Malaysia eRacing GP Championship 2026 - Round 3

Malaysia eRacing GP Championship 2026 — Round 3

The 17 drivers took on a 25-minute sprint in FIA-spec Formula 4 cars at Interlagos (Autódromo José Carlos Pace). With no mandatory pit stop, the race hinged on pace, clean battles, and surviving the close traffic. The championship’s top two would earn places at the Asia-Pacific Motorsport Games in Thailand.

Qualifying and start

Rajamiro Shakat secured pole with a lap of 1:35.21, narrowly ahead of Jeff Chen, whose time was also in the 1:35s. Anson Yong qualified third, with championship contender Jeremy Yao fourth. The other leading contenders—Justin Rald Dev, Ethan Low, and Neil Harris—started further back.

Shakat launched cleanly when the lights went out and held the lead through the opening turns. Justin moved up to third, while Mika Hakimi challenged Yao and soon began working his way forward. The opening laps were less kind to others: Imran Scanda was shown a black flag for a suspected jump start, Jeff Tan suffered damage and fell to the back, and Ethan Sato spun near Juncão.

The fight for the podium

As the race settled, Shakat led with Jeff Chen and Justin close behind. Hakimi passed both Chen and Yao to join the fight at the front. Justin then overtook Chen for second, but Hakimi kept pressing him. Neil Harris was also running among the contenders until contact sent him spinning. He lost his rear wing and dropped well down the order.

The pressure on Justin grew as Hakimi attacked for second. With roughly five minutes remaining, the battle became a tight train behind Shakat, with Hakimi, Justin, Low, and Yao all close enough to threaten. A three-wide squeeze ended badly for Justin: contact sent him off, and he rejoined in sixth. Low emerged ahead of Yao, while Hakimi took the lead from Shakat after a slipstream-assisted move, completing the pass through the Senna S section.

Closing laps and result

Hakimi held the advantage over the final lap, but Shakat stayed within striking distance. Behind them, Low and Yao fought wheel-to-wheel for the remaining podium places, with Jeff Chen joining the contest. Chen took advantage when Yao had to back out of the fight and moved into fourth.

Hakimi crossed the line first for the Round 3 victory. Shakat finished second, a valuable result for the championship leader, and Low held on for third. Chen was fourth, Yao fifth, and Justin sixth after his earlier contact. Anson Yong finished seventh, Chong Jin Bin eighth, Dave Chen ninth, and Kushai Zazali claimed tenth and his first ERGP points.

Presenters and sources

• Presenters: Vic and a co-commentator whose name was not clearly identified in the subtitles
• Source: eRacing GP broadcast (Malaysia eRacing GP Championship 2026, Round 3)