2023 Euro 4 Championship

2023 Euro 4 Championship

Drivers' champion: Ugo Ugochukwu
Teams' champion: Prema Racing

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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

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 [lower-alpha 1] [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] RW 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 [lower-alpha 2] [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 [lower-alpha 3] [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

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 [lower-alpha 4]	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

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

Pos Driver MUG MNZ CAT Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 [lower-alpha 5] 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 [lower-alpha 5] 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

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

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

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. 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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10. "Rafael Modonese joins Van Amersfoort Racing for EURO 4 campaign". www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
11. "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".
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17. 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.

External links

• ACI Sport page
• Official website