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<figure id="figure-ewc7pofdiwm82fa1yh"><img id="ewc7pofdiwm82fa1yh" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/eThMvVYpOZUOJ7c7X4EQJSgQhqv8lgP8Clui7SFCmypDtPNx5Tj9LdLqNkRjZo82.jpg" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="16:9" data-caption="" data-positionx="undefined" data-positiony="undefined" data-fullwidth="false" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/eThMvVYpOZUOJ7c7X4EQJSgQhqv8lgP8Clui7SFCmypDtPNx5Tj9LdLqNkRjZo82.jpg" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;"></figure>The highly-anticipated 2025 AU4 Championship, featuring for the first time both the 2015 Gen1 Mygale and the latest 2022 Gen2 Tatuus F4-T421 Abarth race cars, will drop the flag for 2025 at The Bend Motorsport Park on May 23-25.Sydney-based AGI Sport, the series promoter and a leading force in developing Australian racing talent, continues to provide drivers from just 14 years of age local with local and international experience, competing in major F4 Championships across Asia, the UAE, the Middle East, and North America. Most recently, the team and the majority of its Tatuus F4 cars, a model widely used in over half of the 20 FIA Formula 4 Championships worldwide including the prestigious all-female F1 Academy series, participated in the UAE F4 Trophy Series including the Abu Dhabi Formula 1 support race at Yas Marina Circuit last December.“The unique dual-class lineup and a healthy grid will make for an exciting 2025 AU4 Championship, and this adjustment ensures that AGI Sport and other competing teams have their full complement of equipment in time for the season’s start,” said Series Manager and AGI Sport team owner Adam Gotch.2025 AU4 CHAMPIONSHIPRound 1: The Bend Motorsport Park, SAMay 23 – 25, 2025Round 2: The Bend Motorsport Park, SAJuly 12 – 13, 2025Round 3: Phillip Island, VICAugust 16-17, 2025Round 4: Sydney Motorsport Park, NSWAugust 29-31, 2025Round 5: Sydney Motorsport Park, NSWSeptember 26-28, 2025AGI Sport has confirmed a range of prizes for the winner of the Junior Cup for First Generation Mygale F4 cars, and the outright National championship for the Second Generation Tatuus F4.Mygale Gen 1 – Junior Cupo The winner of the Gen1 class in 2025 will receive free entry into the Gen2 class for the following season ANDo A free full test day in a Tatuus Gen2.Tatuus Gen2 – Outright Championshipo Winner of the Gen2 class will receive a free test in the United States with a Championship winning team in USA Formula 4 &amp; USA Formula Regional. Option 1:• 2 x Test days in a US F4 car in Dallas, Texas – OCT/NOV 2025OR Option 2:• 1 x Test Day in a US F4 car in Dallas, Texas – OCT/NOV 2025, and• 1 x Test Day in a US Formula Regional (US F3) car (the following day).&lt;ends&gt;For further updates on the AU4 Championship, visit au4-championship.com.au.AU4 Championship enquires:Dimi Katsidisp. 0457 899 502e. Dimi.Katsidis@agi-group.com.auw: www.AU4-Championship.com.au

