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After a strong debut in the Gedlich Racing paddock during the 2024 season, the Italian team will look to score more positive results against a highly-competitive international field. The team’s driver for the 2025 season will be announced in the coming days.
CRAM Motorsport has a 30-year history, and has helped develop famed drivers including Tony Kanaan, Felipe Massa, Augusto Farfus, Pastor Maldonado, Jaime Alguersuari, Jose Maria Lopez, Jerome D’Ambrosio and Enzo Trulli. CRAM has won teams’ titles on seventeen occasions from 1991-2024.
CRAM Motorsport are among a host of prestigious, title-winning teams competing in the 2025 Formula Winter Series. Every moment of 2025’s races will be streamed live; subscribe to the Winter Series YouTube channel to never miss a moment of what promises to be a great season!
30 JAN – 2 FEB PORTIMAO /P
13 FEB – 16 FEB VALENCIA /E
27 FEB – 2 MAR ARAGÓN /E
6 MAR – 9 MAR BARCELONA /E
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Silverstone-based Hitech has announced Leo Robinson, Thomas Bearman, Fionn McLaughlin and Nina Gademan as its quartet of competitors for the upcoming season in Portugal and Spain.
Leo Robinson arrives into the Formula Winter Series with plentiful car racing experience. The 15-year-old Anglo-Algerian was a race-winner in the 2023 Ginetta Juniors, before switching to the F4 Danish Championship mid-season. Despite missing eight races in the Danish series, he finished fourth in the standings, and never finished off the podium.
After a strong 2024 British F4 season that saw him take three victories, Robinson has formed a new partnership with Hitech for the Formula Winter Series.
Thomas Bearman, 15, debuted in single seaters with Hitech during the tail-end of 2024. Having already netted top-10 finishes in British F4, just three weekends into his career in cars, it is expected that Bearman will make big strides during the Formula Winter Series season. The British hopeful is looking to emulate his older brother and 2025 Haas F1 driver, Oliver.
Red Bull Junior Team driver Fionn McLaughlin, 17, steps into single-seaters after a strong career in karts. In 2023, he was the driver to beat in the FIA World Karting Championship, only losing the final due to an engine problem. He would go on to secure victory in the FIA Academy Champions of the Future race in Abu Dhabi. In 2024, the Irishman has once again been a front-runner in international karting, and is a hotly-anticipated single-seater debutant.
Both Fionn and Thomas will be classed as Rookies for the 2025 season.
Nina Gademan, 21, is looking to build upon a full season in British F4, where she secured a best finish of 11th at Knockhill. The Dutch racer also impressed on home turf as an F1 Academy wildcard in Zandvoort. Gademan finished fourth in race one, a feat she matched in race two before a penalty was applied. With a broad range of experience in single seaters and tin tops, Gademan has great experience to capitalise on during the 2025 Formula Winter Series.
Commenting on Hitech’s Formula Winter Series line-up, Dominic Stott, Team Manager for F4 Championships, said: “We are looking forward to the new challenge of Formula Winter Series, on four great circuits, pitting ourselves against some of the best teams and drivers in Europe. In preparation for 2025, everyone is working hard to ensure we can hit the ground running in January and with Leo, Thomas, Fionn and Nina working well together already, and all pushing each other, we are confident in the group of people and drivers we have put together to spearhead another successful year of F4 competition.”
Formula Winter Series is for F4 cars with a Tatuus T421 chassis and Abarth engine, and uses Pirelli tyres and TM Brakes.
Each event comprises two test days and two race days, with two qualifying sessions (2x 15 mins) and three sprint races (3x 30 mins +1 lap).
The opening round lines up alongside Gedlich Racing’s inaugural Portimão 6h race weekend from 30th January-2nd February and will be broadcast live on YouTube.
30 JAN – 2 FEB PORTIMAO /P
13 FEB – 16 FEB VALENCIA /E
27 FEB – 2 MAR ARAGÓN /E
6 MAR – 9 MAR BARCELONA /E
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In the second season of the SRO-licenced category, SR Motorsport will once again field the Mercedes-AMG GT4, this time entering two of the 4.0-litre turbocharged V8s. In addition, the team will continue to compete within the Cayman Trophy class for Porsche Cayman GT4 CS machinery.
