With most series turning the page on their 2026 seasons, testing has ramped up with drivers evaluating their options for next year. Drivers with experience ranging from karts to IndyCar have been hitting the track in junior single-seater machinery, and Feeder Series gives you the lowdown on who’s been testing so far this month.

By Archie Harper

It’s been a busy first half of November for many teams and drivers up and down the ladder, especially among F4, FREC and F3 drivers. We’ve also seen action across the pond in America with tests taking place in Indy NXT machinery as well.

EFO, F4: Tests continue to reveal makeup of 2027 grids

The first of three major tests organised by Kateyama took place at Mugello on 2 and 3 November.

G Motorsport’s Stig Larsen (#20) tested their Euroformula Open car on day one. Italian F4 teams’ champions US Racing tested 2026 Trident driver Florentin Hattemer (#11); Cram’s Dean Pedersen; (#21); the 2026 Ligier JFC Gen 2 class champion and USF Juniors’ youngest ever winner, Edward Kennedy (#30); and Oliver Wheldon (#98), the brother of 2026 FREC runner-up Sebastian Wheldon.

Runners-up Prema Racing seated SMP F4 driver Amir Sabirov (#9) alongside Ferrari junior Filippo Sala (#15), who made his F4 debut with the team last month, and F1 Academy driver Payton Westcott (#98), who currently sits fifth with a round to go.

R-ace GP brought along 2026 driver Andy Consani (#30) alongside regular tester Pedro Bartelle (#31) and mid-season Spanish F4 debutant Juste Mulder (#32). Prema’s Christian Costoya (#34) also joined the squad, as did Greek-French brothers Jean-Paul Karras (#35) and Philippe Armand Karras (#36).

Dutch squad Van Amersfoort Racing tested with USF Juniors’ third-place finisher Max Mokarem (#3), British F4 winner Timo Jüngling and Ginetta Junior rookie Devon Hagelen (#87).

Jenzer Motorsport tested with Ivonn Simeonova (#21), who debuted in the second half of the F4 CEZ season; SMP F4 driver Pavel Abrosimov (#23); and another recent F4 CEZ debutant, Paul Andriotis (#144).

Trident ran Italian-Australian Giuseppe Imbrogno (#16), Italian F4 final-round debutant Yibei Sun (#48), regular F4 tester Eduardo Salamonde (#50), opening-round Formula Trophy Malaysia driver Nawin Natiphanon (#67) and an unidentified driver.

Houzai Jiang (#40) was the only driver testing with Cram Motorsport, while Alpha 54 Racing tested the Argentine pair of karter Bautista Delich (#71) and 2026 driver Joaquín Pagola (#75).

AKM Motorsport fielded their regular Italian duo of Gregorio Prandi (#3) and Ludovico Mazzola (#6), joined by a third Italian in karter Gioele Girardello (#88).

Mathilda Paatz (#18) was with her family-run team Mathilda Racing alongside Angelina Simons (#47). SG Motors tested with Antonio Cocchianella (#86), and AS Motorsport tested karter Nicholas Reino (#16).

A pair of teams backed by Augusto Farfus and Mauricio Salviero were also present in FS Motorsport and Motorsport Performance Academy. FS tested with Trident’s 2026 driver Augusto Toniolo (#86), while MPA tested another regular in Samuel Del Gaudio (#3).

Two anticipated F4 squads for 2027 were also present in LN4 Fusion and CL Motorsport. LN4 Fusion again ran with Vittorio Orsini (#5) after he tested with them in the summer. F4 US and USF Juniors racer Cole Medeiros (#6) and British F4’s Mate Kobakhidze (#7) completed the lineup.

CL Motorsport ran karter Maksim Orlov (#29) and FREC driver Reno Francot (#30) alongside an unidentified driver.

Mugello, 2–3 November	P1	P2	P3
F4, Day 1	Dean Pedersen, 1:49.417	Andy Consani, +0.097s	Christian Costoya, +0.298s
F4, Day 2	Dean Pedersen, 1:49.366	Andy Consani, +0.289s	Christian Costoya, +0.431s

Another test organised by Kateyama on 10 and 11 November at Monza saw some changes across the field.

Euroformula Open teams’ runners-up BVM Racing tested 2026 Italian F4 drivers Ginevra Panzeri (#4) and Alexander Chartier (#11) alongside an unidentified driver. They were the only drivers in EFO machinery.

US Racing added both Ginetta Junior driver and recent F4 debutant Vicky Farfus (#8) and their 2026 Italian F4 driver Noah Killion (#12) to their lineup.

Prema ran Sabirov (#9) alongside 2026 WSK Super Master Series champion Lev Krutogolov (#15) and 2026 Trident driver Lucas Pasquinetti (#95).

R-ace GP ran only Consani (#30) and Costoya (#34), while Van Amersfoort tested Mexican karter Angel Reynoso (#3), Andriotis (#4), Mexican karter Matias Gonzalez (#53) and the team’s recently announced German F4 driver Fernando Rivera (#87).

