If you were revelling in the return of Formula 1 and support series F1 Academy, you might have missed the other junior series racing around the world. Read our weekend review to get caught up.

By Feeder Series

Usually the big stories in junior single-seaters emerge from the F1 paddock or top-level feeder series. We’ll cover F1 Academy’s Zandvoort round separately this evening, but this weekend’s big story regardless came not from there but from a debutant in British F4’s Donington Park round. We won’t spoil the punchline for you quite yet – keep reading to find out what happened.

There were other championships racing too, including one for the final time this season. Indy NXT’s 14-round season came to a close with a searing drive from Myles Rowe, who rose from ninth to first in the 65-lap contest at Nashville Superspeedway to become the first driver to win from ninth or lower since Matheus Leist in 2017.

Canadian circuit Mosport hosted FRegional Americas’ and F4 US’ only round outside the United States this year, and two drivers dominated. Titus Sherlock took all three wins in the former for his second weekend sweep of the season after Road America, while Cooper Shipman took three more wins in the latter to extend his victory streak to seven.

Out in Asia, Yuto Nomura and Kiyoshi Umegaki snatched the Super Formula Lights and FR Japan points leads respectively for the first time as they stage mid-season title charges. AU4’s Noah Killion has likewise climbed the standings in recent rounds and has taken the lead with two wins this weekend at Sydney. Two drivers also earned class-level titles in those series this weekend: Yutaka Toriba, FRegional Japan’s new masters’ champion, and Jensen Marold, AU4’s new Gen1 champion.

1. Indy NXT: Rowe storms from ninth to take second win in Nashville finale
2. British F4: Van Langendonck takes pole and wins on single-seater debut
3. Super Formula Lights: Nomura sweeps fourth round, breaks record for longest win streak in series
4. FRegional Japan: Umegaki wins twice to take championship lead for first time
5. FRegional Americas: Sherlock takes clean sweep and slashes gap to points leader Ribeiro
6. F4 US: Shipman closes on Das’ victory streak record with seventh straight win
7. AU4: Marold secures Gen1 championship as Killion moves into first place 

Indy NXT: Rowe storms from ninth to take second win in Nashville finale

Myles Rowe of Abel Motorsports gained eight positions at the Nashville Superspeedway to take his second career Indy NXT victory and conclude his sophomore season on a high.

Rowe’s performance came amidst staggering dominance from Andretti Global in recent weeks. After locking out the podium for the first time this year last weekend in Milwaukee, Andretti drivers occupied five of the top six positions, with Salvador de Alba quickest overall and new champion Dennis Hauger, Lochie Hughes, Michael d’Orlando and James Roe taking spots three through six.

As De Alba sprinted away at the start, Hauger tried to pass Caio Collet on the inside, but Hughes instead got by for third. That gave Collet breathing room to pursue De Alba on the high line, but the Andretti driver rebuffed his attempts and held the lead on the inside.

On lap seven, a bad exit from Turn 4 dropped Collet into the clutches of Hughes, who was being pursued by Myles Rowe. Having started ninth, Rowe had already risen to fourth by the start of lap five after profiting from a three-wide moment between him, Hauger and D’Orlando earlier. Andretti by Cape’s D’Orlando raced side by side with the Abel Motorsports driver on the high line for several laps before dropping back on lap 15 and losing fifth to Hauger.

Rowe steamed past Hughes for third at Turn 3 on lap 18 and rapidly caught Collet, who maintained a half-second gap to De Alba. Rowe waited until lap 25 to make a lunge, but he succeeded on his first attempt on the inside line at Turn 3.

The Andretti juggernaut began crumbling on lap 30, when D’Orlando, battling Hughes, swerved to avoid Davey Hamilton Jr.’s lapped car, costing him momentum and sixth place. After Bryce Aron passed D’Orlando, Callum Hedge was closing too and shaped for an outside-line pass at Turn 1, but D’Orlando drifted into the Abel driver and sent him hard into the wall, bringing out the race’s sole caution period on lap 32.

At the restart on lap 45, De Alba and Rowe got a substantial advantage over Hauger, who was already a second behind by the end of the lap.

Rowe was on a mission, however, and stole the lead on the inside of Turn 1 on lap 46. De Alba kept him honest, but Rowe was unbeatable in the final 20 laps. The Mexican driver instead faced pressure from Hauger, who had recovered the lost ground by lap 50 but also never got past.

