The final planned junior single-seater races of 2026 in Europe take place this weekend in Barcelona, with F4-level events in Japan, Brazil and Malaysia rounding out the racing on offer.

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This weekend marks the final time in 2026 that three or more junior single-seater championships race at one circuit. The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will host the season finales for GB3, Eurocup-3 and Spanish F4, with champions to be crowned in GB3 and Spanish F4 – perhaps as early as race one in each.

Eurocup-3’s titles are decided already, as are all accolades but the teams’ title in Japanese F4, which also rounds out its 2026 season this weekend. Elsewhere, Brazilian F4 will run as the Brazil Junior Trophy in support of F1’s São Paulo Grand Prix. There’s also an F1 connection in Formula Trophy Malaysia, the successor to F4 SEA, with the LN4 Fusion racing team co-founded by Lando Norris debuting on track.

The biggest event on the karting calendar also takes place this weekend: the FIA Karting World Championship for OK and OK-Junior. Ferrari Driver Academy drivers are strong contenders in both categories, as Noah Baglin will look to add a senior title to last year’s junior one, and new recruit Daniel Mirón Lorente will battle against season-long rival Will Green from the Williams Driver Academy. Four drivers in OK – Dean Hoogendoorn, Niklas Schaufler, Filippo Sala and Louis Cochet – have competed in feeder series events this year.

Eurocup-3: Round 8, Barcelona

Circuit: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, 4.657 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC+1)

Friday 6 November

• 10:10–10:50: Official test 1
• 13:30–14:10: Official test 2

Saturday 7 November

• 09:35–09:55: Qualifying 1
• 13:05–13:40: Race 1

Sunday 8 November

• 09:30–09:50: Qualifying 2
• 13:45–14:20: 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: Sunny on Friday with increasing clouds during the rest of the weekend. Rain likely on Sunday.

What to know: For the second consecutive season, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya hosts a close fight for the runner-up spot in the Eurocup-3 drivers’ standings. Hitech’s Keanu Al Azhari leads the four-way battle on 178 points, 11 ahead of MP Motorsport’s Rene Lammers, who is in turn a single point ahead of teammate Ean Eyckmans. Palou Motorsport’s Heitor Dall’Agnol rounds out the top five on 164 points.

Palou Motorsport and MP Motorsport both secured the teams’ title and runner-up respectively last time out, leaving Hitech and Campos Racing to battle for third this weekend. Hitech currently occupies third on 230 points, 16 ahead of Campos. In the combined classifications of the collective tests earlier this week, Al Azhari topped Tuesday’s timing sheet and Campos’ Thomas Strauven went fastest on Wednesday.

Two drivers will make their FRegional-level debuts this weekend: Brazilian F4’s Bernardo Gentil (#3) at Drivex in place of one-off entrant Oscar Wurz, and GB4’s Dayton Coulthard (#77) at Double R Racing in place of Bart Harrison, who is testing Indy NXT machinery at Barber on Monday.

Gentil currently sits second in his native Brazil’s F4 standings with TMG Racing, having taken two wins and two second-place finishes so far. British driver Coulthard finished fifth in GB4 this year with Douglas Motorsport and took two wins and three further podiums.

At Campos Racing, Matteo Giaccardi (#41) will replace Kabir Anurag. The Monégasque driver finished 27th in FR Europe this year with ART Grand Prix and scored a best finish of seventh at Imola.

Lastly, Juan Cota (#44) will replace Frank Porté Ruiz at GRS Team after previously substituting for Luca Viișoreanu at TC Racing earlier in the season.

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Report by Seb Tirado

Read the previous round’s report here.

GB3: Round 8, Barcelona

Circuit: Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya, 4.657 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC+1)

Friday 6 November

• 11:00–11:30: Free Practice 1
• 14:20–14:50: Free Practice 2
• 16:20–16:50: Free Practice 3

Saturday 7 November

• 10:55–11:10: Qualifying 1
• 11:15–11:30: Qualifying 2
• 15:00–15:25: Race 1

Sunday 8 November

• 11:10–11:35: Race 2
• 14:50–15:15: 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 timing for all the weekend’s sessions can be found through Al Kamel and the live timing page on the GB3 website.

Weather forecast: Sunny on Friday with increasing clouds during the rest of the weekend. Rain likely on Sunday.

What to know: GB3 heads to Barcelona for the final round of the 2026 season in the fifth country visited by the championship this year. The hunt for the drivers’ title will come down to the final three races, though the outcome is nearly certain.

While four drivers are still in contention for the title, VRD Racing’s Nikita Bedrin on 445 points has an 89-point margin over his closest rival, Hitech’s Deagen Fairclough. Xcel Motorsport’s Lucas Fluxá sits only one point behind Fairclough, while Rodin Motorsport’s Martin Molnár is four points back from Fluxá. As in Eurocup-3, the battle for the runner-up spots is likely to take centre stage.

