Leonardo Fornaroli has joined McLaren for the F1 2026 season, with the Woking-based squad also confirming two other names to top up its junior programme.

Fresh off the back of securing the Formula 2 title in Qatar, Fornaroli has joined an F1 programme for 2026 by putting pen to paper with McLaren.

McLaren announce Leonardo Fornaroli for 2026

20-year-old Italian driver Leonardo Fornaroli is one of three new names to join McLaren’s Driver Development programme for 2026.

Having won the 2024 Formula 3 championship, Fornaroli secured back-to-back titles with victory in the F1 championship in Qatar, courtesy of sixth in the Sprint race and second place in the Feature.

This put the title out of reach of the pursuing Jak Crawford and Richard Verschoor, with Fornaroli having won four races and

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