November 6, 2025 | News | Formula Winter Series
2025 marked the first fully-fledged Van Amersfoort entry into GEDLICH Racing’s single-seater category, and the black-and-orange cars often fought at the front. Their highest classified driver – Maksimilian Popov – finished fifth in the FWS standings, and carried that momentum into successful Italian F4 and E4 campaigns with VAR.
The Dutch team’s other full-time 2025 FWS drivers also had successful summer campaigns; Dante Vinci finished 11th in the E4 standings, while also securing six rookie podiums in Italian F4. Payton Westcott had a promising first car racing season, including stand-out performances in F1 Academy testing.
Beyond F4 competitions, VAR celebrated 50 years in motorsport with a typically busy campaign, securing podiums and victories at every level of junior single-seater racing.
The Van Amersfoort Racing FWS line-up will be revealed in the coming weeks, and will look to draw inspiration and motivation from the team’s modern all-star graduates such as Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Oliver Bearman.
The 2026 Formula Winter Series will begin at a new venue to the series, the Circuito Estoril, from 22-25 January. Every moment of the racing action will be streamed globally on YouTube, while tickets to attend the race weekend are available from just €10.
22 – 25 JAN ESTORIL /P
5 – 8 FEB PORTIMAO /P
12 – 15 FEB VALENCIA /E
5 – 8 MAR ARAGÓN /E
12 – 15 MAR BARCELONA /E
