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ART Grand Prix has announced that Matteo Giaccardi will be in its line-ups for the Formula Regional European Championship and FRegional Middle East this year.
When the FRME campaign behins next week, it will mark the start of only the second season of racing the 18-year-old Monegasque has done in his single-seater career.
At this point last year he was in shifter karting, and he spent 2024 in a combination of senior and shifter karting classes. That term he came 34th in the Champions of the Future championship, on an OK kart, and 25th in the KZ2 shifter class of the WSK Final Cup.
His graduation to car racing came via the centrally-run French Formula 4 championship in 2025, and he was more competitive than in his international karting career.
Giaccardi made the podium and took a fastest lap on just his second start, and took another podium and a fifth place before a strong final round featuring a maiden victory and another fifth place put him 11th in the standings.
“I’m really proud to be part of ART GP for the 2026 FRegional championships. My main target this season is to learn and improve all year long,” he said of his next career step.
ART GP’s team principal Sebastien Philippe added: “Matteo is at an important point in his development. He has shown encouraging progress in F4 and now needs to take this next step in FRegional. The objective will be to keep learning, build experience, and work consistently with the team to move forward throughout the season.”
In both FRegional series, Giaccardi will be team-mate to Kabir Anurag.