Three new junior single-seater champions were crowned this weekend, while a mid-weekend withdrawal in the Formula 4 CEZ Championship augmented the drama that took place in the higher categories. Feeder Series reviews the action in FR Europe, Euroformula Open, Eurocup-3, Super Formula Lights and F4 CEZ.

By Feeder Series

Formula 1’s first visit to Madrid featured F2 and F3 as well, with the latter’s sprint race on Saturday morning crowning the first-ever race winner at the street circuit in the Spanish capital. Four more races across the two support categories took place over Saturday and Sunday, with a champion crowned in the very last race in F3. You can read our takeaways – coming out later today and tomorrow – for more on how things unfolded in both championships.

In the series below that, the most tension could be found in FR Europe. After five consecutive seasons in which the title was sealed at least one race early, 2026 brought a significantly closer battle, with four drivers remaining in contention entering the final race. Only one driver could come out on top, however – read our review, extended to account for additional drama, to find out what happened.

Elsewhere at the regional level, Euroformula Open and Eurocup-3 returned from their respective summer breaks. The former joined FR Europe at Hockenheim, while the latter – which featured the championship commentary debut of Joseph Black, Feeder Series’ former social media video editor – augmented the European Le Mans Series support bill. Super Formula Lights also crowned a champion after a dominant weekend.

F4 CEZ’s Brno weekend was its most contentious as well, albeit less for on-track matters and more for a scrutineering dispute that culminated in Maffi Racing’s decision to depart the championship during the fourth and final race.

Two other F4 series took place this weekend. In NACAM F4’s weekend in Puebla, Alessandros Racing’s Alex Bobadilla held the championship lead by 46 points over teammate Alan Zezatti, with Oliver Trejo sitting third, 95 points off of the lead. 

Zezatti took pole position and race one victory from Bobadilla and Mariano Alatorre, completing a podium sweep for Alessandros. Trejo then took his second win of the season in race two ahead of Bobadilla and Alatorre, with a spin on lap two ending Zezatti’s streak of 12 podium finishes.

Race three saw Bobadilla, Zezatti, River, and Trejo start on the front two rows – and all involve one another in two simultaneous incidents on the first lap. Only Trejo avoided a spin or a retirement, but he was later given a drive-through penalty for the incident.

Alatorre overtook Emilio Martinez on the ensuing restart as Marco Alquicira became the next to spin in the dampening conditions, leading to another safety car. Because of the conditions, the race was not resumed, and Alatorre earned his first victory of the season, with Santinel Race Team drivers José Carlos Lezama and Agustín Herrera Hernández both scoring their first podiums in the series.

Indian F4 also kicked off its own 2026 campaign over the weekend at Kari Motor Speedway, with Aris Kyriakou taking two second places and a victory from pole in race three to gain a 13-point lead. His closest rival is Luviwe Sambudla, who got the better of both Kyriakou and polesitter Aaron Mehta to win the opening race of the season.

USF Juniors racer Aryan Narola profited from the reversed grid in race two to win his first single-seater race from Kyriakou and Swarnav Das. Mahlori Mabunda became the sixth different driver on the podium with second place in race three, with Mehta taking third place once again after finishing there in race one.

Additional reporting by Owen White

FR Europe: Heartbreak for three and elation for Olivieri with 2026 FR Europe crown clinched

After eight rounds, 11 different winners, plenty of drama and four title contenders at the end, FRegional Europe 2026 has come to a close and Emanuele Olivieri is its champion.

The R-ace GP driver started behind his closest rival Sebastian Wheldon in free practice one on Friday but reclaimed the upper hand in free practice two, finishing second behind Jan Przyrowski, who had finished second himself in the earlier session.

The first qualifying group had title hopefuls Wheldon and Rashid Al Dhaheri, the latter only securing fourth. The MP Motorsport driver pipped Przyrowski to fastest in the group by just 0.075 seconds.

The second group had Olivieri and Kean Nakamura-Berta test the timing line. Olivieri was blistering throughout and stayed atop the timesheets, while Nakamura-Berta waited until a minute remained to jump from 14th to third, his teammate Tomass Štolcermanis in second. 

Olivieri was second overall, setting up a dramatic race one with Wheldon on pole, Nakamura-Berta starting sixth and Al Dhaheri just behind in seventh.

