Moore ties up FIA F4 Global Esports Championship lead with Vazquez after Laguna Seca win, photo finish loss to Rankin at Fuji

Since the opening race of the 2025 FIA F4 Global Esports Championship presented by MOZA season, Henry Moore from the United Kingdom hasn’t seen the front of the field after winning at Zandvoort. Moore has stayed in contention, with a 13th at Road Atlanta and sixth at the Red Bull Ring. On Saturday at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Moore returned to victory lane, holding off another winner on the year, Dan Amor (United Kingdom) in the closing laps.

Moore nearly earned the day sweep at Fuji International Speedway, but lost out by a fraction of a second to Elvis Rankin. The draft-dependent conclusion to the day had multiple lead changes among the two, as well as Japan’s Shoma Shintani and Dubai’s Mehdi Kousha leading along the way. Off of the final corner, it looked as though Moore had timed it perfectly with the run, but Rankin shifted at just the right moment to prevent the pass, winning by 0.002 seconds.

The results now have Moore tied with Spain’s Aaron Vazquez, who finished fourth at Laguna Seca and eighth at Fuji, at the top of the standings with just two races to go in the season. 12 drivers still have a mathematical chance at taking the title, but in reality, it looks as though it will be a fight between Vazquez, Moora, and Amor in the final two races in two weeks time.

RACE #5 at Laguna Seca | Moore holds off Amor for second win in 2025

For the second time in the 2o25, Henry Moore put it on the pole position, looking to repeat his fortunes from Circuit Zandvoort in the opening round of the season. Mehdi Kousha started alongside, his best starting spot to date, with Spain’s Pablo Espes and Dan Amor in the row behind. Suzuka winner, Alejandro Sánchez (Spain) and Elvis Rankin (United States) failed to set a lap during qualifying, putting their chances at a championship in peril from the start. With only the top-15 finishers earning points, starting 32nd and 33rd would be a tough hill to climb.

Moore was able to get away as the battle for second went on between Kousha and Amor. As Amor made the move, he set his sights on Moore. Both drivers aiming to be the first driver with multiple wins on the season, Amor closed in on Moore on the final lap, getting alongside entering the final corner. Moore was able to get the run off and take the victory. Kousha wound up losing multiple spots, allowing Espes to fill out the Laguna Seca podium.

“Really happy, to be fair,” Moore said post-race. “I think our pace has been really good all year, but I just haven’t managed to hook it up in a session. Now, it’s the second time I’ve done it, and I’m looking to build from here. Yeah, really happy.”

One step off the podium, Vazquez took fourth and 14 points towards the championship, allowing him to continue his points lead entering the second race of the day. Kousha fell to finish in 26th, allowing for just one driver that qualified outside the top-15 to get in there and earn points. Neither were Sánchez or Rankin, both only getting up to 20th and 23rd, respectively. It also wasn’t the defending champion, Luke McKeown (United Kingdom), who started 19th and finished 18th. From the 17th starting spot, Victor Miranda was the one to sneak into the points, finishing in 14th.

FIA F4 Global Esports Championship presented by MOZA – Race #5 results from Laguna Seca:

RACE #6 at Fuji | Photo Finish goes in favor of Rankin over Moore

Taking the pole sweep for the day, Moore once again led the field to the green flag as they took on 15 minutes of racing from Fuji Speedway. Unlike the opening race at the more technical Laguna Seca, Fuji featured longer straights, allowing for the draft to play an important role in determining the outcome.

Moore traded jabs with Rankin, Kousha, and Shoma Shintani at the top of the boards. This race, in contrast to the first as well, had more contact, and thus, more retirements. Kousha would be one of them, after contact with Felipe Pujol Dantas (Brazil). Up front, Rankin had control, but Moore was setting up for one last run, granted if Shintani couldn’t get the jump first. Off of the final corner, Rankin was a sitting duck as Moore got the run and alongside. Rankin made a couple of sharp moves to slow Moore down, and it worked! Rankin claimed the victory by 0.002 seconds.

“I was defending as hard as I could,” Rankin said post-race. “I knew that (Moore) needed the inside for Turn 1. Once I got through there, as long as I could keep it around the outside of Henry in Turn 2, I could be clear. I knew it was going to be a dog fight for the rest of the lap. Fuji is a track where it’s really easy to give up a lot of time, but cut a lot of distance. I almost completely messed up in the last corner—I parked it a little too much—other than that, it was really close… Really happy to get the win.”

Rebounding from Laguna Seca as well was Sánchez, who kept his chances at a title alive by finishing fifth. A number of drivers fought into the points, including Amor from 16th on the grid, as well as McKeown from 26th. Alex O’Grady (Ireland) finished 12th after starting 27th, Australia’s Damon Woods got to 11th from 19th, and another Australian, Deklan Webb, scored the final point, in 15th, after starting in 20th.

FIA F4 Global Esports Championship presented by MOZA – Race #6 results from Fuji:

FIA F4 Global Esports Championship presented by MOZA points as of Race #6:

1. #72 Henry Moore | Europe | 83 points (2 wins)
2. #71 Aaron Vazquez | Europe | 83 points (1 win)
3. #41 Dan Amor | Europe | -7 (1 win)
4. #47 Alejandro Sánchez | Europe | -22 (1 win)
5. #91 Elvis Rankin | Americas | -24 (1 win)
6. #31 Martin Kadlečík | Europe | -26
7. #12 Alex O’Grady | Europe | -36
8. #1 Luke McKeown | Europe | -39
9. #27 Shoma Shintani | Asia-Pac | -40
10. #15 Miguel Costa | Europe | -44
11. #35 Isaac Phelps | Europe | -45
12. #5 Pablo Espes | Europe | -45

Twelve drivers remain mathematically eligible to win the title with two races remaining, but there are three within seven points that have the best shot, including the two tied at the top—Moore and Vazquez. From Sánchez on back, they’ll need to be on the top of their game from the get go, but they’ll also need some help in the form of bad luck for the top drivers. Not surprisingly, the top-five in the standings after six races have all won this season.

Next up will be the seventh and eighth races of the season, scheduled for December 6th at 19:00 GMT, or 2:00 p.m. ET, or 05:00 AEST. Those tracks, of course, won’t be revealed until the day prior on social media. Those final rounds of the 2025 FIA F4 Global Esports Championship Presented by MOZA will be broadcasted on all of iRacing’s official channels.

For more information on the FIA F4 Global Esports Championship, visit www.iracing.com/fia-f4-esports/.

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For more information about MOZA Racing, visit www.mozaracing.com.

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