2025 FIA Formula 3 grid: Who are they & who are they racing for?

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FIA Formula 3 is raring to go in a brand new and exciting era of race car in 2025 with 10 teams and 30 drivers all raring to go ahead of the 10-round season.

It was a thrilling end to the season in 2024, which saw Leonardo Fornaroli take the title, with at the time the deciding pass coming on the final corner of the final lap of the season. Trident will be hoping to make it three drivers' champions in a row for 2025.

Meanwhile, Trident and the other eight teams will be looking to dislodge Prema's dominance at the top of the Teams' Standings, which includes new team DAMS Lucas Oil, who take the place of long serving Jenzer Motorsport.

The grid in 2025 is filled with experience, returning drivers as well as many rookies from various feeder series championships around Europe including GB3 and the Formula Regional European Championship (FRECA).

This piece is a preview of each of the 30 drivers on the 2025 Formula 3 grid and we will be previewing who they are and which teams they will be racing with from the start of the season. To begin this tour, we begin with the reigning Teams' champions Prema Racing.

1. Brando Badoer - Prema Racing (ITA)

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To begin this 30 drivers preview is Italian racer Brando Badoer, who will gradute from the world of FRECA to compete with Prema for the 2025 FIA Formula 3 campaign.

The name Badoer will be familiar to many Formula One fans as Brando is the son of former Ferrari racing driver Luca Badoer who raced for the Scuderia back in 2009 alongside Kimi Raikkonen. 

Brando Badoer will take the number 1 car at Prema following his first full FRECA season in 2024, which saw him achieve seven podiums but no victories. The seven podiums were however strong enough for Badoer to finish fifth overall in the standings.

Badoer will make the step up to Formula 3 and has joined up to the team that have won all but one of the Teams' Championships in FIA Formula 3 since the championship was formed in 2019.

2. Noel Leon - Prema Racing (MEX)

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Next up at Prema is returning Mexican driver Noel Leon, who impressed enough in his rookie season at Van Amersfoort Racing (VAR) in 2024 and will be likewise hoping to impress his employees for 2025 - Prema Racing.

Leon, who's last championship title came in the 2023 Euroformula Open, before the Mexican driver made the step up to Formula 3 for 2024 with VAR as he partnered more experienced Formula 3 drivers in Sophia Floersch and Tommy Smith.

Across the season, Leon was largely the dominant driver out of his team as he racked up 79 points from the full 20 races to finish 10th in the final standings. This was considerably more than Floersch and Smith who scored a combined 12 points between them both throughout the full season.

Leon will now be at Prema for 2025, who will be looking to give their talented trio the best chance at championship title in this new era of car and regulations. The 20-year old will also be the most experienced driver in the team for the upcoming season.

3. Ugo Ugochukwu - Prema Racing (USA)

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To complete the lineup at Prema is American and McLaren Academy driver Ugo Ugochukwu who like Badoer graduates from the FRECA Championship to race in Formula 3 for the 2025 campaign.

Ugochukwu will be hoping to use the confidence gained from a dominant 2024 Macau Grand Prix in November, where he topped the qualifying while also taking victory in the qualifying race and Grand Prix itself.

The driver, who is part of the McLaren Devlopment Driver Programme, is familiar with the Prema Racing set up as he raced with the team in the 2024 FRECA Championship as he was teammate of James Wharton and eventual 2024 FRECA Champion Rafael Camara.

At just 17 years of age Ugochukwu will be using all the skills and development he has gained so far and will be hoping to make his mark on one of the biggest feeder series championships in world motorsport.

4. Noah Stromsted - Trident (DNK)

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Driving car number four, which was the Trident car for 2024 champion Leonardo Fornaroli, is 2024 FRECA rookie champion Noah Stromsted, who will make the full time step up to Formula 3 for the 2025 campaign. Stromsted is also a new part of the Mercedes Driver Academy

Stromsted won the 2024 FRECA rookies' championship for RPM in a very competitive field, where he impressed and picked up four podiums and a pole position on route to being crowned rookies' championship in a highly competitive campaign.

