In the second part of our weekend review, Feeder Series spotlights the junior single-seater racing you may have missed in Asia and the Americas and reviews the action from Formula Regional Americas, F4 US, Brazilian F4 and the Kyojo Cup.

By Feeder Series

With all the racing taking place this weekend, it would have been easy to overlook some of the regional- and national-level junior single-seater activity away from the spotlight of professional championships. Such racing took place in Canada, Brazil and Japan – and now features here in our pages.

FR Americas and F4 US made their annual trip outside the United States to Mosport in Canada, with full streaming available for most races as a result of Trans-Am’s presence. Brazilian F4 returned to Interlagos on short notice for round three, while the Kyojo Cup crossed its halfway point. Keep reading to get caught up on each one. 

Yesterday, we covered FR Europe, GB3, GB4, Italian F4 and British F4 in the first instalment of our two-part weekend review. Our takeaways from F2 and F3 and our Indy NXT review will follow separately.

FRegional Americas: Papasavvas flips on Friday, wins on Sunday to stay close to Golan

The FRegional Americas season is winding towards its conclusion, and the closely contested championship battle between Evagoras Papasavvas and Brady Golan continues to take center stage, with Golan taking the lead. 

The pair entered the weekend at Mosport separated by just 8.5 points and got their weekends off to the right start, with incoming leader Papasavvas taking pole position over Golan. Unfortunately for Papasavvas, things went awry on the opening lap. The Crosslink Motorsports driver went from the lead down to 12th position, opening the door for championship rival Golan to take the top spot. Golan, Shipman and Hauanio pulled away from the field as Papasavvas began his recovery.

Golan’s lead grew as his competition found it difficult to avoid mistakes. First, Shipman lost around four seconds and dropped from second to fourth. Hauanio later went for a spin, resulting in the same loss of position as Shipman. Hauanio was also found to have made an unsafe rejoin, leading to a post-race 30-second time penalty.

Papasavvas’ effort to mitigate the damage was off to a strong start. A battle with Christian Bogle for fifth, however, spelled disaster. At the exit of Turn 4, the two made wheel-to-wheel contact, and Papasavvas was pushed onto the grass. He spun sideways and the side of the car dug into the grass, sending the car flipping twice before landing right side up at the apex of Turn 5. Bogle was assessed a 30-second time penalty for the contact.

The race ended under safety car conditions, with Golan winning over Powers and Shipman and taking a 16.5-point championship lead.

Although Papasavvas was on pole once again for the second race, he again found himself out of the race in Turn 5. A spin on lap three left the 18-year-old high-centred on a kerb, resulting in another scoreless race.

Shipman built a gap on the following restart, with Hauanio passing Golan to take second position. Powers’ car then came to a stop on the main straight, leading to another safety car. On the next and final restart of the race, Hauanio drafted his way to the lead on the back straight. Shipman never got a full lap to respond, with a final safety car sealing Hauanio’s victory.

Race three began with the same chaos that characterised the first two. Polesitter Hauanio led until a suspension failure on the back straight ended his race abruptly. At the restart, Shipman and Golan engaged in a wheel-to-wheel battle through Turns 8 and 9, where Golan got a snap of oversteer and knocked Shipman towards the pit entrance while spinning himself. Amidst the chaos, it was Papasavvas who took the lead.

Remarkably, a safety car was not needed for the incidents, enabling Papasavvas to drive away in an otherwise calm race and take a crucial victory. Golan finished just eighth, with Shipman retiring and missing out on points altogether.

Leaving the weekend, Golan leads the championship by 10.5 points over Papasavvas, with Shipman 47 adrift in third.