Jenzer added Swedish F4 CEZ drivers Leo Nilsson (#24) and Mio Olert (#144) to their lineup from Mugello, while Trident added Saudi F4 driver Zakaria Doleh (#48), 2026 driver Toniolo (#51) and Bartelle (#77).

PHM Racing ran French F4’s Lewis Francis (#3) and final-round British F4 debutant Alexander Vanchev (#6) alongside Yibei Sun (#924).

Cram Motorsport tested again with Jiang (#40) but added 2027 F4 Germany driver Wiktor Stalmach (#70) to their lineup. AKM kept only Prandi (#3) from Mugello and had Rocco Coronel (#63) in a second car.

Medeiros (#6) remained with LN4 Fusion for the test, being joined by 2026 FIA Karting world champion Dean Hoogendoorn (#5) and FREC driver Oleksandr Bondarev (#7) for day one before Spanish F4 runner-up Noah Monteiro (#7) jumped in on the second day.

CL Motorsport retained Francot (#30) and added his countryman Juste Mulder (#28) in their second car at the test, while SG Motors tested Mexican karter Fernando Visuet (#86) on day one and Italian Antonio Cocchianella (#86) for day two.

Monza, 10–11 November	P1	P2	P3
EFO, Day 1	Alexander Chartier, 1:44.187	Ginevra Panzeri, +1.443s	N/A
EFO, Day 2	Ginevra Panzeri, 1:50.498	Alexander Chartier, +4.153s	N/A
F4, Day 1	Rocco Coronel, 1:53.620	Christian Costoya, +0.102s	Reno Francot +0.165s
F4, Day 2	Rocco Coronel, 1:57.941	Eduardo Salamonde, +0.918s	Alexander Vanchev +1.178s

A third test at Imola from 13–15 November rounded off the trifecta of outings, with US adding AU4 Gen 2 champion Jensen Marold (#31) and late-season Italian F4 signee Iacopo Martinese (#46) alongside Wheldon (#98) on the first two days.

Prema tested with Sabirov (#9) and Krutogolov (#15) on the first two days, while Australian karter William Calleja (#10) and 2026 F4 driver Georgiy Zasov (#95) tested on days two and three.

While Jean-Paul Karras (#32) and Philippe Armand Karras (#36) returned to R-ace GP’s lineup, Cole Medeiros (#30) was added alongside Costoya (#34).

Reynoso (#3) and Rivera (#87) remained at Van Amersfoort, joined by 2026 Real Racing driver Knud Nielsen (#4) and Swedish karter Oliver Kinnmark (#53).

Present on the first two days, Jenzer again ran Simeonova (#21) and Abrosimov (#23) with Paul Andriotis (#144), while they added F4 CEZ driver Stefan Treneski (#24) and Vicky Farfus (#26).

Trident’s lineup remained the same from Imola, PHM had only Vanchev (#6) and Sun (#24), and Cram added Wilder Lindberg (#15) to their lineup alongside Jiang (#40) and Stalmach (#70). Alpha 54 maintained their drivers, while AKM brought back Ludovico Mazzola (#63) and tested Chinese karter Enoch Mi (#6) alongside Prandi (#3).

Both CL drivers stayed for Imola. MPA returned with Samuel Del Gaudio (#3), and Cocchianella (#86) was SG’s only driver at the test. LN4 Fusion ran Hoogendoorn (#5) alongside F1 Academy wildcard standout Chiara Bättig (#6) and Formula Trophy Malaysia race winner Jesse Phillips (#7).

Imola, 13–15 November	P1	P2	P3
F4, Day 1	Iacopo Martinese, 2:00.576	Jesse Phillips, +0.768s	Reno Francot, +1.070s
	Christian Costoya, 1:47.597	Augustus Toniolo, +0.458s	Yibei Sun, +0.922s
F4, Day 3	Christian Costoya, 1:48.936	Wiktor Stalmach, +0.954s	Yibei Sun, +1.563s

Indy NXT: Experienced and new faces mix at Barber

Seven teams were present at Barber Motorsports Park for a one-day test on 9 November.

HMD Motorsports tested 2026 rookie Max Garcia (#6) alongside USF Pro 2000 driver Teddy Musella (#25). Also at HMD was one of their 2027 drivers in Leonardo Escorpioni (#55) alongside Tymek Kucharczyk (#71), who finished third in 2026.

Cape Motorsports tested 2026 F3 driver José Garfias (#20) and their 2027 driver Bryce Aron (#21), while Andretti ran USF Pro 2000 third-place finisher G3 Argyros (#26), their 2026 driver Max Taylor (#28) and HMD driver Jack Beeton (#29).

