The Arlington street circuit in Texas made its debut with two IndyCar support series as the winter series officially came to an end with three finales in Spain. Feeder Series reviews the action from this weekend.

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We had cause for celebration with the results of the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix, won by 2024 F2 graduate Andrea Kimi Antonelli, whose junior career we covered in depth. Of more specific interest to us, however, was the F1 Academy season opener, likewise in Shanghai. Read more about that in our review tomorrow morning.

At the other end of the spectrum were the three season finales in Eurocup-3’s winter series, Eurocup-4 and the Formula Winter Series. Two more drivers became single-seater champions with the Spanish Winter Championship package’s final round at Aragón, while the FWS season finale in Barcelona brought to a close a hotly contested teams’ title battle among three junior single-seater stalwarts.

Indy NXT and USF Pro 2000 likewise raced in Arlington, the latter for the first time this year, as wind wreaked havoc on the weekend’s schedule. Read on to find out how everything shook out.

1. Indy NXT: Taylor wins chaotic race in Texas with late-braking prowess
2. USF Pro 2000: Escorpioni and Jeffers share wins in opening weekend at Arlington
3. Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship: Al Azhari wins first car racing title as Egozi faces misfortune
4. Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship: Monteiro and Campos win both titles at Aragón
5. Formula Winter Series: Van Langendonck wins all three races in Barcelona finale

Indy NXT: Taylor wins chaotic race in Texas with late-braking prowess

Indy NXT visited a new street course for their second race of the season in Arlington, and Max Taylor came out on top in a shortened race to steal the championship lead. 

With no historical data to rely on,, drivers experienced the bumpy track surface for the first time in practice on Friday. Turn 4 in particular caused trouble as there were big bumps right at the braking point.

In qualifying, Alessandro De Tullio was the fastest in group one ahead of Tymek Kucharczyk. Enzo Fittipaldi was the fastest in group two, but he couldn’t beat De Tullio’s fastest lap, giving the American his first-ever Indy NXT pole and group one the inside lane at the start. Taylor was the second-fastest driver in group two.

The high winds forecast for Sunday moved the IndyCar race moved an hour earlier in the day. The schedule reshuffling meant that Indy NXT’s race, originally scheduled for 27 laps or 55 minutes, now became only a 30-minute timed race. 

Chaos started even before the green flag. Jack Beeton from the third row jumped the start before the cars even approached the flag stand. As he sailed off, some drivers in the back of the field assumed that the leaders had taken the green flag. Colin Kaminsky was the biggest victim of the confusion, hitting Nicolas Stati before clattering the wall and dropping out of the race. Beeton was sent to the back of the field and given a 30-second stop-go penalty for his jump start.

Because race control had not shown a full-course yellow yet, De Tullio led the field at racing speeds into the Turn 10 braking zone, but Kucharczyk made contact with him, sending the AJ Foyt Racing driver off into the escape road and dropping him to the back of the field. Fittipaldi sneaked past Kucharczyk before the yellow was called and took the race lead.

After Kaminsky’s car had been cleared, 16 and a half minutes were left on the clock. Fittipaldi led the field to green but immediately faced pressure from Kucharczyk and Taylor. Eventually, Taylor benefitted the most from the intense battles between Fittipaldi and Kucharczyk by overtaking the Polish driver with a bold move into Turn 14. His last-minute send backed Kucharczyk into Juan Manuel Correa, who almost passed him.

With six minutes to go, a quick yellow was called for Josh Pierson’s car,stranded following contact with Salvador De Alba. Quick work by the safety crew left three minutes of the race at the final restart. 

Fittipaldi tried to build a gap, but Taylor took the lead of the race into Turn 14 and went on to win his first Indy NXT race. Fittipaldi finished in second and Kucharczyk in third. Polesitter De Tullio recovered to 11th at the flag.

After two rounds, Taylor leads the Indy NXT standings on 92 points, 10 ahead of St Petersburg race winner Nikita Johnson, who finished sixth in Arlington. Kucharczyk sits third on 70 points. 

