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2024 Formula 4 UAE Championship

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The 2024 Formula 4 UAE Championship was the eighth season of the Formula 4 UAE Championship, and the last under this moniker before the change of the branding to F4 Middle East Championship from 2025 onwards.[1] It was 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 12 January at the Yas Marina Circuit and concluded on 18 February at the Dubai Autodrome.

Teams and drivers

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Team No. Drivers Class Rounds
United Arab Emirates Xcel Motorsport 2 United Kingdom Noah Lisle[a][2] TR
Hong Kong Kaishun Liu[3] 1–2, 4–5
3 Macau Tiago Rodrigues[4] All
5 France Laura Villars[b][2] R TR
12 United Kingdom Josh Irfan[2] TR
20 Switzerland Tina Hausmann[5] 2
33 Kyrgyzstan Georgy Zhuravskiy[N 1][2] TR
35 Italy Alvise Rodella[3] All
55 United Kingdom Dion Gowda[c][2] TR
56 China Yuanpu Cui[3] R 2–5
71 United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai[2] TR
United Arab Emirates X GP 2 Hong Kong Kaishun Liu[6] 3
24 Luxembourg Chester Kieffer[6] R 3
United Arab Emirates Yas Heat Racing Academy[7] 3 United Arab Emirates Zack Scoular[2] R TR
23 All
11 United Arab Emirates Keanu Al Azhari[2] TR, All
United Kingdom Hitech Pulse-Eight[7] 4 United Kingdom Reza Seewooruthun[8] R All
5 United Kingdom Sebastian Murray[9] All
6 United Kingdom Gabriel Stilp[3] All
7 United Kingdom Deagen Fairclough[3] All
Netherlands MP Motorsport 7 United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi[2] TR
8 United Arab Emirates Amna Al Qubaisi[2] TR
France R-ace GP 8 Finland Luka Sammalisto[10] R All
22 Spain Enzo Deligny[d][11] 3–5
76 France Raphaël Narac[3] 1–3
77 Italy Enzo Yeh[e][3] R All
83 France Jules Caranta[12] R 1–2, 4–5
Germany PHM AIX Racing 9 United States Everett Stack[13] All
10 Italy Nikita Bedrin[N 1] 1–3
19 Italy Davide Larini[14] 4–5
33 Italy Maksimilian Popov[N 1][15] R All
70 Australia Kamal Mrad[16] R All
Italy Prema Racing 14 United Arab Emirates Rashid Al Dhaheri[2] TR, All
27 United Kingdom Freddie Slater[2] TR
28 France Doriane Pin[17] R 1–4
78 Latvia Tomass Štolcermanis[17] R 4–5
80 Jamaica Alex Powell[2] R TR
Australia AGI Sport[7] 15 Australia Nicolas Stati[16] R All
16 Germany Carrie Schreiner[3] 1–2, 5
45 Australia Jack Beeton[16] All
46 Australia Peter Bouzinelos[16] R 1–2
France Saintéloc Racing[18] 17 Colombia Maximiliano Restrepo[19] All
21 Sri Lanka Yevan David[19] R All
40 Brazil Aurelia Nobels[19] 1–2
76 France Raphaël Narac[20] 4–5
83 France Jules Caranta[6] R 3
93 United Arab Emirates Matteo Quintarelli[19] All
United Kingdom Rodin Carlin 17 United Kingdom Jessica Edgar[2] TR
India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited[17][21] 27 United Kingdom Freddie Slater[17] All
51 United Kingdom Kean Nakamura-Berta[f][17] R All
55 United Kingdom Dion Gowda[c][17] All
80 United States Alex Powell[g][17] R All
Republic of Ireland Pinnacle Motorsport 66 Japan Hiyu Yamakoshi[22] 4
88 United Kingdom Kai Daryanani[h][23] All
99 China Yuhao Fu[23] R All
Icon Legend
R Rookie
  • R2Race Cavicel was scheduled to enter the championship, but did not appear in any rounds.[24]

