As Formula 1 and support series F2 and F3 kicked off their European legs at Imola, Europe’s FRegional–level scene came to life this weekend at multiple venues, with F4 CEZ also making an appearance. We review everything that happened this weekend in the first of two instalments.

By Feeder Series

Rarely do all four of Europe’s biggest series below F3 hold events on the same weekend, but this time out, it happened – and there was action aplenty.

In a damp FR Europe weekend at Spa full of twists and turns, Matteo De Palo continued to shine for Trident and extended his championship lead. Yevan David also remained in the lead after Euroformula Open’s races at the same venue, though the big winner – twice literally and certainly figuratively – was BVM Racing’s Tymek Kucharczyk.

On what was also the weekend of the first round of Poland’s presidential elections, Kucharczyk’s compatriots Kacper Sztuka and Maciej Gładysz had impressive turns of form at the Spielberg Eurocup-3 round, but Mattia Colnaghi found the most success. Colnaghi’s fellow Argentine Gino Trappa, meanwhile, starred in support series F4 CEZ in erstwhile points leader Bart Harrison’s absence.

GB3 also had an absent championship leader entering the Zandvoort round, with Hillspeed’s Freddie Slater prioritising his FR Europe commitments in neighbouring Belgium. In his stead, Patrick Heuzenroeder of new team Xcel Motorsport grabbed the points lead after taking his maiden series victory in race one and scoring another podium in race two.

We’ve already covered what happened at Imola in F2 over the weekend. Keep an eye on our website later today for our corresponding review of the F3 round, and check back tomorrow for the lowdown on the past weekend’s junior single-seater action in Japan, China and the United States.

1. FRegional Europe: Slater and Deligny claim maiden victories as De Palo extends points lead
2. Eurocup-3: Winter series rivals Colnaghi and Gładysz once again on top
3. GB3: Heuzenroeder takes championship lead with double podium in Zandvoort
4. Euroformula Open: Kucharczyk and BVM get redemption at Spa with two wins
5. F4 CEZ: Trappa wins twice and takes points lead

FRegional Europe: Slater and Deligny claim maiden victories as De Palo extends points lead

No force has yet emerged as dominant two rounds into FRegional Europe’s 2025 season, but this weekend at Spa still stirred up the championship. As Prema Racing’s Freddie Slater and R-ace GP’s Enzo Deligny took their first series wins, Matteo De Palo snatched the points lead from Evan Giltaire in race one and extended his advantage to 11 points by the end of the weekend. 

After qualifying one was cancelled because of barrier repairs necessitated by an accident for Saqer Al Maosherji, drivers lined up for race one according to the results of collective test one. Slater thus started from pole and went on to claim victory, but his success didn’t come easily. 

Deligny overtook him down the Kemmel Straight on lap one, just before the safety car came out for Macéo Capietto’s incident at Fagnes. Slater gained the position back on lap eight of 14 before De Palo took second from Deligny on lap 12.

On lap five, Hiyu Yamakoshi vaulted into fifth by passing Akshay Bohra and Enzo Peugeot, who had both run wide at Les Combes. He passed Giltaire too on lap nine but lost the spot later that lap, eventually coming home behind the Frenchman.

Wet weather hit qualifying two and challenged even the most experienced drivers. With Slater starting 14th, De Palo 16th and Giltaire 28th after sliding off in qualifying, front-row starters Rashid Al Dhaheri and Kanato Le had everything to play for.

The ART driver seemed to have the upper hand as race two got underway, but R-ace GP’s Deligny and Jin Nakamura caught both and claimed first and third position respectively into Les Combes. The safety car came out almost immediately, however, for Prema teammates Doriane Pin and Slater’s incident at La Source, which found an innocent victim in CL Motorsport’s Michael Belov.

At the restart, Le experienced a lock-up, which opened the door for Yamakoshi to overtake at La Source. The VAR driver then swept around the outside of Nakamura at the bus stop chicane later that lap as Kato overtook Le at Fagnes. Out front, meanwhile, Deligny lost the lead to Al Dhaheri on the restart lap into Les Combes as both cars ran wide, but the Frenchman stole it back the next time around.

The safety car came out again a lap later after Tim Gerhards spun Édouard Borgna into  the gravel at Les Combes. Yamakoshi capitalised on the restart to snatch the lead down the Kemmel Straight. Nakamura and Al Dhaheri followed him through using the slipstream but made contact at Les Combes. Nakamura earned a five-second post-race penalty for the incident, while Al Dhaheri finished 12th.