Report by Vincent van der Hoek

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying, Group 1	Alessandro de Tullio, 1:38.8841	Tymek Kucharczyk, +0.3453s	Jack Beeton, +0.4901s
Qualifying, Group 2	Enzo Fittipaldi, 1:38.9825	Max Taylor, +0.3081s	Nikita Johnson, +0.4219s
Race (15 laps)	Max Taylor, 31:32.2262	Enzo Fittipaldi, +1.8925s	Tymek Kucharczyk, +2.4501s

Standings	Drivers	Rookies
P1	Max Taylor, 92	Nikita Johnson, 82
P2	Nikita Johnson, 82	Tymek Kucharczyk, 70
P3	Tymek Kucharczyk, 70	Enzo Fittipaldi, 57
P4	Lochie Hughes, 60	Alessandro de Tullio, 40
P5	Sebastian Murray, 58	Jack Beeton, 34
P6	Enzo Fittipaldi, 57	Max Garcia, 34
P7	Juan Manuel Correa, 54	Alexander Koreiba, 24
P8	Myles Rowe, 50	Nicolas Stati, 23
P9	Alessandro de Tullio, 40	Carson Etter, 17
P10	Jordan Missig, 36	Nicholas Monteiro, 15

Read the previous round’s report here.

USF Pro 2000: Escorpioni and Jeffers share wins in opening weekend at Arlington

Leonardo Escorpioni and Jack Jeffers took the race victories at the new Arlington street circuit on their first weekend in USF PRo 2000, but second-year driver Frankie Mossman emerged with the points lead after taking two podiums.

Like Indy NXT’s drivers, USF Pro 2000’s field faced an extra challenge on top of their normal opening-weekend teething problems. The bumpy new street course tested drivers, with only one practice session before qualifying on Friday afternoon

In that qualifying session, USF2000 champion Jeffers was the class of the field in qualifying by four tenths of a second over reigning USF Juniors champion Escorpioni, who qualified in second in his guest appearance with Turn 3 Motorsport. 

Jeffers and Escorpioni traded the lead several times in a fierce but fair battle that ran for most of race one, with Mossman in tow.

With three minutes to go in the race, Jeffers was about a second in front, and everything pointed to a victory – until a spin put the Exclusive Autosport driver into the barriers and out of the race. This handed the lead to Escorpioni, who led the field across the line under caution.

He now has the rare distinction of having won in the highest-tier USF Pro series before doing so in the middle tier. Mossman picked up second place, and Michael Costello finished in third. 

Jeffers started from pole position again in race two after setting the fastest lap in race one. A few corners into the race, contact between Logan Adams and Christian Cameron caused a pile-up at Turn 14. The two cars blocked the road, their incident leaving many with front wing damage or more. Adams, Cameron and Joey Brienza got the worst of it and retired from the race, the first two briefly venturing out on track during the race. 

When the race got back to green on lap four, Jeffers maintained the lead. Escorpioni chased him until he picked up front-end damage from contact with Andrés Cárdenas just after pit entry on lap five, forcing him to drive a full lap before being able to pit for repairs. With Escorpioni out of the picture, Jeffers built a comfortable gap over the rest of the field until a late caution caused by the stopped car of Teddy Musella’s VRD Racing, who had mechanical problems, bunched the field up again.

The race got underway again with two laps to go, and Jeffers remained in full control of the race lead to win his first race in USF Pro 2000. Cárdenas finished second on track, but post-race penalties for causing the collision with Escorpioni and separately for blocking dropped him to 13th. This promoted G3 Argyros to second place, with Mossman finishing third. Escorpioni, who fell back after the front wing change, fought his way back to eighth place with the fastest lap.

Despite not taking a race win, Mossman leads the championship, three points ahead of Escorpioni. Jeffers sits in third despite his opening-race retirement.

