Mattia Colnaghi moves up to FIA Formula 3 with MP Motorsport in 2026 as Red Bull Junior

MP Motorsport have confirmed that Mattia Colnaghi will race with the team in FIA Formula 3 next season.

The Italian will also be joining the Red Bull Junior Team programme as he moves up to F3 in 2026.

Currently, the 17-year-old is leading the Eurocup-3 Championship, with four race wins so far in 2025 along with a further two podium finishes.

Prior to this season, the future MP F3 driver debuted in single-seaters in the Formula Winter Series in 2024, winning the Spanish F4 Championship later in the year and finishing runner up in the Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship earlier this year.

Speaking about his promotion to F3, Colnaghi said he was very excited at the prospect and his joining Red Bull.

“I’m super excited about the opportunity handed to me by MP Motorsport and the Red Bull Junior Team”, said Colnaghi. “Joining the Grand Prix weekends as a Formula 3 driver is a dream come true, and I’m looking to forward to building on the amazing working relationship that MP and I have developed in the past two seasons.

“I’m truly grateful to Helmut Marko and Red Bull for allowing me to demonstrate my racing skills in FIA F3, while staying with MP is the obvious choice. They have become my family in the past two years and have helped me grow as a driver. I believe that working with them in Formula 3 will be just as enjoyable and successful.”

MP Team Principal Sander Dorsman added: "Moving up to FIA F3 with Mattia is a proud moment for us as a team.

“We immediately recognised his talent when he joined us as a young teenager in the winter of 2023-’24, and it was a joy to see that talent truly accelerate in Spanish F4, resulting in title-winning glory in his first year out of karts.

“This year, he has been outstanding again, also proving his qualities as a sportsman when the going got tough. We will continue to work hard for our Eurocup-3 title contenders this year, including Mattia, before we head towards the 2026 season with the confidence that his immediate future is now firmly set in stone.”