Five junior single-seater drivers left this weekend as newly minted champions, with several more series holding decisive contests to set up deciders later this year. Keep reading to find out Feeder Series’ recounting of events.

By Feeder Series

In terms of the proportion of series that ended with a champion crowned, this weekend has been among the highest. In Europe, the Italian Formula 4 Championship crowned its 13th drivers’ champion with a round to spare. The same happened in FR Americas, F4 US and the Ligier Junior Formula Championship – where all titles were decided before the championships head to Barber next month to round out their seasons. Of the series covered in full here, only Japanese F4 did not crown a champion.

While the French F4 title could have been decided too at Lédenon, away from the cameras, it wasn’t to be for Guillaume Bouzar, who will get another chance at the Le Castellet finale in three weeks’ time. Instead, the big story was Williams-backed F1 Academy driver Jade Jacquet’s lights-to-flag victory in the second race, making her the first female winner in French F4.

Bouzar fell from seventh to 26th after a late incident in the second race, though two second-place finishes in the other contests behind double winner Kota Tsuchihashi ensured that the French-Luxembourgish driver grew his lead to a nearly insurmountable 62 points. With 65 on offer at Le Castellet, the only driver who could stop him is Thibaut Ramaekers, who fended off Lewis Francis to finish second in the reverse-grid race. Neither third-ranked Tsuchihashi nor fourth-ranked Lilian Soares, who finished third in the two main races, have a shot at the title anymore.

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Kota Tsuchihashi, 1:21.769	Lilian Soares, +0.019s	Guillaume Bouzar, +0.278s
Race 1 (20 laps)	Kota Tsuchihashi, 30:57.857	Guillaume Bouzar, +3.626s	Lilian Soares, +4.027s
Race 2 (19 laps)	Jade Jacquet, 31:16.563	Thibaut Ramaekers, +1.620s	Lewis Francis, +1.760s
Race 3 (18 laps)	Kota Tsuchihashi, 31:24.875	Guillaume Bouzar, +1.257s	Lilian Soares, +2.390s

Standings	Drivers
P1	Guillaume Bouzar, 223
P2	Thibaut Ramaekers, 161
P3	Kota Tsuchihashi, 145
P4	Lilian Soares, 127
P5	Hugo Herrouin, 113
P6	Matthéo Dauvergne, 85
P7	Tom Dussol, 64
P8	Jack Iliffe, 59
P9	Lewis Francis, 46
P10	Yuval Rosen, 42

The Ultimate Cup Series Formula Cup held its fourth round at Spa-Francorchamps. Stepan Suslov won all three races and secured the championship title with six races to go; the gap to his closest rival, Alan Orzynski. is 172 points with 150 still up for grabs. On his return to the championship, former GP3 driver Christophe Hurni won two out of three races in the gentlemen class and even secured an overall podium in race one. Nevertheless, Frédéric Boillot, who won race three and eight of the nine prior races in class, also secured his championship title this round.

Indian F4 raced in Kari for the second consecutive weekend, and qualifying saw a double pole position for Luviwe Sambudla. He followed it up with a win in race one ahead of Aris Kyriakou, with Ntiyiso Mabunda taking his maiden podium behind them. Sambudla retired from race two on the opening lap, and Bhuvan Bonu crossed the line for his maiden win ahead of the Mabunda brothers – though a post-race penalty for Mahlori Mabunda handed second to Ntiyiso Mabunda and third to Kyriakou. Sambudla won race three from pole too, but second place was enough for Kyriakou to remain on top of the standings by five points. Swarnav Das came home in third.

Over in Sweden for the Formula Nordic finale, already-crowned champion Hampus Varis was bested in qualifying for the first time this season, with Vincent Kraft taking pole by 0.019 seconds. Kraft, however, did not see the chequered flag in race one after the pair came together on lap five. Andreas Aichhorn took his first win ahead of Fredrik Lindholm and Olivia Ernstson, while a penalty for Varis for the collision dropped him from fourth to ninth. Varis was back on top in the final race, however, with Lindholm second again and Tim Sköld in third. Lindholm secured second in the standings, and Vera Jurland secured third place by one point over Robin Hafström.

