Every confirmed 2026 F3 driver ahead of first test
- Alex Johnston
- Oct 6, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 7, 2025
The first of three October post season Formula 3 tests starts tomorrow: over half the grid is filled with more set to be announced in due course. With a lot of rookies already there, it’s time to look at this ‘who’s who?’ of racing drivers set to delight in 2026.
(R) =Notes rookie
✅=Team with complete lineup
*=season still in progress
Campos✅
Ugo Ugochukwu - USA (McLaren)
2025 - Formula 3, PREMA - 16th (two podiums)
(R)Ernesto Rivera - Mexico (Red Bull)
2025 - Eurocup-3, Campos - 3rd* (three wins)
Théophile Naël - France
2025 - Formula 3, Van Amersfoort - 8th (three podiums)
Trident✅
Noah Strømsted - Denmark (Mercedes)
2025 - Formula 3, Trident - 6th (one win)
(R)Freddie Slater - UK
2025 - FRECA, PREMA - 1st (six wins)*
(R)Matteo De Palo - Italy
2025 - FRECA, Trident - 2nd (four wins)
MP Motorsport✅
Alessandro Giusti - France (Williams)
2025 - Formula 3, MP Motorsport - 10th (two podiums)
Tuukka Taponen - Finland (Ferrari)
2025 - Formula 3, ART GP - 9th (three podiums)
(R)Mattia Colnaghi - Italy (Red Bull)
2025 - Eurocup-3, MP Motorsport - 1st (five wins)*
ART Grand Prix
(R)Maciej Gladysz - Poland
2025 - Eurocup-3, MP Motorsport - 9th (one win)*
Two drivers still to name.
Van Amersfoort Racing✅
(R)Jesse Carrasquedo Jr - Mexico
2025 - Eurocup-3, Campos - 5th (two wins)*
(R)Hiyu Yamakoshi - Japan
2025 - FRECA, Van Amersfoort - 8th (two podiums)*
Bruno Del Pino - Spain
2025 - Formula 3, MP Motorsport - 23rd (one podium)
Rodin Motorsport✅
Brando Badoer - Italy (McLaren)
2025 - Formula 3, PREMA - 25th
Christian Ho - Singapore
2025 - Formula 3, DAMS - 22nd
(R)Pedro Clerot - Brazil
2025 - FRECA, Van Amersfoort - 4th (two wins)*
PREMA
(R)Enzo Deligny - France 2025 - FRECA, R-ace GP - 3rd (four wins)*
Two drivers still to name.
Hitech TGR✅
(R)Jin Nakamura - Japan 2025 - FRECA, R-ace GP - 10th (one podium)*
(R)Michael Shin - South Korea
2025 - Euroformula, Motopark - 2nd (four wins)*
(R)Fionn McLaughlin - Northern Ireland
2025 - British F4, Hitech - 1st (Champion)
AIX Racing✅
*Fernando Barrichello - Brazil
2025 - Euroformula, Motopark - 6th (one win)*
*Yevan David - Sri Lanka 2025 - Euroformula, Motopark - 3rd (five wins)
*Brad Benavides - USA
2025 - Formula 3, AIX - 20th
DAMS
no named driver as yet.
For the test, PREMA will run James Wharton and Louis Sharp, ART hand an outing to Taito Kato and Kanato Le and DAMS will run Gerrard Xie, Nicola Lacorte and Nandhavud Bhirombakhdi.
📸 Image credits: Formula Motorsport Limited, Forma Regional European Championship by Alpine, Yevan David, BBC Sport.