While the Macau Grand Prix commanded the attention of most junior single-seater fans, Eurocup-3 and Spanish Formula 4 also wrapped up their 2025 seasons in Barcelona. Feeder Series reviews the action.

By Feeder Series

If you’ve been reading our website over the past few days, you’ll have seen our daily reports of the FRegional World Cup and F4 World Cup events from Macau. You can read all our coverage of the 72nd Macau Grand Prix here.

Some absences from that event prompted mixed-up grids in Eurocup-3 and Spanish F4, with new champion Mattia Colnaghi forgoing the season finale in the former to race in Macau. The most significant battles were for second in the drivers’ standings, each of which came down to the final race.

Saudi Arabian F4 returned to action in Jeddah on Friday and Saturday, only three days after the series’ last race weekend. Lewis Wherrell started on pole position for a wet race one but was slow off the line, losing out to Kit Belofsky, Adam Al Azhari and Scott Lindblom before Turn 2. The top three finished in that order, giving Belofsky his third win of the season. Wherrell then redeemed himself in race two, which he again started from pole, holding the lead through lap one and building such a gap that he was unaffected by a five-second penalty. Belofsky sits 21 points ahead of Al Azhari in the standings with two races to go, with a puncture for Lindblom in race two dropping him from realistic title contention.

Indian F4’s fourth round also took place at Kari this weekend, and Shane Chandaria extended his points lead over Sachel Rotgé. While each won one race and finished third in another, Chandaria finished fifth in race two while Rotgé retired. The Kenyan driver also took both pole positions. Luviwe Sambudla took his maiden victory in race two. Chandaria leads the standings by 24 points over Rotgé, with the finale set to take place next month.

1. Eurocup-3: Rinicella secures second in standings as Sztuka, Cárdenas take wins
2. Spanish F4: Griffin Core wins teams’ title as Eyckmans swipes runner-up spot 

Eurocup-3: Rinicella secures second in standings as Sztuka, Cárdenas take wins

Valerio Rinicella scored two second places in the final two races of Eurocup-3’s 2025 season in Barcelona to secure the runner-up spot in the drivers’ championship ahead of race one winner Kacper Sztuka and Ernesto Rivera, whilst teammate Andrés Cárdenas secured his first victory since the Jerez winter series round in race two.

Jesse Carrasquedo topped qualifying, but his five-place grid penalty for his incident with Oscar Wurz at Jerez promoted Sztuka to pole.

The Polish driver pulled away from the pack on the run  to Turn 1 whilst Emerson Fittipaldi Jr, who started second, was quickly swallowed up by Maciej Gładysz and Michael Belov. The Brazilian dropped to fourth by Turn 1 and to sixth by the end of the lap as Jules Caranta and Rinicella overtook him.

Further down the field, Rivera had a poor start from ninth on the grid and fell to the back of the pack. After recovering to 16th, the Mexican pulled off at Turn 6 on lap five to retire, effectively eliminating him from runner-up contention.

At the end of lap nine, Alexander Abkhazava ran wide on the exit kerb of Turn 14 and spun into the pit wall, necessitating a safety car intervention. The race restarted at the end of lap 13, with Sztuka launching out of Turn 12.

Belov in second stuck with the Pole but lost all power shortly after crossing the line and had to pit. The Kyrgyz-licenced driver later explained to Feeder Series that he had been managing an overheating engine throughout the race, caused by a water leak. “On the restart, the temperature hit 140 and the engine went to safe mode and I lost power completely,” he said.

Belov’s retirement promoted Gładysz and Rinicella to second and third behind eventual winner Sztuka, with the Italian overtaking his Polish teammate on the penultimate lap at Turn 5. After the race, Gładysz was given a 10-second post-race penalty for a false start, which elevated Jules Caranta to third.

Cárdenas started on pole for Sunday’s race, and Fittipaldi Jr alongside him once again suffered a poor start, falling to sixth by Turn 1. Further back, Ádám Hideg and Alceu Feldmann Neto came to blows at Turn 2 and both got beached into the gravel, triggering the first of two safety cars.

The second safety car came on lap 11 when Zack Scoular suffered a front-left suspension failure at Turn 1 and had to be recovered from the gravel trap. Once the race resumed a lap later, Cárdenas and Rinicella, who had overtaken Carrasquedo for second shortly before the first safety car was called, pulled away from the field to achieve an MP Motorsport 1-2.

For Cárdenas, who finished fourth in Eurocup-3’s winter series, the victory was a relief after a season with only one other podium. “After such a difficult season with so many circumstances, to win the final race… I’m super happy about it,” Cárdenas told Feeder Series afterwards.

Carrasquedo and a hard-charging Sztuka disputed the final place on the podium. Entering the last lap, the Polish driver made use of a strong tow from his teammate to attempt a move around the outside of Turn 1. He had to take to the escape road, however, and the Mexican retained third place.

Report by Seb Tirado

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1	Jesse Carrasquedo, 1:35.520	Kacper Sztuka, +0.322s	Emmo Fittipaldi Jr., +0.346s
Race 1 (17 laps)	Kacper Sztuka, 31:59.835	Valerio Rinicella, +4.475s	Jules Caranta, +6.602s
Qualifying 2	Andrés Cárdenas, 1:49.341	Emmo Fittipaldi Jr., +0.085s	Jesse Carrasquedo, +0.583s
Race 2 (17 laps)	Andrés Cárdenas, 32:09.523	Valerio Rinicella, +0.554s	Jesse Carrasquedo, +3.479s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Mattia Colnaghi, 256	MP Motorsport, 552	Mattia Colnaghi, 256
P2	Valerio Rinicella, 221	Campos Racing, 372	Ernesto Rivera, 176
P3	Kacper Sztuka, 200	Griffin Core by Campos, 368	Jules Caranta, 126
P4	Ernesto Rivera, 176	Palou Motorsport, 98	Andrés Cárdenas, 98
P5	Jesse Carrasquedo, 152	KCL by MP Motorsport, 68	Enzo Tarnvanichkul, 98
P6	Jules Caranta, 126	Saintéloc Racing, 43	James Egozi, 97
P7	Andrés Cárdenas, 98	Allay Racing, 18	Maciej Gładysz, 88
P8	Enzo Tarnvanichkul, 98	Drivex, 16	Francisco Macedo, 37
P9	James Egozi, 97	GRS Team, 16	Yani Stevenheydens, 16
P10	Maciej Gładysz, 88	DX Racing Team, 0	Oscar Wurz, 6

Read the previous round’s report here.