Finally, the KZ FIA Karting World Championship ended with Viktor Gustavsson crowned champion in Le Mans, four years after he last took the title at the same circuit. Estonian driver Markus Kajak took the crown in the KZ2 FIA Karting World Cup, while the KZ2 Masters title went to Anthony Abbasse.

Additional reporting by Mitchell Ash and Maciej Jackiewicz

Italian F4: Costoya steals the spotlight with hat-trick as Sammalisto wins title

Luka Sammalisto won the Italian F4 title in race three despite enduring his worst round of the season. Instead, Christian Costoya stole the show, taking his first three victories in the series.

Sammalisto struggled in the wet qualifying, finishing 18th in his group. It was Jenzer’s Teo Borenstein who thrived in the rain, beating out group 1’s Ary Bansal to secure the top qualifying time overall. 

Bansal started from pole in race one and held the lead at the start as Alp Aksoy jumped Florentin Hattemer for second. Behind them, Thomas Bearman ran Jensen Burnett wide at Turn 2, losing his front wing and sending Burnett airborne. Both continued and the race remained under green-flag conditions until the end of lap two, when a collision left Fabrício Fogaça stranded. 

The race restarted to immediate chaos on lap four, as Dean Pedersen collided with Hattemer on the start-finish straight. That didn’t stop the wheel-to-wheel action in the top 10, as David Walther, Alex Ruta and Iacopo Martinese overtook a struggling Kenzo Craigie, who dropped from fourth to seventh. The R-ace GP driver fell from the points entirely on lap five and retired on lap eight. 

Bearman’s difficult day got worse when he collided with Joaquín Pagola at Turn 15 on lap seven, sending the Argentine into the gravel and causing another safety car. Bansal managed his second safety car restart of the day smoothly on lap 10, pulling a gap of nearly a second on Aksoy by the end of the race, while Ludovico Busso snagged his first podium of the season in third. 

The second race was a slow burner. Polesitter Borenstein held the lead at the start ahead of Bansal and Costoya, with Edu Robinson slotting into fourth. Behind them, Augustus Toniolo and Craigie battled for seventh across several laps. On lap nine, Elia Weiss overtook Aksoy for fifth into Turn 4, and Craigie followed him shortly thereafter before passing Weiss around Turn 8. 

Borenstein began to struggle around lap 11, and the three running with him smelled victory. On the 17th and final lap, Bansal drew even with Borenstein at the first chicane. But the pair went wide, allowing Costoya into the lead around the outside of Turn 3. Borenstein, Bansal and Robinson all collided on exit and dropped through the field – although Robinson was able to stay within the points and ultimately finished sixth. 

The collision promoted Craigie and Weiss to the podium, but the Jenzer Motorsport driver was dinged for failing to slow under double yellow flags, giving Aksoy the last spot on the rostrum. Borenstein was given an eight-place grid penalty for the last-lap collision. 

With both Borenstein and Hattemer penalised, Costoya started race three from pole ahead of Bearman and Robinson. Despite an opening-lap safety car caused by Oscar Repetto’s spin, the trio sailed to the podium in formation, with Costoya winning by 1.839 seconds. 

The real battle was happening further back. Starting from 24th, Sammalisto had to finish the race in 13th to seal the title. His most decisive move was a pass on David Cosma Cristofor, his nearest title rival, for 16th on lap seven. He followed that with a move on Payton Westcott down the back straight, then overtook Levi Arn on the next lap. With one position separating Sammalisto from the championship, Busso ran wide and lost positions on lap 10, allowing the Finn by. He finished the race 12th, becoming US Racing’s second-ever Italian F4 champion after Kacper Sztuka in 2023. 

