North American junior single-seaters were in full swing over the past weekend, with seven different series competing at three tracks across the continent. We review all the action that took place.

By Feeder Series

If you couldn’t get enough of all the racing in Europe and Asia over the weekend, we’ve got even more for you from the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

Road America hosted IndyCar and its support series, all three of which provided a different spectacle and first-time winners in 2025. Familiar names from the European scene found success in the upper two rungs in Indy NXT and USF Pro 2000, while a crash-filled weekend in USF2000 that left three cars destroyed still yielded spectacular battling in the two races that were held.

The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course hosted the Parella Motorsports Holdings single-seater championships. The title race swung in favour of rookie Bruno Ribeiro in Formula Regional Americas and Cooper Shipman in a reduced F4 US field. The Ligier Junior Formula Championship joined the latter for practice and qualifying but separated for the races, which featured the most action of all three series on that package.

NACAM F4 also held a round in Mexico City with eight participating drivers, seven of whom finished on the podium over the weekend. Keep reading to find out who starred and what played out in all these series.

1. Indy NXT: Collet takes first win of 2025 with late pass on Hauger
2. USF Pro 2000: Garcia takes two wins to strengthen grip on drivers’ title
3. USF2000: Schrage cements lead with win as crash derails Jeffers’ weekend
4. FRegional Americas: Ribeiro overtakes Ambiado in standings with double victory at Mid-Ohio
5. F4 US: Shipman dominates a small grid at Mid-Ohio and moves to the top of the standings.
6. Ligier Junior Formula Championship: Benites claims two wins on debut as Irazú holds lead
7. F4 NACAM: Alessandros Racing takes podium lockout as Ibrahim and Luque both hit trouble

Indy NXT: Collet takes first win of 2025 with late pass on Hauger

HMD Motorsports’ Caio Collet took his first Indy NXT victory of the 2025 season at Road America by sweeping around the outside of polesitter and early leader Dennis Hauger at Turn 1 with five laps remaining. Collet then bolted and stretched out a gap of 1.7093 seconds over the Norwegian, who nonetheless left the round with a 28-point championship lead over third-place finisher Lochie Hughes.

“I left some in the tank because we definitely had the car to [take pole],” Collet told Feeder Series. “But I knew I had good pace, and I was just trying to keep the pressure, hoping for a mistake. And finally he did a mistake after like 12, 13 laps and I had the opportunity to go into Turn 1.”

Collet led Hauger in both practice sessions, but the Andretti Global driver took pole position on Saturday with a 1:52.3301. Collet topped the second group and started alongside Hauger, but he was unable to steal the lead around the outside of the opening few corners.

Josh Pierson started a season-high third, but he faced an even sterner challenge from Hughes behind. The Australian rookie, hot off the heels of a stunning oval win at Gateway Motorsports Park the week before, tried to pass Pierson at Turn 6 on the opening lap after the American ran wide exiting the previous corner. For a few seconds Hughes appeared successful, but he too ran deep and handed third back to Pierson.

Besides the slow-burning matchup between Hauger and Collet for the lead, Pierson and Hughes’ duel became a focal point of the race. Hughes approached on lap five and again towards the end of the race, but only in the final two laps was he finally close enough to attempt another overtake.

He loomed in the HMD driver’s mirrors at Turn 12 on laps 18 and 19 before completing the pass down the inside of Turn 5 on the final lap. By then, however, Hauger was almost 11 seconds clear.

Myles Rowe came close to challenging Hughes and Pierson early in the race but fell back into the clutches of Callum Hedge, who earned sixth after Jack William Miller ran wide at Turn 7 on the sixth lap. Miller came home seventh for his best result of 2025, while Salvador de Alba, Bryce Aron and the returning Liam Sceats completed the top 10.

Push to pass was disabled throughout the race, which Feeder Series understands was the result of technical issues.

Entering the Mid-Ohio round in early July, Hauger has 317 points, 28 more than Hughes and 70 more than Collet, who is the only other driver within 100 points of Hauger.

“The goal going forward is just getting more wins,” Collet added. “It’s not because of one weekend we win that we’re suddenly in the championship fight. We need to keep working and keep pushing, and hopefully with more wins we’ll be able to challenge [Hauger] for the championship.”

