Race Report

FORMULA 4
FIA F4 CEZ CHAMPIONSHIP, Rounds 7/8/9

Circuit: Slovakiaring (SK), Length 5,922 km, 7^th – 9^th June 2024
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JENZER MOTORSPORT 2024:
Oscar Wurz (AT), Max Karhan (CZ), Teodor Borenstein (CZ)

Oscar Wurz and Max Karhan win at the Slovakiaring

The third of six race events for the FIA F4 CEZ (Central European Zone) Championship was held at the biggest East European Circuit, at the Slovakiaring (SK) near Bratislava. This was a new challenge for our drivers, who started with great expectations. For this event, Oscar Wurz and Max Karhan got a new teammate, the 15-year-old Czech Teodor Borenstein, who was competing in his very first race in a Formula car.

Qualifying

Friday, 07/06/24, 16.30 – 16.50, Weather: Sunny, 26°C

In this championship there are three practice sessions available on Friday, followed by the official part with one qualifying session of 20 minutes, followed by three races of 25 minutes each. The grid for the first race will be drawn up in the order of the fastest qualifying time achieved by each driver in the qualifying. The grid for the second race will be drawn up in the order of the race 1 result. The grid for the third race will be drawn up in the order of the reverse order of the 4 – 8 positons in race one (tbc according to amount of starters).

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Race One (25 minutes)

Saturday, 08/06/24, 10.35, Weather: Sunny, 27°C

The race started in beautiful sunshine and very warm temperatures. Oscar got off to a good start, but his pursuers tried everything to attack him. Oscar managed to pull away a little and create some distance from his pursuers. Max had started from 4th place and held on to it. Teodor got off to a good start, but after a few laps he went off the track on an excursion through the gravel bed. He was able to rejoin, but had fallen back to 11th place. After the safety car had to be deployed briefly because Jandova got stuck in the gravel, things got going again at the restart. Oscar managed the restart well, but a fierce battle raged behind him. Max was surprised by Correrella at the restart and was now 5th. Teodor managed to work his way up to 6th place. On the last lap he wanted to attack again, but it went wrong. He collided with Holguin and the two ended up in the gravel. Teodor was still classified in 10th place. Oscar won the first race of the weekend with ease, and Max took home a good 4th place.

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Race Two (25 minutes)

Sunday, 09.06.24, 10.05, Weather: Sunny, 26°C

Oscar was one more time on pole position for the second race on Sunday morning. However he didn't get off to a good start and was lucky that the other drivers were able to avoid him. He filed in further back in the field and immediately started to make up places. Sabaj and Jandova spun into the gravel together and the safety car had to be deployed. Max was now in 3rd place, Oscar was 6th and Teodor was 8th. At the restart Oscar managed to overtake two drivers in one go. Max fought with Correrella and Mikes and Oscar soon managed to get the better of them all and push his way through. Now he was in 3rd place and it wasn't long before he had also overtaken Mikes and Kutskov and was resolutely back at the front of the field with two laps to go. Oscar beautifully won the second race, Max narrowly missed the podium and finished 4th. Teodor crossed the finish line in a good 6th place.

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Race Three (25 minutes)

Sunday, 09.06.24, 13.20, Weather: Cloudy, 26°C

In race three, the first five places of the result from race one were reversed. But Sabaj's car, which was supposed to start from pole, had to be repaired after race two and was only just ready for the last race. So she started from the pit lane and Max, who was supposed to start from second place, was now the first to leave. Oscar had a great start from fifth place and had worked his way up to second place behind Max after the first lap. But Teodor collided with Holguin and the two flew into the gravel trap, which caused a long safety car phase. The race was even stopped with the red flag, everyone lined up behind the safety car on the starting grid. When the track was clear again, the restart was given behind the safety car. Oscar managed to overtake Max in turn one, but Max immediately countered and managed to put a lot of pressure on Oscar. Correrella also pushed from behind, overtook Kutskov and put pressure on Max. Max attacked Oscar and the two drove side by side for a long stretch of bends without Max being able to overtake Oscar. But Oscar was slow to come out of the last bend onto the finish line and Max managed to overtake him in a nice maneuver in the end. After a very good drive, Max deservedly took his first race win in this category. Oscar crossed the finish line in a good second place and continued to collect good points.

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Championship standings

FIA F4 CEZ Championship 2024 after 9 out of 18 races:
1^st Oscar Wurz (AT), 170 points; 2^nd Kirill Kutskov (AND), 103 points; 3^rd Max Karhan (CZ), 74 points; 4^th Miroslav Mikes (CZ), 68 points; 5^th Jonathan Correrella (F), 66 points; 6^th Davide Larini (I), 43 points; 19^th Teodor Borenstein (CZ), 9 points

2024 FIA F4 CEZ MEISTERSCHAFT – RENNTERMINE

2024 FIA F4 CEZ CHAMPIONSHIP – AGENDA

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