British F4: Molnár takes opening race win at Zandvoort

The only overseas round of the British F4 calendar would be held at Zandvoort where Martin Molnár would take victory in the opening race of the weekend.

Qualifying on Saturday morning would see race 1’s grid set by the second fastest times set by the drivers. Henry Joslyn would claim pole for the first race of the weekend ahead of Molnár and McLaughlin.

After a difficult start, Joslyn would drop to third while the two championship leaders would get by him quickly leaving Molnár to take the lead ahead of McLaughlin. He would try to make a breakaway, but a Safety Car would be called due o a spin for Adam Al Azhari. The race restart would see the championship leaders continue to lead the race as Molnár manages to maintain the lead over McLaughlin and Joslyn. The three would continue to fight and barely be more than an arm’s reach from one another but Molnár would remain faultless across the race distance to take victory ahead of McLaughlin while Joslyn would have to settle for third place.

James Piszcyk would finish in 4^th managing to keep ahead of Ethan Jeff-Hall despite the onslaught of attacks from the car behind. Chase Fernandez would also finish just behind the pairing to finish in 6^th while Ella Lloyd would finish 7^th ahead of Ary Bansal in 8^th. The final two places in the top 10 looked to be between Chloe Chong and Rowan Campbell-Pilling but the pair would collide on the banking on the final lap of the race taking them both out leaving Tommy Harfield and Yuhao Fu to take home the last points paying positions.

This result would leave Molnár half a point clear of McLaughlin in the standings at the championship duo would be almost inseparable this season.