Report by Vincent van der Hoek

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Jack Jeffers, 1:47.1552	Leonardo Escorpioni, +0.4210s	Michael Costello, +0.4499s
Race 1 (14 laps)	Leonardo Escorpioni, 31:35.0752	Frankie Mossman, +0.6944s	Michael Costello, +1.3129s
Race 2 (18 laps)	Jack Jeffers, 38:31.6715	G3 Argyros, +3.9231s	Frankie Mossman, +4.1318s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Frankie Mossman, 47	Turn 3 Motorsport, 51	Leonardo Escorpioni, 44
P2	Leonardo Escorpioni, 44	Exclusive Autosport, 44	Jack Jeffers, 38
P3	Jack Jeffers, 38	VRD Racing, 36	G3 Argyros, 35
P4	Michael Costello, 36	JHDD powered by ECR, 27	JT Hoskins, 29
P5	G3 Argyros, 35	Pabst Racing, 21	Andrés Cárdenas, 27
P6	Brady Golan, 30	TJ Speed Motorsports, 16	Evan Cooley, 21
P7	JT Hoskins, 29	Comet/NCMP Racing, 13	Anthony Martella, 21
P8	Andrés Cárdenas, 27		Christian Cameron, 18
P9	Evan Cooley, 21		Colin Aitken, 18
P10	Anthony Martella, 21		Leandro Juncos, 17

Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship: Al Azhari wins first car racing title as Egozi faces misfortune

Keanu Al Azhari sealed his first-ever single-seater championship in Saturday’s Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship sprint race after his main title rival James Egozi was taken out in the race’s final minutes, whilst Campos Racing won their first Eurocup-3 teams’ title since 2023.

The Emirati began race one from pole position alongside Bart Harrison, who was overtaken by Egozi heading through Turn 10. Egozi then dispatched Al Azhari down the pit straight for the lead as Harrison fell behind Gino Trappa and René Lammers. 

The first of two safety cars came out on lap three after Yani Stevenheydens tagged Christopher Feghali’s rear-left corner and careered into the gravel. The Belgian received a five-place grid penalty for race two. 

Al Azhari kept close to Egozi for the next few laps after the restart, attempting multiple overtakes. He eventually took the lead with a late switchback into Turn 1 on lap nine but lost it again heading into the same turn on the next lap just before the second safety car deployment, this time for Harrison’s terminally damaged car at Turn 16. 

Al Azhari attempted another switchback at Turn 16 on the final lap but settled for second behind Egozi, with Lammers rounding out the podium.

Gianmarco Pradel started the sprint on pole and held the lead on the opening lap before a safety car deployment for a tangle at Turn 7 between Bianca Bustamante and Benjamin Beckley. Once racing resumed two laps later, the Australian fended off a late move by Feghali at the first corner, which helped Patrick Heuzenroeder close on and overtake the Lebanese driver around the outside of Turn 5. 

The battle for the podium positions didn’t end there, however, as Lammers joined the fray on lap five and took advantage of a mistake from Heuzenroeder at Turn 16 to move into third, the pair making contact as they went through Turn 17. Heuzenroeder eventually got past for good by Turn 5 after running wheel to wheel with the Dutchman through the first sector.

On lap seven, Egozi made contact with Santino Panetta, sustained damage to his front wing and pitted, effectively eliminating him from championship contention. Up ahead, Heuzenroeder moved into second before Lammers re-took the position a lap later. On lap nine, Feghali overtook Heuzenroeder for third into Turn 1, but the pair made contact at Turn 2, giving the former a puncture and the latter a broken front wing. Heuzenroeder received a five-place grid penalty for the contact on top of a three-place penalty for earlier contact with Lammers.

Al Azhari, who started 12th, thus inherited third and took the title there behind Lammers and race winner Pradel, separated by 0.056 seconds. 

Eleven drivers had all their qualifying two times deleted for excessive track limits violations, with six of them forced to start from the pit lane in the final race. Furthermore, Egozi, who qualified third, was unable to start after stopping on his installation lap and having to be towed back to the pits. 

Enzo Tarnvanichkul started from his first Eurocup-3 pole alongside Feghali and kept the lead in the opening minutes. The safety car was called on lap two for a stopped Harrison on the exit of Turn 18 following contact with Trappa. The safety car came out a second time on lap six as Rafaël Pérard and Stevenheydens collided at the same spot, sending the Frenchman hurtling toward the barrier. 

