José María Navalón Boya (Spanish pronunciation: [xoˌse maˈɾi.a naβaˈlom ˈboʝa]; born 13 April 2004), better known as Mari Boya, is a Spanish racing driver set to compete for Campos Racing in the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship, having previously raced for MP Motorsport in 2023.

Mari Boya
Boya in 2023
NationalitySpain Spanish
Full nameJosé María Navalón Boya
Born (2004-04-13) 13 April 2004 (age 20)
Les, Spain
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season2023
Current teamCampos Racing
Car number12
Former teamsMP Motorsport
Starts28 (28 entries)
Wins1
Podiums2
Poles0
Fastest laps1
Best finish15th in 2024
Previous series
20232024
20232024
2021-2022
2020
Eurocup-3
FR Middle East Championship
FR European Championship
Spanish F4 Championship

He previously competed in the Formula Regional European Championship during 2021 and 2022 and was the 2020 Spanish F4 and 2023 Eurocup-3 vice-champion.

Career

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Karting career

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Boya started competition karting in 2015, when he won the Spanish Karting Championship, and he repeated the same feat again in 2016.[1][2] He won the championship again in 2018, this time in the Junior class, and came out victorious in the IAME Winter Cup that same year.[3] The Spaniard stayed in karts until early 2020.

Formula 4

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Boya made his car racing debut in the 2020 F4 Spanish Championship with MP Motorsport.[4] Boya had a strong opening two rounds on his debut, before taking his first win during the first Jerez race.[5] He later took a double victory in Aragón.[6] He won three races and scored fourteen podiums throughout the season, which meant Boya finished second in the drivers' standings behind fellow rookie and teammate Kas Haverkort.[7]

Formula Regional

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2021

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Boya racing in the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring.

In April 2021 it was announced that Boya would be making his debut in the Formula Regional European Championship with Formula One World Champion Fernando Alonso's team, FA Racing.[8] However at the last minute, he switched to Van Amersfoort Racing instead, partnering Francesco Pizzi and Lorenzo Fluxá.[9] At the first round of the championship Boya scored five points, becoming the first driver to score points for the team that year.[10] He score multiple points finishes in the first half of his campaign, but the main highlight of the season would be a third-placed podium in Valencia.[11][12] This placed him 14th in the standings at the end of the season, with 51 points scored.[13]

2022

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Boya racing in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring.

Boya joined ART Grand Prix for the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship alongside Laurens van Hoepen and Gabriele Minì.[14] He scored a second place early on in Imola.[15] However, after the sixth round at the Hungaroring, Boya was replaced by Esteban Masson at ART for unknown reasons.[16] However, he was drafted to replace Michael Belov at MP Motorsport for the remainder of the season.[17] This move would only bring two points in the remaining four rounds, as Boya limped to tenth in the standings.[18]

2023

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Boya raced the full season with MP Motorsport in the 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship.[19] He took his first Formula Regional win during the third race of the Dubai opening round, and another win in the final round at Yas Marina boosted him to fifth in the standings.[20][21]

2024

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He returned to the Formula Regional Middle East Championship in 2024, driving for Pinnacle Motorsport.[22] Boya did not win a race during the championship, but scored three podiums on his way to finishing fifth in the standings yet again.[23]

Eurocup-3

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2023

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Boya racing in the 2023 Eurocup-3 season at the Spa-Francorchamps.

In a last-minute signing, Boya announced that he would compete in the 2023 Eurocup-3 season with MP Motorsport, alongside his Formula 3 campaign.[24] The Spaniard started with a double pole and a victory in Spa-Francorchamps, but was forced to miss the second round in Aragón due to clashing Formula 3 commitments.[25] Despite that, he rebounded with a double win in Monza.[26] However, Boya netted only one podium in the next two rounds, but managed to win again in Estoril.[27] A win and a third-placed podium put Boya into the title fight with Esteban Masson heading into the Barcelona season finale.[28] Being separated one point,[29] Boya was unable to capitalise as he took a third and fourth place while Masson won both.[30] This meant Boya finished runner-up, whilst earning five wins, nine podiums and 243 points.

