The Polish driver, with a fourth and a fifth place, and the Mexican, with two sixth-place finishes, achieved the best results for Griffin Core by Campos in a demanding weekend of racing at the Dutch circuit. Their teammate Macedo also scored points on Sunday. For Campos Racing, Caranta and Tarnvanichkul also finished in the points, while Rivera narrowly missed out on both days
The second half of the 2025 Eurocup-3 season got underway last weekend at the TT Circuit Assen, host of the fifth of eight events on this year’s calendar. The Dutch venue proved to be a real test for the Griffin Core by Campos and Campos Racing drivers. Kacper Sztuka, Jesse Carrasquedo, and Francisco Macedo, all carrying the Griffin Core by Campos livery, each managed to score points at some stage over the weekend. As for Campos Racing, Jules Caranta and Enzo Tarnvanichkul also added to their tally, while Ernesto Rivera narrowly missed out in both races.
On Friday, the Campos Racing and Griffin Core by Campos drivers began adapting to a circuit with particularly tricky characteristics for rookies. In free practice, Sztuka and Carrasquedo were the fastest for Griffin Core by Campos, placing fourth and fifth respectively on the timesheets. For Campos Racing, that honour went to Rivera, the Mexican Red Bull Junior Team driver, who was seventh.
Saturday’s qualifying session was to be the key factor in the outcome of the races, as overtaking was no easy task for anyone. In Q1, Sztuka again led the way for Griffin Core by Campos, his lap of 1m31.080s earning him fourth on the grid for the Saturday race. Carrasquedo, at the wheel of another Griffin Core by Campos Tatuus, was seventh with a 1m31.257s, starting from the same fourth row as Tarnvanichkul, who set a 1m31.308s for Campos Racing. Caranta posted the 11th-best time, two places ahead of Rivera and four ahead of Macedo.
In the first race, held around midday on Saturday, Sztuka lost one position off the line, dropping to fifth. Carrasquedo made a better start and was up to sixth by the end of the first lap, running just behind his teammate. At the end of lap one, Caranta was ninth, while Macedo, Tarnvanichkul, and Rivera ran in formation from 11th to 13th. Unfortunately for Macedo, contact on lap three caused a spin, sending him to the back of the field. Up front, Sztuka tried everything to overtake Andrés Cárdenas, running just a few tenths behind the Peruvian for most of the race, but the move never came. After 21 laps, Sztuka crossed the line in fifth, just ahead of sixth-placed Carrasquedo. Rivera climbed to ninth at the flag, but a post-race five-second penalty for track limits dropped him to 13th. Tarnvanichkul inherited the final points-paying position in 10th. After his early incident, Macedo recovered to finish 22nd. Caranta, who had been running in the top ten, was forced to retire late on after contact while attempting to pass Alexander Abkhazava.
On Sunday, the second qualifying session awaited the drivers early in the morning. The best of the Alzira-based squad was Macedo, whose 1m30.724s lap would have earned him fourth, but a five-place grid penalty for an incident in race one dropped him to ninth. Caranta, who had almost matched Macedo’s time with a 1m30.786s, was also hit with the same penalty. This promoted Tarnvanichkul to fourth, thanks to his 1m30.914s lap. Sztuka’s 1m31.072s put him sixth, with Carrasquedo eighth on a 1m31.113s. Macedo and Caranta still completed the top ten, while Rivera was 12th.
In the second race at midday, Tarnvanichkul’s day got off to the worst possible start when his car stalled on the grid as the lights went out. This left Sztuka and Carrasquedo to lead the charge. The Mexican battled hard with Maciej Gladysz and James Egozi, running sixth, while his Polish teammate held fourth from the early stages. Further back, Caranta was eighth and Macedo 10th. The front positions remained mostly unchanged, but further down Tarnvanichkul, having restarted, fought his way up the order. A safety car on lap 13, following two cars going off track, set up a tense finale. On the restart, with just four minutes left, Sztuka tried to put pressure on Valerio Rinicella, but the Italian held firm, and the Pole finished fourth at the flag. Carrasquedo took sixth, Caranta eighth, and Macedo ninth after passing Emerson Fittipaldi late on. Rivera narrowly missed the points in 11th, while Tarnvanichkul’s recovery ended in 13th.
After Assen, Rivera remains Campos Racing’s top driver, now third in the standings with 136 points. Just behind him is Sztuka, fourth with 128, while Carrasquedo rounds out the top five. Caranta and Tarnvanichkul sit eighth and tenth respectively. In the teams’ standings, Griffin Core by Campos lies second with 225 points, just one ahead of Campos Racing in third on 224.
The sixth round of the championship will take place on 4–5 September at Spa-Francorchamps.
