Feeder series racing wasn’t quite ready to slow down for the summer yet, with the break for Formula 1, F2 and F3 placing the attention squarely on the nine junior championships that raced this weekend. Feeder Series reviews what happened in each.

By Feeder Series

While the F1, F2 and F3 drivers enjoyed some well-deserved time off at sunny locales around the world, those aspiring to join those paddocks in the future continued their pursuit of glory as the calendar rolled into August. Warm, sunny conditions appeared at most tracks – though a handful of rain showers spiced things up.

Those mostly struck at Eurocup-3’s Monza round and the Automotodrom Most in the Czech Republic, the latter of which features an astonishing six red flags across four races. Proceedings went much more smoothly in the other European series, with GB3 and GB4 joining up at Silverstone and French F4 crossing into the season’s second half with a round at Magny-Cours.

Outside of Europe, Japanese F4 went to Fuji, where a new, record-breaking championship leader emerged. The three Parella series were also in action, with FR Americas, F4 US and the Ligier Junior Formula Championship making their annual stop at New Jersey Motorsports Park, albeit without video broadcasts. Keep reading to catch up on all the action you may have missed.

The FIA Karting European Championship finale was also this weekend at Kristianstad, drawing lots of attention from those who follow the drivers soon to step into single-seaters. Two young champions were crowned this weekend: Ferrari junior Noah Baglin in OK, and Williams junior Will Green in OK-Junior.

Eurocup-3: Egozi clinches double win at Monza, pulls out 93-point lead

James Egozi’s Eurocup-3 championship lead surged from 56 to 93 points after he took his second weekend sweep of the season at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. A podium and a maiden pole position for Rafaël Pérard also extended Palou Motorsport’s lead in the teams’ standings from 56 to 78 points. 

Pérard edged out Egozi for pole in Saturday’s qualifying session – a result he described as ‘quite nice’.

“On my first push after the red flag, I did a quite decent lap,” he told Feeder Series. “I didn’t improve much on the last lap, but I just had a double tow [from] the two guys in front, and obviously it made the difference!”

In race one, Pérard defended his lead on lap one whilst Egozi, who started seventh following a grid penalty for impeding Keanu Al Azhari, quickly moved up to fourth, aided by stalls for Alex Powell and Gianmarco Pradel from second and third respectively. The American driver made up further spots on Patrick Heuzenroeder on lap five and Al Azhari on lap seven before  finally making the race-winning move on Pérard on lap 10 approaching Parabolica. 

Following a brief safety car interruption for a beached Stefan Bostandjiev at the first Lesmo, Pérard began pressuring Egozi for the lead. Their battle eventually culminated in a moment in which both cut Turn 2 on the penultimate lap but avoided contact. In the end, Egozi finished ahead of Pérard and Lammers, who closely battled with Christopher Feghali in the final laps.

“It’s a good way to kick back off the season!” Egozi told Feeder Series after the race. “[Pérard and I] were racing respectfully and, yeah, we miscalculated the chicane, but it is what it is. First time in this car at this track, so it’s hard to know everything on your first go, but it was respectful racing and I’m pleased how both of us handled it.”

Feghali took his second pole of 2026 from Egozi in a greasy qualifying session on Sunday following a short rain shower. At the start and through Rettifilo, the Lebanese driver fiercely defended from Egozi, who locked up in the next chicane and dropped to sixth upon rejoining. 

As Egozi recovered, his teammate Heitor Dall’Agnol began attacking for the lead, eventually overtaking Feghali as the second lap ended. The Lebanese driver retook the lead at the start of lap four, and fourth-place starter Pérard attempted to capitalise while in his slipstream. Disaster quickly struck, however, as Pérard broke his rear-right suspension following contact with Dall’Agnol’s rear-left and spun into the inside grass.

The safety car was only deployed for a single lap, but a second intervention quickly came on lap six following three simultaneous incidents. Most notably, Dall’Agnol tagged Feghali’s left-rear at the apex of Turn 2, earning a three-place grid penalty for causing the incident.

Racing resumed at the end of lap nine, and Al Azhari took the lead away from Dall’Agnol into Roggia, with Egozi taking second into Turn 1 on lap 11. At the same corner, Alceu Feldmann Neto spun into the path of Bart Harrison following contact with Kacper Sztuka and got T-boned by the Briton, who in turn was rear-ended by Nathan Tye. Feldmann Neto received a five-place grid penalty for causing the crash. 

After a one-lap safety car intervention, Al Azhari was almost immediately overtaken by both Egozi and Dall’Agnol, who took the lead into Rettifilo. Egozi then got past a lap later entering the same chicane, as did Lammers on Al Azhari for third despite wheel-to-wheel contact. 

After 15 laps, Egozi took the chequered flag ahead of Dall’Agnol and Lammers. Palou Motorsport’s 1-2 however, evaporated when Dall’Agnol received a 10-second post-race penalty for using push-to-pass under the safety car, demoting him to 16th and promoting Sztuka to his second podium of the season. 

