Formula 4 UAE Championship 2023
The 2023 Formula 4 UAE Championship was the seventh season of the Formula 4 UAE Championship, a motor racing series for the United Arab Emirates regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, and organised and promoted by the Emirates Motorsport Organization (EMSO) and Top Speed.
The regular season commenced on 13 January at the Dubai Autodrome and concluded on 19 February at the Yas Marina Circuit.[1]
Teams and drivers
Team | No. | Drivers | Class | Rounds | Xcel Motorsport | 2 | Noah Lisle[2] | | All | 21 | Victoria Blokhina[N 1][3] | | TR | 24 | Sebastian Murray[3] | R | TR | 33 | Georgy Zhuravskiy[N 1][2] | R | All | 54 | Alexander Bolduev[N 1][2] | R | All | 71 | Federico Rifai[3] | R | TR, All | R-ace GP | 3 | Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.[2] | | All | 12 | Alexander Abkhazava[N 1][2] | R | All | 14 | Raphaël Narac[2] | R | 2–5 | 20 | Zachary David[2] | R | All | | Hitech Grand Prix[N 2] | Hitech Pulse-Eight[N 2] | | 4 | James Piszcyk[4] | | TR, All | 5 | William Macintyre[5] | R | TR, All | 6 | Kanato Le[a][6] | R | TR, All | 7 | Alex Dunne[3] | | TR | Arvid Lindblad[2] | R | All | Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited | 8 | Tuukka Taponen[2] | R | All | 10 | Muhammad Ibrahim[2] | R | 1–2, 5 | 13 | James Wharton[2] | | All | 28 | Rishon Rajeev[2] | | 3–4 | PHM Racing | 9 | Valentin Kluss[7] | | All | 26 | Jakob Bergmeister[8] | R | 1–3 | Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi[9] | | 4–5 | 31 | Akshay Bohra[b][10] | R | All | 75 | Noah Strømsted[11] | | All | Carlin[N 3]
Rodin Carlin[N 3] | 11 | Louis Sharp[3] | | TR | 41 | Fernando Barrichello[12] | | 1, 4–5 | 43 | Costa Toparis[3] | | TR | 55 | Dion Gowda[c] | R | All | R2Race Cavicel[13][14] | 15 | Léna Bühler[15] | | All | 78 | Victoria Blokhina[N 1][16] | | All | Yas Heat Racing Academy[17] | 17 | Keanu Al-Azhari[17] | R | All | 28 | TR | 27 | Matteo Quintarelli[17] | R | TR | 93 | All | 87 | Hamda Al Qubaisi[18] | | All | Saintéloc Racing | 18 | Luciano Morano[15] | | All | 30 | Theodor Jensen[19] | | All | 44 | Théophile Naël[19] | | All | Prema Racing | 19 | Bianca Bustamante[20] | | All | 39 | Ugo Ugochukwu[21] | | All | 47 | Nicola Lacorte[22] | R | All | MP Motorsport | 60 | Emely de Heus[23] | | 1–3 | Ismoilkhuja Akhmedkhodjaev | | 4–5 | 61 | Valerio Rinicella[23] | | All | 62 | Kirill Smal[N 1] | | 1 | Pedro Clerot[24] | | 4–5 | Pinnacle VAR[25][26] | 66 | Hiyu Yamakoshi[d][26] | R | 2–3 | 88 | Kai Daryanani[e][26] | R | All | 94 | Brando Badoer[26] | | 1, 4–5 | 95 | Jack Beeton[26] | R | All | Cram Motorsport | 72 | Sebastian Murray[27] | R | 1 | 91 | 2–5 | 73 | Flavio Olivieri[27] | R | All | | |
- Maffi Racing and Renauer Motorsport were scheduled to enter the championship, but did not appear in any rounds.[28][29]
- Jerónimo Berrío was scheduled to compete for MP Motorsport, but did not appear in any rounds.[30]
Race calendar
The schedule consisted of 15 races over 5 rounds. Prior to start of the season, a non-championship Trophy Round was held in support of the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.[1] On 10 November 2022, the round 2 at Dubai Autodrome was moved to Kuwait Motor Town.[17]
Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' Championship
Rookies' Championship
Teams' Championship
Ahead of each event, the teams nominate two drivers that accumulate teams' points.
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f Bolduev and Smal are Russian, but they compete as neutral competitors as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Blokhina and Zhuravskiy, also Russians, competed under an Italian and a Kyrgyz licence respectively for the same reason. Abkhazava, a Georgian-Russian, competes under a Latvian licence.
