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Gerrard Xie enjoyed several breakthrough moments during the 2026 F3 season, but inconsistent results and poor qualifying performance ultimately overshadowed his progress. The Chinese driver stepped up to single-seaters in 2022, winning both the F4 Chinese Championship and the Formula Renault Super Challenge in his debut year. He also secured second at the Macau Grand…
The 2026 GB4 season offered far more depth than the final championship table alone suggests. Alex O’Grady ultimately secured the title by 33 points, but Fred Green frequently possessed the strongest outright pace, while the fight immediately behind them remained open until the final race at Brands Hatch. Thomas Ingram Hill, Enzo Hallman and Dayton…
The 2026 FIA Formula Regional European Championship (FREC) produced one of the most unpredictable seasons in the category’s recent history. Eleven drivers representing eight different teams won races, five drivers led the championship at some stage, and four remained mathematically capable of taking the title when the field arrived at Hockenheim for the finale. Yet…
Fred Vasseur launched a passionate but calm defence of Ferrari’s strategy after Lewis Hamilton decided to go a different route at the 2026 F1 Singapore GP. From P2 and P3 on the grid, the Italian team decided to split the tyre selection. Leclerc went off on softs, with Hamilton on mediums. It quickly became clear…
Fernando Barrichello entered the 2026 F3 season with optimism after gaining an early introduction to the championship at the end of 2025. However, despite flashes of progress throughout his first full campaign, the AIX Racing driver struggled to translate those moments into consistent results. He spent much of the year fighting outside the points and…
José Garfias entered his first full FIA Formula 3 season with considerable experience behind him and one of the championship’s most successful teams around him. However, Garfias struggled to translate either into results during a difficult 2026 F3 campaign with PREMA Racing. Garfias had already sampled F3 machinery during a one-off appearance in Barcelona in…
Zane Maloney completed his second Formula E campaign in 2025/26, scoring three points across the 17-race season with Lola Yamaha ABT. The Barbadian finished 20th in the Drivers’ Championship after securing three top-10 finishes, improving on a rookie campaign in which he had failed to score. While the results remained limited, Maloney showed signs of…
Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi stepped up to F3 in 2026 hoping to continue his progression through the single-seater ranks. However, the DAMS Lucas Oil driver faced a difficult rookie campaign as he struggled to consistently challenge the midfield, let alone the points. The Thai driver entered the season with two years of Formula Regional European Championship experience…
Woohyun Shin’s return to the FIA F3 grid promised an opportunity to put his previous experience to use and establish himself during a full campaign in 2026. Instead, the Hitech driver endured a difficult 2026 F3 season that never truly gathered momentum. Shin, who previously raced under the name Michael Shin, entered the year with…
Formula 2 (F2) headed into unknown territory for Round 11 of the 2026 season as the championship made its first visit to the Madring for the Spanish GP. With no previous competitive F2 running at the new Madrid circuit, drivers faced a steep learning curve from the moment they left the pit lane on Friday….
