The 2025 Eurocup-3 season was the third season of the Eurocup-3 series. Eurocup-3 is a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seater open wheel formula racing cars held across Europe, created in 2023 as an alternative to the FIA-sanctioned Formula Regional European Championship and the Euroformula Open championship.
Following an inaugural non-championship round in March 2024, the Eurocup-3 and Spanish F4 organisers announced the creation of a new Spanish Winter Championship for each series, held across the Iberian Peninsula in the early months of 2025.
MP Motorsport's Mattia Colnaghi won the Drivers' Championship with two races to spare, and in doing so also secured the Rookies' Championship title and helped his team defend the Teams' Championship title at the same race.
Main series Teams and drivers Teams utilized the same Tatuus F3 T-318 chassis used in the Formula Regional European Championship, but fitted with a different body kit, and new intercoolers and a battery kits, as well as being 25 kg lighter. The car used a 270 hp Alfa Romeo-Autotecnica engine and Hankook tires. TeamDriverStatusRounds Campos Racing Griffin Core by Campos2 Francisco MacedoAll8 Enzo TarnvanichkulAll24 Ernesto RiveraAll27 Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.All37 Kacper SztukaAll83 Jules CarantaAll Palou Motorsport Sparco Palou MS3 Lenny RiedAll5 Luciano MoranoAll Heitor Dall'Agnol 76 Zack ScoularAll23 Alceu Feldmann NetoAll26 Isaac BarashiAll48 James Egozi1–7 Drivex DXR4 Alessandro Famularo1–5 Christopher El Feghali611 Oscar Wurz1–7 Michael Belov817 Edu Robinson2 Owen Tangavelou3 Lucas Fluxá5 Alan Orzynski 7 Ádám Hideg8 Wiktor Dobrzański4, 6211 Cristian Cantú2–4 Filippo Fiorentino5–6 Ricardo Baptista 825 Preston Lambert1–5 Jorge Garciarce6–8 MP Motorsport KCL by MP7 Maciej Gładysz All12 Alexander Abkhazava All33 Andrés CárdenasAll55 Valerio RinicellaAll71 Mattia Colnaghi1–7 Lorenzo Campos 877 Emerson Fittipaldi Jr.All87 Juan Cota1, 4 Kai Daryanani2–3, 5–8 Saintéloc Racing10 Lorenzo CastilloAll18 Garrett BerryAll19 Theodor Jensen2 Tecnicar by Amtog22 Ariel Elkin7–828 Daniel Maciá 8 Allay Racing41 Owen Tangavelou4 Michael Belov543 Linus Hellberg1–746 Emil Hellberg1–7 GRS Team73 Maximilian Popov 874 Yani Stevenheydens1–3, 8IconLegendRookieGuest driver Juan Cota was scheduled to compete for Drivex, but later switched to MP Motorsport for a dual Spanish F4 and Eurocup-3 programme. Victoria Blokhina was scheduled to return to Drivex for her second Eurocup-3 campaign, but did not enter any rounds.
Race calendar The calendar for the 2025 season was announced on 18 November 2024. The race tally was originally scheduled to remain the same, at 16 races across eight tracks. With a separate winter championship also taking place in 2025, the one-off non-championship round was not repeated. Monza Circuit returned to the calendar after a one-year absence, while the series also debuted at TT Circuit Assen. Circuit Zandvoort and MotorLand Aragón left the schedule. Ahead of the second round of the season, it was announced that the rounds at Algarve International Circuit and Circuit Paul Ricard would feature a sprint race, meaning they would feature the same weekend format used during the winter champioship. This brought up the total amount of races to 18.