It was a good thing he wrapped up the championship in race three, as his final race did not go so smoothly. At the end of lap two, he was a passenger in a final-corner collision between Pedersen and Borenstein and was left stranded with Pedersen in the gravel. Before an attempted restart on lap six, Westcott and Alexander Chartier collided, extending the safety car period. 

Despite the interruptions, it was smooth sailing up front for Costoya, who led Aksoy and Robinson from start to finish. The Spaniard managed a gap of 1.767s to win his third race of the weekend, while Aksoy withstood late pressure from Robinson to maintain the starting order on the podium. 

Report by Calla Kra-Caskey

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying, Group A	Ary Bansal, 1:54.653	Christian Costoya, +0.047s	Thomas Bearman, +0.385s
Qualifying, Group B	Teodor Borenstein, 1:54.172	Florentin Hattemer, +0.497s	Alp Aksoy, +0.616s
Race 1 (15 laps)	Ary Bansal, 27:45.019	Alp Aksoy, +0.896s	Ludovico Busso, +1.816s
Race 2 (17 laps)	Christian Costoya, 27:40.651	Kenzo Craigie, +2.176s	Alp Aksoy, +6.561s
Race 3 (16 laps)	Christian Costoya, 27:20.221	Thomas Bearman, +1.839s	Edu Robinson, +3.354s
Race 4 (15 laps)	Christian Costoya, 27:34.180	Alp Aksoy, +1.767s	Edu Robinson, +2.438s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Luka Sammalisto, 386	US Racing, 1108	Alp Aksoy, 410
P2	Alp Aksoy, 318	Prema Racing, 946	Kenzo Craigie, 396
P3	Ary Bansal, 292	R-ace GP, 420	Christian Costoya, 332
P4	David Cosma Cristofor, 285	Van Amersfoort Racing, 397	Florentin Hattemer, 258
P5	Edu Robinson, 274	Jenzer Motorsport, 318	Knud Nielsen, 257
P6	Kenzo Craigie, 266	Trident, 292	Oscar Repetto, 255
P7	Thomas Bearman, 215	PHM Racing, 165	Augustus Toniolo, 252
P8	Oleksandr Savinkov, 199	Maffi Racing, 136	Levi Arn, 247
P9	Christian Costoya, 194	Cram Motorsport, 70	Dominik Šimek, 239
P10	Niccolò Maccagnani, 178	Real Racing, 57	Iacopo Martinese, 209

Read the previous round’s report here.

Japanese F4: Sakai and Shioda take maiden wins as Shirasaki extends championship lead

Toyota junior Ryo Sakai and Bionic Jack Racing’s Soichiro Shioda took their maiden wins in Japanese F4 at the series’ fifth round at Sugo this weekend. 

Shioda was quickest in qualifying, 0.251 seconds ahead of Kageyama Racing’s Ryo Shirasaki. TGR-DC Racing School’s Masaki Hamabe was third, 0.274s behind Shioda. 

But none of the top three finished on the podium in what might have been the most thrilling race of the season. 

The track was damp and the field was split between dry and wet tyres. Shioda and Shirasaki stayed up front at the start, while Hamabe struggled on slicks and lost positions before spinning on the exit of Turn 3.

At the Turn 5 chicane, Kageyama’s Yuta Suzuki was spun around by Ponos Racing’s Megumu Suzuki, but the field avoided him. 

At the end of lap one, B-Max Racing’s Haruto Nakai was in third and Mitsusada Racing’s Ryutaro Sakai in fourth. The quartet built a six-second gap over the drivers on slicks behind by lap two. 

On lap four, however, the gap shrunk again, and on lap seven, Ryo Sakai was knocking on his namesake’s door for fourth. He made up two places on lap eight as Nakai and Shirasaki made mistakes at Turns 6 and 8 respectively and eventually also passed Ryutaro Sakai for second around the outside of Turns 1 and 2 the following lap. 