Report by Seb Tirado

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1	Rafaël Pérard, 1:41.324	James Egozi, +0.086s	Alex Powell, +0.172s
Race 1 (18 laps)	James Egozi, 33:18.785	Rafaël Pérard, +0.556s	René Lammers, +3.007s
Qualifying 2	Christopher Feghali, 1:41.605	James Egozi, +0.006s	Keanu Al Azhari, +0.172s
Race 2 (15 laps)	James Egozi, 31:55.364	René Lammers, +0.832s	Kacper Sztuka, +1.289s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	James Egozi, 193	Palou Motorsport, 285	Ean Eyckmans, 100
P2	Ean Eyckmans, 100	MP Motorsport, 207	René Lammers, 89
P3	René Lammers, 89	Griffin Core by Campos, 138	Heitor Dall’Agnol, 68
P4	Keanu Al Azhari, 86	Hitech, 120	Alex Powell, 62
P5	Heitor Dall’Agnol, 68	Tecnicar, 62	Rafaël Pérard, 58
P6	Alex Powell, 62	Drivex, 39	Christopher Feghali, 41
P7	Kacper Sztuka, 62	Double R Racing, 8	Thomas Strauven, 33
P8	Rafaël Pérard, 58	GRS Team, 4	Gino Trappa, 29
P9	Patrick Heuzenroeder, 41	TC Racing, 1	Santino Panetta, 12
P10	Christopher Feghali, 41		Bart Harrison, 8

Read the previous round’s report here.

GB3: Dream weekend for Fairclough as Hitech scoop up all three race wins

Silverstone came to be a winning weekend for Hitech’s Deagen Fairclough as GB3 returned to the UK for the first time since April.

Fairclough took his first step to putting his season of misfortune behind him in qualifying. The Briton took a double pole position, his first in GB3, with a 1:50.112 in qualifying one before setting the fastest lap of the weekend, a 1:49.714, in qualifying two. Rodin Motorsport’s Martin Molnár and Xcel’s Rowan Campbell-Pilling trailed him in the first and second sessions respectively, with Xcel’s Lucas Fluxá third in both sessions.  

Polesitter Fairclough got a strong start to race one, holding off Molnár and Fluxá into Copse and pulling away to hold a comfortable lead.

A brief safety car period caused by a retirement for Xcel’s Ricardo Baptista brought the pack back together a lap later. Fairclough once again timed his restart perfectly and pulled a gap over the chasing Molnár, though the Rodin driver did not give up. He stayed hot on Fairclough’s heels before taking the race lead going into Brooklands on lap four. Fairclough then took back the lead going into Vale the next time by.

For the remainder of the race, Molnár had to fight to hold off the advances of Campbell-Pilling. He ultimately succeeded in doing so as Fairclough won by 0.758s. 

Race two began very similarly for Fairclough, who immediately pulled away from second-placed Campbell-Pilling. While the top two maintained their positions, Fluxá, who started third, had Molnár behind challenging him for third position.

As Fairclough continued to lead, the Xcel pair were chasing him down, preventing him from pulling too far ahead. The main opponent for Campbell-Pilling and Fluxá was, however, each other instead of the advancing Fairclough. The 20-year-old led from lights to flag to take the race win, with the top three finishing just as they started the race.  

Newcomer Edu Robinson of Elite Motorsport took pole position for the reverse-grid race three, starting ahead of VRD Racing’s Rodrigo Gonzalez, the team’s only driver not to have a race win. As the lights went out, Gonzalez got a much better start and took the race lead, leavingRobinson to focus on holding off Hitech’s Jacob Micallef, who had started in third. Micallef then lost out to Arden Motorsport’s Leon Wilson at Club and dropped out of the podium positions.

With six laps left, Micallef went around the outside of Wilson at Abbey to move back into third position, then went hunting down the leading pair of Gonzalez and Robinson, who had stayed close throughout. Robinson eventually made a move on Gonzalez going onto the Wellington straight with four minutes to go but did not succeed. That  enabled Micallef to close in and eventually overtake Robinson into Maggotts a lap later.

A charging Micallef then got close enough to Gonzalez to try a move at the final DRS zone of the race. The Maltese driver went around the Mexican’s outside at Brooklands and took the race win, his first in the championship, three corners later by just 0.176s.  

Despite not standing on the podium all weekend for the first time this season, Bedrin still leads the championship on 363 points, having finished eighth, fifth and fifth in the three races. He is 103 ahead of Molnár, while Fairclough’s double win catapults him up to sixth in the standings. VRD still lead the teams’ standings ahead of Rodin and Xcel. 

Report by Isabelle Chandler

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1	Deagen Fairclough, 1:50.112	Martin Molnár, +0.182s	Lucas Fluxá, +0.197s
Qualifying 2	Deagen Fairclough, 1:49.714	Rowan Campbell-Pilling, +0.141s	Lucas Fluxá, +0.187s
Race 1 (12 laps)	Deagen Fairclough, 25:13.150	Martin Molnár, +0.758s	Rowan Campbell-Pilling, +2.191s
Race 2 (14 laps)	Deagen Fairclough, 26:11.875	Rowan Campbell-Pilling, +0.969s	Lucas Fluxá, +1.572s
Race 3 (14 laps)	Jacob Micallef, 26:24.604	Rodrigo Gonzalez, +0.176s	Edu Robinson, +0.697s

Standings	Drivers	Teams
P1	Nikita Bedrin, 363	VRD Racing, 581
P2	Martin Molnár, 260	Rodin Motorsport, 541
P3	Lucas Fluxá, 249	Xcel Motorsport, 446
P4	Maxim Rehm, 237	Hitech, 436
P5	Patricio Gonzalez, 188	Elite Motorsport, 334
P6	Deagen Fairclough, 180	Hillspeed, 197
P7	Rowan Campbell-Pilling, 171	Arden Motorsport, 181
P8	Flynn Jackes, 160	Fortec Motorsports, 73
P9	Abbi Pulling, 142	Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing, 22
P10	Kyuho Lee, 134

Read the previous round’s report here.

