Feeder Series reviews the junior single-seater racing action that took place in Europe and Asia over the past weekend in the first instalment of a two-part weekend review.

By Feeder Series

Europe’s Formula 4 paddocks were abuzz with activity this weekend, with Italian F4 racing at Monza, Spanish F4 at Le Castellet, British F4 at Oulton Park and French F4 at Spa. In all four series, at least one driver won a single-seater race for the first time.

In faster machinery, Eurocup-3 also joined Spanish F4 this weekend at Le Castellet for its third round in a row outside its base in Spain, and the series has a new championship leader and razor-tight margins at the top. Though no series has a closer battle for the points lead at the moment than Super Formula Lights, in which the top two drivers are tied after one of them swept this weekend’s races at Okayama.

Nordic 4 also held an event this weekend at Ring Djursland, where Formula 5–spec competitor Mads Hoe took two wins and a second place. Marius Kristiansen came home first in the second race.

Keep reading for the full digest of what happened in Europe and Asia, and check back tomorrow for our reports about all the action in North America over the weekend.

1. Super Formula Lights: Unstoppable Nomura wins all three races at Okayama
2. Eurocup-3: Sztuka swipes championship lead from Rivera with maiden victory
3. Italian F4: Chi takes first win as title battle ignites
4. Spanish F4: Strauven extends championship lead as Przyrowski falters
5. British F4: McLaughlin regains points lead as Bearman takes maiden win in chaotic dry-wet race
6. French F4: Roussel closes the gap to Munoz with two wins

Super Formula Lights: Unstoppable Nomura wins all three races at Okayama

Yuto Nomura continued B-Max Racing’s success from last year and won all three races at Okayama this weekend. He now ties Yuki Sano on 53 points at the head of the drivers’ championship. 

With qualifying especially important at Okayama given the limited passing opportunities, Nomura set himself up perfectly by topping both qualifying sessions.

In race one, Nomura got a good launch off the grid, keeping teammate Zachary David and Delightworks Racing’s Yusuke Mitsui behind him. Mitsui jumped from third to second on the opening lap, but he lost the place to David going into Turn 5 before dropping to fourth exiting Turn 6 after TOM’S’ Rikuto Kobayashi passed him around the outside. On the second lap, B-Max’s Kaylen Frederick passed Mitsui for fourth at Turn 5.

Kobayashi caught up to David on lap 19 and attacked him going into Turn 5 but couldn’t make the move stick. He got past David one lap later at Turn 6 after David’s line was compromised because of his defensive line in Turn 5.

Nomura won the longest race of the weekend, finishing 6.668 seconds ahead of Kobayashi. David came third, and the only other previous race winners this season, Frederick and Sano, finished fourth and fifth.

Nomura again started from first in the second race and kept his lead while Mitsui dropped from second to fourth behind Masson and Kobayashi on the opening lap. Masson, now in second, had the advantage of fresh tyres for the race, and after constantly staying over one second behind Nomura, the Frenchman finally put Nomura under pressure between laps 12 to 14, when he was less than a second away. 

Nomura stayed ahead, though, and took the win ahead of Masson and Kobayashi, who was 7.296s behind Masson after 18 laps.

The grid for the third race on Sunday afternoon was set by the results of the first race. Again, polesitter Nomura won the start and kept his lead going into Turn 1 ahead of Kobayashi and Frederick. 

The field remained in the same order from the end of lap one until lap 14, when a safety car was called after LMcorsa’s Reimei Ito came to a stop in the run-off area outside of Turn 5. The race restarted on lap 16 without any position changes. Nomura won by 1.243s over Kobayashi, with Frederick finishing third. 

Championship leader Sano took just four points all weekend thanks to two fifth-place finishes and now sits on 53 points. Nomura’s hat-trick now puts him second in the championship, likewise with 53 points, while Kobayashi and Frederick stay in the running on 33 and 32 points respectively.