The championship leader got away well, lurching across the track to block the rapid Przyrowski. Olivieri’s momentum carried him to Turn 1 just ahead of Wheldon as they charged into the corner side by side.

Wheldon, seeing his title hopes escaping, lunged into the corner, bouncing wide across the kerb. The result was contact with Olivieri’s rear right that sent the Italian spinning into the gravel. Štolcermanis inherited the lead, battling with Przyrowski and the fast-starting Al Dhaheri – but he lost places at the hairpin, with Przyrowski, Nakamura-Berta and Alexandre Munoz the top three at the safety car. 

Munoz tumbled down the order after the resumption, while Štolcermanis went straight off at Turn 2 and out of the points – allowing Al Dhaheri through into third.

But untouchable was Przyrowski, who bounded to a 2.965s advantage and became the series’ first Polish winner ahead of Nakamura-Berta and Al Dhaheri.

The dramatic race meant Olivieri had 200 points, Nakamura-Berta 193, Wheldon 182 and Al Dhaheri 180 entering the finale.

Group B’s qualifying outing on Sunday morning was therefore crucial – the top two in the standings going head to head with Olivieri once again topping the times throughout. 

R-ace GP’s Yuki Sano and Nakamura-Berta lit up the tyres for one last lap with the clock at zero. Sano could do no better than 0.055s behind his teammate. Nakamura-Berta, already 0.040s behind with his best lap, pounded round, the bit between his teeth at the chance race one had given him. 

His 0.184s advantage after sector two looked ruined after a lock-up at Sachs. Time ebbed away with each twitch of the steering wheel – the Williams junior throwing his car round. 

To beat Olivieri’s time by 0.003s.

Group A was fought mainly between Wheldon and Przyrowski. Przyrowski’s last and best lap beat both Wheldon’s and Nakamura-Berta’s from Group A, leaving the Floridian one more shot to take pole. 

After sector two, Wheldon’s deficit was 0.095s, but he crossed the line to go faster by 0.085s, taking pole for the final showdown alongside Nakamura-Berta with Olivieri fourth and Al Dhaheri a distant 13th.

With everything on the line, the nerves fraught and clutches ready, FRegional Europe got underway for the final time in 2026. 

Wheldon started well as Nakamura-Berta slotted in behind him. Olivieri suffered into Turn 2, going side by side with Alexander Abkhazava onto the straight. 

He held on to fourth, but a safety car for a collision involving Štolcermanis, Maximilian Popov and Saqer Al Maosherji relieved any further pressure. The safety car withdrawal on lap five saw a strong restart from Wheldon, though all Nakamura-Berta needed was a fastest lap point to snatch the title, being provisionally level on points with Olivieri but victorious more often. 

That was not to be.

Przyrowski postured to the inside of Nakamura-Berta at the hairpin on lap six. The overzealous RPM wobbled, tangling with the Prema Racing driver ahead and punting him into the air mid-corner.

Olivieri pounced, claiming second place, with Nakamura-Berta also forfeiting third to Abkhazava.

Nakamura-Berta was soon seventh after losing positions to Sano, Alex Ninovic and Przyrowski – a 10-second time penalty for the Pole doing nothing to soothe his anguish. The final laps saw only more trouble as he lost seventh on track to Salim Hanna.

With Abkhazava behind, Olivieri, surely buoyed by the expectant thoughts swimming through his head, briefly closed in on Wheldon. The American kept calm to the end but, with the championship leader in second, there was nothing he could reasonably do.

Emanuele Olivieri came home to become 2026 FRegional Europe champion – the eighth in the series’ history and only the second Italian. Wheldon secured the 2026 runner-up spot, Nakamura-Berta completed the championship podium with penalties elevating him to sixth in the race, and Al Dhaheri finished in a no less respectable fourth overall.

R-ace GP secured their first drivers’ title and, by winning the teams’ and rookies’ titles too, all three championships for the first time in their history. MP Motorsport clinched second in their first season since their sabbatical in 2025, and Prema finished third.

