An eye-popping 14 junior single-seater championships take to the track from Thursday to Sunday in what is the busiest weekend of all in 2026. Feeder Series gets you ready to follow the action from Baku to Brasília and everywhere in between.

By Feeder Series

The level of intensity this weekend is expected for the height of the summer racing season – those busy weekends in May or June when championship pictures begin to form or the throng of events that tend to coincide with F1’s British Grand Prix.

This weekend, however, is an anomaly: most of the 14 series we cover are winding down, with five racing for the last time in 2026 and five more possibly crowning champions early. The activity is spread out across five continents, with racing in the Americas, Asia, and Australia covered in our review on Monday and the European series covered on Tuesday. F2’s review article will precede both on Sunday to account for the shifted schedule that puts cars on track from Thursday to Saturday rather than Friday to Sunday.

Covering all the championships’ states of play here, in an already bulky preview, would be superfluous. Instead, consult our clickable table of contents below for quick links to find where your favourite teams and drivers are racing this weekend.

F2: Round 12, Baku

Circuit: Baku City Circuit, 6.003 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC+4)

Thursday 24 September

• 10:00–10:45: Free practice
• 14:00–14:20: Qualifying 1
• 14:30–14:50: Qualifying 2

Friday 25 September

• 08:15–09:05: Sprint race (21 laps or 45 minutes + 1 lap)
• 14:15–15:20: Feature race 1 (29 laps or 60 minutes + 1 lap) 

Saturday 26 September

• 11:00–12:05: Feature race 2 (29 laps or 60 minutes + 1 lap) 

How to follow: All sessions will be live-streamed on F1 TV, but fans can also follow them live via the series’ live timing service. Local viewing information can be found here.

Weather forecast: The forecast for the weekend is sunny and mostly dry, with no rain expected.

What to know: A national holiday on Sunday in Azerbaijan means each Formula 2 session has been brought forward by a day this weekend. 

But that’s not all, as an additional qualifying session and feature race have been added to the schedule. The format will follow that of the F3 finale in Madrid, meaning 67 points are up for grabs instead of the usual 39. 

Nikola Tsolov still maintains the championship lead, his advantage now only seven points following a scoreless round at the Madring. Rafael Câmara is second on 170, with Gabriele Minì in third on 153 points. 

Madrid feature race winner Dino Beganovic will return to the scene of his double podium and maiden F2 victory in 2025. Alex Dunne also placed on the podium in last year’s sprint and he hopes to continue closing the gap to the trio ahead of him in the standings.

Hiyu Yamakoshi (#22) will make his debut in the championship, stepping up with Van Amersfoort Racing from F3 after finishing ninth in this year’s standings. He will replace Nico Varrone, who announced last week he would not be returning to the team for the remainder of the season. 

Report by Cliona Sheerin

From the press: In F2, the only series on the junior single-seater ladder to include mandatory pit stops, tyre strategy and allocation shapes each weekend’s results. This year, teams and drivers have had to get to grips with subtle changes to the three softest compounds in the range. Read what the drivers and Pirelli make of the changes here. 

You can also read our takeaways from the previous round here.

Euroformula Open: Round 7, Monza

Circuit: Autodromo Nazionale Monza, 5.793 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC+2)

Thursday 24 September

• 09:00–09:50: Private test 1
• 12:20–13:10: Private test 2
• 16:00–16:50: Private test 3

Friday 25 September

• 09:30–10:10: Free practice 1
• 14:00–14:40: Free practice 2 

Saturday 26 September

• 09:50–10:10: Qualifying
• 13:05–13:35: Race 1 (16 laps)
• 17:50–18:20: Race 2 (16 laps)

Sunday 27 September

• 10:05–10:35: Race 3

How to follow: Qualifying and each race will be available to watch live on the Euroformula Open official YouTube channel. Live timing will be available at Cronococa.

Weather forecast: Warm and mostly sunny all weekend with some intermittent clouds.

What to know: Euroformula Open heads to the Temple of Speed this weekend for the penultimate round of the season.

For the first time all season, Enzo Yeh has the opportunity to clinch the championship. The Taiwanese driver goes into Monza with an advantage of 85 points over his nearest rival. There are only 79 points available each weekend, although Yeh stands to lose the most to dropped scores by having no non-scoring races.

