Another of the busiest weekends in motorsport in 2026 is behind us, with 12 junior single-seater championships racing. We review eight of those at the regional and national level, from FRegional Europe to USF Juniors and everything in between.

By Feeder Series

If you could hardly keep up with all the motorsport on offer this weekend, you weren’t alone. We had hundreds of updates to share, with virtually all of our staff engaged in one way or another to keep an eye on the 12 junior single-seater series racing as well as the professional open-wheel championships – F1 at Silverstone, IndyCar at Mid-Ohio, Formula E at Shanghai – that attract wider audiences.

All this action meant that for the first and only time this year, the four championships that receive standalone coverage all converged on one weekend. Our weekend wrap-up story from F3 and our Race Recap podcast episode covering the racing from Silverstone will be published later today, with our F2 and F1 Academy reports to follow tomorrow. Indy NXT will be covered on Wednesday.

As for this collection of reports, Feeder Series had editors present at all of the regional-level European series this weekend to gather the biggest storylines. FR Europe, GB3 and Euroformula Open converged at the Hungaroring for a mid-season showdown, while Eurocup-3 raced at a hot Imola alongside the European Le Mans Series. Keep reading to find out what happened and hear from some of the stars in each event.

The IndyCar event at Mid-Ohio was disrupted by both heavy rain and a power outage, which necessitated several schedule changes. Those affected USF Pro 2000 and USF2000 primarily, but all seven of the USF Pro Championship races were run in the end, even with no stream for USF2000’s first race and the postponement of USF Pro 2000’s final contest to after the IndyCar race. The E4 season opener at Vallelunga rounds out this weekend’s octet of reviews.

1. FRegional Europe: Al Dhaheri stamps authority at Hungaroring in R-ace GP masterclass
2. GB3: Fairclough and Jackes take first wins of 2026 as Bedrin grows points lead
3. Euroformula Open: Yeh’s momentum undeniable as he extends lead in Budapest
4. Eurocup-3: Maiden podiums and victories headline chaotic Imola weekend
5. USF Pro 2000: Escorpioni vaults into championship lead with Mid-Ohio hat-trick
6. USF2000: Beswick and Martella victorious in chaotic weekend at Mid-Ohio
7. USF Juniors: Kennedy becomes series’ youngest race winner as Pasiewicz maintains points lead
8. E4: Sammalisto takes championship lead as Craigie wins in race two

FRegional Europe: Al Dhaheri stamps authority at Hungaroring in R-ace GP masterclass

Having already won five of the last eight FR Europe races at the Hungaroring, R-ace GP dominated once again as their driver Rashid Al Dhaheri climbed to the summit of the championship standings.

R-ace began free practice one on Friday with Emanuele Olivieri topping the session and Yuki Sano and Al Dhaheri both inside the top five. Though Al Dhaheri was their best driver in free practice two in only ninth, the squad returned to the top in qualifying one.

It was not, however, with title contender Al Dhaheri as the Mercedes junior was beaten to pole position by Sano. The Japanese driver topped group A ahead of Al Dhaheri as Rodin’s Reza Seewooruthun joined him on the front row, pipping Olivieri to first in group B. 

Sano kept the lead at the start of race one, showing Seewooruthun to the outside exiting Turn 1 and forcing a swap of position with Al Dhaheri. The Emirati remained close to Sano’s car as Seewooruthun dropped back towards Olivieri in fourth.

After a period of calm, then–points leader Sebastian Wheldon locked up into Turn 2 on lap 11 while attempting to overtake Saqer Al Maosherji for seventh. The Floridian dipped a wheel onto the grass on exit and spun, rolling off the racing line and rejoining near the rear.

A wide moment on the exit of Turn 13 then left Marcus Sæter vulnerable to Al Maosherji down the main straight, with the overspeed forcing the Norwegian to cede the position as the final lap began.

Ultimately, Sano kept control to take his first win outside of Japan, with Al Dhaheri and Seewooruthun completing the podium.

Qualifying two saw new championship leader Al Dhaheri of group A take pole ahead of Sano. Olivieri was again second in group B, this time behind Alexander Abkhazava.

“After yesterday, I was a bit disappointed because I believe I had [the] potential to do P1, but I think at the end it’s more important that I was able to understand what went wrong. With the team, they did an amazing job to give me another chance to get pole position,” Al Dhaheri told Feeder Series after the session.

“If I look at the end of the day, we haven’t been able to win a proper race yet, so I’m really excited to be able to have this opportunity to try to see what happens. At the end, here the start and T1, T2, is quite important. And then at the end, this year with the push-to-pass, no race is done until the last lap.”

Critically, Sano stalled at the start. Al Dhaheri led from Abkhazava and Olivieri with title rival Kean Nakamura-Berta slotting into fourth.

MP Motorsport teammate Wheldon ran wide twice in the race’s first half, and his fortunes depleted entirely when his car suffered an engine failure on lap nine. 

Though his retirement did not induce a safety car, one was soon brought out by Štolcermanis, who stopped at Turn 1 following contact with Dion Gowda,  for which Gowda received a 10-second penalty.

A second safety car came out shortly after the restart for an accident that eliminated Salim Hanna, and there was not enough time to return to green.