Sakai’s pass for the lead followed at Turns 6 and 7. 

On lap 10, Leon Ochiai appeared at the front having fought his way up from 21st at the start. The Eagle Sports driver was second by the end of lap 11. OTG Motor Sport’s Kenta Kumagai, another driver on slicks, inherited third on lap 13.

Kumagai’s teammate Miki Onaga triggered a safety car one lap later after colliding with TGR-DC’s Yuzuki Miura. The race ended behind the safety car and Sakai won ahead of Ochiai and Kumagai, the trio having started in ninth, 21st and 12th respectively. Several more position changes occurred behind thanks to the drying track, with polesitter Shioda coming home ninth.

The rain was more intense in the second race on Sunday, for which Shioda and Shirasaki locked out the front row ahead of Nakai. The race started behind the safety car and got underway at the end of lap three. 

Shioda up front extended his gap to Shirasaki to more than seven seconds by lap 13. A safety car was called on lap 14 though for Buntaro Igarashi, who spun at Turn 2 and couldn’t continue. 

The race ended behind the safety car, with Shioda winning for the first time in Japanese F4 ahead of Shirasaki and Nakai.

Though his streak of six wins snapped with a 12th-place finish in race one, Shirasaki still extended his lead in the drivers’ championship from 45 points over the injured Masana Muto to 60 points over Ryo Sakai. He has a good chance of bagging the drivers’ championship at the next round at Autopolis on 18 and 19 October. 

In the Independent Class, “Hirobon” won both races and now leads the championship on 201 points, 84 more than Yutaka Toriba in second. Toriba and Soichiro Akamatsu completed the podium in the first race, and “Kentaro” and Akamatsu did so in the second race. 

Report by Finjo Muschlien

Champion Class
Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Soichiro Shioda, 1:23.893	Ryo Shirasaki, +0.251s	Masaki Hamabe, +0.274s
Race 1 (17 laps)	Ryo Sakai, 27:46.122	Leon Ochiai, +0.208s	Kenta Kumagai, +0.397s
Race 2 (17 laps)	Soichiro Shioda, 32:06.220	Ryo Shirasaki, +0.256s	Haruto Nakai, +1.871s

Independent Class
Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	‘Hirobon’, 1:25.286	Shoichiro Akamatsu, +0.001s	‘Kentaro’, +0.037s
Race 1 (17 laps)	‘Hirobon’, 29:37.771	Yutaka Toriba, +1.545s	Shoichiro Akamatsu, +6.224s
Race 2 (17 laps)	‘Hirobon’, 30:17.269	‘Kentaro’, +1.223s	Shoichiro Akamatsu, +2.414s

Standings	Champion Class		Independent Class
	Drivers	Teams	Drivers	Teams
P1	Ryo Shirasaki, 168	TGR-DC Racing School, 192	‘Hirobon’, 201	Team 5Zigen, 201
P2	Ryo Sakai, 108	Kageyama Racing, 176	Yutaka Toriba, 117	Kageyama Racing, 117
P3	Masana Muto, 105	OTG Motor Sports, 63	‘Kentaro’, 111	B-Max Engineering, 115
P4	Buntaro Igarashi, 76	HFDP with B-Max Racing Team, 58	Nobuhiro Imada, 81	Field Motorsport, 111
P5	Kenta Kumagai, 63	Mitsusada Racing, 55	Masayoshi Oyama, 74	Akiland Racing, 94
P6	Masaki Hamabe, 62	Bionic Jack Racing, 48	‘Dragon’, 68	Rn-sports, 81
P7	Syo Momose, 56	B-Max Engineering, 36	Shoichiro Akamatsu, 60	Eagle Sports, 60
P8	Ryutaro Sakai, 55	Akiland Racing, 33	‘Ikari’, 57	Bionic Jack Racing, 57
P9	Soichiro Shioda, 48	Ponos Racing, 31	Makio Saito, 44	Helm Motorsports, 36
P10	Yuzuki Miura, 46	Eagle Sports, 18	Isao Nakashima, 42	Zap Speed, 30

Read the previous round’s report here.

