We always try to make things easier for the fans and make the sport more accessible to potential fans. From FIA Formula 3 to Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine, here you will find all the schedules for all the feeder series for this week (June 14 -20). A little note: the smaller series are sometimes not as updated by the series themselves, so information … Continue reading All Feeder Series Schedules For This Weekend
Four-time race winner James Hedley joins Fortec Motorsports for a second year of British F4. The 17-year-old has some ‘unfinished business this year’ after an ‘unlucky season’. The 17-year-old from Poole, Dorset, is set to contest a second season in Britain’s FIA Formula 4 series after an impressive debut campaign in 2020. Hedley, who continues with the support of long-term backers Hendy Group, stood on the … Continue reading Hedley joins reigning British F4 Champions Fortec
She burst onto the feeder series scene last season, impressing many with her speed as she switched with apparent ease from go-karts to British Formula 4. Now, Abbi Pulling is ready to challenge for a championship as she returns to British F4 in 2021 for a second season with JHR Developments. F1 Feeder Series had an exclusive, pre-announcement chat with Abbi and her mentor Alice … Continue reading Abbi Pulling is ready to make racing history
In many ways, Juju Noda’s career really only starts now. That might sound strange for a driver that has just finished a Danish Formula 4 campaign. Yet just like the years of testing in Japan, the 2020 season was always seen as an overture for the daughter of former F1 driver Hideki Noda. By Jeroen Demmendaal NODA Racing, the team built around the young Japanese … Continue reading Juju Noda joins JHDD in F4 US
The Covid pandemic did a number on a lot of drivers plans and left some stranded without a drive for an entire year. But even ignoring the virus, feeder series are getting more expensive by the year, which means drivers are not just dropping out because of a lack of talent. We take a look at nine of them. By Ed Spencer Mahaveer Raghunathan (Formula … Continue reading Top 9 feeder series drivers that were left without a seat in 2020
For karting drivers Formula 4 is often the first big test in single-seaters (unless you are Max Verstappen and start in F3). In that rookie year you can usually spot who has that special something. These F4 rookies made the most of the chance they were given in 2020. By Floris Visman This covid-hampered year has limited the options for many drivers. Sometimes it meant … Continue reading These are the 10 Best Formula 4 Rookies of 2020
Since the W Series got cancelled due to the covid pandemic back in June the amount of women in feeder series has been cut in half. That leaves us with two categories: W Series drivers that scrambled to find a seat and female drivers outside of W Series that have chosen their own path. From Formula 4 to Formula 2 and everything in between, here’s … Continue reading Women in feeder series: this is how they did in 2020
America remains the most polarised market for F1. It’s provided two champions, hosted more than forty Grand Prix that were part of the Formula One World Championship and has an ever growing fanbase despite more motorsport competition than any other country. So what’s missing? An American driver. By Adam Dickinson It’s produced one of the most revered racers of all time in Mario Andretti, and … Continue reading Liberty’s promised land: in search of an American F1 star
Since Felipe Massa departed Formula 1 in 2017 (for a second and final time) there has not been a Brazilian at the start of an official Grand Prix. A sad fact for a country with arguably the most passionate F1 fans in the world. We scoured the feeder series for Brazilian talent and rated the most promising ones. By Adam Dickinson Brazil is the nation … Continue reading Post-Massa: in search of the next Brazilian F1 star
After 21 races over the course of three and a half months, the 2020 ADAC Formula 4 championship has come to an end. The cherry on top of this season was a thrilling finale at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. The battle was fought out by two Red Bull Juniors: Jak Crawford and Jonny Edgar. In the end it was Edgar who won the championship in … Continue reading The Battle of the Bulls: how Jonny Edgar won the 2020 ADAC F4 title
Alister Yoong is the next Malaysian driver that wants to make it in the racing world. The 17-year old’s last name, who competed in Formula 4 South East Asia last year, might ring a bell. He’s the son of former Formula 1 driver Alex Yoong. Here he talks about the pressure that comes with that and his ambitions. By Aisha Daulay 2019 was Alister Yoong’s … Continue reading Alister Yoong on being the son of an ex-F1 driver and the long road to Formula 1
On Wednesday Sauber announced their inaugural Academy lineup, before the bulk of feeder series championships get underway. It looks to have replaced the Sauber Junior Team, although in a slimmed-down guise with only four drivers signed to the team: Theo Pourchaire, Petr Ptacek, Dexter Patterson and Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. By Adam Dickinson Here we look who those drivers are, their pedigree that’s earned them a … Continue reading What the new Sauber Academy looks like