Report by Finjo Muschlien

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1	Yuto Nomura, 1:22.154	Zachary David, +0.308s	Yusuke Mitsui, +0.366s
Qualifying 2	Yuto Nomura, 1:21.961	Yusuke Mitsui, +0.453s	Esteban Masson, +0.477s
Race 1 (25 laps)	Yuto Nomura, 35:35.616	Rikuto Kobayashi, +6.668s	Zachary David, +10.035s
Race 2 (18 laps)	Yuto Nomura, 25:33.356	Esteban Masson, +2.465s	Rikuto Kobayashi, +9.761s
Race 3 (18 laps)	Yuto Nomura, 27:03.290	Rikuto Kobayashi, +1.243s	Kaylen Frederick, +2.123s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Masters
P1	Yuki Sano, 53	TOM’S, 68	Yasuhiro Shimizu, 69
P2	Yuto Nomura, 53	B-Max Racing Team, 68	“Dragon”, 50
P3	Rikuto Kobayashi, 33	Delightworks Racing, 9	Nobuhiro Imada, 17
P4	Kaylen Frederick, 32	LM corsa, 1
P5	Zachary David, 17	JMS Racing Team, 0
P6	Esteban Masson, 16	GNSY Racing, 0
P7	Yuga Furutani, 11
P8	Yusuke Mitsui, 9
P9	Kazuhisa Urabe, 3
P10	Reimei Ito, 1

Read the previous round’s report here.

Eurocup-3: Sztuka swipes championship lead from Rivera with maiden victory

Kacper Sztuka became the new Eurocup-3 championship leader after taking his maiden series win in the final race at the Circuit Paul Ricard. Now on 104 points, the Polish driver leads both Colnaghi and Rivera by five points, with the Italian-Argentine driver ahead on countback by having two wins to the Mexican’s one.

Rivera secured his maiden pole position in qualifying but had a poor getaway off the line in race one, enabling Colnaghi to overtake him into Turn 1. The safety car then came out later that lap to recover Oscar Wurz’s and Alexander Abkhazava’s cars from the run-off at Turn 5. 

The race restarted at the end of lap three, with leader Colnaghi bolting at Turn 12. Rivera clung to the back of the Italian-Argentine driver for most of the remaining laps and shaped for a move on lap 13, with Colnaghi weaving to break the tow down the Mistral straight. The following lap, a looming Sztuka went around the outside of Rivera of Turn 11, but the Mexican quickly retook second at Turn 14 as Sztuka went wide and bounced on the outside kerb.

Two moments on the 15th and final lap decided the podium. Valerio Rinicella overtook Sztuka on the inside of Turn 11 for third before Rivera went wide at Turn 14 and fell to fourth, promoting the Italian to second and the Pole to third behind Colnaghi.

Garrett Berry and Francisco Macedo formed the front row for the reverse-grid sprint race, with the former leading the field at the start. Macedo went wheel to wheel with James Egozi and defended second. The American driver ended up losing third to Emmo Fittipaldi the following lap, just before the safety car was called to recover Alessandro Famularo’s terminally damaged Drivex from the Turn 5 run-off.

Berry restarted the race out of the final corner at the end of lap four and immediately tried to break the tow to Macedo behind. Behind, Maciej Gładysz overtook James Egozi off track at Turn 2 and received a 10-second penalty for not returning the position.

In the end, Berry and Macedo finished in their starting positions, with Berry taking his first Eurocup-3 victory and both of them taking their first podiums. Fittipaldi took his first podium of 2025 with third place.

Jesse Carrasquedo was fastest in qualifying two, but he had his best two laps deleted for exceeding track limits. That demoted him to 11th and promoted Sztuka and Rinicella to the front row for race three.

Rinicella snatched the lead at the start after Sztuka had a poor getaway. The Polish driver went side by side with Rivera and momentarily three-wide with Colnaghi through the first few turns but kept second entering the Mistral straight as Colnaghi took third. 

Just behind them, Andrés Cárdenas got loose through Turn 11 and touched Jules Caranta, causing both to spin off track. Both drivers continued, though Cárdenas received a 10-second post-race penalty for the incident. 

By lap seven, a resurgent Carrasquedo had caught up to the back of Gładysz in fifth, making an overtake on the following lap just before the chicane. On lap 10, Carrasquedo entered the chicane side by side with Colnaghi and exited ahead of the reigning Spanish F4 champion.