FRegional Americas: Disastrous weekend for Papasavvas seals championship for Golan

The story of the season in FR Americas had been the constant back-and-forth battle between Brady Golan and Evagoras Papasavvas atop the championship standings. Yet after Golan snatched the lead with a strong weekend at Mosport, there was no response at Virginia International Raceway from Papasavvas, whose scoreless weekend meant Golan sealed the title a round early by the slimmest of margins.

It first became evident that Papasavvas was in trouble on Saturday morning when he qualified just fifth, more than a second behind Golan, who took pole position.

Golan and Kekai Hauanio quickly gapped the field at the start of race one, while Papasavvas passed Christian Bogle for fourth before taking the fight to Cooper Shipman. On lap three, however, the two collided entering Turn 4, with Papasavvas’ front wing breaking apart and Shipman’s right-rear tyre being punctured. 

Both were forced to enter the pit lane for repairs, and while Papasavvas was later penalised for the incident, the damage was already done – neither of Golan’s closest competitors would score a single point.

Hauanio shadowed Golan for the lead for most of the race before finally making his move with five minutes remaining. Into Turn 1, the Crosslink Motorsports driver dived to the inside. Golan entered the corner ahead but slid through the apex, and Hauanio snatched the lead. 

Later that lap, the safety car was deployed for the stricken car of Bogle, who had come to a stop with a mechanical issue. The race did not resume, with Hauanio earning his third victory of the season and Golan inching closer to the championship by finishing in second position. Luke Powers finished third.

Hauanio started race two from pole ahead of Papasavvas and Golan. Contact between Shipman and Powers in Turn 10 caused Shipman to drop to the back. Powers later received a 30-second penalty for the incident.

Hauanio began pulling away from the title protagonists as Papasavvas made a crucial pass on Golan for second. Unfortunately for the Ohio resident, the worst-case scenario played out as it had so often done throughout the season. Papasavvas stopped at Turn 11, which brought out the safety car and left him out of the race. 

The picture was clear for Golan now – passing Hauanio for the win would seal the championship before the final round even arrived. A second safety car period, triggered by Aiden Zelaya’s retirement, began almost as soon as the first period ended.

The stage was set for a one-lap shootout between Hauanio and Golan. With the championship on the line, Golan refused to be denied, making the race-winning and title-clinching overtake on that final tour and beating Hauanio to the line by just 0.281 seconds. Crosslink Motorsports filed a protest on Hauanio’s behalf against Golan, but it was later withdrawn.

Along with the championship trophy, Golan also earns $100,000 in scholarship money to further his career. The 19-year-old is the first drivers’ champion for Toney Driver Development, who narrowly lead the teams’ championship heading into Barber. 

Report by Owen White

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Brady Golan, 1:45.962	Cooper Shipman, +0.134s	Kekai Hauanio, +0.364s
Race 1 (16 laps)	Kekai Hauanio, 28:58.320	Brady Golan, +0.288s	Luke Powers, +12.981s
Race 2 (12 laps)	Brady Golan, 30:41.155	Kekai Hauanio, +0.281s	Aidan Schuh, +1.350s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Brady Golan, 282	Toney Driver Development, 538	Evagoras Papasavvas, 228.5
P2	Evagoras Papasavvas, 228.5	Crosslink Motorsports, 524	Cooper Shipman, 202
P3	Cooper Shipman, 202	Kiwi Motorsport, 310	Kekai Hauanio, 186.5
P4	Kekai Hauanio, 186.5	Atlantic Racing Team, 74	Luke Powers, 153
P5	Luke Powers, 153	Hillenburg Motorsports, 62	Harbir Dass, 108
P6	Christian Bogle, 152.5	Jensen Global Advisors, 14	Alex Bobadilla, 105
P7	Harbir Dass, 108	Momentum Motorsports, 7	Aidan Schuh, 91
P8	Alex Bobadilla, 105	MLT Motorsports, 6	Eric Wiśniewski, 46
P9	Aidan Schuh, 91		Whitney Strickland, 19
P10	James Lawley, 71		Aiden Zelaya, 8

Read the previous round’s report here.

