2023 Formula 4 UAE Championship

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

Drivers

Class

Rounds

Xcel Motorsport

Noah Lisle^[2]

All

Victoria Blokhina^[N 1]^[3]

Sebastian Murray^[3]

Georgy Zhuravskiy^[N 1]^[2]

All

Alexander Bolduev^[N 1]^[2]

All

Federico Rifai^[3]

TR, All

R-ace GP

Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.^[2]

All

Alexander Abkhazava^[N 1]^[2]

All

Raphaël Narac^[2]

2–5

Zachary David^[2]

All

	Hitech Grand Prix^[N 2]
	Hitech Pulse-Eight^[N 2]

James Piszcyk^[4]

TR, All

William Macintyre^[5]

TR, All

Kanato Le^[a]^[6]

TR, All

Alex Dunne^[3]

Arvid Lindblad^[2]

All

Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited

Tuukka Taponen^[2]

All

Muhammad Ibrahim^[2]

1–2, 5

James Wharton^[2]

All

Rishon Rajeev^[2]

3–4

PHM Racing

Valentin Kluss^[7]

All

Jakob Bergmeister^[8]

1–3

Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi^[9]

4–5

Akshay Bohra^[b]^[10]

All

Noah Strømsted^[11]

All

Carlin^[N 3]

Rodin Carlin^[N 3]

Louis Sharp^[3]

Fernando Barrichello^[12]

1, 4–5

Costa Toparis^[3]

Dion Gowda^[c]

All

R2Race Cavicel^[13]^[14]

Léna Bühler^[15]

All

Victoria Blokhina^[N 1]^[16]

All

Yas Heat Racing Academy^[17]

Keanu Al-Azhari^[17]

All

Matteo Quintarelli^[17]

All

Hamda Al Qubaisi^[18]

All

Saintéloc Racing

Luciano Morano^[15]

All

Theodor Jensen^[19]

All

Théophile Naël^[19]

All

Prema Racing

Bianca Bustamante^[20]

All

Ugo Ugochukwu^[21]

All

Nicola Lacorte^[22]

All

MP Motorsport

Emely de Heus^[23]

1–3

Ismoilkhuja Akhmedkhodjaev

4–5

Valerio Rinicella^[23]

All

Kirill Smal^[N 1]

Pedro Clerot^[24]

4–5

Pinnacle VAR^[25]^[26]

Hiyu Yamakoshi^[d]^[26]

2–3

Kai Daryanani^[e]^[26]

All

Brando Badoer^[26]

1, 4–5

Jack Beeton^[26]

All

Cram Motorsport

Sebastian Murray^[27]

2–5

Flavio Olivieri^[27]

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

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	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	19 November	Alex Dunne	Louis Sharp	Louis Sharp	Carlin	Formula One World Championship
TR	R2	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	20 November		Louis Sharp	Louis Sharp	Carlin	Formula One World Championship
2023
1	R1	Dubai Autodrome, Dubai	13 January	Ugo Ugochukwu	Tuukka Taponen	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing	Middle East Trophy Formula Regional Middle East Championship Renault Clio Cup Middle East
	R2		14 January		Ugo Ugochukwu	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing
	R3		14 January	Arvid Lindblad	Arvid Lindblad	Arvid Lindblad	Hitech Grand Prix
2	R1	Kuwait Motor Town, Ali Sabah Al Salem	27 January	Valerio Rinicella	Ugo Ugochukwu	James Wharton	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	Formula Regional Middle East Championship
	R2		28 January		James Wharton	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing
	R3		28 January	James Wharton	Théophile Naël	Zachary David	R-ace GP
3	R1	Kuwait Motor Town, Ali Sabah Al Salem	31 January	Ugo Ugochukwu	James Wharton	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing	Formula Regional Middle East Championship
	R2		1 February		Tuukka Taponen	Tuukka Taponen	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited
	R3		1 February	James Wharton	Ugo Ugochukwu	James Wharton	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited
4	R1	Dubai Autodrome, Dubai	11 February	Tuukka Taponen	Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.	Tuukka Taponen	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	Asian Le Mans Series Formula Regional Middle East Championship
	R2		12 February		Brando Badoer	Tuukka Taponen^[f]	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited
	R3		12 February	Tuukka Taponen	James Wharton	Tuukka Taponen	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited
5	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	18 February	James Wharton	James Wharton	James Wharton	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	Asian Le Mans Series Formula Regional Middle East Championship
	R2		18 February		James Wharton	James Wharton	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited
	R3		19 February	James Wharton	Ugo Ugochukwu	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing

