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2025 F4 Middle East Championship

The 2025 F4 Middle East Championship will be the inaugural season of the F4 Middle East Championship, the successor of the Formula 4 UAE Championship, a motor racing series for the Middle East regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, and organised and promoted by the Emirates Motorsport Organization (EMSO) and Top Speed.

The regular season commences on 17 January at the Yas Marina Circuit and concludes on 27 February at Jeddah Corniche Circuit.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds
Australia Evans GP 2 Hungary Martin Molnár[1] 1
3 Macau Tiago Rodrigues[2] 1
4 Saudi Arabia Farah Al-Yousef 1
24 Australia Seth Gilmore[3] 1
TBA United States Jia Zhanbin[a] TBC
India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited 7 India Arjun Chheda[4] 1
33 Latvia Tomass Štolcermanis[4] 1
51 United Kingdom Kean Nakamura-Berta[b][4] 1
88 Colombia Salim Hanna[5] 1
United Arab Emirates AKCEL GP by PHM 8 United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi[6] 1
11 Netherlands Reno Francot[6] 1
13 Romania David Cosma Cristofor[7] R 1
United Arab Emirates Yas Heat Racing Academy 12 United Arab Emirates Adam Al Azhari 1
47 United Arab Emirates August Raber[c] 1
Republic of Ireland Pinnacle Motorsport 15 China Wang Yuzhe[8] 1
16 South Korea Kyuho Lee[8] R 1
58 Japan Yuta Suzuki[8] 1
Qatar QMMF 18 Qatar Tamim Hassiba R 1
20 Qatar Taha Hassiba R 1
95 Qatar Bader Al Sulaiti R 1
Italy Prema Racing 27 Italy Oleksandr Bondarev[d][4] R 1
28 Italy Chi Zhenrui[e][9] R 1
98 United States Sebastian Wheldon[4] 1
United Arab Emirates Xcel Motorsport 29 South Africa Cole Hewetson R 1
63 China Fu Yuhao 1
99 Saudi Arabia Abdullah Ayman Kamel R 1
France R-ace GP 41 United States Alex Powell[f][10] 1
42 United Kingdom Emily Cotty[10] 1
52 Italy Oleksandr Savinkov[g][10] 1
68 Italy Emanuele Olivieri[10] 1
France Winfield Racing School[11] TBA TBA TBC
Icon Legend
R Rookie

Race calendar

The schedule consists of 15 races over 5 rounds.[12] The opening two rounds at the Kuwait Motor Town were replaced by further two at the Yas Marina Circuit and the Jeddah Corniche Circuit was chosen as the final venue.[13]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Rookie winner Supporting
1 R1 United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 18 January 24H Series Middle East Trophy
Formula Regional Middle East Championship
Renault Clio Cup Middle East
Gulf Radical Cup
R2 19 January
R3
2 R1 United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 21–23 January Formula Regional Middle East Championship
R2
R3
3 R1 United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome, Dubai 7–9 February Asian Le Mans Series
Formula Regional Middle East Championship
Renault Clio Cup Middle East
R2
R3
4 R1 United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 14–16 February Asian Le Mans Series
Formula Regional Middle East Championship
R2
R3
5 R1 Saudi Arabia Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah Corniche 25–27 February Formula Regional Middle East Championship
R2
R3

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the top 12 classified finishers in each race.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th 
Points 30 22 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver YMC1
United Arab Emirates
YMC2
United Arab Emirates
DUB
United Arab Emirates
YMC3
United Arab Emirates
JED
Saudi Arabia
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
Hungary Martin Molnár
Macau Tiago Rodrigues
Saudi Arabia Farah Al-Yousef
Australia Seth Gilmore
India Arjun Chheda
Italy Chi Zhenrui
United Kingdom Kean Nakamura-Berta
Colombia Salim Hanna
United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi
Netherlands Reno Francot
Romania David Cosma Cristofor
United Arab Emirates Adam Al Azhari
United Arab Emirates August Raber
China Wang Yuzhe
South Korea Kyuho Lee
Japan Yuta Suzuki
Qatar Tamim Hassiba
Qatar Taha Hassiba
Qatar Bader Al Sulaiti
Italy Oleksandr Bondarev
Latvia Tomass Štolcermanis
United States Sebastian Wheldon
South Africa Cole Hewetson
China Fu Yuhao
Saudi Arabia Abdullah Ayman Kamel
United States Alex Powell
United Kingdom Emily Cotty
Italy Oleksandr Savinkov
Italy Emanuele Olivieri
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
YMC1
United Arab Emirates
YMC2
United Arab Emirates
DUB
United Arab Emirates
YMC3
United Arab Emirates
JED
Saudi Arabia
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

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

Pos Team Points
Australia Evans GP
India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited
United Arab Emirates AKCEL GP by PHM
United Arab Emirates Yas Heat Racing Academy
Republic of Ireland Pinnacle Motorsport
Qatar QMMF
Italy Prema Racing
United Arab Emirates Xcel Motorsport
France R-ace GP

Notes

  1. ^ Jia is a Chinese driver competing under an American licence.
  2. ^ Nakamura-Berta is a Japanese-Slovakian driver competing under a British licence.
  3. ^ Raber is a Swedish driver competing under an Emirati licence.
  4. ^ Bondarev is a Ukrainian driver competing under an Italian licence.
  5. ^ Chi is a Chinese driver competing under an Italian licence.
  6. ^ Powell is a Jamaican-American driver competing under an American licence.
  7. ^ Savinkov is a Ukrainian driver competing under an Italian licence.

References

  1. ^ Wood, Ida (10 January 2025). "British F4 rookie cup winner Martin Molnar returns with Virtuosi". Formula Scout.
  2. ^ "Tiago Rodrigues Rejoins Evans GP for 2025 F4 Middle East Championship". Evans GP. 23 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Seth Gilmore Joins Evans GP for 2025 F4 Middle East Championship". Evans GP. 19 December 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e "PREMA Racing set for dual Middle Eastern challenge". Prema Racing. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  5. ^ "PREMA signs Hanna for 2025 Formula 4 campaign". Prema Racing. 3 January 2025.
  6. ^ a b Wood, Ida (12 January 2025). "Akcel GP and Pinnacle Motorsport name F4 Middle East line-ups". Formula Scout.
  7. ^ Allen, Peter (2 January 2025). "David Cosma Cristofor to make F4 debut in Middle East with PHM". Formula Scout.
  8. ^ a b c Kho, Christopher (13 January 2025). "Pinnacle Motorsport to field three cars in inaugural 2025 F4 Middle East Championship". Pinnacle Motorsport. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Zhenrui Chi joins PREMA for 2025 Formula 4 season". Prema Racing. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  10. ^ a b c d Allen, Peter (9 January 2025). "Alex Powell leads R-ace GP squad for F4 Middle East". Formula Scout.
  11. ^ Wood, Ida (26 November 2024). "Winfield Racing School returns to competition in FRegional and F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  12. ^ "2025 Formula Middle East Season Announced". www.f4uae.com. 6 September 2024.
  13. ^ Wood, Ida (4 January 2025). "PHM Racing makes two FRME signings as calendar is revised". Formula Scout.

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