After the first two rounds of the season, the Australian and Bahrain Grands Prix, the FIA Formula 3 World Championship moves to Europe, with the Italian Grand Prix taking place this weekend and with the only Portuguese driver in the category, rookie Ivan Domingues, returning to a very special track.
Since he was 14, when he moved to Italy to pursue his professional training, the young driver from Leiria has made the Autódromo Internacional Enzo e Dino Ferrari one of his main stages of experience. And it is there that he now intends to take another leap in adapting to Formula 3, in a journey that, once again, will be integrated into the F1 World Championship calendar.
“We arrived in Imola with the highest expectations, as we continue our development and return to a circuit that is so special to me. It will be special to race in Formula 3 at Imola, where I competed during my years in Formula Regional and Formula 4. After our debut in Melbourne and the improvement in pace we demonstrated in Bahrain, we will do our best to continue growing and enter the European phase of the championship in the best possible way”, says Ivan Domingues.
The Italian Grand Prix program starts this Friday:
Friday, May 16
Free Practice: 10:55 – 11:40
Qualifying: 16:05 – 15:35
Saturday, May 17
Sprint Race: 11:05 – 11:50
Sunday, May 18
Feature Race: 09:30 – 10:15
About Ivan Domingues
Ivan Domingues (Leiria, 5/5/2006) started karting, inspired by his father and brother, when he was only 8 years old. At the age of 9, he participated in the first Portuguese championship. He won the Brazilian Karting Cup and was National Vice-Champion in 2017, 2018 and 2019. At the age of 14, he moved to Italy to professionalise his training and make the leap to Formula 4. Last season, in 2024, already in FRECA (Formula Regional Europe by Alpine), he stood out as one of the best rookies (two podiums and best rookie in 3 races). In 2025, he made the jump to the FIA Formula 3 Championship, one of the main antechambers to Formula 1, to complete the full season with the prestigious Van Amersfoort Racing (VAR), thus becoming the first Portuguese in the category in 12 years. His role models are Ayrton Senna and Max Verstappen. In addition to cars, he is passionate about sports and animals.
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