The 17-year old has already made his Formula 3 racing debut as he raced for Campos in place of Oliver Goethe at Monza, who that weekend graduated to Formula 2 in order to replace former Formula 3 race winner Franco Colapinto. This would be a chain of events that would see Colapinto make his Formula 1 debut following the dismissal of Logan Sargeant by Williams.

Stromsted will be hoping he can become the third driver in successive seasons to drive for Trident and win the Formula 3 title. However, it won't be just him as his two teammates will be just as eager.

5. Rafael Camara - Trident (BRA)

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Coming into this year as the reigning and most recent FRECA championship, Brazilian racing driver Rafael Camara will be hoping to replicate his fellow countryman Gabriel Bortoleto and to become a Formula 1 driver for Brazil. 

More interestingly though, in relation to Formula 3, Camara will be taking the same car number with the same team that Bortoleto claimed the 2023 Formula 3 title with as he prepares for his rookie season of FIA Formula 3.

Camara, part of the Ferrari Driver Academy, needed his second season of FRECA to clinch the championship crown but is a driver that has been largely competitive throughout his feeder series career. In the 2024 FRECA title, he clinched the record for the most victories ever in the championship as he won the title with seven wins and 12 podiums, across the 20 races that season.

The Brazilian has finished in the top three of feeder series championships such as the Italian F4 Championship and the Formula Regional Middle East Championship. Camara will be hoping he can do the same in FIA Formula 3 and challenge for the title.

6. Charlie Wurz - Trident (AUT)

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To complete the lineup at Trident, is the most experienced driver of the 2025 lineup, in the form of Austrian racer Charlie Wurz, who is the son of former Formula 1 racing driver Alex Wurz, who is also the current chairman of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA)

Wurz will be returning for a second season following a development year and one of learning for the young Austrian. Wurz competed for Jenzer Motorsport with teammates Max Esterson and Matias Zagazeta.

The 19-year old finished 22nd in the overall standings at the end of the 2024 FIA Formula 3 campaign, just behind teammate Max Esterson and a few places clear of Zagazeta. Wurz managed to end a highest finishing position of fifth, which came in the Australian feature race.

Wurz will be aiming to deliver results like fifth more consistently in his second season to make progression further in his motorsport journey with perhaps setting his sights on Formula 2 for 2026.

7. Laurens Van Hoepen - ART Grand Prix (NLD)

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From being the only rookie at ART in 2024, to becoming the only non-rookie for 2025, is the story for Dutch driver Laurens Van Hoepen who looks set to compete in his second season of FIA Formula 3 in the new era.

Van Hoepen came onto the Formula 3 scene in 2024 with ART, as he became teammates with Australian Christian Mansell and Bulgarian talent Nikola Tsolov. The Dutchman held his own reasonably well but would finish the lowest out of the three drivers but it would still be 13th in the final championship standings for him.

The 19-year old would achieve three podiums, one pole position and two fastest laps throughout the 2024 campaign but failed to register a race victory throughout the year despite coming close in Bahrain, during the very first race of the year.

2025 looks to be a big year ahead for Van Hoepen, who will be hoping to use the lessons learned in his rookie season of 2024 to kick on and achieve bigger and better results in his second season of the FIA Formula 3 Championship.

8. Tuukka Taponen - ART Grand Prix (FIN)

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For the first of two rookies of the 2025 ART Grand Prix lineup, and Finland will see a full-time driver on the Formula 3 grid for the first time since William Alatalo in 2022, as Tuukka Taponen takes his seat in the number eight car.

Taponen comes into the championship after finishing third to fellow Ferrari Driver Academy member Rafael Camara in the 2024 FRECA season, where Taponen finished behind Camara and Camara's Prema teammate James Wharton. Wharton will now become Taponen's teammate with ART for 2025.

The 18-year old has already raced in the FIA Formula 3 Championship previously. This was one round of the championship at Spa Francorchamps in Belgium, in place of Nikola Tsolov who was serving a one-race ban.

Taponen will be looking to impress in his first full season of FIA Formula 3 as a rookie and building on his best finish of his only weekend so far which was 14th. The Finnish driver will be aiming to try and score his first points and maybe go even further in the new era.