With that, Al Dhaheri claimed his first main race victory and his third overall this season. Abkhazava was set for his second podium of the year, but a  six-second post-race time penalty for a race mode violation dropped him to 14th, elevating Oliveri to second and Nakamura-Berta to third.

Now on 151 points, Al Dhaheri has extended his championship lead to 21 points over Nakamura-Berta on 130, while Wheldon remains on 121 after a scoreless weekend. With 322 points, R-ace also grew their teams’ standings lead  to 110 over MP.

Report by Archie Harper

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1, Group A	Yuki Sano, 1:37.760	Rashid Al Dhaheri, +0.019s	Marcus Sæter, +0.439s
Qualifying 1, Group B	Reza Seewooruthun, 1:37.785	Emanuele Olivieri, +0.151s	Tomass Štolcermanis, +0.200s
Race 1 (19 laps)	Yuki Sano, 32:00.502	Rashid Al Dhaheri, +1.228s	Reza Seewooruthun, +3.955s
Qualifying 2, Group B	Alexander Abkhazava, 1:37.912	Emanuele Olivieri, +0.225s	Kean Nakamura-Berta, +0.269s
Qualifying 2, Group A	Rashid Al Dhaheri, 1:37.639	Yuki Sano, +0.188s	Francisco Macedo, +0.248s
Race 2 (17 laps)	Rashid Al Dhaheri, 34:26.769	Emanuele Olivieri, +1.125s	Kean Nakamura-Berta, +1.263s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Rashid Al Dhaheri, 151	R-ace GP, 322	Emanuele Olivieri, 116
P2	Kean Nakamura-Berta, 130	MP Motorsport, 212	Alexandre Munoz, 37
P3	Sebastian Wheldon, 121	Prema Racing, 210	Gabriel Gomez, 24
P4	Emanuele Olivieri, 116	Rodin Motorsport, 111	Marcus Sæter, 23
P5	Reno Francot, 84	CL Motorsport, 93	Tomass Štolcermanis, 21
P6	Salim Hanna, 59	Trident, 51	Kyuho Lee, 0
P7	Alex Ninovic, 57	ART Grand Prix, 42	Rahim Alibhai, 0
P8	Yuki Sano, 55	G4 Racing, 38
P9	Zhenrui Chi, 47	Van Amersfoort Racing, 37
P10	Alexander Abkhazava, 44	RPM, 33

Read the previous round’s report here.

GB3: Fairclough and Jackes take first wins of 2026 as Bedrin grows points lead

Hitech’s Deagen Fairclough and Elite Motorsport’s Flynn Jackes leave GB3’s third round at the Hungaroring as race winners for the first time this season.  

In the first of two qualifying sessions, Hungary’s home hero, Rodin Motorsport’s Martin Molnár, took pole position with a time of 1:35.605. Behind him sat Fairclough and drivers’ championship leader Nikita Bedrin. It would be Bedrin who took pole position in the second qualifying session with a 1:34.601. Fairclough once again came in second, two tenths behind Bedrin, with Molnár settling for third this time around.  

Facing his first start on home soil in his single-seater career in race one, Molnár lost out on first position to Fairclough going into Turn 1. Molnár then had to turn to defending against Bedrin, letting Fairclough extend his lead.

The Hitech driver’s advantage decreased when the safety car was brought out because of a crash for Rodin Motorsport’s Abbi Pulling on lap seven. Bedrin passed Molnár on the restart for second place, as did Rodin’s Maxim Rehm. Fairclough took the chequered flag eight tenths ahead of Bedrin in second, with Rehm taking the final podium position.  

“Everyone’s had a lot of confidence for this weekend,” Fairclough told Feeder Series after the race. “It’s paid off.” 

The start of race two unfolded similarly to race one, with Fairclough once again passing the polesitter off the line. Bedrin, however, took the lead back at Turn 2 before a safety car deployment due to a crash for Hillspeed’s Peter Bouzinelos.Disaster struck Fairclough, however, when he was forced to retire under safety car conditions. This handed second place to Molnár and third place to Rehm, who himself had to retire his car on lap nine. That promoted Xcel Motorsport’s Lucas Fluxá to the final podium position as Bedrin crossed the line to cruise to his fourth race win of the season.  

“I had a really good start. Deagen had an even better one,” Bedrin told Feeder Series post-race. “I think I managed my move really well into [Turn 2]. Then I just managed my race with both safety car restarts. They both were good and then [I] managed my race pace when I was about to be four seconds ahead. I had everything I wanted to play with in my hands and did a good job.” 

The reverse-grid race three put Jackes on pole for his 52nd GB3 race start. He controlled the start well, holding off Hillspeed’s Dante Vinci and Xcel Motorsport’s Rowan Campbell-Pilling, before an early safety car due to retirements for both Pulling and Fairclough neutralised the race.

On the restart on lap three, Fluxá made it past Vinci for second position, turning the outside line through Turn 1 into the inside at Turn 2. The safety car was then called again on lap seven after Elite Motorsport’s Kyuho Lee hit the barriers at Turn 11. Campbell-Pilling make it past Vinci on the short-lived restart before the safety car came out once again, this time after Bouzinelos stopped on track on lap 10 following contact with  teammate Aurelia Nobels.

