The British driver achieved his second rostrum finish of the season in Alcañiz, while the Thai driver made his first appearance on the podium. Rivera, Egozi, and Przyrowski earned a good haul of points in this last event before the summer break
The F4 Spain season held its fourth event of the current season this past weekend at Motorland Aragón, where the drivers of Campos Racing and Griffin Core by Campos once again performed at a high level. British driver Nathan Tye secured his second podium of the current campaign in Aragón, driving his Tatuus for Campos Racing. Enzo Tarnvanichkul, the Thai driver, delivered his best performance in the championship so far with his Red Bull-liveried car, finishing third in one race and scoring points in the other two. Jan Przyrowski, Ernesto Rivera, and James Egozi all finished at least once in the points. The only one who didn't manage to do so was the Peruvian Andrés Cárdenas, who couldn't complete a clean race throughout the weekend.
After two free practice sessions on Saturday morning, the first qualifying session took place at noon. In this session, American driver Egozi was one of the Alzira team's drivers involved in the battle for pole position. Egozi stopped the clock with a lap time of 1m59.226s, placing him second on the starting grid. Slightly behind, Tye was fifth with a lap of 1m59.295s, sharing the third row with Tarnvanichkul, who was sixth with a time of 1m59.318s. Przyrowski also placed among the top ten fastest in Q1 with a lap of 1m59.548s. Rivera and Cárdenas had less luck, finishing seventeenth and twenty-eighth with laps of 1m59.777s and 2m00.305s, respectively.
The first of the scheduled races, set for 30 minutes plus one lap, took place later that Saturday. Przyrowski was the first casualty for the team, dropping out due to an incident. With almost forty cars on track, the initial laps were frantic, but Tye, Tarnvanichkul, and Egozi remained in the top five. After a safety car period, it was withdrawn on lap 3, and shortly after, Tarnvanichkul overtook Egozi before the safety car returned to the track. On lap eight, the race was on again, but numerous position changes caused both Egozi and Tarnvanichkul to lose some positions. On lap 11, the team suffered another loss as Rivera retired due to another incident. Despite this, Tarnvanichkul and Egozi managed to recover some positions in the final moments of the race, finishing third and fourth, respectively. Tye ended up fourteenth, ahead of Cárdenas.
Sunday began early with the second qualifying session, where Polish driver Przyrowski set the third-fastest time with a lap of 1m57.673s, placing three other Valencian team drivers in the top ten. Tarnvanichkul was eighth with a lap of 1m57.995s, while Tye and Egozi recorded laps of 1m58.147s and 1m58.206s. Rivera was just behind in eleventh with a time of 1m58.227s. Cárdenas was set to start the third and final race of the weekend from twenty-first place with a lap of 1m58.676s.
Before that, the second race of 25 minutes plus one lap took place in mid-morning, with Tye starting second, ahead of Tarnvanichkul, and Przyrowski ninth, just in front of Egozi and Rivera. The first safety car came out at the end of the first lap, but green flags waved again on the third lap. Tye and Tarnvanichkul were running second and fourth, while Przyrowski had climbed to eighth. The position changes were relentless throughout a fiercely contested race beyond the podium places. Tye gradually solidified his position on the podium, crossing the finish line in second place after 13 laps. Tarnvanichkul finished fifth, ahead of Przyrowski. Outside the points, Egozi finished eleventh, with Cárdenas and Rivera in 16th and 25th after a five-second penalty for exceeding track limits.
In the third and final race, Przyrowski started third, while Tye, Tarnvanichkul, and Rivera occupied positions from eighth to tenth in the opening moments. Before the appearance of the safety car, Tye had already gained two positions to be sixth. With the pack regrouped, Przyrowski fell to seventh in his battle for the podium on the fourth lap, being overtaken by Tye and Tarnvanichkul among others. Rivera was also climbing the standings, reaching seventh after seven laps. Rivera and Przyrowski emerged as the team's best performers in the final part, with the Pole finishing fourth and his teammate sixth. Tarnvanichkul closed the points positions in tenth place. Egozi dropped to fourteenth, three places ahead of Cárdenas. Tye classified at the back after failing to cross the finish line on the last lap.
Having passed the midpoint of the championship with three meetings remaining, Rivera is fifth in the drivers' standings with 94 points, tied with the fourth-place driver. Egozi is sixth with 83 points, while Przyrowski and Tye are eighth and ninth, respectively. Tarnvanichkul, after scoring points in Alcañiz, climbs to twelfth place.
After the summer break, the championship will resume activity in Cheste on September 14-15, in what will be the home event for the Alzira-based racing team.
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