9. James Wharton - ART Grand Prix (AUS)

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To complete ART's driver is another rookie but someone who has already made their Formula 3 debut. The driver being Australia's James Wharton who becomes another graduate from the 2024 FRECA season. 

Like Taponen, Wharton has already raced in FIA Formula 3 and this was in a solo round as the Australian deputised at Hitech for Martinius Stenshorne, who similarly was serving a one-race ban at Silverstone.

The 18-year old from Bundoora, Victoria in Australia will be hoping to build on the lessons he learned in his only weekend of Formula 3 action. Wharton will also be looking to use the skills he showed in the 2024 FRECA campaign that saw him take four wins, five pole positions and 10 podiums.

Wharton will be one of two rookies in the 2025 ART lineup and will make it two FRECA 2024 graduates in the team as he partners up with Tuukka Taponen in being teammate of Formula 3 podium finisher Laurens Van Hoepen.

10. Mari Boya - Campos Racing (ESP)

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Over at Campos, set to endure his third full season of the FIA Formula 3 Championship is Spanish talent and Formula 3 race winner Mari Boya.

Boya will have his second successive season with the Campos Racing team following his best Formula 3 season to date, which came in 2024 as he partnered Oliver Goethe and Sebastian Montoya. Both of his teammates from 2024 have since graduated to Formula 2.

The 20-year old has picked up one victory over two full seasons of racing in the championship so far, which came on home soil for Boya at the Circuit Barcelona-Catalunya, in Spain. He has finished on the podium twice across two seasons and has had a highest championship finish of 15th, which came in 2024 with Campos/

Boya will be hoping to build on two seasons of devloping and learning and achieve much better success in the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship. He will be the joint most experienced driver at the team but will be hoping to have his best season to date in the championship.

11. Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak - Campos Racing (THA)

To complete the Campos lineup for 2025 is another returning driver to the championship, in the form of Thai racing driver Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak. This makes Campos the only team in the championship to be without a rookie driver in 2025!

Inthraphuvasak returns to the team for his second season in the Formula 3 Championship, following his rookie season in the championship, in 2024 with AIX Racing as the Thai driver partnered up with Nikita Bedrin and Joshua Dufek.

The 18-year old achieved one points finish throughout the entire 20-race Formula 3 season as he finished second in an AIX Racing 1-2. This came in the Hungarian sprint race that also saw Inthraphuvasak make Formula 3 history becoming the first driver in FIA Formula 3 history to be from Thailand and finish on the podium.

Inthraphuvasak, with Campos Racing for 2025, will be hoping to find more consistent results like his second place in Budapest to progress further in his motorsport career and potentially aim towards the heights of Formula 2 for 2026.

12. Nikola Tsolov - Campos Racing (BGR)

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Also returning to the championship for a third season and with just his second team, is Bulgarian racing driver Nikola Tsolov, who will be racing for Campos in the 2025 Formula 3 campaign.

Tsolov has previously raced for ART in his Formula 3 career, having two seasons with the French outfit in 2023 and 2024. Tsolov certainly has improved throughout the two seasons as he improved on his overall finishing position in 2024, compared to what he managed to achieve in 2023.

The Bulgarian racer made history in 2024 as he became the first driver in GP3 and FIA Formula 3 history to win a race in either championship showing great talent, which included around the streets of Monte Carlo. 

It will be a change of team for Tsolov following a change of driver academies. In November, Tsolov parted ways with the Alpine Academy to instead start his new journey at Campos Racing with the Red Bull Junior Team.

14. Martinius Stenshorne - Hitech TGR (NOR)

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Moving onto Hitech and staying with the team for a second full season of FIA Formula 3 is Norwegian racer Martinius Stenshorne who is set to race for the team full time in the 2025 camapign.

Stenshorne impressed in his rookie season in a team that he shared with eventual championship challenger Luke Browning, who has now gone onto graduate to FIA Formula 2 and participate in a Formula 1 FP1 session.

