2023 Euro 4 Championship

The 2023 Euro 4 Championship was the inaugural season of the Euro 4 Championship. It was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, run by ACI Sport and WSK Promotion.[1][2] The championship uses Tatuus F4-T421 chassis.[3][4] The inaugural championship was won by Ugo Ugochukwu.[5][6]

Teams and drivers

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Team No. Driver Class Rounds
  Prema Racing 3   Ugo Ugochukwu[7] All
8   Tuukka Taponen[7] R All
13   James Wharton[7] All
14   Rashid Al Dhaheri[7] R All
16   Aurelia Nobels[a][7] W All
23   Arvid Lindblad[7] R All
47   Nicola Lacorte[7] R All
51   Freddie Slater[8] R 2–3
  Van Amersfoort Racing 4   Pablo Sarrazin[9] 1–2
10   Rafael Modonese[10] R 2–3
11   Ismoilkhuja Akhmedkhodjaev[11] 1–2
15   Brando Badoer[11] All
17   Ivan Domingues[11] 1–2
30   Frederik Lund[12] All
45   Jack Beeton[11] R 1–2
53   Giacomo Pedrini[13] R 3
74   Lin Hodenius[14] R 3
  AKM Motorsport 5   Davide Larini[11] R 1–2
6   Kamal Mrad[8] R 2
21   Tina Hausmann[11] R W All
22   Enzo Deligny[15] R 2
86   Diego de la Torre[11] All
  BVM Racing 9   Alfio Spina[11] 1–2
71   Griffin Peebles[11] R 2
88 1
  US Racing 12   Gianmarco Pradel[11] R All
20   Zachary David[11] R All
31   Akshay Bohra[b][11] R All
37   Kacper Sztuka[11] 1–2
66   Ruiqi Liu[11] R All
  PHM Racing 53   Giacomo Pedrini[8] R 2
57   Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi[11] 1–2
  R-ace GP 76   Raphaël Narac[11] 1
93   Matteo Quintarelli[c][11] R 1
  Argenti Motorsport 95   Yuanpu Cui[16] 3
  Cram Motorsport 96   Flavio Olivieri[17] 2
97   Kai Daryanani[17] 2
Icon Legend
R Rookie
W Woman Trophy
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race calendar and results

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The calendar was officially revealed on 26 April 2023.[1][18]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Secondary Class Winner Supporting
1 R1   Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero 8 July   Kacper Sztuka   Arvid Lindblad   Ugo Ugochukwu   Prema Racing R:   Akshay Bohra
W:   Aurelia Nobels
Formula Regional European Championship
Italian GT Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
R2 9 July   Arvid Lindblad   Ugo Ugochukwu   Ugo Ugochukwu   Prema Racing R:   Akshay Bohra
W:   Tina Hausmann
R3   James Wharton   Zachary David   James Wharton   Prema Racing R:   Arvid Lindblad
W:   Tina Hausmann
2 R1   Monza Circuit, Monza 16 September   Freddie Slater   Arvid Lindblad   Kacper Sztuka   US Racing R:   Arvid Lindblad
W:   Tina Hausmann
Formula Regional European Championship
Italian GT Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
Italian Prototype Championship
R2 17 September   Kacper Sztuka   Kacper Sztuka   Kacper Sztuka   US Racing R:   Arvid Lindblad
W:   Tina Hausmann
R3   Kacper Sztuka   Kacper Sztuka   Arvid Lindblad   Prema Racing R:   Arvid Lindblad
W:   Tina Hausmann
3 R1   Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 21 October   Akshay Bohra   Akshay Bohra   Akshay Bohra[d]   US Racing R:   Akshay Bohra
W:   Aurelia Nobels
International GT Open
Euroformula Open
GT Cup Open Europe
TCR Europe Touring Car Series
R2 22 October   Akshay Bohra   James Wharton   James Wharton   Prema Racing R:   Tuukka Taponen
W:   Aurelia Nobels
R3   Ugo Ugochukwu   Ugo Ugochukwu   Ugo Ugochukwu   Prema Racing R:   Tuukka Taponen
W:   Tina Hausmann

Championship standings

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Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap. For round 3, double points were awarded.

Round 1 & 2 points system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Round 3 points system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 50 36 30 24 20 16 12 8 4 2

Drivers' championship

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Pos Driver MUG
 
MNZ
 
CAT
 
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2[e] R3 R1 R2 R3
1   Ugo Ugochukwu 1 1 2 4 7 21 4 2 1 193
2   James Wharton 6 3 1 3 8 Ret 3 1 4 169
3   Akshay Bohra 3 2 6 5 5 3 1 6 8 145
4   Arvid Lindblad 4 4 5 2 2 1 2 10 11 124
5   Tuukka Taponen 8 18 8 Ret 6 5 5 3 3 102
6   Brando Badoer 9 DNS 10 13 3 2 6 8 2 88.5
7   Zachary David 7 5 22 Ret 21 4 8 5 5 76
8   Kacper Sztuka 2 8 3 1 1 Ret 74.5
9   Nicola Lacorte 5 24† 7 Ret 10 10 Ret 4 6 57.5
10   Freddie Slater 24 4 26† 7 Ret 7 30
11   Ivan Domingues 11 23 4 6 13 6 28
12   Rashid Al Dhaheri 14 6 11 7 9 7 10 15 9 27
13   Gianmarco Pradel 12 9 12 8 11 8 9 Ret 10 16
14   Ruiqi Liu Ret 15 9 21 22 12 11 7 12 14
15   Jack Beeton 18 7 Ret WD WD WD 6
16   Alfio Spina Ret 10 Ret 9 Ret 9 5
17   Frederik Lund 24† 13 14 14 14 13 14 9 14 4
18   Raphaël Narac 10 11 18 1
19   Enzo Deligny 10 Ret 24 1
20   Tina Hausmann 23 21 17 11 23 16 16 13 13 0
21   Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi 13 19 13 Ret 20 11 0
22   Aurelia Nobels 19 22 20 15 Ret WD 13 11 17 0
23   Pablo Sarrazin 17 12 15 22 12 15 0
24   Lin Hodenius 12 12 16 0
25   Griffin Peebles 15 14 23 12 15 22 0
26   Diego de la Torre 22 25† 21 16 18 18 17 14 15 0
27   Kai Daryanani 20 16 14 0
28   Giacomo Pedrini 18 25† 25 15 Ret Ret 0
29   Davide Larini 20 16 16 17 Ret 17 0
30   Matteo Quintarelli 16 17 19 0
31   Rafael Modonese Ret 17 19 WD WD WD 0
32   Kamal Mrad 19 19 20 0
33   Ismoilkhuja Akhmedkhodjaev 21 20 Ret Ret 24 23 0
34   Flavio Olivieri 23 Ret 27† 0
  Yuanpu Cui WD WD WD 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2[e] R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
MUG
 