Rodin Motorsport lead the way in the teams’ standings on 758 points, 16 points ahead of VRD Racing. Hitech round out the top three on 691 points.

Seven drivers will make their championship debuts this weekend. Seventeen-year-old Briton Fred Green (#17) steps up to the championship with Elite Motorsport, the same team with which he secured the runner-up spot in the GB4 Championship. His former teammate, 16-year-old Matan Achituv (#26), joins Arden Motorsport, the Israeli driver having finished 10th in the GB4 standings this year.

Having not fielded a full season line-up in 2026, JHR Developments instead make their first appearance this season with British drivers Lewis Wherrell (#14) and Thomas Ingram Hill (#15). Sixteen-year-old Wherrell spent the majority of 2026 in British F4 with the team, finishing third overall and second among the rookies, while Ingram Hill competed in GB4, the 17-year-old finishing fourth overall.

TJ Speed Motorsports also join the championship for the final round. The team based in Indiana currently compete in both USF Pro 2000 and FR Oceania, and they bring F4 graduates Ary Bansal (#35) and Arjen Kräling (#36) to the grid. Indian driver Bansal, who turns 17 on Sunday, won the GB4 championship in 2025 and has spent the past year racing primarily in Italian F4, finishing sixth overall. German driver Kräling, 16, also competed as Bansal’s US Racing teammate in Italian F4 this past season, finishing 20th overall.

The last driver to debut this weekend is 16-year-old Theo Palmer (#4), who joins Hitech for the final round. The British driver, who races with a UAE licence, competed in British F4 with the team this year and finished second in the overall drivers’ standings.

Jason Pribyl will also return to the championship with Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing, having not taken part in a round since Silverstone in August.

Three drivers who appeared at Brands Hatch will not race this weekend. Kanato Le and Edu Robinson leave Hitech and Elite Motorsport respectively, while both Aditya Kulkarni and the Akcel GP team as a whole will not return for the final round.

Report by Isabelle Chandler

Read the previous round’s report here.

Spanish F4: Round 7, Barcelona

Circuit: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, 4.657 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC+1)

Friday 6 November

• 09:00–10:00: Official test
• 12:50–13:20: Free practice 1
• 15:40–16:10: Free practice 2

Saturday 7 November

• 09:00–09:20: Qualifying 1
• 12:00–12:35: Race 1
• 15:55–16:25: Race 2

Sunday 8 November

• 09:00–09:20: Qualifying 2
• 12:50–13:25: Race 3

How to follow: All sessions will have live timing at Al Kamel Systems. All races will be streamed on the Spanish F4 YouTube channel in English and Spanish.

Weather forecast: Sunny on Friday and increasing clouds during the rest of the weekend. Rain likely on Sunday.

What to know: With a 53-point advantage at the top of the standings, MP Motorsport’s Kasper Schormans could seal the 2026 Spanish F4 title before the end of Saturday’s proceedings in Barcelona if his gap to winter series champion Noah Monteiro remains above 47 points after race one.

Schormans has a third mathematical rival in Rocco Coronel, who scored a podium during his debut weekend at Barcelona last year. At 75 points back, however, the Dutch driver would need the top two to score zero points whilst he takes every available one.

Schormans’ three victories and Coronel’s two second places last time out at Navarra were enough to allow MP Motorsport to secure the teams’ championship early. The next closest battle in the teams’ standings is for the runner-up spot, currently occupied by Griffin Core by Campos on 283 points. The team sit 37 points ahead of T-Code and 81 ahead of KCL by MP.

Two drivers will make their single-seater debuts this weekend: Egor Ivanchenko (#11) in place of Rahim Alibhai at Monlau Motorsport, and Eli Steinbruch (#71) in place of Jorge Bruno at DX Racing Team.

Spanish-licensed Ivanchenko previously competed with Monlau’s karting team in the IAME Euro Series’ X30 Senior category. Steinbruch comes from a horse racing background and previously competed in OK-NJ karting in Europe and OK-National karting in his native Brazil.

At TC Racing, Ivan Pigaev (#24) will replace Niklas Schaufler, who is contesting the FIA Karting World Championship at La Conca. The Russian driver won this year’s SMP F4 Championship with ITECO Racing, taking eight victories and three further podiums.

Jean-Paul Karras (#9) and Philippe Armand Karras (#12) have both returned to G4 Racing, replacing Archie Davies and Romuald Bocquet respectively, and will be joined by Zhao Zijun (#94), who replaces Stefano Pedani. The 15-year-old competed in four Chinese F4 rounds with Champ Motorsport’s satellite team Champ Academy and took three victories and three second places on his way to sixth in the standings.

Lastly, two teammates from USF Juniors will join the grid: Leonardo Serravalle (#39) at KCL by MP and Maddie Colleran (#96) at GRS Team.

