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2023 Formula 4 UAE Championship

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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

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Team No. Drivers Class Rounds
United Arab Emirates Xcel Motorsport 2 Australia Noah Lisle[2] All
21 Italy Victoria Blokhina[N 1][3] TR
24 United Arab Emirates Sebastian Murray[3] R TR
33 Kyrgyzstan Georgy Zhuravskiy[N 1][2] R All
54 Alexander Bolduev[N 1][2] R All
71 United Arab Emirates Federico Rifai[3] R TR, All
France R-ace GP 3 Mexico Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.[2] All
12 Latvia Alexander Abkhazava[N 1][2] R All
14 France Raphaël Narac[2] R 2–5
20 Malta Zachary David[2] R All
United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix[N 2]
Hitech Pulse-Eight[N 2]
4 Australia James Piszcyk[4] TR, All
5 United Kingdom William Macintyre[5] R TR, All
6 United Kingdom Kanato Le[a][6] R TR, All
7 Republic of Ireland Alex Dunne[3] TR
United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad[2] R All
India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited 8 Finland Tuukka Taponen[2] R All
10 India Muhammad Ibrahim[2] R 1–2, 5
13 Australia James Wharton[2] All
28 India Rishon Rajeev[2] 3–4
Germany PHM Racing 9 Germany Valentin Kluss[7] All
26 Germany Jakob Bergmeister[8] R 1–3
Thailand Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi[9] 4–5
31 United Kingdom Akshay Bohra[b][10] R All
75 Denmark Noah Strømsted[11] All
United Kingdom Carlin[N 3]
United Kingdom Rodin Carlin[N 3]
11 New Zealand Louis Sharp[3] TR
41 Brazil Fernando Barrichello[12] 1, 4–5
43 Australia Costa Toparis[3] TR
55 United Kingdom Dion Gowda[c] R All
United Arab Emirates R2Race Cavicel[13][14] 15 Switzerland Léna Bühler[15] All
78 Italy Victoria Blokhina[N 1][16] All
United Arab Emirates Yas Heat Racing Academy[17] 17 United Arab Emirates Keanu Al-Azhari[17] R All
28 TR
27 United Arab Emirates Matteo Quintarelli[17] R TR
93 All
87 United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi[18] All
France Saintéloc Racing 18 France Luciano Morano[15] All
30 Denmark Theodor Jensen[19] All
44 France Théophile Naël[19] All
Italy Prema Racing 19 Philippines Bianca Bustamante[20] All
39 United States Ugo Ugochukwu[21] All
47 Italy Nicola Lacorte[22] R All
Netherlands MP Motorsport 60 Netherlands Emely de Heus[23] 1–3
Uzbekistan Ismoilkhuja Akhmedkhodjaev 4–5
61 Italy Valerio Rinicella[23] All
62 Kirill Smal[N 1] 1
Brazil Pedro Clerot[24] 4–5
Republic of Ireland Pinnacle VAR[25][26] 66 Philippines Hiyu Yamakoshi[d][26] R 2–3
88 United Kingdom Kai Daryanani[e][26] R All
94 Italy Brando Badoer[26] 1, 4–5
95 Australia Jack Beeton[26] R All
Italy Cram Motorsport 72 United Arab Emirates Sebastian Murray[27] R 1
91 2–5
73 Italy Flavio Olivieri[27] R All
Icon Legend
R Rookie
  • 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