2024 was a great season for SR Motorsport in the GT4 Winter Series, with overall victories for Mercedes pair Joel Mesch and Marcel Marchewicz. In the Cayman Trophy class, Michael Sander secured a championship win, adding to his 2021/2022 GT Winter Series title.
For new competition coming into the GT4 Winter Series, SR Motorsport will be one of the benchmark teams in the battle across Portugal and Spain’s best circuits.
The GT4 Winter Series will be broadcast live throughout its 2025 season. Subscribe to the Winter Series YouTube channel to never miss a moment of the action!
16 JAN – 19 JAN ESTORIL /P
23 JAN – 26 JAN PORTIMAO /P
13 FEB – 16 FEB VALENCIA /E
27 FEB – 2 MAR ARAGÓN /E
6 MAR – 9 MAR BARCELONA /E
The Slovenian team will be returning to the Gedlich Racing Winter Series paddock, having previously raced at the first two rounds of the 2023 season. AS Motorsport has 15 years of experience on the junior single-seater scene, first running young talents in Formula Renault machinery during 2010. During the 1990s and 2000s, the team achieved numerous successes at rallies in Slovenia and beyond.
Having switched to Formula 4 almost a decade ago, AS Motorsport’s line-ups have featured talents including Frederik Vesti, GT Winter Series race winner Finn Wiebelhaus, and the inaugural Formula Winter Series champion Kacper Sztuka. The team’s 2025 Formula Winter Series drivers will be announced in the coming weeks.
AS Motorsport is the latest in a significant pool of teams making a return or debut in Formula Winter Series for 2025, adding to a grid that will be one of the most competitive and international within European F4 competition.
Fans never have to miss a moment of the Formula Winter Series, as every race of the season will be broadcast live on YouTube. Subscribe to the Winter Series channel today to see the action unfold in 2025!
30 JAN – 2 FEB PORTIMAO /P
13 FEB – 16 FEB VALENCIA /E
27 FEB – 2 MAR ARAGÓN /E
6 MAR – 9 MAR BARCELONA /E
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After debuting in Gedlich Racing’s Formula 4 series in 2024 with a single-car effort for Nathanaël Berreby, Maffi Racing will expand to run a trio of Tatuus T-421 chassis in the 2025 season. The Swiss team’s driver line-up will be announced at a later date.
The Maffi team’s origins lie in Ethiopian motorsport, with over 50 years of history in the sport through Giorgio Maffi, a leading light in the early days of rallying in the African nation. After starting the Maffi Racing team to compete in the 1969 Ethiopian Highland Rally. The Maffi team would go on to compete for decades in Eastern Africa, winning on rally stages and circuits along the way.
Giorgio’s sons Daniel and Cristian, revived Maffi Racing in Switzerland, partnering up with a third founder, Alex. After competing in Italian F4 for the first time in 2022, the team has been on the rise ever since, finishing second in the FIA CEZ F4 in 2024 and grasping their first top 10 finishes in the Italian F4. The team is looking to do even better in 2025.
The Maffi Racing team will be part of a highly competitive 2025 Formula Winter Series grid. The first round of the season will take place in Portimão from 30 January – 2 February.
30 JAN – 2 FEB PORTIMAO /P
13 FEB – 16 FEB VALENCIA /E
27 FEB – 2 MAR ARAGÓN /E
6 MAR – 9 MAR BARCELONA /E
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The third season of Gedlich Racing’s Formula 4 competition is shaping up to be the most competitive yet, and it is now confirmed that four full-season entries will come from the Zeewolde-based VAR outfit.
Van Amersfoort Racing is active in all major stepping stones on the path to Grand Prix racing, and has previously had a presence in the Formula Winter Series thanks to a partnership with Monlau Competition.
The team celebrates 50 years in motorsport in 2025, and has been a winning force in single-seater racing for the vast majority of its existence. Van Amersfoort Racing’s driver line-up for the 2025 Formula Winter Series season will be announced in the coming weeks.
30 JAN – 2 FEB PORTIMAO /P
13 FEB – 16 FEB VALENCIA /E
27 FEB – 2 MAR ARAGÓN /E
6 MAR – 9 MAR BARCELONA /E
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The team will take advantage of a new addition to the GT4 Winter Series, the Club class for out-of-homologation GT4 cars, to enter a first-generation Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT4 for Thilo Goos. As is the case with the Mücke team itself, Goos is based in Berlin. He is a well-known fixture across German motorsport, regularly racing his Aston Martin in multiple series.
