Several more junior single-seater titles are set to be decided in the next three days as more and more championships wrap up their seasons. Feeder Series previews the action across Europe and Japan.

By Feeder Series

F4 racing continues to occupy the spotlight this weekend with F3 concluded and F2 not racing for the month. Italian F4’s sister series E4, French F4, and British F4 all conclude their 2026 editions, while Spanish F4 holds its second-to-last round of the season at Navarra. The F4-spec Kyojo Cup is also racing in Japan, while Saudi Arabia’s F4 series has, by press time, already concluded its second round, held mid-week. Reports for all those series will be published on Monday morning.

FRegional Japan is the only non-F4 series on the agenda this weekend, and it has some of the most enticing action on the horizon. A second consecutive round at Fuji – where it will be joined by the Kyojo Cup – sets the stage for three-way showdowns in the drivers’ and masters’ championships and a manufacturer–independent duel in the teams’ standings. Keep reading to find out how to follow all the action coming up.

If the single-seater action isn’t enough, the second batch of FIA Karting World Cup winners will be crowned this weekend as the OK-N and OK-NJ categories take to Viterbo. In OK-N, 2025 winner Manuel Scognamiglio returns to defend his title, and recently crowned USF Juniors champion Karol Pasiewicz takes on the event for the first time. The driver to beat in OK-NJ is Mercedes junior Niccolò Perico, but he’ll face stiff competition from the 117-strong field.

Formula Regional Japan: Round 6, Fuji

Circuit: Fuji Speedway, 4.563 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC+9) 

Friday 9 October

• 09:25–10:10: Practice 1
• 13:50–14:35: Practice 2

Saturday 10 October

• 08:05–08:20: Qualifying 1
• 08:30–08:45: Qualifying 2
• 11:00–11:30: Race 1

Sunday 11 October

• 08:40–09:10: 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: Mostly sunny all weekend, with minimal rain expected.

What to know: It’s time to crown the champions.

Formula Regional Japan enters its final round of the season at Fuji this weekend, with the drivers’ championship, the masters’ championship and the teams’ championship all to be decided.

And it’s three drivers who could win their first title in single-seaters in the overall drivers’ championship. TOM’S’ Yuzuki Miura leads the standings on 200.5 points with the Ponos Racing duo consisting of Ryota Horachi and Kento Omiya chasing him on 189 and 186.5 points respectively. 

Neither of the trio made it to the top step of the podium at the previous Fuji round, though, as Miura’s stand-in teammate Tokiya Suzuki dominated both races in wet conditions. 

In the masters’ class, a three-way fight likewise awaits. Seven points separate the top three as Masayuki Ueda leads on 182.5 points, pursued by Yutaka Toriba and Hideaki Irie on 182 and 175.5 respectively. “Akita” on 172 points is not attending this round despite having a mathematical chance of winning the title. 

Ponos lead TOM’S in the teams’ championship by 11 points. Only the best finisher from each team in each race contributes points in this ranking.

As for driver changes, Tosei Moriyama (#10) will make his first appearance in single-seaters this year after competing in Japanese F4 and one round of Super Formula Lights last year. The former Honda junior replaces Yu Oda. Soichiro Akamatsu of Eagle Sports, who sits fifth in the masters’ standings with five class podium finishes, will miss this weekend’s round.

Report by Finjo Muschlien

Read the previous round’s report here.

E4: Round 3, Monza

Circuit: Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, 5.793 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC+2)

Friday 9 October 

• 08:30–09:10: Free practice 1
• 12:35–13:15: Free practice 2
• 17:20–17:35: Qualifying 1
• 17:45–18:00: Qualifying 2

Saturday 10 October

• 13:45–14:15: Race 1

Sunday 11 October 

• 08:30–09:00: Race 2
• 13:40–14:10: Race 3

How to follow: Races are streamed live on ACI Sport’s YouTube channel and Facebook page. Live timing for all sessions can be found on Perugia Timing. 

Weather forecast: Mostly sunny and warm all weekend. 

What to know: Italian F4 champion Luka Sammalisto took his maiden single-seater title with considerable hype and a round to spare in Misano, but the Monza round of sister series E4 is set to ask more questions of him. Heading into the weekend, Sammalisto sits second in the standings, 14 points back from Mercedes junior Kenzo Craigie. The US Racing driver’s situation wasn’t helped by his rival’s double win last time out at Le Castellet, while the 18-year-old Finn notched a single third place. 

Alp Aksoy meanwhile is fighting for both the overall and rookie titles, 26 points back from Craigie in the former. In the rookie standings, neither has finished off the podium. Christian Costoya is also in contention, but he, like Aksoy, has just one class win, and he sits 34 points back from Craigie. 