In the final two laps, Sztuka began attacking Rinciella for the win, overtaking the Italian into the chicane on the final lap. Rinicella kept close to Sztuka for the rest of the lap, but the slipstream down the main straight wasn’t powerful enough to help him reclaim the lead. Behind the pair, Rivera finished third and Carrasquedo fourth.

Report by Seb Tirado

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1	Ernesto Rivera, 1:59.037	Mattia Colnaghi, +0.172s	Kacper Sztuka, +0.182s
Race 1 (15 laps)	Mattia Colnaghi, 33:30.264	Valerio Rinicella, +1.969s	Kacper Sztuka, +2.552s
Sprint race (10 laps)	Garrett Berry, 23:37.204	Francisco Macedo, +1.067s	Emerson Fittipaldi Jr, +1.776s
Qualifying 2	Kacper Sztuka, 1:59.057	Valerio Rinicella, +0.109s	Ernesto Rivera, +0.208s
Race 2 (16 laps)	Kacper Sztuka, 32:32.419	Valerio Rinicella, +0.166s	Ernesto Rivera, +0.882s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Kacper Sztuka, 104	MP Motorsport, 209	Mattia Colnaghi, 99
P2	Mattia Colnaghi, 99	Griffin Core by Campos, 175	Ernesto Rivera, 99
P3	Ernesto Rivera, 99	Campos Racing, 159	Maciej Gładysz, 53
P4	Valerio Rinicella, 90	Palou Motorsport, 46	Jules Caranta, 48
P5	Jesse Carrasquedo, 62	Saintéloc Racing, 33	James Egozi, 46
P6	Maciej Gładysz, 53	KCL by MP Motorsport, 14	Enzo Tarnvanichkul, 29
P7	Jules Caranta, 48	GRS Team, 10	Francisco Macedo, 17
P8	James Egozi, 46	Drivex, 2	Andrés Cárdenas, 15
P9	Garrett Berry, 33	DX Racing Team, 0	Yani Stevenheydens, 10
P10	Enzo Tarnvanichkul, 29	Sparco Palou MS, 0	Kai Daryanani, 3

Read the previous round’s report here.

Editor’s note, 4 July 2025, 4:45 CEST: A previous version of this report incorrectly stated that Kacper Sztuka had 102 points. He has 104 points.

Italian F4: Chi takes first win as title battle ignites

Sebastian Wheldon and Kean Nakamura-Berta shared victories in race one and two of Italian F4’s third round of 2025 at Monza as Zhenrui Chi claimed his first single-seater win in race three. 

Wheldon topped qualifying one with a 1:52.034 to earn pole position for the first race. Nakamura-Berta secured pole for race two with a 1:51.958, with his second-fastest lap good enough for pole for race three too. 

Front-row starter Oleksandr Bondarev took the lead from Wheldon at the start of race one. On lap two, a collision between Enea Frey and Aleksander Ruta caused the race’s first safety car intervention.

Bondarev nailed the restart at the end of fourth lap. Wheldon was defending from Gabriel Gomez when he cut the opening chicane and lost second position, but he regained it around the outside of Turn 4 the next lap. 

Wheldon then earned another spot a few turns later when Bondarev lost control of his car at Ascari and spun, bringing out the safety car for a second time.

Wheldon maintained the lead at the restart on lap eight, but before long, another safety car intervention for Elia Luis Weiss’s retirement neutralised the race.

The race restarted on lap 11, and Nakamura-Berta charged past Luka Sammalisto for third. Gomez then passed Wheldon around the outside of Turn 4, with Nakamura-Berta following him through, but the American regained the lead the next lap by taking advantage of three-wide racing down the main straight. He led the final two laps to win.

Dante Vinci stopped on the formation lap for race two, delaying the start. When the race finally began, third-place starter Andrija Kostić took second from Wheldon at Turn 1. He locked up the next time by and conceded second to Wheldon, who then took first from Nakamura-Berta on lap three around the outside of Turn 4.

Just afterwards, the safety car was deployed for the stricken Premas of Bondarev and Salim Hanna, who collided at Parabolica. At the restart on lap six, Wheldon locked up at Turn 1 and lost three places to Nakamura-Berta, Sammalisto and Gomez over the next lap, though he regained position from the Finn on lap eight after Gomez also went past. The top three battled until the end and finished in that order, less than a second behind winner Nakamura-Berta.