Report by Michael McClure

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying – Group 1	Dennis Hauger, 1:52.3301	Josh Pierson, +0.6894s	Jack William Miller, +0.8275s
Qualifying – Group 2	Caio Collet, 1:52.5479	Lochie Hughes, +0.4069s	Myles Rowe, +0.6535s
Race (20 laps)	Caio Collet, 38:13.6021	Dennis Hauger, +1.7093s	Lochie Hughes, +12.6407s

Standings	Drivers	Rookies
P1	Dennis Hauger, 317	Dennis Hauger, 317
P2	Lochie Hughes, 289	Lochie Hughes, 289
P3	Caio Collet, 247	Sebastian Murray, 128
P4	Myles Rowe, 216	Liam Sceats, 126
P5	Josh Pierson, 194	Tommy Smith, 96
P6	Salvador de Alba, 191	Evagoras Papasavvas, 95
P7	Callum Hedge, 161	Hailie Deegan, 94
P8	Jack William Miller, 134	Juan Manuel Correa, 84
P9	Sebastian Murray, 128	Nikita Johnson, 55
P10	Liam Sceats, 126	Max Taylor, 37

Read the previous round’s report here.

USF Pro 2000: Garcia takes two wins to strengthen grip on drivers’ title

Pabst Racing driver Max Garcia had his best showing yet in his rookie USF Pro 2000 campaign at Road America, eking out a 72-point championship lead with three rounds remaining thanks to two victories and a fourth-place finish.

“If you had told me that I would leave here with two wins and a fourth, I would take it every day of the week,” Garcia told Feeder Series at the end of the round.

Garcia was already dominant on Friday, leading Taylor by 0.7961 seconds in practice and topping both qualifying sessions, the latter by 0.5304s.

In race one, Garcia held the lead at the start from Jacob Douglas and Mac Clark. Front-row starter Max Taylor lost multiple places on the outside line into Turn 1, sinking to seventh by the end of the opening lap.

As Garcia romped away, Clark overtook Douglas around the outside of Turn 1 on lap three and began his pursuit of victory. But Garcia was untouchable, leading until the chequered flag to win by 2.3293s.

Behind Douglas were Turn 3 Motorsports teammates Alessandro de Tullio and Joseph Loake, the latter on debut, and Exclusive Autosport’s Joey Brienza.

Freedom 90 winner Ariel Elkin made up nine positions in the first five laps, but his charge ended after he passed Taylor for eighth. He then inherited another position after Michael Costello pitted from sixth place on lap 10 because of a front-right suspension failure.

Garcia had pole again for race two and took another victory, this time leading home Douglas and Clark. Douglas had surged from fourth to second and challenged for the lead at the safety car restart on lap six, but nabbing Garcia around the outside of Turn 1 or Turn 5 proved too tall an order.

Clark hung on to third, while Elkin recovered to fourth ahead of Taylor, who once again lost positions at the start. De Tullio, like Elkin, also made up 12 positions to finish sixth after passing Frankie Mossman for sixth at Turn 5 on lap 12.

Garcia seemed similarly dominant in the first third of race three, holding the lead in the first third of the race through two caution periods for the stopped cars of Loake and Mossman. But on the second restart at the start of lap seven, he was finally overhauled by Taylor, who swept around both his and Clark’s outside at Turn 1.

“I knew I had to be brave there. I saw the gap; I lifted a little and then thought better of it and absolutely sent it,” Taylor said. “It was all about picking my moments that race and then managing the gap when I needed to.”

Clark then passed Garcia at the same spot on lap nine to put him just ahead of title rivals De Tullio and Elkin, who had surged from 16th and 10th on the grid respectively. Those two then swapped places entering Turn 1 on lap 11, while Garcia retook second from Clark the next time by.

Garcia then made one last charge for the lead on lap 13 and lunged down the inside at Turn 5. As Taylor went wide by side with him through Turn 6, Garcia went into the grass and fell back to fourth, just ahead of De Tullio.

From there, Taylor held on to victory, while Clark edged Elkin by one position in the race and one point in the standings, 246 to 245. Garcia still leads on 318.

