AIX Racing

United Arab Emirates Germany AIX Racing
Founded2024
Founder(s)AIX Investment Group
BaseAndernach, Germany
Team principal(s)Morne Reinecke (CEO)
Bob Vavřík (Team Manager)
Kenny Kirwan (Team Manager)
Current seriesFIA Formula 2 Championship
FIA Formula 3 Championship
Current driversFIA Formula 2 Championship
Brazil 20. Emerson Fittipaldi Jr.
United Kingdom 21. Cian Shields
FIA Formula 3 Championship
Mexico 26. Ricardo Escotto
Sri Lanka 27. Yevan David
Brazil 28. Fernando Barrichello
Noted driversUnited Kingdom Taylor Barnard
United Kingdom Nikita Bedrin
United States Brad Benavides
United Kingdom Freddie Slater
Websitehttps://aixracing.com/

AIX Racing is an auto racing team based in Germany. They currently compete in the FIA Formula 2 Championship and the FIA Formula 3 Championship. Owned by Dubai-based AIX Investment Group, it started racing in 2024 after acquiring PHM Racing's Formula 2 and Formula 3 teams. AIX will leave FIA Formula 3 at the end of 2026 after Lando Norris acquired its assets for his new feeder series team, LN4 Fusion.

AIX raced under a German licence in 2024, before becoming an Emirati-flagged team for 2025.

History

Joshua Dürksen driving an AIX Racing FIA Formula 2 car at the Red Bull Ring (2024)

AIX Racing was formed from PHM Racing's Formula 2 and Formula 3 teams. In 2023, PHM announced a new sponsorship deal with the Dubai-based AIX Investment Group that saw the team renamed PHM AIX Racing for 2024. AIX later completed acquisition of PHM in May 2024 and competed as AIX Racing from the Imola rounds of the F2 and F3 championships.

In round 4 of the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship at Imola, AIX got its first podium with Joshua Dürksen finishing third in the feature race. Taylor Barnard then won his and the team's maiden Formula 2 race victory in the sprint race at Monaco. In late August 2024, Barnard, who was the reserve and development driver for McLaren in Formula E, was promoted as a full-time driver for the 2024–25 season and subsequently ended his Formula 2 campaign. He was replaced by Niels Koolen and Cian Shields for two rounds each.

Dürksen won four Formula 2 races for AIX Racing across two years, coming tenth in the standings in 2024 and ninth in 2025 before moving to reigning champions Invicta Racing. Despite finishing 24th with 0 points, Shields was retained by AIX for the 2026 season, where he partnered rookie Emerson Fittipaldi Jr., son of two-time Formula One World Champion Emerson Fittipaldi.

In Formula 3, AIX Racing achieved its only victory in a 1–2 finish at the Hungaroring sprint race in 2024, courtesy of Nikita Bedrin and Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak. AIX then ran as many as eight drivers throughout the 2025 season, with a podium for debutant Freddie Slater in Bahrain and two pole positions for returnee Brad Benavides at Spa and Monza the standout results.

On 2 September 2026, it was announced that Lando Norris was purchasing selected assets of AIX Racing to form his own new feeder series team, LN4 Fusion, in 2027. The next day at Monza, AIX unveiled a new F2 and F3 livery featuring prominent sponsorship from Neutonic, a drinks brand owned by LN4 Fusion CEO Dan Richards.

Current series results

FIA Formula 2 Championship

Year Chassis Engine Tyres Drivers Races Wins Poles F. Laps Podiums D.C. Pts T.C. Pts
2024 Dallara
F2 2024		 Mecachrome
V634T V6 t		 P Paraguay Joshua Dürksen 28 2 0 0 4 10th 87 9th 105
United Kingdom Taylor Barnard 20 1 0 0 1 21st 18
Netherlands Niels Koolen 4 0 0 0 0 32nd 0
United Kingdom Cian Shields 4 0 0 0 0 30th 0
2025 Dallara
F2 2024		 Mecachrome
V634T V6 t		 P Paraguay Joshua Dürksen 27 2 0 1 8 9th 107 9th 107
United Kingdom Cian Shields 27 0 0 0 0 24th 0
2026 Dallara
F2 2024		 Mecachrome
V634T V6 t		 P Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. 25 0 0 0 1 18th 28 11th 38*
United Kingdom Cian Shields 25 0 0 2 0 22nd 10

* Season still in progress.