The race resumed at the end of lap seven and Lammers pressured Feghali, eventually getting past for second through Turn 6 the next lap. Pradel took third shortly after, and they remained as they were until the flag, with Tarnvanichkul winning ahead of Lammers and Pradel. Lammers, however, received a five-second post-race penalty for track limits, dropping him to fourth and promoting Al Azhari to third.

Report by Seb Tirado

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1	Keanu Al Azhari, 2:02.453	Bart Harrison, +0.261s	James Egozi, +0.338s
Race 1 (15 laps)	James Egozi, 32:35.950	Keanu Al Azhari, +0.421s	René Lammers, +0.535s
Sprint race (11 laps)	Gianmarco Pradel, 23:08.107	René Lammers, +0.056s	Keanu Al Azhari, +4.372s
Qualifying 2	Enzo Tarnvanichkul, 1:49.892	Christopher El Feghali, +0.126s	James Egozi, +0.164s
Race 2 (16 laps)	Enzo Tarnvanichkul, 32:34.990	Gianmarco Pradel, +3.039s	Keanu Al Azhari, +3.116s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Keanu Al Azhari, 144	Campos Racing, 183	René Lammers, 83
P2	James Egozi, 92	Hitech, 174	Alex Powell, 74
P3	René Lammers, 83	MP Motorsport, 172	Ean Eyckmans, 53
P4	Enzo Tarnvanichkul, 80	Palou Motorsport, 127	Thomas Strauven, 43
P5	Alex Powell, 74	Drivex, 27	Rafaël Pérard, 24
P6	Gianmarco Pradel, 61	GRS Team, 15	Christopher El Feghali, 17
P7	Ean Eyckmans, 53	Double R Racing, 10	Stefan Bostandjiev, 16
P8	Thomas Strauven, 43	TC Racing, 1	Gino Trappa, 16
P9	Patrick Heuzenroeder, 31	Tecnicar, 0	Heitor Dall’Agnol, 11
P10	Rafaël Pérard, 24		Filippo Fiorentino, 10

Read the previous round’s report here.

Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship: Monteiro and Campos win both titles at Aragón

Noah Monteiro and Griffin Core by Campos secured both titles in Spanish F4’s winter series, with the Portuguese driver winning in bizarre circumstances. He and main championship rival Vivek Kanthan both received 30-second penalties after the sprint race for overtaking under yellows after the chequered flag, which took them out of the points but gave Monteiro an unassailable 30-point lead. 

Nathan Tye took pole position for race one and got a good start, as did Rocco Coronel in second. Behind them, Kanthan overtook Monteiro and Daniel Kelleher to take third in the first half of the lap.

As the field reached Turn 16, a late defence by Tye on Coronel bunched up the top five, with Coronel taking the lead in the subsequent slipstream battle down the pit straight from Kanthan, Monteiro and Tye. A few corners later, Kelleher made contact with the Briton and gave him a puncture, forcing him to pit.

Kanthan and Monteiro became the new top two after Coronel ran deep into Turn 16. Kelleher and Fausto Arnaudo then came to blows between Turns 17 and 18 behind them, bringing out the race’s first safety car. 

The next two safety cars came in quick succession. The first came on lap six when Miki Blascos and Jacob Micallef tangled at Turn 16, ending both drivers’ races. The second came on lap nine after Simon Bulbarella got beached in the Turn 2 gravel following contact with Ty Fisher.

Monteiro continued to hound Kanthan, making an attempt around the outside of Turn 16 on the final lap. In the end, however, not even a slipstream could stop his teammate from taking his first victory of 2026 by 0.073s, with Coronel third.

Kasper Schormans began the sprint race from pole and immediately chopped left to fend off Bulbarella. Racing only lasted seven corners, however, as Beau Lowette stopped on track at Turn 2, necessitating a safety car deployment. 