RoundCircuitDateSupport billMap of circuit locations1R1 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg17 MayESET Cup SeriesFormula 4 CEZ ChampionshipR218 May2R1 Algarve International Circuit, Portimão7 JuneF4 Spanish ChampionshipCampeonato de España de GTSRR28 June3R1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet21 JuneF4 Spanish ChampionshipChallenge Endurance VHC V de VSRR222 June4R1 Monza Circuit, Monza5 JulyBOSS GPGT4 ItalyR26 July5R1 TT Circuit Assen, Assen9 AugustJACK'S Racing DaySupercar ChallengeR210 August6R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot5 SeptemberMichelin 992 Endurance CupPorsche Club Historic ChallengeR27R1 Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 20 September F4 Spanish ChampionshipCampeonato de España de GTTCR Spain Touring Car ChampionshipR221 September8R1 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló15 NovemberR216 November
Race results RoundCircuitPole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning teamRookie winner1R1 Red Bull Ring Mattia Colnaghi Mattia Colnaghi Mattia Colnaghi MP Motorsport Mattia ColnaghiR2 Jules Caranta Mattia Colnaghi Maciej Gładysz MP Motorsport Maciej Gładysz2R1 Algarve International Circuit Kacper Sztuka Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. Griffin Core by Campos Ernesto RiveraSR Kacper Sztuka James Egozi Palou Motorsport James EgoziR2 Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. Ernesto Rivera Campos Racing Ernesto Rivera3R1 Circuit Paul Ricard Ernesto Rivera Ernesto Rivera Mattia Colnaghi MP Motorsport Mattia ColnaghiSR Mattia Colnaghi Garrett Berry Saintéloc Racing Francisco MacedoR2 Kacper Sztuka Francisco Macedo Kacper Sztuka Griffin Core by Campos Ernesto Rivera4R1 Monza Circuit Ernesto Rivera James Egozi Ernesto Rivera Campos Racing Ernesto RiveraR2 Jules Caranta Valerio Rinicella Mattia Colnaghi MP Motorsport Mattia Colnaghi5R1 TT Circuit Assen Mattia Colnaghi Valerio Rinicella Valerio Rinicella MP Motorsport Mattia ColnaghiR2 Mattia Colnaghi Mattia Colnaghi Mattia Colnaghi MP Motorsport Mattia Colnaghi6R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. Griffin Core by Campos Mattia ColnaghiR2 Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. Kacper Sztuka Ernesto Rivera Campos Racing Ernesto Rivera7R1 Circuito de Jerez Enzo Tarnvanichkul Mattia Colnaghi Enzo Tarnvanichkul Campos Racing Enzo TarnvanichkulR2 Mattia Colnaghi Kacper Sztuka Mattia Colnaghi MP Motorsport Mattia Colnaghi8R1 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. Kacper Sztuka Kacper Sztuka Griffin Core by Campos Maciej GładyszR2 Andrés Cárdenas Andrés Cárdenas Andrés Cárdenas MP Motorsport Andrés Cárdenas
Season report
First half Eurocup-3's main season began in May at the Red Bull Ring with MP Motorsport's Mattia Colnaghi claiming pole position for the opening race. Griffin Core's Kacper Sztuka started alongside him, but found no way past the Italian despite pressuring him through the final stages of the race. GRS driver Yani Stevenheydens initially ran third, but Campos Racing's Ernesto Rivera passed him on lap three to claim the final podium spot. Race two pole position went to Campos and Jules Caranta, but a slow start allowed Colnaghi to get alongside him through the opening turns, with both him and his teammate Maciej Gładysz getting past Caranta on the opening lap. The latter then quickly built a gap to take the race win by five seconds as Colnaghi had a similar gap to third-placed Caranta, enjoying a quiet race to leave Spielberg in the lead of the championship.