The race restarted with one lap to go, with Rehm passing Campbell-Pilling for third position. Jackes crossed the line to take his first-ever GB3 race win followed by Fluxá and Rehm. A post-race investigation, however, found that Rehm had used DRS when it was not available, which earned him a one-place penalty and promoted Campbell-Pilling to the final podium position.

Bedrin still holds the lead of the drivers’ championship, on 222 points, followed by Rehm on 154 points. Fluxá rose to third on 144 points, only three points ahead of Molnár. Rodin Motorsport lead the teams’ championship on 339 points, just five points ahead of second-placed VRD Racing, with Hitech sitting in third on 248 points. 

Report by Isabelle Chandler

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1	Martin Molnár, 1:35.605	Deagen Fairclough, +0.076s	Nikita Bedrin, +0.107s
Qualifying 2	Nikita Bedrin, 1:34.601	Deagen Fairclough, +0.209s	Martin Molnár, +0.317s
Race 1 (14 laps)	Deagen Fairclough, 25:12.338	Nikita Bedrin, +0.802s	Maxim Rehm, +2.537s
Race 2 (14 laps)	Nikita Bedrin, 25:58.316	Martin Molnár, +2.042s	Lucas Fluxá, +4.636s
Race 3 (13 laps)	Flynn Jackes, 26:34.942	Lucas Fluxá, +1.615s	Rowan Campbell-Pilling, +2.837s

Standings	Drivers	Teams
P1	Nikita Bedrin, 222	Rodin Motorsport, 339
P2	Maxim Rehm, 154	VRD Racing, 334
P3	Lucas Fluxá, 144	Hitech, 248
P4	Martin Molnár, 141	Xcel Motorsport, 240
P5	Jin Nakamura, 96	Elite Motorsport, 192
P6	Flynn Jackes, 88	Hillspeed, 118
P7	Patricio Gonzalez, 87	Arden Motorsport, 104
P8	Rowan Campbell-Pilling, 85	Fortec Motorsports, 61
P9	Abbi Pulling, 84	Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing, 10
P10	Deagen Fairclough, 77

Read the previous round’s report here.

Euroformula Open: Yeh’s momentum undeniable as he extends lead in Budapest

Though not looking the outright fastest driver for a second weekend in a row, Enzo Yeh undoubtedly leaves Budapest in a stronger position than when he arrived.

The Taiwanese driver was outside the top two in both free practice sessions and fourth in qualifying on Saturday morning. On pole for the second weekend in a row was Javier Herrera, 0.160 and 0.172 seconds ahead of Everett Stack and Alessandro Famularo in second and third respectively.

Slow starts for the BVM cars allowed Stack and Yeh into first and second. At the start of lap two, however, Herrera dived recklessly into Turn 1 and took second from Yeh despite contact.

That earned Herrera a five-second penalty as Yeh was granted a reprieve by Divy Nandan’s inability to punish the Motopark driver. Nandan himself fell to 10th from fourth come the start of the third lap.

Out front, the race winner seemed all but certain throughout.

Broken free at the front on Independence Day, American driver Stack built an insurmountable 4.046s lead by the flag, which turned into 5.984s over Yeh once Herrera’s penalty had been applied. The Mexican dropped to fourth, leaving Famularo to complete the podium.

“[We were] just managing the entire time – only really pushed one, maybe two, laps and they were both fastest lap at the time,” Stack told Feeder Series after the race.

“I call it the minor Grand Slam ’cause you’re not the pole but [you have] the fastest lap and race win, so I’ll take it!”

Race two’s reversed grid placed Jesse Carrasquedo Jr alongside his countryman Diego de la Torre on the front row. For the second time, the polesitter got away poorly as De la Torre claimed the race lead and Yeh took second into Turn 2.

Stack got the run on Carrasquedo heading into lap seven, sending his car down the inside of Turn 1 and around the outside of Turn 2 and finishing the move for the final podium spot with the inside line for Turn 3.

The top three closed up in the coming laps, with De la Torre running slightly wide at Turn 1 on lap 11. That allowed Yeh a run down to Turn 2, with the Taiwanese driver attempting the dummy from the outside to the inside. Yeh, however, locked up and nearly turned the race leader around mid-corner – a move he repeated near exactly the following lap.

Carrasquedo fell further by running wide at Turn 9 on the final lap, gifting fourth to Herrera.

De la Torre held his nerve to take his first victory in the series after six previous podiums, ahead of Yeh and Stack on the podium.

“I knew what to do. I knew if I was P1 at lap one, it was just a matter of pushing the last sector and getting it done without killing the tyres, so I just did that,” De la Torre told Feeder Series.

“I was only pushing a bit [in] sector one and sector two, and then sector three – that’s the main issue here – I was just pushing. And I think it worked for the whole of the race.”

“It was a lot of pressure,” De la Torre continued. “I had the whole pack behind so one error could end my race, fully, so [I] was just keeping it safe and we made it happen this time.”

Race three saw De la Torre start from first ahead of Carrasquedo. The race two winner kept his lead, but Carrasquedo Jr lost out on second to Yeh on lap one.

Though it seemed good things would come in pairs for De la Torre, the Mexican succumbed to pressure from the championship leader on lap 15, going deep at Turn 1 and letting Yeh through.