- ^ a b Cars No. 5 and 7 entered as Hitech Grand Prix and cars No. 4 and 6 entered as Hitech Pulse-Eight.
- ^ a b Entered as Carlin in the Trophy Round and in round 1. Entered as Rodin Carlin from round 2 onwards.
- ^ Le is a Japanese driver competing under a British licence.
- ^ Bohra is an American-Indian driver competing under a British licence.
- ^ Gowda is an Indian driver competing under a British licence.
- ^ Yamakoshi is a Japanese driver competing under a Philippine licence.
- ^ Daryanani is an Indian driver competing under a British licence.
- ^ Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. originally won the race, but was given a 5 second penalty for crossing the pit entry line.
References
- ^ a b "F4 UAE announces 2023 provisional calendar and F1 non-championship support race". automobilsport.com. 4 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "First entries announced for 2023 Formula 4 UAE Championship Certified by FIA". F4 UAE Championship Certified by FIA. 29 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "Abu Dhabi Grand Prix F4 UAE Trophy Race line-up announced". F4 UAE Championship Certified by FIA. 14 November 2022.
- ^ "James Piszcyk joins Hitech in the 2023 ROKiT British Formula 4 and FIA Formula 4 UAE Championship". Hitech GP. 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Will Macintyre confirmed for the 2023 ROKiT British F4 and FIA F4 UAE Championship". Hitech GP. 4 November 2022.
- ^ "Hitech confirm Kanato Le for the 2023 ROKiT British F4 and FIA F4 UAE Championship". Hitech GP. 7 November 2022.
- ^ Wood, Ida (8 December 2022). "PHM Racing announces Valentin Kluss for F4 UAE". Formula Scout.
- ^ Wood, Ida (10 December 2022). "F4 debut for third generation of Bergmeister family". Formula Scout.
- ^ "For the last two rounds of the F4UAE in Dubai and Yes Marina, Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi takes over the seat of Jakob Bergmeister". Twitter. PHM Racing. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ Wood, Ida (9 December 2022). "Akshay Bohra chooses F4 UAE for first full season in car racing". Formula Scout.
- ^ Wood, Ida (9 December 2022). "Stromsted adds F4 UAE campaign to 2023 plans". Formula Scout.
- ^ Wood, Ida (6 January 2023). "Barrichello completes Xcel Motorsport's F4 UAE line-up". Formula Scout.
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- ^ Wood, Ida (9 August 2022). "F4 UAE attracts another new team as Emirati squad R2RACE joins". Formula Scout. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ a b Wood, Ida (15 December 2022). "Lena Buhler steps down to F4 for UAE campaign with debuting R2Race". Formula Scout.
- ^ Wood, Ida (12 December 2022). "Former F1 driver Sergey Sirotkin sends two of his students to Spanish F4". Formula Scout.
- ^ a b c d Wood, Ida (10 November 2022). "FRegional Middle East series created via rebrand and tweaked calendar". Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Hamda Al Qubaisi returns to F4 UAE". Racers - Behind The Helmet. 5 January 2023.
- ^ a b Wood, Ida (14 December 2022). "Cram Motorsport and Sainteloc Racing reveal F4 UAE line-ups". Formula Scout.
- ^ "PREMA, Mumbai Falcons set for 2023 start with full ranks". Prema Team. 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Ugochukwu set for full-time 2023 Formula 4 programme with PREMA". Prema Team. 7 December 2022.
- ^ "Lacorte joins PREMA for 2023 Formula 4 programme". Prema Team. 9 December 2022.
- ^ a b Wood, Ida (8 January 2023). "MP Motorsport adds de Heus and Rinicella to F4 UAE round one line-up". Formula Scout.
- ^ De Peder, Alex (28 January 2023). "F4 – O piloto Pedro Clerot fará 2 etapas da F4 dos Emirados Árabes Unidos com a MP Motorsport". Velocidade no Sangue (in Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ "Pinnacle Motorsport, Van Amersfoort Racing join forces for FRMEC and F4 UAE in 2023". us15.campaign-archive.com. 5 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "VAR enters FRMEC and F4 UAE series with Pinnacle Motorsport". Van Amersfoort Racing. 5 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Cram Motorsport to field Olivieri and Murray in 2023 Formula 4 UAE". Cram Motorsport. 13 December 2022.
- ^ "FORMULA 4". maffiracing. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "Ein Märchen aus 1001er Nacht für Renauer Motorsport". FormelAustria. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "Jerónimo Berrío moves to Spanish F4 with MP Motorsport". MP Motorsport. 4 December 2022.
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