Round two at the Algarve International Circuit featured three races for the first time in the series' main season history. Sztuka was fastest in the opening qualifying session, leading a Campos top-five lockout, but lost his lead after a first-lap safety car. Leaving it very late for the restart, his teammate Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. and Rivera both got past him before the first green flag corner. Sztuka then dropped further down, before a second safety car late in the race allowed him to retake third place. Palou Motorsport's James Egozi started the sprint race from pole position, leading KCL by MP's Alexander Abkhazava and MP's Valerio Rinicella to take a lights-to-flag victory, untroubled by a mid-race safety car restart. The top four spots in the second qualifying session once again all belonged to Campos-run cars, with Carrasquedo Jr. fastest. A five-place grid penalty for the Mexican saw Rivera start the race in first place instead, and he quickly was able to pull away as Colnaghi, Caranta and Sztuka fought over second behind him all race. Colnaghi won that battle on track, but a post-race penalty demoted him to seventh, giving second to Caranta, promoting Sztuka onto the podium and handing Rivera the championship lead.
Circuit Paul Ricard hosted round three, also featuring a sprint race. Rivera led Colnaghi in the opening qualifying session, but a slow start for the polesitter saw Colnaghi move in front right away as Rivera had to fend off Sztuka behind him. He remained right behind the leader all throughout the race, before attacking with two laps to go. That allowed Sztuka to join the fight. The pair collided, with Rinicella benefitting to take third, before Rivera ran off track at the final corner and fell to fourth behind both of them. Saintéloc Racing’s Garrett Berry had pole position for the sprint race. Egozi attacked Griffin Core's Francisco Macedo for second, before he lost third to MP's Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. and the race was interrupted by a lengthy safety car. Only eight minutes were left when it was withdrawn, and the podium order remained static until the finish. Sztuka inherited pole position for the final race after Carrasquedo Jr. had his fastest qualifying laps deleted. Rinicella beat him to turn one to take the lead as Sztuka fended off Rivera and Colnaghi. Sztuka kept close to the lead to retake it on the final lap, winning the race ahead of Rinicella and Rivera to take a six-point championship lead over Colnaghi in the process.
Round four at Monza Circuit brought an end to the season's first half. Rivera claimed pole position for the first race ahead of Rinicella and Gładysz. The first race began with multiple incidents and crashes, among them Rinicella and Gładysz, who both went off. That saw MP's Andrés Cárdenas move into second ahead of Rinicella, before the safety car then came out. Restarts on laps four and seven were both short-lived, and Rivera pulled away to win at the final restart, taking back the championship lead. Caranta took pole position for race two, but had dropped to third behind Colnaghi and Rinicella by the first turn. He fought back into second, but fell further down the order as the race went on. Up front, Colnaghi defended from Rinicella to take victory and close up to four points behind Rivera, while Campos driver Enzo Tarnvanichkul completed the podium.
Second half Eurocup-3's debut at TT Circuit Assen opened up the season's second half. Championship chasers Colnaghi and Rinicella took the top two spots in the first qualifying session. Allay Racing's Michael Belov started third, and the top three all attacked each other in the opening part of the first race, but no positions changed all race. Colnaghi won the race on track, but a ten-second penalty for a starting procedure infringement saw him drop to third. Rinicella inherited the win and took the championship lead as Rivera did not score points. Colnaghi bounced back by taking pole position again for the second race. Belov started second, but mechanical problems saw him retire immediately at the start. That promoted Abkhazava to second as Rinicella moved to third, and the top three remained static afterwards to hand Colnaghi a twelve-point championship lead over Rinicella.
Round six at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps was up next, where Carrasquedo Jr. and Fittipaldi Jr. shared pole positions for the two races. Carrasquedo Jr. held his lead at the start of race one as Colnaghi moved from fourth to second and Sztuka slotted into third. The Pole soon attacked Colnaghi for second, but could not get past and dropped to fourth behind Tarnvanichkul. Heavy rain then began to fall, with the race soon placed under safety car conditions, before the race was ended early after nine laps. Fittipaldi Jr. failed to convert his race two pole position. He stalled at the start and fell to the back, allowing Colnaghi to lead Rivera, Sztuka and Carrasquedo Jr., will all of them leading spells of the race. In the end, Rivera won ahead of Colnaghi and Carrasquedo Jr., with both Sztuka and Rinicella retiring to hand Colnaghi a sizable 48-point lead in the championship.