Zwartkops showdown to decide MSA4 championship
With just nine Investchem MSA4 South African National championship points between them, Aqil Alibha and Mikel Bezuidenhout look likely to fight all the way to the final turn to settle the 2026 title at Zwartkops Raceway’s National Extreme Festival finals on Saturday 17 October.
Former British Formula 4 racer Alibhai’s Kokoro MSA4 has fought his young challenger and 2025 championship runner up, Bezuidenhout and his Corsa Dei Gemelli car race by race through the season. Which now leaves it all to do at the grand Pretoria finale. There’s been literally nothing to split the two throughout the season, leading up to what now promises to be an epic Zwartkops showdown.
It’s even closer for third, with just two points between three drivers as Metal Used ATT driver Renzo Ribeiro leads Durbanite, Shrien Naidoo’s Production X MSA4 and Karabo Malemela’s KMFT Morita car in a battle that’s seen the third to fifth positions changing throughout the season. The three of them are also all chasing their first wins of the year, but do they have what it takes to topple the runaway leaders?
A little further back, quick Red Dot Vantage rookie Guido Bidoli and capable Kent Swartz continue in their tussle for sixth. Apex Cordset Kokoro lass Anastasia Gerasis has established herself on top of her fight for eighth with Red Dot Vantage lad Liam Polome and Kokoro Reach for a Dream supporter Chase Haskins in pursuit.
Two more Investchem MSA4 ladies, Gianna Pascoal’s 76 Legacy WOrr car, and Investchem’s Simphiwe Mohlahlo continue to do battle with 76 Legacy WOrr lad Aadam Kajee. Rookies, Corsa Dei Gemelli lad Wianko Fourie, Ndzalo Khoza’s Horizon Dynamics MSA4 and Lulama Ngobeni are also all out to impress in their final outing of the year.
Wings and slicks Investchem MSA4 will be joined by a few old school Formula Ford Kents on Saturday. Gauteng race fans can also look forward to the likes of veterans Ian Schofield, Allen Meyer and others duking it out there. Part of an epic full National Extreme Festival Finals bill on 17 October, Investchem MSA4 always entertains. See you at Zwartkops!