GB4: Ingram-Hill stars with first series pole and win at Silverstone

Three different drivers took race wins, two for the first time, on GB4’s second visit to Silverstone this season.

Fortec Motorsports’ Thomas Ingram-Hill took his maiden pole position in qualifying, setting the fastest time of the weekend with a 2:01.166. That put him three tenths ahead of Elite Motorsport’s Fred Green in second, with Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing’s Luke Hilton in third. Green then fought back with race two pole, with his 2:01:554 putting him ahead of Ingram-Hill and Hilton.  

As the lights went out for race one, Green again got the advantage and led into Copse – but he didn’t stay there for long. A collision between the top two caused Green to lose his front wing and Ingram-Hill to sustain a puncture, handing first place to hilton, who had stayed back from the initial battle.

The fight for the last two podium positions now featured four cars, with the Douglas Motorsport machine of Conor Grant passing Pace Performance’s Josh McLean on the first lap through Brooklands and holding on for the remainder of the race. KMR Sport’s Alex O’Grady prevailed over McLean and Elite’s Emmilio Valentino Del Grosso to secure third position on track, slotting in behind Grant and Hilton. 

Grant, however, dropped to third because of a track limits penalty, which promoted O’Grady to the second step of the podium below second-time winner Hilton. 

Green’s turn to start from pole came in race two, but he had to wait. Oil on the grid from Grant’s car delayed the start, bringing the total race time down from 20 to 18 minutes. As those further back had to drive through newly laid dry cement off the line, Ingram-Hill took the lead from Green into Copse. Hilton held off O’Grady and Pace’s Torrin Byrne to keep third position while chasing Green.

Ingram-Hill used this battling to pull away, getting a second ahead of Green by mid-race and eventually finishing 2.668s over Green’s Elite machine to take his first win in GB3. Hilton occupied the final step on the podium.  

The reversed grid for race three put Hillspeed’s Connor Willis on pole position ahead of his teammate Enzo Hallman and Del Grosso. Willis held the lead into Copse as Del Grosso rose to second before making contact with McLean, sustaining a puncture and retiring from the race. Hallman dropped back to fifth on the opening lap, leaving the Pace pair of McLean and Byrne to chase Willis.

A three-car incident at Vale on lap two brought out the safety car and bunched up the pack. The race restarted with five minutes left, and Willis pulled away from Byrne. McLean, running third, risked losing his podium place to Hilton, who was closing in. And closing too much: Hilton misjudged his positioning with two minutes to go, running into the back of McLean and ending both of their races. Willis took the race win, his first in the championship, ahead of Byrne and Ingram-Hill, who inherited third position after the Hilton–McLean incident. Hilton earned a 10-place grid penalty for his next race for causing the incident. 

O’Grady still leads the drivers’ standings, now 25 points ahead of Green. Hilton has risen to third ahead of Hallman, with Ingram Hill’s win and podium elevating him to sixth. Willis’ win also helped Hillspeed maintain their lead in the teams’ championship with 345 points, six ahead of Fortec and seven ahead of Pace. 

Report by Isabelle Chandler

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Thomas Ingram Hill, 2:01.166	Fred Green, +0.379s	Luke Hilton, +0.678s
Race 1 (10 laps)	Luke Hilton, 20:44.329	Alex O’Grady, +4.357s	Conor Grant, +6.300s
Race 2 (9 laps)	Thomas Ingram Hill, 18:35.003	Fred Green, +2.688s	Luke Hilton, +6.225s
Race 3 (21 laps)	Connor Willis, 20:45.986	Torrin Byrne, +1.333s	Thomas Ingram Hill, +2.309s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Alex O’Grady, 247	Hillspeed, 345	Franciszek Cegielski, 139
P2	Fred Green, 222	Fortec Motorsports, 339	Conor Grant, 78
P3	Luke Hilton, 205	Pace Performance, 338	Jordyn Martin, 66
P4	Enzo Hallman, 187	Douglas Motorsport, 317	Michael Koh, 61
P5	Dayton Coulthard, 178	Elite Motorsport, 302	Jamie Leverton, 43
P6	Thomas Ingram Hill, 172	KMR Sport, 293	Archie Bullard, 33
P7	Torrin Byrne, 152	Nitrous Competitions ADM Racing, 269	Enzo Rujugiro, 32
P8	Josh McLean, 142	Scorpio Motorsport, 148	Jasser Iskander, 26
P9	Franciszek Cegielski, 139	Arden Motorsport, 110	Charlie Myers, 24
P10	Matan Achituv, 132	Fox Motorsport, 91

Read the previous round’s report here.

French F4: Ramaekers reignites title battle with Bouzar with three podiums

With one win and two further podiums in Magny-Cours, Thibaut Ramaekers kept his French F4 title hopes alive, cutting his deficit to championship leader Guillaume Bouzar from 58 to 39 points with two rounds to go.

For the first time this season, a driver other than  Bouzar took double pole. Matthéo Dauvergne was the quickest with Ramaekers on the front row for both races. 

Despite a good getaway, Dauvergne was overtaken by Ramaekers in the 180° turn in the opening lap, with Kota Tsuchihashi taking advantage of the battle to follow the Belgian through. While attempting to repass the Japanese driver, Dauvergne lost another position to Tom Dussol, who made a superb pass on the outside of Château d’Eau.

