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Noah Killion became AU4 champion in the final round at Sydney Motorsport Park on September 27/28, and won all three of the weekend’s races.

Pre-event testing took place at night, free practice was on Friday then qualifying filled Saturday morning.

In Q1, Killion was beaten to top spot by Harrison Duske, who took pole by 0.1518 seconds.

Cohen Kokotovich was 0.2697s off Duske in third, while Isaac McNeill was 0.6211s back in fourth.

Brock Burton beat Imogen Radburn to fifth by 0.0094s, and both were within 0.73s of pole.

Killion improved by 0.4982s in Q2 to 1m28.8878s, and topped the times by 0.3237s over Duske. Kokotovich and Burton were both over 0.7s behind, and McNeill trailed by 0.8552s in fifth.

Duske had to get defensive straight away at the start of race one, but it was fruitless as Killion went straight past on the inside into a lead he would not give up. He built a 1.7s gap before the race was neutralised following a huge crash in which Chloe Lane went off, then rejoined the track at high speed and ploughed into Koby Wilson.

The restart was not until lap 10 of 12, and Kokotovich took second around the outside of turn one. Duske got back past at turn two on lap 11, then Kokotovich got a five-second penalty that demoted him to fifth. McNeill and Radburn profited, and Burton would have too if not for their own five-second penalty that put them sixth.

Andrew Fitzpatrick won the class for first-generation F4 cars in seventh place.

Killion started on pole for race two the next day, and led lights-to-flag. Kokotovich dropped behind Burton and McNeill to fifth on lap one, but approaching turn two on lap two pulled off a double move on the outside after McNeill defended heavily on the preceding straight.

McNeill later overtook Burton, then passed Kokotovich exiting turn two on lap three.

De’argo Stewart crashed out by spinning on a kerb exiting turn five on lap five, then Radburn crashed exiting turn seven on lap six, prompting a safety car period that left just one lap of racing after. JesseJames Samuels had a huge crash as the last lap began, while Killion held on up front for victory. Fitzpatrick again took Gen1 honours in seventh.

The season ended with Killion’s ninth victory. He had severe wheelspin off the line from pole and Duske the lead into turn one, with McNeill rising to third. The trio squabbled, with Kokotovich right behind, until the safety car appeared on lap four due to Stewart stopping.

Duske created a gap for the lap six restart, and McNeill attacked Killion into turn two. But by the end of the lap, the top two were close again and there was a fight further back for third. Killion tried a switchback move at turn two on lap seven and a squirm led to he and Duske colliding.

McNeill and Kokotovich passed Killion, while Duske spun down to last. He recovered to seventh, while Kokotovich ended up outside of the top 10 after breaking his front wing on McNeill and needing to pit.

Killion reclaimed the lead by passing McNeill through turn four on lap 11 of 14, then sprinted away. McNeill resisted intense attacks from Burton and Radburn, but a five-second penalty dropped him to fifth as Fitzpatrick picked up another win in sixth.

Results round-up
Race 1 (12 laps)
1 Noah Killion AGI Sport 26m55.7312s
2 Harrison Duske Tim Macrow Racing +1.1315s
3 Isaac McNeill Volante Rosso +5.4024s
4 Imogen Radburn AGI Sport +6.0894s
5 Cohen Kokotovich AGI Sport +7.5051s
6 Brock Burton +10.6962s
7 Andrew Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick Racing +13.3470s
8 De’argo Stewart AGI Sport +15.8854s
9 JesseJames Samuels AGI Sport +21.1537s
10 Christian Ayrouth AGI Sport +23.8933s
Pole: Duske, 1m29.2342s
Fastest lap: Killion, 1m29.8930s

Race 2 (12 laps)
1 Killion 27m07.9048s
2 Duske +0.3465s
3 McNeill +0.9289s
4 Kokotovich +1.4032s
5 Burton +2.2723s
6 Chloe Lane Tim Macrow Racing +4.9481s
7 Fitzpatrick +6.5785s
8 Koby Wilson AGI Sport +6.7087s
9 Jamie Lee-Su AGI Sport +8.4046s
10 Ayrouth +11.1315s
FL: Killion, 1m30.7053s

Race 3 (14 laps)
1 Killion 26m46.1094s
2 Burton +7.4524s
3 Radburn +7.7725s
4 Lane +8.9559s
5 McNeill +11.7780s
6 Fitzpatrick +28.8333s
7 Duske +32.2132s
8 Xavier Babbage Hocke AGI Sport +37.5085s
9 Wilson +41.3312s
10 Lee-Su +41.4724s
P: Killion, 1m28.8878s
FL: Duske, 1m30.4446s

Championship standings
Gen2 1 Killion 311   2 McNeill 271   3 Duske 226   4 Radburn 153   5 Burton 149   6 Kokotovich 146   7 Georgia Morgan 60   8 Lane 29   9 Nathan Gotch 20

Gen1 1 Jensen Marold 313   2 Fitzpatrick 278   3 Wilson 213   4 Stewart 128   5 Samuels 126   6 Lane 122   7 Babbage Hocke 70   8 Lawrence Katsidis 64   9 Lee-Su 55   10 Ayrouth 32

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Noah Killion won twice in round four of AU4’s season at Sydney Motorsport Park.

He was comfortably quickest in the first qualifying session, taking pole by 0.5623 seconds over title rival Isaac McNeill. Harrison Duske was 0.936s behind in third, and Andrew Fitzpatrick topped the class for first-generation Formula 4 cars.

McNeill went faster in Q2 to claim race three pole, leading Duske by 0.215s and Killion by 0.2371s. Fitzpatrick was top Gen1 runner again by 0.1359s over Jensen Marold.

Race one later in the day was delayed by cleaning up oil on track, leaving it covered in cement dust. Cohen Kokotovich stalled from fourth, and McNeill tried going around Killion’s outside at turn two. He attempted again at turn four, which gave him the inside for turn five where he got ahead.

Chloe Lane spun before the final corner and stopped, which led to the safety car being called on lap two just as she got going again. That disrupted the Gen1 lead battle, which continued after the lap four restart while Kokotovich recovered to sixth.

Marold passed Fitzpatrick at turn two on lap five, and McNeill almost took the overall lead when lap six began as Kokotovich dropped to eighth.

A big turn two crash for JesseJames Samuels meant the safety car returned at the end of lap eight, and two laps remained when racing resumed.

Kokotovich had recovered to sixth but now dropped to 13th, and McNeill locked up at turn two but was still able to edge ahead of Killion at the end of the penultimate lap.

Killion had the inside line for turn one and reclaimed the lead, which he would not relinquish, while Marold gapped himself from Fitzpatrick. Lane recovered to 10th, ahead of Kokotovich.