Two drivers can surpass him. The first is Diego de la Torre, who took his second victory in Hockenheim. The Mexican will hope to overcome the championship leader twice or three times this weekend, having beaten Yeh at most once per weekend so far.

Compatriot Jesse Carrasquedo Jr will hope to continue his strong recent form. The 19-year-old looked to be Yeh’s closest competitor at Hockenheim – but this time he’ll want to be in front.

Neri Autosport by Aaron Ferrazzano are set to return to the Euroformula Open paddock this weekend, bringing their driver Aaron Ferrazzano (#58) back to the grid. The young Belgian has achieved a best result of fifth twice over this season and currently sits 13th in the standings. Hockenheim was the first round he missed all season.

Two other changes were observable in testing. Motopark’s Everett Stack, who was second in the championship heading into Hockenheim, is again absent following his withdrawal from the last round for personal reasons. In the car in his place is Niels Koolen (#9), who is experienced in the upper levels of the European and American ladders. The 25-year-old Dutchman has competed in Indy NXT since 2024 and contested the Monza and Baku rounds of the 2024 F2 championship as well.

BVM’s line-up has also been reduced to three cars, with Maya Weug not set to be continuing for a second round and Divy Nandan, who withdrew from Hockenheim, also not back despite suggestions to the contrary. In testing, Ferrari junior and recent F3 debutant Niccolò Maccagnani (#1) appeared for the team. The 16-year-old Italian has raced for Prema at the F4 level and sits 10th in the Italian F4 standings and 11th in E4, though he already missed the most recent round of the former and is not expected to continue in either series.

Report by Archie Harper

Read the previous round’s report here.

Eurocup-3: Round 6, Jerez

Circuit: Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto, 4.428 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC+2)

Friday 25 September

• 10:10–10:50: Official test 1
• 12:50–13:30: Official test 2

Saturday 26 September

• 09:30–09:50: Qualifying 1
• 11:55–12:30: Race 1
• 15:00–15:25: Sprint race

Sunday 27 September

• 10:30–10:50: Qualifying 2
• 13:40–14:15: Race 2

How to follow: All sessions will have live timing at Al Kamel Systems. All races will be streamed on the Eurocup-3 YouTube channel. 

Weather forecast: Hot and mostly sunny on Friday and Saturday, with temperatures reaching as high as 37°C. Slightly cooler on Sunday.

What to know: Following the cancellation of its planned round at the Madring, Eurocup-3 returns to Jerez for its first round alongside Spanish F4 since Portimão in June. As was previously reported, the championship will run the sprint race format previously seen on the Saturdays of rounds supporting the European Le Mans Series.

With a 107-point lead in the drivers’ standings over MP Motorsport’s Ean Eyckmans, James Egozi only needs to increase his advantage by at least five points to crown himself champion two rounds early. This would be the earliest a Eurocup-3 drivers’ title has been sealed, beating Mattia Colnaghi’s record of two races early last year, also at Jerez.

In the teams’ championship, Palou Motorsport, for whom Egozi races, currently have an 83-point advantage over MP.

At Campos Racing, Maximilian Popov (#5) will replace Patrick Heuzenroeder for the rest of the season. The Italian-licensed Russian driver took a win at Spa on his way to 11th in FR Europe with Trident and previously competed as a guest driver at last year’s season finale with GRS Team. Heuzenroeder was ninth in the standings.

Juan Cota (#11) and Alex Powell (#41) will return to TC Racing and Campos this weekend. The former previously competed at Imola and Monza, whilst the latter returns from his F3 stint with Prema, with whom he scored a podium in the Madrid sprint race while his Eurocup-3 peers raced at Silverstone. Cota’s return means that Valentin Kluss will be absent this weekend.

Powell’s stand-in Francisco Macedo (#44) and Trident FREC driver Kai Daryanani (#70) will form an all-new lineup at GRS Team this weekend. Macedo finished a best of 10th at Silverstone last time out and will deputise for Rayan Caretti this weekend. Daryanani – who competed in a part-time Eurocup-3 campaign last year with KCL by MP – finished 25th in the FR Europe standings and will compete for the rest of the season.