Report by Michael McClure

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1	Max Garcia, 2:01.1232	Max Taylor, +0.1637s	Jacob Douglas, +0.3415s
Qualifying 2	Max Garcia, 2:01.5733	Mac Clark, +0.5304s	Max Taylor, +0.8182s
Race 1 (15 laps)	Max Garcia, 30:53.1087	Mac Clark, +2.3293s	Jacob Douglas, +4.2452s
Race 2 (15 laps)	Max Garcia, 34:01.1221	Jacob Douglas, +2.4382s	Mac Clark, +3.4524s
Race 3 (15 laps)	Max Taylor, 35:47.6802	Mac Clark, +0.6980s	Ariel Elkin, +1.4213s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Max Garcia, 318	Pabst Racing, 363	Max Garcia, 318
P2	Mac Clark, 246	Turn 3 Motorsport, 231	Ariel Elkin, 245
P3	Ariel Elkin, 245	TJ Speed Motorsports, 203	Max Taylor, 202
P4	Alessandro de Tullio, 234	Exclusive Autosport, 190	Jacob Douglas, 201
P5	Max Taylor, 202	VRD Racing, 149	Michael Costello, 147
P6	Jacob Douglas, 201	Jay Howard Driver Development, 53	Joey Brienza, 120
P7	Michael Costello, 147	DEForce Racing, 50	Sebastian Manson, 98
P8	Nicholas Monteiro, 141	FatBoy Racing!, 48	Owen Tangavelou, 74
P9	Cooper Becklin, 131	Comet/NCMP Racing, 47	Carson Etter, 71
P10	Joey Brienza, 120		Tanner DeFabis, 70

Read the previous round’s report here.

USF2000: Schrage cements lead with win as crash derails Jeffers’ weekend

With two pole positions, Exclusive Autosport’s Jack Jeffers had a golden opportunity to retake the USF2000 points lead from title rival Thomas Schrage at Road America. But Schrage capitalised on Jeffers’ violent crash in race one to take a critical victory before limiting the damage from a 14th-place start in race two by losing only seven points to Jeffers.

Jeffers led at the start of race one, but Teddy Musella snuck into second entering Turn 1, passing Evan Cooley. Caleb Gafrarar then followed him through the next lap after Teddy Musella and Cooley nearly touched wheels at Turn 5. 

Schrage began rising through the field on lap three, passing Cooley for fifth at Turn 5 that lap and Lucas Fecury for fourth at Turn 1 on lap five. That would have been insufficient to keep his championship lead over Jeffers – or so it seemed.

Directly ahead, Jeffers and Musella collided, and the Exclusive car speared into the outside wall before ricocheting back onto the track. Jeffers was unharmed.

Schrage had vaulted past Gafrarar in the ensuing commotion to sit second behind Musella, whom he and Gafrarar passed at the restart on lap eight with the aid of a tow. Gafrarar then became the race’s fourth leader using the same tactic the following lap.

The next caution came out on lap 10, and a final-lap shootout followed after its withdrawal at the end of lap 11 – when Gafrarar’s hopes of a maiden victory fell apart.

Schrage got the better jump at the restart and pulled away, leaving Gafrarar to fend off Fecury. The pair made contact at Turn 1 and Gafrarar spun off. He was classified 17th.

Musella and a surging G3 Argyros, 11th after the first lap, then passed Fecury at Turn 6 to complete the podium behind Schrage.

With Jeffers’ original car in tatters, Exclusive placed him in the chassis of debutant Brenden Cooley, who normally competes in USF Juniors, for race two.

Even in an unfamiliar car, Jeffers controlled the opening two laps until he ran wide at Turn 14, dropping to fourth and giving teammate Evan Cooley the lead.

Patricio Gonzalez’s off on lap four brought out the safety car, and the restart on lap six proved decisive. Musella surged past Gafrarar and Cooley into Turn 1 to steal first place, and Gafrarar then lost positions to Jeffers and debutant Harley Keeble at Turn 5 over the next two laps before the race’s second safety car deployment.

Musella controlled the restart on lap 11 and led until the flag to take his maiden USF2000 victory from Cooley. Keeble inherited the final podium position after Jeffers ran wide at both Turns 1 and 5 after the restart and fell to eighth.

