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.

Teams and drivers Team Drivers Class Rounds Xcel Motorsport 2 Noah Lisle All 21 Victoria Blokhina TR 24 Sebastian Murray TR 33 Georgy Zhuravskiy All 54 Alexander Bolduev All 71 Federico Rifai TR, All R-ace GP 3 Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. All 12 Alexander Abkhazava All 14 Raphaël Narac 2–5 20 Zachary David All Hitech Grand Prix Hitech Pulse-Eight 4 James Piszcyk TR, All 5 William Macintyre TR, All 6 Kanato Le TR, All 7 Alex Dunne TR Arvid Lindblad All Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited 8 Tuukka Taponen All 10 Muhammad Ibrahim 1–2, 5 13 James Wharton All 28 Rishon Rajeev 3–4 PHM Racing 9 Valentin Kluss All 26 Jakob Bergmeister 1–3 Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi 4–5 31 Akshay Bohra All 75 Noah Strømsted All Carlin Rodin Carlin 11 Louis Sharp TR 41 Fernando Barrichello 1, 4–5 43 Costa Toparis TR 55 Dion Gowda All R2Race Cavicel 15 Léna Bühler All 78 Victoria Blokhina All Yas Heat Racing Academy 17 Keanu Al Azhari All 28 TR 27 Matteo Quintarelli TR 93 All 87 Hamda Al Qubaisi All Saintéloc Racing 18 Luciano Morano All 30 Theodor Jensen All 44 Théophile Naël All Prema Racing 19 Bianca Bustamante All 39 Ugo Ugochukwu All 47 Nicola Lacorte All MP Motorsport 60 Emely de Heus 1–3 Ismoilkhuja Akhmedkhodjaev 4–5 61 Valerio Rinicella All 62 Kirill Smal 1 Pedro Clerot 4–5 Pinnacle VAR 66 Hiyu Yamakoshi 2–3 88 Kai Daryanani All 94 Brando Badoer 1, 4–5 95 Jack Beeton All Cram Motorsport 72 Sebastian Murray 1 91 2–5 73 Flavio Olivieri All Icon Legend Rookie Maffi Racing and Renauer Motorsport were scheduled to enter the championship, but did not appear in any rounds. Jerónimo Berrío was scheduled to compete for MP Motorsport, but did not appear in any rounds.

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. On 10 November 2022, the round 2 at Dubai Autodrome was moved to Kuwait Motor Town. Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting 2022 R1 Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 19 November Alex Dunne Louis Sharp Louis Sharp Carlin Formula One World Championship R2 20 November Louis Sharp Louis Sharp Carlin 2023 1 R1 Dubai Autodrome, Dubai 13 January Ugo Ugochukwu Tuukka Taponen Ugo Ugochukwu Prema Racing Middle East TrophyFormula Regional Middle East ChampionshipRenault Clio Cup Middle East R2 14 January Ugo Ugochukwu Ugo Ugochukwu Prema Racing R3 Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad Hitech Grand Prix 2 R1 27 January Valerio Rinicella Ugo Ugochukwu James Wharton Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited R2 28 January James Wharton Ugo Ugochukwu Prema Racing R3 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 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 SeriesFormula Regional Middle East Championship R2 12 February Brando Badoer Tuukka Taponen Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited R3 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 SeriesFormula Regional Middle East Championship R2 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 DUB1 KMT1 KMT2 DUB2 YMC Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 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 Al 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 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts DUB1 KMT1 KMT2 DUB2 YMCBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap† — Did not finish, but classified

Rookies' Championship

Pos Driver YMC DUB1 KMT1 KMT2 DUB2 YMC Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 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 Al 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 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts DUB1 KMT1 KMT2 DUB2 YMCBold – PoleItalics – 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 1 444 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

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