Nicolas Pasquier’s crash at the end of the lap brought out the first safety carAt the restart, Oscar Gouchaux missed his braking point at Adélaïde, triggering a multi-car collision. After another safety car deployment, Tsuchihashi tried a move on Ramaekers for the lead at the Lycée turn, without success.

On lap 11, Bouzar suffered a mechanical failure while running sixth. This brought a third safety car appearance, after which the race resumed for one final lap. The top four positions remained unchanged as Ramaekers cruised to victory with the fastest lap, eating into Bouzar’s points lead, while Hugo Herrouin, who started 12th, passed Lilian Soares for fifth.

For the reverse-grid race, Iliffe started from pole in front of Gleizes and Maverick McKenna. The American-French driver overtook Gleizes at Estoril on the opening lap, then Iliffe at the same turn two laps later to take the lead. Iliffe lost another position shortly after at Adélaïde as Soares dove down his inside.

Behind, from ninth, Ramaekers had a blistering opening lap, rising to sixth by overtaking title rival Bouzar at Lycée. His pace helped him winnow the gap on Dussol and Iliffe, both of them making contact at Lycée on lap four. This gave Dussol a puncture and forced him to pit, while Iliffe stayed third with a damaged front wing. 

The safety car came out after Ginevra Panzeri, like Goudchaux in race one, outbraked herself at Adélaïde, hitting Pasquier. At the restart, Ramaekers quickly overtook Iliffe after the start-finish line, while behind Bouzar in fifth, Lewis Francis pushed Dauvergne into a spin and received a drive-through penalty.

Bouzar finally found a way past Iliffe on lap 12. From there, the positions remained unchanged, with McKenna soaking up the pressure from Soares for his maiden single-seater win.

For the final race, Dauvergne kept the lead over Ramaekers after the opening lap. Behind, Bouzar, starting fourth with four fresh tyres, overtook Tsuchihashi for third on lap two at Adélaïde as Dauvergne and Ramaekers’ duel enabled the field to catch up.

Eventually, on the 12th lap, Dauvergne went wide at Adélaïde while defending from Ramaekers, and Bouzar overtook both of them. Trying to regain the lead, Dauvergne made contact with Dussol at 180º, and Ramaekers passed them too. Dussol and Dauvergne went side by side for the rest of the lap, with Soares and Tsuchihashi joining them and eventually passing Bouzar by the end of lap 13.

With the top positions unchanged, Bouzar took a comfortable win from fourth and set the fastest lap of the race, stretching his gap over Ramaekers to 39 points.

Report by Perceval Wolff-Taffus

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Matthéo Dauvergne, 1:40.975	Thibaut Ramaekers, +0.203s	Kota Tsuchihashi, +0.301s
Race 1 (13 laps)	Thibaut Ramaekers, 30:42.945	Kota Tsuchihashi, +0.694s	Tom Dussol, +1.605s
Race 2 (16 laps)	Maverick McKenna, 30:08.664	Lilian Soares, +0.516s	Thibaut Ramaekers, +4.048s
Race 3 (18 laps)	Guillaume Bouzar, 30:35.803	Thibaut Ramaekers, +2.715s	Tom Dussol, +5.122s

Standings	Drivers
P1	Guillaume Bouzar, 186
P2	Thibaut Ramaekers, 147
P3	Lilian Soares, 92
P4	Hugo Herrouin, 89
P5	Kota Tsuchihashi, 88
P6	Matthéo Dauvergne, 69
P7	Tom Dussol, 52
P8	Jack Iliffe, 47
P9	Maverick McKenna, 41
P10	Oscar Goudchaux, 38

Read the previous round’s report here.

F4 CEZ: Weiss scores a hat-trick amid red flag mayhem at Autodrom Most

Elia Weiss won three races at Autodrom Most, regaining the F4 CEZ championship lead over David Walther. Weiss’ teammate Max Karhan came out victorious in the first race – the only race that did not feature two red flags.

Difficult weather conditions shaped the opening race at Autodrom Most, with drivers having to tackle the wet circuit. Noah Nölken became the first victim when he slid his car into the gravel on the installation lap, although he managed to recover and start the race. Proceedings began behind the safety car, with the green flag appearing with 19 minutes to go.

Once racing got underway, Karhan controlled proceedings from the front to secure his second victory of the season. Teodor Borenstein remained second throughout, while championship leader David Walther completed the podium after an uneventful race at the front.

Large gaps developed between the leading drivers, leaving most on-track battles to take place outside the top 10.

Post-race drama followed, as Renauer Motorsport teammates Tomas Rudokas and Andreas Lo Bue, who had finished 15th and 16th, were disqualified for using tyres allocated for collective tests. Karhan’s victory remains provisional pending scrutineering over missing numbers on parts of his car.

Although the rain returned before race two, the race was held in dry conditions. Before the start, Piotr Orcholski moved out of his grid position during the formation procedure, earning a 10-second penalty. Elia Weiss then immediately capitalised at the start, overtaking Borenstein for the lead into Turn 1.

The opening lap featured several incidents. Georgiy Zasov was hit first by teammate Markas Šilkūnas and then by Francesco Pio Coppola, forcing the Swiss driver to pit. Debutant Ivonn Simeonova was struck from behind by Orcholski while attempting to enter the pits and was penalised for moving suddenly across the track. At the end of the lap, Jorge Bruno collided with Tobiáš Paško, bringing out the first red flag of the weekend.