Jeffers, who also set the fastest lap, overtook teammate Fecury on the last lap to finish seventh. Schrage came home 13th but still has 27 points in hand over Jeffers and 36 over Musella, with Argyros’ fifth-place finish putting him fourth, 53 points in arrears of Schrage.

Report by Michael McClure

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Jack Jeffers, 2:08.0533	Evan Cooley, +0.0347s	Teddy Musella, +0.1226s
Race 1 (12 laps)	Thomas Schrage, 35:02.7819	Teddy Musella, +1.7416s	G3 Argyros, +2.0615s
Race 2 (12 laps)	Teddy Musella, 31:14.4761	Evan Cooley, +0.3192s	Harley Keeble, +0.5061s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Thomas Schrage, 228	VRD Racing, 249	Jack Jeffers, 201
P2	Jack Jeffers, 201	Jay Howard Driver Development, 225	Teddy Musella, 192
P3	Teddy Musella, 192	Exclusive Autosport, 213	Liam McNeilly, 163
P4	G3 Argyros, 175	Pabst Racing, 168	Evan Cooley, 153
P5	Liam McNeilly, 163	DEForce Racing, 71	Caleb Gafrarar, 139
P6	Evan Cooley, 153	Benchmark Autosport, 62	Anthony Martella, 129
P7	Caleb Gafrarar, 139	Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Development, 56	Sebastian Garzon, 115
P8	Anthony Martella, 129	Synergy Motorsport, 50	Christian Cameron, 103
P9	Sebastian Garzon, 115		Brad Majman, 102
P10	Ayrton Houk, 107		Jeshua Alianell, 93

Read the previous round’s report here.

FRegional Americas: Ribeiro overtakes Ambiado in standings with double victory at Mid-Ohio

Kiwi Motorsport’s Bruno Ribeiro enjoyed his best performance all year at this weekend’s FR Americas round in Mid-Ohio, winning two races and finishing second in the third to leave with a three-point lead in the drivers’ standings over teammate Nicolás Ambiado.

There were three races instead of two this weekend after the postponement of the original third race at Indianapolis, making qualifying all the more decisive. In that session, the Brazilian took pole by 0.087 seconds over former championship leader Nicolas Ambiado.

He then went on to lead race one from start to finish, though Ambiado finished only 0.201s behind him after slashing the deficit on the last lap. Titus Sherlock passed Brady Golan on the opening lap and completed the podium in a race that featured no safety cars or interruptions. Jett Bowling then passed Golan halfway through the race for fourth but could not catch up to the top three.

Ambiado took the points lead by seven once the chequered flag flew at the end of race two. Though Ribeiro started on pole, Ambiado took the lead at Turn 1 of the opening lap before a safety car was deployed for Hayden Bowlsbey’s stalled car. Ambiado maintained the lead on the restart as RIbeiro came under threat from Sherlock, but the Brazilian shook him off.

With just under nine minutes remaining, Ribeiro pulled alongside Ambiado on the back straight and challenged for the lead. The two made slight contact, but Ambiado held position and increased the gap. He crossed the finish line 0.247s ahead of Ribeiro in second. Bowling passed Sherlock in the closing laps to take third.

But things were not going to be easy for the new championship leader in race three. As in race two, Ribeiro started on pole and Ambiado took the lead at Turn 1 of the opening lap. Ribeiro stayed close, though, and closed the gap to less than half a second by the halfway point.

On lap 12, he moved to Ambiado’s inside at Turn 4 and completed the pass, exiting Turn 5 in the lead. Ribeiro maintained the lead for the remainder of the race and crossed the finish line first, 4.365s ahead of Bowling, who passed Ambiado to take second exiting Turn 1 on the final lap.

Ribeiro moved ahead of Ambiado and cemented his position as the series’ top rookie. The results also reshuffled the order behind them, with Bowling moving into third and Sherlock dropping to fourth after retiring from the third race.