Collet and Hughes rounded out the top five in the race and the top three in the championship, with Rowe’s victory putting him just eight points behind Hughes at season’s end.

Report by Michael McClure

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Salvador de Alba, 51.9106	Caio Collet, +0.1000s	Dennis Hauger, +0.1389s
Race (65 laps)	Myles Rowe, 35:03.4627	Salvador de Alba, +0.4376s	Dennis Hauger, +1.0120s

Standings	Drivers	Rookies
P1	Dennis Hauger, 599	Dennis Hauger, 599
P2	Caio Collet, 527	Lochie Hughes, 466
P3	Lochie Hughes, 466	Sebastian Murray, 230
P4	Myles Rowe, 458	Hailie Deegan, 202
P5	Salvador de Alba, 418	Tommy Smith, 202
P6	Josh Pierson, 378	Juan Manuel Correa, 176
P7	Callum Hedge, 358	Liam Sceats, 162
P8	Niels Koolen, 288	Max Taylor, 123
P9	Jordan Missig, 273	Evagoras Papasavvas, 117
P10	Jack William Miller, 266	Nikita Johnson, 55

Read the previous round’s report here.

British F4: Van Langendonck takes pole and wins on single-seater debut

On 30 August, McLaren development driver Dries Van Langendonck celebrated his 15th birthday, making him eligible to compete in British F4. That same morning, he took pole position at Donington Park, and on the following afternoon, he took home the winner’s trophy. 

In a qualifying session dictated by track limits violations – with drivers losing as many as seven of their 15 lap times – Van Langendonck, with just two days of testing and Thursday’s practice under his belt, took pole position ahead of Tommy Harfield and Martin Molnár. 

Having never performed a standing start, Van Langendonck struggled to get off the line from the front row, dropping to the very rear of the field while Molnár tucked in behind Harfield. Molnár kept the Chris Dittmann Racing driver under pressure for much of the race, running within 0.7 seconds for 12 of the 14 race laps. 

In the dying laps, however, Fionn McLaughlin, having run a second behind Molnár for much of the race, closed in on the Virtuosi driver and – with an audacious dive down the inside at the Melbourne hairpin – took second place away from Molnár on the penultimate lap to extend his championship lead. 

The battle for second allowed Harfield some breathing room as he crossed the line to take an emotional first British F4 win for him and CDR.

“It’s so amazing,” he told Feeder Series. “I’m speechless. I’m really happy to get CDR’s first win; they’ve deserved it so much. So much effort [from the team] in the background.”

Further back, Van Langendonck recovered 11 places from the rear of the field to cross the line in 14th. 

Met with a damp track for Sunday morning’s reverse-grid race, the all-Argenti front row of Arjen Kräling and Ethan Jeff-Hall struggled off the line, giving Rodin’s Jimmy Piszcyk a chance to take the lead ahead of teammate Adam Al Azhari. Piszcyk held a reasonable margin over Al Azhari for much of the race while a train formed behind the Argentis. 

This tight battle from third downwards had several incidents resulting in broken front wings, including independent moments for McLaughlin and Molnár that helped Piszcyk close the gap to the top two in the standings. 

Van Langendonck again struggled off the line from pole in race three, slotting into third behind Harfield and Molnár. The battle between the leading pair helped the Belgian stay within striking distance of the top two even as he faced increased pressure from Ary Bansal behind. 

Midway through the race, Molnár received a five-second penalty for track limits violations, which pushed the Virtuosi driver to make a desperate lunge for the lead into the Melbourne hairpin in hopes of pulling away to hold on to at least a podium. He locked up, however, and speared into the side of Harfield’s car, spinning the CDR driver around and enabling Van Langendonck to take the lead. 

Molnár later passed Bansal and the pair crossed the line second and third, though each received further penalties for track limits that dropped them to ninth and 11th respectively. Meanwhile, Van Langendonck took his maiden win ahead of August Raber and Jeff-Hall. 

“Overall, the weekend’s been absolutely amazing,” Van Langendonck told Feeder Series. “Race three, we struggled a bit to get off the line, but we learn from that as well. We dropped back a little bit at the beginning, but as soon as we started to come back, [Harfield and Molnár] obviously had the contact. 

“Even though I was taking it easy at the end, we were still pulling away a little bit.”

Further back, McLaughlin took a fifth-place finish behind Piszcyk. That result, in conjunction with a damaged front wing for Thomas Bearman, gave the Irishman his 20th Rookie Cup podium and with it the rookie title with two rounds to go. He leads the overall standings by 45.5 points over Piszcyk and 52.5 points over Molnár.