F4 US: Irazú clinches championship with weekend sweep at VIR

Entering the weekend, the chances of someone other than Gastón Irazú taking the F4 US championship were slim to none. After two near-perfect races from the Uruguayan, those slim chances have vanished, although neither victory came easy.

Irazú stormed to his fifth consecutive pole on Friday. Zach Fourie, who entered the weekend with the best shot at catching Irazú, qualified only fifth.

Race one featured a spectacular opening two laps. Clemente Huerta and Fourie both passed Caleb Campbell in the first sector of the race, and Medeiros snatched the lead from Irazú in Turn 10.

Fourie slipped by Huerta on lap two while Irazú and Medeiros traded the top spot multiple times before the Canadian ran the Uruguayan wide at the exit of Turn 4. Fourie got a better exit and stole the lead, while Campbell overtook Medeiros for third position and caught up to Irazú before the safety car was deployed on lap seven for Luca Day’s spin.

Irazú challenged Fourie immediately after the restart, while Medeiros forced Campbell onto the dirt behind them. The top two exchanged the lead multiple times on the penultimate lap, with Irazú slipstreaming to the fore into Turn 13. 

On the final lap, Campbell slid into the barriers at Turn 11, while Irazú held off Fourie by just 0.268 seconds to take victory. Huerta finished third after Medeiros was penalised for forcing Campbell off track.

Entering race two, Fourie again started fifth in a race he needed to win to keep the title fight alive. Huerta started from pole, but Medeiros took the lead on the first lap entering Turn 13. Those two and Fourie went three abreast on the run to Turn 1, with Medeiros maintaining the spot as Fourie moved up to second. Entering Turn 8, Fourie challenged the Canadian, going wheel to wheel for the top spot.

And then Fourie’s championship hopes disappeared as quickly as they had come.

Contact with Medeiros sent Fourie sliding far into the grass and to the rear. Campbell sneaked around Medeiros to take his turn in the lead, but Irazú again proved his inevitability. He overtook Campbell at Turn 1 on lap four and built a sizeable gap interrupted only by a safety car for Medeiros, who slid into the barriers at Turn 11 on lap six. 

Although Campbell briefly challenged Irazú after the restart, the Uruguayan drove away once more, completing the weekend sweep and clinching the championship a round early. Huerta finished third behind Campbell.

Through 15 races, Irazú has nine wins and five further podiums, with no finish below second from the second round onwards. The now back-to-back champion on the Racing America ladder becomes only the second driver in F4 US history to score over 300 points, the first being Kyle Kirkwood in 2017. Irazú can also become the first driver to win a championship on all three levels of the Racing America ladder should he choose to accept his scholarship for the 2027 FR Americas season.

Report by Owen White

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Gastón Irazú, 1:53.981	Cole Medeiros, +0.216s	Caleb Campbell, +0.257s
Race 1 (13 laps)	Gastón Irazú, 30:03.506	Zach Fourie, +0.268s	Clemente Huerta, +2.586s
Race 2 (13 laps)	Gastón Irazú, 29:34.271	Caleb Campbell, +0.637s	Clemente Huerta, +2.324s

Standings	Drivers	Teams	Rookies
P1	Gastón Irazú, 309	Kiwi Motorsport, 498	Gastón Irazú, 309
P2	Zach Fourie, 223	Champagne Racing, 309	Zach Fourie, 223
P3	Caleb Campbell, 207	MLT Motorsports, 166	Cole Medeiros, 166
P4	Cole Medeiros, 166	Crosslink Motorsports, 105	Ayden Kohut, 104
P5	Clemente Huerta, 156	Momentum Motorsports, 100	Luca Day, 100
P6	Ayden Kohut, 104	Speed Factory, 54	Fernando Rivera, 97
P7	Luca Day, 100	RASE Motorsports, 32	Ben Ramirez, 32
P8	Fernando Rivera, 97	Vmax Motorsport, 28	Zain Khan, 5
P9	Ben Ramirez, 32	USNG Racing, 5
P10	Robert Soroka, 28

Read the previous round’s report here.