The green flag flew at the end of lap two, and Schormans quickly pulled away from the pack. In the following laps, Reno Francot and Kanthan climbed to second and third respectively past Blascos and Bulbarella before another short safety car intervention came on lap six for a stopped Louis Cochet, who lost his rear wing after contact with Aleix Piñera.

The sprint ended under the safety car after Fisher and Blascos crashed out on lap eight at Turn 12, for which the former received a five-place grid penalty. Schormans took his maiden single-seater victory ahead of Francot and Borys Łyżeń, with Kanthan fourth and Monteiro eighth before the penalties dropped them to 24th and 27th respectively and handed the Portuguese driver the championship. 

T-Code teammates Andrej Petrovic and Nacho Tuñón locked out the front row for the final race. The Serbian held the lead as Tuñón had to defend from a fast-starting Coronel, who in turn came under threat from Tye through sector one. Coronel nevertheless got past Tuñón through Turn 10, as did Tye at Turn 15 on lap three and Kanthan and Łyżeń at the next corner. 

Tuñón re-passed Łyżeń for fifth on lap five just before Rahim Alibhai tagged Elliot Kaczynski at Turn 15, bringing out the safety car with Alibhai stranded in the gravel. 

On lap eight, just after the restart, Łyżeń, who had already overtaken Tuñón, passed Kanthan for fourth into Turn 16, almost snatching third from Tye around the outside. Tuñón then overtook Kanthan on the pit straight, initiating a close battle for fifth. It ended with first-corner contact on lap 11 that sent the T-Code driver into the inside barrier and brought out the second safety car. 

The third safety car came out with less than a minute left after Reno Francot and Philippe Armand Karras tangled at Turn 5, stranding the latter on the outside of the corner. Under safety car conditions, Petrovic took his second victory of 2026 ahead of Coronel and Tye.

Report by Seb Tirado

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1	Nathan Tye, 2:15.228	Rocco Coronel,  +0.166s	Daniel Kelleher, +0.336s
Race 1 (13 laps)	Vivek Kanthan, 32:52.976	Noah Monteiro, +0.073s	Rocco Coronel, +0.430s
Sprint race (10 laps)	Kasper Schormans, 25:38.923	Reno Francot, +0.382s	Borys Łyżeń, +0.993s
Qualifying 2	Andrej Petrović, 1:59.650	Nacho Tuñón, +0.009s	Rocco Coronel, +0.023s
Race 2 (14 laps)	Andrej Petrović, 33:43.706	Rocco Coronel, +0.222s	Nathan Tye, +0.560s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Noah Monteiro, 116	Griffin Core by Campos, 188	Kasper Schormans, 57
P2	Nathan Tye, 81	T-Code, 117	Rocco Coronel, 57
P3	Andrej Petrović, 79	MP Motorsport, 114	Borys Łyżeń, 49
P4	Vivek Kanthan, 78	KCL by MP, 107	Daniel Kelleher, 38
P5	Reno Francot, 58	Drivex, 92	Luna Fluxá, 27
P6	Kasper Schormans, 57	Campos Racing, 65	Beau Lowette, 15
P7	Rocco Coronel, 57	Monlau Motorsport, 16	Jensen Burnett, 15
P8	Borys Łyżeń, 49	TC Racing, 15	Jacob Micallef, 11
P9	Nacho Tuñón, 40	DX Racing Team, 10	Simón Bulbarella, 10
P10	Daniel Kelleher, 38	G4 Racing, 9	Miki Blascos, 10

Read the previous round’s report here.

Formula Winter Series: Van Langendonck wins all three races in Barcelona finale

Dries Van Langendonck ended his dominant Formula Winter Series campaign by taking three more victories in Barcelona, extending his own record for the most wins in a single season to nine. 

In qualifying on Saturday, Van Langendonck obtained pole position with the fastest time in both sessions. The Dutchman set a time of 1:59.070 in the first session, whilst Thomas Bearman qualified 0.232s behind him. In qualifying two, second-placed Ary Bansal was 0.459s behind Van Langendonck’s 1:58.855. Ethan Lennon qualified third in both qualifying sessions. 

