Motor racing events in Spain and Italy
2023 Euro 4 Championship
Drivers' champion: Ugo Ugochukwu
Teams' champion: Prema Racing
The 2023 Euro 4 Championship was the inaugural season of the Euro 4 Championship. It was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, run by ACI Sport and WSK Promotion.[1][2] The championship uses Tatuus F4-T421 chassis.[3][4] The inaugural championship was won by Ugo Ugochukwu.[5][6]
Teams and drivers
Team | No. | Driver | Class | Rounds | Prema Racing | 3 | Ugo Ugochukwu[7] | | All | 8 | Tuukka Taponen[7] | R | All | 13 | James Wharton[7] | | All | 14 | Rashid Al Dhaheri[7] | R | All | 16 | Aurelia Nobels[a][7] | W | All | 23 | Arvid Lindblad[7] | R | All | 47 | Nicola Lacorte[7] | R | All | 51 | Freddie Slater[8] | R | 2–3 | Van Amersfoort Racing | 4 | Pablo Sarrazin[9] | | 1–2 | 10 | Rafael Modonese[10] | R | 2–3 | 11 | Ismoilkhuja Akhmedkhodjaev[11] | | 1–2 | 15 | Brando Badoer[11] | | All | 17 | Ivan Domingues[11] | | 1–2 | 30 | Frederik Lund[12] | | All | 45 | Jack Beeton[11] | R | 1–2 | 53 | Giacomo Pedrini[13] | R | 3 | 74 | Lin Hodenius[14] | R | 3 | AKM Motorsport | 5 | Davide Larini[11] | R | 1–2 | 6 | Kamal Mrad[8] | R | 2 | 21 | Tina Hausmann[11] | R W | All | 22 | Enzo Deligny[15] | R | 2 | 86 | Diego de la Torre[11] | | All | BVM Racing | 9 | Alfio Spina[11] | | 1–2 | 71 | Griffin Peebles[11] | R | 2 | 88 | 1 | US Racing | 12 | Gianmarco Pradel[11] | R | All | 20 | Zachary David[11] | R | All | 31 | Akshay Bohra[b][11] | R | All | 37 | Kacper Sztuka[11] | | 1–2 | 66 | Ruiqi Liu[11] | R | All | PHM Racing | 53 | Giacomo Pedrini[8] | R | 2 | 57 | Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi[11] | | 1–2 | R-ace GP | 76 | Raphaël Narac[11] | | 1 | 93 | Matteo Quintarelli[c][11] | R | 1 | Argenti Motorsport | 95 | Yuanpu Cui[16] | | 3 | Cram Motorsport | 96 | Flavio Olivieri[17] | | 2 | 97 | Kai Daryanani[17] | | 2 | | Icon | Legend | R | Rookie | W | Woman Trophy | G | Guest drivers ineligible to score points | |
Race calendar and results
The calendar was officially revealed on 26 April 2023.[1][18]
Championship standings
Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap. For round 3, double points were awarded.
- Round 1 & 2 points system
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
- Round 3 points system
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
Points | 50 | 36 | 30 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
Drivers' championship
Secondary classes standings
Pos | Driver | MUG
| MNZ
| CAT
| Pts |
R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 |
Rookies' championship |
1 | Akshay Bohra | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 180 |
2 | Tuukka Taponen | 5 | 11 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 170 |
3 | Arvid Lindblad | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 163 |
4 | Zachary David | 4 | 3 | 11 | Ret | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 128 |
5 | Nicola Lacorte | 3 | 13 | 3 | Ret | 6 | 7 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 106 |
6 | Rashid Al Dhaheri | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 78 |
7 | Gianmarco Pradel | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 68 |
8 | Freddie Slater | | | | 12 | 2 | 16 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 57 |
9 | Ruiqi Liu | Ret | 9 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 48 |
10 | Tina Hausmann | 12 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 21 |
11 | Lin Hodenius | | | | | | | 9 | 7 | 11 | 16 |
12 | Raphaël Narac | 6 | 7 | 10 | | | | | | | 15 |
13 | Griffin Peebles | 10 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 13 | | | | 13 |
14 | Jack Beeton | 9 | 5 | Ret | WD | WD | WD | | | | 12 |
15 | Enzo Deligny | | | | 5 | Ret | 14 | | | | 10 |
16 | Davide Larini | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 12 | | | | 9 |
17 | Giacomo Pedrini | | | | 9 | 13 | 15 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 4 |
18 | Kai Daryanani | | | | 10 | 9 | 11 | | | | 2 |
Women's championship |
1 | Tina Hausmann | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 222 |
2 | Aurelia Nobels | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Ret | WD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 215 |
Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
MUG
| MNZ
| CAT
|
Teams' championship
Notes
- ^ Nobels is a Belgian-Brazilian driver competing under a Brazilian licence.
- ^ Bohra is an American-Indian driver competing under a British licence.
- ^ Quintarelli is an Italian-Emirati driver competing under an Emirati licence.
- ^ James Wharton finished first but received a 5-second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. Akshay Bohra inherited the win.
- ^ a b Due to a communication mistake between race control and marshalls after a re-start on lap 9, race results were declared official at the completion of lap 8. Half points were awarded as less than 75% of the race distance was officially completed.
References
- ^ a b Series, Feeder (21 April 2023). "Euro 4 Championship 2023 sporting regulations revealed by ACI Sport". Feeder Series. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ "New Euro 4 championship to complement Italian Formula 4 season". RACEWEEK. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ "Regolamento Sportivo / Sporting Regulation 2023 Euro 4 Championship" (PDF). ACI Sport. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ Gascoigne, Roger (24 April 2023). "ACI's three-round European F4 series confirmed with double points finale". Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ "Ugo Ugochukwu is the first Champion of the Euro 4 Championship". KartXpress. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ Allen, Peter (22 October 2023). "Ugochukwu claims Euro 4 title after winning Barcelona decider". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g "R01 Mugello - Euro4 Championship Race Preview". Prema Racing. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ a b c Wood, Ida (11 September 2023). "Freddie Slater to drive for Prema in Euro 4 at Monza". Formula Scout. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ Wood, Ida (4 July 2023). "VAR's new Euro 4 signing Pablo Sarrazin tops day two of Paul Ricard test". Formula Scout. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Rafael Modonese joins Van Amersfoort Racing for EURO 4 campaign". www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Euro 4 Championship, the first of the new Formula 4 series at the Mugello Circuit". ACI Sport. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ "Frederik Lund joins VAR for the Euro 4 Championship". www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ "Giacomo Pedrini joins VAR in EURO 4". www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ "VAR completes EURO 4 line-up with Lin Hodenius". www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ ACI Sport (13 September 2023). "At Monza, Enzo Deligny will make his debut in the Euro 4 Championship".
- ^ "Euro 4 Championship grand finale is ready to start at Barcelona". ACI Sport. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ a b staff (19 September 2023). "Cram debutta nell'Euro4 Championship a Monza" (in Italian). Retrieved 13 November 2023.
- ^ "Euro 4 Championship, the Sporting Regulation of the new series promoted by ACI Sport and WSK Promotion is now available". ACI Sport. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
External links
- ACI Sport page
- Official website