The race one fastest lap put Killion on race two pole the next day, and he converted it into victory again.

However he lost the lead almost immediately, as McNeill had the inside for the opening corner. They went side-by-side there on lap two and McNeill flew off, managing to avoid the barriers by spinning and then returning to track at the back.

Jamie Lee-Su spun off at turn one, and only returned to the asphalt after race control summoned the safety car.

The field was released again on lap four, and Kokotovich went down Duske’s inside at turn two for second. Killion rapidly pulled away, and only the inside line kept Kokotovich in second into turn one on lap six.

Duske tried the first two corners again on lap seven, then got back ahead later in the lap. Soon Kokotovich was in 13th, as he stopped after turn one on lap eight.

Meanwhile McNeill had got up to ninth on the restart lap, was seventh next time by, and in sixth by lap six. He went past Kokotovich’s car while passing Nathan Gotch, then hunted down Brock Burton.

He squeezed past on the inside at turn two on lap 11, but went deep and Burton reclaimed third. McNeill was ahead again by turn four, and kept it despite a five-second penalty. De’Argo Stewart crashed approaching the last corner with a lap remaining but it proved non-disruptive.

McNeill made a great start to race three, and Samuels spun at turn two again. The action heated up on lap eight as a wide moment for McNeill put Duske on his gearbox and Burton spun in fifth yet kept the position.

Duske started slowing at turn two on lap 12 and had to retire in the pits. It left McNeill with a 2.1s lead, but Killion cut it to 0.36s before he got a five-second penalty. Kokotovich was third, and the Gen1 win was settled in new champion Marold’s favour on lap two.

Results round-up
Race 1 (13 laps)
1 Noah Killion AGI Sport 28m00.3009s
2 Isaac McNeill Volante Rosso +0.4482s
3 Harrison Duske Tim Macrow Racing +2.1732s
4 Brock Burton +3.0936s
5 Nathan Gotch AGI Sport +6.4430s
6 Jensen Marold AGI Sport +7.6790s
7 Andrew Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick Racing +9.4177s
8 Georgia Morgan Tim Macrow Racing +12.2530s
9 Koby Wilson AGI Sport +13.0264s
10 Chloe Lane Tim Macrow Racing +13.2858s
Pole: Killion, 1m30.5201s
Fastest lap: Killion, 1m32.1807s

Race 2 (14 laps)
1 Killion 27m25.8822s
2 Duske +2.3775s
3 McNeill +19.9020s
4 Burton +20.0925s
5 Gotch +28.0597s
6 Marold +32.8512s
7 Fitzpatrick +40.5841s
8 Wilson +41.5113s
9 Cohen Kokotovich AGI Sport +41.9704s
10 Lane +54.3950s
FL: Killion, 1m31.6935s

Race 3 (15 laps)
1 McNeill 26m40.8962s
2 Killion +5.3618s
3 Kokotovich +12.1562s
4 Burton +20.5641s
5 Marold +44.0924s
6 Fitzpatrick +55.9040s
7 Wilson +58.4944s
8 Morgan +1m08.0264s
9 Lane +1m09.1231s
10 De’argo Stwart AGI Sport +1m22.1458s
P: McNeill, 1m30.3789s
FL: Killion, 1m31.7891s

Championship standings
Gen2 1 Killion 247   2 McNeill 229   3 Duske 181   4 Imogen Radburn 123   5 Kokotovich 118   6 Burton 106   7 Morgan 60   8 Gotch 20

Gen1 1 Marold 313   2 Fitzpatrick 198   3 Wilson 180   4 Lane 122   5 De’Argo Stewart 110   6 JesseJames Samuels 101   7 Lawrence Katsidis 48   8 Xavier Babbage Hocke 42   9 Nicholas Filipetto 20   10 Jamie Lee-Su 20

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Noah Killion moved into the lead of AU4’s class for second-generation Formula 4 cars in round three at Phillip Island by winning twice.

In free practice one he set a 1m46.1997s to go fastest in tricky conditions, and Jensen Marold was his surprise closest rival in his first-generation car. There was a 0.6041-second gap between the two.

A representative pace got to be set in FP2, and Harrison Duske spent little time on track but with his final lap posted a 1m33.1802s to go fastest by 0.2822s over then-points leader Isaac McNeill. Cohen Kokotovich was third, 2.8522s off the pace.

Duske remained fastest in the first qualifying session, earning race one pole with a 1m30.6476s lap. Killin was just 0.1627s slower, and McNeill was 0.4377s beind in third. Brock Burton completed a top four covered by 1.2827s, and Marold claimed Gen1 pole for race one in seventh.

Laptimes were faster in Q2, and Duske improved to 1m30.3682s to deny Killion race three pole by 0.1631s. McNeill was a further 0.0233s behind, and Kokotovich was 0.8563s back in fourth. Marold repeated his Q1 performance.

Saturday ended with race one, and Duske did not have to worry about pressure on the opening lap as Killion had a bad start. But the pace advantage belonged to the chasing driver, and he went around the outside of Duske at the sweeping turn one on lap two.

Killion then built a gap, before a mistake brought Duske back into play, but he was able to distance himself again late on and won by 1.4204s.

McNeill had hoped to stay in contention for victory but did not have the pace, and was 6.8655s behind by the finish. Marold had a “straighforward” time dominating the Gen1 class, with rival Andrew Fitzpatrick over 14s behind him in eighth overall.

Killion started on pole for race two the next day and led lights-to-flag on a track that was damp in places.

He was 3.3s clear within a few laps as Duske and McNeill fought over second, with the latter ahead until a high-speed off at turn one that left him with a gap to Duske ahead. But a safety car period then brought them back together, and on the penultimate lap restart McNeill reclaimed the runner-up spot.

Killion finished 1.9121s clear and weaved across the finish line, but copped a five-second penalty that demoted him to fourth and put Imogen Radburn on the podium. Marold was Gen1 winner in fifth.

Duske lost the lead on lap one of race three, then was overtaken by McNeill on lap two. By the time he had recovered a spot, on lap eight when McNeill pitted, he then had to contend with Kokotovich behind him.

Killion won by 1.2848s over Kokotovich, as Duske got a five-second penalty. Fourth-placed Radburn and the lapped McNeill were also penalised, and Marold was class winner again in fifth.