Daryanani’s arrival has resulted in previous occupant Dani Maciá (#22)’s move to Tecnicar to replace Nacho Tuñón, who will compete in Spanish F4 this weekend.

Report by Seb Tirado

From the press: Eurocup-3 and GB3 run on the same continent and at the same level, but rarely have they had drivers move from one to the other – until 2026. Seven drivers who raced in GB3 in 2025 ran the opening round of Eurocup-3 in 2026, with several staying for the full season. Why did they move, and why now? Click here to find out what they said.

You can also read the previous round’s report here.

GB3: Round 7, Brands Hatch

Circuit: Brands Hatch GP, 3.916 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC+1) 

Friday 25 September

• 09:30–09:55: Test session 1
• 11:30–11:55: Test session 2 
• 14:15–14:40: Test session 3
• 16:15–16:40: Test session 4

Saturday 26 September

• 09:00–09:15: Free practice 1
• 11:00–11:15: Qualifying 1
• 11:20–11:35: Qualifying 2
• 15:05–15:30: Race 1

Sunday 27 September

• 11:05–11:30: Race 2
• 15:45–16:10: Race 3

How to follow: All races will be broadcasted live on the MSV TV YouTube channel, with the stream also being shown on the GB3 website and Facebook page. Live timings for all the weekend’s sessions can be found through TSL Timing and the live timing page on the GB3 website. 

Weather forecast: Cloudy for most of the weekend with a chance of some sunny spells. Rain possible on Sunday. 

What to know: GB3 reaches its penultimate round of the 2026 season at Brands Hatch this weekend.  

VRD Racing’s Nikita Bedrin still sits on top of the drivers’ standings on 392 points. However, an unlucky round for the Italian-licensed driver last time out at Donington Park saw Rodin Motorsport’s Martin Molnár close in, bringing Bedrin’s lead down to 79 points. Xcel Motorsport’s Lucas Fluxá holds onto third position, eight points back from Molnár. Bedrin will clinch the title a round early if he has a gap of 102 points or more.

Rodin Motorsport also took over the lead of the teams’ championship with 657 points, holding a four-point advantage over second-placed VRD Racing. Xcel Motorsport are third on 556 points.

Both Hitech’s Deagen Fairclough and Xcel Motorsport’s Rowan Campbell-Pilling took race wins at Donington Park, with Campbell-Pilling’s victory being his first. They are fourth and sixth in the standings respectively. 

Kanato Le replaces Jacob Micallef at Hitech this weekend. The Japanese driver raced part-time in GB3 last season with Hillspeed and finished 14th in the championship with a win and two further podiums. This year he raced in F3, finishing 20th in the championship with one podium. Micallef will instead compete in Spanish F4, his main campaign.

Report by Isabelle Chandler

Read the previous round’s report here.

GB4: Round 7, Brands Hatch

Circuit: Brands Hatch GP, 3.916 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC+1) 

Friday 25 September

• 09:00–09:25: Test session 1
• 11:00–11:25: Test session 2
• 13:45–14:10: Test session 3
• 15:45–16:10: Test session 4

Saturday 26 September

• 13:20–13:35: Qualifying
• 17:20–17:40: Race 1

Sunday 27 September

• 12:20–12:40: Race 2
• 17:00–17:20: Race 3

How to follow: All races are available to watch live on the MSV TV YouTube channel, with the stream also being shown on the GB4 Facebook page and website. Live timing for all of the weekend’s sessions can be found through TSL Timing and the GB4 website. 

Weather forecast: Cloudy for most of the weekend, with a chance of some sunny spells. Rain possible on Sunday.

What to know: It’s the finale of the 2026 GB4 Championship this weekend at Brands Hatch, with the drivers taking to the GP layout for three final races.  

Currently, five drivers are mathematically in contention for the drivers’ title. KMR Sport’s Alex O’Grady sits in the top spot on 373 points, with Elite Motorsport’s Fred Green 49 points back from the Irishman. Douglas Motorsport’s Dayton Coulthard holds on to third position on 290 points, while Hillspeed’s Enzo Hallman sits a further nine points behind. Fortec Motorsport’s Thomas Ingram Hill is the final contender in fifth, on 277 points.  