Entering the first corner in race one, Bansal was spun by newcomer Timo Jüngling, who was also given a five-second penalty on lap six for a false start. The safety car came out in short order after Noah Killion went into the gravel at Turn 5, then returned to the track on lap 10 when Teo Borenstein went off track at Turn 12.

Van Langendonck led the race throughout with Lennon and Bearman close behind.

Bearman diminished the distance between himself and Lennon but received a 25-second penalty for a start procedure infringement, sending him from third in the final order into 23rd. Alfie Slater, who started fifth, therefore inherited third behind winner Van Langendonck and Lennon.

Bansal’s second race ended before it began when he failed to get off of the line at lights-out and Borenstein drove into his rear. The incident caused a safety car deployment for the next three laps. 

Rodin teammates Lennon and Slater battled into Turn 1 when the safety car was recalled – and collided in Turn 2, leaving both beached in the gravel and causing the safety car to be called once more. The incident put their teams’ championship prospects at risk, though Van Langendonck’s win gave them a 37-point buffer over US Racing, whose best representative was Oleksandr Savinkov in fifth. 

Pedro Lima came out on top in a battle with Levi Arn and Samuel Ifrid to take fourth, with Bearman and George Proudford-Nalder rounding out the podium. 

The last race of the season had two formation laps after Oscar Repetto was out of position at the end of the first. When it finally got underway, Van Langendonck made a strong start off the line, with Bansal, Lennon and Bearman following close behind in search of second place. 

The top five raced respectfully and without position changes for the majority of the race before Bearman attempted a move on Lennon into Turn 1 on lap 11. He ultimately backed down after a lap of trying and settled for fourth, with Arjen Kräling passing Proudford-Nalder for fifth the next lap. 

Van Langendonck sealed his final win of the 2026 FWS season with a 3.128s gap over Bansal, with Lennon more than seven seconds further back in third. The McLaren junior amassed a total of 308 points over the season as Bearman finished with 159 and Bansal with 148 – who, even when combined, fell short of the Belgian’s total. 

The rookies’ championship was also settled with utter dominance from Van Langendonck, who was 179 points ahead of Ifrid and Lennon jointly on 151. Rodin’s defence of the teams’ championship lead continued to the last race, but they were ultimately able to bring home the title with 416 points.

Report by Grayson Wallace

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1	Dries Van Langendonck, 1:59.070	Thomas Bearman, +0.232s	Ethan Lennon, +0.884s
Qualifying 2	Dries Van Langendonck, 1:58.855	Ary Bansal, +0.459s	Ethan Lennon, +0.752s
Race 1 (14 laps)	Dries Van Langendonck, 32:36.896	Ethan Lennon, +4.208s	Alfie Slater, +5.927s
Race 2 (14 laps)	Dries Van Langendonck, 32:23.126	Thomas Bearman, +0.837s	George Proudford-Nalder, +5.122s
Race 3 (15 laps)	Dries Van Langendonck, 30:26.191	Ary Bansal, +3.128s	Ethan Lennon, +10.367s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Dries Van Langendonck, 308	Rodin Motorsport, 416	Dries Van Langendonck, 330
P2	Thomas Bearman, 159	US Racing, 367	Samuel Ifrid, 151
P3	Ary Bansal, 148	Van Amersfoort Racing, 335	Ethan Lennon, 151
P4	Oleksandr Savinkov, 123	Jenzer Motorsport, 73	Alfie Slater, 133
P5	Ethan Lennon, 105	AKM Motorsport, 62	Levi Arn, 125
P6	Aleksander Ruta, 93	Cram Motorsport, 39	Rocco Coronel, 112
P7	Alfie Slater, 77	Campos Racing, 32	George Proudford-Nalder, 78
P8	Arjen Kräling, 74	Mathilda Racing, 25	Roman Kamyab, 71
P9	Rocco Coronel, 70	Renauer Motorsport, 4	Oscar Repetto, 51
P10	Pedro Lima, 62	AS Motorsport, 3	Markas Šilkūnas, 49

Read the previous round’s report here.

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