Results round-up
Race 1 (16 laps)
1 Noah Killion AGI Sport 28m02.1112s
2 Harrison Duske Tim Macrow Racing +1.4204s
3 Isaac McNeill Volante Rosso +6.8655s
4 Cohen Kokotovich AGI Sport +9.6049s
5 Imogen Radburn AGI Sport +11.5994s
6 Brock Burton Tim Macrow Racing +13.5450s
7 Jensen Marold AGI Sport +54.7685s
8 Andrew Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick Racing +1m09.0717s
9 JesseJames Samuels AGI Sport +1m20.8633s
10 Chloe Lane Tim Macrow Racing +1m20.8692s
Pole: Duske, 1m30.6476s
Fastest lap: Killion, 1m31.0265s

Race 2 (13 laps)
1 McNeill 26m39.5536s
2 Duske +0.5006s
3 Radburn +0.8276s
4 Killion +3.0879s
5 Marold +8.1045s
6 Fitzpatrick +11.9532s
7 Samuels +12.3547s
8 Koby Wilson AGI Sport +12.6286s
9 Lane +12.7437s
10 De’argo Stewart AGI Sport +14.1112s
FL: Killion, 1m31.2965s

Race 3 (11 laps)
1 Killion 27m17.4900s
2 Kokotovich +1.2848s
3 Duske +5.6343s
4 Radburn +8.1178s
5 Marold +14.9423s
6 Fitzpatrick +15.9817s
7 Wilson +21.9458s
8 Lane +30.8296s
9 Stewart +31.3182s
10 Lawrence Katsidis +53.4387s
P: Duske, 1m30.3682s
FL: Duske, 1m31.1516s

Championship standings
Gen2 1 Killion 175   2 McNeill 170   3 Duske 148   4 Radburn 123   5 Kokotovich 89   6 Burton 70   7 Georgia Morgan 36

Gen1 1 Marold 235   2 Fitzpatrick 142   3 Wilson 135   4 Stewart 90   5 Samuels 89   6 Lane 86   7 Katsidis 48   8 Nicholas Filipetto 20   9 Xavier Babbage Hocke 18

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Isaac McNeill won two out of three races in the second round of AU4 (formerly known as Australian Formula 4) on The Bend Motorsport Park’s West layout.

The Volante Rosso driver was the only driver who could get near AGI Sport’s Cohen Kokotovich in practice, albeit still being 1.092 seconds off his pace, but nobody set any representative laptimes.

Qualifying was a more accurate barometer of who was quick, and in Q1 there was just 0.0458s splitting the top three drivers.

McNeill took race one pole, ahead of AGI’s Noah Killion and Tim Macrow Racing’s Harrison Duske. Kokotovich was 0.728s off pole in fifth, behind team-mate Imogen Radburn.

Jensen Marold was the top driver in a first-generation car down in eighth, 2.877s slower than McNeill.

It was also super close in Q2, and Duske snatched race three pole by 0.0625s over Killion. McNeill trailed by 0.1854s in third, and Tim Macrow Racing’s Brock Burton beaten Kokotovich to fourth. Marold qualified seventh.

Killion scuppered his chances of race one victory while the starting lights were turning on, as he jolted forward from his grid box. He then stalled and fell to the back.

McNeill led into turn one, got very crossed up there then managed to create a 0.7s gap through the rest of the lap as Killion recovered to 11th. Aggressive passes meant he was up to sixth by the time lap three began, while Duske and Kokotovich attempted to keep up with McNeill.

Killion overtook Radburn into turn one on lap five to make it to fourth, and there was an eight-second gap to McNeill to make up.

Duske and Kokotovich were gradually gapped by the leader, with Kokotovich being passed by Killion a few laps from the end and Duske dropping behind on the penultimate lap but the pair regaining their places due to Killion’s five-second penalty for jumping the start.

Gen1 leader Marold pressured Tim Macrow Racing’s Georgia Morgan for a long time until a late pass earned him seventh overall.

A five-second penalty also proved costly for Killion in race two, which he started from pole. McNeill took second from Duske into turn one, and a few corners later dived past Killion in a move which sent him off.

Killion attempted the same in return on lap three, then again at the penultimate corner as they sprinted away from Kokotovich and Radburn who had passed Duske.

There was another failed dive by Killion on lap four, and the safety car paused their battle on lap six but as Killion made his move for the lead.

Racing resumed on lap nine, and the top two ran side-by-side through the first corners before Killion pulled away. He did not quite do enough to negate his penalty, with McNeill inheriting victory by 0.6419s over Radburn and with a 0.6929s gap to Killion. Marold was Gen1 winner in sixth.

It finally went to plan for Killion in race three, after being late to the grid, as he passed poleman Duske and romped to victory.

McNeill also overtook Duske before turn one but then ran wide and dropped back behind. Their squabbling helped Killion break clear, and he won by 9.8830s.

Second place was reclaimed by McNeill mid-race, and Kokotovich finished on Duske’s tail after clearing some Gen1 drivers early on. Marold was class winner again.

Results round-up
Race 1 (18 laps)
1 Isaac McNeill Volante Rosso 26m41.2880s
2 Harrison Duske Tim Macrow Racing +4.61416s
3 Cohen Kokotovich AGI Sport +6.7290s
4 Noah Killion AGI Sport +8.4791s
5 Imogen Radburn AGI Sport +21.0957s
6 Brock Burton Tim Macrow Racing +22.4060s
7 Jensen Marold AGI Sport +1m00.7779s
8 Georgia Morgan Tim Macrow Racing +1m04.1498s
9 Koby Wilson AGI Sport +1m04.4013s
10 JesseJames Samuels AGI Sport +1m22.2621s
Pole: McNeill, 1m18.6581s
Fastest lap: Killion, 1m18.3384s

Race 2 (14 laps)
1 McNeill 26m37.7038s
2 Radburn +0.6419s
3 Killion +0.6929s
4 Kokotovich +1.1778s
5 Duske +3.8053s
6 Marold +14.6415s
7 Wilson +26.6898s
8 Andrew Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick Racing +27.2804s
9 Morgan +28.6601s
10 Chloe Lane Tim Macrow Racing +30.6840s
FL: Killion, 1m18.4517s

Race 3 (18 laps)
1 Killion 26m39.5516s
2 McNeill +9.8830s
3 Duske +16.5913s
4 Kokotovich +16.8691s
5 Radburn +30.5016s
6 Burton +39.8286s
7 Marold +51.4801s
8 Morgan +1m08.2694s
9 Wilson +1m09.6470s
10 Fitzpatrick +1m35.2912s
P: Duske, 1m18.4900s
FL: Killion, 1m18.9862s

Championship standings
Gen2 1 McNeill 127   2 Killion 98   3 Duske 97   4 Radburn 89   5 Kokotovich 59   6 Burton 52   7 Morgan 36

Gen1 1 Marold 156   2 Wilson 108   3 Fitzpatrick 87   4 De’argo Stewart 62   5 Samuels 53   6 Lane 52   7 Lawrence Katsidis 30   8 Nicholas Filipetto 20

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AU4, previously known as Australian Formula 4, began its new era at The Bend Motorsport Park with three races.

