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2023 Euro 4 Championship

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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
Italy Prema Racing 3 United States Ugo Ugochukwu[7] All
8 Finland Tuukka Taponen[7] R All
13 Australia James Wharton[7] All
14 United Arab Emirates Rashid Al Dhaheri[7] R All
16 Brazil Aurelia Nobels[a][7] W All
23 United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad[7] R All
47 Italy Nicola Lacorte[7] R All
51 United Kingdom Freddie Slater[8] R 2–3
Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing 4 France Pablo Sarrazin[9] 1–2
10 Peru Rafael Modonese[10] R 2–3
11 Uzbekistan Ismoilkhuja Akhmedkhodjaev[11] 1–2
15 Italy Brando Badoer[11] All
17 Portugal Ivan Domingues[11] 1–2
30 Denmark Frederik Lund[12] All
45 Australia Jack Beeton[11] R 1–2
53 Italy Giacomo Pedrini[13] R 3
74 Netherlands Lin Hodenius[14] R 3
San Marino AKM Motorsport 5 Italy Davide Larini[11] R 1–2
6 Australia Kamal Mrad[8] R 2
21 Switzerland Tina Hausmann[11] R W All
22 France Enzo Deligny[15] R 2
86 Mexico Diego de la Torre[11] All
Italy BVM Racing 9 Italy Alfio Spina[11] 1–2
71 Australia Griffin Peebles[11] R 2
88 1
Germany US Racing 12 Australia Gianmarco Pradel[11] R All
20 Malta Zachary David[11] R All
31 United Kingdom Akshay Bohra[b][11] R All
37 Poland Kacper Sztuka[11] 1–2
66 China Ruiqi Liu[11] R All
Germany PHM Racing 53 Italy Giacomo Pedrini[8] R 2
57 Thailand Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi[11] 1–2
France R-ace GP 76 France Raphaël Narac[11] 1
93 United Arab Emirates Matteo Quintarelli[c][11] R 1
United Kingdom Argenti Motorsport 95 China Yuanpu Cui[16] 3
Italy Cram Motorsport 96 Italy Flavio Olivieri[17] 2
97 India 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 Italy Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero 8 July Poland Kacper Sztuka United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad United States Ugo Ugochukwu Italy Prema Racing R: United Kingdom Akshay Bohra
W: Brazil Aurelia Nobels 		Formula Regional European Championship
Italian GT Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
R2 9 July United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad United States Ugo Ugochukwu United States Ugo Ugochukwu Italy Prema Racing R: United Kingdom Akshay Bohra
W: Switzerland Tina Hausmann
R3 Australia James Wharton Malta Zachary David Australia James Wharton Italy Prema Racing R: United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad
W: Switzerland Tina Hausmann
2 R1 Italy Monza Circuit, Monza 16 September United Kingdom Freddie Slater United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad Poland Kacper Sztuka Germany US Racing R: United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad
W: Switzerland Tina Hausmann 		Formula Regional European Championship
Italian GT Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
Italian Prototype Championship
R2 17 September Poland Kacper Sztuka Poland Kacper Sztuka Poland Kacper Sztuka Germany US Racing R: United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad
W: Switzerland Tina Hausmann
R3 Poland Kacper Sztuka Poland Kacper Sztuka United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad Italy Prema Racing R: United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad
W: Switzerland Tina Hausmann
3 R1 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 21 October United Kingdom Akshay Bohra United Kingdom Akshay Bohra United Kingdom Akshay Bohra[d] Germany US Racing R: United Kingdom Akshay Bohra
W: Brazil Aurelia Nobels 		International GT Open
Euroformula Open
GT Cup Open Europe
TCR Europe Touring Car Series
