In the final home stretch of the Spanish Formula 4 2026 season, MP Motorsport entered round five at the Circuito de Jerez–Ángel Nieto. Riding high after a phenomenal weekend in Jarama a month earlier, the entire KCL and MP Motorsport team had a great weekend, with Kaspar unable to stay off the podium.
Entering Jerez, MP Motorsport sat P1 in the championship with a strong lead, with Kasper leading the drivers' championship, with Borys and Rocco not too far behind him - with all three taking the top three slots of the rookie championship.
To start the Spanish Formula 4 weekend in Jerez, the MP Motorsport drivers took to the track for the first free practice session of the weekend.
Having secured the fastest lap overall, Borys ran a total of ten laps, with his eighth lap producing his fastest time of 1:43.66.
Not too far behind, Rocco came out of the session in P5 with a fastest lap time of 1:44.061 set on his eighth of ten laps.
Following, Jensen set a fastest time of 1:44.116 across his 11 laps, which put him P7 in the session.
Two places down in P9, Kasper set a fastest time of 1:44.154 on his sixth lap of ten.
Further down the grid, Felipe ran a total of 11 laps, with his penultimate lap of 1:44.507 being his fastest, which placed him in P14.
Finally, new addition Lucas ran a total of 12 laps, with his tenth lap of 1:45.391 placing him in P25.
Free Practice 1:
Following the first free practice session, the second and final session went ahead before the first qualifying session of the weekend.
Borys continued his dominant streak from the first session and came out fastest with a time of 1:43.992, which was completed on his tenth and final lap.
Continuing, Kasper finished the session in P3 with a fastest time of 1:44.168, also completed on his final flying lap.
Rocco came next in the order of final flying lap placements and came out of the session in P6 with a fastest time of 1:44.272.
Following, Jensen solidified himself in P15 with a best lap time of 1:44.439. He also completed this time on his eighth and final lap of the session.
Further down the grid, Lucas improved upon the first session to come out P23 with a fastest time of 1:45.433, completed on his penultimate lap of nine.
Finally, Felipe’s fastest time of 1:53.771 put him at the bottom of the session in P36 as he was only able to run six laps of the track.
Free Practice 2:
On a Saturday morning at Jerez, taking place before the first race of the weekend, the drivers took to the track for the first round of qualifying.
Borys was the fastest of the team, with a P3 overall placement from his fastest lap time of 1:43.330. Not too far off, Kasper qualified in P5 with his fastest time of 1:43.612, only 0.282 seconds off Borys.
Continuing, Rocco secured his fastest time on his fifth lap of seven with a 1:43.715 to come out of qualifying in P9.
Further down the grid, Jensen qualified in P15 on his penultimate lap of the session with a time of 1:43.907. Felipe followed, where he qualified in P18 on a seventh and final flying lap with a time of 1:44.213.
Finally, Lucas finished off qualifying in P31, securing a fastest time of 1:45.171 on his penultimate lap of the session.
Qualifying Results:
The first race of the Jerez weekend for Spanish Formula 4 went ahead with Borys in P3, Kasper in P5, Rocco in P9, Jensen in P14, Felipe in P18, followed by Lucas in P31.
On the launch, Kasper shot up to P4 after Kaczynski dropped down the order. Meanwhile, Rocco fell to P10 after being overtaken by Tye, followed by Jensen rising to P13 before being overtaken by Schaufler and dropping to P14.
Before the end of the opening lap, Rocco overtook both Kaczynski and Tye to take P8; meanwhile, Tye dropped further down the order, which brought Jensen up to P13.
Not long after, on lap 2, Jensen lost a position to Piñera, while Felipe overtook both Tye and Mulder to take P16. All the while, Lucas dropped down a position to P32.
Still on the second lap, Jensen dipped two wheels into the gravel and went off at the final chicane, which dropped him to P18. During this, Felipe climbed up to P14 before subsequently dropping back to P16 and then P21 after getting caught up in a multi-car battle. However, Blascos dropped back, which promoted him to P20.
