- The Balearic native made the leap from karting to racing at the penultimate round of the Spanish F4, held in Jerez, where he nearly made it into the points and secured 5th and 6th places among the rookies.
- Lorenzo Campos and Alexander Jacoby completed a positive weekend, largely hampered by their starting positions on the grid.
- “Starting so far back, it’s hard for us to exploit our potential in terms of race pace. In a category where there are 30 riders within 0.8 seconds, we need to fine-tune things further in qualifying,” emphasizes David Simón, Monlau Motul team manager.
- “Our job is to train mechanics, engineers, and drivers, and we’re proud to continue shaping the motorsport of the future. Debuts like Miki Blasco’s fill us with pride,” says Jaime Serrano, CEO of Monlau Motul.
Monlau Motul Technical School concluded the fifth round of the Spanish F4 Championship, held at the Ángel Nieto circuit in Jerez de la Frontera, with the satisfaction of accompanying a new talent from karting to single-seater racing. Miki Blascos joined the usual suspects, Lorenzo Campos and Alexander Jacoby, to complete a learning curve, where, once again, the qualifying process prevented the team from reaching the top ten. The Balearic Islander, 13th and 12th in races 1 and 2, respectively, achieved the best results of the weekend for Monlau Motul.
The Ángel Nieto circuit in Jerez welcomed the always competitive and numerous Spanish F4 Championship, this time with 34 single-seaters on the asphalt. Among them was a rookie, Miki Blascos, who was beginning the always difficult transition from karting to circuit racing, supported by the Monlau Motul Technical School, which has been his team in recent years. Blascos shared the pit box with the team’s two regulars, Alexander Jacoby and Lorenzo Campos.
The free practice sessions provided the first benchmarks on the circuit, making it abundantly clear that, once again, close competition was going to be the dominant trend, with minimal gaps between pole and the last positions. At the first qualifying session, Miki Blascos emerged as the surprise of the day, clocking an outstanding 1:44.550 that lifted him to 10th place, accompanied by a second-best time (1:44.882) that placed him 12th for the second race. Less fortunate were his teammates Lorenzo Campos (24th and 22nd with a best time of 1:45.185) and Alexander Jacoby (28th and 26th with a 1:45.265 as the reference time).
In the afternoon, the 15 laps of Race 1, Miki Blascos’ first single-seater, provided him with important learning experiences: his first standing start, his first restart behind the safety car, and also some skirmishes on the selective Andalusian track. However, the Balearic native was always in the fight for points, finishing in a distinguished 13th place, sixth among the rookies . A remarkable comeback for Lorenzo Campos, who progressed to 15th, while Alexander Jacoby crossed the finish line in 21st.
Sunday began with the usual Q2 on a cooler, faster track. In this situation the gap narrowed even further, as evidenced by the fact that Alexander Jacoby posted a 1:43.934 which left him in 21st place, but barely 0.7″ off pole position. Campos completed a best lap of 1:44.085 (23rd) and Blascos only shaved a few thousandths off his best time of the weekend (1:44.522), placing him 30th.
At 11:20 a.m., the second race of the program took place, with Miki Blascos once again the team’s best finisher, 13th overall and fifth among the rookies, ahead of his teammates Jacoby (18th) and Campos (19th). In the final race, scheduled for the afternoon, Jacoby took the checkered flag in 19th place, again ahead of Campos (21st). Blascos experienced, in this instance, the bitter side of the sport, being forced to retire five laps from the end after contact with a rival while recovering.
David Simón , team manager of Monlau Motul Technical School, summed up the Andalusian event with these words, focusing his analysis on the regular riders: “In Jerez, mechanics, engineers, and riders reaped the rewards of the intense work carried out this summer in the form of testing. However, we still lack the added benefit of qualifying, because in the race, both Lorenzo and Jacoby always push forward, without making mistakes or exceeding track limits, but starting from so far back we can’t exploit all that potential. In a category where 30 riders qualify within 0.8 of a second, we need to further refine our time trials, an aspect we will continue to focus on for the rest of the season.” Simón also praised Miki Blascos’ debut: “Making his debut in Spanish F4 at this stage is very complicated, because the grid has a lot of experience. Blascos has been, in this sense, a surprise and a breath of fresh air, proving that putting him in the car was the right decision. His performance at the event proves that he will be a driver who will be talked about in the future.”
Jaime Serrano , CEO of Monlau Motul, added: “Our work has always been the training of mechanics, engineers, and drivers, and that’s why it fills me with satisfaction to see one of our karting gems take the step to the next level. When this leap is completed with a performance like Miki’s this weekend, the joy is doubled. We are proud to continue shaping the future of motorsport in its many facets.”
The Spanish Formula 4 Championship will return to action on October 17, 18, and 19 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in the Valencian Community.
2025 Spanish F4 Championship Standings:
https://f4spain.org/standings/standings-2025/