The 18-year old joined the McLaren Driver Development Programme in April 2024, prior to that year's Formula 3 round in Imola and has been with the programme ever since. Stenshorne in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 campaign took his maiden win in Melbourne, Australia. 

Overall, Stenshorne took one additional podium and a fastest lap as he finished 18th in the overall standings with 38 points to his name. The Norwegian driver will be hoping to build on this and achieve good results on a consistent basis for 2025.

15. Joshua Dufek - Hitech TGR (AUT)

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The second returning driver to the Championship out of Hitech TGR's 2025 lineup, is Austrian driver Joshua Dufek, who changes scene from his 2024 team of AIX Racing for the 2025 FIA Formula 3 campaign.

Dufek has had one year experience in the Formula 3 Championship, which came in the most recent Formula 3 Championship season of 2024. It's fair to say that in comparison to his AIX Racing teammates, Nikita Bedrin and Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak, Dufek failed to have the same results.

​While his teammates stood on the top two podium positions in 2024, Dufek failed to score a point and ended the 2024 Formula 3 campaign 28th in the overall standings, in comparison to Bedrin and Inthraphuvasak finishing 19th and 24th respectively.

Dufek will be hoping to use lessons learned to his advantage and develop his skills and racecraft to improve on his 2024 season and impress his employees at Hitech TGR that have chosen to put their faith in him.

16. Gerrard Xie - Hitech TGR (CHN)

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To complete the 2025 Hitech TGR lineup, it will be the sole rookie of the team's lineup for the upcoming season. The rookie being Gerrard Xie, who makes the step up from the GB3 Championship, to continue his feeder series journey with Hitech.

Xie was in a highly competitive GB3 Championship in 2024 that saw him partner the likes of Will Macintyre and Tymek Kucharczyk at Hitech Grand Prix. Both Kucharczyk and Maxintyre finished in the top five of the championship, while Xie finished seventh.

The 18-year old will bring the Chinese flag onto the FIA Formula 3 grid, which will be the first time China has had a driver on the FIA Formula 3 Championship grid since Yifei Ye raced in 2019. Ye has since raced in World Endurance Championship.

Xie will hope to go and have the rise to the top like Ye did as he looks to embed himself in the Hitech TGR FIA Formula 3 team. He will have experience to learn from as he builds towards his rookie season of 2025.

17. Tim Tramnitz - MP Motorsport (GER)

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At MP Motorsport, the team have retained one of their 2024 lineup for the 2025 Formula 3 lineup. Staying with MP Motorsport for a second successive season and his second season of Formula 3, is German driver Tim Tramnitz.

Tramnitz joined the Formula 3 grid in 2024 with MP Motorsport as part of an all-rookie lineup which included Kacper Sztuka and now Formula 2 driver Alex Dunne. Tramnitz immediately made people sit up and take notes with two top five finishes in the opening round in Bahrain, which included a maiden podium with a third-place finish in the feature race.

The 20-year old of the Red Bull junior team also saw his maiden Formula 3 win arrive in 2024 with it coming in the final sprint race of the season at Monza, in a double podium for the team as Tramnitz was joined by Irish teammate Dunne. 

Tramnitz will be the sole non-rookie driver at MP Motorsport for 2025 and will be the experienced driver within the team. Therefore, Tramnitz will be looking to show the lessons learned in 2024 and will be aiming to challenge at the front regularly in 2025. 

18. Bruno Del Pino - MP Motorsport (ESP)

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For the first of two rookies in the 2025 MP Motorsport lineup is Spanish driver Bruno Del Pino. After impressing his now employers in the 2024 post-season testing, on home soil, Del Pino will be hoping to repay the faith shown in his rookie campaign.

Del Pino will take the number 18 car and will be looking to impress the Formula 3 viewers after graduating from the Eurocup-3 championship that he finished third in at the end of the 2024 campaign.

The 18-year old has also competed in the Formula Regional Middle Eastern Championship in 2024, where he took 18 points from 15 races. This is in addition to finishing third in the Formula 4 Cup of the FIA Motorsport Games, where he represented Spain and took a bronze medal for his nation.