Report by Gavin Guthrie

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Dries Van Langendonck, 1:28.777	Tommy Harfield, +0.118s	Martin Molnár, +0.241s
Race 1 (14 laps)	Tommy Harfield, 21:04.805	Fionn McLaughlin, +1.979s	Martin Molnár, +2.258s
Race 2 (14 laps)	Jimmy Piszcyk, 21:16.048	Adam Al Azhari, +0.746s	Ethan Jeff-Hall, +4.424s
Race 3 (17 laps)	Dries Van Langendonck, 25:38.585	August Raber, +7.129s	Ethan Jeff-Hall, +7.873s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies	Challenge Cup
P1	Fionn McLaughlin, 276.5	Hitech, 435.5	Fionn McLaughlin, 412	Ella Lloyd, 218.5
P2	Jimmy Piszcyk, 231	Rodin Motorsport, 403	Thomas Bearman, 260.5	Ary Bansal, 215
P3	Martin Molnár, 224	Argenti Motorsport, 304	Cole Hewetson, 207	Charlie Edge, 197
P4	Tommy Harfield, 178	Virtuosi Racing, 253	Theo Palmer, 203	Alba Larsen, 170
P5	August Raber, 164	Fortec Motorsport, 213	Xavier Avramides, 190	Arjen Kräling, 112
P6	Adam Al Azhari, 149	Chris Dittmann Racing, 156	Henry Mercier, 170.5	Thomas Ingram Hill, 79
P7	Henry Joslyn, 149	JHR Developments, 143.5	Alba Larsen, 122	Salim Hanna, 65
P8	Ethan Jeff-Hall, 140	Xcel Motorsport, 121.5	Charlie Edge, 100	Joseph Smith, 45
P9	Thomas Bearman, 138.5		Arjen Kräling, 93	Harri Reynolds, 39
P10	Rowan Campbell-Pilling, 107.5		Salim Hanna, 53	Haarni Sadiq, 24

Read the previous round’s report here.

Super Formula Lights: Nomura sweeps fourth round, breaks record for longest win streak in series

Honda junior Yuto Nomura won all four races at the fourth Super Formula Lights round at Sugo to extend his streak of consecutive wins to seven and take the championship lead. 

The B-Max Racing driver was the one to beat from Thursday onwards, as he was fastest in all three practices and both qualifying sessions. In the first qualifying, he took pole by 0.301 seconds over teammate Zachary David, with his closest rival in the championship Yuki Sano of TOM’S in third, 0.325s behind Nomura. In the second qualifying, Nomura led Sano by 0.300s with David in third, just two thousands of a second behind Sano. 

Nomura kept the lead at the start of the first race, while Sano jumped to second and his teammate Rikuto Kobayashi to third as David had a bad getaway. On the second lap, TOM’S’ Esteban Masson overtook B-Max Racing’s Kaylen Frederick for fifth position in what was the only position change within the points positions all race following the start. 

Nomura won the race ahead of Sano and Kobayashi and with that result inherited the championship lead for the first time. 

Nomura also won the start of the second race, staying ahead of Sano. Behind them, Masson hit David, causing damage that led both drivers to retire from the race and brought out the safety car on lap two to recover Masson’s car.

The race resumed at the end of lap six, with Nomura and Sano pulling away from TOM’S’ Yuga Furutani in third. 

There were no further position changes, and Nomura won the race ahead of the TOM’S trio of Sano, Furutani and Kobayashi. 

With the grid of the third race based on the results of the first race, Nomura started first again and held his lead ahead of Sano, while Kobayashi in third had to fend off an attack from Masson in Turns 1 and 2. 

Sano stayed close to leader Nomura up front but never managed to launch an attack. Nomura won the third race, just 0.504s ahead of Sano and 5.675s ahead of Kobayashi. 

The grid for the fourth race was based on the results of the second race, and this time Nomura had to defend his position in Turn 1 as Sano attacked him on the inside. Furutani stayed in third but had to spend the first two corners defending from Kobayashi, who then had a compromised exit on the outside of Turn 2 and dropped to fifth behind Delightworks Racing’s Yusuke Mitsui. 

This time, Nomura was in a league of his own, as he constantly set faster lap times than the drivers behind him. He won the race by 5.940s over Sano and 6.882s over Furutani.

