British F4: Al Azhari and Campbell-Pilling took victories in Sunday’s Open-Wheeler action at Knockhill

Adam Al Azhari and Rowan Campbell-Pilling took victories during the race weekend at Knockhill in some excellent racing at Knockhill.

Al Azhari took his third win of the season with a win at the second race of the weekend in Knockhill, passing pole sitter August Raber to take the top step of the podium. He would manage to finish just under a second clear of Tommy Harfield who also claimed another Challenge Cup victory in the process after starting 5^th on the grid. Raber would drop to third place after starting from pole position finishing only half a second clear of Chase Fernandez as the Xcel Motorsport driver put pressure on the Swedish driver. Ary Bansal initially rounded out the top 5 but after earning himself a one position penalty for gaining an unfair advantage leaving James Piszcyk to take fifth. Behind them finished Martin Molnár who manages to claw a few points back on his championship rival while Campbell-Pilling took 8^th place. Theo Palmer would finish in ninth place while also taking the Rookie Cup victory by just 6 tenths over Championship leader Fionn McLaughlin who rounds out the top 10 and second in Rookie Cup.

The final British F4 race of the day saw Campbell-Pilling claim his first British F4 victory after jumping pole sitter Thomas Bearman to win by 1.6 seconds. Bearman would settle for second place but also take Rookie Cup honours once again. Bansal would round out the podium taking another Challenge Cup victory in the process while Henry Joslyn from fifthteenth on the grid would come home fourth by the checkered flag. Al Azhari would finish 5^th ahead of Tommy Harfield who takes home 6^th overall and second in the Challenge Cup. Xavier Avramides would finish second in the Rookie Cup while taking 7^th ahead of Yuhao Fu in eighth. Palmer would round out the Rookie Cup podium with a ninth-place finish and Raber would complete the top 10.

Heading into the final nine races, McLaughlin sits 40.5 points clear of Molnár while Piszcyk closes the gap to 17 points between him and second place. Joslyn sits 41 points further back in fourth while Harfield completes the top 5 in the standings. The Rookie Cup sees McLaughlin with a 123.5 point gap to Bearman in second place and needs to outscore him by half a point across the Donighton Park weekend to claim the Rookie Cup. Palmer sits in third only 14 points clear of Cole Hewetson while Avramides is only 4 points further back in the fight for 3^rd in the cup.

The Challenge Cup would be led by Harfield by 99 points, but he now has raced in all seven of his rounds for the cup eligibility. Ella Lloyd sits in second but cannot catch the championship leader due to only being eligible to compete in one more round leaving her unable to claim the Cup. Bansal is the only driver left who can challenge Harfield in the final 3 events to snatch the title having all the opportunity to race in all remaining events left in the season but would need to claim back a 142.5-point deficit in order to claim the title. Alba Larsen and Charlie Edge sit in fourth and fifth in the standings only 3 points apart in their battle for fourth in the Cup.