Yeh pulled away once ahead, taking victory with a margin of 2.510s over De la Torre with Carrasquedo remaining in third. The win was the sixth of the season so far for Yeh but the first since his sweep at Spa in May.

Yeh sits on 241 points in the championship, extending his lead by nine points to sit 74 points ahead of De la Torre on 167. Herrera has now taken seven rookie victories and is leading the rookie standings, though his BVM squad trail Motopark by 58 in the teams’ standings.

Report by Archie Harper

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Javier Herrera, 1:34.793	Everett Stack, +0.160s	Alessandro Famularo, +0.172s
Race 1 (17 laps)	Everett Stack, 27:32.959	Enzo Yeh, +5.984s	Alessandro Famularo, +6.726s
Race 2 (17 laps)	Diego de la Torre, 27:50.171	Enzo Yeh, +0.361s	Everett Stack, +2.684s
Race 3 (17 laps)	Enzo Yeh, 25:52.373	Diego de la Torre, +2.510s	Jesse Carrasquedo Jr, +3.356s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Enzo Yeh, 241	Team Motopark, 179	Javier Herrera, 94
P2	Diego de la Torre, 167	BVM Racing, 121	Wiktor Dobrzański, 79
P3	Everett Stack, 159	Neri Autosport, 38	Lorenzo Castillo, 63
P4	Jesse Carrasquedo Jr, 137	Drivex, 28	Aaron Ferrazzano, 40
P5	Alessandro Famularo, 133		Jan Koller, 30
P6	Javier Herrara, 120		Cadi Baptista, 20
P7	Wiktor Dobrzański, 74		Gino Trappa, 18
P8	Lorenzo Castillo, 45		Filippo Fiorentino, 17
P9	Divy Nandan, 36		Celo Hahn, 8
P10	Aaron Ferrazzano, 28		Alceu Feldmann Neto, 0

Read the previous round’s report here.

Eurocup-3: Maiden podiums and victories headline chaotic Imola weekend

Despite misfortune in race one and an interrupted sprint race, a dominant lights-to-flag win on Sunday for James Egozi means his championship lead only decreased by five points. Similarly unfortunate circumstances dropped main rival Keanu Al Azhari to third overall, 12 points behind Ean Eyckmans and 68 behind Egozi. 

The American headed two Palou Motorsport front-row lock-outs at Imola and started race one alongside Heitor Dall’Agnol. Egozi had a good launch in race one whilst the latter chopped across the track to defend from Al Azhari, sending him halfway onto the grass on the inside.

The first safety car deployment came later that lap after Rafael Pérard skipped over the second kerb at Tamburello and sideswiped Christopher Feghali, beaching the Lebanese driver. The second came on lap four when Bart Harrison similarly sideswiped Gino Trappa, sending the Argentine into the barrier and causing himself to spin backwards across the track.

Drama arose for the championship contenders later on. Al Azhari suffered a puncture following a high-speed diversion through the Tamburello gravel on lap six, whilst mechanical issues for Egozi caused him to grind to a halt approaching Variante Alta on lap 11, bringing out another safety car. Egozi got going again but stopped for good at the pit entry.

Once the race resumed two laps later, Dall’Agnol went unopposed to take his maiden Eurocup-3 victory ahead of Eyckmans and Alex Powell. However, the Brazilian driver was later given a five-second penalty for his opening-lap defence against Al Azhari, dropping him to third and handing Eyckmans his own first Eurocup-3 win. Dall’Agnol is appealing the penalty.

“We didn’t really have the speed to be [at the front],” Eyckmans later told Feeder Series. “Just because of some technical issues for other people and some penalties, we managed to get the win in the end. I put myself in that position to be P1 and I think it’s good points for the championship.”

The red flag was flown seconds into the sprint race when Alceu Feldmann Neto rear-ended a stalled Enzo Tarnvanichkul, sending him into Filippo Fiorentino’s rear-right corner and into the side of Stefan Bostandjiev. Santino Panetta also crashed into and mounted the Thai driver’s car.

Almost 20 minutes and two laps behind the safety car later, reverse-grid polesitter Patrick Heuzenroeder led the field to green ahead of Juan Cota. Behind, Dall’Agnol spun Pérard at Tamburello and broke his own front-right suspension, forcing him to stop in the Villeneuve gravel and bring out another safety car.

Racing resumed on lap six, but more chaos involving Pérard at Tamburello ensued. This time, he collided with Édouard Borgna and careered into the side of Renzo Barbuy, who had been spun by Yani Stevenheydens. The incident left Pérard stranded on track and Barbuy beached in the gravel. The safety car was again deployed, albeit only for one lap.

Wide moments after the final restart at Tamburello for Kacper Sztuka and Al Azhari dropped them out of the podium and points-scoring positions respectively, whilst up ahead, Heuzenroeder clinched his first Eurocup-3 podium and victory. 

“I wanted to do a bit more racing, to be honest!” Heuzenroeder told Feeder Series about the multiple safety cars. “It’s a strong day from what was looking a bit weak, to be honest. To go from P12 to P4 and then bring home the comfortable win, it’s quite a solid haul of results!”

