The 2023 Formula Ford Festival and Walter Hayes Trophy delivered on-track action, and off-track storylines to follow.
Ida Wood
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Deagen Fairclough will move to Hitech GP for his second season in the British Formula 4 championship.
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Teams from FIA Formula 3, Formula Regional Europe, GB3 and Italian Formula 4 tested at the Red Bull Ring this week.
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Formula Regional European Championship runner-up Martnius Stenshorne will return to Formula 4 to race on Macau’s Guia circuit this weekend.
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The results of the first Walter Hayes Trophy semi-final have been changed following a post-race penalty decision.
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The inaugural round of the Indian Formula 4 championship, in which MP Motorsport run all the cars, took place at Chennai this weekend.
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Wayne Poole Racing’s Josh Fisher has won the first Walter Hayes Trophy semi-final to earn a front row spot for the final.
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Rikuto Kobayashi beat fellow Toyota junior Jin Nakamura to the Japanese Formula 4 title in the final round at Twin Ring Motegi.
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Patrick Woods-Toth won the 2023 United States Formula 4 title with two races to spare at Circuit of the Americas.
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Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport’s Callum Hedge became Formula Regional Americas champion in the season finale at Circuit of the Americas.
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KMR Sport’s Michael Eastwell won by several seconds in the third Walter Hayes Trophy heat at a wet Silverstone.
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Simon Hadfield Motorsport’s Michael Moyers won the opening Walter Hayes Trophy held at a sodden Silverstone.
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Formula Scout has gone through the Walter Hayes Trophy entry list to find out who’s likely to shine this weekend, and some of the stories behind the drivers and teams …
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Teams from multiple series, and categories, took part in a two-day post-season test at Monza this week.
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The German motorsport federation’s scheme of sending young drivers to the French Formula 4 championship will run for a second year.
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Reigning Formula 2 champion Felipe Drugovich will continue to serve as Aston Martin’s reserve and test driver in Formula 1 for 2024.
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Pirelli is working on supplying a new specification of tyres to teams in the FIA Formula 3 championship next year.
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MP Motorsport has announced Dennis Hauger will remain with the team in 2024 for a second season in Formula 2.
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Cristian Cantu ended the NACAM Formula 4 season by winning both races on the support bill of Formula 1’s Mexico City Grand Prix.
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IndyCar teams having young driver development programmes is becoming more common in IndyCar. Formula Scout finds out about the newest one.