15-year-old PREMA karting driver promoted to single-seater programme
Oleksandr "Sasha" Bondarev will enter the Italian Formula 4 Championship with PREMA Racing in 2025. He will make his full-time debut in the series after a promising progression in the two final rounds of 2024. More F4 appearances will be announced in due course.
The 15-year-old Ukrainian has a successful karting background. He first broke through by winning the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals in 2017. More highlights include winning the WSK Super Master Series, and being crowned CIK-FIA European Champion OKJ in 2023.
In late 2023, he joined the PREMA Racing karting team for his OK debut and was announced for the Williams Racing Driver Academy. In 2024, he took home the WSK Champions Cup, while finishing second in the WSK Super Master Series.
Bondarev was promoted to single-seaters later this year, entering the Barcelona and Monza rounds of Italian F4. Bondarev showed impressive progress, securing three points finishes including a top 5 in the Monza finale.
Angelo Rosin - Team Founder
It is always a pleasure to welcome a new driver for his full-time debut in Formula 4 and even more so when, like Sascha, he came up within our karting ranks with such impressive results. We already spotted his potential in his two F4 races with us this year and we hope to help him to fully maximize it in 2025."
Oleksandr Bondarev
"I'm super happy to continue with PREMA for the 2025 Italian Formula 4 season. It was amazing to learn everything about the championship and the team during my first 2 races, and I hope we can soon have some really great results with the team!"