2024

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Boya returned to Eurocup-3 with GRS Team during the final round in Barcelona as a guest driver.[31]

FIA Formula 3 Championship

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2023

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Boya driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2023 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

In September 2022, Boya drove for MP Motorsport during the FIA Formula 3 post-season test.[32][33][34] Just two months later, the Dutch outfit confirmed Boya's signing for the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship.[35] He later stated that his aim was to "quickly adapt and to take all the opportunities [I] have".[36] Boya endured an atrocious start to his season, failing to score in the first three rounds, whilst retiring thrice. However, he banished his poor fortunes with a double points finish in sixth and seventh at Barcelona.[37] He returned to the points in the Hungary feature race, having managed his tyres well.[38] Boya's best weekend came at the Monza finale, having battled teammate Franco Colapinto for the lead, the Spaniard would lose second place to Gabriel Bortoleto on the last lap, but nevertheless scored his first podium.[39] He followed this up with sixth in the feature, seeing him place 17th in the standings with 29 points.[40]

2024

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Boya driving for Campos Racing during the 2024 Spielberg Formula 3 round

Boya switched to Campos Racing for his second season of Formula 3 in 2024, alongside Sebastián Montoya and Red Bull junior Oliver Goethe.[41] He started the season with points in the sprint race with eighth, but sustained a puncture on the second lap during the feature race after contact with Laurens van Hoepen.[42] Qualifying sixth in Melbourne, Boya made his way up the order and finished in an impressive fourth.[43] He continued his good form in the feature with seventh.[44] In Imola, Boya was taken out of the opening lap in the sprint race, but made up 18 positions in the feature race from 27th to finish ninth.[45] A solid weekend in Monaco rewarded him with sixth and seventh place.[46]

In the Barcelona sprint race, from third, Boya took advantage of a collision from the leading Trident cars. Despite a challenge from Alex Dunne, Boya persevered for his first F3 victory in his home race.[47][48] He would finish eighth during the feature race, but was penalised due to track limits and dropped to 14th.[49] However, this was followed by two rounds with points owing to poor qualifying, but scored a point again in the Budapest feature race.[50] Boya survived a chaotic sprint race in Monza to take seventh place, his final points finish of the season, as he retired in the feature race after contact with teammate Montoya.[51] The Spaniard finished his sophomore F3 campaign 15th in the standings with 45 points.[52]

2025

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Staying in the category for a third season, Boya continued with Campos Racing for the 2025 FIA Formula 3 season alongside Nikola Tsolov and Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak.[53]

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Team Position
2015 Spanish Championship — Cadet 1st
WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini DPK Racing 23rd
2016 Spanish Championship — Cadet 1st
Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals — Mini MAX 10th
2017 Spanish Championship — Junior 4th
IAME International Final — X30 Junior 13th
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ VDK Racing 34th
2018 IAME Euro Series — X30 Junior 5th
Spanish Championship — Junior 1st
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ Baby Race Academy 25th
IAME Winter Cup — X30 Junior Kids to Win 1st
WSK Champions Cup — OKJ 10th
2019 Spanish Championship — Senior 4th
IAME International Final — X30 Senior DNF
IAME Euro Series — X30 Senior Monlau Competicion 12th
IAME Winter Cup — X30 Senior 6th
2020 IAME Winter Cup — X30 Senior Monlau Competicion 17th
2021 IAME Winter Cup — X30 Senior Monlau Competicion 7th
2022 IAME Winter Cup — X30 Senior Monlau Competicion 2nd

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2020 F4 Spanish Championship MP Motorsport 21 3 3 4 14 272 2nd
2021 Formula Regional European Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 20 0 0 0 1 51 14th
2022 Formula Regional European Championship ART Grand Prix 12 0 0 2 1 69 10th
MP Motorsport 8 0 0 0 0
2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship Hyderabad Blackbirds by MP 15 2 0 2 3 107 5th
FIA Formula 3 Championship MP Motorsport 18 0 0 0 1 29 17th
Eurocup-3 16 5 5 4 9 243 2nd
Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
2024 Formula Regional Middle East Championship Pinnacle Motorsport 15 0 0 2 3 112 5th
FIA Formula 3 Championship Campos Racing 20 1 0 1 1 45 15th
Eurocup-3 GRS Team 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Macau Grand Prix KCMG IXO by Pinnacle Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 7th
2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship Campos Racing 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD

* Season still in progress.

