On what was a scorching Sunday in Scotland, the UK’s premier single-seater series served up two captivating contests which culminated in Rodin Motorsport’s Al Azhari and JHR Developments’ Campbell-Pilling enjoying a share of the spoils during the Wera Tools F4 British Championship certified by FIA at Knockhill.

Having endured a challenging past few events, Al Azhari kicked the action off by making a welcome return to the top step of the podium as he triumphed ahead of Tommy Harfield (Chris Dittmann Racing) and August Raber (Argenti Motorsport) in a truncated reverse grid encounter.

The race was neutralised almost immediately by the safety car as the stricken machines of Alba Larsen (Chris Dittmann Racing), Henry Joslyn (Fortec Motorsport) and Thomas Bearman (Hitech TGR) needed to be recovered following contact at McIntyre’s.

Racing resumed with nine minutes remaining and it proved to be an untroubled run to the chequered flag for Al Azhari, as he delivered a wheel-perfect performance to clinch his third win of the campaign.

Further down the order, championship contender Martin Molnár (Virtuosi Racing) and Campbell-Pilling, on the Futures Year 2 programme within the Motorsport UK Academy, progressed up to seventh and eighth respectively, ahead of top rookie Theo Palmer (Xcel Motorsport) and standings leader Fionn McLaughlin (Hitech TGR).

The weekend’s third bout was the 25-minute Feature Race, with grid positions derived from best Qualifying times. Broadcast live on ITV4 and ITVX, an exciting encounter saw Campbell-Pilling become the 11th different winner of the season whilst the top two in the championship standings dramatically clashed late in the race.

Looking to bounce back from the disappointment of losing victory via a time penalty in Saturday’s Race One, Campbell-Pilling made no mistake in a frenetic finale, leap-frogging pole sitter Bearman as the lights went out.

While the second-year driver looked comfortable out front, he did have to contend with two safety car periods. The first came after Argenti Motorsport’s Ethan Jeff-Hall stalled on the line before his team-mate Henry Mercier then crashed at the chicane.

The stricken Hitech TGR machine of McLaughlin, as well as the gravel-ladened car of Ella Lloyd (Rodin Motorsport) who had spun out at the chicane, subsequently forced officials to throw the red flag and bring the race to a premature end.

That left Campbell-Pilling to claim his first win of the season ahead of Bearman, whilst Bansal emerged as the main beneficiary of the championship protagonists coming together to complete the rostrum in third.

Capping a fabulous day, Rowan Campbell-Pilling also secured the Pirelli Hardest Charger Award for the lowest cumulative finishing positions over the weekend, earning his team JHR Developments a set of Pirelli P-Zero tyres for testing.

Leaving Knockhill, McLaughlin remains at the summit of both the Drivers’ Championship and Rookie Cup. Meanwhile, Hitech TGR and Harfield continue to control the Teams’ Championship and the Challenge Cup respectively.

Next up for the Wera Tools F4 British Championship certified by FIA is a return to Donington Park – albeit this time on the Grand Prix layout – for Rounds 22, 23 & 24 of the 2025 season on the 30-31 August.