Juan Cota, who originally finished second, later received a 10-second penalty for misusing push-to-pass during the safety car restart, promoting Trappa to second and Gianmarco Pradel to his first main-season podium.

Egozi and Pérard had quick starts off the front row on Sunday as the pack jostled for position into Tamburello. Said jostling forced Lorenzo Campos to pull off at Villeneuve with a broken suspension, instigating the race’s only safety car deployment.

After the restart on lap three, Egozi stretched his lead to take an eventual victory by 5.072 seconds whilst battles persisted behind. Sztuka took third from Al Azhari with a dive at Tamburello on lap four and later challenged Pérard for second. The pair ran side by side heading into lap 13, but the Polish driver eventually resigned himself to third by the flag.

“A very nice race today, just no surprises – unlike yesterday!” Egozi joked to Feeder Series. “Going into Monza it’s good to have a cushion, so I’m very pleased with things.”

Report by Seb Tirado

Interviews by Mitchell Ash

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1	James Egozi, 1:35.636	Heitor Dall’Agnol, +0.034s	Keanu Al Azhari, +0.089s
Qualifying 2	James Egozi, 1:35.425	Rafaël Pérard, +0.050s	Keanu Al Azhari, +0.064s
Race 1 (16 laps)	Ean Eyckmans, 31:58.527	Alex Powell, +3.213s	Heitor Dall’Agnol, +3.852s
Sprint race (10 laps)	Patrick Heuzenroeder, 33:33.639	Gino Trappa, +3.086s	Gianmarco Pradel, +3.751s
Race 2 (19 laps)	James Egozi, 32:29.852	Rafaël Pérard, +5.072s	Kacper Sztuka, +6.279s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	James Egozi, 142	Palou Motorsport, 216	Ean Eyckmans, 86
P2	Ean Eyckmans, 86	MP Motorsport, 160	Heitor Dall’Agnol, 68
P3	Keanu Al Azhari, 74	Griffin Core by Campos, 108	René Lammers, 56
P4	Heitor Dall’Agnol, 68	Hitech, 100	Alex Powell, 49
P5	René Lammers, 56	Tecnicar, 47	Rafaël Pérard, 38
P6	Alex Powell, 49	Drivex, 20	Thomas Strauven, 27
P7	Kacper Sztuka, 47	Double R Racing, 6	Gino Trappa, 21
P8	Rafaël Pérard, 38	GRS Team, 3	Christopher Feghali, 20
P9	Gianmarco Pradel, 33	TC Racing, 1	Santino Panetta, 12
P10	Patrick Heuzenroeder, 31		Bart Harrison, 6

Read the previous round’s report here.

USF Pro 2000: Escorpioni vaults into championship lead with Mid-Ohio hat-trick

Leonardo Escorpioni dominated the USF Pro 2000 weekend at Mid-Ohio, winning all three races in convincing fashion to become the new championship leader ahead of Jack Jeffers.

Escorpioni’s weekend got off to an excellent start in qualifying as he took pole position for both race one and race two ahead of Andrés Cárdenas and G3 Argyros.

Race one was offered another sign of the dominance Escorpioni went on to showcase throughout the weekend. The 16-year-old led every one of the 30 laps despite having to navigate three restarts.

First, on lap two, JT Hoskins spun on the exit of Turn 4 while battling Brady Golan for 12th place. Then on lap 16, Argyros, who was chasing Cárdenas for second, brought out the second caution after hitting the wall on the exit of Turn 9. 

At the restart, Cárdenas went wide at Turn 4 and dropped to 10th, elevating Jeffers to second. Frankie Mossman had started the lap sixth, but a mistake from Michael Costello at the Keyhole, a pass around the outside of Thomas Schrage at Turn 4, and Cárdenas’ excursion lifted him to third. 

Tyke Durst then caused the final caution after getting beached in the gravel at Turn 11, though he eventually got his car refired. Escorpioni led Jeffers and Mossman for the final eight laps to win, setting the fastest lap along the way.

After race one, USF Pro 2000 was scheduled to run race two in the afternoon, but thunderstorm activity in the area paused all on-track action for over three hours, pushing IndyCar qualifying into the original USF Pro 2000 time slot. The second race took the slot of the third race’s slot, which was eventually moved to Sunday afternoon after the IndyCar race.

Instead, race two, held on a hazy Sunday morning, proceeded without cautions. Escorpioni took charge from the outset, building up a 3.9-second gap over Cárdenas within five laps. After 30 laps, the winning margin was 6.3709s.

While Cárdenas couldn’t match Escorpioni, he still drove a solid race, finishing 8.8867s ahead of Michael Costello, who passed Argyros for third on lap six. Jeffers rose from eighth to fourth and set the series’ new race lap record with a 1:15.8307, beating Rinus VeeKay’s 2018 benchmark. 

With that accolade in his pocket, Jeffers started race three from pole, ahead of Schrage and Escorpioni, and maintained his lead on the opening lap. Behind him, Schrage, Escorpioni and Argyros were locked in a battle, Argyros moving up to second exiting the Keyhole hairpin before a caution was called. Joey Brienza, Logan Adams, Christian Cameron and Durst collided on the straight before the Keyhole, an incident that ended Adams’, Cameron’s and Durst’s races.

