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  • PHM AIX Racing confirm Bedrin

    PHM AIX Racing have finalised their driver line-up for the 2024 Formula 3 season following announcement that Nikita Bedrin will race for the team.

    Bedrin returns for a second year in Formula 3 after sealing two podium finishes in 2023 at the Budapest Sprint Race and the Spa-Francorchamps Feature race with Jenzer Motorsport.

    However, Bedrin has plenty of history with PHM AIX Racing, previously racing for the team in 2022 at the Formula 4 UAE, ADAC F4 and Italian F4 Championships – where he became a race winner at the former two events.
    He also won two races for the team at the Formula Regional Middle East Championship in 2023.

    Welcome Back to the team, Nikita. Besides Taylor Barnard, PHM AIX Racing is supporting and educating Nikita in the third season now. No doubts about his raw speed and talent, Nikita matured on and off track and convinced us to give him another chance to prove himself, after a difficult first season in 2023. Although being compromised by some bad luck, he was able to show some respectable highlights last season with two podiums under very difficult conditions in F3. No doubts, with Nikita, his former FRMEC Teammate Joshua Dufek and Tasanapol, we have a very promising driver line-up, and I am sure, that with all the effort and work the team has done through the winter break, we will compete consistently for points and podiums.

    Rehfeld on the news.

  • Barnard graduates to Formula 2

    The 2024 Formula 2 grid is now complete following PHM AIX Racing’s announcement that Taylor Barnard will be making the step up from Formula 3.

    The Brit progresses to F2 after racing for Jenzer Motorsport last year in F3, finishing 10th in the Championship with the highlight being his maiden victory at the Spa-Francorchamps Feature Race.

    The 19 year old, shares a strong history with PHM AIX as he raced for the in the Formula 4 UAE Championship in 2022, as well as in both the Italian and ADAC F4 categories that same year – finishing as the runner-up in the latter after achieving five wins and 10 podiums.

    The following year, again with PHM AIX, he took part in the Formula Regional Middle East Championship, scoring two wins and seven podiums on his way to finishing second.

    I am delighted to announce I will be competing in FIA Formula 2 with PHM AIX Racing. It is another step up the ladder towards my dream and of course I wish to be more prepared, but I will do everything in my power and more to perform.

    Barnard on the news.

    On behalf of the whole team I can say that we are more than pleased and happy to have Taylor onboard. Being the most successful PHM Academy Driver, it is the logical step to evaluate Taylor as best promising option to be as successful as possible. He deserves the chance and until now, he fulfilled our expectations through all classes with pure dedication, will, natural talent and speed and increasing technical precision. All these efforts brought up good results, meaning in the last three FIA F3 Rounds 2023 he was the most successful driver by points. Taylor is teaming up with Joshua Duerksen and they know each other very well. We, as a still young PHM AIX Racing team, are aware that we are facing the most competitive Grid below Formula 1. The team is highly excited to have these two extremely motivated F2 Rookies in the field and I am expecting an increasing performance throughout the season and some positive surprising results.

    Roland Rehfeld, PHM AIX Racing Sporting Director.

  • Joshua Dufek joins PHM AIX Racing

    PHM AIX Racing have confirmed the first of their three drivers for the 2024 season, with Joshua Dufek joining the team.
    Dufek was a final round substitute at Campos Racing at the end of last year, driving for them in the Sprint and Feature Races at Monza, but will now gear up for his first full campaign.

    The Swiss driver arrives in FIA Formula 3 after competing in half a season of Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine before switching over and finishing the year with Euroformula Open Championship action.

    He ended up 13th in FRECA after leaving at the halfway stage but finished up seventh in the Euroformula standings, taking seven podiums and one win.

    Dufek also took part in post-season testing with PHM AIX Racing, driving for the team in Jerez, Barcelona and Imola.

    The 19 year old started out his single seater career in Spanish F4 back in 2020, where he finished fourth overall.
    He then moved to ADAC Formula 4 where he once again achieved podiums en route to P7 in the standings. He also completed a season on Italian F4 alongside that in 2021 securing one win and ending the season seventh.

    I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be teaming up with PHM once again to make my debut in FIA F3! It’s an exciting opportunity and I can’t wait to hit the track and show what I can do. The official tests at the end of last year really helped us in setting a solid baseline and I hope to build on that to make this season together a memorable one!

    Dufek on the news.

    Servus Joshua. We are very glad to welcome Joshua back in our team. We have been following Joshua for a long time now. Joshua is part of our closer circle of drivers, since he has already driven for us in the FRMEC 2023. He has had a challenging 2023 at the beginning, but showed his real speed and abilities in various classes before and in our post-season testing. Joshua is part of our very strong driver line up and encourages the whole Team with his positive attitude and teamwork. We are convinced to be on a very competitive Level this season.

    Roland Rehfeld, PHM AIX Sporting Director.