Elite Motorsport now lead the way in the teams’ standings on 547 points, with Green and Yani Stevenheydens both taking wins for the team last time out at Donington Park. Pace Performance hold on to second with 530 points after Josh McLean also took a win at Donington. 

Emmilio Valentino Del Grosso (#5) is expected to return to Elite Motorsport this weekend after sitting out the Donington Park round because of injury. Yani Stevenheydens, who occupied the seat as a stand-in driver, has returned to his GT4 programme with the team.

Report by Isabelle Chandler

Read the previous round’s report here.

British F4: Round 9, Silverstone

Circuit: Silverstone National Circuit, 2.640 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC+1) 

Friday 25 September

• 10:25–11:10: Practice 1
• 14:25–15:10: Practice 2

Saturday 26 September

• 09:15–09:35: Qualifying
• 15:35–15:55: Race 1

Sunday 27 September

• 09:50–10:10: Race 2
• 15:15–15:40: Race 3

How to follow: Race one will be available for all viewers on the British F4 YouTube page. Races two and three will be available on ITV4 and ITVX for UK viewers and on the British F4 YouTube page for international viewers. Live timing for all sessions can be found on TSL Timing.

Weather forecast: Sunny intervals across the weekend, with rain possible on Sunday afternoon.

What to know: British F4 heads to Silverstone for the second time in 2026, taking to the shorter National circuit for the penultimate round of the season.

Despite being forced to sit out at Donington Park, Dries Van Langendonck re-established a strong lead in the standings with two wins at Croft to sit 33 points clear of Lewis Wherrell.

The McLaren junior continues to chip away at Wherrell’s lead in the Rookie Cup standings, having taken 16 points out of the JHR driver’s points margin at Croft.

Chris Dittmann Racing’s Tommy Harfield took his second career win on the National circuit last year with a bold dive to the inside of eventual champion Fionn McLaughlin. The 17-year-old is still looking for his first win of the season, and Silverstone could prove to be his best opportunity.

Timo Jüngling (#2) returns to the grid, having been excluded from the running at Croft after collecting 12 penalty points over the course of the season. Instead, it is Scott Kin Lindblom who will be excluded this weekend. His place at Hitech will be taken by 15-year-old Welsh driver Archie Owen (#45), who steps up from karting for his single-seater debut ahead of his F4 Saudi Arabia campaign.

Also returning to the series is Indonesian driver Qarrar Firhand (#71). The 15-year-old made his single-seater debut at Thruxton with Argenti and now moves to Fortec for the final two rounds of the season, filling the injured Kit Belofsky’s seat.

Virtuosi Racing will return to a four-car line-up for Silverstone and Brands Hatch, with American driver Charlie Smith (#78) making his single-seater debut with the team. Earlier this month, Smith tested F4-level machinery with both Virtuosi and GB4 team Elite Motorsport.

Report by Gavin Guthrie

Read the previous round’s report here.

Spanish F4: Round 5, Jerez

Circuit: Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto, 4.428 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC+2)

Friday 25 September

• 09:00–10:00: Official test
• 12:10–12:40: Free practice 1
• 14:50–15:20: Free practice 2

Saturday 26 September

• 09:00–09:20: Qualifying 1
• 10:50–11:25: Race 1
• 14:00–14:30: Race 2

Sunday 27 September

• 10:00–10:20: Qualifying 2
• 12:50–13:25: Race 2

How to follow: All sessions will have live timing at Al Kamel Systems. All races will be streamed on the Spanish F4 YouTube channel in English and Spanish. 

Weather forecast: Hot and mostly sunny on Friday and Saturday, with temperatures reaching as high as 37°C. Slightly cooler on Sunday.

What to know: For the second year running, Jerez hosts Spanish F4’s fifth round of the season. New championship leader Kasper Schormans heads to Andalusia with an 18-point advantage over MP Motorsport stablemate and fellow rookie Borys Łyżeń after taking two second-place finishes and a win last time out at Jarama. In the teams’ standings, the Dutch outfit overtook previous leaders T-Code, who only managed a best result of fourth during the weekend with Andrej Petrović. 

