The Prema Racing British driver’s performance means he will start Race 2 at the Dutch venue this afternoon on the front row of the grid alongside American Wheldon, who drives for home team MP Motorsport. Italian Emanuele Olivieri completed Qualifying 2 as the leading Rookie contender.

Wheldon headed Group B in a time of 1m30.208s as all 15 participating drivers were covered by less than one second. He was just 0.069s quicker than R-ace GP’s Rashid Al Dhaheri. The Emirati’s Chinese team-mate, Zhenrui Chi, was third fastest followed by ART Grand Prix’s French driver Alexandre Munoz and Kazakhstan’s Alexander Abkhazava (MP Motorsport).

Following Wheldon’s Group B session-topping effort it was left to Nakamura-Berta to shine in Group A and the reigning Italian F4 champion duly delivered with a 1m30.135s best. Dutch driver Reno Francot (CL Motorsport) climbed to second place in the closing moments, ending up just 0.044s adrift of Nakamura-Berta and ahead of Olivieri. Tomass Štolcermanis (Prema Racing) was fourth as Dion Gowda completed the top five for Dutch outfit Van Amersfoort Racing.

Nakamura-Berta (pictured in action below and above left with Wheldon) said: “The pace has been really strong all weekend and the track has been great fun to drive. There’s not much more to say, really. In qualifying, having clear track is so important, especially at a circuit like this where the lap is short and traffic can make a big difference. Fortunately, I was able to put together a good lap and secure a strong starting position for the race.”

Wheldon said: “It was a pretty solid qualifying session. I had a tricky moment at Turn 3 on my first flying lap, but fortunately I managed to keep it out of the wall. After that, I was able to put together a good lap on my penultimate run. It’s a bit frustrating that I couldn’t improve on my final attempt because of another mistake at Turn 3, so that’s something I need to work on.”

Race 2 is due to begin at 16:45 local time and will be streamed live on YouTube as well as being broadcast by 70 networks across 200 territories worldwide.

Positioned one step above Formula 4 in the FIA Single-Seater Pyramid, FIA FREC caters exclusively for the second-generation Formula Regional Tatuus T 326. All-new for 2026, the Pirelli-equipped car has been developed by the Italian constructor in partnership with the FIA and follows the aerodynamic philosophy deployed in Formula 1 to encourage closer racing. Its design also represents another step in terms of performance and safety.

The second-generation Formula Regional Tatuus T 326 features the new Race Mode push to pass system, which allows drivers to trigger full engine performance for a period of time when activated by a button pressed from inside the cockpit. The amount of time depends on how many times the button is pressed but each driver has a total of 100 seconds available per race. Race Mode’s introduction for the 2026 FIA FREC season is the result of extensive research and development managed by the FIA.

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