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 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.[25] The two days preceding the Trophy Round have been scheduled as pre-season test days.[26]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Rookie winner Supporting
2023
TR R1 United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi
(Grand Prix Circuit)
25 November United Arab Emirates Keanu Al Azhari United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai United Arab Emirates Keanu Al Azhari United Arab Emirates Yas Heat Racing Academy United States Alex Powell Formula One World Championship
R2 26 November United Arab Emirates Keanu Al Azhari United Arab Emirates Keanu Al Azhari United Arab Emirates Keanu Al Azhari United Arab Emirates Yas Heat Racing Academy United States Alex Powell
2024
1 R1 United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi
(Corkscrew Circuit)
13 January United Arab Emirates Keanu Al Azhari United Kingdom Kean Nakamura-Berta United Kingdom Kean Nakamura-Berta India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited United Kingdom Kean Nakamura-Berta Formula Regional Middle East Championship
Clio Cup Middle East
R2 14 January United Kingdom Freddie Slater Italy Nikita Bedrin Germany PHM AIX Racing France Jules Caranta
R3 United Arab Emirates Keanu Al Azhari United Arab Emirates Keanu Al Azhari United Kingdom Freddie Slater India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited United Kingdom Kean Nakamura-Berta
2 R1 United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi
(Grand Prix Circuit)
20 January United States Alex Powell United Kingdom Freddie Slater United Kingdom Freddie Slater India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited United States Alex Powell Middle East Trophy
Formula Regional Middle East Championship
Gulf Radical Cup
R2 United Kingdom Freddie Slater United Arab Emirates Keanu Al Azhari United Arab Emirates Yas Heat Racing Academy United Kingdom Kean Nakamura-Berta
R3 21 January United Arab Emirates Keanu Al Azhari United Arab Emirates Keanu Al Azhari United Arab Emirates Keanu Al Azhari United Arab Emirates Yas Heat Racing Academy United Kingdom Kean Nakamura-Berta
3 R1 United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome, Dubai
(Grand Prix Circuit)
3 February Italy Nikita Bedrin United Kingdom Freddie Slater Italy Nikita Bedrin Germany PHM AIX Racing United Kingdom Kean Nakamura-Berta Asian Le Mans Series
Formula Regional Middle East Championship
R2 United States Alex Powell United States Alex Powell India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited United States Alex Powell
R3 4 February Italy Nikita Bedrin United Arab Emirates Keanu Al Azhari Italy Nikita Bedrin Germany PHM AIX Racing United Kingdom Kean Nakamura-Berta
4 R1 United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi
(Grand Prix Circuit)
10 February France Doriane Pin France Doriane Pin France Doriane Pin[i] Italy Prema Racing France Doriane Pin[i] Asian Le Mans Series
Formula Regional Middle East Championship
Renault Clio Cup Middle East
R2 11 February United Arab Emirates Keanu Al Azhari United Kingdom Gabriel Stilp United Kingdom Hitech Pulse-Eight United Kingdom Reza Seewooruthun
R3 United Arab Emirates Rashid Al Dhaheri United Arab Emirates Keanu Al Azhari United Arab Emirates Rashid Al Dhaheri Italy Prema Racing United Kingdom Reza Seewooruthun
5 R1 United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome, Dubai
(Grand Prix Circuit)
17 February United Kingdom Kean Nakamura-Berta United Kingdom Kean Nakamura-Berta United Kingdom Kean Nakamura-Berta India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited United Kingdom Kean Nakamura-Berta Formula Regional Middle East Championship
Gulf Radical Cup
R2 18 February United Arab Emirates Keanu Al Azhari Spain Enzo Deligny France R-ace GP Latvia Tomass Štolcermanis
R3 United Kingdom Kean Nakamura-Berta United Kingdom Kean Nakamura-Berta United Arab Emirates Rashid Al Dhaheri Italy Prema Racing United Kingdom Kean Nakamura-Berta