The Serbian driver in third is the highest-placed returning driver from last year, but he failed to score at last year’s Jerez round. The returnees with the largest points haul from Jerez are Noah Monteiro, currently fourth in the standings, and Nathan Tye, currently seventh. The pair each scored 22 points, the former doing so with a best of fourth in race three and the latter scoring in every race, including a third-place finish in race two.

Beau Lowette departed TC Racing after Jarama, and he has been replaced by former Red Bull junior Niklas Schaufler (#24). The 16-year-old, now aligned with Aston Martin, finished 10th in Spanish F4 last year with KCL by MP and has since competed primarily in OK category karting, finishing fifth overall in the FIA Karting European Championship.

Zoe Florescu (#18), F1 Academy’s wild card entrant for Zandvoort, returns to Tecnicar this weekend as Max Mokarem heads back to USF Juniors, whilst Ryusho Nakazato (#96) returns to GRS Team after previously competing at Aragon. He takes the place of Sandro Pérez, who will compete in GR Cup Spain instead. 

Two drivers are also coming over from Italian F4 this weekend: Lucas Pasquinetti (#39) in place of Louis Cochet at KCL by MP, and Thiago Palotini (#73) in place of Brazilian F4 championship leader Fausto Arnaudo.

Pasquinetti competed with Trident in Italian F4’s most recent round at Misano, where he took a best result of 18th in race one. The Italian driver also competed in UAE4 with X GP and finished 41st in the standings. 

Palotini competed in the Misano season opener with Alpha 54 Racing and entered but later withdrew from the following round at Vallelunga.

Lastly, Jorge Bruno (#71) will replace Dean Pedersen at DX Racing Team this weekend. The Argentine driver was initially set to compete in Spanish F4 with the team, but he later switched to Drivex’s new F4 CEZ entry. He is currently 33rd in the standings and was absent for the most recent round at Brno.

Report by Seb Tirado

Read the previous round’s report here.

USF Pro 2000: Round 9, Road America

Circuit: Road America, 6.515 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC−5)

Thursday 24 September

• 10:40–11:15: Test session 1
• 13:55–14:30: Test session 2

Friday 25 September

• 08:00–08:30: Practice 1
• 11:00–11:30: Qualifying
• 15:20–16:00: Race 1 (15 laps) 

Saturday 26 September

• 11:00–11:40: Race 2 (15 laps) 
• 16:10–16:50: Race 3 (15 laps)

How to follow: All sessions will be streamed live on the USF Pro Championships YouTube channel. Live Timing will be available on the USF Pro 2000 website and the USF Pro Championships app.

Weather forecast: Mostly sunny all weekend.

What to know: USF Pro 2000 heads to Road America for the second time this season as the championship concludes. Three races will decide the 2026 champion, who will earn a scholarship worth $593,056 to aid their progress towards Indy NXT in 2027.

Coming into the final three races of the season, Exclusive Autosport driver Jack Jeffers leads the championship, 17 points ahead of Turn 3 Motorsport driver Leonardo Escorpioni in second place and 35 points ahead of Pabst Racing’s G3 Argyros in third.

With 99 points available this weekend, Andrés Cárdenas 66 points behind, Milwaukee race winner Thomas Schrage 69 points behind, and Frankie Mossman 85 points behind still have a mathematical shot at the championship, though a lot would need to happen for them to win.

Seventeen drivers are on the grid this weekend with two debutants among them. Clemente Huerta (#5) joins Jay Howard Driver Development Powered By ECR, replacing Tanner DeFabis. The 17-year-old has competed in F4 US for the last two seasons, spending most of that time at Kiwi Motorsport. Last year, Huerta finished fourth in the championship with six podiums in 17 races. This year, with one weekend left in the championship, the Chilean sits fifth in the championship with four podium finishes.

Aidan Schuh (#28) is also making his USF Pro 2000 debut at Road America this weekend. The 23-year-old former competitive mountain biker currently races in FR Americas with Crosslink Motorsports and he sits ninth in the standings after 18 races. Schuh is also part of the AJ Foyt Racing driver development team. 

Exclusive Autosport driver Evan Cooley is not on the USF Pro 2000 grid this weekend but is in action at Road America as he returns to USF2000 with the team. Comet/NCMP Racing and driver Logan Adams are also not on the grid this weekend.

Report by Vincent van der Hoek

Read the previous round’s report here.