In the teams’ championship, US Racing lead Prema by 23 points after a tense season-long battle. 

US Racing are fielding a new face this weekend in Iacopo Martinese (#28), who has switched to the team from PHM Racing. In his six E4 races with the German outfit, the Italian scored a best result of 16th at Paul Ricard, while in Italian F4 his best result came at the most recent round at Misano, where he finished seventh in the first race of the weekend. In UAE4 he scored his first podium of his junior career, a third-place finish at Dubai. He will be replacing Edu Robinson, who currently sits 10th in the standings in his second year in the series. 

Cram Motorsport are set to field two drivers new to the series this weekend, with Germany’s Simon Rechenmacher (#38), a race winner in F4 CEZ, coming over with previous experience in Italian F4 as well. Teammate Dean Pedersen (#70) has competed on both sides of the Atlantic in his first year of single-seaters, with highlights including a podium at the Slovakiaring round of F4 CEZ and two top-10 finishes in a partial season of Italian F4. He also competed at Markham in USF2000 and in two rounds of Spanish F4.

Trident also have two fresh faces in the form of Sun Yibei (#48) and Lucas Pasquinetti (#77). The former will experience his first single-seater action having undertaken a driver development programme with the team since the start of the year. He notched a best major karting result of eighth at the Cremona round of the WSK Euro Series in OK last year with Trident-affiliated Ricky Flynn Motorsport. Pasquinetti arrives with experience in Italian F4, Spanish F4 and UAE4, with a best career finish of 18th scored at Misano in the former. This will be his E4 championship debut.

Trident’s changes accompany the departure of Lyuboslav Ruykov, who moved to Prema Racing for both Italian F4 and E4 in September. The Italian team will field no fewer than eight cars this weekend, with Vicky Farfus (#12) and Filippo Sala (#5) also set to join the undefeated teams’ champions for the final weekend of the season. Farfus has support from the Iron Dames programme and has undergone an extensive testing programme with Cram Motorsport alongside her Ginetta Junior Championship campaign. Earlier this year, she topped the timesheets for F1 Academy’s rookie test at Navarra.

Sala meanwhile joins as part of an anticipated double duty, as he is earmarked for the Italian F4 finale later this month. He split his time this year between karting in OK and KZ2 and testing F4, and since 2025 he has been a member of the Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy. The new duo take the places of Oleksandr Bondarev and Niccolò Maccagnani, who stepped up to more powerful machinery in September.

Meanwhile, Payton Westcott (#35) is also set to race for R-ace GP in place of Tamás Gender after contesting every round of Italian F4 season for the team bar Vallelunga. Mercedes-backed Westcott returns to the circuit where she scored her joint-best finish of 16th last year in her full campaign with Van Amersfoort Racing, and earlier this year she scored her first F1 Academy win at Zandvoort. 

Jenzer Motorsport will downsize to a single-car effort for Teo Borenstein, with Ella Häkkinen and Bader Al Sulaiti not returning this weekend. AKM will also only run Vittorio Orsini with Abdullah Kamel having competed in F4 Saudi Arabia earlier this week. Andre Rodriguez will not return to PHM.

Report by Thomas Groves

Read the previous round’s report here. 

British F4: Round 10, Brands Hatch

Circuit: Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit, 3.916 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC+1) 

Friday 9 October

• 09:50–10:35: Practice 1
• 14:50–15:35: Practice 2

Saturday 10 October

• 11:15–11:35: Qualifying
• 16:00–16:20: Race 1

Sunday 11 October

• 10:00–10:20: 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: Rain possible across Friday practice sessions. Mostly sunny on Saturday with strong westerly gusts. Periodic sunshine on Sunday.

What to know: Dries Van Langendonck heads into the final round of the British F4 season with one hand on the championship trophy, with 75 points left on the table and a 72-point lead in the standings over Lewis Wherrell. The McLaren junior – who also retook the lead of the Rookie Cup standings last time out at Silverstone – could clinch the title before race one even gets underway so long as he takes pole position.

Hitech look set to retake the teams’ title, having narrowly lost out to Rodin Motorsport in 2025 by just 1.5 points. The silver-and-red outfit currently have an 83.5-point lead – though with 104 points still on offer, Rodin could still technically steal the championship away in what would be a major upset. 

Scott Kin Lindblom (#5) returns to Hitech after receiving a one-round suspension at Silverstone for amassing 12 penalty points across the previous 12 months. As such, Archie Owen, who deputised for Lindblom at Silverstone, will not compete in the final round. He instead competed in F4 Saudi Arabia earlier this week. 