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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]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
2022
TR R1 United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 19 November Republic of Ireland Alex Dunne New Zealand Louis Sharp New Zealand Louis Sharp United Kingdom Carlin Formula One World Championship
R2 20 November New Zealand Louis Sharp New Zealand Louis Sharp United Kingdom Carlin
2023
1 R1 United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome, Dubai 13 January United States Ugo Ugochukwu Finland Tuukka Taponen United States Ugo Ugochukwu Italy Prema Racing Middle East Trophy
Formula Regional Middle East Championship
Renault Clio Cup Middle East
R2 14 January United States Ugo Ugochukwu United States Ugo Ugochukwu Italy Prema Racing
R3 United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix
2 R1 Kuwait Kuwait Motor Town, Ali Sabah Al Salem 27 January Italy Valerio Rinicella United States Ugo Ugochukwu Australia James Wharton India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited Formula Regional Middle East Championship
R2 28 January Australia James Wharton United States Ugo Ugochukwu Italy Prema Racing
R3 Australia James Wharton France Théophile Naël Malta Zachary David France R-ace GP
3 R1 Kuwait Kuwait Motor Town, Ali Sabah Al Salem 31 January United States Ugo Ugochukwu Australia James Wharton United States Ugo Ugochukwu Italy Prema Racing Formula Regional Middle East Championship
R2 1 February Finland Tuukka Taponen Finland Tuukka Taponen India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited
R3 Australia James Wharton United States Ugo Ugochukwu Australia James Wharton India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited
4 R1 United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome, Dubai 11 February Finland Tuukka Taponen Mexico Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. Finland Tuukka Taponen India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited Asian Le Mans Series
Formula Regional Middle East Championship
R2 12 February Italy Brando Badoer Finland Tuukka Taponen[f] India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited
R3 Finland Tuukka Taponen Australia James Wharton Finland Tuukka Taponen India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited
5 R1 United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 18 February Australia James Wharton Australia James Wharton Australia James Wharton India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited Asian Le Mans Series
Formula Regional Middle East Championship
R2 Australia James Wharton Australia James Wharton India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited
R3 19 February Australia James Wharton United States Ugo Ugochukwu United States Ugo Ugochukwu Italy Prema Racing

Championship standings

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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