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07/03/25: The highly-anticipated 2025 AU4 Championship, featuring for the first time both the 2015 Gen1 Mygale and the latest 2022 Gen2 Tatuus F4-T421 Abarth race cars, will drop the flag for 2025 at The Bend Motorsport Park on May 23-25.Sydney-based AGI Sport, the series promoter and a leading force in developing Australian racing talent, continues to provide drivers from just 14 years of age local with local and international experience, competing in major F4 Championships across Asia, the UAE, the Middle East, and North America. Most recently, the team and the majority of its Tatuus F4 cars, a model widely used in over half of the 20 FIA Formula 4 Championships worldwide including the prestigious all-female F1 Academy series, participated in the UAE F4 Trophy Series including the Abu Dhabi Formula 1 support race at Yas Marina Circuit last December.However, due to ongoing international shipping delays, particularly through key Asian ports, AGI Sport's critical race equipment including four new Tatuus F4-T421 cars, spare parts, and operational gear has been held up in Port Klang, Malaysia, for over a month, hampering some drivers' plans for the start of the 2025 season.In response, AU4 Championship organisers, in collaboration with Motorsport Australia and the Australian Racing Drivers’ Club (ARDC), has adjusted the 2025 season schedule. The 2025 AU4 Championship will now officially begin at The Bend Motorsport Park on May 23-25, and the planned March round at Sydney Motorsport Park will be moved to the National Round at the same venue in late August.“The unique dual-class lineup and a healthy grid will make for an exciting 2025 AU4 Championship, and this adjustment ensures that AGI Sport and other competing teams have their full complement of equipment in time for the season’s start,” said Series Manager and AGI Sport team owner Adam Gotch.“Despite the logistical challenges, our team remains committed to delivering top-tier performance on the international stage, including on home soil, and we appreciate the cooperation of all parties involved to meet this challenge. We all are looking forward to an exciting evolution of the AU4 championship, starting at The Bend in May.”2025 AU4 CHAMPIONSHIPRound 1: The Bend Motorsport Park, SA May 23 – 25, 2025&nbsp;Round 2: The Bend Motorsport Park, SA July 12 – 13, 2025Round 3: Phillip Island, VIC August 16-17, 2025Round 4: Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW August 29-31, 2025Round 5: Sydney Motorsport Park, NSW September 26-28, 2025AGI Sport has confirmed a range of prizes for the winner of the Junior Cup for First Generation Mygale F4 cars, and the outright National championship for the Second Generation Tatuus F4.&nbsp;Mygale Gen 1 – Junior Cupo &nbsp; The winner of the Gen1 class in 2025 will receive free entry into the Gen2 class for the following season ANDo &nbsp; A free full test day in a Tatuus Gen2.Tatuus Gen2 – Outright Championship&nbsp;o &nbsp; Winner of the Gen2 class will receive a free test in the United States with a Championship winning team in USA Formula 4 &amp; USA Formula Regional.§ &nbsp;Option 1:· &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;2 x Test days in a US F4 car in Dallas, Texas – OCT/NOV 2025OR§ &nbsp;Option 2:&nbsp;· &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 x Test Day in a US F4 car in Dallas, Texas – OCT/NOV 2025, and· &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 x Test Day in a US Formula Regional (US F3) car (the following day).&nbsp;AU4 Championship enquires: Dimi Katsidis p. 0457 899 502&nbsp; e. <a data-mce-href="mailto:Dimi.Katsidis@agi-group.com.au" href="mailto:Dimi.Katsidis@agi-group.com.au">Dimi.Katsidis@agi-group.com.au</a>