By taking four wins, Nomura took the championship lead and separated himself by 14 points from Sano. With a maximum of 64 points still up for grabs, Kobayashi and Frederick have very little chance of making up their deficit, meaning 2025 is likely to be the first season in which a rookie wins the championship. 

In the Masters’ class, Nobuhiro Imada took all four wins, but he remains in third in the championship behind Yasuhiro Shimizu and “Dragon”. 

Report by Finjo Muschlien 

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1	Yuto Nomura, 1:12.568	Zachary David, +0.301s	Yuki Sano, +0.325s
Qualifying 2	Yuto Nomura, 1:12.554	Yuki Sano, +0.300s	Zachary David, +0.302s
Race 1 (26 laps)	Yuto Nomura, 32:21.980	Yuki Sano, +1.814s	Rikuto Kobayashi, +13.181s
Race 2 (19 laps)	Yuto Nomura, 28:11.612	Yuki Sano, +1.173s	Yuga Furutani, +7.168s
Race 3 (19 laps)	Yuto Nomura, 23:33.080	Yuki Sano, +0.504s	Rikuto Kobayashi, +5.675s
Race 4 (19 laps)	Yuto Nomura, 23:34.444	Yuki Sano, +5.940s	Yuga Furutani, +6.882s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Masters
P1	Yuto Nomura, 95	B-Max Racing Team, 108	Yasuhiro Shimizu, 96
P2	Yuki Sano, 81	TOM’S, 96	“Dragon”, 72
P3	Rikuto Kobayashi, 48	Delightworks Racing, 14	Nobuhiro Imada, 58
P4	Kaylen Frederick, 34	LM corsa, 1
P5	Zachary David, 22	JMS Racing Team, 0
P6	Esteban Masson, 21	GNSY Racing, 0
P7	Yuga Furutani, 21
P8	Yusuke Mitsui, 14
P9	Kazuhisa Urabe, 5
P10	Reimei Ito, 1

Read the previous round’s report here.

FRegional Japan: Umegaki wins twice to take championship lead for first time

TOM’S’ Kiyoshi Umegaki and Tokiya Suzuki have shared a close championship battle in FRegional Japan this year, but Umegaki has never led the championship – until he won races two and three at Sugo on Sunday. 

It was a familiar top three in qualifying, with Suzuki fastest in both qualifying sessions. He finished 0.189 seconds ahead of Umegaki and 0.406s ahead of Ponos Racing’s Kento Omiya in the first session. The track seemed significantly faster in the second session, and Suzuki was fastest, 0.272s ahead of Umegaki, who himself was just four thousandths of a second faster than Omiya.

Suzuki had the best getaway at the start of the first race, while Umegaki lost his second position to Omiya. 

Rn-sports’ Yu Oda found himself in the gravel at Turn 8 on lap three after he misjudged his braking point, causing the safety car to be deployed. 

The race continued at the end of lap six without any position changes. Despite staying close to Omiya in the remaining laps, Umegaki could not pass him and finished third as Suzuki took his fourth win of the season. 

Suzuki again started from pole in the second race on Sunday morning, but this time Umegaki from second had a better start and took the lead in Turn 1. Suzuki stayed within a second of Umegaki all race and even launched attacks into Turn 1, but he wasn’t successful.

Umegaki won the race 1.191s ahead of Suzuki, who was consistently setting faster lap times than Umegaki ahead. Omiya came third, 3.648s behind Umegaki. 

With the grid of the third race created from the second-fastest times of the second qualifying session, Suzuki again started from pole, ahead of Umegaki and Omiya. 

Suzuki had a miserable getaway this time, dropping from first to third behind Umegaki and Omiya. The trio stayed close together for the opening laps, but eventually Omiya stopped matching Umegaki’s pace. Suzuki stayed close behind Omiya but could not launch an attack. 

Umegaki thus won the third race too, 1.769s ahead of Omiya and 2.224s ahead of close championship rival Suzuki. With that victory, Umegaki took the lead of the championship for the first time this year with 185 points, 6.5 points ahead of Suzuki. 

In the masters’ class, Yutaka Toriba won all three races and with that secured the championship title. 