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

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(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 DC Points
2020 MP Motorsport NAV
1

2
NAV
2

9
NAV
3

4
LEC
1

3
LEC
2

2
LEC
3

3
JER
1

1
JER
2

18
JER
3

2
CRT
1

7
CRT
2

4
CRT
3

2
ARA
1

1
ARA
2

1
ARA
3

3
JAR
1

3
JAR
2

11
JAR
3

4
CAT
1

3
CAT
2

3
CAT
3

3
2nd 272

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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(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 DC Points
2021 Van Amersfoort Racing IMO
1

10
IMO
2

8
CAT
1

5
CAT
2

19
MCO
1

9
MCO
2

8
LEC
1

Ret
LEC
2

31
ZAN
1

7
ZAN
2

9
SPA
1

11
SPA
2

13
RBR
1

10
RBR
2

14
VAL
1

3
VAL
2

7
MUG
1

Ret
MUG
2

12
MNZ
1

Ret
MNZ
2

12
14th 51
2022 ART Grand Prix MNZ
1

7
MNZ
2

6
IMO
1

2
IMO
2

21
MCO
1

7
MCO
2

7
LEC
1

7
LEC
2

7
ZAN
1

5
ZAN
2

12
HUN
1

12
HUN
2

14
10th 69
MP Motorsport SPA
1

13
SPA
2

10
RBR
1

10
RBR
2

Ret
CAT
1

25
CAT
2

29
MUG
1

17
MUG
2

12

Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results

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(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 DC Points
2023 Hyderabad Blackbirds by MP DUB1
1

12
DUB1
2

13
DUB1
3

1
KUW1
1

Ret
KUW1
2

14
KUW1
3

13
KUW2
1

3
KUW2
2

4
KUW2
3

10
DUB2
1

6
DUB2
2

5
DUB2
3

6
ABU
1

1
ABU
2

10
ABU
3

18
5th 107
2024 Pinnacle Motorsport YMC1
1

6
YMC1
2

7
YMC1
3

5
YMC2
1

3
YMC2
2

3
YMC2
3

26†
DUB1
1

3
DUB1
2

6
DUB1
3

Ret
YMC3
1

NC
YMC3
2

10
YMC3
3

4
DUB2
1

7
DUB2
2

7
DUB2
3

5
5th 112

* Season still in progress.

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

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Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2023   MP Motorsport Dallara F3 2019 10th 6th 4th
2024   KCMG IXO by Pinnacle Motorsport Tatuus F3 T318 5th DSQ 7th

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

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(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 DC Points
2023 MP Motorsport BHR
SPR

15
BHR
FEA

Ret
MEL
SPR

DSQ
MEL
FEA

Ret
MON
SPR

Ret
MON
FEA

18
CAT
SPR

7
CAT
FEA

6
RBR
SPR

12
RBR
FEA

24
SIL
SPR

29
SIL
FEA

12
HUN
SPR

21
HUN
FEA

10
SPA
SPR

16
SPA
FEA

13
MNZ
SPR

3
MNZ
FEA

6
17th 29
2024 Campos Racing BHR
SPR

8
BHR
FEA

29
MEL
SPR

4
MEL
FEA

7
IMO
SPR

Ret
IMO
FEA

9
MON
SPR

6
MON
FEA

7
CAT
SPR

1
CAT
FEA

14
RBR
SPR

22
RBR
FEA

18
SIL
SPR

16
SIL
FEA

23
HUN
SPR

18
HUN
FEA

10
SPA
SPR

28
SPA
FEA

Ret
MNZ
SPR

7
MNZ
FEA

Ret
15th 45
2025 Campos Racing BHR
SPR

BHR
FEA

MEL
SPR

MEL
FEA

IMO
SPR

IMO
FEA

MON
SPR

MON
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

TBD TBD

* Season still in progress.

Complete Eurocup-3 results

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(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 DC Points
2023 MP Motorsport SPA
1

4
SPA
2

1
ARA
1

WD
ARA
2

WD
MNZ
1

1
MNZ
2

1
ZAN
1

10
ZAN
1

2
JER
1

8
JER
2

4
EST
1

3
EST
2

1
CRT
1

3
CRT
2

1
CAT
1

3
CAT
2

4
2nd 243
2024 GRS Team SPA
1

SPA
2

RBR
1

RBR
2

POR
1

POR
2

POR
3

LEC
1

LEC
2

ZAN
1

ZAN
2

ARA
1

ARA
2

JER
1

JER
2

CAT
1

15
CAT
2

5
NC† 0

As Boya was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

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