Report by Owen White

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Evagoras Papasavvas, 1:14.916	Brady Golan, +0.375s	Kekai Hauanio, +0.424s
Race 1 (16 laps)	Brady Golan, 23:45.464	Luke Powers, +0.370s	Cooper Shipman, +0.864s
Race 2 (16 laps)	Kekai Hauanio, 26:41.114	Cooper Shipman, +1.206s	Brady Golan, +1.448s
Race 3 (21 laps)	Evagoras Papasavvas, 30:24.479	Luke Powers, +12.172s	James Lawley, +14.429s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Brady Golan, 239	Toney Driver Development, 468	Evagoras Papasavvas, 228.5
P2	Evagoras Papasavvas, 228.5	Crosslink Motorsports, 454	Cooper Shipman, 192
P3	Cooper Shipman, 192	Kiwi Motorsport, 288	Kekai Hauanio, 143.5
P4	Kekai Hauanio, 143.5	Atlantic Racing Team, 74	Luke Powers, 138
P5	Christian Bogle, 140.5	Hillenburg Motorsports, 48	Harbir Dass, 96
P6	Luke Powers, 138	Momentum Motorsports, 7	Alex Bobadilla, 87
P7	Harbir Dass, 96	MLT Motorsports, 6	Aidan Schuh, 66
P8	Alex Bobadilla, 87	Jensen Global Advisors, 6	Eric Wiśniewski, 32
P9	James Lawley, 71		Whitney Strickland, 19
P10	Aidan Schuh, 66		Jonathan Cottrill, 6

Read the previous round’s report here.

F4 US: Fourie, Medeiros earn first wins at Irazú extends championship lead

Gastón Irazú continued his charge towards a F4 US championship at Mosport, though his streak of victories was broken by multiple first-time series winners.

Irazú took pole by 0.331 seconds in qualifying, with Medeiros, Caleb Campbell and Fourie filling out the remainder of the first two rows. In race one, Fourie had nothing short of a spectacular opening lap, passing Campbell around the outside of Turn 2, diving down the inside of Medeiros in Turn 3, and finally drafting ahead of Irazú on the back straight to go from fourth to first in the span of eight turns.

On the second lap, Campbell emerged victorious in a tight battle for third with Medeiros, and on lap three Irazú tried to slipstream back around Fourie, who was firm in his defence into Turn 8. Irazú’s attempt into the same corner on the following lap was better, as he reclaimed the lead around the outside.

Medeiros reclaimed the final spot on the podium on lap five, with a few quieter laps ensuing. A safety car came out with 16 minutes remaining, and on the restart, Fourie repeated his bold move in Turn 2 from the opening lap, taking back the top position. Although Medeiros tried to follow Fourie past Irazú through Turns 8 through 10, the championship leader held on to second. 

Although Irazú chased him down until the end, the South African held on to take his first victory in the series by 1.185s, with Medeiros holding on to third.

Medeiros earned pole for race two and led the opening lap as Campbell attempted to fend off a charge from Irazú. On lap four, Campbell slipped back to third as the championship leader made the pass in Turn 9. The day worsened for Campbell, who had an issue with the right-rear suspension and finished several laps down.

Fourie’s car later came to a stop on the back straight, but only a local yellow was displayed. Having hounded Medeiros for the entire race, Irazú made his move on the final lap into Turn 8. The pair went side by side through Turns 8 and 9, but into the final corner Medeiros claimed the apex, shoving Irazú into the grass off of the final corner.

Champagne Motorsports filed a protest against Medeiros’ actions in the last corner, but the contact was deemed to be a racing incident, and the Canadian kept his first win in the series.

On the first lap of race three, Irazú and Medeiros again went wheel to wheel through the final three corners of the lap, with Irazú coming out victorious on that occasion. An early safety car bunched the field together again, but the display of dominance from Irazú continued throughout the race. The championship leader led flag to flag, winning over Medeiros and Fourie. 

Exiting the weekend, Irazú has a 66-point lead over Fourie, with Campbell 74 points behind and Medeiros in fourth sitting 99 points back.

