The 2023 Formula 4 CEZ Championship, known as 2023 ACCR Czech Formula prior to the FIA certification in May, was the first season of the Formula 4 CEZ Championship, a motor racing series for the Central Europe regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, and organised and promoted by the Automobile Club of the Czech Republic (ACCR), Krenek Motorsport and HM Sports. [1]
It commenced on 29 April at Hungaroring in Hungary and concluded on 8 October at Balaton Park Circuit in the same country. [2]
Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
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SAPE Motorsport | 6 | Miroslav Mikeš [3] | 2–6 |
Ideal Line Performance / Gender Racing Team [4] | 13 | Oliver Michl | All |
JMT Racing | 17 | Jan Rieger [5] | 4 |
65 | Roman Roubíček [6] | 5–6 | |
Sauter Engineering + Design | 21 | Michael Sauter [7] | All |
Jenzer Motorsport | 24 | Shimo Zhang [lower-alpha 1] | 6 |
25 | Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen [8] | 2–5 | |
Thomas Gore [9] | 6 | ||
27 | Ethan Ischer [10] | All | |
28 | Reno Francot [11] | All | |
144 | Max Karhan [5] | 4–6 | |
Renauer Motorsport | 46 | Jiří Šafránek [12] | 1–3 |
66 | Nikolas Taylor [11] | 1–3 | |
PHM Racing | 48 | James Egozi [13] | 2 |
57 | Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi [13] | 2 |
The provisional calendar featuring six round across five countries was published on 3 November 2022. [15] All rounds, except for the Slovakiaring one supporting the European Truck Racing Championship, are a part of the ESET Cup package. [16] The first round at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben on 8–9 April was cancelled and replaced by a standalone event at Balaton Park on 7–8 October. [2]
Rnd. | Circuit/Location | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | |
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1 | R1 | Hungaroring, Mogyoród | 30 April | Ethan Ischer | Ethan Ischer | Ethan Ischer | Jenzer Motorsport |
R2 | Ethan Ischer | Ethan Ischer | Jenzer Motorsport | ||||
2 | R1 | Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 20 May | James Egozi | James Egozi | James Egozi | PHM Racing |
R2 | 21 May | James Egozi | James Egozi | PHM Racing | |||
3 | R1 | Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň | 10 June | Michael Sauter | Michael Sauter | Reno Francot | Jenzer Motorsport |
R2 | Michael Sauter | Reno Francot | Jenzer Motorsport | ||||
4 | R1 | Autodrom Most, Most | 5 August | Ethan Ischer | Ethan Ischer | Ethan Ischer | Jenzer Motorsport |
R2 | 6 August | Ethan Ischer | Ethan Ischer | Jenzer Motorsport | |||
R3 | Ethan Ischer | Ethan Ischer | Ethan Ischer | Jenzer Motorsport | |||
5 | R1 | Brno Circuit, Brno | 9 September | Reno Francot | Michael Sauter | Reno Francot | Jenzer Motorsport |
R2 | Ethan Ischer | Ethan Ischer | Jenzer Motorsport | ||||
6 | R1 | Balaton Park Circuit, Balatonfőkajár | 7 October | Ethan Ischer | Ethan Ischer | Ethan Ischer | Jenzer Motorsport |
R2 | 8 October | Michael Sauter | Michael Sauter | Sauter Engineering + Design | |||
R3 | Ethan Ischer | Michael Sauter | Ethan Ischer | Jenzer Motorsport |
Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
Pos | Driver | HUN | RBR | SVK | MOS | BRN | BAL | Pts | ||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||
1 | Jenzer Motorsport | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 549 |
3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
2 | Sauter Engineering + Design | 2 | 6 | 4 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 204 |
3 | Ideal Line Performance / Gender Racing Team | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 112 |
4 | SAPE Motorsport | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | DNS | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 75 | ||
5 | PHM Racing | 1 | 1 | 74 | ||||||||||||
2 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
6 | Renauer Motorsport | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | WD | WD | 73 | ||||||||
6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | WD | WD | |||||||||||
7 | JMT Racing | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 44 | ||||||
Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
HUN | RBR | SVK | MOS | BRN | BAL |
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