The series is now open to two generations of machinery, and it was a delayed start to the season as the planned first event at Sydney Motorsport Park got postponed from March 22-23 to August 29-31.

In practice, Harrison Duske set a 1m51.0255s to lead Noah Killion by 0.0389 seconds, with Imogen Radburn 1.162s behind in third. Koby Wilson was the quickest Gen1 driver behind the seven Gen2 entrants, 6.1829s off the pace.

Two qualifying sessions followed, and Duske led the way in Q1. He pipped Killion by 0.1018s and Radburn by 0.2231s, with Isaac McNeill 0.4719s back and Cohen Kokotovich qualifying fifth. Jensen Marold claimed Gen1 pole for race one.

Laptimes were slower in Q2, and a 1m51.881s earned Killion top spot by 0.669s over Radburn. McNeill and Brock Burton were two seconds off the pace in third and fourth, and Marold was sixth overall as Duske qualified 12th.

Duske led lights-to-flag in race one, but did not have it easy. Radburn and McNeill passed Killion at turn one, and Killion regained the places later in the lap before spinning off and having to charge back from 11th to fourth.

McNeill went down the inside of Radburn at turn one on lap two, and they traded places there again on lap five. Radburn attacked the leader on laps seven and eight, then when he encountered Gen1 drivers to lap he built a four-second lead. Once the top three returned to clear air, they remained close on pace.

Marold ended lap one fifth but won his class in seventh, and Koby Wilson was next up after an entertaining battle with JesseJames Samuels. They kept on swapping places until Samuels spun mid-race.

Race one’s fastest laps set race two’s grid, putting Killion on pole. He defended the inside line at the start, as McNeill headed to the outside to go from fourth to second at turn one.

On lap two he sold the dummy there to take the lead on the inside, and Duske went side-by-side with Killion through sector one of lap three. He got a move done on the outside of turn one on lap four, but putting two wheels off at turn 13 allowed Killion to fly back past.

McNeill had a four-second gap to the four-car battle for second, but it was down to 0.7s as lap 10 began and he was soon defending. Killion got alongside at turn one on lap 11, then reclaimed the lead at the turn six hairpin and pulled away to win.

Radburn took third place on lap five, and held off Duske and Burton thereon. Kokotovich did not start, and Marold was Gen1 winner.

Car issues denied Killion the chance to win race three from pole. McNeill got into second at the start, and took the lead from Killion at turn one on lap four. He was fifth by turn six, and finished 1m49.7866s behind victor McNeill down in 11th.

Duske passed Radburn at turn six on lap two and pressured McNeill mid-race, before falling into Radburn’s clutches and losing out to her as they began the last lap. Kokotovich finished right behind and Marold was Gen1 winner.

Results round-up
Race 1 (13 laps)
1 Harrison Duske Tim Macrow Racing 27m38.2035s
2 Imogen Radburn AGI Sport +5.4208s
3 Isaac McNeill Volante Rosso +7.4109s
4 Noah Killion AGI Sport +19.5399s
5 Brock Burton Tim Macrow Racing +36.4364s
6 Cohen Kokotovich AGI Sport +36.8301s
7 Jensen Marold AGI Sport +1m02.9471s
8 Koby Wilson AGI Sport +1m23.7761s
9 Andrew Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick Racing +1m36.3515s
10 JesseJames Samuels AGI Sport +1m43.2815s
Pole: Duske, 1m50.7734s
Fastest lap: Killion, 1m50.7196s

Race 2 (13 laps)
1 Killion 27m44.4137s
2 McNeill +2.2468s
3 Radburn +7.0154s
4 Duske +7.9872s
5 Burton +8.4343s
6 Georgia Morgan Tim Macrow Racing +57.129s
7 Marold +1m04.1876s
8 Wilson +1m07.3488s
9 Fitzpatrick +1m22.5857s
10 De’argo Stewart AGI Sport +1m43.8253s
FL: Killion, 1m51.077s

Race 3 (13 laps)
1 McNeill 27m48.3476s
2 Radburn +6.5296s
3 Duske +7.9063s
4 Kokotovich +8.2479s
5 Burton +21.8335s
6 Marold +1m01.6175s
7 Wilson +1m11.2665s
8 Morgan +1m28.9517s
9 Fitzpatrick +1m41.4581s
10 Stewart +1m42.7195s
P: Killion, 1m51.881s
FL: Duske, 1m51.5228s

Championship standings
Gen2 1 McNeill 58   2 Duske 53   3 Radburn 51   4 Killion 44   5 Burton 30   6 Kokotovich 20   7 Morgan 16
Gen1 1 Marold 77   2 Wilson 54   3 Fitzpatrick 45   4 Stewart 34   5 Samuels 30   6 Lawrence Katsidis 18   7 Chloe Lane 18   8 Nicholas Filipetto 6

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The planned Formula Regional Australia championship will now be known as AU3 after altering plans for its inaugural season.

AU3 emerges from the pre-existing Australian Formula Open (AFO), which features multiple classes of single-seater machinery.

Motorsport Australia approved the AFO promoter’s seperation of the FRegional class into a new championship for 2025 last November, a month ago it was yet to be determined whether it would run with FIA certification as it opted for the Tatuus T-318 chassis used by many FRegional championships but with no spec engine provider.

There were also plans for an invitational class for previous-generation Toyota Racing Series cars that sit roughly at the FRegional level and have been raced in AFO.

In addition to a name change, the promoter has announced a partnership with GB3 team Hillspeed. The AU3 champion will win a test programme with the team, and “Hillspeed is also providing a subsidised test package for the series runner-up”. This year the primarily Britain-based GB3 championship introduces a new FRegional-level car.

Australian Formula 4 is also undergoing a rebrand to AU4, as it combines first and second-generation chassis on its grid. The Mygale M14-F4 was used from 2015 to 2019, then when it was relaunched last year it switched to the second-generation Tatuus T-421 chassis. AFO adopted the Mygales for its AF04 class, which will now be moved across to AU4.

Taking over promotion of AU4 is the AGI Sport team, while fellow single-seater outfit Tim Macrow Racing will run AU3, and a minimum age of 14 has been set in AU4’s class for older cars. The class champion will receive free entry into the 2026 season’s top class, as well as a test, and the overall champion this year will also get a test prize.

