7 Apr 2026•PSGiL Media
Wild Event 2 Recap: Monza and Las Vegas – Chaos in the Rain, Order in the Desert
Wild Event 2 – Recap (S6 Wild R3–R4) 🇮🇹·🇺🇸
Wild League — Rounds 3 & 4 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza & Las Vegas Strip Circuit | 28 March 2026
PSGiL's Wild League returned with a double-header that tested every driver's patience, composure, and instinct across two very different evenings. At a rain-soaked Monza, chaos reigned — multiple safety cars, game bugs, a first-chicane collision between the championship protagonists, and connection problems that disrupted the mid-field — yet somehow Youssef Shaheen navigated it all from last on the grid to take a stunning victory. Then came Las Vegas: a dry, frantic sprint full of aggressive strategies, two safety cars, and a messy start that scrambled the order from the very first corner. Shaul Ezra came out on top. The Wild championship remains separated by six points.
Race 1 — Italian Grand Prix 25% | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | Wet
This was Monza's first-ever appearance in PSGiL Wild competition — the circuit's previous four PSGiL visits had all been Main League affairs — and it made an immediate impression. The conditions were hostile from the outset: persistent rain, poor visibility, and a safety car culture that defined the afternoon.
Safety Cars, Bugs, and Disruption
Multiple safety car periods broke the race into fragments. The periods brought their own confusion, as game bugs interfered with the safety car mechanics and the subsequent restarts, creating uncertainty over timing and positioning that few drivers could fully anticipate. Add to that a connection issue for Kelly Aiche that periodically dropped him from the pack, disrupting the cars immediately around him — Idan Turjeman, Youssef Shaheen, and Shaul Ezra among them — and the race became as much a test of mental fortitude as raw pace.
The Collision That Changed Everything
The most defining moment of the Monza race came at the first chicane, where Eden Azran and Shaul Ezra made contact. Both drivers were compromised, dropping back through the order, and the consequences shaped the entire race narrative. For Ezra, who had taken pole position, it meant surrendering the lead he had worked to establish. For Azran, it meant a recovery drive from a position that had looked very promising before the contact.
The incident handed Youssef Shaheen, running from tenth, an opportunity that he did not waste.
The Win: Shaheen From Last
Starting dead last on the grid, Youssef Shaheen produced the drive of the night. Through the rain, the safety car restarts, the game disruptions, and the mid-field turbulence around Kelly's connection issues, Shaheen threaded a composed and intelligent race to eventually emerge at the front. He crossed the line 0.4 seconds ahead of Ezra — gaining nine places across the course of the race — and collected the Driver of the Day award alongside his victory.
It was Shaheen's first win in PSGiL's Wild League, and a statement that his strong early season was no accident. He has now received the Driver of the Day award in three of the four Wild rounds contested this season — a consistency of excellence that goes well beyond one strong result.
Historically, Monza has been one of PSGiL's most reliable hunting grounds for the sport's elite. Shaul Ezra had won at the circuit twice in Main League competition, accumulating a record that made him the most successful driver in PSGiL history at this venue. Shaheen's Wild League win adds his name to that legacy in a new format.
Ezra and Azran Recover
After the first-chicane collision, Shaul Ezra's race became about damage limitation and recovery — and he delivered on both counts. Climbing back through the field, he ultimately crossed the line second, 0.4 seconds behind Shaheen, keeping his Wild championship lead intact.
Eden Azran was similarly forced to rebuild after the collision. He recovered to third, setting the fastest lap of the race along the way — his first fastest lap award in this season's Wild League — and completing a Monza double-header story that ran from adversity to podium. This was Azran's second podium at Monza across PSGiL's history at the circuit, a record he continues to build quietly.
Midfield: A Crowded and Disrupted Order
Kelly Aiche, despite the connection difficulties that affected his race and those around him, came home fourth — a commendable result given the circumstances. Idan Turjeman followed in fifth, his pace disrupted partly by the proximity to Kelly's issues through the mid-stages. Dvir Badash took sixth for Haas, maintaining his record of points in every Wild race he has entered this season.
Lior Cohen finished seventh, while Omer Cohen crossed the line eighth. A note on the Monza steward rulings: Omer Cohen received a post-race time penalty from the stewards but retained his P8 classification — the penalty did not change any position in the final order. Guy Azran was classified tenth as a retirement; his second non-finish in four Wild starts this season.
Race 2 — Las Vegas Grand Prix 25% | Las Vegas Strip Circuit | Dry
Las Vegas offered a complete tonal contrast — dry conditions, a mandatory two-stop strategy, and a race that descended into organised chaos from the very first corner.
The Las Vegas grid was set in reverse finishing order from Monza — meaning Youssef Shaheen, fresh from his Monza victory, started from the back of the field again, with Shaul Ezra directly ahead of him in ninth. The drivers who had struggled at Monza — Guy Azran, Tal Cohen, Omer Cohen — found themselves on pole and front row. The format guaranteed nothing, and the race that followed confirmed it.