Nakamura-Berta led the start of race three, while Sammalisto passed Wheldon for second before the safety car was deployed because of an opening-lap incident between Weiss and Andrea Dupe at Turn 6.

At the restart on lap five, Chi overtook both Sammalisto and Wheldon down the inside of Turn 1 to gain second position. Another safety car deployment for the stricken cars of Bondarev and Kabir Anurag, involved in separate incidents.

As the race resumed, Nakamura-Berta lost three spots on the straight as Chi snatched first place while battling Wheldon. An incident involving Hanna and Vinci at the exit of Turn 5 brought out the safety car for the third time, leaving enough time for a two-lap showdown.

Behind race winner Chi, last-lap contact between Wheldon and Nakamura-Berta saw them each tumble down the order with damage. Rounding out the podium in their stead were Sammalisto and Harrison, who inherited third after Hanna was penalised for causing the collision with Vinci.

Report by Francesca Brusa

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1	Sebastian Wheldon, 1:52.034	Oleksandr Bondarev, +0.027s	Gabriel Gomez, +0.091s
Qualifying 2	Kean Nakamura-Berta, 1:51.958	Sebastian Wheldon, +0.004s	Andrija Kostić, +0.122s
Race 1 (14 laps)	Sebastian Wheldon, 33:42.374	Gabriel Gomez, +1.044s	Kean Nakamura-Berta, +1.394s
Race 2 (14 laps)	Kean Nakamura-Berta, 30:28.564	Gabriel Gomez, +0.759s	Sebastian Wheldon, +0.953s
Race 3 (11 laps)	Zhenrui Chi, 32:04.420	Luka Sammalisto, +0.992s	Bart Harrison, +2.045s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Kean Nakamura-Berta, 165	Prema Racing, 395	Salim Hanna, 160
P2	Sebastian Wheldon, 136	US Racing, 202	Marcus Sæter, 132
P3	Gabriel Gomez, 114	R-ace GP, 131	Artem Severiukhin, 121
P4	Salim Hanna, 82	Van Amersfoort Racing, 118	Zhenrui Chi, 116
P5	Emanuele Olivieri, 82	Jenzer Motorsport, 88	David Cosma Cristofor, 95
P6	Maksimilian Popov, 71	Real Racing, 14	Dante Vinci, 72
P7	Tomass Štolcermanis, 60	Maffi Racing, 9	Oleksandr Bondarev, 70
P8	Luka Sammalisto, 48	PHM Racing, 3	Aleksander Ruta, 61
P9	Alex Powell, 48	Technorace, 0	Bader Al Sulaiti, 58
P10	Zhenrui Chi, 47	Viola Formula Racing, 0	Ludovico Busso, 43

Read the previous round’s report here.

Spanish F4: Strauven extends championship lead as Przyrowski falters

Championship leader Thomas Strauven goes into Spanish F4’s three-month summer break with a significant 101-point lead after taking two victories and a podium at Le Castellet. 

Przyrowski started on pole for all three races, but he had a torrid start in race one, and Strauven and Ean Eyckmans quickly overtook him. The Belgian drivers ran nose to tail until a collision on lap two between Alexander Jacoby and Santino Panetta left the former stranded with terminal damage at Turn 4, bringing out the safety car.

The race restarted at the end of lap four, with Strauven launching out of the final corner and Eyckmans sticking with him through the first two turns. Behind them, Nathan Tye overtook Przyrowski down the inside of Turn 1, to which he responded by diving down the inside of the final corner that same lap and running Tye wide. The British driver quickly overtook Przyrowski into Turn 1 the following lap.

As Strauven and Eyckmans pulled away, Przyrowski overtook Tye at the beginning of lap seven and pulled away to finish third by 2.264 seconds.

Przyrowski again lost out to Eyckmans and Strauven in race two after a poor start. He then lost third to Tye into the chicane and fourth to Juan Cota on lap two at Turn 2 before sinking to seventh, his finishing position, when René Lammers and Vivek Kanthan went around his outside before the entry to the chicane. 