Report by Owen White

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Gastón Irazú, 1:20.801	Cole Medeiros, +0.331s	Caleb Campbell, +0.385s
Race 1 (18 laps)	Zach Fourie, 30:24.059	Gastón Irazú, +1.185s	Cole Medeiros, +1.791s
Race 2 (22 laps)	Cole Medeiros, 30:08.589	Gastón Irazú, +0.547s	Fernando Rivera, +45.845s
Race 3 (19 laps)	Gastón Irazú, 31:04.058	Cole Medeiros, +2.046s	Zach Fourie, +6.875s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Gastón Irazú, 259	Kiwi Motorsport, 432	Gastón Irazú, 259
P2	Zach Fourie, 193	Champagne Racing, 259	Zach Fourie, 193
P3	Caleb Campbell, 185	MLT Motorsports, 160	Cole Medeiros, 160
P4	Cole Medeiros, 160	Momentum Motorsports, 96	Luca Day, 96
P5	Clemente Huerta, 126	Crosslink Motorsports, 89	Ayden Kohut, 82
P6	Luca Day, 96	Speed Factory, 54	Fernando Rivera, 81
P7	Ayden Kohut, 82	Vmax Motorsport, 28	Ben Ramirez, 16
P8	Fernando Rivera, 81	RASE Motorsports, 16	Zain Khan, 5
P9	Robert Soroka, 28	USNG Racing, 5
P10	Ben Ramirez, 16

Read the previous round’s report here.

Brazilian F4: Arnaudo jumps to points lead after double win in second Interlagos round

Just as in Velocittà last time out in July, Fausto Arnaudo was the driver to beat in Brazilian F4’s second trip to Interlagos, winning twice and finishing second in race two to move into the championship lead.

The Argentine’s dominant weekend began with pole on Friday, before he led the field in a wet race one on Saturday, which started behind the safety car. After three laps, the race finally got underway. Arnaudo pulled away as Bernardo Gentil overtook Paulo Willemann Filho for second at the first corner, with Celo Hahn spinning from seventh at the following corner.

A lap later, Willemann dropped to fourth after Pietro Mesquita found his way past for third at Turn 4. Behind them, Elias Barbosa defended seventh from three cars but fell to the back in the closing stages just before Franco Paolini crashed at Ferradura, bringing out the safety car. A one-lap dash to the finish followed, but Arnaudo remained unchallenged to take his third win in four races, ahead of Gentil and Willemann.

Race two, held later that day, featured even heavier rain. From reverse-grid pole, Hahn led the field when the safety car peeled into the pits at the end of lap two as Gentil spun at Turn 4 behind him. While Pedro Lins overtook Enricco Abreu for second on the following lap, eighth-place starter Arnaudo was charging up the order, as by the halfway mark of the race he had already passed Lins for second.

As Arnaudo began to reel in Hahn’s lead, his hopes of stealing the win were dashed with five minutes left, when Alexandre Louza crashed into the barriers at Ferradura, forcing the race to end behind the safety car. With that, Hahn took his second win of the season, with Arnaudo and Mesquita joining him on the podium.

The final race of the weekend, held in damp conditions, also featured a safety car–led start. When the green flag was waved on lap three, Willemann charged from third to first by overtaking Saleh and Arnaudo in the first half of the lap, before driving off into the distance as he pulled away from the Argentine.

His hopes of a straightforward race were dashed when two collisions on the back straight left three cars stranded on track, forcing the safety car to be deployed.  When the race restarted with two laps to go, Willemann spun out of the lead at Turn 4 as the rain intensified, paving the way for Arnaudo to take his second win of the season ahead of Saleh and Hahn. After the race, Saleh was disqualified, and Willemann, who fell back to seventh after his spin but made up three places on the final lap, inherited third.

With another double win, Arnaudo now leads the standings on 123 points, 22 ahead of Gentil and 28 ahead of Mesquita.