Deligny retrieved the lead on the Kemmel Straight on the penultimate lap and took his maiden victory from Yamakoshi, Kato and Le.

Behind rookie winner Dion Gowda, De Palo came sixth after passing two cars on the final lap and inheriting another place from Nakamura’s penalty, while Giltaire missed out on points after an impressive comeback to 13th from last place. 

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1 (CT1 Results)	Freddie Slater, 2:11.031	Enzo Deligny, +0.093s	Jin Nakamura, +0.184s
Race 1 (14 laps)	Freddie Slater, 33:17.033	Matteo De Palo, +2.424s	Enzo Deligny, +3.210s
Qualifying 2, Group B	Hiyu Yamakoshi, 2:13.682	Enzo Deligny, +0.085s	Akshay Bohra, +0.104s
Qualifying 2, Group A	Rashid Al Dhaheri, 2:10.987	Kanato Le, +0.359s	Jin Nakamura, +0.638s
Race 2 (12 laps)	Enzo Deligny, 32:40.072	Hiyu Yamakoshi, +0.478s	Taito Kato, +1.986s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Matteo De Palo, 66	ART Grand Prix, 94	Dion Gowda, 10
P2	Evan Giltaire, 55	Prema Racing, 81	Édouard Borgna, 0
P3	Enzo Deligny, 53	Trident, 70	Saqer Al Maosherji, 0
P4	Freddie Slater, 43	R-ace GP, 68	Tim Gerhards, 0
P5	Hiyu Yamakoshi, 34	Van Amersfoort Racing, 66	Arthur Aegerter, 0
P6	Taito Kato, 26	Saintéloc Racing, 16
P7	Rashid Al Dhaheri, 23	RPM, 4
P8	Pedro Clerot, 22	CL Motorsport, 0
P9	Jack Beeton, 19	G4 Racing, 0
P10	Nikita Bedrin, 16	Akcel GP, 0

Report by Francesca Brusa

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Eurocup-3: Winter series rivals Colnaghi and Gładysz once again on top

MP Motorsport’s Mattia Colnaghi won the first race of the Eurocup-3 season at Spielberg with a lights-to-flag victory on Saturday, just as he did in the opening round of the Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship. With second place in race two, the Italian-Argentine driver once again leaves round one atop of the standings, albeit this time by 19 points over Kacper Sztuka and 22 over winter series champion Maciej Gładysz.

In qualifying, Colnaghi beat Sztuka by 0.017 seconds, whilst GRS Team’s Yani Stevenheydens finished an impressive third. The Belgian told Feeder Series that his aborted final lap would have been good enough for pole if not for a mistake at Turn 7.

Five drivers had all their times deleted for track-limits violations. These included Gładysz and Juan Cota, making his debut with KCL by MP Motorsport. The excluded drivers were ordered on the grid by their free practice times, with Gładysz starting 25th and Cota 26th.

Jules Caranta stalled before race one was to begin, resulting in an aborted start and an extra formation lap. The French driver received a 25-second post-race time penalty, converted from a drive-through, for causing the aborted start and subsequently not starting from the back of the grid. 

The race, now shortened by two minutes, got off to a clean start. Colnaghi quickly pulled away from Sztuka as Stevenheydens and Ernesto Rivera battled early on for third. 

Sztuka set multiple fastest laps while attempting to reel in Colnaghi in the final few laps, but it was to no avail.Colnaghi took victory and the fastest lap, with Rivera finishing behind Sztuka in third. Stevenheydens crossed the line fourth but was demoted to seventh with a five-second time penalty for track-limits violations.

Gładysz climbed nine places on lap one and 14 positions overall to finish 11th on the road, but he was demoted post-race to 13th with a 10-second penalty for overtaking Lorenzo Castillo off the track at Turn 1. Cota crossed the line 14th and was promoted to 12th after all penalties were applied.

Caranta took pole for race two and started alongside Colnaghi, who had the better run into Turn 1. The two ran side by side into Turn 3 but went wide at the corner, enabling Gładysz, who started third, to take the lead. Whilst Colnaghi stayed close to the Pole during the opening laps, Gładysz pushed ahead and eventually took victory by 5.172s – a redemptive result after a disappointing Saturday.

Behind Colnaghi and Caranta, MP’s Valerio Rinicella and Campos’ Enzo Tarnvanichkul had climbed up to fourth and fifth respectively after both dispatching Rivera on lap 21 of 22. On the final lap of the race, Rivera slipstreamed his fellow Red Bull junior up the hill and drew alongside him  into Turn 3, but Sztuka lunged down the inside of the pair to take fifth.

