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The second race of the F4 Central European Zone Championship at Autodrom Most was once again dominated by Argentine driver Gino Trappa, who controlled the race from start to finish and claimed a commanding victory.

Gino Trappa and Nicolas Cortes started from the front row, with their Jenzer Motorsport teammates Max Karhan and Javier Herrera lining up on the second row. Hadi Mimassi and Simon Schranz from Renauer Motorsport occupied the third row.

The Jenzer cars had a clean start, maintaining their positions. However, the Renauer teammates nearly made contact and both had to take avoiding action, which opened the door for František Němec to move up to fifth for a few corners before Schranz re-passed him.

Benett Gáspár suffered rear-left suspension damage and retired on the second lap, while Trappa began to steadily pull away from Cortes, Karhan and Herrera.

Schranz held fifth place but was unable to match the pace of the leading blue-and-black Jenzer cars. Sixth-place Němec was under pressure from David Walther, who had retired on the first lap of Race 1 and was now determined to deliver a strong result.

Walther eventually overtook Němec on lap four and began chasing Schranz, who was more than two seconds ahead. Within a few laps, Walther caught and passed Schranz for fifth place.

Němec then ran wide in the final corner, allowing David Gorčica and Andreas Lo Bue to overtake him. Gorčica soon caught Schranz as well and, in the closing stages, began preparing a move for sixth place. Close behind were Lo Bue and Mathilda Paatz, all involved in a tight battle.

Meanwhile, at the front, Trappa continued to manage his lead comfortably. Cortes was under pressure from Karhan, who was glued to his rear wing for much of the race. Despite the pressure, the Czech driver couldn’t find an opening to pass and the top three finished in the same order as in Race 1: Trappa first, Cortes second, and Karhan third.

Herrera finished fourth, Walther was fifth, and Schranz managed to hold on to sixth ahead of Gorčica, Lo Bue, and Paatz. The top ten was rounded out by Teo Borenstein.

F4 CEZ – race 2

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