Report by Archie Harper

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1, Group A	Sebastian Wheldon, 1:34.353	Jan Przyrowski, +0.075s	Maksimilian Popov, +0.113s
Qualifying 2, Group B	Emanuele Olivieri, 1:34.424	Tomass Štolcermanis, +0.181s	Kean Nakamura-Berta, +0.211s
Race 1 (18 laps)	Jan Przyrowski, 32:01.013	Kean Nakamura-Berta, +2.965s	Rashid Al Dhaheri, +4.386s
Qualifying 2, Group B	Kean Nakamura-Berta, 1:34.403	Emanuele Olivieri, +0.003s	Yuki Sano, +0.058s
Qualifying 2, Group A	Sebastian Wheldon, 1:34.271	Jan Przyrowski, +0.085s	Alexander Abkhazava, +0.185s
Race 2 (18 laps)	Sebastian Wheldon, 31:48.132	Emanuele Olivieri, +0.895s	Alexander Abkhazava, +4.209s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Emanuele Olivieri, 218	R-ace GP, 465	Emanuele Olivieri, 218
P2	Sebastian Wheldon, 209	MP Motorsport, 382	Alexandre Munoz, 56
P3	Kean Nakamura-Berta, 201	Prema Racing, 323	Gabriel Gomez, 48
P4	Rashid Al Dhaheri, 180	CL Motorsport, 151	Oleksandr Bondarev, 47
P5	Reno Francot, 123	Rodin Motorsport, 144	Tomass Štolcermanis, 32
P6	Alexander Abkhazava, 100	Van Amersfoort Racing, 90	Marcus Sæter, 29
P7	Salim Hanna, 90	ART Grand Prix, 83	Lewis Wherrell, 4
P8	Zhenrui Chi, 73	RPM, 74	Ary Bansal, 0
P9	Yuki Sano, 67	Trident, 70	Kyuho Lee, 0
P10	Alex Ninovic, 64	G4 Racing, 44	Rahim Alibhai, 0

Read the previous round’s report here.

Euroformula Open: Yeh back to winning ways with podium sweep at Hockenheim

Enzo Yeh was back to typical form at Hockenheim, finishing on the podium in each race and extending his Euroformula Open championship lead.

Yeh topped free practice ahead of teammate Wiktor Dobrzański. Qualifying saw Jesse Carrasquedo Jr become the third driver to secure back-to-back pole positions, pipping Yeh by just 0.027s.

After Javier Herrera failed to start, Yeh got away best for race one, claiming the inside line and the lead into Turn 1. Dobrzański also pinched third by the end of lap one.

At the start of lap three, De la Torre coasted past Dobrzański for third heading into Turn 1. The Pole’s troubles continued as he lost fourth to Alessandro Famularo, and he found himself seventh by lap five after being forced wide in a moment that dealt Jan Koller a 10-second time penalty.

But it was clear who would win. Pressure in the final laps was withstood, and Yeh finished ahead of Carrasquedo and De la Torre to take his seventh win of the season.

Lorenzo Castillo started alongside Koller for the reverse-grid race two, and all stayed in formation at the start.

After edging ahead of Koller, Famularo then threaded the needle at the hairpin to duck beneath Castillo’s car and claim the lead. The next lap, while disputing second, Castillo and Koller made contact as Koller tried a move around the outside at Turn 8. Both suffered terminal damage, and a safety car was deployed.

After the restart, Carrasquedo made a lunge at the hairpin on lap eight to snatch second from De la Torre, who was left vulnerable to Yeh.

That was proven on lap 10, when Yeh went past at Turn 7. The Mexican tried to retake third, ducking and diving behind the Taiwanese driver’s car, but the move was done and De la Torre fell further back as the race rolled on.

By lap 13, Carrasquedo was all over the back of Famularo. The Venezuelan had been clear out front, but the Motopark driver stayed within a second until the end. 

As a final-lap collision knocked Maya Weug out the race, Famularo took his second win of the season ahead of Carrasquedo and Yeh.

For race three, rain threw up questions. De la Torre led the field behind the safety car, while Herrera and Famularo boxed at the end of lap one. The BVMs had started on slick tyres against race direction’s instructions – an embarrassing mistake that led to black flags for both drivers.

The race was time-limited – more incentive for third-placed Yeh to make waves. He dived down the inside of Turn 2 on the restart lap after Dobrzański drifted wide. The Pole was having none of it, reclaiming second place into the Parabolika. 

Though De la Torre boasted a large margin out front for most of the race, Dobrzański seemed to settle in with around 10 minutes left, closing to within a second and a half of the Mexican. 