The pair competed with Zanella Racing this past season and finished eighth and 22nd in the standings respectively. Fifteen-year-old Serravalle, who is replacing fellow Zanella stablemate Max Mokarem at the team, took a best finish of third during the season finale at Road America. Colleran, 17, achieved a best result of 11th in the four rounds she contested and replaces Japanese F4-bound Ryusho Nakazato.

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Report by Seb Tirado

Read the previous round’s report here.

Japanese F4: Round 7, Motegi

Circuit: Mobility Resort Motegi, 4.801 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC+9).

Thursday 5 November

• 12:25–12:55: Champion Class practice 1
• 13:10–13:40: Independent Class practice 1
• 14:25–14:55: Champion Class practice 2
• 15:10–15:40: Independent Class practice 2

Friday 6 November

• 08:00–08:30: Champion Class practice 3
• 08:45–09:15: Independent Class practice 3
• 13:00–13:20: Champion Class qualifying
• 13:30–13:50: Independent Class qualifying

Saturday 7 November

• 08:15–08:45: Champion Class race 1 (13 laps)
• 10:15–10:45: Independent Class race (13 laps)

Sunday 8 November

• 08:45–09:15: Champion Class race 2 (13 laps)

How to follow: Live timing is available on Super GT’s live timing app, which is unavailable in Europe. Races and qualifying will be streamed live on the championship’s official YouTube channel.

Weather forecast: Sunny all weekend with a low chance of rain.

What to know: Japanese F4 enters its final round of the season at Motegi this weekend.

A first-lap collision followed by a controversial penalty highlighted last year’s season finale at Motegi, in which Toyota junior Tokiya Suzuki became champion over Kageyama Racing’s Itsuki Sato.

This year, however, no controversial title decisions will occur. Kageyama’s Ryo Shirasaki was crowned Japanese F4’s first-ever champion without manufacturer backing at the last round at Autopolis, while Independent class leader “Hirobon” also won the title from a distance with Motegi now playing host to only one Independent Class race.

An exciting battle for second in the Champion Class awaits. Toyota juniors Masana Muto and Ryo Sakai sit second and third on 111 and 108 points, closely followed by Autopolis winners Kenta Kumagai and Masaki Hamabe on 106 and 102 points.

The teams’ championship is yet to be decided, though TGR-DC’s 30-point lead over Kageyama is unlikely to be erased.

Several driver changes happen this weekend. In the Champion Class, Taiga Ishii (#47) returns at Fujita Yakkohu Racing in place of Kaoru Yoshida, who replaced him at Autopolis. Likewise returning are Zap Speed’s Masaki Murata (#14), who is accompanied by debutant Hiroto Suzuki (#24); Leon Ochiai (#21) at Eagle Sports; and Rikuto Toyoshima (#87) at Dr.Dry Racing.

Dougie Bolger, who made his debut last time out with Buzz Racing, is absent from this round.

In the Independent class, Hiroshi Sugiyama (#11) returns in place of Masayuki Ueda at Rn-sports. Ryuichi Kunihiro (#92) likewise returns.

Shigeto Nagashima (#6) at Buzz Racing, “Mototino” (#77) at Zap Speed and Mitsuhiro Endo (#97) with his own team M&K Racing all return. Shuhei Sato, who made his debut with Akiland Racing at the previous round at Autopolis, is absent, as is Dr.Dry Racing’s team owner Hachiro Osaka.

Report by Finjo Muschlien

Read the previous round’s report here.

Formula Trophy Malaysia: Round 2, Sepang

Circuit: Sepang International Circuit, 5.543 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC+8)

Friday 6 November

• 09:00–09:53: Test session 1
• 12:00–12:53: Test session 2
• 16:40–17:33: Free practice

Saturday 7 November

• 12:45–13:00: Qualifying 1
• 13:05–13:20: Qualifying 2
• 16:55–17:25: Race 1

Sunday 8 November

• 09:15–09:45: Race 2
• 15:30–16:00: Race 3

How to follow: All sessions will be streamed on the series’ YouTube channel. Live timing is provided by Timing Asia.

Weather forecast: Rain and thunderstorms are expected across the weekend.

What to know: Formula Trophy Malaysia returns to Sepang with an overhauled grid for round two, this time supporting China GT.

One month ago, Juste Mulder was the star of the show, taking pole position, second place in race one and the win in race two. He currently leads the standings on 43 points, eight points ahead of Marco Manson, the race one winner. However, neither of them will be returning to the series this weekend, leaving third-placed Ben Anh Nguyễn as the most likely to take the championship lead with a pair of podiums and 33 points already to his name.

Aaron Mehta will be another name to watch after finishing fourth in race two last time out, after which he took his first win in Indian F4. He is currently tied for the lead in Formula Trophy Malaysia’s rookie standings, but rival Taisei Murakami is also absent.