2025 AU4 Championship’s new dual-class lineup  to launch at The Bend Motorsport Park

OFFICIAL RELEASE, 31/01/25: A new chapter in Australian open-wheel racing begins in 2025 as the Australian Formula 4 Championship evolves into the Motorsport Australia AU4 Championship, offering the next generation of Australian talent a clearer pathway to the pinnacle of Formula car racing.Recognised globally by the FIA and professional teams, Formula 4 is the essential stepping stone from elite karting to international formula racing. The rebranded Motorsport Australia AU4 Championship marks the start of an exciting new era in Australia, featuring a competitive grid exclusively made up of Formula 4 cars from the first-generation Mygale-Ford to the latest second-generation Tatuus-Abarth.A split-grid format in 2025 provides young talent, starting from just 14 years old, the opportunity to compete in a five-round national series using first-generation 2015 Mygale-Ford F4 cars. The grid will be headlined by the second-generation 2022 Tatuus-Abarth F4 cars; the same machine shaping the future of Formula 1’s brightest prospects worldwide, and available to AU4 competitors aged 15 and above.“The F4 Championship gained great momentum and produced some phenomenal drivers up to 2019, but since then, young drivers were not able to clock up essential F4 racing experience in Australia before making the significant leap to international competition,” said Adam Gotch, AU4 Championship series manager and founder of AU4 series promoter AGI Sport.“AGI Sport has been focused on developing young Australian and New Zealand drivers on local circuits before taking them overseas to compete in Europe and the USA, but it’s not the same as competing in a national-level championship, and our best talent must leave the country at a young age to compete on the overseas circuit to gain this experience.“We want to build on the momentum created by Asian-based promoter Top Speed in 2024 with the Australian F4 Championship, and believe a two-class structure is the right approach for 2025.”The first generation Mygale M14-F4 has a vast pedigree, raced between 2015-2021 by the likes of Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris, Logan Sargeant, Liam Lawson, Jack Doohan, Christian Mansell, and Will Brown.&nbsp;The second generation Tatuus-Abarth F4-T421 is currently racing in the world’s elite F4 Championships, and F1 Academy feeder series, in the UK, Italy, Spain and the UAE, and is set to be the current F4 car of choice in Europe through to 2030.&nbsp;“With drivers such as Oliver Bearman and Kimi Antonelli progressing from the Tatuus-Abarth to seats in 2025 Formula 1, the Formula 4 pathway is vital for young Australian drivers aspiring to the world stage, and the earlier they can gain experience in competition, the better,” says Gotch.&nbsp;“The AU4 model offers a more cost-effective entry-level class with first-generation 2015 F4 cars for aspiring drivers from the age of 14, with the option to step up to the latest Tatuus Gen2 once the drivers turn 15. Of course, competitors of any age can race in either class provided they meet the minimum age requirement.”The new Motorsport Australia AU4 Championship will feature five rounds contested from March to September 2025, before expanding to four states in 2026. Drivers will compete on some of Australia’s most iconic circuits, including Sydney Motorsport Park in NSW, Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Victoria, and Shell V-Power Motorsport Park at The Bend, SA.<a data-mce-href="https://au4-championship.com.au/calendar" href="https://au4-championship.com.au/calendar" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-mce-selected="inline-boundary">Australian Formula 4 Championship 2025 Calendar</a>Series promoter AGI Sport has also announced a range of prizes for the winner of the Junior Cup for First Generation Mygale F4 cars, and the outright National championship for the Second Generation Tatuus F4.&nbsp;Mygale Gen 1 – Junior Cupo &nbsp; The winner of the Gen1 class in 2025 will receive free entry into the Gen2 class for the following season ANDo &nbsp; A free full test day in a Tatuus Gen2.Tatuus Gen2 – Outright Championship&nbsp;o &nbsp; Winner of the Gen2 class will receive a free test in the United States with a Championship winning team in USA Formula 4 &amp; USA Formula Regional.§ &nbsp;Option 1:· &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;2 x Test days in a US F4 car in Dallas, Texas – OCT/NOV 2025OR§ &nbsp;Option 2:&nbsp;· &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 x Test Day in a US F4 car in Dallas, Texas – OCT/NOV 2025, and· &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;1 x Test Day in a US Formula Regional (US F3) car (the following day).&nbsp;&lt;ends&gt;AU4 Championship enquires:Dimi Katsidis p. 0457 899 502&nbsp; e. <a data-mce-href="mailto:Dimi.Katsidis@agi-group.com.au" href="mailto:Dimi.Katsidis@agi-group.com.au" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dimi.Katsidis@agi-group.com.au&nbsp;</a>

New Name, Even Stronger Future:  The 2025 Motorsport Australia AU4 Championship

The two-day pre-season testing at Shell V-Power Motorsport Park has concluded, ahead of the return of the Australian Formula 4 Championships this weekend.FIA Formula 4 is the globally recognised pathway from Karting to Formula 1 and the collaboration between The Bend, series organiser Top Speed China and the governing body Motorsport Australia will see it return to Australian soil officially on Friday. The local presence of F4 allows for young Australian drivers and those from the wider Asia-Pacific region to compete in the cars before heading overseas to race and progress further through the junior formulas of Formula 3 and Formula 2.&nbsp; The Bend has become the home of F4 in Australia, housing the cars, hosting pre-season testing and staging the first two rounds of the championship. This weekend’s round will consist of 2x60 minute practice sessions on Friday, a further 30-minute practice session and 2x 15 minute qualifying sessions on Saturday with the first of 3x25 minute +1 lap races to commence on Saturday afternoon. &nbsp; 12 entries are confirmed for Round 1 of the Australian F4 Championship joining the field of over 100+ cars competing across various categories in Event 3 of the SA Motor Racing Championships this weekend.