Report by Finjo Muschlien

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1	Tokiya Suzuki, 1:17.231	Kiyoshi Umegaki, +0.189s	Kento Omiya, +0.406s
Qualifying 2	Tokiya Suzuki, 1:16.802	Kiyoshi Umegaki, +0.272s	Kento Omiya, +0.276s
Race 1 (22 laps)	Tokiya Suzuki, 30:52.645	Kento Omiya, +7.620s	Kiyoshi Umegaki, +8.183s
Race 2 (22 laps)	Kiyoshi Umegaki, 28:42.983	Tokiya Suzuki, +1.191s	Kento Omiya, +3.648s
Race 3 (22 laps)	Kiyoshi Umegaki, 28:37.706	Kento Omiya, +1.769s	Tokiya Suzuki, +2.224s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Masters
P1	Kiyoshi Umegaki, 185	TOM’S Formula, 218.5	Yutaka Toriba, 205.5
P2	Tokiya Suzuki, 178.5	Ponos Racing, 145.5	“Yugo”, 74
P3	Kento Omiya, 145.5	B-Max Racing Team, 126	“Yuki”, 67
P4	Kazuhisa Urabe, 86	Aiwin, 60	“Akita”, 63
P5	Yutaka Toriba, 60	Rn-sports, 59.5	Shoichiro Akamatsu, 30
P6	Yu Oda, 59.5	Hitotsuyama Racing, 51	Yuki Tanaka, 15
P7	Jia Zhanbin, 55	Ragno Motor Sport, 44
P8	Anna Inotsume, 51	Fujita Pharmacy Racing, 43
P9	Lin Chenghua, 44	Abbey Racing, 18
P10	Hideaki Irie, 43	Nilzz Racing, 10

Read the previous round’s report here.

FRegional Americas: Sherlock takes clean sweep and slashes gap to points leader Ribeiro

Titus Sherlock dominated the weekend in Canada to make up crucial ground in the title race while championship leader Bruno Ribeiro had his worst weekend of the year.

The weekend started Thursday with the rain-hit optional test. Practice happened on Friday, and it was Sherlock who topped the standings with Ribeiro close behind. Qualifying, however, featured a different name up front. Jett Bowling secured pole with a 0.055-second advantage over Sherlock, who qualified second. Ribeiro, on the other hand, did not have a lap time completed in the session after flipping over in practice and lined up 12th on the grid.

Race one, which wasn’t streamed, took place later on Friday. Sherlock took the lead from Bowling right at the start on Turn 1 and led the race from start to finish. Nicolás Ambiado also overtook Bowling, who spent the majority of the race third until an off during the final minutes of the race dropped him to 10th in the final classification. Connor Roberts completed the podium, while Ribeiro did not start.

Race 2 ended with a similar result, at least out front. After the first start was called off because Jake Pollack stopped on the formation lap, Ambiado led the field to green, though Sherlock challenged him and took the lead at Turn 4. Meanwhile, Ribeiro started 12th and had already gained six positions in the first four minutes under green flag conditions, but after trying to pass Golan for fifth, his car shut down, leading him to retire from the race and causing a yellow flag.

After the race restarted, Anthony Autiello hit the wall, leading to another yellow flag with only two minutes left. Sherlock won again, but only half points were awarded because more than 50 per cent of the race was completed under the safety car.

Sherlock started on pole for race three and maintained the lead with a strong start. At the same time, Ribeiro closed the gap to Ambiado, who was second, and managed to pass him around the outside of Turn 8 on the first lap. The gap was close in the fight for fourth, but Golan managed to defend from Roberts and keep the position.

On the fourth lap, Ribeiro got close to Sherlock but went wide on Turn 1, costing him time. Soon after, Golan passed Ambiado for third on the Andretti straight. The race continued without interruptions, though Bowling passed Golan for third with four minutes left. Sherlock, Ribeiro and Bowling finished on the podium, while Roberts snatched fourth from Golan after the Toney Development Driver spun at Turn 5 with three laps left. Ambiado sank to ninth by the flag.

Despite having a weekend to forget, Ribeiro still leaves Canada as the championship leader. Ambiado is close behind, with only four fewer points. With his clean sweep this weekend, Sherlock sits third in the standings as FR Americas heads to Virginia for its penultimate round of the season later in September.