But that was all. De la Torre held on, taking his second win of the season ahead of Dobrzański, who matched his best result, and Yeh, who completed a sweep of podiums.

That left Yeh on 328 points and De la Torre firmly as his closest competitor on 243. 

Motopark also now sit on 264 points while BVM hold 163.

Report by Archie Harper

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Jesse Carrasquedo Jr, 1:31.936	Enzo Yeh, +0.027s	Jan Koller, +0.199s
Race 1 (18 laps)	Enzo Yeh, 28:01.918	Jesse Carrasquedo Jr, +0.665s	Diego de la Torre, +10.989s
Race 2 (18 laps)	Alessandro Famularo, 31:10.415	Jesse Carrasquedo, Jr, +0.440s	Enzo Yeh, +1.627s
Race 3 (15 laps)	Diego de la Torre, 30:40.475	Wiktor Dobrzański, +1.082s	Enzo Yeh, +2.759s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Enzo Yeh, 328	Team Motopark, 264	Javier Herrera, 126
P2	Diego de la Torre, 243	BVM Racing, 163	Wiktor Dobrzański, 119
P3	Jesse Carrasquedo Jr, 221	Drivex, 64	Lorenzo Castillo, 82
P4	Everett Stack, 211	Neri Autosport, 38	Jan Koller, 57
P5	Alessandro Famularo, 175		Aaron Ferrazzano, 40
P6	Javier Herrera, 167		Gino Trappa, 38
P7	Wiktor Dobrzański, 132		Filippo Fiorentino, 31
P8	Lorenzo Castillo, 67		Cadi Baptista, 20
P9	Jan Koller, 59		Celo Hahn, 11
P10	Gino Trappa, 56		Alceu Feldmann Neto, 4

Read the previous round’s report here.

Eurocup-3: Al Azhari returns to top step as Egozi extends championship advantage

Two pole positions and a win for Keanu Al Azhari at Silverstone moved the Hitech driver into second in the Eurocup-3 standings come the end of Saturday. But victory for Palou Motorsport’s James Egozi and misfortune for the Alpine junior on Sunday increased the former’s championship lead and dropped the latter to third behind Ean Eyckmans, who scored his first podium since his victory at Imola in the same race.

In race one, Al Azhari – previously a winner at the circuit in GB3 – quickly came under threat from third-place starter René Lammers, who had quickly dispatched MP Motorsport teammate Eyckmans off the line and unsuccessfully attempted to overtake into Maggots. By the time the leaders reached the Vale chicane, the safety car was deployed for a stopped Stylianos Kolovos on the pit straight.

Racing resumed at the end of lap three, and Al Azhari began to slowly build his gap at the front, setting multiple fastest laps in the process. After a largely incident-free race save for a rear-left tyre failure for Patrick Heuzenroeder into Stowe on the final lap, the Emirati driver won by 6.532 seconds ahead of Lammers and Egozi.

“It was, I think, one of the most dominant races of the season,” Al Azhari told Feeder Series after the race. “We’ve been working so hard the couple of months off track to get this result, and I’m really glad it paid off in the right way.”

Al Azhari and Gianmarco Pradel both had slow getaways in the wet conditions on Sunday, creating a gap for Egozi to split the pair and move from fourth to first into Copse. The American driver soon began to build his lead over Saturday’s race winner, whilst Pradel fell to seventh on lap three following a spin through Club, promoting Eyckmans to third.

Egozi’s lead rose to just over three seconds to Al Azhari as the race reached its closing stages. With three laps to go, however, Al Azhari’s left front wing endplate broke and made contact with his front-left tyre, sending smoke billowing behind him and causing him to lose time. Eyckmans quickly took advantage of the Emirati driver’s misfortune and overtook him through Maggots, with Heitor Dall’Agnol quickly following suit at Stowe. 

In the end, Egozi took victory ahead of Eyckmans and teammate Dall’Agnol, surpassing the all-time Eurocup-3 main season podium record with his 11th career rostrum appearance. Al Azhari fell to seventh by the chequered flag behind Lammers, Heuzenroeder and Bart Harrison.

After the race, Egozi told Feeder Series that despite having to manage an engine issue in the latter stages, he still had ‘good fun’ in the wet.

“I think I was getting water in the engine, so it started to get me nervous,” he explained. “But luckily it started to improve towards the end of the race and I was able to focus on my driving again. [I’m] really happy to have a clean weekend and keep the points coming in.”