In detail

(key)

Year Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 T.C. Points
2024 BHR
SPR		 BHR
FEA		 JED
SPR		 JED
FEA		 ALB
SPR		 ALB
FEA		 IMO
SPR		 IMO
FEA		 MCO
SPR		 MCO
FEA		 CAT
SPR		 CAT
FEA		 RBR
SPR		 RBR
FEA		 SIL
SPR		 SIL
FEA		 HUN
SPR		 HUN
FEA		 SPA
SPR		 SPA
FEA		 MNZ
SPR		 MNZ
FEA		 BAK
SPR		 BAK
FEA		 LUS
SPR		 LUS
FEA		 YMC
SPR		 YMC
FEA		 9th 105
Paraguay Joshua Dürksen 15 11 9 12 17 Ret Ret 3 18 18† 10 Ret 8 6 16 Ret 18 19 19 10 3 5 1 5 8 13 Ret 1
United Kingdom Taylor Barnard Ret 16 13 13 13 16 DSQ 20 1 11 19 Ret 12 8 9 14 7 9 16 13
Netherlands Niels Koolen 19 19 20 Ret
United Kingdom Cian Shields 18 11 18 18
2025 ALB
SPR		 ALB
FEA		 BHR
SPR		 BHR
FEA		 JED
SPR		 JED
FEA		 IMO
SPR		 IMO
FEA		 MCO
SPR		 MCO
FEA		 CAT
SPR		 CAT
FEA		 RBR
SPR		 RBR
FEA		 SIL
SPR		 SIL
FEA		 SPA
SPR		 SPA
FEA		 HUN
SPR		 HUN
FEA		 MNZ
SPR		 MNZ
FEA		 BAK
SPR		 BAK
FEA		 LUS
SPR		 LUS
FEA		 YMC
SPR		 YMC
FEA		 9th 107
Paraguay Joshua Dürksen 1 C DSQ 10 12 11 11 13 Ret Ret NC 17 2 13 5 20† 11 11 11 12 3 2 9 2F 2 14 2 1
United Kingdom Cian Shields 17 C 18 22 Ret 19 18 11 Ret 13 12 19 12 Ret 17 14 13 19 21 16 15 Ret 14 18 Ret 20 19 Ret
2026 ALB
SPR		 ALB
FEA		 MIA
SPR		 MIA
FEA		 MTL
SPR		 MTL
FEA		 MCO
SPR		 MCO
FEA		 CAT
SPR		 CAT
FEA		 RBR
SPR		 RBR
FEA		 SIL
SPR		 SIL
FEA		 SPA
SPR		 SPA
FEA		 HUN
SPR		 HUN
FEA		 MNZ
SPR		 MNZ
FEA		 MAD
SPR		 MAD
FEA		 BAK
SPR		 BAK
FE1		 BAK
FE2		 LUS
SPR		 LUS
FEA		 YAS
SPR		 YAS
FEA		 11th 38*
Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. 14 15 Ret 12 5 Ret 17 7 16 19 Ret 14 17 20 14 Ret 20 17 16 20 2 5 18 12 16
United Kingdom Cian Shields 19 19 18 Ret Ret 5 18 17 22 20 16 17 19F 19 Ret 12 16 20 18 16 16F 17 12 Ret 18

