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Argentine championship leader Gino Trappa of Jenzer Motorsport stormed to the front from third on the grid and never looked back, winning the final race of the F4 Central European Zone weekend at Salzburgring. He was joined on the podium by teammate Max Karhan and third was David Walther from Maffi Racing.
The reverse grid for Race 3 placed Mexican drivers Javier Herrera and Nicolas Cortes. Behind them lined up Trappa and double race winner Max Karhan, with Andreas Lo Bue from Maffi Racing and local favorite Simon Schranz from Renauer Motorsport on the third row.
The first chicane was navigated quite cleanly by the entire field and the action quickly went on. All four Jenzer Motorsport drivers fought fiercely on the opening lap, battling wheel-to-wheel through every corner. Trappa ultimately emerged in the lead, ahead of Herrera. Karhan attempted to pass Cortes but was overtaken by Schranz and dropped to fifth. However, he quickly recovered and reclaimed fourth on the following lap, re-establishing a Jenzer 1–2–3–4 at the front.
Renauer Motorsport still held strong positions, with Schranz in fifth and teammate Hady Mimassi sixth, just ahead of Maffi Racing’s David Walther and Andreas Lo Bue.
The race saw intense action throughout the field. After just four laps, the gap between the race leader and seventh place was under two seconds—a tight train of cars constantly battling for position.
Walther moved up to fifth when Schranz outbraked himself into the first chicane and ran through the escape road, followed by Lo Bue.
At the halfway mark, Trappa maintained the lead with a one-second gap over Cortes. Karhan followed closely in third, while Walther applied pressure to Herrera for fourth. Under pressure, Herrera cut the chicane in a defensive move and later retired to the pits, promoting Walther and others.
With less than three minutes remaining, Teodor Borenstein suffered a heavy crash into the barriers, prompting a red flag. The race was not resumed.
Gino Trappa was declared the winner of the final race at Salzburgring, with Nicolas Cortes finishing second, but received 5 second penalty for the incident on the track and dropped to fourth place. That promoted Max Karhan to second and David Walther to third, while Mathilda Paatz delivered another solid result in fifth. Andreas Lo Bue made a strong recovery drive to finish sixth, followed by Hady Mimassi in seventh. Simon Schranz placed eighth, Benett Gáspár ninth, and David Gorčica rounded out the top ten, securing another points finish.
