Overview
- The 18-year-old says he is used to being “thrown in the deep end” but expects a demanding step up in his debut campaign.
- Red Bull signed him as a junior in 2021 and prepared him with Testing of Previous Cars and valuable FP1 mileage.
- He received an FIA superlicense dispensation to run FP1 at Silverstone and Mexico, finishing sixth in the Mexico session.
- He advanced annually from F4 through F3 and placed sixth in the 2025 Formula 2 championship with Campos Racing.
- The 2026 cars add manual override mode, active aerodynamics, and a battery delivering about 50% of total power, with pre-season tests scheduled for Barcelona (Jan 26–30) and Bahrain (Feb 11–13, Feb 18–20) before the March 6 season opener in Australia.