Sydney Motorsport Park hosts the season opener on March 22-23, then there are rounds at The Bend Motorsport Park (May 23-25 and July 12/13), Phillip Island (August 16/17) and once again at Sydney (September 26-28).

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There was plenty of F4 racing in 2024, with career-launching campaigns accompanied by winter warm-ups

Middle East

The go-to winter series for several years now has been Formula 4 United Arab Emirates, which races at Yas Marina Circuit and Dubai Autodrome. Prema’s Mumbai Falcons-branded cars were the ones to beat, and Italian F4 dominator Freddie Slater needed just two wins and four other podiums from 15 races to pip team-mate Kean Nakamura-Berta to the title.

Nakamura won the season opener in Abu Dhabi, which Yas Heat Academy’s Keanu Al Azhari started from pole, and Formula 3-bound Nikita Bedrin won for PHM Racing in the reversed-grid race. Slater won race three, and passed team-mate Alex Powell to make it two in a row in the opening race of round two. Al Azhari won the next two races, but Slater was on the podium in both to hold the points lead.

Bedrin turned pole into victory twice at Dubai, with Powell getting his sole win in the reversed-grid contest, and a double podium put Al Azhari on Slater’s tail in the title fight. A return to Abu Dhabi spiced up the season narrative in round four.

Prema’s Doriane Pin won race one from pole after on-the-road victor Nakamura was penalised for jumping the start, and Al Azhari and Slater collided on lap one. Although he was demoted to fifth, Nakamura still boosted his title chances.

Hitech GP’s Gabriel Stilp came through from sixth on the grid to dominate a wet race two, and all three title contenders failed to score. The weather was unpredictable for race three, and led to a mix of strategies. Al Azhari took the points lead by finishing third, as Prema’s Rashid Al Dhaheri won and neither Slater or Nakamura finished.

Nakamura took a double pole in the final round at Dubai, and after winning a dusty race one ahead of Al Dhaheri there was now a five-way title fight as his two main rivals could only finish fifth and ninth. R-ace GP’s Enzo Deligny won the reversed-grid race, Slater pipped Al Azhari to fourth to become his main rival and Nakamura stayed in contention by scoring two points.

Photo: F4 UAE

Al Dhaheri immediately passed Nakamura for the lead in the title-deciding race three and all but ended his hopes since Slater was sat behind him in third. Focus then switched to Al Azhari, who lost the title to Slater by finishing eighth.

Running concurrently to F4 UAE was the inaugural Saudi Arabian F4 season, where all cars were run by Meritus GP. Federico Al Rifai won twice in the first round at Kuwait Motor Town (in Kuwait), while in round two at the circuit, Saqer Almaosherji, Al Rifai, Andrej Petrovic and Suleiman Zanfari shared the wins. Retrospectively it was made a non-championship event, so Qatar’s Losail circuit instead hosted round two in March and Al Rifai took another double.

Eventually races actually took place in Saudi Arabia, and three rounds were held in Jeddah over the course of 11 days. Petrovic took the points lead by winning twice in the first of the triple-header events, with Al Rifai’s title ambitions hurt by missing a race. However he moved back ahead with his own double in the next round, and when the results of race one in the final round was taken back by a lap [without explanation] it handed Al Rifai another win at the expense of Petrovic.

Although Petrovic won the final race, it was too late as Al Rifai wrapped up the title the day before in a race won by Zanfari.

Over the last month there has been further F4 action in the UAE with the Formula Trophy. Al Dhaheri was the star of round one at Dubai, remained unbeaten in qualifying for round two in Abu Dhabi but for the second time lost a win to a penalty, and then skipped round three. A double podium earned Evans GP’s Kai Daryanani the crown, but Prema’s Sebastian Wheldon stole the headlines with his race one win.

Spain

Formula Winter Series featured a combination of drivers warming up for Italian F4 and Spanish F4, and MP Motorsport’s Griffin Peebles was champion of the four-round tour of Spain. Jerez was more wet and wild than warm-up, and the wins went to Andres Cardenas (Campos Racing), Peebles and Juan Cota (Drivex School).

Photo: Gedlich Racing/Daniel Burgin

Cardenas left with the points lead, but further chaos at Valencia’s Ricardo Tormo circuit put Peebles ahead. Cardenas won a red-flagged race one, Peebles was victorious in a delayed and safety car-filled race two and US Racing’s Matheus Ferreira led home Peebles in race three. James Egozi appeared on the grid with Campos at Motorland Aragon, and was announced as joining the Red Bull Junior Team. He proved worthy of his Formula 1 backing by taking pole and a win, while Al Azhari came over from the UAE to do the same with MP. Rodin Motorsport’s single-seater rookie Thomas Strauven won race two.

Storms at Barcelona limited track action until race two, which Peebles won from pole. He was victorious again in race three to seal the title. MP’s Maciej Gladysz was third in the points, and would be the most competitive of FWinter Series’ full-timers in Spanish F4.

His team-mate Lucas Fluxa won twice in the opening round at Jarama, but actually crashed out of the second race he won, then never had another competitive showing over the season. Al Azhari came to the fore at Algarve in Portugal, then team-mate Mattia Colnaghi was dominant in the first two races at Paul Ricard in France. Gladysz won the third, and took another two at Aragon before Al Azhari returned to the top step of the podium to hold a sizeable points lead.

Cota went unbeaten at Valencia, and while Al Azhari and Gladysz both made the podium they also retired in race one due to colliding and each had another non-score. Colnaghi’s two podiums made him a more likely title contender, and he stepped up to that status by being the form driver thereon.

He won twice at Jerez to become points leader in theory, but Al Azhari also claimed a victory and went into the final round 13 points ahead after winning an appeal against a penalty at Aragon. In race one at Barcelona, Colnaghi soaked up a lot of pressure from his rival for another win, then moved ahead on victory countback by winning race two, before a track limits penalty for Al Azhari cost him a podium and handed Colnaghi a big advantage going into the decider.

Cota cruised to victory, not quite enough to deny Gladysz third in the points. Al Azhari had another off-track moment and this time went penalty-free despite moving ahead of Colnaghi, who became champion in fifth as Al Azhari came home third.

Photo: Jakob Ebrey Photography

Two weeks prior, Valencia specialist Cota had claimed the Motorsport Games F4 gold medal at the track. He was pipped to pole by 0.007s in a damp qualifying session, but then won the qualification and main race.

North America

Starting, or rather ending the F4 action on this continent is NACAM F4 since the first three rounds of its 2024-25 season have already taken place. The Mexico-based series had issues with its switch from first to second-generation F4 chassis, delaying its season start by over four months and making it a multi-year schedule, and Jose Carlos Hernandez leads the way so far.