Report by Laura Anequini

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Jett Bowling, 1:13.770	Titus Sherlock, +0.055s	Brady Golan, +0.121s
Race 1 (19 laps)	Titus Sherlock, 30:24.828	Nicolas Ambiado, +1.265s	Connor Roberts, +4.738s
Race 2 (15 laps)	Titus Sherlock, 28:22.588	Jett Bowling, +0.977s	Connor Roberts, +1.455s
Race 3 (24 laps)	Titus Sherlock, 30:11.908	Bruno Ribeiro, +6.643s	Jett Bowling, +17.804s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Bruno Ribeiro, 227	Kiwi Motorsport, 527	Bruno Ribeiro, 227
P2	Nicolas Ambiado, 223	Crosslink Motorsports, 322	Brady Golan, 137
P3	Titus Sherlock, 215.5	Atlantic Racing Team, 220.5	Connor Roberts, 99
P4	Jett Bowling, 178	Toney Driver Development, 158	Nicolas Stati, 82
P5	Brady Golan, 137	Momentum Motorsports, 7.5	Jake Pollack, 42
P6	Connor Roberts, 99	Jensen, 6	Barrett Wolfe, 40.5
P7	James Lawley, 83.5		Daniel Quimby, 40
P8	Nicolas Stati, 82		Alex Benavitz, 29
P9	Jake Pollack, 42		Callum Baxter, 12
P10	Barrett Wolfe, 40.5		Lincoln Day, 11

Read the previous round’s report here.

F4 US: Shipman closes on Das’ victory streak record with seventh straight win

For the second time in the season, F4 US saw eight drivers lining up on the grid, the largest number of participants the series reached this year. Regardless, there were hard battles throughout the field and domination from Cooper Shipman, whose seventh straight victory put him just one shy of tying 2016 series champion Cameron Das’ run of eight consecutive wins. 

Shipman’s domination started off in practice, in which he topped the standings by more than a second from followed by Kekai Hauanio and Caleb Campbell. In qualifying, he took pole with a 0.677-second gap over Popow. After the session, three drivers received a five-place grid penalty for a failure to report to impound, a group that included newcomer Oliver Savoie, who had an impressive third-place result in qualifying.

Although he started on pole, Shipman was challenged by Popow right at the start, and the latter took the lead at Turn 1. Savoie went off track and crashed heavily at Turn 8, bringing out a full-course caution. The restart gave Shipman the chance to pick up the pace, and with 10 minutes left, he retook the lead at Turn 8. That pair led from there and finished first and second on the podium, while Clemente Huerta took third place away from Hauanio on lap 17 of 19 after a multi-lap battle.

In race two, Huerta started on pole. Right at the start, Popow and Hauanio caught up to him, while Shipman dropped from second to fourth. Within eight minutes of the start, Shipman had taken control of the race again. The race continued without major action until Huerta, running fourth, lost control entering Turn 1 under pressure and crashed into the tyre barrier, triggering a safety car that brought the field to the chequered flag. 

Shipman started on pole in race three, followed by Popow and Hauanio. Popow tried to pass Shipman on the outside through Turn 3, but Shipman defended the position. The race continued without interruption but with great action. A highlight was Campbell’s switchback pass for fifth on Powers on the inside of Turn 2.

In the end, Shipman was the first to see the checkered flag, followed by Hauanio and Popow. Those three also compose the top three in the standings, with Shipman on 248.5 points, Hauanio on 201.5 and Popow on 180.

Report by Laura Anequini

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Cooper Shipman, 1:19.708	Alex Popow, +0.677s	Oliver Savoie, +1.900s
Race 1 (19 laps)	Cooper Shipman, 30:33.362	Alex Popow, +4.264s	Clemente Huerta, +4.884s
Race 2 (19 laps)	Cooper Shipman, 27:57.575	Alex Popow, +0.206s	Kekai Hauanio, +1.085s
Race 3 (22 laps)	Cooper Shipman, 30:03.429	Kekai Hauanio, +4.359s	Alex Popow, +6.555s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Cooper Shipman, 248.5	Kiwi Motorsport, 385	Cooper Shipman, 248.5
P2	Kekai Hauanio, 201.5	Crosslink Motorsports, 292.5	Kekai Hauanio, 201.5
P3	Alex Popow, 180	MLT Motorsports, 180	Alex Popow, 180
P4	Caleb Campbell, 127	LC Racing Academy, 127	Caleb Campbell, 127
P5	Clemente Huerta, 126.5	Rase Motorsports, 53.5	Clemente Huerta, 126.5
P6	Demitri Nolan, 91	Toney Driver Development, 33	Demitri Nolan, 91
P7	Ty Arbogast, 53.5	Scuderia Buell, 14	Ty Arbogast, 53.5
P8	Luke Powers, 33		Luke Powers, 33
P9	Conor Grant, 14		Conor Grant, 14
P10	Oliver Savoie, 14		Oliver Savoie, 14

Read the previous round’s report here.