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Pos Driver YMC
TR
United Arab Emirates
DUB1
United Arab Emirates
KMT1
Kuwait
KMT2
Kuwait
DUB2
United Arab Emirates
YMC
United Arab Emirates
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Australia James Wharton 3 17 4 1 2 13 2 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 Ret 232
2 Finland Tuukka Taponen 9 2 2 6 3 Ret 3 1 34† 1 1 1 2 2 Ret 212
3 United States Ugo Ugochukwu 1 1 3 3 1 18 1 4 35 9 Ret 10 11 3 1 185
4 Italy Valerio Rinicella 2 6 35 2 4 2 4 3 2 6 6 5 33† 6 2 171
5 United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad 8 3 1 5 33 7 Ret 16 5 Ret 19 4 3 5 Ret 107
6 Italy Brando Badoer 5 5 6 3 13 8 4 Ret 5 69
7 United Arab Emirates Keanu Al-Azhari 3 3 11 23 29 12 8 10 6 8 14 Ret 22 2 10 4 3 63
8 Malta Zachary David 33 8 10 33 5 1 Ret 26 3 8 11 33 Ret 24 Ret 59
9 Denmark Noah Strømsted 36 7 30 8 6 15 5 12 37† Ret 3 23 5 30 9 55
10 Germany Valentin Kluss 4 9 19 9 7 4 7 5 18 Ret Ret 15 35† 14 13 50
11 France Théophile Naël 7 Ret 7 4 15 8 10 9 32 26 28 6 28† 9 6 49
12 United Arab Emirates Federico Rifai 6 5 37 11 Ret 32 10 5 16 11 4 13 4 17 6 13 20 43
13 Brazil Pedro Clerot 12 5 12 9 7 4 30
14 United Kingdom William Macintyre 10 4 32 32 13 13 9 23 29 6 13 4 31 14 7 11 11 28
15 Australia James Piszcyk 7 7 16 19 8 15 18 17 15 14 6 5 14 9 25 Ret 10 25
16 Kirill Smal 6 4 9 22
17 United Kingdom Kanato Le 5 2 13 16 14 7 Ret 9 8 22 17 7 8 11 12 15 29 22
18 Mexico Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. 10 Ret 5 14 16 6 26 30 Ret Ret 10 30 31† 12 18 20
19 Australia Noah Lisle 29 12 17 10 13 3 31 33† 12 15 35† 19 13 23 14 16
20 United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi 15 20 12 30 11 20 32 7 20 14 34 22 23 26 7 12
21 United Kingdom Akshay Bohra 12 13 22 31 12 14 12 35† 10 28 18 7 15 8 12 11
22 Philippines Hiyu Yamakoshi 17 Ret 34 9 Ret 7 8
23 Australia Jack Beeton 20 18 31 16 20 21 25 27 31 18 7 Ret Ret 19 19 6
24 Italy Nicola Lacorte Ret 15 11 18 23 16 11 18 11 10 12 16 29† Ret 8 5
25 United Kingdom Dion Gowda 14 10 20 Ret 22 12 13 15 8 11 33 13 16 20 26 5
26 India Muhammad Ibrahim 19 14 16 11 14 11 8 29 16 4
27 Philippines Bianca Bustamante 26 28 Ret 20 25 Ret 33 10 15 17 9 21 Ret 28 Ret 3
28 Latvia Alexander Abkhazava 17 27 15 Ret 19 19 21 Ret 9 30 20 18 32† Ret 21 2
29 Alexander Bolduev 24 25 Ret Ret 29 33 34 17 22 29 Ret Ret 26 10 32 1
30 United Arab Emirates Sebastian Murray 8 9 35 35 26 21 26 32 27 13 26 21 24 24 30† Ret 25 0
31 Thailand Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi 22 17 34 14 16 Ret 0
32 France Raphaël Narac 29 17 30 14 19 29 31† 25 25 34† 27 17 0
33 Switzerland Léna Bühler 21 34 23 Ret Ret Ret 24 31 16 16 15 32 27 17 15 0
34 United Arab Emirates Matteo Quintarelli 9 11 18 22 27 24 21 22 18 25 33 19 16 20 21 18 22 0
35 India Rishon Rajeev 17 29 19 Ret 27 26 0
36 United Kingdom Kai Daryanani 25 21 28 25 28 24 Ret Ret 24 20 26 29 17 Ret Ret 0
37 Denmark Theodor Jensen 23 24 32 19 Ret 28 19 23 36† Ret Ret Ret 18 21 27 0
38 Italy Flavio Olivieri Ret 26 18 22 24 27 23 20 21 Ret 21 28 Ret Ret 31 0
39 Kyrgyzstan Georgy Zhuravskiy 31 33 34 Ret 31 29 28 34† 28 27 Ret 31 19 25 30 0
40 Germany Jakob Bergmeister 34 Ret 24 23 Ret NC 20 24 23 0
41 Uzbekistan Ismoilkhuja Akhmedkhodjaev 24 32 37† 20 32 23 0
42 Brazil Fernando Barrichello 22 31 21 32 30 36† 24 31 Ret 0
43 Netherlands Emely de Heus 27 29 Ret 26 30 31 Ret 21 25 0
44 Italy Victoria Blokhina 11 6 30 30 25 28 27 26 30 28 27 25 23 27 22 22 28 0
45 France Luciano Morano 28 36† 33 27 32 25 22 32 30 23 29 35 NC Ret 24 0
Trophy Round-only drivers
New Zealand Louis Sharp 1 1
Republic of Ireland Alex Dunne 2 10
Australia Costa Toparis 4 8
Pos Driver YMC
TR
United Arab Emirates
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
DUB1
United Arab Emirates
KMT1
Kuwait
KMT2
Kuwait
DUB2
United Arab Emirates
YMC
United Arab Emirates
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