He won from pole in both races of the F1-supporting first round, team-mate Helio Meza bettered him twice at Autodromo Miguel E. Abed, and Alessandros Racing’s partnership with Campos Racing contributed to former W Series racer Nerea Marti joining their garage in round three this month. Hernandez took two more wins in Mexico City, but Marti pushed hard and took the second F4 win of her career.

United States F4 has also had an uneasy switch to Gen2 machinery, cancelling its first round and averaging just seven cars this season. The Australian drivers, Atlantic Racing Team’s Daniel Quimby and Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport’s Nicolas Stati, and the latter’s New Zealander team-mate Alex Crosbie, were usually fighting each other for victories and Quimby (who went unbeaten at Mosport in Canada) took the crown by just 4.5 points over Stati.

The older cars continued to run in the Ligier JS F4 Series (previously known as Formula Development), which had bigger grids and far more entertaining action. Scuderia Buell’s Teddy Musella won a third of the races and the title, and Crosslink/Kiwi’s Kekai Hauanio denied him pole twice and took four victories and four second places to be runner-up in the standings.

Fifth in the standings was Brad Majman, another of Crosslink/Kiwi’s Australians, and he went unbeaten at New Jersey Motorsports Park.

Photo: Gavin Baker Photography

The same car is used by Formula Pro USA for its F4 Western championship, which cancelled its one-round winter series and also did not go ahead with its planned ‘Women Racing Series’ classification for female entrants. Majman and World Speed Motorsports’ Valentino Garbarino shared the wins in the first two rounds at Thunderhill Raceway Park. Kiwi’s Drew Szuch was the only other driver in round one, and World Speed’s Alexander Cornfeld their sole rival in round two.

Laguna Seca held the next two rounds, the first of which only featured Cornfeld and Garbarino. They took a win each, then Garbarino went unbeaten on the return visit as the grid grew to five cars. Jensen Global Advisors’ Athan Sterling finished second twice, and did the same at Sonoma Raceway where he finished last to newly crowned champion Garbarino.

Four drivers turned up to the Buttonwillow Raceway finale, and Garbarino led home Sterling twice more. Cornfeld finished third in race one, enough to earn him second place in the standings over the absent Majman.

The Skip Barber Formula Race Series ran using Mygale’s Gen1 car, and the title went to Andretti Global junior Oliver Wheldon. After a stellar karting career in the USA, the single-seater rookie wone nine races out of 14 but only very narrowly became champion since third-year driver Dean Lambros was just as consistent. He won four races and took four poles, and was only off the podium once while Wheldon went trophy-free twice. USF Juniors-bound Ryan Giannetta was the other winner.

Asia

The Honda versus Toyota battle occurs in Japanese F4 each year, and in 2024 it was a Honda one-two as Yuto Nomura was near unbeatable in the season’s second half and fellow junior Ryota Horachi consistently saw the podium to be title runner-up.

Despite the rivalry, it is the Toyota-linked TOM’S that is the spec engine supplier and its units were the big talking point of round one as 10 drivers were ruled out of race two at Fuji Speedway due to engine issues. After Toyota junior Yuki Sano won race one, Helm Motorsports’ Tosei Moriyama got the chance to turn his pole into victory with far more ease due to the absence of many of the drivers who would become the usual frontrunners.

Photo: Japanese F4

Nomura won both races from pole at Suzuka, Horachi and Drago Corse’s Hironobu Shimizu came out on top of a 37-car field on the return to Fuji, with Horachi taking the points lead, then Sano doubled up at a soaking wet Sportsland SUGO but only got points for one of those victories as he won a one-lap race.

The championship belonged to Nomura following that, going unbeaten at Autopolis (where rain caused a race to be cancelled) and Twin Ring Motegi then taking a fifth win in a row in the postponed Suzuka round that ended the season. That secured him the title, and Kageyama Racing’s Kotaro Shimbara rose to third in the standings by winning race two.

Chinese F4 was as entertaining as ever, while also mostly going overlooked outside of China. However it was a teenager from Sweden who beat all the locals to become champion. An F1 support slot at Shanghai attracted 27 cars to the season opener, and Blackjack Racing’s Alex Sawer and Fukang Jiang took the wins.

Venom Motorsport’s Oscar Pedersen won twice at Tianfu International Circuit, then had seven consecutive podium finishes at Ningbo and Shanghai to remain atop the standings while wins went to title rival Kaishun Liu (Black Blade Racing), Jiang, the returning Sawer and cameoing Mercedes-AMG F1 junior Yuanpu Cui.

The title fight went down to the final race at Zhuhai, with Pedersen and Liu each taking a win and a second place in the preceding two races. Black Blade’s Yuhao Fu dominated, his weekend lifting him from 10th to fourth in the points, Liu finished second with a diving penultimate lap pass and Pedersen became champion by finishing not far behind in fourth.

MP ran all cars in Indian F4, and ex-F3 racer Hugh Barter crushed the opposition at Chennai in round one.

The new Chennai Formula Racing Circuit, a temporary venue that had been a long-term ambition for the series and was designed to be raced on at night, hosted round two and Barter dominated from pole again in race one. That was held in the early evening, but race two was a proper night-time contest and Aqil Alibhai was victorious after forcing long-time leader Divy Nandan into a mistake on the last lap.

Photo: Indian F4

Barter did no more races, and on the return to the other Chennai track the points lead went to Alibhai as four different drivers won. Triple-headers at Kari Motor Speedway concluded the season in the final version of the calendar, with Alibhai going unbeaten in the first one then being crowned champion in a wet second visit to the track as Ruhaan Alva concluded a nine-race podium streak with two wins and a comfortable championship runner-up spot since Jaden Pariat was absent.

Australia

Currently in limbo is whether the opening FTrophy round also doubled up as the Australian F4 season finale. Originally ran from 2015 to ’19 by Motorsport Australia, the national championship was revived by new promoter Top Speed this year with second-generation Tatuus cars. The Bend Motorsport Park hosted rounds one and two, Sydney Motorsport Park had round three as the cancelled Queensland Raceway event went unreplaced, then the season was due to conclude with races at Malaysia’s Sepang circuit and at Dubai. The latter was down to Top Speed also promoting FTrophy.

But two weeks before the planned finale, the reveal of the all-Australian 2025 calendar was accompanied by the announcement that the AGI Sport team would take over as promoter and older cars would be reintroduced. Since then, Formula Scout has been unable to get a response from either promoter on the Dubai round’s championship status.

Regardless, the title was already settled by then as AGI’s James Piszyck had won the first nine races on home soil then did the minimum required to wrap it up at Sepang as Tiago Rodrigues, Cooper Webster and Daryanani won.

