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The 10 circuits that will form the 2025 Formula Regional European Championship calendar have been revealed, and they are the same venues that are being raced at this year.
For 2024, six of the 10 rounds have run on the bill of racing promoter GT Sport which organises the Formula 3-level Euroformula series. There are three rounds that support Italian GT, which like FREC is an ACI Sport-promoted championship, and the trip to Zandvoort in June was made possible by joining the DTM’s support paddock.
In addition to the Dutch track, the 2025 schedule features three rounds in Italy at Imola, Monza and Mugello, then one round apiece in six other countries. These are Austria (Red Bull Ring), Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps), France (Paul Ricard), Germany (Hockenheim), Hungary (Hungaroring) and Spain (Barcelona).
No dates have been confirmed, but should ACI continue its existing relationships with other series by supporting Euroformula then it will likely visit Spa on May 16-18, Hockenheim on June 7/8, the Hungaroring on July 4-6, Paul Ricard two weeks later, the Red Bull Ring on September 5-7 and Barcelona a fortnight after that.
Since the championship’s creation in 2019, Barcelona, Imola, Monza, Mugello, Paul Ricard and the Red Bull Ring have appeared in every season. The Hungaroring hosted races in the inaugural campaign before returning to the schedule in 2022 and remaining part of it ever since, the two tracks in the Benelux region have been hosting FREC since 2021 and the championship finally had Germany in its calendar once Hockenheim was added last year as a planned trip to the Nurburgring in 2021 was prevented by flooding in the Eifel region and Valencia’s Ricardo Tormo circuit was visited as substitute.
Vallelunga was a fixture of the first two seasons, with the inclusion of Misano meaning five of 2020’s eight rounds were in Italy, and drivers got to race on the streets of Monaco in 2021 and ’22 before the support slot at the Monaco Grand Prix was taken by the FIA F3 Championship.