The biggest story this weekend, however, is not any of the absences. Instead, it is the official debut of the LN4 Fusion team ahead of their various planned 2027 campaigns in F2, F3, FRegional Europe and several F4 series. The team will also be attending the upcoming Macau Grand Prix, running the Theodore Racing entries, and have brought F4 World Cup entrant Oleksandr Bondarev (#11) to Sepang this weekend along with Lucas Nanji (#8) and Jesse Phillips (#26).

Bondarev, the 2026 UAE4 champion, competed in the first four rounds of Italian F4 this year before stepping up to FR Europe. The 17-year-old Williams junior from Ukraine took one win and an additional podium in the penultimate FREC round at Imola and finished 15th in the standings. Nanji, 18 and from Canada, finished 13th in USF2000 and took two top-five finishes in the F4 Saudi Arabia opener. Fifteen-year-old British driver Phillips finished fourth in the Ginetta Junior Championship and recently won the GB4 Winter Series at Snetterton.

Teams’ championship leaders Evans GP see half their drivers replaced, with Spanish F4 driver Mulder, David Cosma Cristofor and Nawin Natiphanon all absent. Replacing them will be two young single-seater debutants, Aaryan Singh (#71) and Luke Kaminski (#17). Both drivers have undertaken F4 testing programs this year, South African driver Singh with Evans and German-Polish driver Kaminski with various teams around the world, most recently in both F4 and GB4 machinery with Fortec Motorsport. Evans GP Academy driver Ginevra Panzeri is also absent, while her teammate Kareen Kaur (#66) moves over to Pinnacle Motorsport.

William Beck will leave Axle Sports to contest the Japanese F4 finale, with another F4 newcomer, Arafath Sheikh (#5), taking his place. The Indian driver, who turned 15 on Thursday, competed in karts in the Rotax Max Challenge India’s Senior Max category this year.

Xcel Motorsport are adding a fourth car to their lineup for Timo Jüngling (#1). The 17-year-old British-Australian driver finished 25th in British F4 this year with JHR Developments but missed two of the 10 rounds. Black Blade Racing are also making one change, with Yu Yan (#32) replacing Sun Anzhe. The Chinese driver, also known as Lucas Yu, finished third overall in Chinese F4 this year.

Pinnacle’s round one drivers are absent from the grid, with Murakami competing in Japanese F4 and Manson and Imran Putera not on the entry list.

Report by Mitchell Ash

Read the previous round’s report here.

Brazilian F4: Non-championship round, Interlagos

Circuit: Autódromo José Carlos Pace, 4.309 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC−3)

Friday 6 November

• 10:05–10:45: Free Practice
• 17:30–17:50: Qualifying

Saturday 7 November

• 10:10–10:45: Race 1
• 16:40–17:15: Race 2

Sunday 8 November

• 08:50–09:15: Race 3

How to follow: Races will be streamed live on the series’ YouTube channel with Portuguese commentary.

Weather forecast: Mostly cloudy with possible showers throughout the weekend.

What to know: Brazilian F4 returns this weekend for its Brazil Junior Trophy–branded non-championship round at Interlagos, which will support Formula One’s São Paulo Grand Prix. The non-championship round will act as a spin-off series, with a ‘champion of the weekend’ who will be crowned on Sunday.

Most of Brazilian F4’s usual grid will be competing this weekend.

Bassani Racing will downsize to three cars as full-timers Pedro Lins and Ignacio Díaz are absent. Cavaleiro Sports will house six cars, with Enricco Abreu and Fausto Arnaudo absent, the latter to compete in Spanish F4. In their place, Naim Saleh (#3) returns, joined by series newcomer Thiago Palotini. Fifteen-year-old Buenos Aires native Palotini raced in the opening round of Italian F4 with Alpha 54 Racing and most recently made a cameo in Spanish F4 with Monlau at Jerez. Arnaudo is instead competing in Spanish F4.

TMG Racing, meanwhile, will feature five cars, with three of them being newcomers. Season regulars Celo Hahn and Gianni Giovanelli will be joined by Federico Díaz, Davi Mantoan and Vicky Farfus. They replace João Paolo Sanzovo; Pietro Mesquita; and Bernardo Gentil, who is making his Eurocup-3 debut this weekend.

Eighteen-year-old Díaz returns to the series after making two appearances in last year’s edition of the championship and competing in the first half of Italian F4 with Alpha 54 Racing. Mantoan will make his single-seater debut after an extensive testing programme with TMG Racing and their Forti Academy programme in Brazil. Farfus, 15, comes to Brazilian F4 off the back of a season in the Ginetta Junior Championship, in which she was 23rd in points. She also made recent appearances in E4 and F4 CEZ for Prema Racing and Cram Motorsport respectively.

Report by Marco Albertini

Read the previous round’s report here.

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