Jack Beeton has climbed further up the Italian Formula 4 standings to fifth overall after producing his best ever weekend in the Championship.
 
Currently in his second season competing in the high-profile championship, Beeton ended up in the top five on two occasions and made plenty of overtakes throughout the round at the famous Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari di Imola.
 
Qualifying for the first race in P7, the young Queenslander navigated his way up the top 10 to finish in fourth place before being taken out by another podium contender in the next race, having started from the front row.
 
Despite the setback, Beeton responded beautifully in the third and final race where he started from second again, only this time holding on for second to score his first podium in the championship.


The other Australians competing in the round were Gianmarco Pradel and Kamal Mrad, but neither had the weekend they would have wanted, with Pradel’s only points finish being ninth in race one, while Mrad’s best result was 17th in race two.
 
Also running at Imola was Bayley Hall for what was his second round in Porsche Carrera Cup Italia.
 
After a challenging qualifying, where multiple red flags and full-course yellow stoppages prevented Hall from posting a time within the top 10, the Queenslander finished the session in P16 and P18.
 
Hall then completed a remarkable run in the first race of the round, charging up six spots to finish in an impressive 10th place - his first since joining the series.
 
The 20-year-old replicated his efforts in race two where he once again made up six positions to reach 12th, only to tumble down the order after being pushed out wide midway through the race. Not to be deterred, Hall made some passes to finish the race in a respectable 14th.


Not too far from Imola, the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) was in action with the Rally Italia Sardegna, where Taylor Gill and Daniel Brkic were contesting the third round of the Junior WRC season.
 
In what was a highly mixed round for the FIA Rally Star representative, Gill and Brkic ended up finishing the Sardinia-based event in sixth place after 16 gruelling stages.
 
The New South Welshman faced multiple issues throughout the weekend, with a power steering failure early on day one losing him seven minutes and a broken rear wheel bearing on Saturday causing him to complete the remaining five stages of the day cautiously.
 
However, when he wasn’t hampered by mechanical dramas, he was producing solid times, including two stage wins and finishing inside the top three in every other stage.
 
Most importantly though, Gill ended the weekend as the second-highest FIA Rally Star competitor, finishing six and a half minutes off South African Max Smart, while his main rivals in Romet Jürgenson and Jose Caparo were classified 14th and 15th, but were almost 50 minutes off the Australians having retired from Saturday’s competition.


Outside of Italy, Matt Campbell was in Germany competing in the Intercontinental GT Championship and contesting the iconic ADAC Nürburgring 24 Hours, which turned out to be a forgettable weekend for many reasons.
 
Sharing driving duties with Vincent Kolb, Dennis Olsen and Robert Renauer in the Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R, Campbell didn’t get a chance to race in the shortened event, with the team ultimately classified 16th.
 
Starting from 15th, Olsen began the race and made a strong start to fight his way into the top five during his double stint, before handing the car to Kolb, who was the victim of a collision nearby, which was sent spinning into the wall as a result. 

Despite the damage, the team was able to repair the car and get him back out on track to resume the race.
 
Unfortunately the promising chase was cut short due to poor weather conditions bringing out the red flag, which lasted more than 14 hours. 

With no real improvement in the weather, five laps were run on Sunday afternoon before the race was eventually called off, making it the shortest edition in its history.

In the GB3 Championship's round at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Patrick Heuzenroeder missed out on a top 10 finish, but picked up valuable points towards his championship.

Having had a challenging qualifying where he was 20th, Heuzenroeder made the most moves of any driver in the opening race, making up seven positions to finish 13th.

A technical failure in the race two undid his good work of making up three places on the opening lap, causing the New South Welshman to retire, before he bounced back in the final race to charge up the field and finish P11 after starting from 20th.