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FIA F3: Ugo Ugochukwu finishes Madring test fastest for Campos Racing (You can find the top times from the morning and afternoon session on this article)

https://rossomotori.it/f2-rumors-aix-racing-acquisizione-nuovo-team-italiano/

René Rosin (formerly of Prema Racing) is heavily rumored in the paddock to be taking over AIX Racing entries to form a new entity named Alphabet Racing Italia, with recruitment for the Formula 2, Formula 3, and Italian F4 project underway.

Paddock Rumors & Setup Details

• The Key Figures: René Rosin and Guillaume Capietto (both formerly with Prema) are reported to be spearheading the transition.
• The Entity: Alphabet Racing Italia was registered in the province of Milan in March 2026.
• The Operation: The new setup is actively recruiting mechanics and engineers via professional networks to take over existing grid slots.

End of the season for Brad, see the press release. The split was inevitable.

We wish him a speedy recovery and hope to see him back on other grids in 2027.

https://aixracing.com/thank-you-brad/?utm_source=ig& utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAb21jcAT5Cd1wZG9mAmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzU2NzA2NzM0MzM1MjQyNwABp_MSnXa7Fg1sjpIQ -ny3XVEumXBnVxT7qCZWiXEtIG3FT8XCxnn-RLyfe2CQ_aem_03CT8WPrHW7FQYwpNcJT-Q

Formula 1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix 2026

⏱️Session Times

Friday-Sunday times are in CEST (UTC+2)

• Practice: Fri 21 Aug 2026, 14:00 (UTC+2)
• Qualifying: Sat 22 Aug 2026, 9:20 (UTC+2)
• Reverse Grid Race: Sat 22 Aug 2026, 14:35 (UTC+2)
• Feature Race: Sun 23 Aug 2026, 10:30 (UTC+2)

You can convert the session times to your local time via time.is.

ℹ️ Circuit Zandvoort

Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands

Length: 4.259 km (2.646 mi)

Turns: 14

Distance:

• Reverse Grid Race: 17 laps - 72.403 km
• Feature Race: 17 laps - 72.403 km

🏆Championship Standings

Full championship standings here: Driver | Team.

📺Live Timing & Streaming

The F1 Academy has its own official Live Timing services.

• Live Timing: Here.
• List of Broadcasting Channels: Here

So it seems those first three are going to be tested together for that haas seat with old cars, and bearman will be there to be used as reference. After Madrid, they will also test Doohan.

https://it.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-haas-anche-jack-doohan-in-corsa-per-il-2027-a-jerez-avra-la-sua-occasione/10847371/

https://www.f1mania.net/f1/f1-rafa-camara-sera-avaliado-pela-haas-por-vaga-em-2027/

Links in italian and portuguese. It was also mentioned today during the oficial f1 broadcast here in brazil.

Interesting to see how it’ll go for Powell

a few new faces like James Anagiostidis for R-Ace, Jesse Phillips and Dean Pedersen.

Formula 1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix 2026

⏱️Session Times

Friday-Sunday times are in CEST (UTC+2)

• Practice: Fri 21 Aug 2026, 14:00 (UTC+2)
• Qualifying: Sat 22 Aug 2026, 9:20 (UTC+2)
• Reverse Grid Race: Sat 22 Aug 2026, 14:35 (UTC+2)
• Feature Race: Sun 23 Aug 2026, 10:30 (UTC+2)

You can convert the session times to your local time via time.is.

ℹ️ Circuit Zandvoort

Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands

Length: 4.259 km (2.646 mi)

Turns: 14

Distance:

• Reverse Grid Race: 17 laps - 72.403 km
• Feature Race: 17 laps - 72.403 km

🏆Championship Standings

Full championship standings here: Driver | Team.

📺Live Timing & Streaming

The F1 Academy has its own official Live Timing services.

• Live Timing: Here.
• List of Broadcasting Channels: Here

Feel free to note if you see any mistakes in the quali positions or real championship standings.