Ligier Junior Formula Championship: Jacir crowned Gen 1 champion as Kennedy continues Gen 2 domination

Beckham Jacir was crowned Gen 1 champion in LJFC’s second-to-last round at VIR as Edward Kennedy won both races overall and retook the lead in the Gen 2 standings.

The duo’s dominance began early in the weekend, as they set their respective class poles on Friday. At the start of race one, however, Ava Hanssen got the better start and took the lead. She slipped back to second after Jacir got back past through the Esses before the safety car was deployed at the end of the lap because of Alexander Savage’s crash at Turn 5a.

Three laps later, the race restarted with Jacir leading, while Jack Speth and Kennedy moved up to second and third overall and Ella White spun off at the final corner. Up ahead, Speth overtook Jacir for the lead, while Kennedy followed him through on the following lap on the main straight. Kennedy then took the lead shortly after and began inching away from Speth, the pair pulling away from the Gen 1 field.

On the final lap, Speth began attacking Kennedy for the lead, but in the end it was the Canadian who came out on top by just 0.014 seconds to take the win. Jacir rounded out the overall podium with a Gen 1 class win, with Lázaro Bainotti and Hanssen closing out the Gen 1 podium.

Jacir had a much better start in race two and held the lead on the opening lap, while Hanssen fended off Bainotti’s attacks for second. By lap two, Kennedy and Speth had gotten up to the first two positions, with Jacir settling back in third and Hanssen pitting at the end of the lap.

As Kennedy pulled away, Bainotti took over the Gen 1 lead on lap three. He held it until lap seven, when Jacir began attacking him for the class lead. After exchanging positions several times, the American took the position on lap 10 as the Argentine spun off at the final corner.

Bainotti rejoined the field in third in class, and it took him only a lap to get past AJ Abdullah to put himself back in second. Up ahead, Kennedy took the overall win ahead of Speth and Jacir, who sealed the Gen 1 title with a round to spare. Bainotti originally finished second in class but was relegated to third behind Abdullah after receiving a five-second penalty for a false start. Hanssen recovered to fourth after falling to last on the second lap.

Report by Marco Albertini

Results	P1	P2	P3
Qualifying	Edward Kennedy, 1:56.337	Jack Speth, +0.683s	Beckham Jacir, +0.873s
Race 1 (13 laps)	Edward Kennedy, 29:40.362	Jack Speth, +0.014s	Beckham Jacir, +10.010s
Race 2 (16 laps)	Edward Kennedy, 31:14.160	Jack Speth, +27.845s	Beckham Jacir, +29.243s

Standings	Gen 1			Gen 2
	Drivers	Teams	Rookies	Drivers
P1	Beckham Jacir, 305	Champagne Racing, 305	Lázaro Bainotti, 222	Edward Kennedy, 268
P2	Lázaro Bainotti, 222	Berg Racing, 300	AJ Abdullah, 137	Jack Speth, 255
P3	Ava Hanssen, 150	Speed Factory, 222	Alexander Savage, 112	Michael Fatutta, 18
P4	AJ Abdullah, 137	Ava Hanssen Racing, 150	Tyler Wade, 102
P5	Alexander Savage, 112	G Tech Motorsport, 126	Ella White, 81
P6	Tyler Wade, 102	Kiwi Motorsport, 30	Truly Adams, 51
P7	Ella White, 81		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: Alex Galli