Del Pino will be hoping to impress and learn some valuable lessons throughout 2025 but like many of his competitors will be wanting to compete for some top results and show the championship what capabilities he has.

19. Alessandro Giusti - MP Motorsport (FRA)

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To complete MP Motorsport's 2025 lineup will be the second of two rookies. The driver to take the number 19 car will be French racer and Williams Academy star Alessandro Giusti, who will be making his debut in the 2025 Formula 3 Championship.

​Giusti will be another driver to make the graduation from the FRECA Championship to FIA Formula 3 and will be looking to impress on the championship as someone could be a potential future star while also making Williams Racing aware that he is a potential option for a future Formula 1 seat.

In his 2024 season of FRECA, Giusti accumulated two wins and seven podiums across the 20-race season as he went onto finish fourth in the final standings with 195 points - behind James Wharton, Tuukka Taponen and eventual champion Rafael Camara.

Giusti will have a competitive driver lineup to go up against at MP Motorsport and will be hoping he can make a good start on the big stage of competing in a support series to Formula 1.

20. Theophile Nael - Van Amersfoort Racing (FRA)

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Over at Van Amersfoort Racing, they have entrusted two rookies and a returning driver to kick off a brand new era in FIA Formula 3. First up is French rookie Theophile Nael who will be taking the number 20 car.

Nael will make the step up to the FIA Formula 3 Championship for his rookie campaign in the 2025 season, graduating from the FRECA Championship where he spent just his rookie season in the championship with Sainteloc Racing.

In his one and only campaign in FRECA, he would finish ninth in the overall standings with 81 points as he picked up one victory, one podium and one pole position. Nael has had success in previous feeder series categories, as in 2023, he won the Spanish F4 Championship.

Nael will depart the Sainteloc Racing family who have seen him through the entirety of his feeder series career so far as he leaves for bigger and better things in the Formula 3 Championship with Van Amersfoort.

21. Santiago Ramos - Van Amersfoort Racing (MEX)

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Returning for his second season of FIA Formula 3 but having a change of team is Santiago Ramos, who joins Van Amersfoort Racing to complete their lineup in 2025. This comes after a year of learning and developing at Trident in his rookie campaign in 2024.

Ramos will continue his Formula 3 career after making the graduation to the championship for 2024 after completing his second season of FRECA in 2023, with the RPM team, after a rookie season mostly spent with KIC Motorsport in 2022.

The 21-year old failed to have the easiest of the rookie seasons in Formula 3 at Trident, as Ramos was partnered with now Formula 2 drivers Leonardo Fornaroli and Sami Meguetounif. Fornaroli won the title and Meguetounif won multiple races whilst Ramos finished 18th with one pole position and one podium.

Ramos will be the most experienced driver at Van Amersfoort in 2025 as he partners two rookies in Theophile Nael and Ivan Domingues. In addition, Ramos will become the third Mexican driver to race for the team in three consecutive seasons - following Rafael Villagomez and Noel Leon.

22. Ivan Domingues - Van Amersfoort Racing (PRT)

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The second of two rookies that has been taken on by Van Amersfoort Racing in the 2025 Formula 3 campaign, is Portuguese racer Ivan Domingues who continues his journey with the Dutch outfit. 

Domingues is to become just the second Portuguese driver to race in FIA Formula 3, behind Zdenek Chovanec, as he enters the championship for his rookie campaign in 2025. The 18-year old will continue his journey with Van Amersfoort as he raced with the team in the 2024 FRECA season and the 2023 Italian F4 and Euro 4 campaigns.

In his 2024 campaign of FRECA, Domingues would finish 10th overall with 78 points with two podiums to his name, while his teammates that season, Brando Badoer and Pedro Clerot, who finished that season fifth and eighth respectively.

Domingues will be one of two rookies at Van Amersfoort to lead the team into a new Formula 3 era in 2025. He will join fellow 2024 FRECA graduate Theophile Nael as another rookie the Dutch team are entrusting with their machinery for this upcoming season.