* Season still in progress.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

Year Chassis Engine Tyres Drivers Races Wins Poles F. Laps Podiums D.C. Pts T.C. Pts
2024 Dallara
F3 2019		 Mecachrome
V634 V6		 P Thailand Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak 20 0 0 0 1 24th 9 9th 35
Italy Nikita Bedrin 20 1 0 0 1 19th 25
Austria Joshua Dufek 20 0 0 0 0 28th 1
2025 Dallara
F3 2025		 Mecachrome
V634 V6		 P Spain Javier Sagrera 4 0 0 0 0 34th 0 9th 52
United Kingdom James Hedley 10 0 0 0 0 28th 7
Mexico José Garfias 2 0 0 0 0 37th 0
Brazil Fernando Barrichello 2 0 0 0 0 35th 0
Italy Nicola Marinangeli 19 0 0 0 0 36th 0
Italy Nikita Bedrin 2 0 0 0 0 21st 17
United Kingdom Freddie Slater 2 0 0 1 1 27th 10
United States Brad Benavides 15 0 2 0 0 20th 18
2026 Dallara
F3 2025		 Mecachrome
V634 V6		 P United States Brad Benavides 3 0 0 0 0 25th 6 10th 43
Mexico Ricardo Escotto 8 0 0 0 0 31st 0
Colombia Salim Hanna 4 0 0 0 0 35th 0
Sri Lanka Yevan David 19 0 0 0 1 18th 35
Brazil Fernando Barrichello 19 0 0 0 0 28th 2

In detail

(key)

Year Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 T.C. Points
2024 BHR
SPR		 BHR
FEA		 ALB
SPR		 ALB
FEA		 IMO
SPR		 IMO
FEA		 MCO
SPR		 MCO
FEA		 CAT
SPR		 CAT
FEA		 RBR
SPR		 RBR
FEA		 SIL
SPR		 SIL
FEA		 HUN
SPR		 HUN
FEA		 SPA
SPR		 SPA
FEA		 MNZ
SPR		 MNZ
FEA		 9th 35
Thailand Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak 16 19 Ret Ret Ret 27 17 18 25 26 27 26 20 20 2 14 29 15 21 11
Italy Nikita Bedrin 13 20 21 8 9 30 Ret 24 Ret 30† 13 Ret 13 9 1 7 13 20 Ret 13
Austria Joshua Dufek 24 27 22 22 16 22 Ret 20 17 17 25 Ret 23 Ret 22 22 24 14 Ret 10
2025 ALB
SPR		 ALB
FEA		 BHR
SPR		 BHR
FEA		 IMO
SPR		 IMO
FEA		 MCO
SPR		 MCO
FEA		 CAT
SPR		 CAT
FEA		 RBR
SPR		 RBR
FEA		 SIL
SPR		 SIL
FEA		 SPA
SPR		 SPA
FEA		 HUN
SPR		 HUN
FEA		 MNZ
SPR		 MNZ
FEA		 9th 52
Spain Javier Sagrera Ret 15 23 24
United Kingdom James Hedley 18 23 Ret WD DSQ 26 26 27 24 C 4 22
Mexico José Garfias 24† Ret
Brazil Fernando Barrichello 17 Ret
Italy Nicola Marinangeli 20 27 Ret 25 Ret Ret 19 21 21 23 19 25 28 26 27 C 21 23 20 19
Italy Nikita Bedrin 6 4
United Kingdom Freddie Slater 2F Ret
United States Brad Benavides 12 24 12 Ret 15 24 Ret 9 14 Ret 19 CP Ret Ret 26 4P
2026 ALB
SPR		 ALB
FEA		 MCO
SPR		 MCO
FEA		 CAT
SPR		 CAT
FEA		 RBR
SPR		 RBR
FEA		 SIL
SPR		 SIL
FEA		 SPA
SPR		 SPA
FEA		 HUN
SPR		 HUN
FEA		 MNZ
SPR		 MNZ
FEA		 MAD
SPR		 MAD
FE1		 MAD
FE2		 10th 43
United States Brad Benavides 17 7 Ret WD
Mexico Ricardo Escotto 22 23 28 Ret 22 26 22 15
Colombia Salim Hanna 26 19 24 Ret
Sri Lanka Yevan David 22 20 21 20 19 27 19 Ret 2 7 16 Ret 11 23 4 4 16 11 10
Brazil Fernando Barrichello 27 18 20 Ret 17 24 23 Ret 24 27† 20 Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 25 Ret 23

Timeline

Current series
FIA Formula 2 Championship 2024–present
FIA Formula 3 Championship 2024–2026

References

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