Rivera finished sixth, whilst Tarnvanichkul was demoted from seventh to 14th with a 10-second penalty for overtaking Rivera off track at Turn 9 on lap 21. 

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1	Mattia Colnaghi, 1:24.917	Kacper Sztuka, +0.017s	Yani Stevenheydens, +0.073s
Race 1 (21 laps)	Mattia Colnaghi, 30:21.145	Kacper Sztuka, +0.620s	Ernesto Rivera, +6.799s
Qualifying 2	Jules Caranta, 1:24.913	Mattia Colnaghi, +0.101s	Maciej Gładysz, +0.268s
Race 2 (22 laps)	Maciej Gładysz, 31:55.092	Mattia Colnaghi, +5.172s	Jules Caranta, +9.560s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Mattia Colnaghi, 47	MP Motorsport, 78	Mattia Colnaghi, 47
P2	Kacper Sztuka, 28	Campos Racing, 42	Maciej Gładysz, 25
P3	Maciej Gładysz, 25	Griffin Core by Campos, 34	Ernesto Rivera, 23
P4	Ernesto Rivera, 23	Saintéloc Racing, 16	Jules Caranta, 17
P5	Valerio Rinicella, 20	Palou Motorsport, 11	James Egozi, 11
P6	Jules Caranta, 17	GRS Team, 8	Yani Stevenheydens, 8
P7	Garrett Berry, 16	Drivex, 1	Andrés Cárdenas, 4
P8	James Egozi, 11	KCL by MP Motorsport, 0	Enzo Tarnvanichkul, 2
P9	Yani Stevenheydens, 8	Sparco Palou MS, 0	Oscar Wurz, 1
P10	Jesse Carrasquedo, 6	Allay Racing, 0	Francisco Macedo, 0

Report by Seb Tirado

GB3: Heuzenroeder takes championship lead with double podium in Zandvoort

Patrick Heuzenroeder is the new leader of the GB3 drivers’ standings by 14 points from Rodin Motorsport’s Alex Ninovic after winning race one and finishing second in race two at round two in Zandvoort.

Despite a slower start in race one, Heuzenroeder defended first place by cutting across the nose of Fairclough, who briefly challenged for the lead. The Hitech driver told Feeder Series that despite ‘a really good initial launch’, starting on the right side of the grid prevented him from overtaking into Turn 1.

“I was on the dusty part of the circuit, on the inside, where no one has driven all weekend,” Fairclough said. “I just got so much wheelspin in the second phase. I was trying to modulate the throttle to try and get it to grip up quite quickly and it didn’t for quite a while.”

Having led through the first turn, Heuzenroeder never relinquished first place and won by 6.573 seconds.

“[I] knew to break the DRS and then manage from there,” the Xcel Motorsport driver explained. “My management was really good then. I set out at a hot pace and could keep it for most of the race.”

In race two, Ninovic converted pole into victory, having ‘managed the gap, managed the tyres and tried to make as little mistakes as [he] could’ throughout the race’s 16 laps.

He led home fellow Australian Heuzenroeder, who got the jump on Fairclough after the Briton’s car again  bogged down at the start. Fairclough also lost third to Reza Seewooruthun into Turn 1 but reclaimed the position at Turn 3.

In the reverse-grid finale, VRD’s Hugo Schwarze charged from fourth to first to win an incident-filled race. The 18-year-old used the inside line on the banked Turn 3 to pass Keanu Al Azhari and polesitter Kai Daryanani on lap one before overtaking Will Macintyre the next lap. Schwarze led thereafter to take his first win and podium in single-seaters, defeating Macintyre and Al Azhari.

“Last year, we came so close so many times to finishing on that podium, in the main races as well,” Schwarze told Feeder Series after the race. “[This was] my second race weekend here, not a lot of experience in that new car. [I] just came here to help the team figure out the car and get it in the right spot, and to finish that off with a win is, of course, very special.”

Time constraints from two safety car periods meant only 12 of 16 scheduled laps could be run. The first deployment came after Elite Motorsport’s Flynn Jackes spun at Turn 1 on the third lap.

The second deployment came at the restart on lap six, whenGianmarco Pradel had a snap of oversteer at Turn 3 and collected Daryanani, with Yuanpu Cui behind ploughing into the damaged cars. Pradel, race one’s third-place finisher, received a three-place grid penalty for his next race for causing the collision.