Report by Laura Anequini

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Bruno Ribeiro, 1:18.638	Nicolas Ambiado, +0.087s	Brady Golan, +0.175s
Race 1 (23 laps)	Bruno Ribeiro, 30:44.599	Nicolas Ambiado, +0.201s	Titus Sherlock, +0.779s
Race 2 (21 laps)	Nicolas Ambiado, 30:00.284	Bruno Ribeiro, +0.247s	Jett Bowling, +2.971s
Race 3 (22 laps)	Bruno Ribeiro, 29:36.351	Jett Bowling, +4.365s	Nicolas Ambiado, +5.160s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Bruno Ribeiro, 166	Kiwi Motorsport, 381	Bruno Ribeiro, 166
P2	Nicolas Ambiado, 163	Crosslink Motorsports, 195.5	Brady Golan, 96
P3	Jett Bowling, 136	Atlantic Racing Team, 128	Nicolas Stati, 82
P4	Titus Sherlock, 126	Toney Driver Development, 117	Connor Roberts, 48.5
P5	Brady Golan, 96	Jensen Global Advisors, 6	Daniel Quimby, 40
P6	Nicolas Stati, 82	Momentum Motorsports, 3	Alex Benavitz, 29
P7	Connor Roberts, 48.5		Barrett Wolfe, 23.5
P8	James Lawley, 41.5		Jake Pollack, 12
P9	Daniel Quimby, 40		Lincoln Day, 11
P10	Alex Benavitz, 29		Athan Sterling, 1

Read the previous round’s report here.

F4 US: Shipman dominates a small grid at Mid-Ohio and moves to the top of the standings.

Rookie Cooper Shipman dominated the Mid-Ohio round of F4 US in a round that featured the series’ smallest grid ever.

F4 US and the Ligier Junior Formula Championship for first-generation F4 cars shared the grid for the practice and qualifying sessions this weekend. Kiwi Motorsport’s Shipman topped the timesheets in both practice sessions and also secured pole in qualifying later that day, setting a new track record for F4 US with a 1:24.491.

At the start of race one, Kekai Hauanio overtook Alex Popow for second entering Turn 1 before getting a better exit and passing Shipman to take the lead. On the following lap, Shipman and Hauanio went side by side into Turn 4, where Shipman dove down the inside and regained the lead in Turn 5.

After taking the lead, Shipman increased the gap and stayed in front for the rest of the race. In the final laps, Popow passed Hauanio for second on lap 13 and ended up 6.207 seconds behind Shipman after 21 laps. Hauanio came under threat from Caleb Campbell in the closing laps but held on to third.

This weekend only had two races, so race two marked the final one for this round. Popow bolted at the start while Campbell overtook Shipman for third at Turn 4. The Canadian then passed Hauanio around the outside of the same corner the next lap, and Shipman began challenging Hauanio for third and eventually passed him six laps into the race at Turn 2.

Shipman and Hauanio then began closing the gap to Campbell. Shipman and Campbell had minor contact exiting Turn 5 on lap 10, but it did not inflict damage or impede them from racing. 

Three laps later, Campbell caught up to Popow and drew alongside on the run to Turn 4. Their battling brought Shipman and Hauanio back into the fray, and they both passed Campbell after the LC Racing Academy driver went wide exiting Turn 9. Campbell then repassed Hauanio the next lap at the same spot, this time on the inside line.

Shipman then caught up to race leader Popow by lap 15 and passed him to take the lead. Campbell followed him through at Turn 9.

In the final four laps, Campbell and Shipman raced side by side and exchanged the lead multiple times. Amidst this battle, Campbell dropped a wheel off track at Turn 4 with three laps to go, helping Shipman through to take the lead again. Another mistake at Turn 9 the next lap helped Popow move into second behind Shipman, who won with a 4.622s lead.

With his dominant performance, Shipman now leads the championship with 136 points, followed by Hauanio on 129.5.