USF2000: Round 8, Road America

Circuit: Road America, 6.515 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC−5)

Thursday 24 September

• 09:50–10:25: Test session 1
• 13:05–13:40: Test session 2
• 16:30–17:00: Practice 

Friday 25 September

• 10:15–10:45: Qualifying
• 14:10–14:50: Race 1 (12 laps) 

Saturday 26 September

• 10:00–10:40: Race 2 (12 laps) 
• 14:55–15:35: Race 3 (12 laps)

How to follow: All sessions will be streamed live on the USF Pro Championships YouTube channel. Live Timing will be available on the USF2000 website and the USF Pro Championships app.

Weather forecast: Mostly sunny all weekend.

What to know: USF2000 visits Road America for the second time this season as their season finale with three races set to decide the 2026 USF2000 champion. Just as in USF Pro 2000, the USF2000 champion wins a scholarship to aid progression up the ladder, in this case amounting to a prize package of $409,816 to put towards USF Pro 2000.

DEForce Racing’s Sebastian Garzón has led the championship at every round of the season so far, but a disappointing result in race two at Markham brought the Colombian’s lead down to 13 points over Pabst Racing’s Brad Majman in second place. Majman’s teammate Eddie Beswick sits third in the standings, 72 points behind.

With 99 points available, Evan Cooley and Oliver Wheldon are the final drivers in mathematical contention for the championship at 94 and 99 points behind respectively, though Wheldon will be eliminated as soon as Garzón starts a race.

Eighteen drivers are set to race at Road America this weekend, down from the 23 drivers at Markham. Connor Aspley (#91) returns to USF2000 with Exclusive Motorsport, electing to race in the second tier of the USF Pro Championships ladder instead of USF Juniors, in which he sits 21st in the standings. 

Elías Vignola and Cole Medeiros return to USF Juniors this weekend for the lowest rung’s round at Road America, while Anthony Martella has moved up to USF Pro 2000 with Exclusive Autosport. Kaylee Countryman, Max Cuthbert and Dean Pedersen are not on the grid this weekend.

Report by Vincent van der Hoek

From the press: With roots in cycling, ENVE Motorsports made their debut in USF2000 just over a year ago. Co-owned by Indy NXT driver Matteo Nannini and entrepreneur Mark Hancock, the team are eyeing an expansion across the IndyCar ladder in the near future. Get to know the team and their goals for the future here. 

You can also read the previous round’s report here.

USF Juniors: Round 6, Road America

Circuit: Road America, 6.515 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC−5)

Thursday 24 September

• 09:00–09:35: Test 1
• 11:30–12:05: Test 2
• 15:45–16:15: Practice

Friday 25 September

• 09:30–10:00: Qualifying
• 12:30–13:10: Race 1

Saturday 26 September

• 09:00–09:40: Race 2
• 12:40–13:20: Race 3

How to follow: All sessions will be streamed live on the USF Pro Championships YouTube channel. Live Timing will be available on the USF Juniors website and the USF Pro Championships app.

Weather forecast: Mostly sunny all weekend

What to know: USF Juniors heads to Wisconsin for its final round of the season at Road America, rejoining the other USF series for only the second time this year.

Last time out at Lime Rock in July, Edward Kennedy starred by winning both races on track. In race one, however, the Canadian received a five-second penalty for jumping the start, giving the win to Karol Pasiewicz, who is in prime position to seal the USF Juniors crown this weekend.

With 99 points on offer, the Pole can clinch the title as early as race one if he has 66 or more points over his nearest rival at the flag. Max Mokarem, Bex Cranston and Olivier Mrak are still in mathematical contention, but with closest rival Mokarem 80 points behind, it will take a shock to deny Pasiewicz a near-guaranteed crown.

Newly announced Gianmatteo Rousseau (#69) will join Zanella Racing to make his single-seater debut ahead of a full-time campaign in Spanish F4 in 2027. The 14-year-old Panamanian karter raced in OK karts this year for Birel ART Racing.

The other new additions on the entry list are Alexander Savage (#3) for newcomers Savage Auto Sport, Indy Andersen (#8) for JHDD by ECR and Juan Garciarce (#14) for DEForce Racing.