After arriving to the UK with a 93-point advantage, Egozi will return to Spain at the end of the month with a 107-point lead in the drivers’ standings over Eyckmans. Palou Motorsport’s 1-3 on Sunday has also increased their own gap over MP Motorsport by five points, whilst Al Azhari’s win has helped Hitech move up to third.

Report by Seb Tirado

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1	Keanu Al Azhari, 1:51.242	Ean Eyckmans, +0.089s	René Lammers, +0.289s
Qualifying 2	Keanu Al Azhari, 1:50.432	Gianmarco Pradel, +0.315s	Ean Eyckmans, +0.457s
Race 1 (16 laps)	Keanu Al Azhari, 32:57.725	René Lammers, +6.532s	James Egozi, +7.594s
Race 2 (16 laps)	James Egozi, 34:00.139	Ean Eyckmans, +6.893s	Heitor Dall’Agnol, +7.694s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	James Egozi, 235	Palou Motorsport, 350	Ean Eyckmans, 128
P2	Ean Eyckmans, 128	MP Motorsport, 267	René Lammers, 119
P3	Keanu Al Azhari, 121	Hitech, 155	Heitor Dall’Agnol, 91
P4	René Lammers, 119	Griffin Core by Campos, 152	Alex Powell, 62
P5	Heitor Dall’Agnol, 91	Tecnicar, 68	Rafaël Pérard, 58
P6	Kacper Sztuka, 68	Drivex, 39	Christopher Feghali, 41
P7	Alex Powell, 62	Double R Racing, 16	Thomas Strauven, 33
P8	Rafaël Pérard, 58	GRS Team, 4	Gino Trappa, 30
P9	Patrick Heuzenroeder, 51	TC Racing, 1	Bart Harrison, 16
P10	Gianmarco Pradel, 49		Santino Panetta, 16

Read the previous round’s report here.

Super Formula Lights: Giltaire crowned champion after dominating Motegi

Evan Giltaire became Super Formula Lights’ first international champion after winning all three races at the season finale at Motegi.

The Frenchman clinched the title after the second race and ended up with a winning margin of 15 points after the weekend despite entering seven points behind Yusuke Mitsui. 

Giltaire was fastest in both qualifying sessions, beating TOM’S’ Akshay Bohra and teammate Kotaro Shimbara by 0.110 and 0.118 seconds respectively in the first session, then defeating Bohra’s teammate Kiyoshi Umegaki by 0.190s and Shimbara by 0.291s in the second session. 

Giltaire held his lead at the start of race one by moving to the inside line to defend from Bohra. Shimbara battled TOM’S’ Tokiya Suzuki to retain third and regained the place going into Turn 4. 

There were no further position changes among the top six in the remaining 18 laps. Giltaire won, 8.988s ahead of Bohra and 10.194s ahead of Shimbara. Championship rivals Mitsui and Umegaki only finished fifth and eighth, and thus Giltaire led on 90.5 points, collecting 12 points from his two poles and the win. Mitsui and Umegaki were on 87.5 and 82 points respectively. 

The title could be Giltaire’s in the second race, which he again started from pole position in damp conditions.

Giltaire again held his lead, while Shimbara passed Umegaki for second. The Honda junior then attempted a move on Giltaire at Turn 4 and briefly passed him on the inside but touched the damp part of the track and ran wide, losing the position in the process. 

A safety car was then called as Rintaro Sato, Oscar Wurz, Daichi Okamoto, “Ken Alex” and “Dragon” collided at Turn 4. Sato, Okamoto and “Ken Alex” retired.

The race resumed at the end of lap four, and the top three remained unchanged until the end of the race. With Mitsui sixth and Umegaki third, Giltaire not only won the race but also the championship, leading Shimbara home for the team’s first 1-2 finish since the second round at Autopolis.

Giltaire remained ahead of Bohra at the start of the final race, but Shimbara lost third to the Delightworks duo of Urabe and Mitsui, the latter of whom inherited third at Turn 3.

No position changes occurred on track, and Giltaire comfortably won race three. Bohra, who crossed the line in second, was classified third after receiving a five-second time penalty for jumping the start. Mitsui inherited second.