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

Pos	Driver	YMC TR		DUB1			KMT1			KMT2			DUB2			YMC			Pts
Pos	Driver	YMC TR		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	James Wharton			3	17	4	1	2	13	2	2	1	2	2	3	1	1	Ret	232
2	Tuukka Taponen			9	2	2	6	3	Ret	3	1	34†	1	1	1	2	2	Ret	212
3	Ugo Ugochukwu			1	1	3	3	1	18	1	4	35†	9	Ret	10	11	3	1	185
4	Valerio Rinicella			2	6	35	2	4	2	4	3	2	6	6	5	33†	6	2	171
5	Arvid Lindblad			8	3	1	5	33	7	Ret	16	5	Ret	19	4	3	5	Ret	107
6	Brando Badoer			5	5	6							3	13	8	4	Ret	5	69
7	Keanu Al-Azhari	3	3	11	23	29	12	8	10	6	8	14	Ret	22	2	10	4	3	63
8	Zachary David			33	8	10	33	5	1	Ret	26	3	8	11	33	Ret	24	Ret	59
9	Noah Strømsted			36	7	30	8	6	15	5	12	37†	Ret	3	23	5	30	9	55
10	Valentin Kluss			4	9	19	9	7	4	7	5	18	Ret	Ret	15	35†	14	13	50
11	Théophile Naël			7	Ret	7	4	15	8	10	9	32	26	28	6	28†	9	6	49
12	Federico Rifai	6	5	37	11	Ret	32	10	5	16	11	4	13	4	17	6	13	20	43
13	Pedro Clerot												12	5	12	9	7	4	30
14	William Macintyre	10	4	32	32	13	13	9	23	29	6	13	4	31	14	7	11	11	28
15	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	Kanato Le	5	2	13	16	14	7	Ret	9	8	22	17	7	8	11	12	15	29	22
18	Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.			10	Ret	5	14	16	6	26	30	Ret	Ret	10	30	31†	12	18	20
19	Noah Lisle			29	12	17	10	13	3	31	33†	12	15	35†	19	13	23	14	16
20	Hamda Al Qubaisi			15	20	12	30	11	20	32	7	20	14	34	22	23	26	7	12
21	Akshay Bohra			12	13	22	31	12	14	12	35†	10	28	18	7	15	8	12	11
22	Hiyu Yamakoshi						17	Ret	34	9	Ret	7							8
23	Jack Beeton			20	18	31	16	20	21	25	27	31	18	7	Ret	Ret	19	19	6
24	Nicola Lacorte			Ret	15	11	18	23	16	11	18	11	10	12	16	29†	Ret	8	5
25	Dion Gowda			14	10	20	Ret	22	12	13	15	8	11	33	13	16	20	26	5
26	Muhammad Ibrahim			19	14	16	11	14	11							8	29	16	4
27	Bianca Bustamante			26	28	Ret	20	25	Ret	33	10	15	17	9	21	Ret	28	Ret	3
28	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	Sebastian Murray	8	9	35	35	26	21	26	32	27	13	26	21	24	24	30†	Ret	25	0
31	Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi												22	17	34	14	16	Ret	0
32	Raphaël Narac						29	17	30	14	19	29	31†	25	25	34†	27	17	0
33	Léna Bühler			21	34	23	Ret	Ret	Ret	24	31	16	16	15	32	27	17	15	0
34	Matteo Quintarelli	9	11	18	22	27	24	21	22	18	25	33	19	16	20	21	18	22	0
35	Rishon Rajeev									17	29	19	Ret	27	26				0
36	Kai Daryanani			25	21	28	25	28	24	Ret	Ret	24	20	26	29	17	Ret	Ret	0
37	Theodor Jensen			23	24	32	19	Ret	28	19	23	36†	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	21	27	0
38	Flavio Olivieri			Ret	26	18	22	24	27	23	20	21	Ret	21	28	Ret	Ret	31	0
39	Georgy Zhuravskiy			31	33	34	Ret	31	29	28	34†	28	27	Ret	31	19	25	30	0
40	Jakob Bergmeister			34	Ret	24	23	Ret	NC	20	24	23							0
41	Ismoilkhuja Akhmedkhodjaev												24	32	37†	20	32	23	0
42	Fernando Barrichello			22	31	21							32	30	36†	24	31	Ret	0
43	Emely de Heus			27	29	Ret	26	30	31	Ret	21	25							0
44	Victoria Blokhina	11	6	30	30	25	28	27	26	30	28	27	25	23	27	22	22	28	0
45	Luciano Morano			28	36†	33	27	32	25	22	32	30	23	29	35	NC	Ret	24	0
Trophy Round-only drivers
–	Louis Sharp	1	1																–
–	Alex Dunne	2	10																–
–	Costa Toparis	4	8																–
Pos	Driver	YMC TR		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	YMC TR		DUB1			KMT1			KMT2			DUB2			YMC			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