Mücke Motorsport is no stranger to the Gedlich Racing paddocks, having previously competed in both the GT4 and GT Winter Series. Mücke Motorsport’s racing history stretches across sportscar, touring car and single-seater racing, with extensive successes in DTM, Formula 3 and more.
Efforts are also being made to bring a Mücke Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT4 to the GT4 Winter Seres, which will begin its second season at Estoril from the 16-19th January.
16 JAN – 19 JAN ESTORIL /P
23 JAN – 26 JAN PORTIMAO /P
13 FEB – 16 FEB VALENCIA /E
27 FEB – 2 MAR ARAGÓN /E
6 MAR – 9 MAR BARCELONA /E
2024 GT Winter Series Drivers and Teams’ champions SR Motorsport will return to the grid in 2025.
In the previous season of Gedlich Racing’s premier GT competition, SR Motorsport secured both championships thanks to the efforts of Jay Mo Hartling and Kenneth Heyer in the Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo. The 2025 driver line-up is yet to be revealed, but it is expected that two GT3 Mercedes will be in action from the team based in Niederzissen, Germany.
SR Motorsport – previously known as Schnitzelalm Racing – has been a consistent part of the GT Winter Series for a very long time now. During the 2021/2022 season, the championship returned to Niederzissen courtesy of Michael Sander and Marcel Marchewicz.
Can the SR Motorsport team win another GT Winter Series title in 2025? You can find out in real-time, as all rounds of the upcoming season will be broadcast live. Subscribe to the Winter Series YouTube channel to see all of the action!
16 JAN – 19 JAN ESTORIL /P
23 JAN – 26 JAN PORTIMAO /P
13 FEB – 16 FEB VALENCIA /E
27 FEB – 2 MAR ARAGÓN /E
6 MAR – 9 MAR BARCELONA /E
The Club class will add a new dimension to the SRO-licenced GT4 Winter Series grid, allowing out-of-homologation GT4 machinery to compete in its own class. Cars from the earlier years of GT4 competition will be welcomed onto the grid, alongside the existing PRO, PRO-AM and AM classes for modern GT4 models, and the Cayman Trophy class for the popular Porsche Cayman GT4 CS.
The addition of the Club class means that numerous models and hundreds of chassis from the likes of Aston Martin, Ginetta, Maserati, KTM and BMW are now eligible for one of Gedlich Racing’s most competitive grids.
The Club class will be ideally suited to teams and drivers who race for the thrill and fun first and foremost, thus furthering an “all are welcome” philosophy that has been evident throughout the history of the Gedlich Racing Winter Series.
The second season of the GT4 Winter Series will begin at the Circuito Estoril on the 16-19th January, with all five rounds of the season broadcast live and free on YouTube. Subscribe to the Winter Series channel to see all of the action in 2025!
16 JAN – 19 JAN ESTORIL /P
23 JAN – 26 JAN PORTIMAO /P
13 FEB – 16 FEB VALENCIA /E
27 FEB – 2 MAR ARAGÓN /E
6 MAR – 9 MAR BARCELONA /E
The team will head to the Iberian peninsula with momentum, following a successful 2024 British F4 campaign that included strong season-long efforts from their two Rookie drivers, Yuanpu Cui and Rowan Campbell-Pilling, who both finished within the overall championship top ten.
Michael Meadows, Director at Argenti Motorsport, said: “As a team, entering the FWS is the perfect preparation for the season ahead. It gives the drivers a great opportunity to get used to racing an F4 car, and we look forward to helping them develop.”
The driver line-up for Argenti Motorsport’s Formula Winter Series campaign will be announced in the weeks leading to the 2025 season opener, taking place at Portimão’s Autódromo Internacional do Algarve on 30 January – 2 February.
2025 promises to be the most competitive season of Formula Winter Series to date. Subscribe to the Winter Series YouTube channel to see all of the action live!
30 JAN – 2 FEB PORTIMAO /P
13 FEB – 16 FEB VALENCIA /E
27 FEB – 2 MAR ARAGÓN /E
6 MAR – 9 MAR BARCELONA /E
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