Report by Marco Albertini

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Fausto Arnaudo, 1:36.315	Naim Saleh, +0.235s	Paulo Willemann, +0.261s
Race 1 (14 laps)	Fausto Arnaudo, 32:09.226	Bernardo Gentil, +0.995s	Paulo Willemann, +2.056s
Race 2 (9 laps)	Celo Hahn, 20:50.544	Fausto Arnaudo, +0.394s	Pietro Mesquita, +0.801s
Race 3 (15 laps)	Fausto Arnaudo, 32:19.058	Celo Hahn, +3.064s	Paulo Willemann, +4.740s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Fausto Arnaudo, 123	TMG Racing, 249	Bernardo Gentil, 152
P2	Bernardo Gentil, 101	Cavaleiro Sports, 220	Nacho Díaz, 130
P3	Pietro Mesquita, 95	Bassani Racing, 193	Paulo Willemann, 110
P4	Pedro Lins, 69		João Paulo Sanzovo, 70
P5	Paulo Willemann, 69		Elias Barbosa, 52
P6	Nacho Díaz, 68		Naim Saleh, 48
P7	Enricco Abreu, 64		Gianni Giovanelli, 44
P8	Celo Hahn, 60		Guilherme Moleiro, 35
P9	João Paulo Sanzovo, 39		Alan Moraes Soloviov, 34
P10	Guilherme Moleiro, 18		Alexandre Louza, 34

Read the previous round’s report here.

Kyojo Cup: Tomishita snatches championship lead with decisive sprint win

Kyojo Cup’s third round of the season saw Riona Tomishita claim pole position, the sprint win, and second place in the final race to claw back her championship lead from Aimi Saito. 

A last-second flyer from Tomishita put her ahead of Rio Shimono on the grid, Saito lining up in third. 

From fourth, Miki Onaga bogged down off the line and fell to the back while Tomishita made a strong start to maintain her lead. Rami Sasaki, who qualified fifth, jumped both Onaga and Saito on the opening lap to run in the podium positions. Joanne Ciconte made her way through the field from eighth, passing Sara Matsui for fifth on lap three, while Kokoro Sato, fifteenth on the grid, had reached seventh by lap seven and set her sights on Matsui.

On lap nine, Saito overtook Sasaki to take back third. Ciconte also got past the Tokyo native on the final lap for fourth as Sato finally made her move on Matsui at Turn 1. 

Tomishita took her third win of the season ahead of Shimono and Saito. Ciconte took the fastest lap and finished fourth ahead of Sasaki and a hard-charging Sato. 

Rain on Sunday set the scene for a challenging race that started behind the safety car, Tomishita again on pole ahead of Shimono. After three laps, the green flag was waved and Tomishita held her lead through the opening sector while Sato overtook Sasaki for fifth. At the final corner, Shimono attacked Tomishita, the two running side by side down the straight before the reigning champion managed to take the lead. 

Lap eight saw Paige Raddatz pass Sasaki for seventh as Sato pestered Ciconte for fourth but was unable to make the move. Three laps later, Onaga stopped on track at the exit of Turn 6, ending her race, as Ryu Yamamoto and Ai Miura also pitted to retire. 

On lap 12, Matsui attacked Sato for fifth, getting through after the latter ran wide out of Turn 3. Raddatz also closed in on Sato, overtaking her at the same corner on lap 13. 

Shimono took her first victory of the season, 2.76 seconds ahead of Tomishita, but a second place finish for the Cerumo/INGING driver was enough for her to snatch back the points lead ahead of third-placed Saito. Ciconte took fourth ahead of Matsui in a career-best fifth place, while Raddatz held off Sato to finish sixth.

With two rounds remaining, Tomishita with 67 points leads Saito with 65. Ciconte is third with 49 points.

Report by Anabelle Bremner

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Riona Tomishita, 1:46.106	Rio Shimono, +0.146s	Aimi Saito, +0.188s
Sprint race (10 laps)	Riona Tomishita, 17:45.932	Rio Shimono, +1.111s	Aimi Saito, +3.854s
Final race (15 laps)	Rio Shimono, 33:22.737	Riona Tomishita, +2.760s	Aimi Saito, +3.378s

Standings	Drivers
P1	Riona Tomishita, 67
P2	Aimi Saito, 65
P3	Joanne Ciconte, 49
P4	Rio Shimono, 41
P5	Miki Onaga, 35
P6	Kokoro Sato, 35
P7	Ai Miura, 20
P8	Sara Matsui, 13
P9	Rami Sasaki, 10
P10	Paige Raddatz, 10

Read the previous round’s report here.

Header photo credit: Gavin Baker