23. Callum Voisin - Rodin Motorsport (GBR)

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Over at Rodin Motorsport and the only non-rookie driver of the three is returning to Rodin for a second season of FIA Formula 3. The driver being British talent Callum Voisin, who is to continue his Formula 3 journey with Rodin Motorsport.

Voisin has been within the Rodin Motorsport family for a while and just while he has been racing in the FIA Formula 3 Championship. He raced for them in 2022 and 2023 in the GB3 Championship when they were Carlin and Rodin Carlin respectively.

The 18-year old won the GB3 Championship in 2023 and following that successful GB3 campaign he would make the step up to the Formula 3 Championship. In his rookie season, Voisin achieved one victory, two podiums, one pole position and one fastest lap. 

His win was the first win for the Rodin/Carlin family in the FIA Formula 3 Championship ever and the team had been with the championship since it began in 2019. Therefore, Voisin was retained for the 2025 campaign and will partner two rookies for the season.

24. Louis Sharp - Rodin Motorsport (NZL)

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The first of two rookies in Rodin Motorsport's 2025 lineup, is the 2024 GB3 Champion Louis Sharp. The New Zealand racer will continue his feeder series racing journey with Rodin Motorsport, as he continues with the team into the 2025 Formula 3 campaign.

Sharp will make the step up with Rodin to Formula 3 from GB3 just like his now Formula 3 teammate Callum Voisin did in 2024 after winning the GB3 title the year previous. Sharp will be hoping to have a rookie season as good if not better than Voisin's

The 17-year old has quite the cabinet already as in 2023 he also won the British F4 Championship with Rodin. In his most recent crowning of championship glory in 2024, with the GB3 title, he won five races, took five pole positions and took 10 podiums as he won the championship with 478 points.

After winning the British F4 in 2023 and the GB3 Championship in 2024, Sharp will be hoping to go the next step by winning the Formula 3 Championship in 2025. It will be a tougher task though as he continues his journey with Rodin, as he partners Voisin and an additional rookie

Roman Bilinski - Rodin Motorsport (POL)

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To complete the lineup of Rodin Motorsport's team for the 2025 FIA Formula 3 campaign will be Polish-British driver Roman Bilinski, who will become one of two rookies alongside fellow Formula 3 newbie Louis Sharp.

Bilinski has had quite the roller coaster in recent times with an enforced period on the sidelines with injury disrupted his most recent FRECA campaigns of three in 2024. He was able to return for the final four rounds of the season and ended up 14th overall with 52 points.

The 20-year old had full seasons of FRECA in 2022 and 2023 and it was 2022 in Budapest, Hungary where he got his maiden podium with a third place finish. Most rcently in 2024, Bilinski was able to achieve some success by winning that year's Formula Regional Oceania Championship.

Bilinski will complete the lineup at Rodin Motorsport for 2025, which is set to be a youthful but exciting lineup for the team and for viewers and spectators of the FIA Formula 3 Championship. The Polish-British driver will have Louis Sharp and Callum Voisin as his teammates.

26. Javier Sagrera - AIX Racing (ESP)

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Over at AIX Racing, they are entrusting rookie Javier Sagrera with the job of kick starting the new era of Formula 3 off with the team and trying to give them the best possible start, with a brand new model of car to enter the championship from 2025

Sagrera has earned the seat after convincing his new employers in the post-season testing events in Jerez and Barcelona in the Autumn season. The Spanish driver will take the number 26 car after making the step up from the Eurocup-3 series.

The 21-year old impressed as he became the 2024 Eurocup-3 champion while racing for Dutch team MP Motorsport. Sagrera won four races from 16 and stood on the podium 10 times, across the season, on his way to championship glory.

Sagrera became the first driver to be announced to race for AIX Racing in 2025 and will be looking to start his Formula 3 career well in his rookie season. 

27. Nicola Marinangeli - AIX Racing (ITA)

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Becoming the second rookie to be announced for the 2025 FIA Formula 3 campaign would be Italian racing driver Nicola Marinangeli, who will make the step up to the championship for his rookie season in one of the biggest feeder series championships in world motorsport.

