James ‘Jimmy’ Piszcyk makes it nine wins from nine races in Round 3 for Formula 4 Australia at Sydney Motorsport Park.

Jimmy 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 Sport

Race 1

AGI Sport’s James ‘Jimmy’ Piszcyk made it seven wins from seven starts on Saturday at Sydney Motorsport Park.  

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.

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.

Results

1. 93. James Piszcyk AGI Sport
2. 15. Nicolas Stati AGI Sport
3. 22. Sebastien Amadio JAM Motorsport
Rookie: 29. Imogen Radburn AGI Sport
Masters: 66. Nathan Gotch (M) Formula Race Academy

Race 2

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.

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.

Results

1. 93. James Piszcyk AGI Sport
2. 15. Nicolas Stati AGI Sport
3. 22. Sebastien Amadio JAM Motorsport
Rookie: 29. Imogen Radburn AGI Sport
Master: 66. Nathan Gotch (M) Formula Race Academy

Race 3

Qualifying (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 Sport

Race

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.

Sebastien Amadio finished fourth, ahead of Seth Gilmore who finished fifth overall and second in Rookie Class.

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.

Results

1. 93. James Piszcyk AGI Sport
2. 15. Nicolas Stati AGI Sport
3. 29. Imogen Radburn AGI Sport
Rookie: 29. Imogen Radburn AGI Sport
Master: 66. Nathan Gotch (M) Formula Race Academy

Round 4 will held at Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia.

All races streamed on Facebook and YouTube.
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@F4AustralianChampionship
Full results: http://racing.natsoft.com.au/results/

Davide de Gobbi, General Manager of Top Speed: It was an action-packed weekend for F4 Australia. Many thanks to everyone at Sydney Motorsport Park for helping to make it happen, along with the teams, drivers, partners and sponsors. We look forward to our next event, taking the Series offshore and giving the Australian racers a taste of an FIA Grade 1 circuit – Sepang International Circuit – in Malaysia 

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