After a lively and interesting season-opener at the Algarve, the 2026 Euroformula Open is heading to one of its most iconic stops: Spa-Francorchamps. The legendary 7,004-kms track in the Ardennes is considered one of the ‘universities of motorsports’ where any driver aims to graduate.
The three races in Portugal have proven how competitive and closely-fought the series is this year too. Besides that, the news that 2025 EFO champion Tymek Kucharczyk, has taken last Sunday at Indianapolis, his maiden win in the Indy NXT, the formula immediately below the Indycar, and is now second in the standings, comes as a further proof of the value of the Euroformula Open and of the technical package formed by the Dallara 324 chassis, the Tom’s engine and the Pirelli tyres.
At Spa, the focus will be on the fight at the top, as always, but also on the expansion of the grid, which will reach 14 cars in Belgium, with the noticeable addition of one new team, Drivex. ‘New’ is a correct word only to a certain extent, given the long past association of the Spanish squad with the series, tracing back to the times of the European F3 Open. The squad led by Miguel Ángel De Castro has always invested in the promotion of new talents, as testified by the three titles in the junior class (Copa or Rookie Trophy) conquered in the EFO.
Drivex is to enter two cars in Belgium, in the first of the selected outings planned for this season. At the wheel will be two South American drivers: Brazil’s Filippo Fiorentino and Argentina’s Genaro Trappa, the latter having already tasted the series in one event last year.
The other addition to the grid is brought by BVM Racing, which enters a fourth car for Brazil’s Alceu Feldmann, bringing the number of South American representatives to four.
While we are still in very early stages, the situation is tight at the top of the championship. Taipei-born Rui-heng Enzo Yeh is leading the standings, with 62 points, courtesy of two wins in Portugal. The Motopark driver has an 11-point gap on his teammate Diego de la Torre, with the Mexican finishing on the podium in all races in Portugal and eager to go for a maiden win.
Third, only 12 points from the top, is Venezuela’s Alessandro Famularo, from BVM Racing, who took a very emotional win in Portugal that re-launches his career after going through a real roller-coaster in recent years.
Searching for revenge, after a bitter-sweet start to the season, will be American Everett Stack, with the Motopark delegation completed by Mexicans Lorenzo Castillo and Jesse Carrasquedo, Czech Jan Koller and Poland’s Wiktor Dobrzański, who currently leads the Rookies’ Trophy standings.
BVM Racing’s contenders, besides Famularo and Feldmann, are Mexico’s Javier Herrera, the youngest driver on the grid, and India’s Divy Nandan, who stunned everybody at Portimão by narrowly missing a race win.
The last (by race number) entrant is certainly not the least: Neri Autosport, the enthusiastic French squad debuting in the EFO this year, made an impression in their maiden appearance in Portugal, taking up the challenge of debuting with a car basically just delivered, finishing the three races in the top ten and taking a well-earned fifth in Race 3. For their young and talented Belgian driver, Aaron Ferrazzano, Spa will be his home race, and there is no doubt that on a circuit he knows very well, he can surprise again.
