Formula 3 action returns for post-season testing as the championship heads to Jerez!

Credit: James Sutton

After an enthralling 2024 season, track action for the Formula 3 championship returns this coming week, for the first of two post-season two-day tests in Spain, at two different circuits.

Formula 3 heads to Jerez for the first of two tests across the next week, with another two-day test at Barcelona to come as post-season testing will be completed in the last track action for the current era's machinery.

New drivers to the championship, who have been confirmed for 2025 seats or are simply just gaining experience or are potentially putting themselves in the shop window for one will be all looking to make an impression and to get some experience under their belts.

Jenzer Motorsport will be competing in the post season testing which will be their last action in FIA Formula 3 for the near future as they are leaving the championship after participating as a Constructor since the inaugural Formula 3 Championship in 2019

First up, Formula 3 will be visiting the Jerez circuit on the first stop for their two venues of post-season testing and it is a circuit that has previously been used by Formula 1 for their pre-season testing in years gone by.

Jerez is situated in the south of Spain and is 10km away from the city Jerez de la Frontera, which is in the province of Cadiz. Therefore, even though it is October, temperatures will still be fairly warm so that could play a part in drivers learning about tyre management in FIA Formula 3.

The circuit variation they will be using is the Grand Prix circuit, and that is made up of 15 corners and has a lap distance of 4.428km, which is equal to 2.751 miles. Formula 3 has never raced at the circuit since its re-brand, but GP3 did use it in 2017 with FIA Formula 2.

There will be two days of running on Tuesday 8th October and Wednesday 9th October with 30 cars being used as per the 2024 grid with in total 32 drivers competing across both days. Below is a list of the drivers competing across the tests.

Drivers participating will be a mixture of drivers from GB3, Europcup-3 and Formula Regional European Championship as well as drivers who competed in the 2024 Formula 3 Championship regular season. Here is the list below:

2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship: Post-season testing driver lineup

Prema
1. Noel Leon (Mexico)
2. Brando Badoer (Italy)
3. Ugo Ugochukwu (USA)

Trident
4. Noah Stromsted (Denmark)
5. Rafael Camara (Brazil)
6. Charlie Wurz (Austria)

MP Motorsport
7. Tim Tramnitz (Germany) 
8. Bruno Del Pino (Spain)
9. Alessandro Giusti (France)

Campos Racing
10. Jesse Carrasquedo DAY 1 (Mexico) & Nikola Tsolov DAY 2 (Bulgaria)
11. Tasanapol Intharphuvasak (Thailand)
12. Mari Boya (Spain)

Hitech Pulse-Eight
14. Joshua Dufek (Austria)
15. Gerrard Xie (Hong Kong) 
16. Martinius Stenshorne (Norway)

Jenzer Motorsport
17. Emmanuel Lacorte (Italy)
18. Christian Ho (Singapore)
19. Matias Zagazeta (Peru)

Van Amersfoort Racing
20. Theophile Nael DAY 1 (France) & Jesse Carrasquedo DAY 2 (Mexico)
21. John Bennett (Great Britain)
22. Ivan Domingues (Portugal)

ART Grand Prix
23. James Wharton (Australia)
24. Laurens Van Hoepen (Netherlands)
25. Tuukka Taponen (Finland)

AIX Racing
26. Javier Sagrera (Spain)
27. Niels Koolen (Netherlands)
28. Jose Garfias (Mexico)

Rodin Motorsport
29. Freddie Slater (Great Britain)
30. Louis Sharp (New Zealand)
31. Roman Bilinski (Great Britain)

Session Times

Tuesday 8th October (Track Time)
AM: 09:00-12:00 
PM: 14:00-17:00

Tuesday 8th October (UK Time)
AM: 08:00-11:00
PM: 13:00-16:00

Wednesday 9th October (Track Time)
AM: 09:00-12:00
PM: 13:00-16:00

Wednesday 9th October (UK Time)
AM: 08:00-11:00
​PM: 12:00-15:00

Brandon Whiteside
​Writer - F1 Journal