After a 13-minute stoppage, racing resumed, but the interruptions continued. Ella Häkkinen briefly lost fourth place to Coppola at the restart on lap six after cutting the opening chicane. Two laps later, Antonio Errigo retired following contact with David Gorčica, prompting a safety car.

The race restarted on lap 11, but shortly afterwards Borenstein damaged his front wing. Another red flag followed to end proceedings, and with the results taken from the previous lap, Weiss claimed his maiden victory of the weekend.

Race three followed a similar pattern. Weiss again seized the lead from polesitter Karhan at the opening corner, while Simon Rechenmacher overtook Walther for third. The order remained stable until lap five, when Bruno crashed heavily at Turn 13, triggering both a safety car and a red flag.

Following a 14-minute interruption, the race restarted on lap nine with little immediate action before Igor Polak crashed at the same corner as Bruno only a lap later. Another safety car quickly became the fourth red flag of the weekend.

Late penalties also influenced the final classification. Cezary Bień received a 10-second penalty for assuming an incorrect starting position, while Rechenmacher was penalised for a jump start, dropping from third to 23rd. Walther therefore finished third behind Weiss, who secured his second consecutive victory, and Karhan.

The weekend concluded with a final featuring the 32 highest-scoring drivers from the opening three races – and, like the previous two contests, two red flags. The first came on the opening lap after Alexia Danielsson missed her braking into Turn 1, collecting Dean Pedersen, Häkkinen, Rechenmacher and Paatz in a multi-car accident that eliminated all five drivers.

After a 22-minute stoppage, Weiss controlled the restart while Borenstein overtook Karhan for second with an aggressive move. The leaders settled into position before another red flag halted the race when Simón Bulbarella crashed heavily at Turn 13, the same corner that had already caused multiple stoppages during the weekend.

The final restart came with around 10 minutes remaining. Weiss again defended the lead comfortably, while behind him Walther and Aleksandar Bogunović overtook Karhan, who slipped from second to fifth. Benett Gáspár later stopped in the gravel with a mechanical issue, but no further neutralisation was required.

Weiss crossed the line to complete a dominant hat-trick of victories at Most, ending a dramatic weekend defined by changing weather and repeated stoppages. He leads Walther by 14 points and Borenstein by 24 points in the standings.

Report by Maciej Jackiewicz

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying, Group 1	Teodor Borenstein, 1:32.808	David Walther, +0.590s	Simon Rechenmacher, +0.893s
Qualifying, Group 2	Max Karhan, 1:32.768	Elia Weiss, +0.007s	Markas Šilkūnas, +0.373s
Race 1 (13 laps)	Max Karhan, 25:50.897	Teodor Borenstein, +0.318s	David Walther, +3.163s
Race 2 (9 laps)	Elia Weiss, 19:40.940	Teodor Borenstein, +0.509s	Simon Rechenmacher, +1.044s
Race 3 (8 laps)	Elia Weiss, 17:22.442	Max Karhan, +0.489s	David Walther, +1.259s
Race 4 (12 laps)	Elia Weiss, 25:43.465	Teodor Borenstein, +0.630s	David Walther, +2.159s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Elia Weiss, 229	Jenzer Motorsport, 614	Markas Šilkūnas, 223
P2	David Walther, 215	Maffi Racing, 232	Simon Rechenmacher, 185
P3	Teodor Borenstein, 205	Cram Motorsport, 200	Georgiy Zasov, 174
P4	Max Karhan, 184	Mathilda Racing, 142	Ella Häkkinen, 146
P5	Simon Rechenmacher, 117	Technorace, 129	Erik Poulsen, 126
P6	Markas Šilkūnas, 114	ABA Racing by SG Motors, 101	Dean Pedersen, 119
P7	Aleksandar Bogunović, 101	STEP Motorsport, 89	Antonio Errigo, 111
P8	Georgiy Zasov, 87	Janík Motorsport, 63	Leo Nilsson, 108
P9	Francesco Pio Coppola, 80	Renauer Motorsport, 52	Igor Polak, 97
P10	Mathilda Paatz, 73	JMT Engineering, 44	Miroslav Kepák, 89

Read the previous round’s report here.

Japanese F4: Shirasaki takes both wins and championship lead at Fuji

Ryo Shirasaki took both wins at Japanese F4’s third round at Fuji to take the championship lead. At 28 years and 52 days, he is now the oldest driver ever to lead Japanese F4’s drivers’ standings.

Shirasaki was fastest in qualifying, finishing 0.152 seconds ahead of Ponos Racing’s Megumu Suzuki and 0.212s ahead of TGR-DC Racing School’s Ryo Sakai. Several drivers received grid penalties for the races for having three or more track limits violations, including Sakai, meaning that Falcon Motorsport’s Haru Kataoka started third in the first race. Shirasaki also set the fastest second-best time, giving him pole position for the second race.

The top two remained unchanged, but TGR’s Masaki Hamabe inherited third at the start, passing a slow-starting Kataoka. Directly in front of Kataoka, Ryo Sakai hit and spun Ryutaro Sakai at Turn 1. Both drivers were able to continue the race but dropped to the rear of the field. 

TGR’s Masana Muto passed his teammate Hamabe for third position at Turn 10 on lap three.  

