Brando Badoer, an 18-year-old Italian racing driver and McLaren Development Driver since late 2024, entered the 2025 FIA F3 Championship with high expectations. After finishing fifth in the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine, he made the anticipated step up to FIA F3 with PREMA Racing. However, his debut season has been far from…
After a chaotic Qualifying session at the FIA F3 Monaco GP, three drivers from different teams received penalties. Whilst only one of them was disqualified, all three will suffer greatly from these sanctions. Nicola Lacorte – Disqualified from Qualifying The Stewards handed Nicola Lacorte the harshest penalty of the weekend, disqualifying him from F3 Monaco…
A very exciting Bahrain Sprint race took place in F3 as the first race took place in unbelievably hot weather, full report and results below. Trident’s Rafael Câmara dominated qualifying yesterday, earning his second consecutive pole position of the season. Right behind Câmara is Rodin Motorsport’s Callum Voisin and Trident teammate Charlie Wurz. The Sprint…
With the 2025 season set to get underway in Melbourne, the 30 drivers and 10 teams set to make up the 2025 FIA Formula 3 grid have been set. This year sees the return of DAMS Lucas Oil to the F3 grid. They replace Jenzer Motorsport which, after 15 years in F3 and its predecessor…
As he steps into the newest chapter of his racing career, McLaren Driver Development programme member Brando Badoer is really proud to be partnered with the esteemed PREMA Racing for the 2025 FIA Formula 3 championship. Badoer joins PREMA after a fifth-place finish in the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship (FRECA) and will partner with…
After all the announcements we F3 fans have seen, Prema is one of the first few teams to complete their Formula 3 2025 season lineup with Ugo Ugochukwu, Brando Badoer and Noel Leon. Here’s a little bit about them! Ugo Ugochukwu Born in the glamorous New York City, and starting his karting career at the…
Italian racing driver Brando Badoer, who is currently racing for Van Amersfoort Racing in the Formula Regional European Championship (FRECA), joins the McLaren Development programme. McLaren Racing announced today that 18-year-old Badoer, son of former F1 Driver Luca Badoer, has joined its development programme. For the upcoming 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship Badoer will join fellow McLaren Driver…