The older cars (both the Mygales previously used in Australian F4 and Tatuus chassis from abroad) were kept in use through 2024 in the AF04 class of the Formula Libre-style Australian Formula Open series. Car racing rookie Isaac McNeill (Volante Rosso) and Jayden Hamilton (Tim Macrow Racing) each contested five rounds out of seven, and McNeill went unbeaten in class until the final race at Phillip Island where Lachlan Evennett won. Evennett had taken a triple win at The Bend when he was the only entrant, with Hamilton doing the same at Sydney. McNeill took the title with ease thanks to his 13 wins.

Photo: Australian F4

Europe

F4 Central European Zone grew in popularity for its third season, and there was a big on-track rivalry between Jenzer Motorsport and Maffi Racing. Both titles went to the former, as Oscar Wurz became champion with a campaign built on consistency. He only won twice, both victories coming at the Slovakiaring, but 12 other podiums were enough for him to beat Maffi’s Kirill Kutskov who won at Balaton Park, Autodrom Most, Brno and then went unbeaten in the Salzburgring finale.

There were five other race winners, but Jenzer’s title outsider Max Karhan was the only full-timer amongst those. He took three victories on home soil in the Czech Republic, and compatriot Miroslav Mikes won at Most. The JMT Racing driver came fourth in the standings despite withdrawing from the final round, meaning AS Motorsport’s Michalina Sabaj was the only other driver to start all the races. Her best result en route to fifth in the points table was a fourth place.

The F2000 Italian Trophy had an F4 class this year, and Sergio Conti won it eight times.

F1 Academy

Supporting F1 at seven grands prix was the all-female F1 Academy, which was dominated by Rodin’s Abbi Pulling. The Alpine junior, a podium-finisher in Formula Regional when racing in the all-female W Series two years ago, was never off the podium and took nine wins, four second places and a third.

Mercedes junior Pin was best-of-the-rest in her first full year of single-seater racing after previously being a sportscar star, starting the season on top in Jeddah and winning two further times to be way ahead of Prema team-mate Maya Weug.

The battle in qualifying was slightly closer, with Pin taking five poles to Pulling’s 10, and she took four fastest laps in races while Pulling took six despite spending most of her time in clean air at the front.

Photo: Formula Motorsport Ltd

Marti took four podiums to edge MP’s Hamda Al Qubaisi to fourth in the points table, her team-mate Chloe Chambers won race two at Barcelona after Pulling had an airborne moment and Williams F1 junior Lia Block – an established rallying and rallycross driver in the USA who is the daughter of late off-road motorsport star Ken – came eighth in her first full single-seater campaign.

To find out more about the 2024 seasons of Brazilian F4, French F4 and Nordic 4, keep an eye on the Formula Scout website during the off-season!

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Photo: Top Speed

Formula 4 South East Asia’s 2025 return has been confirmed with the publication of a five-round schedule.

First held over eight years ago, F4 SEA kicked off with a six-round 2016-17 campaign that featured races across four nations and had all cars centrally run by ex-GP2 team Meritus.

The 2017-18 season slimmed down to three countries, with most rounds held in Malaysia or Thailand. Those two territories will form the basis of F4 SEA’s comeback season too.

In the second half of 2018 there was another F4 SEA season, with races as far north as India, then in 2019 the championship boomed with a 40-race, 10-round schedule that took in three countries. But the COVID-19 pandemic killed that momentum, leading to the cancellation of the 2020 season, a replacement 2020-21 schedule and then the 2021 season too.

It was committed to returning to racing in early 2022, but instead did a test programme to see whether it should switch to a second-generation F4 car for last year. The switch did happen and racing returned, with 12 teams competing and races in China, Macau and Malaysia. F4 SEA’s Macau races were non-championship fixtures.

Once again momentum was lost as no 2024 season followed the thrilling bouts of 2023, but rumours again began to circulate in autumn of this year that another revival effort was underway.

This week that became reality, and like last year the championship will continue to use the Tatuus T-421 car when it returns.

Sepang will host the first two rounds of the 2025 season on May 2-4 and June 6-8, then round three will take place at a yet to be determined Thai track in July.

Buriram, the former Thai venue of F4 SEA races, will hold round four on August 9-11 and then the season will conclude at Sepang on September 5-7.

Evans GP has already announced it plans to run four full-time entries in the championship, and contested Australian F4’s round at Sepang this September.

Australian F4 has come back from a similarly prolonged absence to F4 SEA’s, as after seasons run annually from 2015 to ’19 the championship disappeared off the map until this year. Low grids was what killed it off the first time around, and it was run by Motorsport Australia.

Top Speed, the China-based company which also promotes F4 SEA, F4 Middle East and the sister Formula Trophy series, chose to revive it for 2024 with the Tatuus T-421 chassis and a five-round schedule. It has only run four so far due to the cancellation of July’s event at Queensland Raceway, but the prospect of a fifth round taking place remains.

AGI Sport’s James Piszcyk has already wrapped up the Australian F4 title after going unbeaten through the first three rounds.

Next year Australian F4 will reintroduce the first-generation Mygale chassis it and F4 SEA used until the end of 2019.

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James Piszcyk became Australian Formula 4 champion in round four at Malaysia’s Sepang circuit.

Evans GP’s Kai Daryanani topped practice on Friday morning, setting a 2m09.616s to pip team-mate Tiago Rodrigues by 0.023 seconds. Cooper Webster made it a 1-2-3 for the team, 0.663s behind.

There was then almost a day of rest before the two qualifying sessions. Reigning Chinese F4 champion Rodrigues comfortably took race one pole in the first, posting a 2m10.101s on his final lap to put 0.407s between himself and AGI Sport’s Costa Toparis in second. His team-mate Piszcyk was the only other driver within a second of Rodrigues, with Webster and Daryanani lining up fourth and fifth.

Daryanani returned to the top in Q2, lowering the pace to 2m09.020s. That earned him race three pole by 0.151s over Rodrigues, with Webster and Topari 0.553s and 0.739s behind respectively.

Later on Saturday a lights-to-flag win was delivered by Rodrigues, who in 13 laps built a lead of 7.341s.

Toparis fell to fourth on lap one, with Webster and Piszcyk moving ahead after lots of three-wide action through the first corners. Piszcyk took second place on lap two from Webster, who had run deep into turn one and the last corner but then got back past on lap three.

Piszcyk was then under attack from Toparis, but he could not maintain the pace of the podium contenders who finished 0.441s apart after battling hard through the last three laps.