The top three remained in their positions until the final lap. Suzuki started the lap with a gap of just 0.434s  Shirasaki but could not launch an attack for the lead at Turn 1. He then had a better exit out of Turn 6 and got on the outside of Shirasaki in the run to Turn 10. Shirasaki defended well and forced Suzuki to go to the escape road. 

Now Suzuki had to defend from Muto in the final sector and held on to his position through the technical part of the sector, but he lost out by 0.025s on the run to the line.

Shirasaki took his third consecutive win, ahead of Muto and Suzuki, who not just only his maiden podium finish but also his first points finish of the season. 

Shirasaki started race two from pole ahead of Ryo Sakai and Suzuki, and again the top two held their positions while Suzuki dropped from third to ninth. Hamabe inherited third, and HFDP’s Syo Momose inherited fourth having starting eighth. 

At the end of lap four, Momose attacked Hamabe for third on the inside of the final corner but didn’t make an overtake. On lap six, Momose did the same move again and briefly got ahead, but Hamabe had a better exit. Momose then used the slipstream to get alongside Hamabe at Turn 1 and finally got ahead by securing the inside at Turn 3. 

Up front, Shirasaki’s gap was all but comfortable. Sakai closed the gap to half a second from lap 10 onwards but never managed to launch a serious attack. After 14 laps. Shirasaki won ahead of Sakai and Momose, who both took their second podiums of the season respectively. 

After the weekend, Shirasaki leads the drivers’ standings on 100 points, 11 ahead of Masana Muto. Third is OTG Motor Sport’s Kenta Kumagai on just 48 points. 

In the Independent Class, “Hirobon” and Yutaka Toriba shared the wins. “Hirobon” leads the Independent Class on 108 points, nine more than Toriba has. 

Report by Finjo Muschlien

Champion Class
Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Ryo Shirasaki, 1:47.152	Megumu Suzuki, +0.154s	Ryo Sakai, +0.212s
Race 1 (14 laps)	Ryo Shirasaki, 25:07.572	Masana Muto, +0.933s	Megumu Suzuki, +0.958s
Race 2 (14 laps)	Ryo Shirasaki, 25:06.867	Ryo Sakai, +0.283s	Syo Momose, +4.871s

Independent Class
Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Yutaka Toriba, 1:48.936	“Hirobon”, +0.173s	“Kentaro”, +0.235s
Race 1 (14 laps)	“Hirobon”, 25:37.204	“Kentaro”, +1.965s	Nobuhiro Imada, +2.881s
Race 2 (14 laps)	Yutaka Toriba, 27:51.905	“Hirobon”, +1.831s	Nobuhiro Imada, +5.597s

Standings	Champion Class		Independent Class
	Drivers	Teams	Drivers	Teams
P1	Ryo Shirasaki, 100	TGR-DC Racing School, 122	“Hirobon”, 108	Team 5Zigen, 108
P2	Masana Muto, 89	Kageyama Racing, 108	Yutaka Toriba, 99	Kageyama Racing, 99
P3	Kenta Kumagai, 48	OTG Motor Sports, 48	Nobuhiro Imada, 56	B-Max Engineering, 72
P4	Ryo Sakai, 45	HFDP by B-Max Racing Team, 39	“Kentaro”, 54	Akiland Racing, 55
P5	Buntaro Igarashi, 44	Mitsusada Racing, 27	Masayoshi Oyama, 52	Field Motorsport, 54
P6	Syo Momose, 37	Akiland Racing, 22	“Ikari”, 47	Rn-sports, 51
P7	Masaki Hamabe, 34	B-Max Engineering, 18	“Dragon”, 38	Bionic Jack Racing, 47
P8	Yuzuki Miura, 34	Ponos Racing, 15	Isao Nakashima, 34	Zap Speed, 26
P9	Yuta Suzuki, 30	Team 5Zigen, 10	Go Shimizu, 26	Eagle Sports, 24
P10	Ryutaro Sakai, 27	Falcon Motorsport, 10	Shoichiro Akamatsu, 24	Helm Motorsports, 16

Read the previous round’s report here.

FRegional Americas: Papasavvas and Golan trade points lead throughout intense weekend at NJMP

The fifth round of the FRegional Americas season saw a continuation of the tight championship battle between Evagoras Papasavvas and Brady Golan, who entered the weekend separated by just 10.5 points.

Cooper Shipman ran the quickest lap in qualifying on Saturday before later being given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Golan. Papasavvas inherited the first starting position, with Golan joining him on the front row.

An aborted start in race one meant that the race commenced with a rolling start, with the driver on pole choosing when to accelerate in the designated zone. Golan, however, accelerated before Papasavvas, taking the lead into the first corner. The issues for the championship leader continued, as he fell down the order on the opening lap and went on to finish outside the points, six laps behind the leader.

Although Kekai Hauanio posed a challenge late in the race to Golan, he fell short, making contact with Shipman on the final lap and finishing in fourth as the Kiwi Motorsport driver fell down to seventh. Golan was the first to cross the line, leading Luke Powers and Alex Bobadilla to the finish. 

After the race, Shipman’s Kiwi team filed a protest against Hauanio for the contact, leading to a 10-second penalty for the Crosslink driver that dropped him to 12th place. A report against Golan for jumping the start was filed by Crosslink on behalf of Papasavvas’, resulting in a five-second penalty for the Toney Driver Development racer. With Golan falling to fourth, Powers inherited his first win in the series.