AU4: Marold secures Gen1 championship as Killion moves into first place 

AU4’s penultimate round took place at Sydney Motorsport Park, where Noah Killion snatched the Gen2 championship lead from Isaac McNeill by just one point thanks to back-to-back race wins. 

After an extended delay due to oil on the track, race one began with McNeill taking first from polesitter Killion on the opening lap. A short safety car period followed after Chloe Lane went off track because of apparent contact with teammate Xavier Babbage-Hockey. Jensen Marold overtook first-time polesitter Andrew Fitzpatrick at the start of lap five, taking the lead in the Gen1 class. 

Killion snatched the lead back from McNeill heading into Turn 1 on lap six, but McNeill stayed close. AGI’s JesseJames Samuels crashed out at Turn 2 on the next lap and had to retire from the race with apparent rear wing damage. Another safety car followed, leaving just two racing laps before the finish. 

McNeill made a move on Killion on the start/finish straight entering the final lap, but he was unsuccessful. Killion took the Gen2 victory with McNeill less than half a second behind and third-place finisher Harrison Duske 2.1732 seconds behind. In Gen1, Marold took his 10th consecutive victory ahead of Fitzpatrick and Koby Wilson.

For race two, Killion once again started from pole, and McNeill once again overtook him on the opening lap. But on lap two, race leader McNeill and new entry Jamie Lee Su both went off on the exit of Turn 1, with McNeill plummeting down the order to 14th while Su briefly stopped before rejoining in 15th. A safety car period followed, and just after its close, Cohen Kokotovich overtook Duske for second place as McNeill improved to 12th place. 

On lap eight, Kokotovich, who had enjoyed a relatively smooth stint in second, ground to a halt at the exit of Turn 1 and rapidly dropped down the order to 13th, promoting Brock Burton to third and an ever-improving McNeill to fourth. Samuels then pitted with an apparent issue and rejoined the race, shortly before McNeill overtook Burton for third place on lap 15. 

On the final lap, De’argo Stewart crashed into the barriers and retired from the race. Killion again took the victory in the Gen2 class, promoting him to championship leader, with Duske 2.3775s behind and McNeill in third place. Marold took another win in Gen1 and clinched the championship title in the process, with Fitzpatrick and Wilson again rounding out the podium. 

McNeill started race three from pole and retained his lead throughout the race. Samuels spun but rejoined the race in 14th place. Burton also spun on lap eight but held fifth position. Su spun on lap 12 while chasing Samuels for 13th. Having lost second to Killion on lap 12, Duske pitted the next lap from third with an issue, promoting Kokotovich – running Nathan Gotch’s car – to the Gen2 podium behind winner McNeill and second-placed Killion. 

Marold took the Gen1 victory once more as Fitzpatrick and Wilson were again second and third respectively. 

Report by Anabelle Bremner

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1	Noah Killion, 1:30.5201	Isaac McNeill, +0.5623s	Harrison Duske, +0.9360s
Qualifying 2	Isaac McNeill, 1:30.3789	Harrison Duske, +0.2150s	Noah Killion, +0.2371s
Race 1 (13 laps)	Noah Killion, 28:00.3009	Isaac McNeill, +0.4482s	Harrison Duske, +2.1732s
Race 2 (14 laps)	Noah Killion, 26:25.8822	Harrison Duske, +2.3775s	Isaac McNeill, +19.9020s
Race 3 (15 laps)	Isaac McNeill, 26:40.8962	Noah Killion, +5.3618s	Cohen Kokotovich, +12.1562s

Standings	Gen 2 Drivers	Gen 1 Drivers
P1	Noah Killion, 237	Jensen Marold, 317
P2	Isaac McNeill, 236	Andrew Fitzpatrick, 195
P3	Harrison Duske, 185	Koby Wilson, 183
P4	Imogen Radburn, 126	Chloe Lane, 122
P5	Cohen Kokotovich, 118	De’Argo Stewart, 110
P6	Brock Burton, 106	JesseJames Samuels, 101
P7	Georgia Morgan, 60	Lawrence Katsidis, 48
P8	Nathan Gotch, 20	Xavier Babbage-Hockey, 42
P9		Jamie Lee Su, 20
P10		Nicholas Filipetto, 20

Read the previous round’s report here.

Header photo credit: British F4 Championship