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1	Patrick Heuzenroeder, 1:30.041	Deagen Fairclough, +0.392s	Gianmarco Pradel, +0.538s
Qualifying 2	Alex Ninovic, 1:29.894	Deagen Fairclough, +0.098s	Patrick Heuzenroeder, +0.119s
Race 1 (15 laps)	Patrick Heuzenroeder, 23:04.751	Deagen Fairclough, +6.573s	Gianmarco Pradel, +6.836s
Race 2 (16 laps)	Alex Ninovic, 24:42.612	Patrick Heuzenroeder, +0.566s	Deagen Fairclough, +3.684s
Race 3 (12 laps)	Hugo Schwarze, 25:41.423	Will Macintyre, +0.343s	Keanu Al Azhari, +1.051s

Standings	Drivers	Teams
P1	Patrick Heuzenroeder, 120	Hitech, 207
P2	Alex Ninovic, 106	Rodin Motorsport, 197
P3	Noah Lisle, 98	Xcel Motorsport, 173
P4	Deagen Fairclough, 98	JHR Developments, 156
P5	Gianmarco Pradel, 84	Argenti with Prema, 156
P6	Nikita Johnson, 79	Hillspeed, 125
P7	Will Macintyre, 74	Elite Motorsport, 97
P8	Freddie Slater, 73	VRD Racing, 79
P9	Reza Seewooruthun, 70	Fortec Motorsports, 25
P10	Keanu Al Azhari, 64	Chris Dittmann Racing, 10

Report by George Sanderson

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Euroformula Open: Kucharczyk and BVM get redemption at Spa with two wins

Yevan David kicked off the second round of Euroformula Open with a hard-fought win against BVM Racing’s Tymek Kucharczyk at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, but on Sunday, the Pole won races two and three to leave the Ardennes just 20 points behind the Sri Lankan.

David took pole in the sole qualifying session and maintained first at the start of race one. José Garfias used the slipstream to steal the lead down the Kemmel Straight and Michael Shin also lunged to the inside entering Les Combes, but as both went deep on entry, David regained first place on exit

The slipstream proved strong, so David could not pull away from the field. Garfias overtook him at the same spot two laps later, shortly before Fernando Barrichello crashed on the exit of the Jacky Ickx corner, bringing out the safety car.

Garfias lost the lead on the restart and sustained a puncture entering Les Combes. That gave Kucharczyk the chance to snatch the lead by passing both the slowing Garfias and David at Les Combes. Kucharczyk and David exchanged the lead a lap later before the safety car was deployed again on lap eight for the stricken BVM of Vladislav Ryabov.

From lap 10 onwards, Kucharczyk and David exchanged the lead on each of the final three laps, but David made the decisive move at the last chicane and finished ahead by just 0.070s. Behind Kucharczyk, Diego de la Torre took his first series podium.

In race two, Shin started first and held the lead in the first two laps though the fast-starting David challenged him before finally making a pass on lap three. As rain sprinkled the track, David pulled away until lap seven, when Everett Stack crashed at Jacky Ickx and brought out the safety car.

The race resumed with four laps to go, and Kucharczyk took the lead at La Source as Shin rear-ended David, sending both drivers down the order. The Pole led for all but one of the remaining laps – which Nielsen’s Ed Pearson led – to take his maiden Euroformula Open win ahead of Pearson and Barrichello. David recovered to fourth, while Shin finished only seventh after pitting.

Barrichello started first for the reverse-grid race three, but he didn’t lead for long. The fast-starting De la Torre overtook him into La Source before Kucharczyk swept around both entering Les Combes.

As Kucharczyk sprinted away, Garfias and David began to climb upwards from fifth and sixth respectively on the grid. They were second and third three laps into the race as Barrichello fell backwards, with David finally passing the Mexican for second on lap nine.

David then began setting fastest laps in an attempt to catch Kucharczyk, but it was to no avail. The Pole won by just under a second in a race that stayed green throughout.

Kucharczyk now sits second in points, 20 behind David on 122 and 21 ahead of Shin. In the teams’ standings, Motopark still leads, 31 points ahead of BVM.

Editor’s note: On 13 May 2025, Euroformula Open published an update to how teams’ points are allocated. Each team nominates two drivers to score points no later than 30 minutes after free practice two. This subset of drivers is allocated points in the order in which they finished. The points for round one follow the previous system, whereby the top two drivers per team from within the top five overall scored points. Feeder Series has reached out to Euroformula Open for clarification.