Giltaire became Super Formula Lights’ first international champion, while B-Max Racing have now fielded the last four drivers to win the championship. Giltaire joins a streak that includes Iori Kimura in 2023, Syun Koide in 2024 and Yuto Nomura in 2025. He is expected to follow the trio’s footsteps by going into Super Formula with the team, but budget – a factor Giltaire has battled his whole career – might limit him. 

B-Max-operated Buzz Racing fielded masters’ class champion “Ken Alex”, who took nine wins en route to his first title in racing.

TOM’S clinched the teams’ championship with 120 points, 4.5 points ahead of the B-Max Racing Team entry of Giltaire and Shimbara.

Report by Finjo Muschlien

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying 1	Evan Giltaire, 1:42.983	Akshay Bohra, +0.110s	Kotaro Shimbara, +0.118s
Qualifying 2	Evan Giltaire, 1:42.814	Kiyoshi Umegaki, +0.190s	Kotaro Shimbara, +0.291s
Race 1 (19 laps)	Evan Giltaire, 33:02.194	Akshay Bohra, +8.988s	Kotaro Shimbara, +10.194s
Race 2 (14 laps)	Evan Giltaire, 27:15.030	Kotaro Shimbara, +3.559s	Kiyoshi Umegaki, +4.132s
Race 3 (14 laps)	Evan Giltaire, 24:24.207	Yusuke Mitsui, +5.913s	Akshay Bohra, +9.932s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Masters
P1	Evan Giltaire, 110.5	TOM’S, 120	“Ken Alex”, 131.5
P2	Yusuke Mitsui, 95.5	B-Max Racing Team, 115.5	“Dragon”, 116
P3	Kiyoshi Umegaki, 87	Delightworks Racing, 97.5	Yasuhiro Shimizu, 91.5
P4	Tokiya Suzuki, 53	B-Max Engineering, 17	Nobuhiro Imada, 42
P5	Kotaro Shimbara, 51	LM corsa, 1
P6	Akshay Bohra, 33.5	Buzz Racing, 0
P7	Kazuhisa Urabe, 30	Art Taste Racing, 0
P8	Oscar Wurz, 19.5	JMS Racing Team, 0
P9	Rintaro Sato, 17
P10	Yuzuki Miura, 4

Read the previous round’s report here.

F4 CEZ: Weiss extends points lead amid controversial Maffi Racing withdrawal

Jenzer Motorsport came out on top in all four F4 CEZ races at the fifth round at Brno, with Elia Weiss winning races one and four, Teodor Borenstein race two and surprise qualifying winner Georgiy Zasov race three.

Most of the Sunday’s racing action, though, was overshadowed by Maffi Racing’s withdrawal from the championship during race four following the team’s protest over Weiss’ car.

After a slight delay, race one started with a three-way battle among the Jenzers in the first sector, with Weiss coming out on top to lead the race. Behind him, polesitter Zasov and Borenstein made contact, with the latter dropping to 18th. Mathilda Paatz used the chaotic start to move into third.

The safety car appeared on the opening lap after Francesco Pio Coppola’s car was left stranded in the gravel with a technical failure.

The race restarted after two laps, and the order stayed the same at the front. Simon Rechenmacher was making moves after a disappointing qualifying, and by lap five he was already fifth after starting 14th. Another big mover was Benett Gáspár, who ran as high as sixth after starting ninth, but his charge forwarded ended after he collided with Viktor Snebjørn Poulsen in Turn 5 on lap seven and received a five-second time penalty.

A safety car was called for Poulsen’s stranded car, with the race restarting with 5:30 to go. Rechenmacher used it to overtake Paatz for the final podium spot in the Turn 3–4 sequence. Weiss crossed the finish line first, scoring his fourth win in a row, followed by Max Karhan and Rechenmacher, who gained 11 spots over the course of the race.

Borenstein started race two from pole, and he kept his spot, while behind him Karhan and Aleksandar Bogunović overtook Markas Šilkūnas for second and third respectively. After three laps, these four drivers broke free from the pack.

Behind them,  David Walther and Rechenmacher were making moves to regain as many spots as possible, going from 10th and 13th at the start respectively to fifth and sixth.

The last lap was when all the action took place. In a fierce battle, Rechenmacher overtook Walther in Turn 4, but the German pushed the Dane off the track, later receiving a five-second penalty that dropped him from fifth to seventh. Borenstein won for the fourth time this season, with Karhan just behind him. Šilkūnas completed the podium after overtaking Bogunović on the last lap.