A Messy Start and an Early Reshuffling
The opening lap at Las Vegas quickly overturned the grid order. The cars that had lined up at the front found themselves in early difficulty, while Idan Turjeman and Shaul Ezra — both starting from the back half of the grid as a consequence of their strong Monza finishes — found themselves vaulted forward almost immediately in the confusion. Before the opening lap had concluded, two of the race's eventual frontrunners were already fighting near the head of the field.
The first safety car followed shortly after, prompted by the opening mayhem, and with it came one of the race's most pivotal strategic moments.
Turjeman's Drive-Through and the Strategy That Nearly Won a Race
Idan Turjeman had been handed a drive-through penalty during the race. Under the cover of the first safety car, he pitted twice in quick succession to complete both of his mandatory stops in a single window — arriving at the safety car's end with his tyre strategy fully covered and nothing left to pit for. He then served his drive-through penalty at the restart, absorbing the time loss from a position of strategic strength, with clean air ahead and the hard work behind him.
The plan worked. Turjeman climbed to the front and engaged Shaul Ezra in a fierce battle for the race win in the closing stages. He pushed hard and pushed late, but ultimately could not find the move that would have settled it. Ezra crossed the line first.
The Second Safety Car and a Late Charge
A second safety car — arriving late in the race — compressed the field one final time and handed Turjeman one more opportunity to close on Ezra. It also brought Youssef Shaheen, who had been charging from tenth throughout, right into contention. He pushed hard in the final laps and got very close to the leading pair, but with so little time remaining, the gap held. Shaheen finished the race third on the road — a remarkable result from the back of the grid for the second time in two hours.
The Result — and the Steward Decision That Changed It
Following the race, the stewards issued Idan Turjeman a time penalty. As a result, Turjeman was demoted from his second-place finish on the road to fourth in the final classification. Youssef Shaheen was promoted to second, and Eden Azran — who had finished fourth on the road — was promoted to the final podium position.
Dvir Badash also received a post-race steward penalty but remained fifth; the ruling did not change any position behind Turjeman. Tal Cohen received a steward penalty as well, but having already retired from the race, it had no effect on the classification.
The final Las Vegas podium: Shaul Ezra — Youssef Shaheen — Eden Azran. Idan Turjeman, who had driven one of the most strategic and combative races of the season, leaves Las Vegas with fourth place and the memory of what might have been.
The Retirements
Four drivers failed to finish, and notably, they came from some of the highest grid positions. Guy Azran, Tal Cohen, Omer Cohen, and Kelly Aiche all retired across the course of the race — a cluster of retirements that dramatically opened the field for the drivers who had started furthest back. Guy Azran's retirement was his second in as many races, a painful sequence that has left his Wild season standing in a very different place to where his early-season pace suggested it should be.
Wild Championship After Four Rounds
Two races. Two wins apiece for the leaders. The Wild championship sits at a fascinating juncture.
Shaul Ezra leads at 80 points, the product of two victories, a second, and a fifth across four starts — a level of consistency in Wild competition that mirrors exactly the dominance he has shown across PSGiL's history. Ezra's all-time numbers across all formats stand alone in the league: the most wins, the highest driver rating, three main league championship titles. That same standard-setting continues in Wild.
Eden Azran follows at 74 points, just six behind, having stood on the podium in every single Wild round this season. Azran has no wins yet in Wild this season, but his presence at the front of every classification — and the fastest lap at Monza — shows that pace is not the issue. He remains the most consistent challenger.
Youssef Shaheen climbs to 58 points in third, still 22 adrift but the season's most compelling performer in terms of pure excitement. A win from last. A podium from last. A Driver of the Day hat-trick across three rounds. In a format designed to subvert conventional wisdom, Shaheen has made the back of the grid feel like his personal starting position of choice.
Idan Turjeman sits fourth at 36 points, a number that does not quite reflect the quality of his racing this season. Two podiums in four starts, a genuinely brilliant strategic drive in Las Vegas that fought for the race win, and now the knowledge that a steward decision in Nevada cost him what would have been a third podium and several more points. The season is far from over.
Further back, Guy Rapke and Lior Cohen share fifth at 34 points, ahead of Omer Cohen at 33. The midfield is tight and the sprint format means one good result can swing several places.
Looking Ahead
Rounds 5 and 6 arrive on 11 April with a Belgian-Dutch double at Spa-Francorchamps and Zandvoort. Both circuits are fast, unforgiving, and capable of producing very different races. With Ezra's lead held but thin, Azran waiting for his win to come, Shaheen apparently comfortable starting from wherever the grid places him, and Turjeman with a point to prove, the Wild season could not be better set up for another defining evening.