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Italian junior single-seater outfit Trident has announced a partnership with English karting team Ricky Flynn Motorsport that it will utilise as it expands into Formula 4 next year.
Trident is currently active in Formula 2, on course to win the FIA Formula 3 Championship’s driver and teams titles, and is running a Formula Regional European Championship title contender too.
Away from the track, it is expanding its headquarters in Ossonia near Milan and forming an F4 squad ready to enter the Italian championship in 2026. As part of its preparations for racing there, it has partnered with crack karting team RFM.
“I am delighted about this agreement with RFM. Having spent time in karting paddocks recently, I’ve become aware of the many top-level teams, but with Ricky, a special connection was immediately established,” said Trident’s founder and team principal Maurizio Salvadori.
“We share a common vision for how to develop this collaboration, and the partnership became obvious and immediate. The history and successes of their team are well known to all, and I hope that this partnership can offer new growth opportunities to young talents, helping them take the right next steps in their careers.”
RFM, founded and led by the man it is named after, has won some of the biggest trophies in karting. It has run five drivers to the CIK-FIA European championship title for junior karting and three to the World championship crown, and at the senior level of direct-drive karts it has won a European and a World title. Its most successful graduate driver is Lando Norris.
“I’m very happy and excited that Trident and RFM have come to an agreement and made a collaboration going forward,” said Ricky Flynn.
“Trident is a leading team in the world of all junior formula categories. After meeting with the Trident personnel, it became clear straight away that they have the same goals and motivation as I do and want to nurture and further the development of young drivers’ careers as they move up the racing ladder.
“When drivers have finished karting and move to formula cars, it was always a worry and concern of mine that they would not be guided properly. Now with this connection, I feel extremely comfortable and satisfied that all the hard work RFM has put into the drivers’ development will be continued to the highest level with Trident.”