Javier Herrera (born 3 November 2009) is a Mexican racing driver set to compete in the Euroformula Open Championship for BVM Racing.
Career Herrera began karting in 2017. Mainly racing in Mexico, he won the 2020 and 2022 RMC Mexico titles in Micro Swift and Junior Max, and finished third in the 2022 Mexican SKUSA championship in the X30 Junior class. Herrera then mainly raced in Europe in 2023, before going back to America for the end of the year, where he finished 11th in the SKUSA SuperNationals and continued karting until 2024.
After testing Formula 4 machinery in late 2024, Herrera made his single-seater debut for Jenzer Motorsport in the final round of the 2025 Formula Winter Series at Barcelona. Despite qualifying ninth in wet conditions on debut, Herrera scored a best result of 19th among the three races, doing so in race two. Continuing with the Swiss team for the rest of the year, Herrera joined the Formula 4 CEZ Championship, in which he scored two fifth-place finishes in the season-opening Red Bull Ring round. After finishing no higher than eighth at the same venue a month later, Herrera finished fourth in race one at the Salzburgring to enter the second half of the year eighth in points. In the following round at Most, Herrera scored his first win of the season during race three after overtaking two drivers during a safety car restart. After then finishing second in race three at the Slovakia Ring, Herrera won races one and two during the Brno Circuit round after starting on pole position for both races. He finished the season in third with 189 points.
During 2025, Herrera also partook in the Monza and Imola rounds of the Italian F4 Championship, in which he scored a best result of tenth in race three at Monza, having started 23rd. Herrera also made a one-off appearance in the Mugello round of the E4 Championship for AKM Motorsport, in which he scored a best result of 19th in race one.
The following year, Herrera joined BVM Racing to step up to the Euroformula Open Championship.
Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2017RMC Mexico North West – Micro Max8th 2018SKUSA SuperNationals – Micro SwiftMaranello Kart37th 2019RMC Mexico North West – Micro MaxNC 2021SKUSA SuperNationals – Micro SwiftNC2022IAME Euro Series – X30 JuniorFalcon Racing Team82ndIAME Warriors Final – X30 JuniorNCRotax Max Challenge Grand Finals – Junior MaxTaylor GreenfieldNCUSPKS – X30 Pro Junior32nd2023Champions of the Future – OK-JFalcon Racing TeamCRG Racing Team55thKarting European Championship – OK-JFalcon Racing TeamCRG Racing Team67thUSPKS – KA 100 Junior41stSKUSA SuperNationals – KA 100 JuniorOrolson Racing11th 2024USPKS – KA 100 SeniorCRG Nordam36thSources:
Racing record Racing career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition2025 Formula Winter Series Jenzer Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC† Formula 4 CEZ Championship 18 3 1 1 4 1893rd Italian F4 Championship 4 0 0 0 0 1 28th E4 Championship AKM Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 0 37th 2026 Euroformula Open Championship BVM Racing 6 0 0 0 2 47* 5th*Sources:
† As Herrera was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Complete Formula Winter Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points 2025 Jenzer MotorsportPOR1POR2POR3CRT1CRT2CRT3ARA1ARA2ARA3CAT1CAT2CAT3 NC† 0 † As Herrera was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
‡ Herrera did not finish, but was classified as he completed 90% race distance.
Complete Formula 4 CEZ Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) YearTeam123456789101112131415161718DCPoints 2025 Jenzer MotorsportRBR11RBR12RBR13RBR21RBR22RBR23SAL1SAL2SAL3MOS1MOS2MOS3SVK1SVK2SVK3BRN1BRN2BRN33rd189
† Herrera did not finish, but was classified as he completed 90% race distance.
Complete Italian F4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 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 DC Points 2025 Jenzer MotorsportMIS11 MIS12MIS13MIS14VLL1VLL2VLL3VLL4MNZ1MNZ2MNZ3MUG1MUG2MUG3IMO1IMO2IMO3CAT1 CAT2CAT3MIS21 MIS22MIS23MIS24MIS25 28th 1
Complete E4 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points 2025 AKM MotorsportLEC1LEC2LEC3MUG1MUG2MUG3MNZ1MNZ2MNZ3 37th 0
Complete Euroformula Open Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points 2026 BVM RacingPRT1PRT2PRT3SPA1SPA2SPA3 MIS1 MIS2 MIS3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 CAT1 CAT2 CAT3 5th* 47* Season still in progress.
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