Further ahead, Tye took second from Strauven down the main straight at the start of lap three, just before the safety car was called. Alfio Spina had hit and punctured Noah Monteiro’s right-rear tyre entering the chicane, forcing the Portuguese driver to stop on track before Turn 10. Spina received a 10-second post-race penalty for the incident.

After the restart, green-flag conditions lasted less than a lap before the second safety car came out, this time for a stranded Gino Trappa in the middle of the chicane. Drivex teammate Filippo Fiorentino spun and terminally damaged Trappa’s car, which earned the Brazilian a 10-second post-race penalty.

The race restarted again at the end of lap seven, with Tye keeping close to Eyckmans. The Rodin driver passed Eyckmans the lead on lap nine down the Mistral straight and began pulling away in the final minutes en route to his maiden Spanish F4 victory, Strauven caught up to Eyckmans by the start of the final lap and went side by side with him down the main straight, but the championship leader ultimately settled for third.

A third slow start for Przyrowski in race three again cost him positions to Strauven and Eyckmans, who went wheel to wheel with him through the first sector. Eyckmans came out on top, whilst Przyrowski fell to sixth and Francot moved up to third behind Strauven. 

By the start of lap three, Lammers had fallen from fourth at the start to ninth whilst Monteiro had risen from seventh to fourth. Przyrowski dropped him to fifth on lap four, but the Pole suffered a technical failure that forced him to pit. Lammers’ day also worsened after Andrej Petrović spun him at the final corner.

The Belgian pair once again pulled away from the field until the end whilst Francot finished third, fending off a near-constant threat from Monteiro in fourth.

Report by Seb Tirado

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1	Jan Przyrowski, 2:05.675	Thomas Strauven, +0.247s	Ean Eyckmans, +0.254s
Race 1 (14 laps)	Thomas Strauven, 33:17.816	Ean Eyckmans, +1.214s	Jan Przyrowski, +4.344s
Qualifying 2	Jan Przyrowski, 2:05.854	Thomas Strauven, +0.058s	Ean Eyckmans, +0.106s
Race 2 (11 laps)	Nathan Tye, 28:01.437	Ean Eyckmans, +2.146s	Thomas Strauven, +2.311s
Race 3 (16 laps)	Thomas Strauven, 34:13.422	Ean Eyckmans, +4.594s	Reno Francot, +11.114s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Thomas Strauven, 234	Griffin Core by Campos, 312	Ean Eyckmans, 126
P2	Jan Przyrowski, 133	MP Motorsport, 227	Noah Monteiro, 59
P3	René Lammers, 132	KCL by MP Motorsport, 96	Vivek Kanthan, 47
P4	Ean Eyckmans, 126	Campos Racing, 92	Niklas Schaufler, 39
P5	Nathan Tye, 74	Rodin Motorsport, 75	Christopher Feghali, 38
P6	Reno Francot, 70	T-Code by Amtog, 44	Miguel Costa, 8
P7	Juan Cota, 65	Drivex, 41	Francisco Monarca, 6
P8	Noah Monteiro, 59	TC Racing, 9	Kyuho Lee, 1
P9	Vivek Kanthan, 47	Monlau Motorsport, 6	Sacha van ‘t Pad Bosch, 0
P10	Andrej Petrović, 44	DX Racing Team, 0	Santino Panetta, 0

Read the previous round’s report here.

British F4: McLaughlin regains points lead as Bearman takes maiden win in chaotic dry-wet race

The lead of the British F4 drivers’ standings changed hands for the fifth time in five rounds after a dramatic weekend at Oulton Park. 

Virtuosi Racing’s Martin Molnár took a commanding pole position on Saturday, 0.335 seconds ahead of title rival Fionn McLaughlin in second, as early title favourites Jimmy Piszcyk and August Raber once again struggled to maximise their pace. 

A multi-car collision involving stalled cars necessitated a second start for race one. On the restart, McLaughlin managed a better launch off the line to pass Molnár for the lead into Turn 1 before extending his gap to 0.696s by the end of lap one.

McLaughlin led the entire race, taking an extra point for setting the fastest lap, and , closed the gap to Molnár to just two points.