Jeffers led the restart on lap five while Argyros and Escorpioni battled for second. Escorpioni passed the Pabst Racing driver into Turn 9 and set his sights on Jeffers for the lead, which he took from Jeffers going into the Keyhole on lap seven just before the second caution for an incident behind between Costello and Mossman. Costello retired, while Mossman received a drive-through penalty for avoidable contact.

Escorpioni led the restart on lap 10 and sailed to his third race win of the weekend, even notching the fastest lap on lap 28. Jeffers finished in second, 4.9##s behind Escorpioni, while Cárdenas capped off an excellent weekend of his own by clinching third place, his fourth podium in the last five races. 

By sweeping the weekend, Escorpioni took the championship lead with 228 points, two points ahead of Jeffers. Argyros sits in third with 177 points, 51 points behind Escorpioni, while Cárdenas jumps up to fourth with 174 points. 

Report by Vincent van der Hoek

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Leonardo Escorpioni, 1:16.9171	Andrés Cárdenas, +0.0976s	G3 Argyros, +0.1100s
Race 1 (30 laps)	Leonardo Escorpioni, 44:25.3719	Jack Jeffers, +1.2979s	Frankie Mossman, +1.8735s
Race 2 (30 laps)	Leonardo Escorpioni, 38:53.4896	Andrés Cárdenas, +6.3709s	Michael Costello, +15.2576s
Race 3 (30 laps)	Leonardo Escorpioni, 44:15.7199	Jack Jeffers, +4.9041s	Andrés Cárdenas, +6.2894s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Leonardo Escorpioni, 228	Turn 3 Motorsport, 240	Leonardo Escorpioni, 228
P2	Jack Jeffers, 226	Exclusive Autosport, 198	Jack Jeffers, 226
P3	G3 Argyros, 177	VRD Racing, 164	G3 Argyros, 177
P4	Andrés Cárdenas, 174	Pabst Racing, 149	Andrés Cárdenas, 174
P5	Frankie Mossman, 167	JHDD powered by ECR, 118	Thomas Schrage, 151
P6	Michael Costello, 166	TJ Speed Motorsports, 115	Teddy Musella, 133
P7	Thomas Schrage, 151	Comet/NCMP Racing, 27	Christian Cameron, 109
P8	Teddy Musella, 133	FatBoy Racing!, 12	Colin Aitken, 88
P9	Brady Golan, 116		JT Hoskins, 80
P10	Christian Cameron, 109		Mayer Deonarine, 51

Read the previous round’s report here.

USF2000: Beswick and Martella victorious in chaotic weekend at Mid-Ohio

Pabst Racing’s Eddie Beswick and Exclusive Autosport’s Anthony Martella won a race apiece at a USF2000 weekend at Mid-Ohio marked by on- and off-track chaos. On Friday, race one saw a big accident on lap one and a red flag due to a power cut, while on Saturday, race two was delayed for several hours because of thunderstorms in the area.

In qualifying, Ryan Giannetta claimed his first USF2000 pole position, beating Martella in second and Liam Loiacono in third. Eddie Beswick qualified in fourth position ahead of Joāo Vergara in fifth and Garzón in sixth.

Race one started with an opening–lap contact going into the Keyhole hairpin between Vegrara and Oliver Wheldon for eighth place, which sent Wheldon’s VRD Racing car upside down over the top of Lucas Nanji’s Pabst Racing car and into the gravel trap. Amidst the chaos, Naim Saleh also went out of the race after hitting the back of Thomas Nordquist.

Meanwhile at the front, Martella and Loiacono both passed Giannetta, but whilst battling for the lead they made contact at Turn 3, sending both out of the race.

As the cars lined up behind the pace car, a power outage at the track caused all timing and scoring and TV cameras to go offline, stopping all on-track action.

After a 30-minute red flag to resolve the outage, the race got back underway, with only live timing available. But it was not for long, as a series of incidents involving Wesley Gundler, championship leader Garzón, Evan Cooley and Connor Aspley brought a caution on lap eight. Nordquist brought out another caution on lap 13. 

With 10 cars remaining on track, the final five laps went down without incident. Beswick claimed his second win of the season ahead of Vergara in second place. Majman came home in third, gaining valuable points on Garzón.

Race two on Saturday was shortened to 15 laps after the weather delay. Martella, who started from pole position, controlled the race and gave the chasers no chance at an overtake for the lead. 

The first caution came out early on lap two. Aspley hit the back of Nordquist at Turn 12 at the end of the opening lap and ended up in the barrier. Nordquist suffered rear wing damage as a result.

The second caution on lap seven also featured Nordquist. As the DEForce Racing driver was trying to fight his way back through the field, he made contact with Callahan Peter at the Keyhole, putting both cars out of the race.

Martella faced heavy pressure from Giannetta in the remaining laps. The Canadian driver, however, maintained his cool and won his third race of the season while leading every lap. Giannetta claimed his first USF2000 podium in second. Garzón brought home third place.

Behind the Colombian, Beswick and Loiacono were locked in a fierce battle for fourth, which ended up costing both of them. The two Australians made contact on lap 10 and fell back to 14th and 15th place. The third Australian, Pabst Racing’s Majman, was the biggest beneficiary of this fight, rising from sixth to fourth.