Spanish F4: Griffin Core wins teams’ title as Eyckmans swipes runner-up spot 

Thomas Strauven and Jan Przyrowski’s 1-2 finish in Spanish F4’s first race in Barcelona gave Campos their first teams’ title since 2022, whilst Ean Eyckmans secured runner-up in the drivers’ standings by winning race three.

Saturday’s qualifying session was cancelled because of an internet failure that affected the track-limit monitoring and timing systems. Race one’s grid was formed by the free practice classification, topped by Strauven, while the fastest laps from race one set the grid for race two.

Strauven and Przyrowski pulled away at the start, whilst Eyckmans, Noah Monteiro and Miguel Costa challenged the slow-starting Reno Francot. The Dutch driver went onto the escape road but maintained third before pitting on lap two.

The use of fastest laps to set race two’s grid meant some drivers treated the race like a qualifying session. Vivek Kanthan, Wiktor Dobrzánski and Alfio Spina pitted on lap seven for new tyres, kicking off a cascade of pit stops over the next three laps, with seven drivers pitting simultaneously on lap nine.

In the end, 18 of the 34 drivers pitted, with 11 of them finishing at least one lap down. Up ahead, Eyckmans finished third behind Przyrowski and race winner Strauven.

Francot, who finished five laps down, was fastest in Saturday’s pseudo-qualifying session to become the polesitter for race two, with Kanthan starting alongside him. 

With the track still greasy from the previous night’s rain, the race began with two laps under the safety car. Green-flag running, however, only lasted until lap four when Aleksandar Bogunovič collided with Filippo Fiorentino at Turn 5.

Racing resumed at the end of lap seven, and Kanthan could do little to stop Francot from taking victory. Completing the podium was Rocco Coronel in only his second start in F4.

“We didn’t really expect to have a podium. We thought I’d be fighting around the top 10,” the Ginetta Junior champion told Feeder Series. “But [it’s] quite the result! I’m really happy.” 

With four laps to go, René Lammers went off at Turn 12 and crashed while battling Przyrowski.

The weekend’s only qualifying session was on a wet circuit Sunday morning. Spina finished fastest, giving TC Racing their first pole.

Spina immediately moved right off the line in race three. Eyckmans, however,had better acceleration and inched ahead entering Turn 1 before securing the lead through Turn 2.

Just behind, Lammers, who started eighth, was already battling Francot for third by the time he reached Turn 1. Lammers stayed ahead after going through the escape road but lost third place when Francot went around his outside at Turn 4.

The first of two safety cars came out the following lap as Monteiro tangled with Philippe Armand Karras at Turn 2.The safety car came in at the end of lap four, and Eyckmans jumped at Turn 12, seemingly surprising Spina. Over the next five laps, the polesitter fell to sixth whilst Eyckmans and Francot pulled clear.

The race ended under the second safety car, which came out on lap 16 for the beached Costa at Turn 5. This proved costly for Lammers, who was given a five-second penalty for track limits violations a few laps prior. With the field bunched up, Lammers dropped from third to 12th and Przyrowski inherited the final podium spot. More critically, the Dutch driver fell from second to fourth in the standings, with Eyckmans finishing second overall and Przyrowski third.

“It’s an incredible feeling, for sure, as a rookie,” Eyckmans told Feeder Series about his championship result. “[I’m] the only rookie that’s won a race this year so I’m incredibly proud of the team and the job they’ve done this year.”

Report by Seb Tirado

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1	Cancelled
Race 1 (19 laps)	Thomas Strauven, 32:58.820	Jan Przyrowski, +7.330s	Ean Eyckmans, +8.355s
Qualifying 2	Alfio Spina, 1:58.539	Ean Eyckmans, +0.221s	Reno Francot, +0.338s
Race 2 (14 laps)	Reno Francot, 28:11.866	Vivek Kanthan, +3.247s	Rocco Coronel, +4.659s
Race 3 (17 laps)	Ean Eyckmans, 33:04.776	Reno Francot, +0.227s	Jan Przyrowski, +0.852s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Thomas Strauven, 392	Griffin Core by Campos, 554	Ean Eyckmans, 235
P2	Ean Eyckmans, 235	MP Motorsport, 425	Noah Monteiro, 97
P3	Jan Przyrowski, 225	KCL by MP Motorsport, 212	Vivek Kanthan, 86
P4	René Lammers, 221	Campos Racing, 169	Niklas Schaufler, 81
P5	Reno Francot, 154	Rodin Motorsport, 115	Christopher El Feghali, 53
P6	Juan Cota, 125	Drivex, 66	Miguel Costa, 27
P7	Nathan Tye, 114	T-Code by Amtog, 60	Santino Panetta, 9
P8	Noah Monteiro, 97	TC Racing, 18	Francisco Monarca, 6
P9	Vivek Kanthan, 86	Monlau Motorsport, 7	Kaiden Higgins, 1
P10	Niklas Schaufler, 81	DX Racing Team, 1	Miki Blascos, 1

Read the previous round’s report here.

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