Method 3 has introduced {that a} prize fund can be awarded to the perfect finishers within the Drivers’ Championship from the 2025 season onwards.
The €1 million fund can be cut up between the 5 highest-placed drivers within the standings and go in the direction of a Method 2 marketing campaign the next season.
The champion will obtain 300,000 euros, second place will get 250,000 euros, with 200,000, 150,000 and 100,000 euros going to the third, fourth and fifth-placed drivers respectively.
Rafael Camara secured the 2025 title with TRIDENT and is ready to change into the primary recipient of the highest prize fund.
Nikola Tsolov, Mari Boya, Tim Tramnitz and Martinius Stenshorne adopted in second to fifth locations, with Tsolov already confirmed to graduate to F2 subsequent season with Campos Racing.
Ought to any driver not race in F2 in 2026, the prize cash would go to the next-best driver within the standings.
Method 1 President and CEO Stefano Domenicali mentioned: “The Method 3 one-million-euro prize fund is a crucial initiative that can additional incentivise drivers and supply them with a really worthwhile and well-deserved reward for his or her success within the championship.
“The FIA Method 3 Championship continues to be an important a part of the pyramid system, which offers the drivers with the important technical, bodily, and psychological coaching to rise via the championships on their journey to the very best stage of our sport.
“All of us look ahead to the 2026 season and watching the unimaginable expertise on monitor.”
FIA Method 3 CEO Bruno Michel added: “I’m happy to announce this million-euro fund, which can profit the 5 highest-placed Method 3 drivers, alongside the substantial prize supplied by our accomplice, Pirelli, which matches to the champion.
“It’s critical to help rising expertise on their street to Method 1. Method 3 is a incredible coaching floor for these younger racers to hone their abilities to maneuver up the pyramid, and this extra monetary reward will assist them to go even additional of their efforts in the direction of the head of motorsport.”