Report by Laura Anequini

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Cooper Shipman, 1:24.491	Alex Popow, +0.186s	Kekai Hauanio, +0.202s
Race 1 (21 laps)	Cooper Shipman, 30:07.114	Alex Popow, +6.207s	Kekai Hauanio, +11.358s
Race 2 (21 laps)	Cooper Shipman, 30:15.314	Alex Popow, +4.622s	Caleb Campbell, +5.344s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Cooper Shipman, 136	Kiwi Motorsport, 221	Cooper Shipman, 136
P2	Kekai Hauanio, 129.5	Crosslink Motorsports, 184.5	Kekai Hauanio, 129.5
P3	Alex Popow, 117	MLT Motorsports, 117	Alex Popow, 117
P4	Caleb Campbell, 91	LC Racing Academy, 91	Caleb Campbell, 91
P5	Clemente Huerta, 85	RASE Motorsports, 53.5	Clemente Huerta, 85
P6	Demitri Nolan, 55	Scuderia Buell, 14	Demitri Nolan, 55
P7	Ty Arbogast, 53.5	Toney Driver Development, 0	Ty Arbogast, 53.5
P8	Conor Grant, 14		Conor Grant, 14
P9	Luke Powers, 0		Luke Powers, 0

Read the previous round’s report here.

Ligier Junior Formula Championship: Benites claims two wins on debut as Irazú holds lead

Gaston Irazú continues to lead the Ligier Junior Formula Championship after Mid-Ohio while Scuderia Buell’s Pablo Benites Jr starred on his return to the series.

Benites, who competed mostly in F4 US last year, entered only his second weekend in the series and immediately topped both practice sessions. In qualifying, Beckham Jacir set the fastest lap while points leader Irazú was fourth fastest. But all three cars in front of Irazú were disqualified for technical violations, meaning the Champagne Racing driver inherited pole.

Cash Felber, who started second in race one, passed Irazú at the start to lead the opening lap of the race. The yellow flag was waved after only a few corners as Luca Day and Josh Griffith went off track in separate incidents. Drew Szuch, meanwhile, started 14th but had already moved up to fifth on the restart. 

Despite facing substantial pressure from Irazú, Felber held the lead for nine of the 18 laps, after which Irazú overtook him. The Uruguayan led until early on lap 15, when Felber re-passed him. Irazú then went off track at Turn 4 and spun, dropping to ninth.

Szuch had closed the gap to Felber and passed him at Turn 4 on the penultimate lap. He crossed the finish line first followed by Felber and Jacir, who started 12th, but stewards issued Szuch driver a five-second post-race penalty for causing the opening-lap collision with Day. That penalty dropped Szuch to third, with Felber declared the winner and Jacir the second-place finisher.

Irazú started race two from pole, but Daniel Cará challenged him immediately and snatched the lead through Turn 2. Irazú quickly reclaimed first place at Turn 6 and remained out front when the safety car was deployed on lap three after Day crashed exiting Turn 1.

On the restart at the end of lap six, Irazú defended the lead initially but went wide in Turn 4, promoting Cará to first.

Benites passed Irazú to take second on the next lap, but Irazú went around the outside of both Caná and Benites at Turn 4 to steal the lead back. He began to build a gap until the next safety car,deployed with six minutes remaining. 

It was withdrawn after just one lap, and Irazú held the lead on the sole green-flag lap to cross the line first followed by Benites and Cará.

Unlike F4 US, Ligier JFC had three races this weekend, and Benites made the most of the final one. Starting fourth, he was second by the end of lap two and remained there as Jacir, who overtook polesitter Irazú before the first corner, led until the finish.

Irazú had run third until lap eight, when he spun at Turn 6 and dropped to 11th. The race finished under caution after Griffith crashed with six minutes remaining.

But after the race, the stewards found that Jacir jumped the start. He received a 10-second penalty and dropped to 14th, promoting Benites to first, Felber to second and Szuch to third.

Report by Laura Anequini

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Beckham Jacir, 1:26.595	Pablo Benites, +0.088s	Drew Szuch, +0.589s
Race 1 (18 laps)	Cash Felber, 30:40.473	Beckham Jacir, +1.092s	Drew Szuch, +3.598s
Race 2 (15 laps)	Gaston Irazú, 28:12.703	Pablo Benites, +0.478s	Daniel Cará, +0.855s
Race 3 (12 laps)	Pablo Benites, 20:45.120	Cash Felber, +0.336s	Drew Szuch, +0.768s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Gaston Irazú, 140	Champagne Racing, 240	Gaston Irazú, 140
P2	Drew Szuch, 123	Berg Racing, 214.5	Cash Felber, 93.5
P3	Daniel Cará, 110.5	Cará Origin Motorsports, 110.5	Beckham Jacir, 57
P4	Cash Felber, 93.5	Scuderia Buell, 91	Max Mokarem, 43
P5	Harbir Dass, 91.5	LC Racing Academy, 59	Ava Hanssen, 41
P6	Beckham Jacir, 57	Momentum Motorsports, 43	Augusto Paschetta, 36
P7	Pablo Benites, 55	Ava Hanssen Racing, 41	Zach Fourie, 25
P8	Max Mokarem, 43	Kiwi Motorsport, 18	Roman Felber, 24
P9	Ava Hanssen, 41	Jensen Global Advisors, 11	Michael Fatutta, 8
P10	Augusto Paschetta, 36	Crosslink Motorsports, 5	Kelsey Pinkowski, 5

