The 2026 F4 Spanish Championship drew to a close last weekend at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, marking an eventful home race weekend for G4 Racing to wrap up the season.
What promised to be a highly positive weekend ultimately proved to be a challenging roller-coaster, impacted by on-track incidents, penalties and technical hurdles. Despite the setbacks, the team showed resilience, securing a point with Philippe in Race 1, while working closely with Zijun to maximize learning and data collection during his competitive European single-seater debut.
As the curtain falls on another demanding campaign, G4 Racing reflects on a season defined by hard-fought battles, steep learning curves and invaluable experience gained across the board.
Jean Karras (#9):
“It has been a difficult race weekend. Even though we found the pace on Saturday, we have been very unlucky and had contacts which ended badly for me. On Sunday, we struggled more in terms of pace.”
Philippe Karras (#12):
“Last race: we started the weekend well with a P11 and P8 in Qualifying 1. Race 1 was good and we finished in P10 with good pace, while Race 2 was unfortunate as I had a contact that forced me to box and change my front wing. The pace was mega and we managed to recover from last to P19 with the fastest lap. In Qualifying 2 we were completely out of pace and we still don’t know why; Race 3 ended earlier than expected after I got hit by a driver behind me.”
Zijun Zhao (#94):
“Overall, it was quite a chaotic weekend, but we slowly adapted to everything. This week was all about gaining valuable experience, and a massive thanks to the team, my family, and everyone involved this week.”
Patrick Gnos, Team Principal:
“Barcelona, our home track hosted the last round of the F4 Spanish Championship.
Jean and Philippe did not participate to the collective tests on Tuesday and rejoined the team only for the Wednesday tests. The pace was good from scratch and only little adjustments were planned. David, our newly incorporated driver, had bad luck as a failure in a fuel line put his car on fire. We had to repair and David lost most of the test sessions he was needing most.
The drivers and the team regrouped for the racing week-end. We had quite a good pace as Philippe demonstrated in one of the races claiming the fastest lap. However, many contacts and racing incidents prevented us from reaching good results.
Jean and Philippe are leaving the F4 Spanish Championship to go fighting other tracks!!! We wish them all the best. David will continue preparing his Spanish F4 future soon and we are looking forward to the journey in front of us.
Dear FOLLOWERS: See you soon on track again…thanks for following G4 Racing. We appreciate your passion and support!”
Results:
Race 1
- Jean #9: P33
- Philippe #12: P10
- Zijun #94: P25
Race 2
- Jean #9: DNF
- Philippe #12: P19
- Zijun #94: P24
Race 3
- Jean #9: P26
- Philippe #12: DNF
- Zijun #94: DNF