–14:55: Test session 3
Saturday 1 August
- 12:00–12:25: Qualifying
- 16:55–17:30: Race 1
Sunday 2 August
- 12:00–12:35: Race 2
- 16:10–16:45: Race 3
How to follow: Live timing will be available on Race Monitor for all sessions.
Weather forecast: Warm all weekend. Sunny on Friday, with increasing cloud cover throughout the weekend. Rain possible on Sunday.
What to know: The F4 US season reaches its midpoint this weekend at New Jersey Motorsports Park. After a seven-week hiatus, the series is back for its fourth round of seven, featuring an eight-car grid.
The spotlight continues to shine on the championship battle between Caleb Campbell and rookie Gastón Irazú, who have combined to win all seven races run this season. Campbell leads the championship by 28 points, although Irazú is gaining, having won three of the last four races.
Kiwi Motorsport have upgraded from a three- to a four-car lineup for the weekend, with Clemente Huerta rejoining the team with which he scored six podiums in his rookie F4 US campaign, including two at NJMP. Although the Chilean has yet to score a podium in 2026, his return to his former team could be a source of positive momentum going into the back half of the season.
Absent from the previous round are USNG Racing and Zain Khan, who raced for the first time at Mid-Ohio, along with RASE Motorsports and Ben Ramirez, who had competed in the previous two weekends. Crosslink Motorsports have returned to entering only one car, with Austin Kaszuba also absent from the grid this weekend. With Huerta’s team change, Speed Factory is also missing from the paddock.
Report by Owen White
Read the previous round’s report here.
Ligier Junior Formula Championship: Round 4, New Jersey
Circuit: New Jersey Motorsports Park, 3.621 km
Schedule: All times local (UTC−4)
Friday 31 July
- 09:00–09:40: Test session 1
- 11:15–11:55: Test session 2
- 14:30–14:55: Test session 3
Saturday 1 August
- 10:30–10:55: Qualifying
- 15:40–16:15: Race 1
Sunday 2 August
- 10:45–11:20: Race 2
- 14:55–15:30: Race 3
How to follow: Live timing will be available on Race Monitor for all sessions.
Weather forecast: Warm all weekend. Sunny on Friday, with increasing cloud cover throughout the weekend. Rain possible on Sunday.
What to know: The Ligier Junior Formula Championship returns to action this weekend in New Jersey for its fourth round of the season.
At Mid-Ohio last month, Edward Kennedy won twice both overall and in Gen 2, but he remains second in the two-horse race for the Gen 2 standings, 22 points behind Jack Speth, who edged out USF Juniors’ recent breakout star to take the win in race three.
Over in Gen 1, Beckham Jacir holds a 45-point lead over Lázaro Bainotti, who won race two and finished second to Jacir in the other two races. Eighty points behind Jacir is Ava Hanssen, who finished second to Bainotti in race two, as Alexander Savage joined them on the podium. Fifth-placed Savage, who also finished third in race three, sits just 11 points behind AJ Abdullah, the only other podium scorer throughout the Mid-Ohio weekend.
There are no driver changes compared with the last round.
Report by Marco Albertini
Read the previous round’s report here.
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: Jack Morrison
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