Marinangeli will make the step up to the FIA Formula 3 Championship for 2025, and became the second rookie after Javier Sagrera to be announced to be racing the team. The Italian racer will make the step up following time spent in the International GT Open.

Born in Foligno, Italy, Marinangeli has had previous open-wheel racing experience in feeder series racing, having previously competed in FRECA in the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. Marinangeli most recently finished third in the 2024 International GT Open.

Marinangeli will make the step up to FIA Formula 3 and will make the transition back into single-seaters and open-wheel racing machinery with it being interested to see how the 21-year old fare. 

28. Nikita Bedrin - AIX Racing

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Returning for a third full season in the FIA Formula 3 Championship, is race winner Nikita Bedrin, who continues with AIX Racing for a second successive season.

AIX Racing are the same team that were named PHM AIX Racing at the start of the 2024 season but changed their name at Imola to just AIX Racing. Bedrin spent his rookie season in 2023, with the Jenzer Motorsport team, that have now left the sport following 2024.

Bedrin has had a Formula 3 career so far that has never quite been able to see him challenge at the front on a consistent basis. He has picked up three podiums across two full seasons, with one win in 2024 at Hungary, with two third place finishes in 2023 - coming at  the Hungary and Belgium rounds. 

AIX Racing have announced Bedrin for the Melbourne round of the championship, with them leaving it until the last minute to announce their third and final driver. Whether Bedrin will compete beyond Melbourne remains to be seen.

29. Nicola Lacorte - DAMS Lucas Oil (ITA)

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Someone that the Alpine faithful will be keeping a close eye on this year, is Italian driver Nicola Lacorte, who is the first driver out of the brand new DAMS Lucas Oil team. The French willbe making their very first appearance in FIA Formula 3 this coming season.

DAMS will be taking over the Jenzer Motorsport team, and Lacorte will take the 29 car, which will be coated in his pink Alpine Academy livery. Lacorte will be his Formula 3 debut this season as he makes the step up from FRECA.

Lacorte had one full season with Trident, in the 2024 FRECA season, where he would score three points throughout the season and would end up 21st in the final standings, come the end of the season. However, he would be a rookie, and would finish 11th in the rookie standings, and he would be the only rookie competitor in the Trident team for 2024.

The 17-year old will embark on his and DAMS Lucas Oil's first season of FIA Formula 3 in the 2025 season, with him having two teammates to go up against.

30. Matias Zagazeta - DAMS Lucas Oil (PER)

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After a first season at Jenzer in 2024, where he competed in his rookie season, Matias Zagazeta will be enduring a second season, with the team that are replacing Jenzer Motorsport in 2025 - DAMS Lucas Oil.

Zagazeta, who in 2024, became the first ever driver from Peru to compete in the FIA Formula 3 Championship or the GP3 Championship. In addition to this, he became the first points scorer and podium finisher at the Silverstone sprint race.

The Peruvian driver only picked up one points finish across the season in a Jenzer Motorsport team that finished 10th and bottom of the championship standings, but it was Zagazeta who finished lower of he and his teammates - Charlie Wurz and Max Esterson.

He will join up with the DAMS Lucas Oil team for his second full season. He will be on eof three drivers, partnering Nicola Lacorte and the final driver of the 2025 Formula 3 grid.

31. Christian Ho - DAMS Lucas Oil (SGP)

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Last but not least in these driver profiles is Singapore racing driver and 2024 Eurocup-3 champion Christian Ho, who will complete DAMS' first ever lineup in the FIA Formula 3 Championship.

Ho is a driver that will be a trailblazer also in becoming the first driver from Singapore to compete in the FIA Formula 3 Championship, when he takes to the track in Melbourne for the opening round.

The Singaporean will graduate from the Eurocup-3 championship, where in his rookie season, he would take the championship title, with six victories and three other second place finishes to win the title by five points - ahead of Javier Sagrera.

​Ho completes DAMS Lucas Oil's lineup and he will partner up with Nicola Lacorte and Matias Zagazeta. He is also the final driver on this 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship driver guide.

Brandon Whiteside
​Writer - F1 Journal