Jerez hosted the second stage of Spanish Formula 4 this year, in which four Russians compete simultaneously, including veteran Kirill Smal, who spent his third season at Quartet level.
Pole Timoteush Kucharczyk wins the first race of the weekend. Smal became the best of the Russians and took sixth place. Vladislav Ryabov finished 17th, but the other two Russians were unable to withdraw at the start of the race: due to various incidents, Miron Pingasov and Maxim Arkhangelsky stopped the fight in the first lap.
In the second lap, Smal was in fifth place, Ryabov in 19th, Pingasov in 22nd place, but Arkhangelsky again did not reach the finish line: Maxim was ahead of his two opponents, he fought for a place in the top 20, but after the incident with Jeff Machils he had to stop in the pits .
Arkhangelsky was also unlucky in the third round. This time Maxim managed to show his potential, finishing 11th by the end of the race and fighting for the first points of the season, but, moving in heavy traffic, he flew off the track and crashed the car at the crash stop. The blow turned out to be quite strong, but the rider, fortunately, was not injured. As a result, the judges hung red flags, and the race ended ahead of schedule – the pilots did not manage to reach the final lap.
In the end, Nikola Tsolov won the victory – in six races the Bulgarian prevailed three times, Georg Kelstrup was second and Hugh Barter was third. Kirill Smal is in eighth place, thus scoring points in all races of the weekend, with Arkhangelsky 13th, Pingasov 15th and Ryabov 20th.
Tsolov got into the leaders of the overall standings due to two victories. Kukharchik is second, 17 points behind. Small closes the top 10.