As the field headed to Turn 1 at the start of race two, polesitter Henry Mercier dropped behind Piszcyk and teammate Raber – starting second and third respectively – before finding himself under pressure from Ethan Jeff-Hall and a train of cars behind. Mercier held off his teammate to take his maiden podium of the season. Thee entire top 10 held position on track from the end of lap one, with the only changes arising from Raber’s post-race jump-start penalty. 

On the opening lap, McLaughlin moved up from 12th to seventh while Molnár failed to gain any positions, dropping behind Tommy Harfield. Molnár, already languishing outside the points, then had to pit after an electrical fault emerged, enabling McLaughlin to assume the championship lead. 

Several spells of rain struck the circuit prior to race three, though a sufficiently dry line had formed for drivers to run dry tyres on their cars. At the start, McLaughlin once again passed Molnár before they reached the apex of Turn 1, while Fernandez dropped behind Thomas Bearman and Henry Joslyn after a slow getaway. 

Light rain began falling at the first and final corners at the end of lap four, and Harfield spun on a damp patch as he entered Turn 1 on lap five. Through that lap, the rain at those locations intensified, and as the leading trio of McLaughlin, Molnár and Ary Bansal entered the final corner, they could not judge the grip levels and speared off into the gravel.

Contact between McLaughlin and Bansal as they rejoined left the former with a missing front wing and caused Bansal’s Fortec Motorsport car to veer into the pit wall with a broken left-rear suspension, bringing out the safety car. 

Through the chaos, Thomas Bearman emerged as the race leader, having slowed the car sufficiently through the final corner as the leading trio skated into the gravel ahead of him. As Bearman told Feeder Series, his car almost met the same fate.

“The corner before felt completely normal, and then you enter the last corner and it was ice,” he said. “Honestly, I wasn’t even thinking [about whether] I could get to the lead, I was just thinking, ‘Can I keep this out of the wall?’”

The race restarted, but with the rain intensifying and contact between two Argenti Motorsport cars sending a front wing skating across the exit of Turn 1, the red flag was thrown. Another restart was attempted with the grid running behind the safety car for several laps, but conditions were deemed unsuitable for racing. Results were taken from the lap prior to the safety car restart. 

Less than 50 percent of the race had been completed based on the declared end, mandating the awarding of half points. This also all but voided McLaughlin’s pit stop to replace his front wing, allowing him to outscore Molnár again. 

Report by Gavin Guthrie

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Martin Molnár, 1:20.080	Fionn McLaughlin, +0.335s	Chase Fernandez, +0.389s
Race 1 (15 laps)	Fionn McLaughlin, 20:25.096	Martin Molnár, +0.904s	Henry Joslyn, +3.155s
Race 2 (15 laps)	Jimmy Piszcyk, 20:27.533	Henry Mercier, +5.970s	August Raber, +6.203s
Race 3 (7 laps)	Thomas Bearman, 10:53.893	Henry Joslyn, +0.872s	Chase Fernandez, +1.298s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies	Challenge Cup
P1	Fionn McLaughlin, 168.5	Hitech, 279.5	Fionn McLaughlin, 267	Tommy Harfield, 216.5
P2	Martin Molnár, 163	Rodin Motorsport, 210	Thomas Bearman, 184.5	Charlie Edge, 156
P3	Jimmy Piszcyk, 132	Virtuosi Racing, 192	Xavier Avramides, 142	Alba Larsen, 132
P4	Henry Joslyn, 118	Argenti Motorsport, 183	Cole Hewetson, 120	Ella Lloyd, 131.5
P5	August Raber, 111	Fortec Motorsport, 136	Henry Mercier, 115.5	Ary Bansal, 72
P6	Tommy Harfield, 91	JHR Developments, 96.5	Theo Palmer, 110	Salim Hanna, 65
P7	Thomas Bearman, 86.5	Chris Dittmann Racing, 79	Alba Larsen, 89	Harri Reynolds, 39
P8	Adam Al Azhari, 82	Xcel Motorsport, 73.5	Charlie Edge, 84	Thomas Ingram Hill, 14
P9	Leo Robinson, 82		Salim Hanna, 53
P10	Ethan Jeff-Hall, 70		Piotr Orzechowski, 11

Read the previous round’s report here.