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Yevan David, 2:08.762	José Garfias, +0.488s	Michael Shin, +0.624s
Race 1 (12 laps)	Yevan David, 31:41.069	Tymek Kucharczyk, +0.070s	Diego de la Torre, +0.630s
Race 2 (13 laps)	Tymek Kucharczyk, 31:37.031	Edward Pearson, +0.759s	Fernando Barrichello, +1.720s
Race 3 (13 laps)	Tymek Kucharczyk, 28:20.585	Yevan David, +0.981s	José Garfias, +1.617s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Yevan David, 122	Team Motopark, 80	Yevan David, 60
P2	Tymek Kucharczyk, 102	BVM Racing, 49	Everett Stack, 40
P3	Michael Shin, 81	Nielsen Racing, 40
P4	Edward Pearson, 74	NV Racing, 3
P5	Fernando Barrichello, 51
P6	José Garfias, 47
P7	Diego de la Torre, 39
P8	Everett Stack, 36
P9	Vladislav Ryabov, 27
P10	Shawn Rashid, 18

Report by Marco Albertini

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F4 CEZ: Trappa wins twice and takes points lead

Jenzer Motorsport driver Gino Trappa took advantage of teammate Bart Harrison’s absence from Spielberg to win twice and take a 41-point lead over Maffi Racing’s David Walther after two rounds.

The Argentinian was fastest by 0.041 seconds in the sole qualifying session. Within three laps of race one, he pulled a gap of five seconds on Walther, who had risen to second after Karhan got a slow start. The race remained green until lap 14, when the red flag was thrown after Javier Herrera flipped on the main straight as a result of contact with Nicolás Cortés.

With the race not resumed, Trappa was declared the winner. Walther originally finished second, but he was later demoted to third behind newcomer William Karlsson, with whom he’d battled in the early laps.

In race two, Trappa once again started first, but Karlsson overtook him off the line shortly before the red flag was thrown for an incident on the grid. Simon Schranz’s car stalled and was narrowly avoided by Nikolaj Dyrved, who lost control in doing so and crashed into Michalina Sabaj, putting both drivers out of the race.

The race resumed following a 14-minute red flag period and two laps behind the safety car. At the restart, Trappa attempted to take the lead from Karlsson in Turn 3, but he braked too late and went wide. That gave Walther the chance to overtake both Trappa and Karlsson and take the lead.

Despite a late safety car, the Dane remained unchallenged for the rest of the race and took his first win in single-seaters ahead of Karlsson and Hady-Noah Mimassi, who took his maiden podium in F4 CEZ.

For the final race of the weekend, Mathilda Paatz started on pole and kept the lead at the start as she kept Karhan at bay. The race was neutralised on lap two, however, after Romuald Bocquet and Teodor Borenstein crashed at the exit of Turn 4.

With 14 minutes of the race remaining, the race restarted, and Gino Trappa immediately moved up from third to second by passing Karhan. He then began inching closer to Paatz, who had built a margin of more than one second on the restart.

Trappa eventually passed Paatz with less than six minutes remaining and held on to take his second win of the season ahead of the German, who became the first female driver to stand on an overall podium in the series, and Karhan.

Argentina’s Trappa now leads the standings, an impressive 41 points ahead of Walther and 49 ahead of teammate Karhan. In the teams’ standings, Jenzer have a 136-point gap over Maffi, who are one point ahead of Renauer Motorsport.

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1	Gino Trappa, 1:32.895	Max Karhan, +0.041s	David Walther, +0.136s
Race 1 (12 laps)	Gino Trappa, 18:55.078	William Karlsson, +4.983s	David Walther, +5.821s
Race 2 (14 laps)	David Walther, 25:29.855	William Karlsson, +1.945s	Hady-Noah Mimassi, +3.835s
Race 3 (15 laps)	Gino Trappa, 26:27.369	Mathilda Paatz, +1.648s	Max Karhan, +2.082s

Standings	Drivers	Teams
P1	Gino Trappa, 116	Jenzer Motorsport, 218
P2	David Walther, 75	Maffi Racing, 82
P3	Max Karhan, 67	Renauer Motorsport, 81
P4	Bart Harrison, 65	Real Racing, 37
P5	William Karlsson, 42	Mathilda Racing, 34
P6	Hady-Noah Mimassi, 39	AS Motorsport, 15
P7	Luca Viişoreanu, 37	Zengő Motorsport, 11
P8	Nicolás Cortés, 36	Janik Motorsport, 5
P9	Mathilda Paatz, 34	F4 CEZ Academy, 2
P10	Javier Herrera, 32	Henni Performance, 0

Report by Marco Albertini

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