Alessandro Giusti dominates the first day of testing in Jerez

While announcements have been pouring in over the past few weeks, the outlines of the teams involved in Formula 3 for the 2026 season are beginning to take shape. Three French drivers, for example, will be on the roster for next season. Already participating in the 2025 season, Alessandro Giusti will remain with MP Motorsport, while Théophile Naël will be present at the reigning champion team, Campos. Fighting for the FRECA title this year, Enzo Deligny joins the Prema team. Among the most credible clients for a title at the end of the season, Eurocup-3 champion Mattia Colnaghi will team up with Alessandro Giusti at MP, while Trident has made the ambitious choice to recruit Freddie Slater and Matteo De Palo, the two leaders of the European Regional Formula.

It was in this context that the first day of post-season testing took place in Jerez, Spain. The fastest time was set in the morning by Frenchman Alessandro Giusti, who has not been beaten since. Managing to lap in 1:30.732, the protégé of the sector Williams was followed by Freddie Slater and Mattia Colnaghi, while Jesse Carrasquedo completed a top 4 mainly made up of future rookies in the category.

Taponen and Giusti lead in Jerez

In the afternoon, the Tricolore continued its effort to finish second in the session. The leader of the second half of the day, Finland's Tuuka Taponen, completing a highly competitive MP Motorsport trio in 2026, set the fastest time in 1:31.980. Gerrard Xie finished third, while no fewer than 26 drivers were within the same second after the three-hour session.

As for the other two French people on the panel, Théophile Naël discovering his new car, finished 16th and then 11th, while Enzo Deligny finished 26th and 16th. This Wednesday, two more half-days of driving will be scheduled on the same track.

F3 – Post-season testing Jerez (Spain)
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