Rookies' Championship

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Pos Driver YMC
TR
United Arab Emirates
DUB1
United Arab Emirates
KMT1
Kuwait
KMT2
Kuwait
DUB2
United Arab Emirates
YMC
United Arab Emirates
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Finland Tuukka Taponen 2 1 2 2 1 Ret 1 1 21† 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 279
2 United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad 1 2 1 1 19 3 Ret 7 3 Ret 9 3 2 3 Ret 179
3 United Arab Emirates Keanu Al-Azhari 1 2 3 13 16 5 3 5 2 3 10 Ret 12 2 6 2 1 153
4 United Arab Emirates Federico Rifai 3 4 18 5 Ret 17 5 2 9 4 2 7 2 9 3 7 8 121
5 Malta Zachary David 15 3 3 18 2 1 Ret 15 1 4 5 17 Ret 12 Ret 120
6 United Kingdom William Macintyre 6 3 14 17 5 6 4 13 17 2 9 2 16 7 4 6 3 109
7 United Kingdom Kanato Le 2 1 5 9 6 3 Ret 4 3 12 11 3 4 5 7 8 13 109
8 United Kingdom Akshay Bohra 4 6 11 16 6 8 6 18† 7 13 8 4 8 4 4 90
9 Italy Nicola Lacorte Ret 8 4 9 13 9 5 9 8 5 6 8 14† Ret 2 76
10 United Kingdom Dion Gowda 6 4 10 Ret 12 7 7 6 5 6 17 6 9 11 12 69
11 India Muhammad Ibrahim 9 7 8 4 7 6 5 15 5 58
12 Australia Jack Beeton 10 10 17 7 10 11 14 16 19 8 3 Ret Ret 10 7 35
13 Philippines Hiyu Yamakoshi 8 Ret 20 4 Ret 4 28
14 Latvia Alexander Abkhazava 7 16 7 Ret 9 10 12 Ret 6 15 10 10 16† Ret 9 27
15 France Raphaël Narac 15 8 17 8 10 18 16† 14 13 17† 14 6 17
16 United Arab Emirates Matteo Quintarelli 5 6 8 12 14 13 11 12 10 14 20 9 7 11 12 9 10 16
17 Alexander Bolduev 11 14 Ret Ret 17 Ret 18 8 13 14 Ret Ret 13 5 16 14
18 United Arab Emirates Sebastian Murray 4 5 17 19 13 10 15 18 15 5 16 11 13 12 15† Ret 11 11
19 Italy Flavio Olivieri Ret 15 9 11 14 15 13 11 12 Ret 11 14 Ret Ret 15 2
20 United Kingdom Kai Daryanani 12 11 15 14 16 14 Ret Ret 15 10 15 15 10 Ret Ret 2
21 Germany Jakob Bergmeister 16 Ret 12 12 Ret NC 11 13 14 0
22 Kyrgyzstan Georgy Zhuravskiy 13 18 18 Ret 18 16 16 17† 17 12 Ret 16 11 13 14 0
Pos Driver YMC
TR
United Arab Emirates
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
DUB1
United Arab Emirates
KMT1
Kuwait
KMT2
Kuwait
DUB2
United Arab Emirates
YMC
United Arab Emirates
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

Teams' Championship

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Ahead of each event, the teams nominate two drivers that accumulate teams' points.

Pos Team Points
1 India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited 444
2 Netherlands MP Motorsport 223
3 Italy Prema Racing 190
4 United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix 135
5 Germany PHM Racing 109
6 Netherlands Pinnacle VAR 83
7 France R-ace GP 79
8 United Arab Emirates Yas Heat Racing Academy 75
9 United Arab Emirates Xcel Motorsport 59
10 France Saintéloc Racing 49
11 United Kingdom Hitech Pulse-Eight 47
12 United Kingdom Rodin Carlin 5
13 Italy Cram Motorsport 0
14 United Arab Emirates R2Race Cavicel 0

Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Cars No. 5 and 7 entered as Hitech Grand Prix and cars No. 4 and 6 entered as Hitech Pulse-Eight.
  3. ^ a b Entered as Carlin in the Trophy Round and in round 1. Entered as Rodin Carlin from round 2 onwards.
  1. ^ Le is a Japanese driver competing under a British licence.
  2. ^ Bohra is an American-Indian driver competing under a British licence.
  3. ^ Gowda is an Indian driver competing under a British licence.
  4. ^ Yamakoshi is a Japanese driver competing under a Philippine licence.
  5. ^ Daryanani is an Indian driver competing under a British licence.
  6. ^ Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. originally won the race, but was given a 5 second penalty for crossing the pit entry line.

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