2025 Formula Regional European Championship
The 2025 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine is a planned multi-event, Formula Regional open-wheel single seater motor racing championship scheduled to be held across Europe. The championship will feature a mix of professional and amateur drivers, competing in Formula Regional cars that conform to the FIA Formula Regional regulations for the championship. This will be the seventh season of the championship and the fifth after a merger with Formula Renault Eurocup which resulted in the change of the engine supplier to Alpine.
Teams and drivers
[edit]All teams compete using identical Tatuus FR-19 cars powered by 1.8l Renault engines on Pirelli tyres. Nine of the eleven teams that contested the 2024 season were also confirmed to be pre-selected for 2025, with Iron Dames not continuing their entry and MP Motorsport replaced by new team CL Motorsport.[1]
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Team changes
[edit]Iron Dames, who entered the championship in 2024 with a two-car all-female driver lineup, will not continue their entry into 2025.[1]
MP Motorsport, a series mainstay ever since its inception, will also leave the championship. The team's entry will be replaced by a new Chinese team, CL Motorsport.[1]
Driver changes
[edit]Reigning Teams' Champions Prema Racing saw all three of their drivers graduate to FIA Formula 3, with reigning Drivers' Champion Rafael Câmara and James Wharton joining Trident and ART Grand Prix respectively while Ugo Ugochukwu remained with Prema.[3][4][5] The team promoted two drivers from their own Formula 4 operation in Freddie Slater, winner of the 2024 F4 UAE and F4 Italian championships, and Rashid Al Dhaheri, who came fourth and tenth in the same two championships in 2024.[6][7] Jack Beeton, who was runner-up to Slater in Italian F4 with US Racing, will complete Prema's lineup.[8]
Tuukka Taponen left R-ace GP and the series as he moved up to FIA Formula 3 with ART Grand Prix.[9] He was replaced by Akshay Bohra, who won the Euro 4 Championship in 2024 with US Racing.[10]
Van Amersfoort Racing's Brando Badoer will step up to FIA Formula 3 and join Prema, while Ivan Domingues will leave the team.[11] To fill their seats, the team promoted Hiyu Yamakoshi from its Italian F4 outfit after he came third in 2024, and signed Dion Gowda, who finished 11th with Prema in that championship.[12][13]
Saintéloc Racing signed Tim Gerhards, who steps up to FRECA after coming 23rd in the 2024 Spanish F4 Championship with Monlau Motorsport.[14]
Reigning Rookies' Champion Noah Strømsted left RPM and the series as he moves to Trident in FIA Formula 3.[15]
Trident will have two new drivers as Alpine Academy driver Nicola Lacorte and Roman Bilinski both stepped up to FIA Formula 3 with DAMS and Rodin Motorsport respectively.[16][17]
Race calendar
[edit]Ten planned circuits for the 2025 season were first announced in August of 2024.[18] The provisional calendar, with two events yet to be dated, was announced on 27 September 2024,[19] before being finalized on 2 October 2024. Mugello will not be part of the circuit lineup for the first time in series history, with the championship instead opting to return to Misano, where it last raced in 2020.[20] Three pre-season tests will be held at Barcelona, Misano and Paul Ricard.
| Round | Circuit | Date | Supporting | Map of circuit locations | |
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| 1 | R1 |  Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
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3 May | Italian GT Championship | |
| R2 | 4 May | ||||
| 2 | R1 |  Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot
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17 May | International GT Open GT Cup Open Europe | |
| R2 | 18 May | ||||
| 3 | R1 |  Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort
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7 June | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | |
| R2 | 8 June | ||||
| 4 | R1 |  Hungaroring, Mogyoród
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5 July | International GT Open | |
| R2 | 6 July | ||||
| 5 | R1 |  Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet
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19 July | International GT Open GT Cup Open Europe | |
| R2 | 20 July | ||||
| 6 | R1 | Imola Circuit, Imola
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2 August | Italian GT Championship | |
| R2 | 3 August | ||||
| 7 | R1 |  Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
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6 September | International GT Open | |
| R2 | 7 September | ||||
| 8 | R1 |  Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló
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20 September | International GT Open GT Cup Open Europe | |
| R2 | 21 September | ||||
| 9 | R1 |  Hockenheimring, Hockenheim
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4 October | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | |
| R2 | 5 October | ||||
| 10 | R1 | Monza Circuit, Monza
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25 October | Italian GT Championship | |
| R2 | 26 October | ||||
Championship standings
[edit]- Points system
Points will be awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Fasano, Emanuele (29 November 2024). "2025 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine Team Pre-Selection Announced". Formula Regional by Alpine (in Italian). Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ "Pedro Clerot Remains with Van Amersfoort Racing for the 2025 FRECA Season". Van Amersfoort Racing. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "Rafael Camara completes Trident's 2025 Formula 3 line-up". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Ugo Ugochukwu signs with PREMA Racing for the 2025 season". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "James Wharton confirmed by ART Grand Prix for 2025 season". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Slater stays for PREMA for 2025 Formula Regional programme". Prema Racing. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Al Dhaheri steps up to 2025 FRECA with PREMA Racing". Prema Racing. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
- ^ "Jack Beeton to enter 2025 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine with PREMA". Prema Racing. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- ^ "Tuukka Taponen steps up to Formula 3 with ART Grand Prix for 2025". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ "R-ace GP on Instagram: "I am glad to welcome Akshay to our 2025 FRMEC and FRECA drivers lineup."". Instagram. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ "Brando Badoer joins PREMA Racing and McLaren Development Programme for 2025 season". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ "Hiyu Yamakoshi Steps Up to FRECA with Van Amersfoort Racing for the 2025 Season". Van Amersfoort Racing. 13 November 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ "Dion Gowda joins Van Amersfoort Racing for the 2025 FRECA Season". Van Amersfoort Racing. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ "Saintéloc Racing on Instagram: "Thrilled to announce that @timgerhards1 joins the @sainteloc_racing team for the 2025 season and the Championship FRECA"". Instagram. 22 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ "Trident sign Noah Stromsted for the 2025 Formula 3 campaign". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "Nicola Lacorte joins DAMS Lucas Oil for 2025 season". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Roman Bilinski completes Rodin Motorsport's 2025 Formula 3 lineup". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ Fasano, Emanuele (20 August 2024). "Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine: The key numbers driving its success". Formula Regional by Alpine (in Italian). Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ Fasano, Emanuele (27 September 2024). "The 2025 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine: A revamped calendar for the upcoming season". Formula Regional by Alpine (in Italian). Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ Wood, Ida (27 September 2024). "FREC swaps Mugello for Misano as 2025 calendar is revealed". Formula Scout. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
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