The 2023 F4 Brazilian Championship was the second season of the F4 Brazilian Championship. It was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The championship used Tatuus F4-T421 chassis.
Teams and drivers All pre-selected teams were Brazilian-registered. Unlike the previous year, there was no draw allocating the drivers to the teams.
Full Time Sports' Formula 4 operation were moved under its subsidiary Bassani Racing. KTF Sports was not replaced. Team Driver Class Rounds Cavaleiro Sports 9 Lucca Zucchini All 16 Mateus Callejas 1–2 30 Vinícius Tessaro All 33 Nelson Neto 4–6 41 Fernando Barrichello 2–6 98 Cecília Rabelo 1, 3–6 Oakberry Bassani F4 11 Carl Bennett 2–3 26 Alexandre Machado All 27 Matheus Ferreira 5 33 Nelson Neto 1–3 88 Arthur Pavie All 118 Matheus Comparatto All TMG Racing 16 Mateus Callejas 3–4 18 Rafaela Ferreira All 21 Álvaro Cho All 29 João Tesser All 99 Luan Lopes All Icon Class Rookie
Ayrton Chorne was set to participate in the round supporting the São Paulo Grand Prix but did not compete.
Race calendar The schedule was revealed on 1 February 2023. All rounds were held in Brazil and all but one supported the 2023 Stock Car Pro Series events. One round supported the 2023 São Paulo Grand Prix. In April 2023, the round at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet in Brasília on 16–18 June was replaced by the round at Interlagos Circuit three weeks later. Likewise in September 2023, the round at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet on 24–26 November was replaced by the round at Interlagos Circuit three weeks later. Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 22 April Vinícius Tessaro Luan Lopes Vinícius Tessaro Cavaleiro Sports Matheus Comparatto R2 Vinícius Tessaro Nelson Neto Oakberry Bassani F4 Mateus Callejas R3 23 April Álvaro Cho Vinícius Tessaro Vinícius Tessaro Cavaleiro Sports Matheus Comparatto 2 R1 Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 8 July Vinícius Tessaro Matheus Comparatto Luan Lopes TMG Racing Matheus Comparatto R2 Carl Bennett Mateus Callejas Cavaleiro Sports Mateus Callejas R3 9 July Vinícius Tessaro Vinícius Tessaro Vinícius Tessaro Cavaleiro Sports Matheus Comparatto 3 R1 Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu 5 August Matheus Comparatto Vinícius Tessaro Matheus Comparatto Oakberry Bassani F4 Matheus Comparatto R2 Vinícius Tessaro Vinícius Tessaro Cavaleiro Sports Mateus Callejas R3 6 August Matheus Comparatto Matheus Comparatto Matheus Comparatto Oakberry Bassani F4 Matheus Comparatto 4 R1 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Goiânia 26 August Álvaro Cho Vinícius Tessaro Álvaro Cho TMG Racing Matheus Comparatto R2 Matheus Comparatto Matheus Comparatto Oakberry Bassani F4 Matheus Comparatto R3 27 August Lucca Zucchini Vinícius Tessaro Vinícius Tessaro Cavaleiro Sports Matheus Comparatto 5 R1 Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 4 November Cecília Rabelo Vinícius Tessaro Matheus Ferreira Oakberry Bassani F4 Alexandre Machado R2 Alexandre Machado Alexandre Machado Oakberry Bassani F4 Alexandre Machado R3 5 November Cecília Rabelo Matheus Ferreira Matheus Ferreira Oakberry Bassani F4 Matheus Comparatto 6 R1 Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 16 December Luan Lopes Vinícius Tessaro Vinícius Tessaro Cavaleiro Sports Matheus Comparatto R2 Álvaro Cho Lucca Zucchini Cavaleiro Sports Rafaela Ferreira R3 17 December Matheus Comparatto Fernando Barrichello Matheus Comparatto Oakberry Bassani F4 Matheus Comparatto
Championship standings Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in 25-minute races and for the top eight classified finishers in 18-minute races. The final individual classifications were obtained by dropping two worst results from the first five rounds of the championship. Races Position, points per race 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th FL 2 25-minute races 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1 18-minute races 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1
Drivers' standings Pos Driver INT1 INT2 MOG GYN INT3 INT4 Pts 1 Vinícius Tessaro 1 9 1 3 7 1 7 1 6 5 3 1 2 6 11 1 Ret 5 2 Matheus Comparatto 4 5 4 2 5 5 1 7 1 8 1 4 Ret 4 3 6 4 1 3 Álvaro Cho 3 2 2 9 6 4 4 8 2 1 6 2 3 7 5 4 2 4 4 Luan Lopes 2 Ret 3 1 11 2 2 6 3 4 5 Ret Ret 8 4 2 7 3 180 5 Fernando Barrichello 13† 8 13 6 2 4 6 4 3 4 2 2 3 9 2 140 6 Nelson Neto 5 1 8 12 12 9 5 4 9 2 8 5 6 3 9 5 Ret 6 118 7 Lucca Zucchini 9 7 6 5 3 8 3 9 5 3 9 Ret Ret 11 6 8 1 9 107 8 João Tesser 12† 4 5 4 4 12 12 12 7 7 2 Ret 8 9 10 Ret 5 7 79 9 Mateus Callejas 7 3 10 7 1 6 8 3 10 Ret WD WD 61 10 Arthur Pavie 6 8 7 6 2 7 10 11 Ret 9 7 9 10 10 8 11† 6 10 58 11 Matheus Ferreira 1 5 1 57 12 Alexandre Machado 8 DSQ 12† 11 13 10 11 5 12 11 Ret 8 5 1 Ret 9 8 8 48 13 Rafaela Ferreira 11 6 9 10 10 11 Ret 13 11 10 10 6 9 12 7 7 3 Ret 40 14 Carl Bennett 8 9 3 9 10 8 26 15 Cecília Rabelo 10 10 11 WD WD WD 12 11 7 7 13 Ret 10 DSQ 11 16Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap† — Did not finish but classified
Rookies' championship Pos Driver INT1 INT2 MOG GYN INT3 INT4 Pts 1 Matheus Comparatto 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 Ret 2 1 1 2 1 2 Arthur Pavie 2 4 2 2 2 3 3 4 Ret 2 2 5 4 3 3 Ret 3 3 3 Rafaela Ferreira 6 3 3 4 4 5 Ret 5 3 3 3 2 3 4 2 2 1 Ret 4 Alexandre Machado 4 DSQ 6† 5 5 4 4 2 4 4 Ret 4 1 1 Ret 3 4 2 191 5 Mateus Callejas 3 1 4 3 1 2 2 1 2 Ret WD WD 143 6 Cecília Rabelo 5 5 5 WD WD WD 5 4 3 2 5 Ret 4 DSQ 4 109
Teams' championship Each team acquired the points earned by their two best drivers in each race. Pos Team INT1 INT2 MOG GYN INT3 INT4 Pts 1 Cavaleiro Sports 1 3 1 3 1 1 3 1 4 2 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 492 7 7 6 5 3 6 6 2 5 3 4 3 4 3 6 3 9 5 2 TMG Racing 2 2 2 1 4 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 3 7 4 2 2 3 450 3 4 3 4 6 4 4 6 3 4 5 6 8 8 5 4 3 4 3 Oakberry Bassani F4 4 1 4 2 2 3 1 4 1 8 1 4 1 1 1 6 4 1 405 5 5 7 6 5 5 5 5 8 9 7 8 5 4 3 9 6 8
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