Race two got off to a rocky start, with two of the drivers in the Masters Cup field making contact on the formation lap. Incident responsibility was placed on Anthony Autiello, who finished one lap down along with Kevin Janzen, the victim of the contact.

Papasavvas started from pole, and although he held off Shipman on lap one, it was the Texan who made the pass for the lead on lap nine. A safety car for debris bunched the field up soon after, but Shipman kept the lead the rest of the way, winning for the first time since the opening round back in April. Papasavvas finished second, and although Powers crossed the line in third position, he was later disqualified, elevating Golan onto the podium.

Golan started race three from the front, with Papasavvas back in fourth. Shipman started on the front row, but contact with Hauanio on the opening lap sent him plummeting down the order, and he ultimately finished five laps behind the pack. Hauanio was later given a 30-second penalty for the incident. 

Papasavvas set sail after Golan, gradually reeling him in throughout the first half of the race before completing a crucial overtake for the lead that swung the championship lead back in his favour. Although Golan closely tailed Papasavvas to the end, it would be the Ohio resident who secured a critical victory in the weekend’s final race by just 0.785 seconds, with Harbir Dass rounding out the podium.

Exiting the weekend, Papasavvas leads the championship by just 8.5 points over Golan.

Report by Owen White

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Cooper Shipman, 1:14.523	Evagoras Papasavvas, +0.155s	Brady Golan, +0.181s
Race 1 (18 laps)	Luke Powers, 30:50.655	Alex Bobadilla, +2.199s	Christian Bogle, +2.724s
Race 2 (21 laps)	Cooper Shipman, 30:09.575	Evagoras Papasavvas, +1.172s	Brady Golan, +1.772s
Race 3 (25 laps)	Evagoras Papasavvas, 30:58.261	Brady Golan, +0.785s	Harbir Dass, +4.361s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Evagoras Papasavvas, 203.5	Toney Driver Development, 374	Evagoras Papasavvas, 203.5
P2	Brady Golan, 195	Crosslink Motorsports, 366	Cooper Shipman, 159
P3	Cooper Shipman, 159	Kiwi Motorsport, 233	Kekai Hauanio, 116.5
P4	Christian Bogle, 121.5	Hillenburg Motorsports, 48	Luke Powers, 102
P5	Kekai Hauanio, 116.5	Atlantic Racing Team, 40	Harbir Dass, 74
P6	Luke Powers, 102	MLT Motorsports, 6	Alex Bobadilla, 61
P7	Harbir Dass, 74	Jensen Global Advisors, 6	Aidan Schuh, 38
P8	Alex Bobadilla, 61	Momentum Motorsports, 6	Eric Wiśniewski, 32
P9	James Lawley, 40		Whitney Strickland, 16
P10	Aidan Schuh, 38		Jonathan Cottrill, 6

Read the previous round’s report here.

F4 US: Irazú sweeps NJMP weekend, takes points lead as Campbell struggles

Gastón Irazú completed his second weekend sweep of the season in F4 US, taking a trio of dominant victories at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Meanwhile, Caleb Campbell, who led the championship entering the weekend, was absent from the podium throughout the weekend despite scoring a podium finish in the season’s first seven races.

Irazú displayed perfect form in qualifying, taking pole position by 0.243 seconds over Zach Fourie, as Campbell only managed to qualify sixth of the seven classified cars. Cole Medeiros did not set laps at full pace, having already been obliged to start race one from pit lane because of a penalty from the previous round at Mid-Ohio.

The top four – Irazú, Fourie, Clemente Huerta and Fernando Rivera – finished race one where they started, with Medeiros making his way up three spots to finish in fifth. As Irazú soared to victory, Campbell found trouble, retiring from the race on lap 13 and bringing out the first of two safety cars, with the second being deployed for Ayden Kohut, who finished one lap behind the leaders in seventh. 

Although Campbell led Irazú in the championship by 28 points entering the weekend, his retirement meant Irazú gained the maximum possible amount of ground on him in race one, cutting the gap to just three points heading into the weekend’s second race.

The grid for race two was nearly identical to that of race one, although Campbell moved up two spots into fourth. Irazú had another clean getaway and created a gap over the rest of the pack. Medeiros, who again had to start last because of a second three-place grid penalty given at Mid-Ohio, roared through the field, racing his way into second position by the halfway mark.

A safety car for debris gave Medeiros a stronger chance of completing his drive from last to first, but Irazú again drove away on the restart. The Champagne Racing driver won by 1.842s despite a late rally from Medeiros, with Fourie rounding out the podium. Campbell finished eighth and last, ending his tenure of nearly four months at the top of the championship, as Irazú took an 18-point advantage.

Race three continued the trend of dominance from the Uruguayan, with Huerta overtaking Fourie for second position on the opening lap. Campbell also slipped by into third, although Fourie fought back against the Canadian. 

On lap 11, Campbell forced Fourie off track in Turn 1, causing Fourie to spin and retire from the race. Campbell was given a 30-second time penalty and finished seventh. 

Fourie’s spin triggered the weekend’s final safety car, after which the spotlight once again fell on Medeiros. The Canadian  in the back half of the race, who impressively completed another charge from last to second, though Irazú still went on to complete his sweep of the weekend by 3.076s, with Huerta completing the podium.

Irazú leads the championship exiting the weekend, with Campbell sitting second, 37 points behind, and Fourie in third, 51 points adrift.