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
YMC1 YMC2 DUB1 YMC3 DUB2 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 United Kingdom Freddie Slater 3 5 3 4 1 1 3 2 4 10 4 Ret 14 30† 5 4 3 172
2 United Kingdom Kean Nakamura-Berta 1 8 5 12 2 3 2 6 3 5 Ret Ret 1 9 2 168
3 United Arab Emirates Keanu Al Azhari 1 1 2 30† 2 10 1 1 5 2 2 Ret 12 3 9 5 8 164
4 United Arab Emirates Rashid Al Dhaheri 4 3 5 18 3 4 4 22 Ret 7 27 2 6 1 2 8 1 153
5 Italy Nikita Bedrin 9 1 7 3 5 7 1 5 1 124
6 United States Alex Powell 7 6 4 10 14 2 6 23 10 1 8 3 7 23 3 11 DNS 105
7 United Kingdom Deagen Fairclough 7 2 4 13 15 4 Ret Ret 25 Ret 23 6 8 3 Ret 75
8 Spain Enzo Deligny 11 Ret 6 4 9 2 11 1 6 73
9 United Kingdom Gabriel Stilp 17 9 24 6 7 5 9 24 9 7 1 4 31 Ret 19 73
10 France Doriane Pin 8 20 6 5 24 6 7 13 16 1 10 8 66
11 United Kingdom Dion Gowda 9 7 6 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 3 4 11 6 26† 5 14 12 4 65
12 Australia Jack Beeton 12 3 27 17 17 Ret 6 3 12 14 22 19 4 10 10 52
13 United Arab Emirates Matteo Quintarelli 11 5 8 7 25 13 Ret 15 Ret 8 4 20 17 14 7 42
14 Italy Enzo Yeh 15 Ret 10 Ret Ret 10 23 9 Ret 12 3 11 6 32 5 37
15 France Jules Caranta 16 7 28 Ret 13 8 17 12 7 9 8 10 7 7 9 37
16 United Kingdom Reza Seewooruthun 23 14 16 24 12 17 18 25 Ret 11 2 7 24 22 17 24
17 United Arab Emirates Zack Scoular 12 12 13 11 9 9 8 9 29 Ret 5 30† Ret 14 13 13 11 20
18 Latvia Tomass Štolcermanis 25 16 Ret 10 2 Ret 19
19 United Kingdom Sebastian Murray 18 12 18 15 14 Ret 30 14 10 10 5 21 20 25 16 12
20 Finland Luka Sammalisto 20 22 17 Ret 26 19 20 8 17 18 13 12 12 6 15 12
21 Italy Alvise Rodella 10 6 Ret 23 10 Ret 12 17 Ret 13 Ret 26 30 27 12 10
22 Macau Tiago Rodrigues 19 13 15 30 Ret 15 8 11 26 22 28† 15 15 19 22 4
23 France Raphaël Narac 21 Ret 12 8 16 12 13 26 20 17 15 Ret 26 26 Ret 4
24 China Yuanpu Cui 28 28† 11 21 27 24 20 11 9 21 21 20 2
25 United Kingdom Kai Daryanani 22 16 29† 16 9 27 27 22 14 23 25 22 Ret 23 18 2
26 Sri Lanka Yevan David 14 19 11 22 18 16 16 16 13 16 27† 13 19 15 14 0
27 Italy Maksimilian Popov 26 17 22 14 11 14 24 20 23 28 19 25 18 16 26 0
28 Australia Kamal Mrad 27 15 13 18 29† Ret 14 19 15 15 18 29† 25 18 13 0
29 Luxembourg Chester Kieffer 15 28 Ret 0
30 Italy Davide Larini 19 20 17 16 17 28 0
31 Hong Kong Kaishun Liu 29 29† 20 31 23 18 22 21 22 24 Ret 16 22 20 23 0
32 Japan Hiyu Yamakoshi 29† 17 Ret 0
33 Australia Nicolas Stati 30 28 21 29 20 24 19 18 18 21 21 28 23 24 25 0
34 United States Everett Stack 31 26 Ret 25 Ret Ret 26 Ret Ret 27 29† 18 27 30 24 0
35 Australia Peter Bouzinelos 25 21 19 20 Ret 20 0
36 Colombia Maximiliano Restrepo 24 24 Ret 27 22 Ret 25 23 19 Ret Ret 27 Ret 29 21 0
37 China Yuhao Fu 33 27 26 26 19 Ret 28 Ret 21 26 24 24 29 31 27 0
38 Brazil Aurelia Nobels 32 25 25 19 Ret 26 0
39 Germany Carrie Schreiner 28 23 23 21 21 25 28 28 Ret 0
40 Switzerland Tina Hausmann Ret 27 21 0
Trophy Round-only drivers
United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai 2 2
United Kingdom Noah Lisle 6 4
United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi 5 8
United Kingdom Josh Irfan 8 9
Kyrgyzstan Georgy Zhuravskiy 10 10
United Arab Emirates Amna Al Qubaisi 11 11
United Kingdom Jessica Edgar 13 Ret
France Laura Villars Ret 13
Pos Driver YMC
TR
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
YMC1 YMC2 DUB1 YMC3 DUB2
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
YMC1 YMC2 DUB1 YMC3 DUB2 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 United Kingdom Kean Nakamura-Berta 1 2 1 4 1 1 1 2 1 3 Ret Ret 1 4 1 275
2 United States Alex Powell 1 1 2 3 7 1 2 12 3 1 4 2 3 9 2 5 DNS 197
3 France Jules Caranta 7 1 14 Ret 6 3 7 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 163
4 France Doriane Pin 3 9 2 2 10 2 2 6 7 1 5 2 157
5 United Arab Emirates Zack Scoular 2 2 4 4 3 3 3 4 15 Ret 2 15† Ret 8 7 6 4 129
6 Italy Enzo Yeh 6 Ret 4 Ret Ret 5 12 4 Ret 6 2 5 3 14 2 111
7 United Kingdom Reza Seewooruthun 9 5 8 9 5 9 8 11 Ret 5 1 1 12 11 8 98
8 Sri Lanka Yevan David 5 8 5 8 7 8 6 7 5 8 13† 7 9 7 6 88
9 Finland Luka Sammalisto 8 11 9 Ret 11 10 10 3 8 9 7 6 6 2 7 75
10 Australia Kamal Mrad 12 6 6 6 13† Ret 4 9 6 7 9 13† 13 9 5 66
11 Italy Maksimilian Popov 11 7 12 5 4 7 13 10 11 14 10 11 8 8 11 44
12 Latvia Tomass Štolcermanis 12 8 Ret 5 1 Ret 39
13 China Yuanpu Cui 11 12† 6 11 12 12 10 6 3 10 10 9 36
14 Australia Nicolas Stati 13 13 11 12 9 13 9 8 9 11 11 12 11 12 10 11
15 Luxembourg Chester Kieffer 5 13 Ret 10
16 Australia Peter Bouzinelos 10 10 10 7 Ret 11 9
17 China Yuhao Fu 14 12 13 10 8 Ret 14 Ret 10 13 12 10 14 13 12 7
Trophy Round-only drivers
France Laura Villars Ret 3
Pos Driver YMC
TR
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
YMC1 YMC2 DUB1 YMC3 DUB2
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 nominated two drivers that accumulated teams' points.

