The Hankook National Formula Vee Championship had its fourth round at Phakisa on 12 September 2020. 

With the top contenders sitting on equal points, it was all to play for at Phakisa. During qualifying the weather caused extreme slippery conditions, from dry, drizzle, wet, dry and then rain. The nature of Phakisa means the surface dried extremely quickly and thus conditions changed lap by lap. Jaco Schriks (Lube Station Rhema 2) grabbed pole with surprise package being Shaun van der Linde (Boksburg Truck City Rhema 2) on second for race 1 and grabbing pole for race 2! Gert van den Berg (Hankook Rhema 2) was third and Lendl Jansen (Bull Security Forza) fourth. Lushen Ramchander (Liqui Moly Forza) lined up in fifth. Vaughn Hills (Hankook Rhema 2) struggled with a misfire during the session and qualified at the back.

In Race 1, the front five cars pulled clear of the rest, eventually Schriks and van der Linde fell of the back of Ramchander, Jansen and Van den Berg. After numerous position and lead changes, Ramchander took the victory closely followed by Jansen and Van den Berg. Behind them Van der Linde was fourth with Schriks, Greg Wilson (Forza), Brandon Hills (Mangaza Rhema 1.5) and Peter Hills (Liqui Moly Lantis) covered by less than a second. MD Bester (Mangaza Rhema 2) was ninth, just ahead of a recovering Vaughn Hills in tenth. Newcomer, Josef Kotze (Top Products Sting) had a good showing as well with Ashley Padayachee (Catalyst Technology Solutions Lantis) finishing his first race after problems at Zwartkops previously.

In Race 2, the race was much simpler. Ramchander and Jansen stretched their legs and the newer tyres showed. No one could keep up with them and they pulled clear of Van den Berg and Schriks. Wilson and Peter Hills had a brilliant dice for fifth. The two Hills brothers had a dice with Brandon winning out, but Vaughn was the quicker of the two. Behind them, pole sitter Van der Linde spun on lap 1 and had a fight coming through the field to ninth after a good battle with Bester. The two DOE Quality Parts sponsored cars of Ben Pienaar (DOE Quality Parts Rhema 2) and Theo Vermaak (DOE Quality Parts Vision) had a good dice. In the end Roy Douglas (Forza) had issues and finished 3 laps down.

After the race the top four cars were stripped for technical checks by the technical committee. This all happened in the spirit of Formula Vee and all cars were found compliant to the rules. The positions was validated and confirmed.

With only the finale at Zwartkops, it looks like the 11 point advantage of Ramchander has him with one hand on the title. Zwartkops on 7 November 2020 promises to be close and tight, but if Ramchander plays his cards right, he can take the National title to add to his Formula GTI title of some years back.

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