The battle for eighth was even closer. Initially BlackArts Racing’s Inigo Anton was involved, but once he got ahead he pulled clear, and then Jam Motorsport’s Sebastien Amadio and AGI’s Seth Gilmore were left fighting. Amadio took the place on the penultimate lap, and held on to it by just 0.191s.

Those results set the grid for race two on Sunday morning, meaning Rodrigues was on pole again. But his car did not get going on the formation lap, and after multiple attempts at push starts he had to begin the race from the pits.

Webster therefore occupied the top grid spot and after holding off Piszcyk through the first corners pulled away to win by 1.966s.

Piszcyk and Rodrigues got drive-through penalties for having team personnel on the grid for too long, and after serving his Piszcyk recovered from ninth to sixth while Rodrigues remained in last. Toparis was the next driver to occupy second, and finished there.

Daryanani came third, a position secured having held off Stati in a wheel-to-wheel fight through lap three, and followed that up with a dominant race three win.

Rodrigues started slowly and fell to fourth, with Toparis winning the squabble for second in the opening corners as Stati passed Piszcyk for fifth.

The field spread out, although on lap 10 Piszcyk briefly nosed ahead of Stati and on Rodrigues was all over Webster for third on lap 11. Fifth place for Piszcyk clinched him the title with a round to go.

Results round-up
Race 1 (13 laps)
1 Tiago Rodrigues Evans GP 28m33.355s
2 Cooper Webster Evans GP +7.341s
3 James Piszcyk AGI Sport +7.782s
4 Costa Toparis AGI Sport +9.473s
5 Kai Daryanani Evans GP +13.658s
6 Nicolas Stati AGI Sport +14.659s
7 Inigo Anton BlackArts Racing +27.387s
8 Sebastien Amadio Jam Motorsport +32.191s
9 Seth Gilmore AGI Sport +32.382s
10 Imogen Radburn AGI Sport +1m01.290s
Pole: Rodrigues, 2m10.101s
Fastest lap: Rodrigues, 2m10.510s

Race 2 (13 laps)
1 Webster 28m39.557s
2 Toparis +1.966s
3 Daryanani +4.803s
4 Stati +7.008s
5 Anton +7.553s
6 Piszcyk +22.335s
7 Amadio +23.026s
8 Gilmore +24.733s
9 Radburn +33.003s
10 Rodrigues +34.004s
FL: Rodrigues, 2m11.023s

Race 3 (13 laps)
1 Daryanani 28m32.256s
2 Toparis +5.633s
3 Webster +10.127s
4 Rodrigues +11.170s
5 Stati +19.598s
6 Piszcyk +20.332s
7 Radburn +27.923s
8 Gilmore +28.875s
9 Amadio +34.229s
Ret Anton
P: Daryanani, 2m09.020s
FL: Daryanani, 2m10.997s

Championship standings
1 Piszcyk 256   2 Stati 175   3 Amadio 124   4 Gilmore 110   5 Blake Purdie 97   6 Radburn 74   7 Webter 58   8 Daryanani 50   9 Toparis 48   10 Nathan Gotch 46

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AGI Sport’s James Piszcyk made it nine wins out of nine in Australian Formula 4 this season with a triple victory at Sydney Motorsport Park.

There were three practice sessions over Thursday and Friday, and James Piszcyk set a 1m28.993s in FP1 to be fastest by a huge 1.3115 seconds over team-mate Nicolas Stati. Piszcyk topped FP2 with a slower pace, and Stati came 0.1s short of matching his personal best when he led FP3.

Piszcyk’s pace advantage continued into qualifying on Saturday, setting a 1m29.5597s to top Q1 by 0.947s over Stati and 1.9691s over other team-mate Seth Gilmore, then in Q2 improving to 1m29.3228s to be fastest by 0.9669s over Stati. This time Jam Motorsport’s Sebastien Amadio was third fastest, 1.6981s slower than Piszyck.

Formula Race Academy’s Lawrence Katsidis and Tim Boydle exceeded the 110% qualifying time in both qualifying sessions, meaning permission to race was required.

Piszcyk turned the first of his poles into a comfortable 5.4547-second victory over Stati in race one, with Gilmore fading to a very distant fifth behind Amadio and AGI’s Imogen Radburn.

Those results set the race two grid, and the top five held their positions throughout. Piszcyk was almost a second per lap faster than closest rival Stati, winning by 15.8738s. A further 10s back was Amadio, who had a 1.5s gap to Radburn.

It was a similar story in race three, with Piszcyk taking 18 laps to put 17.1787s between himself and Stati. Radburn made the podium but was half a minute behind the winner.

There are set to be two more rounds this season, but only one of them has a date and location determined. If the fifth round does not go ahead, then Piszcyk has provisionally already won the title with his current perfect points tally.

Results round-up
Race 1 (15 laps)
1 James Piszcyk AGI Sport 26m37.8981s
2 Nicolas Stati AGI Sport +5.4547s
3 Sebastien Amadio Jam Motorsport +13.5543s
4 Imogen Radburn AGI Sport +21.6870s
5 Seth Gilmore AGI Sport +31.6667s
6 Nathan Gotch Formula Race Academy +42.3166s
7 Nicholas Filipetto Formula Race Academy +45.9873s
8 Lawrence Katsidis Formula Race Academy +1m22.4467s
9 Tim Boydle Formula Race Academy +1m25.3132s
Ret Mark Wilson Formula Race Academy
Pole: Piszyck, 1m29.5597s
Fastest lap: Piszyck, 1m30.6019s

Race 2 (16 laps)
1 Piszcyk 26m57.1063s
2 Stati +15.8738s
3 Amadio +26.6297s
4 Radburn +28.1371s
5 Gilmore +36.0948s
6 Gotch +56.1466s
7 Filipetto +59.5770s
8 John Paul Drake Jam Motorsport +1m24.5490s
9 Boydle +1 lap
10 Wilson +1 lap
FL: Piszcyk, 1m30.2809s

Race 3 (18 laps)
1 Piszcyk 27m20.2988s
2 Stati +17.1787s
3 Radburn +30.0271s
4 Amadio +37.8997s
5 Gilmore +45.2353s
6 Gotch +1m10.8664s
7 Filipetto +1m13.4430s
8 Drake +1m30.1398s
9 Wilson +1 lap
10 Katsidis +1 lap
P: Piszcyk, 1m29.3228s
FL: Piszcyk, 1m30.1767s

Championship standings
1 Piszcyk 225   2 Stati 145   3 Amadio 112   4 Gilmore 100   5 Blake Purdie 97   6 Radburn 65   7 Gotch 46   8 Drake 33   9 Filipetto 26   10 Mark Rosser 16

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