Report by Owen White

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Gastón Irazú, 1:19.146	Zach Fourie, +0.243s	Clemente Huerta, +0.294s
Race 1 (18 laps)	Gastón Irazú, 30:13.892	Zach Fourie, +0.601s	Clemente Huerta, +1.015s
Race 2 (22 laps)	Gastón Irazú, 30:56.516	Cole Medeiros, +1.842s	Zach Fourie, +3.604s
Race 3 (20 laps)	Gastón Irazú, 30:07.973	Cole Medeiros, +3.076s	Clemente Huerta, +5.366s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Gastón Irazú, 198	Kiwi Motorsport, 348	Gastón Irazú, 198
P2	Caleb Campbell, 161	Champagne Racing, 198	Zach Fourie, 147
P3	Zach Fourie, 147	MLT Motorsports, 102	Cole Medeiros, 102
P4	Cole Medeiros, 102	Crosslink Motorsports, 74	Luca Day, 70
P5	Clemente Huerta, 96	Momentum Motorsports, 70	Fernando Rivera, 66
P6	Luca Day, 70	Speed Factory, 54	Ayden Kohut, 62
P7	Fernando Rivera, 66	Vmax Motorsport, 28	Ben Ramirez, 16
P8	Ayden Kohut, 62	RASE Motorsports, 16	Zain Khan, 5
P9	Robert Soroka, 28	USNG Racing, 5
P10	Ben Ramirez, 16

Read the previous round’s report here.

Ligier Junior Formula Championship: Kennedy claims three outright wins, Jacir sweeps Gen 1 class at NJMP

Edward Kennedy and Beckham Jacir put on a dominant display at New Jersey Motorsports Park this weekend, with each driver winning all three races in their respective generation of car.

In qualifying, Kennedy took pole in Gen 2 by almost a full second over sole rival Jack Speth, while Jacir took pole in Gen 1 by 0.726 seconds over Lázaro Bainotti. AJ Abdullah and Ava Hanssen made up the second row, ahead of Alexander Savage, Tyler Wade, and Ella White.

In the first race, Kennedy quickly flew through the Gen 1 field to take the outright lead. He then created a large gap that stood until the first and only safety car of the race was deployed for Hanssen, who experienced a mechanical issue and crashed. Kennedy went on to claim victory for the sixth time in Gen 2 this season, with Jacir beating Bainotti by 3.799s in Gen 1. Alexander Savage rounded out the class podium, increasing his streak of third-place results to three.

Although Hanssen’s car was not in a state to continue the weekend, she was able to acquire a spare car from Berg Racing, enabling her to start in the last two races of the round.

Savage’s best lap from race one was quick enough to earn him a spot on the front row alongside Jacir for race two, although he quickly lost out to Bainotti. Kennedy again gapped not only the Gen 1 field but Speth as well, winning race two outright by 14.689s. 

The podium in Gen 1 was unchanged from the opening race of the weekend, with Savage further extending his third-place streak. For the first and only time of the weekend, there were no safety car deployments in the race.

Race three was quite the opposite, with an immediate safety car deployment on lap one after Abdullah got into the back of Savage in Turn 2, sending him spinning and collecting Wade as well. Only Wade would continue the race, finishing one lap behind the leaders. Abdullah was given a five-place grid penalty to be served at the next race weekend.

Up front, the battle, or lack thereof, mirrored what could be seen in the first two races of the weekend. Kennedy crossed the line first, doing so by a whopping 23.956s over Speth, who again narrowly beat the Gen 1 field. Jacir completed his own weekend sweep, beating Bainotti by 3.806s, while Hanssen overcame her Saturday setbacks to claim her fourth podium in as many rounds, this time in a backup car.

Leaving the round, Jacir extended his championship lead over Bainotti to 66 points, while Kennedy, who missed the Road America round earlier in the season to compete in USF Juniors, now sits just a single point behind Gen 2 leader Speth.

Report by Owen White

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Edward Kennedy, 1:20.012	Beckham Jacir, +0.486s	Jack Speth, +0.931s
Race 1 (20 laps)	Edward Kennedy, 30:42.213	Beckham Jacir, +4.572s	Lázaro Bainotti, +8.371s
Race 2 (23 laps)	Edward Kennedy, 29:50.435	Jack Speth, +14.689s	Beckham Jacir, +16.563s
Race 3 (20 laps)	Edward Kennedy, 30:43.504	Jack Speth, +23.956s	Beckham Jacir, +24.742s

Standings	Gen 1			Gen 2
	Drivers	Teams	Rookies	Drivers
P1	Beckham Jacir, 255	Champagne Racing, 255	Lázaro Bainotti, 189	Jack Speth, 219
P2	Lázaro Bainotti, 189	Berg Racing, 252	AJ Abdullah, 107	Edward Kennedy, 218
P3	Ava Hanssen, 123	Speed Factory, 189	Alexander Savage, 102
P4	AJ Abdullah, 107	Ava Hanssen Racing, 123	Tyler Wade, 84
P5	Alexander Savage, 102	G Tech Motorsport, 116	Ella White, 67
P6	Tyler Wade, 84	Kiwi Motorsport, 30	Truly Adams, 51
P7	Ella White, 67		Will Franklin, 30
P8	Truly Adams, 51
P9	Will Franklin, 30
P10	Michael Fatutta, 14

Read the previous round’s report here.

Header photo credit: Filippo Perotti