Read the previous round’s report here.

F4 NACAM: Alessandros Racing takes podium lockout as Ibrahim and Luque both hit trouble

Three drivers took victories in NACAM F4’s third round of five as Zaky Ibrahim Jr extended his points lead slightly to 43 points over Fernando Luque despite enduring his worst weekend of the season.

On the Friday of a two-day weekend, championship rivals Luque and Ibrahim Jr led the first and second practice sessions respectively. Luque also took pole position from Ibrahim, with Marco Alquicira third in the eight-car field.

In race one, Luque held the lead at the start and maintained his position throughout. Ibrahim kept a consistent pace but never managed to make an overtake stick, while José Martínez completed the podium in third.

After the race, Luque was disqualified, promoting Ibrahim to victory, Martínez to second and Alquicira to third.

The grid was reversed for race two. Alex Bobadilla took the lead at the start, but Marco Alquicira overtook him before the first corner. The two fought for positions until Bobadilla was forced to pit on lap three because of tyre damage.

Meanwhile, Luque, who started in eighth, moved up the field and reached second place by the end of lap four. On lap six, he passed Alquicira and took the lead.

The race continued without major incident until Max Mora hit the wall on lap 14, leading to a yellow flag. Luque maintained his lead at the restart and won the race. Bobadilla, despite his early pit stop, recovered and finished second as teammate José Martínez secured third place, giving Alessandros Racing their first podium lockout of the season.

In the third race, Luque started from pole again and held the lead for most of the race, but after 10 laps, Ibrahim and Alquicira began to hunt him down, with Alquicira making a move for the lead down the main straight on lap 13.

Luque then fell back into the clutches of Ibrahim, and the pair made contact on the run to Turn 4, which led both drivers to retire from the race and brought out the safety car. Martínez also spun on his own several corners later and dropped to the rear of the field.

Alquicira thus took the lead, but Bobadilla, Alan Zezatti, and Elías Vignola were close behind. Bobadilla managed to pass Alquicira to take the win on track on the final-lap shootout following the safety car. Vignola followed in second, with Zezatti completing the top three. After the race, however, Bobadilla received a penalty, promoting Vignola – who had not finished in the top five prior – to victory and Zezatti and Alquicira to second and third respectively.

The next round of the championship is scheduled to take place in August on the full grand prix layout of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.

Report by Laura Anequini

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Fernando Luque, 1:33.921	Zaky Ibrahim, +0.182s	Marco Alquicira, +0.495s
Race 1 (20 laps)	Zaky Ibrahim, 31:36.226	José Martínez, +17.434s	Marco Alquicira, +18.539s
Race 2 (18 laps)	Fernando Luque, 31:55.522	Alex Bobadilla, +1.593s	José Martínez, +1.989s
Race 3 (16 laps)	Elías Vignola, 30:12.580	Alan Zezatti, +1.542s	Marco Alquicira, +1.651s

Standings	Drivers	Teams
P1	Zaky Ibrahim, 175	RAM Racing 1, 233
P2	Fernando Luque, 132	Alessandros Silver, 230
P3	José Martinez, 121	Alessandros Blue, 188
P4	Alex Bobadilla, 98	RAM Racing 2, 135
P5	Marco Alquicira, 72	Santinel Racing Team, 72
P6	Elías Vignola, 69	HRI Racing, 16
P7	Alan Zezatti, 66
P8	Max Mora, 58
P9	Alex Popow, 40
P10	Axel Matus, 27

Read the previous round’s report here.

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