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2026 E4 Championship

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The 2026 E4 Championship is the fourth season of the E4 Championship (previously titled Euro 4 Championship). It is a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, run by ACI Sport and WSK Promotion. The championship uses Tatuus F4-T421 chassis.

Teams and drivers

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Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Italy Prema Racing 1 Spain Christian Costoya[1] R 1–2
4 United Kingdom Roman Kamyab R 1–2
10 Turkey Alp Aksoy[2] R 1–2
19 Italy Niccolò Maccagnani[3] 1–2
27 Ukraine Oleksandr Bondarev[4] 1–2
69 Italy Kingsley Zheng[5][a] R 1–2
98 Switzerland Georgiy Zasov R 1–2
Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing 3 Poland Aleksander Ruta[7] 1–2
53 Brazil Pedro Lima[8] 1–2
87 United Kingdom Thomas Bearman[9] 1–2
Germany PHM Racing 6 Monaco Oscar Repetto[b] R 1–2
28 Italy Iacopo Martinese R 1–2
40 United States Andre Rodriguez 1–2
47 Estonia Roland Kuklane R 1–2
81 Italy Alexander Chartier[c] R 1
Germany US Racing 7 Finland Luka Sammalisto 1–2
9 Spain Edu Robinson 1–2
13 Australia Noah Killion[10] 1–2
17 Italy Oleksandr Savinkov[10][d] 1–2
29 Italy Ludovico Busso 1–2
46 India Ary Bansal[10] 1–2
62 Germany Arjen Kräling 1–2
Italy Trident Motorsport 16 Italy Bernardo Bernoldi[e] R 1–2
50 Switzerland Florentin Hattemer[11] R 1–2
51 Brazil Augustus Toniolo[12] R 1–2
67 Czech Republic Dominik Šimek[13] R 1–2
73 Bulgaria Lyuboslav Ruykov[14] R 1–2
Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport 20 Czech Republic Teo Borenstein 2
21 Czech Republic Ella Häkkinen R W 2
26 Qatar Bader Al Sulaiti 2
France R-ace GP 30 France Andy Consani[15] 1–2
32 Greece Jean-Paul Karras 1–2
33 Hungary Tamás Gender R 1–2
34 United Kingdom Kenzo Craigie[15] R 1–2
36 Greece Philippe Armand Karras 1–2
Romania Real Racing 41 Denmark Knud Nielsen R 1–2
Argentina Scuderia Buell 52 Argentina Joaquin Rubino 1
Italy PA Racing 64 Italy Ginevra Panzeri W 2
San Marino AKM Motorsport 66 Australia George Proudford-Nalder R 1
88 Italy Vittorio Orsini R 1–2
96 Saudi Arabia Abdullah Kamel 2
Source: [16]
Icon Legend
R Rookie
W Woman Trophy

Race calendar and results

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The calendar was initially revealed in early October 2025.[19][20]

Championship standings

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Points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap. The final classifications for the secondary class standings is obtained by summing up the scores on the 7 best results obtained during the races held.

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
Points 30 26 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' championship

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Pos Driver VLL
Italy
LEC
France
MNZ
Italy
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 United Kingdom Kenzo Craigie 6 1 9 3 1 1 138
2 Finland Luka Sammalisto 1 3 1 4 3 28 124
3 Turkey Alp Aksoy 8 5 8 1 2 7 112
4 France Andy Consani 9 26 21 2 4 2 82
5 Italy Oleksandr Savinkov 3 13 6 5 Ret 5 78
6 Ukraine Oleksandr Bondarev 5 7 4 27 12 4 78
7 Spain Christian Costoya 15 6 3 12 7 6 75
8 India Ary Bansal 21 10 5 11 6 3 73
9 Australia Noah Killion 7 Ret 2 6 Ret 9 66
10 Spain Edu Robinson 11 8 7 31 5 8 64
11 Italy Niccolò Maccagnani 2 9 WD 10 9 14 57
12 Germany Arjen Kräling 4 4 32† 15 18 12 47
13 United Kingdom Roman Kamyab 10 2 27 Ret 20 21 35
14 Italy Ludovico Busso 16 11 10 13 8 30 33
15 Poland Aleksander Ruta 20 12 31† 9 17 10 25
16 Greece Jean-Paul Karras 32 30 22 7 36 11 22
17 Greece Philippe Armand Karras 35† 25 13 8 13 Ret 20
18 United Kingdom Thomas Bearman 27 21 11 16 11 13 20
19 Switzerland Florentin Hattemer 25 16 24 18 10 15 10
20 Czech Republic Dominik Šimek Ret 18 12 23 21 19 6
21 Australia George Proudford-Nalder 12 19 Ret 6
22 Denmark Knud Nielsen 13 14 26 Ret 23 Ret 6
23 Italy Kingsley Zheng 14 32 18 Ret 25 16 2
24 Monaco Oscar Repetto 24 17 17 22 14 Ret 2
25 Qatar Bader Al Sulaiti 14 19 Ret 2
26 Switzerland Georgiy Zasov 22 23 14 24 26 22 2
27 Italy Bernardo Bernoldi 17 15 Ret 19 33 33† 1
28 Czech Republic Teo Borenstein 21 15 17 1
29 Brazil Augustus Toniolo 19 24 15 20 22 18 1
30 Italy Iacopo Martinese 23 Ret 19 17 16 31 0
31 Estonia Roland Kuklane 33 22 16 32 30 20 0
32 Italy Alexander Chartier 18 20 25 0
33 Brazil Pedro Lima 29 27 20 28 35 27 0
34 Bulgaria Lyuboslav Ruykov 26 29 23 25 24 26 0
35 Saudi Arabia Abdullah Kamel 30 28 23 0
36 Hungary Tamás Gender 30 31 Ret 26 34 24 0
37 Italy Vittorio Orsini 31 33 29 Ret 31 25 0
38 Czech Republic Ella Häkkinen Ret 27 32† 0
39 United States Andre Rodriguez 28 28 28 29 29 Ret 0
40 Italy Ginevra Panzeri 33 32 29 0
41 Argentina Joaquin Rubino 34 34† 30 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
VLL
Italy
LEC
France
MNZ
Italy
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

