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The fourth round of the F4 Central European Zone Championship at Autodrom Most continued on Sunday morning with Race 3, won by Jenzer Motorsport driver Elia Weiss.

Max Karhan and Elia Weiss shared the front row of the grid, with David Walther and Simon Rechenmacher on the second row. Aleksandar Bogunovic and Ella Hakkinen lined up on row three, ahead of Mathilda Paatz and Georgiy Zasov on the fourth row.

Weiss made a slightly better start and outdragged Karhan into Turn 1 to take the lead. Karhan dropped to second, while Rechenmacher passed Walther to move into third. Bogunovic, Hakkinen and Paatz retained their positions, while Zasov fell behind Viktor Snebjørn Poulsen to ninth.

Weiss led the race, but Karhan remained within one second of him, closely followed by Rechenmacher and Walther. Most of the action took place further down the field, but midway through the race, the battles were interrupted by a safety-car period and then a red flag. Jorge Luis Bruno suffered further misfortune when he crashed heavily, causing significant damage to his car.

With less than 10 minutes remaining, the race was restarted. The top 10 order was Weiss, Karhan, Rechenmacher, Walther, Bogunovic, Hakkinen, Paatz, Poulsen, Zasov and Nilsson.

The leading drivers negotiated the opening corners cleanly, and the race resumed without incident at the front. However, Igor Polak then made a mistake at the same part of the circuit as Luis Bruno. He spun off on his own, prompting another safety-car deployment, followed by a second red flag that effectively brought the race to an end.

Meanwhile, Simon Rechenmacher received a 10-second penalty for a jump start, dropping him from third to 24th in the final classification.

Elia Weiss was therefore confirmed as the winner of Race 3, ahead of Max Karhan and David Walther. Aleksandar Bogunovic finished fourth, while Ella Hakkinen once again secured a top-five result.

Mathilda Paatz took sixth, followed by Viktor Snebjørn Poulsen in seventh, Georgiy Zasov in eighth and Leo Nilsson in ninth. Andreas Lo Bue completed the top 10.

F4 CEZ – RACE 3 (GROUP AC)

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