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Jason Smyth, who won the United FFord title, the FFord Festival and most stunningly the Walter Hayes Trophy this year, will advance his career into slicks-and-wings cars in 2026 by joining @DouglasMSport in the @GB4Championship: formulascout.com/fford-dominato…

🇳🇿 Jack Groenewald leads the way after a dramatic 2025 leg to the latest North Island Formula Ford season, despite not yet winning a race. Read more here: formulascout.com/jack-groenewal…

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The 2025 Walter Hayes Trophy final was an electrifying race, and Team Dolan's Jason Smyth stunned by charging from 13th to first then holding off some of #FF1600's biggest names — and surviving a last-lap clash — to secure victory. Report and results: formulascout.com/smyth-stuns-by…

When in sinks in you've won the Walter Hayes Trophy

The first words from the 2025 winner!

Jason Smyth wins the 2025 Walter Hayes Trophy! Report to follow 🏁

Drama before the Walter Hayes Trophy final as Jason Smyth is handed a 10-place grid penalty, meaning he will start the all-important race from 13th place.

Team Dolan's Niall Murray took a controlling win in the second Walter Hayes Trophy semi-final, despite two safety car periods and an early red flag interruption. Report and results: formulascout.com/murray-in-cont…

James Clarke won the Janet Cesar Memorial Trophy final, contested by cars built before 1999, at the Walter Hayes Trophy by a tiny 0.071 seconds over Callum Grant, with Sam Street finishing third.

Andrew Rackstraw and Jason Smyth fought each other for victory again in the first Walter Hayes Trophy semi-final, in which two victory favourites had spins and there was a seven-car lead train at times. Report and results: formulascout.com/rackstraw-wins…

Oldfield Motorsport's Connor Willis overtook nine cars to win a restarted Walter Hayes Trophy last chance race after lap one chaos, as Alex Walker charged from 17th to second around a drying Silverstone. Report and results: formulascout.com/willis-wins-wh…

Wayne Poole Racing's Alex Walker charged through the spray from 27th on the grid to win the Walter Hayes Trophy progression race, with Leanne McShane making up 17 places to finish on the podium too. Report and results: formulascout.com/walker-charges…

Expect a lot of drama in Sunday's races at the Walter Hayes Trophy, as heat four today "felt very much like a final" as drivers went to the limit and over it in fights that led to spinners on the podium and other charging drives. Report and results: formulascout.com/kelly-wins-as-…

A track limits penalty changed the outcome of the victory fight between Niall Murray and Jordan Dempsey in the third Walter Hayes Trophy heat, which also featured last-lap rain. Report and results: formulascout.com/dempsey-penalt…

"I almost forgot how intense FFord racing is" Porsche Carrera Cup GB champion Andrew Rackstraw fought off United FFord champion Jason Smyth and 2024 Walter Hayes Trophy victor Rory Smith to win heat two, and the trio told Formula Scout about their battle: formulascout.com/rackstraw-wins…

Jacob Tofts held off Joey Foster to win the first Walter Hayes Trophy heat today, while Tom Nippers came fourth despite losing a lot of bodywork. Report and results: formulascout.com/tofts-holds-of…

MSA4 champion KC Ensor-Smith grabbed pole for the fourth Walter Hayes Trophy heat at Silverstone, with FFord returnee Jordan Kelly his closest rival. Report and results: formulascout.com/kc-ensor-smith…