MNZ
 
CAT
 
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

Secondary classes standings

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Pos Driver MUG
 
MNZ
 
CAT
 
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
Rookies' championship
1   Akshay Bohra 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 4 5 180
2   Tuukka Taponen 5 11 4 Ret 4 4 3 1 1 170
3   Arvid Lindblad 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 6 8 163
4   Zachary David 4 3 11 Ret 10 3 5 3 2 128
5   Nicola Lacorte 3 13 3 Ret 6 7 Ret 2 3 106
6   Rashid Al Dhaheri 8 4 6 3 5 5 7 9 6 78
7   Gianmarco Pradel 7 6 7 4 7 6 6 Ret 7 68
8   Freddie Slater 12 2 16 4 Ret 4 57
9   Ruiqi Liu Ret 9 5 11 11 8 8 5 9 48
10   Tina Hausmann 12 12 9 6 12 10 11 8 10 21
11   Lin Hodenius 9 7 11 16
12   Raphaël Narac 6 7 10 15
13   Griffin Peebles 10 8 12 7 8 13 13
14   Jack Beeton 9 5 Ret WD WD WD 12
15   Enzo Deligny 5 Ret 14 10
16   Davide Larini 11 10 8 8 Ret 12 9
17   Giacomo Pedrini 9 13 15 10 Ret Ret 4
18   Kai Daryanani 10 9 11 2
Women's championship
1   Tina Hausmann 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 222
2   Aurelia Nobels 1 2 2 2 Ret WD 1 1 2 215
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
MUG
 
MNZ
 
CAT
 

Teams' championship

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Pos Team Points
1   Prema Powerteam 435
2   US Racing 285
3   Van Amersfoort Racing 125
4   BVM Racing 5
5   R-ace GP 1
6   AKM Motorsport 1
7   PHM Racing 0
8   Cram Motorsport 0

Notes

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  1. ^ Nobels is a Belgian-Brazilian driver competing under a Brazilian licence.
  2. ^ Bohra is an American-Indian driver competing under a British licence.
  3. ^ Quintarelli is an Italian-Emirati driver competing under an Emirati licence.
  4. ^ James Wharton finished first but received a 5-second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. Akshay Bohra inherited the win.
  5. ^ a b Due to a communication mistake between race control and marshalls after a re-start on lap 9, race results were declared official at the completion of lap 8. Half points were awarded as less than 75% of the race distance was officially completed.

References

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  1. ^ a b Series, Feeder (21 April 2023). "Euro 4 Championship 2023 sporting regulations revealed by ACI Sport". Feeder Series. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  2. ^ "New Euro 4 championship to complement Italian Formula 4 season". RACEWEEK. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Regolamento Sportivo / Sporting Regulation 2023 Euro 4 Championship" (PDF). ACI Sport. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  4. ^ Gascoigne, Roger (24 April 2023). "ACI's three-round European F4 series confirmed with double points finale". Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Ugo Ugochukwu is the first Champion of the Euro 4 Championship". KartXpress. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  6. ^ Allen, Peter (22 October 2023). "Ugochukwu claims Euro 4 title after winning Barcelona decider". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "R01 Mugello - Euro4 Championship Race Preview". Prema Racing. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  8. ^ a b c Wood, Ida (11 September 2023). "Freddie Slater to drive for Prema in Euro 4 at Monza". Formula Scout. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  9. ^ Wood, Ida (4 July 2023). "VAR's new Euro 4 signing Pablo Sarrazin tops day two of Paul Ricard test". Formula Scout. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Rafael Modonese joins Van Amersfoort Racing for EURO 4 campaign". www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Euro 4 Championship, the first of the new Formula 4 series at the Mugello Circuit". ACI Sport. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Frederik Lund joins VAR for the Euro 4 Championship". www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  13. ^ "Giacomo Pedrini joins VAR in EURO 4". www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  14. ^ "VAR completes EURO 4 line-up with Lin Hodenius". www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  15. ^ ACI Sport (13 September 2023). "At Monza, Enzo Deligny will make his debut in the Euro 4 Championship".
  16. ^ "Euro 4 Championship grand finale is ready to start at Barcelona". ACI Sport. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  17. ^ a b staff (19 September 2023). "Cram debutta nell'Euro4 Championship a Monza" (in Italian). Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  18. ^ "Euro 4 Championship, the Sporting Regulation of the new series promoted by ACI Sport and WSK Promotion is now available". ACI Sport. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
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