Mercedes junior James Anagnostiadis (#29) joins Argenti Motorsport for the final round of the championship. The 15-year-old, who achieved a second-place finish in the FIA Karting European Championship in OK last year, made his single-seater debut in the Italian F4 championship one month ago, taking his best result of 20th at Misano. Anagnostiadis replaces Arjen Kräling, who took over the seat from Ethan Jeff-Hall – also a Mercedes junior – for round nine of the championship. Kräling, who took three top-10 finishes, is instead competing in E4 this weekend.

Henry Mercier announced his decision to leave single-seater racing after the Silverstone round. In his place at Chris Dittmann Racing, Bulgarian-American Alexander Vanchev (#66) will make his single-seater debut at Brands Hatch. Vanchev enters open-wheel racing with a series of strong results in the United States behind him, having won multiple national karting championships, including the SKUSA Pro Tour and SKUSA Winter Series in both KA100 Junior and X30 Junior in 2025. 

Timo Jüngling rounds out the drivers departing the championship for Brands Hatch, having already sat out at Croft because of his penalty points accumulation. Taking over the final seat at JHR is Michael Koh (#42) of Singapore. Koh finished 15th in the GB4 championship this year, taking a win in the final reverse-grid race of the season, also on the Brands Hatch GP layout.

Rodin Motorsport will field four cars this weekend, as Jesse Phillips (#26) makes the step up from Ginetta Junior. Phillips took nine podiums in 2026, finishing fourth in the overall standings and third among the rookie drivers. He previously tested with Rodin in September and has been testing with R-ace GP since April. 

Report by Gavin Guthrie

From the press: British F4 was Wherrell’s first major series but not his first foray into single-seaters. He, along with Kit Belofsky and Scott Kin Lindblom, all raced in F4 Saudi Arabia earlier this year. Click here to read what the trio said about how the late autumn series prepared them for their main campaigns in British F4.

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

Spanish F4: Round 6, Navarra

Circuit: Circuito de Navarra, 4.313 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC+2)

Friday 9 October

• 09:00–10:00: Official test
• 12:30–13:00: Free practice 1
• 16:10–16:40: Free practice 2

Saturday 10 October

• 09:00–09:20: Qualifying 1
• 11:15–11:50: Race 1
• 14:30–15:00: Race 2

Sunday 11 October

• 09:00–09:20: Qualifying 2
• 13:00–13:35: Race 3

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: Partially cloudy and warm temperatures throughout the weekend.

What to know: After previously serving as Spanish F4’s second round last year, Navarra will host the penultimate round of Spanish F4’s 2026 season.

MP Motorsport’s Kasper Schormans currently leads the drivers’ standings on 182 points and heads into the weekend just seven points ahead of closest rival Noah Monteiro. The Eurocup-4 winter series champion took his first two wins of the main season last time out at Jerez and capped off the weekend with a third-place finish in race three. The results elevated him from fourth in the standings and gave him a 19-point gain on the championship leader. 

In the teams’ standings, Schormans’ podiums and Rocco Coronel’s third victory of the season have extended MP Motorsport’s advantage to 87 points. The team now lead Griffin Core by Campos, who overtook T-Code thanks to Monteiro’s podium sweep and Vivek Kanthan’s second place in race one.

G4 Racing will field a completely new line-up this weekend. Phillippe Armand Karras and Jean-Paul Karras have been replaced by Scorpio Motorsport GB4 teammates Archie Davies (#9) and Romuald Bocquet (#12), while Jorden Moodley has been replaced by Stefano Pedani (#94).

Davies, who departed the GB4 championship ahead of the season finale at Brands Hatch, finished 19th in the standings, whilst Bocquet finished 16th. Both their best results of the season came in the opening round at Silverstone, where the former finished third in race three and the latter finished seventh in race two. 

Pedani previously substituted for Moodley at the team in the final round of the Eurocup-4 winter series at Aragón, where he finished a best of 21st. Since then, the Australian-Italian driver entered under a UAE licence has been competing in the Italian GT Endurance Cup with AKM Motorsport.

After previously competing at Jarama with Tecnicar, Max Mokarem (#39) will replace Lucas Pasquinetti at KCL by MP. The Lebanese-American driver took two wins and a second place on his way to third overall in USF Juniors with Zanella Racing this year. Pasquinetti is instead competing in E4 with Trident.