In a chaotic first couple of minutes into the race, the third lap ended with a safety car for the crashed car of Alibhai, which was later changed to a red flag.
Once the race was reinstated, the drivers were to restart under the safety car. The drivers began racing again on lap 7, less chaotic than before. Rocco challenged Fisher for P7; however, he was unable to make the overtake stick. Meanwhile, Karras dropped down the order as Jensen moved up to P17 and Felipe to P19.
On lap 8, Kasper made a move on Borys and grabbed the final podium spot for himself; Borys fell back to P4 and was under immediate pressure from Kelleher behind.
Near the end of lap 8, Jensen dropped all the way to the bottom of the grid to P35, which brought Lucas up a position to P26. Felipe dropped to P20; however, on the following lap he overtook both Sato and Blascos to come out P18.
Kasper began picking up the pace on lap 9 and began setting fastest sector times; meanwhile, Lucas was back down to P27 after losing a position to Bulbarella.
On lap 10, Jensen began his recovery drive and made up a position to P34, while Lucas also recovered a position to P26. On the following lap, Jensen made up another two positions, which promoted him to P32.
Continuing, on lap 12 Felipe was overtaken by Blascos and moved down to P19; meanwhile Jensen made up another two positions to P30 before the end of the lap.
Between laps 13 and 15, Jensen made up three more positions to P27, where he ended up on the back of Spanish Formula 4 newcomer Lucas, whom he overtook for P26. In a great recovery drive, he climbed up ten positions; on the 16th and final lap, Jensen was up to P25, where he finished the race.
Race 1 results:
Not long after the first race concluded, the team was back on track for Race 2, with the grid determined by the second-fastest times in Qualifying 1.
On the starting grid, Borys was on the front row in P1; following, Kasper was in P6, Rocco in P8, Jensen in P17, Felipe in P18, and Lucas in P34.
Since the previous race, the track had heated up even further to around 52 degrees.
At the start, Kasper dropped to P7 behind Kelleher; however, he swiftly reclaimed the position before the end of the lap. Meanwhile, Jensen propelled ahead of Schaufler to P16 while Lucas made up two positions to P32. Before the conclusion of the lap, Rocco shot around the outside of Kasper in an attempt to snatch up the position but was unsuccessful.
Near the end of the first lap, Florescu ended up in the gravel, which brought out a safety car which remained until the end of the second lap. The incident brought Lucas up a further place to P31.
Upon the restart, Lucas made up two more positions to P29; however, he unfortunately lost one place and dropped to P30. During this, Kasper began placing pressure on Petrović ahead of him in P5.
At the end of lap 3, Micallef shot down the grid order; as a result, Jensen was promoted to P14, Felipe to P16 and Lucas to P29.
Racing did not persist for long, as on lap 5, both Neto and Nakazato collided; Lucas tragically got caught in the chaos and was out of the race as a result. The incident brought out yet another safety car, which remained until the end of lap 8.
Kasper wasted no time on the restart on lap 9; he rocketed around the inside of Petrović at turn 1. Although not successful at first, he persisted in a wheel-to-wheel battle which eventually led him to snatch up P5 for himself.
Meanwhile, Fisher began to pressure Rocco for his position; however, Rocco defended well and remained in P8 to the flags.
During this, Jensen ended up in a back-and-forth battle with Schaufler. He was initially overtaken on lap 9, before regaining P14 on the following lap.
Following that, on lap 12, Piñera fell down the order. This momentarily promoted Jensen to P13 and Felipe to P15. However, Piñera was able to climb back up, and Jensen and Felipe dropped back down to P14 and P16, where they concluded the race.
Race 2 results:
In the final qualifying session of the weekend, the drivers took to the race track for one last time before the final race of the weekend.
Fastest of MP Motorsport, Rocco topped the timesheets with his best lap of 1:43.259, which he secured on his fifth of seven laps.
Not too far behind him, Borys qualified in P2 with a fastest time of 1:43.292, also produced on his fifth lap and penultimate lap of six.
