Junior Weekend Highlights | Round 1 – Valencia | 2026 Champions of the Future Academy Program | Atiqa Mir

Video Description from YouTube:

The Junior category blended drivers stepping up from Mini with those already established, creating a field balancing development with growing experience as drivers adapted not only to racecraft, but also to the additional torque and traction of the OK-N Junior package.

Saturday qualifying initially went to Christian Faye Lund, but both himself and Stanislaw Grabowski were later disqualified for a pregrid infringement. Zoltan Coigny inherited the pole position and used the opportunity to set the tone for his weekend, maintaining strong form across the heats to secure the front position for the final.

On home soil, Hernan Rodriguez remained consistently in contention throughout the race and converted that presence into victory. Atiqa Mir, now making the step up from Mini machinery, secured third place in the final, marking her strongest international result in her career so far.

Sunday provided Coigny with the chance to reinforce that Saturday momentum. Qualifying again went his way, this time ahead of Faye Lund, who returned to form without suffering a repeat of Saturday’s disqualification, and Andie Stewart. Across the heats, the order remained fluid as drivers continued to search for the balance between outright pace and race management that so often defines the opening rounds of a season.

After being in the fight all weekend, Coigny converted his pace into victory, securing an almost perfect Sunday.