R2 22 October United Kingdom Akshay Bohra Australia James Wharton Australia James Wharton Italy Prema Racing R: Finland Tuukka Taponen
W: Brazil Aurelia Nobels
R3 United States Ugo Ugochukwu United States Ugo Ugochukwu United States Ugo Ugochukwu Italy Prema Racing R: Finland Tuukka Taponen
W: Switzerland 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
Italy 		MNZ
Italy 		CAT
Spain 		Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2[e] R3 R1 R2 R3
1 United States Ugo Ugochukwu 1 1 2 4 7 21 4 2 1 193
2 Australia James Wharton 6 3 1 3 8 Ret 3 1 4 169
3 United Kingdom Akshay Bohra 3 2 6 5 5 3 1 6 8 145
4 United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad 4 4 5 2 2 1 2 10 11 124
5 Finland Tuukka Taponen 8 18 8 Ret 6 5 5 3 3 102
6 Italy Brando Badoer 9 DNS 10 13 3 2 6 8 2 88.5
7 Malta Zachary David 7 5 22 Ret 21 4 8 5 5 76
8 Poland Kacper Sztuka 2 8 3 1 1 Ret 74.5
9 Italy Nicola Lacorte 5 24† 7 Ret 10 10 Ret 4 6 57.5
10 United Kingdom Freddie Slater 24 4 26† 7 Ret 7 30
11 Portugal Ivan Domingues 11 23 4 6 13 6 28
12 United Arab Emirates Rashid Al Dhaheri 14 6 11 7 9 7 10 15 9 27
13 Australia Gianmarco Pradel 12 9 12 8 11 8 9 Ret 10 16
14 China Ruiqi Liu Ret 15 9 21 22 12 11 7 12 14
15 Australia Jack Beeton 18 7 Ret WD WD WD 6
16 Italy Alfio Spina Ret 10 Ret 9 Ret 9 5
17 Denmark Frederik Lund 24† 13 14 14 14 13 14 9 14 4
18 France Raphaël Narac 10 11 18 1
19 France Enzo Deligny 10 Ret 24 1
20 Switzerland Tina Hausmann 23 21 17 11 23 16 16 13 13 0
21 Thailand Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi 13 19 13 Ret 20 11 0
22 Brazil Aurelia Nobels 19 22 20 15 Ret WD 13 11 17 0
23 France Pablo Sarrazin 17 12 15 22 12 15 0
24 Netherlands Lin Hodenius 12 12 16 0
25 Australia Griffin Peebles 15 14 23 12 15 22 0
26 Mexico Diego de la Torre 22 25† 21 16 18 18 17 14 15 0
27 India Kai Daryanani 20 16 14 0
28 Italy Giacomo Pedrini 18 25† 25 15 Ret Ret 0
29 Italy Davide Larini 20 16 16 17 Ret 17 0
30 United Arab Emirates Matteo Quintarelli 16 17 19 0
31 Peru Rafael Modonese Ret 17 19 WD WD WD 0
32 Australia Kamal Mrad 19 19 20 0
33 Uzbekistan Ismoilkhuja Akhmedkhodjaev 21 20 Ret Ret 24 23 0
34 Italy Flavio Olivieri 23 Ret 27† 0
– China Yuanpu Cui WD WD WD 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2[e] R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
MUG
Italy 		MNZ
Italy 		CAT
Spain
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
Italy 		MNZ
Italy 		CAT
Spain 		Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
Rookies' championship
1 United Kingdom Akshay Bohra 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 4 5 180
2 Finland Tuukka Taponen 5 11 4 Ret 4 4 3 1 1 170
3 United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 6 8 163
4 Malta Zachary David 4 3 11 Ret 10 3 5 3 2 128
5 Italy Nicola Lacorte 3 13 3 Ret 6 7 Ret 2 3 106
6 United Arab Emirates Rashid Al Dhaheri 8 4 6 3 5 5 7 9 6 78
7 Australia Gianmarco Pradel 7 6 7 4 7 6 6 Ret 7 68
8 United Kingdom Freddie Slater 12 2 16 4 Ret 4 57
9 China Ruiqi Liu Ret 9 5 11 11 8 8 5 9 48
10 Switzerland Tina Hausmann 12 12 9 6 12 10 11 8 10 21
11 Netherlands Lin Hodenius 9 7 11 16
12 France Raphaël Narac 6 7 10 15
13 Australia Griffin Peebles 10 8 12 7 8 13 13
14 Australia Jack Beeton 9 5 Ret WD WD WD 12
15 France Enzo Deligny 5 Ret 14 10
16 Italy Davide Larini 11 10 8 8 Ret 12 9
17 Italy Giacomo Pedrini 9 13 15 10 Ret Ret 4
18 India Kai Daryanani 10 9 11 2
Women's championship
1 Switzerland Tina Hausmann 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 222
2 Brazil 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
Italy 		MNZ
Italy 		CAT
Spain

Teams' championship

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