Photo: Alpine F1 Team
Alpine junior Kabir Anurag has been announced as joining ART Grand Prix’s line-up for a double Formula Regional programme next year.
The 18-year-old Singaporean will race for the team in the Middle East trophy and then the European championship.
He steps up after two-and-a-half years in Formula 4, although did get some experience of more powerful single-seaters in 2025 by entering the final two rounds of the GB3 season and taking a best finish of eighth.
Anurag’s first F4 outings were in 2023, when he raced for R-ace GP and then US Racing across three Italian F4 rounds. He has raced full-time with US the past two years, embarking on triple programmes.
In 2024 he was 14th in Formula Winter Series’ standings, 18th in E4 and 20th in Italian F4, and gained his Alpine backing in April of that year. There were big improvements for 2025, as Anurag claimed two wins and two other podiums en route to fourth in FWinter Series’ points table, took two podiums in E4 where he was sixth in the standings, and was 16th in Italian F4.
He also raced in the United Arab Emirates-based Formula Trophy, gaining experience of the tracks he will race on in FRegional Middle East, with Xcel Motorsport last year. Anurag came third in the three-round series, winning twice.
FRME only recently confirmed which teams will be entering the trophy in 2026. ART GP is one of 11 teams set to be on the grid, which is two more than this year.
ART GP, Pinnacle Motorsport, Prema (which competes under the Mumbai Falcons banner) and R-ace GP are the only outfits from last season staying in the paddock, with Akcel GP, Evans GP, Origine and Sainteloc Racing dropping off the grid.
Joining the field are CL Motorsport, G4 Racing, MP Motorsport, Rodin Motorsport, Race Performance Motorsport, Trident and Van Amersfoort Racing.