Lastly, Fausto Arnaudo (#73) returns to Spanish F4 with Monlau Motorsport after competing in Brazilian F4’s Brasilia round, which clashed with Jerez. The Argentine driver bookended his weekend with wins, finished second in race two, and now has 185 points at the top of the standings. 

Report by Seb Tirado

Read the previous round’s report here.

French F4: Round 6, Le Castellet

Circuit: Circuit Paul Ricard, 5.822 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC+2)

Thursday 8 October

• 09:00–09:25: Private practice 1
• 12:15–12:40: Private practice 2
• 14:00–14:25: Private practice 3
• 16:15–16:40: Private practice 4
• 17:30–17:55: Private practice 5

Friday 9 October

• 10:40–11:10: Free practice
• 15:30–16:00: Qualifying

Saturday 10 October

• 10:55–11:30: Race 1
• 17:00–17:35: Race 2

Sunday 11 October

• 09:50–10:25: Race 3

How to follow: All sessions will have live timing available on its-live.net. All three races will be live-streamed on the YouTube channel of the FFSA.

Weather forecast: Sunny all weekend with warm temperatures. There are expected to be wind gusts of up to 60 kilometres per hour on Thursday and up to 45 kph on Saturday.

What to know: After a change of venue last year, French F4 returns to Le Castellet for its season finale. Despite not being crowned last time out in Lédenon, Guillaume Bouzar enters the round as the new series champion. The French-Luxembourgish driver clinched the title two days after the round, when his last remaining title rival, Thibaut Ramaekers, participated in the official FR Europe post-season testing with ART Grand Prix at the Circuit Paul Ricard.

Per the regulations, by testing at a track where French F4 later races, Ramaekers is not eligible to score points this weekend. Furthermore, his second position is under serious threat from Kota Tsuchihashi. The Honda protégé is trailing by only 16 points thanks to a strong double win in Lédenon, while the ever-consistent but winless Lilian Soares and Hugo Herrouin could also pass Ramaekers in the standings. Jade Jacquet will be keen to repeat her history-making Lédenon victory.

Two new drivers are joining the grid for this final round. Already announced for 2027, Gabriel Canal (#72), the son of two-time WEC LMP2 champion Julien Canal, is last year’s French karting champion in the Nationale category. He raced abroad this year, finishing 18th in the Champions of the Future Euro Series in the OK category, with a best finish of fifth at the penultimate round. Fifteen-year-old Arthur Barbe (#6) already did one round in USF Juniors with a best race result of 13th.

Despite appearing on the entry list, Ginevra Panzeri will instead be competing in E4 at Monza.

Report by Perceval Wolff-Taffus

From the press: Canal is not the only driver confirmed for the 2027 French F4 season, with Rafael Theveny the latest driver to have earned a place on the grid by winning the Feed Racing shootout. How exactly did he earn it, and who were his rivals? Read more about the programme that catapulted Theveny to a fully funded French F4 seat here.

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

Kyojo Cup: Round 4, Fuji

Circuit: Fuji Speedway, 4.563 km

Schedule: All times local (UTC+9) 

Thursday 8 October

• 10:50–11:10: Free practice 1
• 13:00–13:30: Free practice 2
• 14:20–14:50: Free practice 3

Friday 9 October

• 08:45–09:15: Free practice 4
• 10:20–10:50: Free practice 5
• 13:00–13:40: Free practice 6

Saturday 10 October

• 08:55–09:15: Qualifying
• 13:05–13:30: Sprint race (10 laps) 

Sunday 11 October

• 12:50–13:25: Final race (15 laps)

How to follow: Qualifying and races will be broadcast on the Inter Proto Series x KYOJO CUP Channel with Japanese commentary. 

Weather forecast: Mostly sunny all weekend, with minimal rain expected.

What to know: Just two points separate Kyojo Cup’s frontrunners as the series heads into its penultimate round, Riona Tomishita having snatched the lead from Aimi Saito last time out with a win and a second-place finish. 

The championship leader took pole and led throughout the sprint race to claim victory ahead of Rio Shimono and Saito. Sunday’s final race, which started behind the safety car because of rain, saw Shimono steal the lead from Tomishita as soon as racing commenced. Saito held third, but a second-place finish was enough to promote Tomishita to first in the standings. She sits on 67 points ahead of Saito’s 65, with Joanne Ciconte trailing in third on 49 points after taking two fourth-place finishes and two fastest laps. 

Tomishita can secure the championship a round early if she scores maximum points, Saito scores no more than two points, and Ciconte scores no more than 18. 

Mako Hirakawa (#4) returns to the grid this weekend after skipping round three to compete in the All-Japan Rally Championship.

Report by Anabelle Bremner

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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