Pos	Driver	YMC TR		DUB1			KMT1			KMT2			DUB2			YMC			Pts
Pos	Driver	YMC TR		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Tuukka Taponen			2	1	2	2	1	Ret	1	1	21†	1	1	1	1	1	Ret	279
2	Arvid Lindblad			1	2	1	1	19	3	Ret	7	3	Ret	9	3	2	3	Ret	179
3	Keanu Al-Azhari	1	2	3	13	16	5	3	5	2	3	10	Ret	12	2	6	2	1	153
4	Federico Rifai	3	4	18	5	Ret	17	5	2	9	4	2	7	2	9	3	7	8	121
5	Zachary David			15	3	3	18	2	1	Ret	15	1	4	5	17	Ret	12	Ret	120
6	William Macintyre	6	3	14	17	5	6	4	13	17	2	9	2	16	7	4	6	3	109
7	Kanato Le	2	1	5	9	6	3	Ret	4	3	12	11	3	4	5	7	8	13	109
8	Akshay Bohra			4	6	11	16	6	8	6	18†	7	13	8	4	8	4	4	90
9	Nicola Lacorte			Ret	8	4	9	13	9	5	9	8	5	6	8	14†	Ret	2	76
10	Dion Gowda			6	4	10	Ret	12	7	7	6	5	6	17	6	9	11	12	69
11	Muhammad Ibrahim			9	7	8	4	7	6							5	15	5	58
12	Jack Beeton			10	10	17	7	10	11	14	16	19	8	3	Ret	Ret	10	7	35
13	Hiyu Yamakoshi						8	Ret	20	4	Ret	4							28
14	Alexander Abkhazava			7	16	7	Ret	9	10	12	Ret	6	15	10	10	16†	Ret	9	27
15	Raphaël Narac						15	8	17	8	10	18	16†	14	13	17†	14	6	17
16	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	Sebastian Murray	4	5	17	19	13	10	15	18	15	5	16	11	13	12	15†	Ret	11	11
19	Flavio Olivieri			Ret	15	9	11	14	15	13	11	12	Ret	11	14	Ret	Ret	15	2
20	Kai Daryanani			12	11	15	14	16	14	Ret	Ret	15	10	15	15	10	Ret	Ret	2
21	Jakob Bergmeister			16	Ret	12	12	Ret	NC	11	13	14							0
22	Georgy Zhuravskiy			13	18	18	Ret	18	16	16	17†	17	12	Ret	16	11	13	14	0
Pos	Driver	YMC TR		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	YMC TR		DUB1			KMT1			KMT2			DUB2			YMC			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

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

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

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

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^ ^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.
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External links

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References

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