Florida-based Savage sits fifth in the Gen 1 standings of the Ligier Junior Formula Championship, racing for G Tech Motorsports. Indiana native Andersen is currently third in the Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series points. Fourteen-year-old Mexican Garciarce, the younger brother of fellow racer and recent USF Pro 2000 competitor Jorge Garciarce, makes his single-seater debut after competing in OK-Junior karts in Europe, most notably finishing 38th in the 2026 FIA Karting European Championship.

Missing from the entry list are the JHDD duo of Casper Nissen and Max Cuthbert, with Cuthbert focusing on preparing for his 2027 USF2000 campaign. Brenden Cooley has moved up to Exclusive’s USF2000 roster for the finale.

Report by Marco Albertini

Read the previous round’s report here.

FRegional Japan: Round 5, Fuji

Circuit: Fuji Speedway, 4.563 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC+9)

Friday 25 September

• 09:00–09:45: Free practice 1
• 13:15–14:00: Free practice 2

Saturday 26 September

• 08:10–08:55: Qualifying
• 13:10–13:40: Race 1 
• 17:00–17:30: Race 2 

How to follow: All races are live-streamed for free on the series’ official YouTube channel. Live timing is available at frj.racelive.jp.

Weather forecast:  Cloudy all weekend, with rain likely on Saturday and Sunday.

What to know: Formula Regional Japan heads to its penultimate round of the season at Fuji this weekend with its biggest grid in history consisting of 18 drivers. This round marks the series’ annual occasion of supporting the FIA World Endurance Championship.

A three-way title fight awaits at Fuji as just 14 points separate Toyota junior Yuzuki Miura and Ponos Racing’s Ryota Horachi and Kento Omiya. 

While the Ponos duo has twice as many wins as the TOM’S duo of Miura and Masana Muto, the odds stand against them this weekend. The past eight races at Fuji were all won by TOM’S and predecessor TGR-DC Racing School. 

And a previous winner at Fuji – Tokiya Suzuki (#38) – will also return to the championship this weekend in place of the injured Masana Muto at TOM’S. Suzuki was last year’s runner-up and switched to Super Formula Lights this year, where he came fourth in the drivers’ championship with three wins.

Rn-sports’ Yu Oda (#10) returns in place of Hibiki Komatsu.

“Z.Falcon” (#77) will make his debut in Formula Regional Japan this weekend with Nilzz Racing and compete in the masters’ class. He has been racing in Ferrari Challenge Japan since 2025 and has taken two wins. 

Fellow masters “Daisuke” (#21) of TB Hopper’s, Soichiro Akamatsu (#40) of Eagle Sports and “Seimei” (#60) of Tomei Sports all return to the championship, while “Akita” of Abbey Racing is absent. 

Report by Finjo Muschlien

Read the previous round’s report here.

Chinese F4: Round 5, Zhuzhou

Circuit: Hunan Zhuzhou International Circuit, 3.774 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC+8)

Friday 25 September

• 09:00–09:30: Free practice 1
• 10:30–11:00: Free practice 2
• 14:00–14:30: Qualifying 1
• 16:00–16:30: Qualifying 2

Saturday 26 September

• 10:15–10:55: Race 1
• 14:45–15:25: Race 2 

Sunday 27 September

• 10:15–10:55: Race 3
• 15:05–15:45: Race 4

How to follow: The series can be streamed on the Recording China Baidu account. Races are also streamed on series’ organiser Mintimes’ WeChat channel, but users require a WeChat account to access it. 

Weather forecast: Sunny on Friday and Saturday, with increasing clouds on Sunday. Hot, with temperatures near 34°C. 

What to know: Chinese F4 heads to Zhuzhou for the first time for its fifth round of the season this weekend. 

Leading the championship heading into Zhuzhou is Timur Shagaliev with 255 points, 47 points ahead of his rival Kimi Chan. 

Last time out in Chengdu, Shagaliev managed to snatch the championship lead away from Chan after winning two races and standing on the podium in all four races. Chan had a disappointing weekend, with fifth-place finishes in races two and three his only points. He was disqualified from race one for a technical infringement and failed to score in race four by finishing 17th. Meanwhile, Yu Yan scored his first win in the series in the fourth race at Chengdu to assume third overall in the championship. 

