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Formula 2 and Formula 3 reveal new logos mid-season

F2 and F3 get a refreshed look aimed at aligning the two feeder series closer to Formula 1

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Karun Chandhok reveals Helmut Marko moment that explains Red Bull’s ruthless success

Karun Chandhok reflected on Helmut Marko's tough approach and praised his bold, decisive role in shaping Red Bull's driver programme

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Why a switch to slower, smaller cars is reinvigorating the Macau Grand Prix

After 40 years of F3 machinery racing on the Guia Circuit, the Macau Grand Prix featured Formula Regional cars for only the second time last weekend – and the excitement that followed shows that this could have been the right move

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Why 2025 signalled the start of an exciting era for the Macau Grand Prix

OPINION: Last weekend's Macau Grand Prix featured Formula Regional cars for only the second time after a 40-year stint with F3 machinery - but an exciting affair showed it has the potential to have been the right move

Autosport

F3 announces €1million prize fund to aid junior single-seater progression

Amid soaring costs, Formula 3 launches a new fund to help leading drivers find a seat in F2

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Formula 3 announces €1 million prize fund with immediate effect

Amid soaring costs, Formula 3 launches a new fund to help leading drivers find a seat in F2

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How Oscar Piastri’s junior titles prepared him for F1’s 2025 championship battle

Before fighting for the F1 title against team-mate Lando Norris, McLaren’s Oscar Piastri picked up crowns in junior categories including F2 and F3

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New F3 champion Rafael Camara on path to emulate Charles Leclerc at Ferrari

On Sunday, Rafael Camara took the Formula 3 title in emphatic fashion.

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Fast-tracking – How F2 has paved the way for today’s F1 drivers

Like a youth team football coach or an inspiring teacher, Bruno Michel has the job of creating an environment for precocious talent to flourish – with his aim to help fledgling racers make the leap to Formula 1.

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Johnny Herbert on the man who made him, Eddie Jordan

Every time I saw Eddie, he’d say, ‘I made you!’, which goes all the way back to Formula 3. I knew of his own racing – he wasn’t a bad driver – and at the end of 1986 I saw him at the Grovewood Awards. He said, ‘Has anyone signed…

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The former F1 junior looking to rejuvenate his career in Japan

Zak O’Sullivan’s junior career makes for impressive reading. The Briton finished in the top two of every full campaign in which he has raced, save for one. His first of two Formula 3 seasons in 2022 also marked his only campaign without a victory.

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Is the junior pathway to F1 actually 'broken'?

A common complaint among fans of Formula 1's main feeder series, Formula 2 and Formula 3, is that drivers rarely get the chance to progress into race seats in the top tier. Championship-winning talents have often been forced to sit on the sidelines in a reserve capacity and wait until…

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What could have been: Jenson Button’s F3000 test, 25 years on

When Fortec Motorsport bowed out of International Formula 3000 at the end of 2000, it did so with a single podium courtesy of Jamie Davies finishing second in Monaco. Another provisionally taken by Andreas Scheld at the Nurburgring was chalked off for the most minor of technical infractions, a stray…

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Floersch: F1 Academy “pinkwashing” as Garcia concedes single-seater exit likely

Formula 3 driver Sophia Floersch says F1 Academy is being used as "pinkwashing", a term which indicates being superficially sympathetic towards equality or inclusion without seriously attempting to improve the situation.

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Floersch brands F1 Academy “pinkwashing” as Garcia concedes single-seater exit likely

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DAMS joins F3 for 2025, replacing Jenzer Motorsport

Formula 3 has confirmed that DAMS will join the grid in place of Jenzer for the next three-year cycle.

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Why it was "completely impossible" for F3 to race in Macau in 2024

Formula 3 CEO Bruno Michel has insisted it was "completely impossible" for the championship to race at this year's Macau Grand Prix and has explained why Formula Regional is the series to fill the void.

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F3 champion Fornaroli “destroyed” after last lap title grab

Trident driver Leonardo Fornaroli admitted to feeling “destroyed” after clinching the Formula 3 title in dramatic fashion at the final corner of a rollercoaster season finale at Monza.

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Five things we learned from the FIA Gala

This year the event took place in Baku, not far from the street circuit that has hosted a Formula 1 race since 2017.The Gala is perhaps the biggest gathering of racing people away from the intensity of the competition – and it always prompts some moments of reflection and intrigue.Friday…

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What is the Macau Grand Prix and which F1 stars have won there?

Formula 3 cars will make a grand return to Macau this weekend for the 70th running of the historic Macau Grand Prix, but what exactly is it?

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F3 star O’Sullivan to drive for Williams in F1 Abu Dhabi FP1

O’Sullivan will get further mileage in the rookie test that follows the race weekend, where he will share driving duties in the second FW45 with fellow Formula 3 graduate Franco Colapinto.

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Friday favourite: How a knack for Thruxton opened doors to an F3 stalwart

Of the four British Formula 3 races at Thruxton he entered across the 1994 and 1995 seasons, Warren Hughes started every one of them from pole position. Not a bad accolade considering his opposition included Jan Magnussen, Dario Franchitti, Oliver Gavin, Ralph Firman and Helio Castroneves.

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Finalists revealed for 2023 Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver Award

Formula 3 race winner Taylor Barnard, GB3 championship protagonists Callum Voisin and Joseph Loake, and Italian F4 points leader Arvid Lindblad will battle it out for prizes that include a test in Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One® Team machinery. None of the four have been finalists before.

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The five key stages in Bortoleto's 2023 Formula 3 title charge

Gabriel Bortoleto has been crowned the 2023 Formula 3 champion, sealing the championship on Friday at Monza. The Trident driver dominated throughout, leading from the first race in Bahrain.

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The Italian youngster hoping to become Mercedes' next F1 superstar

The leafy glades of Imola’s public park play host this weekend to the opening round of the 2023 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine, and the two races – one on Saturday, one on Sunday – will properly capture the attention of single-seater aficionados and talent spotters.

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