French F4: Roussel closes the gap to Munoz with two wins

Jules Roussel slashed Alexandre Munoz’s French F4 championship lead from 47 points to 12 after a stellar weekend at Spa-Francorchamps, where he won twice and took fifth in the reverse-grid race.

Title contenders Munoz and Roussel battled for pole in Friday’s qualifying session. The latter clinched his maiden pole position in the final three minutes, while Munoz found consolation by taking pole for the third race.

From second on the grid for race one, Munoz initially dropped to third behind Honda starlet Rintaro Sato, but the Frenchman snatched the lead from Roussel with a superb overtake around the outside at Les Combes later on lap one. Munoz held the lead until lap four, when Roussel executed a similar move to take it back.

Montego Maassen then overtook Munoz for second with fresher tyres on the final lap as Roussel clinched victory.

Behind, Hugo Herrouin finished a career-best fourth after a last-lap pass on Louis Iglesias, while Sato lost ground throughout and came home eighth.

The reverse-grid race Saturday afternoon featured a superb three-way battle between the drivers who qualified eighth, ninth and 10th the day before. From pole, Guillaume Bouzar put up a strong defence against Arthur Dorison and Rayan Caretti.

With two laps to go, Caretti got a better run out of La Source and nosed ahead of Bouzar, who ran wide at Eau Rouge. Dorison then passed both into Les Combes and took his third reverse-grid race win in three rounds. Behind Caretti and Bouzar, Munoz rose from ninth to fourth with fresher tyres.

The race’s sole safety car came on lap six, when Herrouin and Sato collided at La Source while disputing fifth. Herrouin earned a five-place grid drop for Sunday’s race.

Munoz kept the lead at the start of that final contest as Iglesias jumped from fourth to second by overtaking Maassen into La Source and Roussel – whom Maassen also overtook on lap one – after the Kemmel straight. A safety car neutralised the race a few moments later.

The race restarted on lap three, and Munoz took off. Iglesias had to defend second, however, from the pursuing Maassen, who drew alongside him, with two wheels on the grass, on lap five on the Kemmel straight. Both drivers made contact, which sent the Frenchman into the wall and promoted Roussel to second behind title rival Munoz. By this point, Mercedes junior Andy Consani had a remarkable rise from 13th to fourth, but het had to retire because of a technical issue.

As Consani parked up, Roussel used the tow to pass Munoz, but they made contact at Les Combes and both cut the chicane. Munoz retired with a suspension issue, while Roussel remained untroubled and cruised to his second win in front of Dorison.

Caretti, Roméo Leurs, Bouzar and Pérard all battled for third in the second half of the race. Caretti eventually won that battle, but it ended with last-lap fireworks. After going side by side into Raidillon, Bouzar and Leurs touched wheels at Kemmel. Pérard swerved into the outside wall at high speed, and Matteo Giaccardi had to avoid his car as it ricocheted back onto the track. Then Thomas Senecloze hit Giaccardi and flew into the inside wall at speed. Senecloze received additional precautionary checks at the hospital, but all drivers involved were eventually cleared.

Report by Perceval Wolff-Taffus

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Jules Roussel, 2:22.631	Alexandre Munoz, +0.095s	Rintaro Sato, +0.243s
Race 1 (10 laps)	Jules Roussel, 30:32.242	Montego Maassen, +0.786s	Alexandre Munoz, +1.372s
Race 2 (12 laps)	Arthur Dorison, 31:41.601	Rayan Caretti, +0.477s	Guillaume Bouzar, +0.780s
Race 3 (11 laps)	Jules Roussel, 30:41.865	Arthur Dorison, +0.400s	Rayan Caretti, +0.861s

Standings	Drivers
P1	Alexandre Munoz, 147
P2	Jules Roussel, 135
P3	Arthur Dorison, 82
P4	Montego Maassen, 52
P5	Louis Iglesias, 51
P6	Rayan Caretti, 49
P7	Rafaël Pérard, 48
P8	Malo Bolliet, 45
P9	Guillaume Bouzar, 40
P10	Matteo Giaccardi, 29

Read the previous round’s report here.

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