Jiang Wei (#99) will return for Black Blade GP this weekend in Zhuzhou after sitting out the round at Chengdu. Viktor Turkin, who raced in the series last year, will return to race in the last two rounds of the championship with Asia Racing Team. He finished 23rd overall in the standings with six points. Pointer Racing’s Yuanyang Zeshi will sit out this round to race in the Shanghai 8 Hours. 

Report by Kaylene Lau

Read the previous round’s report here.

Brazilian F4: Round 4, Brasília

Circuit: Autódromo Internacional de Brasília, 5.384 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC−3)

Thursday 24 September

• 08:00–08:45: Extra practice 1
• 11:10–11:55: Extra practice 2
• 14:00–14:45: Extra practice 3

Friday 25 September

• 08:30–09:10: Free practice 1
• 11:50–12:30: Free practice 2
• 17:40–18:00: Qualifying

Saturday 26 September

• 12:13–12:46: Race 1 (30 minutes + 1 lap)
• 17:08–17:41: Race 2 (30 minutes + 1 lap)

Sunday 27 September

• 15:08–15:41: Race 3 (30 minutes + 1 lap) 

How to follow: Races will be streamed live on the series’ YouTube channel and on High Speed TV, both with Portuguese commentary.

Weather forecast: Hot, with temperatures up to 32°C. Cloudy on Friday, while Saturday is mostly cloudy with possible showers. Mostly sunny on Sunday.

What to know: Continuing on from its calendar uncertainty, Brazilian F4 returns this weekend with a last-minute fourth round of the season at Brasília.

Heading into this weekend, Fausto Arnaudo leads the way on 123 points after winning four of the last six races and finishing no lower than second last time out at Interlagos. Trailing him by 22 points is Bernardo Gentil, who finished second in race one, but a spin in race two and a quiet race three saw him lose more ground to the Argentine.

Six points behind him in third is Pietro Mesquita, who finished third in race two behind Arnaudo. The top five is rounded out by Pedro Lins and Paulo Willemann, tied on 69 points. The only other race winner last time out, Celo Hahn, sits eighth overall on 60 points, behind Nacho Díaz and Enricco Abreu.

The entry list remains mostly the same from the previous round, albeit with the absence of Cavaleiro’s Naim Saleh, who is instead competing in USF2000. Fabrício Fogaça (#33) meanwhile returns to Cavaleiro Sports after missing the last two rounds because of his Italian F4 commitments. 

Report by Marco Albertini

Read the previous round’s report here.

AU4: Round 5, Queensland

Circuit: Queensland Raceway National Circuit, 3.126 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC+10)

Friday 25 September

• 08:00–08:30: Practice 1
• 13:00–13:30: Practice 2

Saturday 26 September

• 08:30–09:15: Official practice
• 10:25–10:40: Qualifying 1
• 10:45–11:00: Qualifying 2
• 13:00–13:25: Race 1

Sunday 27 September

• 09:00–09:25: Race 2
• 12:30–12:55: Race 3

How to follow: Sessions will be streamed on Blend Line TV, which can also be found on YouTube. Live timing will be available on NatSoft.

Weather forecast: Partly cloudy on Friday and Saturday. Sunny on Sunday, with temperatures up to 30°C.

What to know: AU4 heads into its final round at the Queensland Raceway with six points separating Tim Macrow Racing’s Marco Manson and AGI Sport’s Jensen Marold. 

A tight battle for the title awaits at the season finale. Last round, New Zealand’s Manson claimed two victories and a podium, meaning he now leads the championship by six points. He is directly ahead of season-long rival Marold, who had a bumpy weekend.

The South Australian was hit with a grid penalty that dropped him from first to third in the first qualifying session before a pit-lane start in race three left him with ground to make up en route to fifth. 

The Gen 1 title is even closer, with Jackson Culver leading the standings by just one point over Koby Wilson. Culver is currently on an 11-race podium streak, but Wilson has the most wins of the pair with six. Also still in contention is Lewis Gotch, a further 12 points back after being disqualified from the final race last time out.

Report by Aliyah Desabayla 

Read the previous round’s report here.

All times and forecasts listed above are subject to change. For the most up-to-date information, follow each series’ websites or social media pages.

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