Some raw clips from NJMP a few weeks ago.

Photographer here, not the best with videos, but sometimes I’ll take a quick one if the angle works. The spot in the first two clips has a nice vantage point, and it’s cool seeing them right on the edge of traction as they crest the hill.

This is a mix of the older F4 (no halo) and the newer ones with the V4 Ligier. The 3rd clip has decent audio of the V4 going down the front straight. I have another video of a large group of F4’s, but the audio got messed up unfortunately.

Well I guess Grenada will lose its most successfull junior driver Maximilian Popov? There are also a couple of other young russian drivers in feeder series like Bedrin, Kutskov, Severiukhin

Feel free to note if you see any mistakes in the quali positions or real championship standings. The fetching process was quite dirty but I think I have caught most mistakes.

This time in an MP, close to him were Lindblom in a CL car and temmate Coronel, then Aksoy and Schormans

MP: Van Langendonck, Coronel

VAR: Bondarev, Cosma-Cristofor, Fernando Rivera (F4 NACAM)

Rodin: Schormans, Busso, Palmowski

Trident: Bernoldi, Bandal, Simek

CL: Lindblom, Zasov, Chartier

Prema: Aksoy, Savinkov

Seen she put out something on X about not knowing when she's going to race next and saying it's been her toughest year.

Obviously she's terrible so it's hardly a surprise that nobody wants to piss money down the drain but reading between the lines it seems like she had plans for this season well in advance and then something outside her control happened to change that and left her in this situation (which I'm guessing is her getting dumped out of the FDA). Which seems a bit unprofessional from Ferrari if they deceived her like that.

I have to pick this guy, because he's pretty much destined to win it if his TikTok Story turns out to be true, because the last 2 Formula Regional European Champions went to Trident in F3 the following year.

For those who don't know, Wheldon posted a picture of himself in a Trident F3 car on his TikTok Story. I don't have a screenshot of it, but a person named Formula Maximus on Instagram does: https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbl-Q_gNnse/

DeepL translation:

Cadillac is considering adding Ugo Ugochukwu to its driver program. The Campos Racing Formula 3 driver is American and currently sits in second place in the championship, just eight points behind leader Freddie Slater.

Cadillac wants to have an American driver on its roster. They have put together an intensive testing program for Colton Herta, along with a rigorous preparation plan, while also entering him in Formula 2 with the goal of earning enough points to obtain his Super License.

However, Herta’s results in F2 are well below expectations. The American, an IndyCar race winner, is struggling to adapt to European motorsports. Herta has scored only 26 points and sits in 16th place in the F2 championship thanks to three seventh-place finishes and two eighth-place finishes. With these results, he would not reach the 40 points needed to obtain the Super License.

"We're not satisfied with our current situation, and I don't think anyone is. I'd be concerned if anyone said they were. We need overall improvement in all areas; that’s our main goal. The summer break will give us a chance to properly process everything, regroup, and determine what we need, what we need to change, and what we need to do for the second half of the season,” Marc Hynes, Cadillac’s racing director, told AutoHebdo.

Herta wants to race in Formula 1 and came close to doing so with AlphaTauri as early as 2023, but he didn’t have the points required to obtain the Super License.

For Hynes, Herta’s problem is clear: “The main difference lies, obviously, in driving style. In IndyCar, you can do a lot more with your feet, especially in the corners, whereas in F2, braking into the corner, lifting off the brakes, turning the wheel, stopping the turn, and accelerating again isn’t valued as much. The most difficult part is probably the narrow operating window of the tires."

Ugo Ugochukwu, a native of New York, is just seven points away from earning the Super License and will achieve it if he maintains his current position in the Formula 3 championship. Herta, on the other hand, would need to make a huge leap forward to secure it.

In any case, the plan to have an American driver on the Cadillac Formula 1 team will likely have to be postponed until 2028.