Former F2 driver and endurance racer Cem Bölükbaşı (#18) tested with Abel Motorsports, as did the team’s Indy NXT driver Jacob Abel (#51), whose family owns the team; longtime Indy NXT driver Niels Koolen (#32), the team’s sole announced 2027 driver; and onetime Indy NXT and F3 driver Sophia Floersch (#77).

AJ Foyt Racing brought their 2027 driver Bart Harrison (#4) along with USF Pro 2000 veteran Frankie Mossman (#14) and 2026 Indy NXT driver Matteo Nannini (#15).

Chip Ganassi Racing had Juncos Hollinger Racing’s 2026 Indy NXT driver Alexander Koreiba (#8) alongside their 2027 driver and IndyCar reserve driver Alessandro De Tullio (#10), while Juncos Hollinger Racing tested WEC driver Antonio Serravalle (#75) and their IndyCar driver Rinus Veekay (#76).

Barber, 9 November	P1	P2	P3
Indy NXT, Day 1	Max Taylor, 1:10.7037	Tymek Kucharczyk, +0.0030s	Jack Beeton, +0.0106s

F3, GB3, F4, GB4: Talent-packed one-day test at Silverstone

On 11 November, teams and drivers piled into Northamptonshire for a test at Silverstone.

Two F3 teams were present, with ART Grand Prix running FREC champion Emanuele Olivieri (#46) and 2026 F3 driver Taito Kato (#47), and Rodin Motorsport testing with two of their 2027 drivers, Pedro Clerot (#12) and Reza Seewooruthun (#25).

Also at Silverstone were Rodin’s F4 cars, being driven by British F4 drivers Cameron Nelson (#1) and Ethan Carney (#3), F4 CEZ driver Ella Häkkinen (#2), and AU4 Gen 2 runner-up Marco Manson (#4), the New Zealander being an affiliate of his home country’s squad since the early summer.

Fortec ran a GB3 car for Nadeem Rustombi (#25), an F4 car for 2026 British F4 driver Qarrar Firhand (#41) and GB4 machines for Enzo Rujugiro (#71) alongside an unidentified driver. Virtuosi ran British F4 rookie Charlie Smith (#8) alongside four unidentified drivers, and ART ran their F1 Academy driver Jade Jacquet (#1) in F4 machinery.

F3, EFO, FREC, EC3, F4: Eurocup-3 triallers headline tests in Belgium and Hungary

At a large test run by Motopark at Spa-Francorchamps on 4 and 5 November, Olivieri was present in one of ART Grand Prix’s F3 cars, while Wiktor Dobrzański was identified testing with his Euroformula Open squad Motopark.

Also at the test were Scott Kin Lindblom (#11) and Pedro Lima (#12) in Van Amersfoort’s older-generation FREC machines, with Italian F4 rookie champion and E4 champion Kenzo Craigie alongside FREC driver Yuki Sano at R-ace GP.

French F4 affiliates Feed Racing also tested Hungarian István Vass (#9) along with French karter Max Lacroix and Franck-Brandon- Codina at the test, while Fortec brought Riley Cranham (#20). The Northamptonshire team is believed to have fielded Firhand as well.

Also believed to be testing F4 machines were Francis with JHR Developments and Manson with Rodin Motorsport.

Early the following week, another Motopark-organised test was held at the Hungaroring on 9 and 10 November.

There, 2027 LN4 Fusion F3 driver Gabriel Gomez tested a previous-generation F3 car with an unknown team as Motopark again ran Dobrzański and added their 2026 Euroformula Open driver Jan Koller to their lineup.

Van Amersfoort gave their 2027 driver Lima another go in a FREC machine, this time alongside Monteiro.

A final test of FRegional and F3 level machines took place on the 14 and 15 November at the Hungaroring.

There, MP Motorsport tested Borys Łyżeń (#12) alongside two other unidentified drivers in their Eurocup-3 cars, while Campos’ Griffin Core team tested Spanish F4 driver Ty Fisher (#5) and Italian F4 driver Kingsley Zheng (#9).

An F3 machine run by Porteiro was also present at the test, believed to be driven by LN4 Fusion FREC signee Miguel Costa (#54).

Other testing

A test at Donington Park on 3 November saw LN4 Fusion run three cars – one for regular tester Connor Large (#1), one for Canada’s Drezden Bertsch (#2) and one for British F4’s George Proudford-Nalder (#4).

That same day and the day following, a test at Cremona saw Formula Nordic driver Olivia Ernstson (#17) test with Maffi Racing, while Hungarian karter Attila Kalapács (#52) ran with SG Motors. Also at that test was Mexican Emil Hernández Marun (#68) with AKM Motorsport.

LN4 Fusion held a further test day a week after the last on 10 November at Snetterton. Detroja was again in one of three cars, being joined by Drezden Bertsch (#2) and 2026 GB4 champion Alex O’Grady (#3). Xcel Motorsport also ran an F4 car at the test, driven by 2026 British F4 driver Haarni Sadiq.

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