Photo: F4 Middle East
Reno Francot has signed with PHM Racing for a part-time programme in Italian Formula 4 and its sister multi-national E4 championship.
The 17-year-old Dutchman already knows the German team well, having raced for it in F4 Middle East at the start of 2025.
He claimed a win and three other podiums in that campaign to come fifth in the standings, and since then has been racing for MP Motorsport in Spanish F4.
In its winter championship he was 12th in the standings with a best finish of fourth, missing a round due to a F4 Middle East clash, and in the main championship is currently sixth in the points table with two podiums.
Francot will return to PHM’s line-up in this weekend’s Italian F4 round at Mugello, and it has not been confirmed which of the remaining three rounds he will do after that. The Barcelona round clashes with Spanish F4’s trip to Jerez.
E4, formerly known as Euro 4, has a three-round schedule consisting of two events in Italy and one in France.
PHM says that following Francot’s spells with the team in the Middle East and now in Europe, there is a “long-term vision [that] is leading this agreement towards the best possible future” beyond 2025.
Francot made a starring cameo in the United Arab Emirates-based Formula Trophy series for F4 cars last year, making the podium in his two races and coming 10th in the standings. His main programme was in Italian F4, where he was 14th in the points table.