With seven races spread over the remaining three rounds, Garzón leads the championship with 265 points, 19 more than Majman in second with 246 points. Beswick, the winner of race one, sits in third with 208 points. 

Report by Vincent van der Hoek

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Ryan Giannetta, 1:21.3559	Anthony Martella, +0.1073s	Liam Loiacono, +0.1379s
Race 1 (20 laps)	Eddie Beswick, 38:31.5100	João Vergara, +0.4133s	Brad Majman, +0.9622s
Race 2 (15 laps)	Anthony Martella, 25:11.9945	Ryan Giannetta, +0.4842s	Sebastián Garzón, +2.4379s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Sebastián Garzón, 265	Pabst Racing, 290	João Vergara, 169
P2	Brad Majman, 246	Exclusive Autosport, 254	Ayrton Cahan, 139
P3	Eddie Beswick, 208	VRD Racing, 205	Gabriel Cahan, 134
P4	Evan Cooley, 175	DEForce Racing, 192	Oliver Wheldon, 132
P5	João Vergara, 169	JHDD powered by ECR, 69	Wesley Gundler, 113
P6	Anthony Martella, 157	PFH Racing (previously Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing), 69	Liam Loiacono, 111
P7	Ryan Giannetta, 139	ENVE Motorsports, 58	Lucas Nanji, 80
P8	Ayrton Cahan, 139	Zanella Racing, 40	Thomas Nordquist, 75
P9	Gabriel Cahan, 134		Jack Mohrhardt, 64
P10	Oliver Wheldon, 132		Callahan Peter, 62

Read the previous round’s report here.

USF Juniors: Kennedy becomes series’ youngest race winner as Pasiewicz maintains points lead

VRD Racing by Pole Position’s Edward Kennedy took victory in both races at USF Juniors’ fourth round of the season at Mid-Ohio as Olivia Racing’s Karol Pasiewicz maintained the points lead with two top-five finishes.

Pasiewicz led the way at the start of race one from pole but quickly lost first place to Kennedy, who took the lead at Turn 4 just before the safety car was deployed. There were two separate incidents on the opening lap, a multi-car accident at Turn 5 that eliminated Jared Oselka and contact between Bex Cranston and Casper Nissen at Turn 9 that sent the latter spinning into the wall.

When the race restarted on lap five, Kennedy and Pasiewicz pulled away from the rest of the field, but their progress was halted when Olivier Mrak in third spun at Turn 1 on lap six and beached his car in the gravel, causing another safety car deployment.

From then on, the Canadian cruised home to become the series’ youngest race winner at the age of 14 years and 56 days, ahead of Pasiewicz and VRD by Pole Position teammate Dean Hoogendoorn, who took his first podium in single-seaters after Cranston received a drive-through penalty while running third.

Pasiewicz was on pole again for race two, and this time he held off Kennedy in the early stages to maintain the lead. Behind them, Hoogendoorn moved from sixth to fourth between Turns 4 and 5 after passing Mrak and Nissen on lap two and held off both of their attacks on the following lap to maintain the position.

On lap four, Kennedy was overtaken by Max Cuthbert at the Keyhole, and the duo began exchanging positions, but that battle was put to a halt when the Briton spun out at Turn 1 on lap eight, forcing the safety car to be deployed.

When the race restarted on lap 11, Pasiewicz wasted no time in pulling away from the pack, while Hoogendoorn moved up to third when the Zanella duo of Mrak and Grant Mitchell both had off-track excursions at Turn 4. At the beginning of the following lap, though, it all fell apart for the Polish driver as he spun exiting Turn 1 and fell to seventh, handing the lead to Kennedy. Behind him, Hoogendoorn and Bex Cranston began exchanging second place, with the Dutch driver finally coming out on top on lap 16 shortly before Cole Medeiros spun off exiting Turn 4.

The race restarted with two laps left, but it was quickly neutralised when Couto and Mrak crashed at the final corner at the restart. The race finished behind the safety car, and Kennedy took home the win ahead of teammate Hoogendoorn and Cranston, who secured his first podium of the season.

Pasiewicz still leads the standings, 51 points ahead of Max Mokarem and 65 over both the absent Iván Machado Pérez and Mrak. Zanella continue to lead the way in the teams’ championship, 43 points ahead of VRD Racing by Pole Position.

Report by Marco Albertini

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Karol Pasiewicz, 1:24.9537	Casper Nissen, +0.1294s	Edward Kennedy, +0.2032s
Race 1 (20 laps)	Edward Kennedy, 34:17.0055	Karol Pasiewicz, +0.9639s	Dean Hoogendoorn, +2.3620s
Race 2 (20 laps)	Edward Kennedy, 34:15.6999	Dean Hoogendoorn, +0.5831s	Bex Cranston, +1.7072s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Karol Pasiewicz, 232	Zanella Racing, 263	Karol Pasiewicz, 232
P2	Max Mokarem, 181	VRD Racing by Pole Position, 220	Max Mokarem, 181
P3	Iván Machado Pérez, 167	Olivia Racing, 187	Iván Machado Pérez, 167
P4	Olivier Mrak, 167	Exclusive Autosport, 184	Olivier Mrak, 167
P5	Cole Medeiros, 155	DEForce Racing, 129	Cole Medeiros, 155
P6	Victor Couto, 149	JHDD powered by ECR, 122	Victor Couto, 149
P7	Bex Cranston, 145	Berg Racing, 58	Bex Cranston, 145
P8	Vilho Aatola, 132		Casper Nissen, 131
P9	Casper Nissen, 131		Leonardo Serravalle, 124
P10	Leonardo Serravalle, 124		Max Cuthbert, 114

Read the previous round’s report here.

