Taponen Wins F3 Finale as Ugochukwu Finishes Second to Take Title
Ugochukwu took the title by 11 points, becoming the first American champion in Formula 3 as Campos Racing also won the teams' crown.
- On Sunday, Ugo Ugochukwu secured the 2026 FIA F3 championship in Madrid, finishing second behind race winner Tuukka Taponen in the final round.
- Heading into the Madrid finale, Ugochukwu trailed Audi-backed rival Freddie Slater, who had led the championship standings for much of the season.
- Qualifying 17th and 8th, Slater struggled to recover, finishing eighth in the final race, while Ugochukwu navigated a late safety car restart on lap 17 of 19 to secure the title.
- Campos Racing also secured the teams' championship at their home race, completing a double title success that mirrors the 2020 performance by Prema and Oscar Piastri.
- This championship offers redemption for Ugochukwu, who left the McLaren junior programme late last year and now adds this crown to victories in Formula Regional Oceania, Macau Grand Prix, and Euro 4.
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Taponen wins F3 finale as Ugochukwu finishes second to take title
Photo: Formula Motorsport Ltd Tuukka Taponen took an untroubled lights-to-flag victory in FIA Formula 3’s final round at the Madring as Ugo Ugochukwu followed him home to claim the drivers’ title. Fittingly, local team Campos Racing added the drivers’ title to the teams’ championship at their home race in Madrid. Speaking after the race, Ugochukwu talked of a “superclinical weekend, with no mistakes the whole weekend and a perfect way to end the…
Madrid, 13 Sep (EFE).- The Madring circuit, which premiered this weekend, proclaimed its first champion, in the Formula 3 category in which the American Ugo Ugochukwu (Campos Racing) was imposed after completing its retrace to the British Freddie Slater (Trident). Slater arrived in Madrid as a great favorite to [...] La entrada Madring crowns its first champion: Ugo Ugo Ugochukwu in Formula 3 was first published in HolaNews.
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