Vital Pathway from Karting to Formula 1 to return to Australia at the Shell V-Power Motorsport Park this weekend May 02,2024

James ‘Jimmy’ Piszcyk makes it nine wins from nine races in Round 3 for Formula 4 Australia at Sydney Motorsport Park. Aug 04,2024Jimmy Piszcyk has taken a clean sweep of pole positions and race wins as his supremacy continues in the first three rounds of the Formula 4 Australian Championship – certified by the FIA!Qualifying (based on results of Qualifying 1)Pole: 1. 93. James Piszcyk AGI Sport Masters Class Pole: 66. Nathan Gotch AGI Sport Rookie Pole: 24. Seth Gilmore (R) AGI SportRace 1&nbsp;AGI Sport’s James ‘Jimmy’ Piszcyk made it seven wins from seven starts on Saturday at Sydney Motorsport Park. &nbsp;The 17-year-old started from pole position and led the field away. A mid-race safety car bunched the field, but Piszcyk was able to pull away on the restart and took the chequered flag by 5.5s, ahead of teammate Nicolas Stati and JAM Motorsport’s Sebastien Amadio.Imogen Radburn had another strong race, starting fifth overall and second in the Rookie Class, to gain a position on the first lap and move into fourth and first in class, which she held until race end. Seth Gilmore finished second in Rookie class, and fifth overall, ahead of Masters Class winner, Formula Race Academy’s Nathan Gotch in sixth.&nbsp;Gotch’s teammate, Nicholas Filipetto finished second In Masters and seventh overall. Lawrence Katsidis rounded out the Masters Class podium with his eighth place. A five-second time penalty applied after the race saw Tim Boydle finish ninth and fourth in class.John Paul Drake and Mark Wilson both did not finish the race. Drake had an off on lap 2 and become stuck after turn one which brought the safety car out, while Wilson stopped on lap 11, but the race was able to continue under green.Pisczcyk also broke the Formula 4 lap record at Sydney Motorsport Park, with a 1:30.0619. The previous record was 1:31.2741.&nbsp;Results1. 93. James Piszcyk AGI Sport 2. 15. Nicolas Stati AGI Sport&nbsp; 3. 22. Sebastien Amadio JAM Motorsport Rookie: 29. Imogen Radburn AGI Sport Masters: 66. Nathan Gotch (M) Formula Race Academy Race 2&nbsp;With a starting grid based on the result of Race 1, Jimmy Piszcyk took victory number eight in the 2024 F4 Australian Championship – Certified by the FIA.Piszcyk dominated from pole position once more, taking top step of the podium from Nicolas Stati, who, despite being handed a 5 second time penalty for track limits abuse, was able to hold onto second place, giving AGI Sport another 1,2 finish. Sebastien Amadio finished third overall for JAM Motorsport in another strong performance.&nbsp;A stalled start didn’t stop Imogen Radburn from coming back through the field. After a safety car at the beginning of the race bunched the pack and allowed the 18-year-old to catch them. Upon restart she went into attack mode and passed three cars in one lap and moved into sixth. A late race charge saw her pass Seth Gilmore for fourth overall and first in the Rookie Cup. Gilmore finished second in class and rounded out the top five overall. Nathan Gotch made it back-to-back wins in the Masters Class and sixth overall. Nicolas Filipetto continued his run of podium finishes in class, with second once more, and seventh overall. JP Drake came from the back of the field and fought through to finish third in class and eight overall.Tim Boydle finished fourth in Masters and ninth overall, ahead of teammate Mark Wilson. Despite an off on the first lap at turn 2 which brought out the safety car, Lawrence Katsidis was able to rejoin the race to finish eleventh overall and sixth in class.<figure id="figure-swfgnhtmogm65ytlxr"><img id="swfgnhtmogm65ytlxr" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/37iVPUhbRP7RixzW5yQFcFQdIDc5VQidHI6b361i8wZJLyS5LUN1TypRsrltWXgv.jpg" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg selected" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="16:9" data-caption="" data-positionx="undefined" data-positiony="undefined" data-fullwidth="false" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/37iVPUhbRP7RixzW5yQFcFQdIDc5VQidHI6b361i8wZJLyS5LUN1TypRsrltWXgv.jpg" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: center center;" data-mce-selected="1"></figure> Results1. 93. James Piszcyk AGI Sport&nbsp; 2. 15. Nicolas Stati AGI Sport&nbsp; 3. 22. Sebastien Amadio JAM Motorsport Rookie: 29. Imogen Radburn AGI Sport&nbsp; Master: 66. Nathan Gotch (M) Formula Race Academy Race 3Qualifying (based on result of Qualifying 2)Pole: 1. 93. James Piszcyk AGI Sport Master Class Pole: 1. John Paul Drake (M) JAM Motorsport Rookie pole: 29. Imogen Radburn (R) AGI SportRace The final race of Round 3 saw Jimmy Piszcyk complete a clean sweep of race wins and pole positions in Formula 4 Australia at Sydney Motorsport Park. Nicholas Stati achieved his third second place of the weekend, ahead of Rookie Cup winner Imogen Radburn, giving AGI Sport a 1,2,3 overall, and Rookie class win.&nbsp;Sebastien Amadio finished fourth, ahead of Seth Gilmore who finished fifth overall and second in Rookie Class.&nbsp;Nathan Gotch completed a clean sweep of his own, winning the Masters Class for the weekend with a sixth place overall, ahead of Formula Race Academy teammate Nicholas Filipetto. JP Drake rounded out the Masters Class podium for JAM Motorsport.Mark Wilson finished ninth overall, ahead of Lawrence Katsidis and Tim Boydle.&nbsp;Results1. 93. James Piszcyk AGI Sport&nbsp; 2. 15. Nicolas Stati AGI Sport&nbsp; 3. 29. Imogen Radburn AGI Sport Rookie: 29. Imogen Radburn AGI Sport&nbsp; Master: 66. Nathan Gotch (M) Formula Race Academy

