RAFAELA FERREIRA Charges to Double Top-10s Despite Setback at Interlagos

December 16, 2025

• RAFAELA FERREIRA delivered exactly the kind of performance we love to see – turning adversity into opportunity at the Brazilian F4 finale. Starting 14th after a disappointing qualifying, she refused to let that derail her weekend, instead using it as fuel for two impressive comeback drives through the Interlagos field.
• Saturday’s wet conditions threw everyone a curveball, and while FERREIRA got caught up in the chaos with barrier contact, she showed her mettle by immediately pushing back. Her response? Setting personal bests lap after lap, eventually cracking the 1:51 barrier on the final tour – the kind of never-give-up attitude that separates the racers from the ride-alongs.
• Sunday was where FERREIRA really flexed her racecraft muscles, clawing back five positions to ninth in Race 2 with decisive overtakes, then following it up with another six-place recovery drive to eighth in the finale. Those back-to-back top-10 finishes from 14th on the grid? That’s the kind of wheel-to-wheel brilliance that earned her that coveted F1 Academy seat for 2026.

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