Secondary classes standings

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Pos Driver VLL
Italy
LEC
France
MNZ
Italy
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
Rookies' championship
1 United Kingdom Kenzo Craigie 1 1 3 82
2 Turkey Alp Aksoy 2 3 2 74
3 Spain Christian Costoya 7 4 1 64
4 United Kingdom Roman Kamyab 3 2 15 49
5 Denmark Knud Nielsen 5 5 14 38
6 Czech Republic Dominik Šimek Ret 9 4 30
7 Switzerland Georgiy Zasov 11 13 5 30
8 Australia George Proudford-Nalder 4 10 Ret 29
9 Italy Bernardo Bernoldi 8 6 Ret 28
10 Monaco Oscar Repetto 13 8 8 28
11 Brazil Augustus Toniolo 10 14 6 27
12 Italy Kingsley Zheng 6 17 9 26
13 Switzerland Florentin Hattemer 14 7 12 22
14 Italy Alexander Chartier 9 11 13 22
15 Estonia Roland Kuklane 18 12 7 20
16 Italy Iacopo Martinese 12 Ret 10 15
17 Bulgaria Lyuboslav Ruykov 15 15 11 10
18 Hungary Tamás Gender 16 16 Ret 0
19 Italy Vittorio Orsini 17 18 16 0
Czech Republic Ella Häkkinen
Women's championship
Czech Republic Ella Häkkinen
Italy Ginevra Panzeri
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
VLL
Italy
LEC
France
MNZ
Italy

Teams' championship

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Each team acquired the points earned by their two best drivers in each race.

Pos Team MIS1
Italy
VLL
Italy
MNZ
Italy
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Germany US Racing 1 3 1 150
3 4 2
2 Italy Prema Racing 2 2 3 130
5 5 4
3 France R-ace GP 6 1 9 70
9 25 13
4 Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing 20 12 11 14
27 21 20
5 Italy Trident Motorsport 17 15 12 8
19 16 15
6 San Marino AKM Motorsport 12 19 29 6
31 33 Ret
7 Romania Real Racing 13 14 26 6
8 Germany PHM Racing 18 17 16 0
23 20 17
9 Argentina Scuderia Buell 34 34† 30 0
Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport
Italy PA Racing
Pos Team R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
MIS1
Italy
VLL
Italy
MNZ
Italy
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

See also

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Notes

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  1. Zheng is a Chinese driver competing under an Italian licence.[6]
  2. Repetto is a New Zealand and Monégasque driver competing under a Monégasque licence.
  3. Chartier is a Canadian driver competing under an Italian licence.
  4. Savinkov is a Russo-Ukrainian driver competing under an Italian licence.
  5. Bernoldi is a Brazilian driver competing under an Italian licence.

References

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  1. "Costoya to make full-time F4 debut with PREMA Racing". Prema Racing. 12 February 2026. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  2. "Former PREMA karting driver set for car racing debut". Prema Racing. 15 December 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  3. "15-year-old Italian set for Italian F4, E4 efforts". Prema Racing. 2025-12-15. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  4. "Ukrainian racer returns to F4 after learning year". Prema Racing. 17 December 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  5. "PREMA, Zheng join forces for 2026 F4 season". Prema Racing. 19 December 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  6. "IF4C Elenco Verificati Misano 2026" (PDF). ACI Sport. 10 May 2026. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  7. "Van Amersfoort Racing continues with Alex Ruta for 2026 Formula 4 programme". Van Amersfoort Racing. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
  8. "Pedro Lima joins Van Amersfoort Racing for full Formula 4 Campaign". Van Amersfoort Racing. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  9. "Van Amersfoort Racing welcomes Thomas Bearman to its Formula 4 programme". Van Amersfoort Racing. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
  10. 1 2 3 Wood, Wood (22 December 2025). "US Racing signs GB4 and AU4 champions Bansal and Killion for 2026". Formula Scout. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  11. MotorSport, Trident. "Hattemer named Trident driver in Formula 4". Trident (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  12. "Trident announces brazilian Toniolo as the first driver for the F4 entry". Trident Motorsport. 2025-06-09.
  13. MotorSport, Trident. "Triple commitment for Dominik Simek in F4 with Trident". Trident (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  14. MotorSport, Trident. "Ruykov and Trident together in the 2026 Italian F4 Championship". Trident (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  15. 1 2 "Introducing our 2026 Junior Driver Line-Up!". Mercedes AMG F1 Team. 23 February 2026. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  16. "Final Entry List - Round 1" (PDF). app-cdn.sportity.com. Race Control. 2026-05-09. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
  17. "Young Brazilian racer moves up from PREMA karting team". Prema Racing. 13 December 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  18. MotorSport, Trident. "Beco Bernoldi". Trident Motorsport (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-05-09.
  19. Wood, Ida (14 October 2025). "Italian F4 to race exclusively in Italy for first time since 2017 next year". Formula Scout.
  20. "Ecco il calendario degli ACI Racing Weekend 2026". ACI Sport (in Italian). 4 December 2025.
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