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Race 2 had the top 11 finishers reversed, giving Ryan Micallef pole position – a solid effort since he started Race 1 from the rear of the field. Shoma Shintani joined him on the front row. Micallef got away cleanly, with Shintani fending off Pablo Espes and Connor Jupp. Espes, and many other drivers, were eliminated from the race, leaving Micallef, Jupp, Shintani and Caruana to fight it out for the lead. Moore moved up to fourth, while Jacir made an aggressive move on Caruana for the lead, ending with an unfortunate collision which put Caruana into a spin. Micallef and Jacir were sideby-side on the last lap. After making contact, cutting the final corner, both had to slow down to avoid being penalised. Moore and Gilbert capitalised to make it a 1-2 finish for Team Benik, with Micallef in third after Jacir was awarded a time penalty.
FF1600 Esports Cup
Motorsport UK took the step in 2023 to introduce a dedicated feeder series for the British F4 Esports Championship called the UK FF1600 Esports Cup – this championship is for‘ non-pro’ drivers to showcase their talent on the same broadcast as the British F4 Esports Championship. 2023 champion Henry Moore is now an F4 esports favourite, and in 2024 the champion was Mark Fletcher, with Shoma Shintani as runner-up.
Crofton Woodhatch, who often matched both Fletcher and Shintani for pace took pole position for the first race of 2025, ahead of Hayden Bramley and Charlie Summers in second and third. As Race 1 got underway, it was Woodhatch who led from the start, while Summers used a mistake from Bramley at Redgate to take second. Mid-race, Summers fell foul of track limits at the Fogarty Esses, dropping him to sixth and elevating Sam Sanders to third. As the four-car battle for unfolded, with Bramley and Sanders now joined by Matt Kendall and Kane Rider, on the final lap, however when Sanders got into the back of Bramley at McLeans, and spearing into Dylan McClements as a result, it was Bramley continued in second place, with Kendall in third.
The reverse grid for Race Two put Yuanxi Lin on pole position, and he held onto the lead through lap one, with Round 1 frontrunner Charlie Summers in tow. Woodhatch, Bramley and Sherwood all made progress through the field, with the three in formation as they chased down the leaders. Teemu Myllykangas had taken the lead, but Bramley’ s charge ended as he tangled with Woodhatch on corner entry, clipping Jonathan Smith into a roll. With Bramley out, Woodhatch continued, well behind the lead battle, while Sherwood took over the lead. Myllykangas headed Sherwood on the final lap, until Sherwood made a bold move around the outside of the chicane to take the chequered flag first, with Myllykangas close behind, just ahead of Lin in third.
The reversed grid draw for Race 2 saw Woodhatch starting from eighth, with Summers on pole position eager to make up for the error in Race 1. Summers held onto the lead, fending off the advances of Brandon Lowden and Sanders. Woodhatch initially made solid progress towards the front of the field but ran wide at the Esses mid-race, dropping him out of the top 10. Up front, Kendall challenged Summers for the lead, and their dicing allowed the pack to close in to make it a six-way fight for the final lap, with Sanders just ahead of Kendall at the chequered flag. Woodhatch could only muster eighth, losing ground to Kendall in the championship fight.
Revolution- October 2025
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