Round 3 for Formula 4 Australia at Sydney Motorsport Park.

Race 1<figure id="figure-4dtb08peofm65wfs7t"><img id="4dtb08peofm65wfs7t" src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/1209xZ9qG0luncBsLjlRhYwWJcQR5xRIqwfDj72d72ci3jeYutxUFwPZCcPFMFLB.jpg" alt="" title="" class="object-cover bg-gray-100 rounded-sm md:rounded-md lg:rounded-lg selected" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: undefined undefined;" data-corners="default" data-aspect="16:9" data-caption="" data-positionx="undefined" data-positiony="undefined" data-fullwidth="false" data-mce-src="https://cdn.durable.co/blocks/1209xZ9qG0luncBsLjlRhYwWJcQR5xRIqwfDj72d72ci3jeYutxUFwPZCcPFMFLB.jpg" data-mce-style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; object-position: undefined undefined;" data-mce-selected="1"></figure> AGI Sport’s James ‘Jimmy’ Piszcyk took victory in Race 1, ahead of JAM Motorsport’s Blake Purdie, and AGI Sport teammate Nicolas Stati.The top three held position for the entire race, which also saw Purdie break the lap record in the dying minutes of the race. The local South Australian also won the first round of Formula 4 in the USA between rounds.Behind the lead pack, JAM Motorsport’s Sebastien Amadio passed teammate JP Drake to move into the top five in the opening laps of the race. Amadio was close to Rookie Cup eventual winner, Seth Gilmore, and was able to gain another position when the latter had a small off and moved into fourth. Gilmore recovered, and despite having to dodge a very slow-moving car in the final corner, was able to finish in the top five and top of his class.&nbsp;AGI Sport’s Imogen Radburn had an impressive debut, which saw her start in eighth, and overtake Nathan Gotch and JP Drake, to end the race in sixth. &nbsp;&nbsp;It was a close battle in the Master Class between Drake and Gotch, with the pair side-by-side to the final minutes of the race, with the former taking line honours ahead of Gotch and Mark Wilson, who finished third in Class and tenth overall, behind rookie, Jayden Hamilton, who finished ninth for Tim Macrow Racing on debut.&nbsp;Tim Boydle did not finish. (credit to : F4 aus web )

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Round 3 for Formula 4 Australia at Sydney Motorsport Park.

Round 2 at the Shell V-Power Motorsport Park