E4: Sammalisto takes championship lead as Craigie wins in race two

Luka Sammalisto captured the lead of the E4 drivers’ championship after the opening round of the 2026 season at Vallelunga, winning two out of three races to accumulate 82 points. Kenzo Craigie also took his maiden E4 win in race two to lead the rookies’ standings and occupy second place in the overall standings, 26 points behind Sammalisto.

With 36 cars entered, there were three races held this weekend. Niccolò Maccagnani started the first from pole, followed by Roman Kamyab. He led on the run to the first braking zone as Kamyab lost several positions, but the best launch came from  Sammalisto, who swept around the outside of three cars at Cimini 1 to take the lead despite starting from fifth place. Oleksandr Savinkov, Arjen Kräling and Oleksandr Bondarev rounded out the top five, the Prema driver climbing from eighth to fifth as he  battled with Noah Killion.

The race went on without many incidents until Roland Kuklane spun Jean-Paul Karras, for which the Estonian driver received a drive-through penalty. A scarier event happened during a battle between Kräling and Savinkov as the former went off track and flew into the air, fortunately without crashing.

With three laps remaining, Thomas Bearman and Philippe-Armand Karras went off-track, with the latter retiring because of terminal suspension damage, bringing out local yellow flags at Turn 15. Sammalisto went on to win the race, followed by Maccagnani and Savinkov.

After the race, however, came one of the rarest twists in recent junior single-seater history. The entire grid – except for retirees Dominik Šimek and Philippe-Armand Karras – received a 35-second time penalty for failing to slow down under the double yellows at the final corner caused by Karras’ stopped car. These penalties in particular didn’t change the results, though Augustus Toniolo was given an additional five-second time penalty after colliding with Kingsley Zheng, dropping from 12th to 19th place.

Kamyab started on pole position for race two, in front of Craigie and Sammalisto. The Mercedes junior took the lead on lap one and held that place until the checkered flag, with Kamyab and Sammalisto completing the podium having held their respective positions from the opening lap.

No incidents happened until mid-race when Consani hit Killion at Cimini 1, puncturing his rear-left wheel and bringing out the safety car. The Frenchman later received a six-place grid penalty for the next race.

Sammalisto started the final race in front of Killion and Craigie. The latter, however, wasn’t able to retain his position for long as he went off track at Cimini 2 on the second lap and lost eight places. As such, Christian Costoya managed to take third place.

Contact between Bernardo Bernoldi and George Proudford-Nalder on lap two at the Tornantino hairpin brought out the safety car, while Jean Paul Karras also suffered a puncture following contact with Alexander Chartier.

On lap seven, another safety car was brought out after Andre Rodriguez made contact with Vittorio Orsini. Chartier also collided with Tamás Gender, with the latter retiring with terminal damage.

In the end, the race finished under yet another safety car after Aleksander Ruta and Kräling made contact on lap 13 at Tornantino. Sammalisto ultimately won the race, followed by Killion and Costoya. Kamyab, who was initially ninth, was hit with a 10-second post-race time penalty for causing a collision with Kräling and dropped to 27th.

Report by Julien Thoinet

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1	Niccolò Maccagnani, 1:34.809	Roman Kamyab, +0.010s	Oleksandr Savinkov, +0.282s
Qualifying 2	Roman Kamyab, 1:34.524	Kenzo Craigie, +0.084s	Luka Sammalisto, +0.125s
Race 1 (20 laps)	Luka Sammalisto, 32:46.267	Niccolò Maccagnani, +0.563s	Oleksandr Savinkov, +1.980s
Race 2 (19 laps)	Kenzo Craigie, 32:26.394	Roman Kamyab, +1.419s	Luka Sammalisto, +2.318s
Race 3 (16 laps)	Luka Sammalisto, 33:05.932	Noah Killion, +2.227s	Christian Costoya, +2.633s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Luka Sammalisto, 82	US Racing, 150	Kenzo Craigie, 82
P2	Kenzo Craigie, 56	Prema Racing, 130	Alp Aksoy, 74
P3	Oleksandr Bondarev, 52	R-ace GP, 70	Christian Costoya, 64
P4	Oleksandr Savinkov, 42	Van Amersfoort Racing, 14	Roman Kamyab, 49
P5	Alp Aksoy, 42	Trident, 8	Knud Nielsen, 38
P6	Noah Killion, 40	AKM Motorsport, 6	Dominik Šimek, 30
P7	Arjen Kräling, 40	Real Racing, 6	Georgiy Zasov, 30
P8	Christian Costoya, 39	PHM Racing, 0	George Proudford-Nalder, 29
P9	Niccolò Maccagnani, 36	Scuderia Buell, 0	Bernardo Bernoldi, 28
P10	Roman Kamyab, 35		Oscar Repetto, 28

Header photo credit: Daniel Coyle