Pos Team Points
1 India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited 340
2 Italy Prema Racing 238
3 United Arab Emirates Yas Heat Racing Academy 184
4 United Kingdom Hitech Pulse-Eight 148
5 Germany PHM AIX Racing 124
6 France R-ace GP 113
7 Australia AGI Sport 52
8 France Saintéloc Racing 48
9 United Arab Emirates Xcel Motorsport 10
10 Republic of Ireland Pinnacle Motorsport 2
11 United Arab Emirates X GP 0

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Zhuravskiy is Russian, but he competes under a Kyrgyz licence as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Bedrin and Popov, also Russians, compete under an Italian licence for the same reason.
  1. ^ Lisle is an Australian driver competing under a British licence.
  2. ^ Villars is a French-Swiss driver competing under a French licence.
  3. ^ a b Gowda is an Indian driver competing under a British licence.
  4. ^ Deligny is a French driver competing under a Spanish licence.
  5. ^ Yeh is a Taiwanese driver competing under an Italian licence.
  6. ^ Nakamura-Berta is a Japanese-Slovakian driver competing under a British licence.
  7. ^ Powell is a Jamaican-American driver competing under an American licence.
  8. ^ Daryanani is an Indian driver competing under a British licence.
  9. ^ a b Kean Nakamura-Berta originally won the race but was given a 5-second penalty for a jump start. Pin inherited the win.

References

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