Luke Browning continued his podium-visiting ways after his maiden F2 win in Monza by warming up the rostrum one day ahead of Carlos Sainz's visit with a P2 finish in Baku.
F2 returned to street racing in Azerbaijan, with Victor Martins also in action in the Caspian Sea city, while Italian F4 and Oleksandr Bondarev took a trip to Spain.
Here is how our trio handled the weekend in Formula 2 and Formula 4.
Formula 2
Luke Browning
An already impressive trophy cabinet from a rookie F2 season continues to grow for Luke who took his ninth top-three finish of 2025.
The 23-year-old racer reached the podium at the circuit where he made his debut in the series last year, qualifying in P5 to be in the thick of the action at the start of both races.
While an incident following a slow start left Sunday's Feature Race as one to forget, the same couldn't be said for a strong showing on Saturday in the Sprint.
Luke gained P4 in the opening laps after contact for the leaders, and settled into that spot as an early Safety Car hit the track.
Handling the restart fine, it wasn't long before Luke was slowed again, this time after F2 newcomer Martinius Stenshorne ahead hit the barriers.
Now in P3, Luke had to get on the defensive for a second restart with Irishman Alex Dunne attacking and taking the podium spot away at Turn 3.
Patience and a cool head prevailed, though, as Dunne locked up at Turn 1 two laps later to allow Luke back into to the top-three positions, and he dutifully turned his attention forwards to break out of DRS.
Sebastián Montoya was the car ahead, and a slipstream on the long run to Turn 1 had our Academy star passing for P2 with three laps to spare.
Luke crossed the line six seconds behind teammate Dino Beganovic to make it a Hitech TGR 1-2 finish. That P2 meant eight more valuable points for his championship fight.
Next Up:
It's a long wait for F2 to get back racing. Luke, who is 27 points from the series leader, must wait until the end of November before his next race.
Formula 2 will support F1 in the final two rounds of 2025, with the series on the support billing for both the Qatar GP and Abu Dhabi GP.
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Victor Martins
Another point came Victor's way in a busy weekend for the Frenchman around the Baku City Circuit.
Qualifying in P13, Victor was just two-tenths from a reverse grid pole and instead had to tackle the tight corners from the mid-pack in both races.
The Sprint Race saw an early advance to P10 after multiple opening lap incidents opened the way for some cheap positions.
Another soon followed the first Safety Car, with Stenshorne's crash promoting Victor to P9 and on the cusp of points.
Keeping out of trouble served our 24-year-old well, as a further position came when Montoya's PREMA car slowed in the final laps, boosting Victor to the points-paying positions with a P8 classification.
The Feature Race was not as straightforward, unfortunately, and Victor was shuffled backwards when pitting under Safety Car conditions before running deep into the run-off and falling further back.
He did gain some positions back, but had to settle for P15 when the flag waved.
Next Up:
Like Luke, Victor has two months without any F2 action as the championship takes an extended break before returning to Lusail.
Those final two rounds will begin on November 29-30, when Victor will jump back in the Dallara cockpit.
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Formula 4
Oleksandr Bondarev
Italian F4 left the iconic venues of Monza, Imola, and Mugello behind in favour of a trip to Spain and the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya over the weekend.
This was where Oleksandr 'Sasha' Bondarev made his first single-seater appearance last year, though the teenager couldn't take advantage of that track knowledge this time.
Struggling to set fast Qualifying laps put Sasha on the backfoot for the weekend, the track's tough-to-pass reputation proved frustratingly true in the races.
Starting from P12, Bondi spent Race 1 on the edge of the top-10, running in P11 and crossing the line there, too. Sadly, a time penalty came his way, resulting in a P14 classification.
Things didn't fare too much better in Race 2, either, this time starting from P16. He dropped to P18 after an early Safety Car slowdown, but came back to a P15 classification as the race ended under SC conditions.
Heavy rain ended Race 3 after just five laps, leaving Bondi wondering what might've been; he had advanced to P12 from P16 before the red flag.
“We didn’t really have the pace in qualifying," said Sasha.
"We found a really good step in the races, but just starting at the back here, it’s really difficult to overtake and fight back.
"Still, we made good progress in terms of the long run pace, and I feel confident for the next round in Misano."
Next Up:
That Misano round Sasha mentioned is the busy season finale for the series, returning to where the championship kicked off back in May.
Five races will fill the two days over October 11-12, and Bondi will be hoping to end his first full season on a high.
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