Nielsen Racing’s F3 operation will rebrand as Northstar Racing, the British team announced today in a statement. Following a highly successful debut season in the Euroformula Open in 2025, the move marks an exciting next step in the team’s single-seater project, building on a debut year that saw it secure multiple wins and podiums in its inaugural single-seaters campaign.
In its first-ever single-seater campaign, the team made an immediate impact by winning the opening race of the 2025 Euroformula Open season at Portimão, claiming the first European victory for the new Dallara 324. Across the year, the team posted seven podium finishes, securing third in the Teams’ Championship and fifth in the Drivers’ standings with full-season entrant Ed Pearson, who took two wins, at Portimão and Barcelona. Theo Micouris narrowly missed out on a third victory in the final round.
The campaign also provided opportunities for emerging drivers to gain valuable experience ahead of 2026 programmes, reinforcing a long-term vision focused on performance and progression across multiple disciplines. Northstar Racing now sets its sights on building a long-term presence in Formula 3-level racing, while continuing to uphold the winning tradition established by Nielsen Racing across multiple categories (notably in the ELMS).
Northstar Racing will have a three-car entry in the 2026 Euroformula Open, with details of its race programme to be announced in due course.
Sven Thompson, Northstar Racing Team Principal: “Entering Euroformula last year was all about proving to ourselves that we could step into a new world and immediately make an impact. For me, the real excitement comes from building something new and watching it grow. We started with almost nothing in sportscars, just two Radicals, a van, and a trailer, and reached a Le Mans podium in eight years. Northstar Racing carries that same spirit forward, an ambitious, future-focused team committed to developing talent, creating opportunity, and setting bold goals to push every driver toward the highest levels of the sport.”