Sunday started off with race three, and contrary to race one, Zasov kept the lead. Behind him, Paatz made contact with Erik Poulsen at Turn 2 on the opening lap, with the German ultimately retiring on lap eight.

The top three – Zasov, Weiss and Šilkūnas – quickly established a big gap over the rest of the pack. Weiss stayed close to the leading Swiss driver throughout, but Zasov’s defence kept him in the lead. He ultimately took his first victory and podium of the season, ahead of Weiss and Šilkūnas, making it the second Jenzer podium lockout in a row.

Race four started under controversial circumstances. After race three, Maffi Racing submitted a protest concerning Weiss’ car, more precisely Lambda sensors, which was ultimately rejected by the stewards. The stewards subsequently ruled that the exhaust pipe fitted to Walther’s Maffi car was not in conformity with the technical regulations. Because of that, the results of race three remain provisional.

In response to these decisions, Maffi Racing boycotted the final race, with all three of the team’s cars scheduled to start pitting at the end of the formation lap. During the race, the team put out a statement announcing the withdrawal of the team from the 2026 F4 CEZ season, which has one more round at the Hungaroring at the end of October. 

The race commenced with four Jenzer cars in first four spots. Weiss kept his lead, but Zasov had a difficult start and dropped from second to eighth, elevating Borenstein to second. At the end of the lap, Ella Häkkinen pitted, with Tobiáš Paško following suit on the next lap after making contact with Tomas Rudokas. The Lithuanian also had to visit the pit lane the following lap after receiving a technical flag for his damaged front wing. 

On lap four, the safety car was called after a big incident involving Piotr Orcholski and Mio Olert in Turn 5, but after a rapid intervention by the marshals, racing restarted on lap six.

From that moment onwards, the race was calm, with no changes at the top. Rain arrived at the Autodrom Brno on lap 11, for which a safety car was called. The race finished under yellow flags with Weiss taking his second win of the weekend followed by the Czech duo of Borenstein and Karhan.

Weiss leads the standings with 299 points, 42 points over his teammate Borenstein. His compatriot Karhan sits in third with 240 points, followed by Walther, although the Dane is out of contention for the title after his team’s withdrawal. Jenzer’s Šilkūnas leads the rookie standings, 33 points over Rechenmacher and 52 over his teammate Zasov.

Report by Maciej Jackiewicz

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying, Group 1	Teodor Borenstein, 2:14.514	Elia Weiss, +0.370s	Erik Poulsen, +0.398s
Qualifying, Group 2	Georgiy Zasov, 2:14.349	Markas Šilkūnas, +0.308s	Max Karhan, +0.407s
Race 1 (11 laps)	Elia Weiss, 25:09.875	Max Karhan, +0.977s	Simon Rechenmacher, +2.645s
Race 2 (13 laps)	Teodor Borenstein, 25:50.646	Max Karhan, +0.459s	Markas Šilkūnas, +7.319s
Race 3 (13 laps)	Georgiy Zasov, 26:03.733	Elia Weiss, +0.310s	Markas Šilkūnas, +2.301s
Race 4 (12 laps)	Elia Weiss, 27:14.966	Teodor Borenstein, +0.198s	Max Karhan, +0.398s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Elia Weiss, 299	Jenzer Motorsport, 794	Markas Šilkūnas, 284
P2	Teodor Borenstein, 257	Cram Motorsport, 273	Simon Rechenmacher, 251
P3	Max Karhan, 240	Maffi Racing, 259	Georgiy Zasov, 232
P4	David Walther, 237	Mathilda Racing, 175	Ella Häkkinen, 170
P5	Markas Šilkūnas, 156	Technorace, 155	Erik Poulsen, 161
P6	Simon Rechenmacher, 155	STEP Motorsport, 143	Dean Pedersen, 151
P7	Georgiy Zasov, 132	ABA Racing by SG Motors, 132	Antonio Errigo, 150
P8	Aleksandar Bogunović, 132	Janík Motorsport, 67	Leo Nilsson, 144
P9	Francesco Pio Coppola, 90	Renauer Motorsport, 58	Igor Polak, 114
P10	Mathilda Paatz, 89	JMT Engineering, 48	Miroslav Kepák, 110

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