Gomez set for Formula Winter Series title after podiums in Aragon

Gabriel Gomez continued his domination of the 2025 Formulation Winter Sequence because the US Racing driver prolonged his championship lead with a podium in all three races at Aragon final weekend.

The Brazilian now leads the standings by 67 factors over Fionn McLaughlin with only one race weekend remaining the place 75 are on supply in Barcelona.

Gomez began on pole for the opening, 30-minute contest on Saturday and pulled away cleanly with team-mate Kabir Anurag straight behind.

But there was chaos additional again, as Hitech’s Leo Robinson, who began seventh, hit the rear of team-mate McLaughlin at Flip 1 inflicting harm to his entrance wing. 

Collisions continued to happen on the opening lap as 4 corners later, Jenzer’s Bart Harrison clipped Maxim Rehm’s rear-left tyre simply because the US Racing driver was overtaking him for third.

A clear overtake lastly occurred on the second lap although, as Anurag claimed the lead from Gomez at Flip 1 and shortly started to ascertain a lead regardless of preliminary makes an attempt from the Brazilian to drive his approach again via.

Anurag ultimately took victory over his team-mate by three-seconds with McLaughlin finishing the rostrum.

Situations had been completely different for race two on Sunday, as in a single day rain triggered a greasy observe floor. Gomez and Anurag had been as soon as once more on the entrance row, but Rehm obtained the very best begin from third taking the lead at Flip 1 with the Singaporean in second. 

Rehm and Anurag then battled fiercely for the lead and the latter lastly made a transfer stick on the second lap, but their preventing allowed Gomez and McLaughlin to shut in.

McLaughlin shortly disposed of Gomez and Rehm, the 2 US Racing drivers switching positions amid the battling, earlier than plucking away at a 2.7s deficit to Anurag within the latter levels.

He lastly took the lead at Flip 15 with 10 minutes remaining and regardless of a late security automotive which went again into the pitlane with a lap left, the Irishman clinched his second victory of the season.

The Hitech driver was joined on the rostrum by Anurag and Gomez earlier than a 3rd race, which had rain fall simply moments earlier than the formation lap.

Numerous drivers in the direction of the again switched tyres as an alternative of heading to their grid slots, whereas entrance row starters Anurag and Thomas Bearman obtained off the road slowly. 

Rehm and McLaughlin stormed by however the US Racing driver went broad at Flip 1 permitting the Irishman to assert the lead. 

They swapped positions once more six corners later, throughout which era the moist tyre proved to be the optimum compound. 

Simon Schranz, who began twentieth, moved to sixth on lap one with the moist rubber earlier than taking the lead the next tour – though a spin at Flip 1 on lap three tumbled him again all the way down to fifth.

But with the wet-tyre persevering with to be the quickest rubber, he shortly moved as much as second behind Harrison who was on the identical compound. 

Numerous drivers then switched to wets however as that occurred, the circuit was starting to dry and McLaughlin, who stayed on slick tyres, started to scale back his deficit from third. 

McLaughlin ultimately overtook Harrison for the lead at Flip 7 with six minutes remaining to ultimately take his second win of the weekend.

Fellow slick-tyre runners Rehm and Gomez subsequently overtook Harrison and Schranz to hitch McLaughlin on the rostrum.

It leaves Gomez in prime place to clinch the title on the season’s remaining weekend in Barcelona on 6-9 March.