Continuing the MP Motorsport front three lock-up, Kasper secured P3 in qualifying with a fastest lap time of 1:43.433.
Following, Felipe qualified in P13 with his fastest time of 1:44.042, which was produced in his sixth and penultimate lap of the circuit.
After, newcomer to the team this weekend, Lucas qualified in P28 with his fastest time of 1:45.075.
Finally, unfortunately for Jensen, he made contact with Sato during qualifying, received a five-place grid drop and did not produce a time within the maximum required.
Qualifying 2 results;
The final race of the weekend in Jerez went ahead with Rocco and Borys locking out the front row in P1 and P2, while Kasper started in P3, Felipe in P13, Lucas in P28, followed by Jensen back in P34.
Upon the opening launch, Rocco flew off ahead of the pack; however, Borys trailed not too far behind. Meanwhile, Kasper battled with Monteiro for P3 but fended him off and held his place on track. Before the end of the lap, Kasper made a fantastic move on Borys and launched up to P2.
Later on, Blascos overtook Felipe, who dropped back to P12. Meanwhile, Jensen had climbed up eight positions in the first three minutes to rise to P26, whilst Lucas had dropped back a position behind Radeck to P29.
With a little over 26 minutes of racing remaining, Kasper had caught up to the back of Rocco and began closing in to challenge for the lead. All the while, Jensen had made up another position to P25, and on the following lap he made up yet another position after overtaking Frigolet and moved up to P24.
Over five minutes into the race, Borys began picking up his pace and was the fastest on track in attempts to hunt down Kasper for P2. Not long after, Jensen proceeded with his ascent up the grid and overtook Florescu for P23, then, after Alibhai dropped down the order, moved up to P22.
There was a momentary yellow flag after Frigolet ended up in the grass; he was able to get back on track, and the race proceeded. Impacted, Lucas made up two more positions to rise to P27.
Kasper was closing in on Rocco and began putting his teammate under pressure; however, a potential battle was cut short after Blascos ended up upside down in the gravel, which red-flagged the race at 19:23 minutes. During this, Alibhai also fell down the grid order; as a result of both descents, Felipe was up to P13, Jensen to P21, and Lucas to P25.
When the race was reinstated, race time was cut to 17:23 and was to start under the safety car for a rolling start. The safety car came in, and the race was green-flagged to allow 13 minutes of racing.
On the restart, Rocco controlled it and instigated an early launch, which set a decent gap from him to Kasper. During this, Micallef dropped down the order, which promoted Felipe to P12 while Lucas was able to propel himself past Alibhai and up to P24.
Tragedy struck as Jensen crashed alongside Mulder. Both drivers went into the gravel and were out of the race. This resulted in a yellow flag and safety car. As a result, Lucas moved up to P21. Meanwhile, Felipe dropped back to P13. The race was green-flagged with six minutes of racing remaining.
On the restart, Borys' aggressive overtake attempt forced Kasper to defend, and the battle persisted until Borys ran wide and dropped to P4 behind Monteiro.
Meanwhile, Lucas dropped behind Bulbarella to P22. Before the end of the lap, the yellow flag and safety car were out again as a result of another incident which involved Frigolet. During this, Lucas dropped another position to P23. The race ended under safety car conditions, in which Rocco solidified the win with Kasper in P2. Followed by Borys just off the podium in P4
Race 3 Results:
Following a weekend of high-highs and some unfortunate happenstances, the MP Motorsport team left Round 5 at Jerez with some great results.
A fantastic comeback weekend for Rocco, who stepped back onto the top step of the podium in a win for Race 3.
Both Borys and Kasper had an outstanding weekend themselves, collecting a podium each and scoring points within the top five for every race of the weekend.
Having said that, the team welcomes new addition Lucas, who had a solid performance of development across the weekend, with a highlight including an ascent of eight places from P28 to P20 in the final race.
Moving on, the team will return to racing for Round 6 in Navarra on October 9th.
Driver Standings after Round 5:
Team Standings after Round 5:
