2024 F4 Saudi Arabian Championship

2024 F4 Saudi Arabian Championship

Drivers' Champion: Federico Al Rifai
Rookies' Champion: Andrej Petrović

Previous

none

Next

2025

The 2024 Formula 4 Saudi Arabian Championship Certified by FIA was the inaugural season of the F4 Saudi Arabian Championship. It was a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The season commenced on 14 December 2023 with a non-championship Trophy Event at Bahrain International Circuit in Bahrain. The regular season began on 1 February at Kuwait Motor Town in Kuwait and concludes on 6 April 2024 at Jeddah Corniche Circuit in Saudi Arabia. ^[1]

Teams and drivers

All cars were run by Altawkilat Meritus.GP.

No. Driver Class Rounds 3 Saud Al Saud 4 5 Saqer Al Maosherji R NC, All 7 Faisal Alkabbani NC, All 8 Hamda Al Qubaisi NC, All 9 Abdullah Al Qubaisi 1–2 77 5–6 10 Federico Al Rifai [2] All 12 NC 11 Oscar Wurz [3] NC, All 18 Omar Aldereyaane R NC, All 22 Aurelia Nobels 3 23 Kirill Kutskov [a] R NC, All 33 Abdulaziz Altayar R NC 49 Andrej Petrović R All 52 Suleiman Zanfari NC, All 55 Laura Villars All 66 Montego Maassen R NC 77 Juancho Brobio R 1–3 88 Amna Al Qubaisi NC, All 96 Jabor Al-Thani R NC, All Lucca Allen G 1 99 Abdulaziz Abuzenadah NC, All

Icon Legend R Rookie G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Calendar

Initially, the schedule consisted of twenty-four races over six rounds across four countries. The planned season opener at Bahrain International Circuit was converted into the Trophy Event round. Furthermore, the last two competitions at Jeddah Corniche Circuit were converted into three triple-headers. The round at Kuwait Motor Town on 8–10 February was retroactively downgraded to another nonscoring Trophy Event round. ^[4]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Rookie winner	Supporting
2023
NC1	R1	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	15 December	Suleiman Zanfari	Suleiman Zanfari	Oscar Wurz	Saqer Almaosherji	Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East
	R2		16 December		Federico Al Rifai	Suleiman Zanfari	Montego Maassen
	R3			Suleiman Zanfari	Federico Al Rifai	Federico Al Rifai	Saqer Almaosherji
	R4				Oscar Wurz	Oscar Wurz	Omar Aldereyaane
2024
1	R1	Kuwait Motor Town, Ali Sabah Al Salem	2 February	Federico Al Rifai	Federico Al Rifai	Suleiman Zanfari	Saqer Almaosherji	Kuwait Motor Town Championship - 2K Race Series Toyota Gazoo Racing GR Yaris Cup Kuwait
	R2		3 February		Saqer Almaosherji	Federico Al Rifai	Andrej Petrović
	R3				Hamda Al Qubaisi	Hamda Al Qubaisi	Saqer Almaosherji
	R4			Federico Al Rifai	Suleiman Zanfari	Federico Al Rifai	Kirill Kutskov
NC2	R1	Kuwait Motor Town, Ali Sabah Al Salem	9 February	Suleiman Zanfari	Suleiman Zanfari	Suleiman Zanfari	Andrej Petrović	Kuwait Motor Town Championship - 2K Race Series
	R2		10 February		Federico Al Rifai	Federico Al Rifai	Andrej Petrović
	R3				Saqer Almaosherji	Saqer Almaosherji	Saqer Almaosherji
	R4			Suleiman Zanfari	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović
2	R1	Lusail International Circuit, Lusail	16 March	Federico Al Rifai	Andrej Petrović	Federico Al Rifai	Andrej Petrović	Stand-alone event
	R2				Amna Al Qubaisi	Faisal Alkabbani	Omar Aldereyaane
	R3				Andrej Petrović	Omar Aldereyaane	Omar Aldereyaane
	R4		17 March	Federico Al Rifai	Federico Al Rifai	Federico Al Rifai	Kirill Kutskov
3	R1	Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah Corniche	28 March	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović	Stand-alone event
	R2				Faisal Alkabbani	Faisal Alkabbani	Omar Aldereyaane
	R3		29 March	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović
4	R1	Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah Corniche	1 April	Saqer Almaosherji	Andrej Petrović	Kirill Kutskov	Kirill Kutskov	Stand-alone event
	R2				Andrej Petrović	Federico Al Rifai	Andrej Petrović
	R3		2 April	Saqer Almaosherji	Federico Al Rifai	Federico Al Rifai	Kirill Kutskov
5	R1	Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah Corniche	6 April	Andrej Petrović	Federico Al Rifai	Federico Al Rifai	Andrej Petrović	Stand-alone event
	R2				Federico Al Rifai	Suleiman Zanfari	Kirill Kutskov
	R3		7 April	Federico Al Rifai	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers of each race, with reverse-grid races awarding half points. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.

Round	Races	Position, points per race
		1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
4-race round	Races 1 & 4	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
	Races 2 & 3	12.5	9	7.5	6	5	4	3	2	1	0.5
3-race round	Races 1 & 3	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
	Race 2	12.5	9	7.5	6	5	4	3	2	1	0.5

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver BHR KMT1 KMT2 LSL JED1 JED2 JED3 Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Federico Al Rifai 3 4 1 Ret 11 1 5 1 5 1 4 3 1 4 9 1 3 WD 5 3 1 1 1 4 2 226 2 Andrej Petrović 5 3 3 3 3 2 5 1 3 Ret 3 8 1 7 1 4 2 9† 2 3 1 193 3 Kirill Kutskov 4 8 5 6 4 7 6 2 7 Ret 6 4 7 Ret 8 4 2 3 6 1 5 2 3 2 3 177.5 4 Hamda Al Qubaisi Ret 6 2 7 3 2 1 10 8 5 8 7 5 7 11 2 5 8 3 Ret 6 10† Ret 6 4 116.5 5 Oscar Wurz 1 11† 3 1 Ret Ret 4 DNS 2 Ret 7 5 2 3 4 5 4 WD 4 2 Ret Ret 6 5 8 106.5 6 Saqer Al Maosherji 2 9 4 4 2 5 2 5 4 4 1 8 11 Ret 6 6 6 9† 2 Ret 4 3 Ret 8 9 106 7 Omar Aldereyaane 7 7 9 2 6 Ret 7 6 6 3 2 6 6 5 1 9 7 2 8 5 7 11† 4 7 5 103.5 8 Suleiman Zanfari 11† 1 Ret 3 1 4 9 4 1 6 9 2 4 Ret 10 7 8 10† 7 Ret 10† WD 5 1 7 102 9 Faisal Alkabbani 12 2 8 9 7 6 10 Ret 9 Ret 3 9 9 1 2 11 Ret 1 12 6 3 5 10† DNS Ret 73 10 Amna Al Qubaisi 9 3 7 8 9 8 8 Ret WD WD WD WD 10 2 5 10 Ret 4 9 7 Ret 4 Ret 10† 6 56.5 11 Aurelia Nobels 8 6 7 3 26 12 Jabor Al-Thani 8 Ret 12 Ret WD WD WD WD 13 9 12 12 13 8 12 14 11 6 13 8 8 8 7 Ret 11 22 13 Abdullah Al Qubaisi 13 10 11 7 12 Ret 10 10 9 9 6 9 Ret 10 20.5 14 Abdulaziz Abuzenadah 10 Ret 11 Ret DNS 11 Ret 9 14 10 Ret 13 14 10 14 13 10 WD 14 10 Ret 7 8 9 12 15.5 15 Laura Villars 12 9 12 8 11 7 Ret 11 15 Ret 15† 12 9 5 10 WD WD WD WD WD WD 13 16 Juancho Brobio 10 Ret 13 11 10 8 11 14 12 9 13 15 2 17 Saud Al Saud Ret Ret 11 0 Guest drivers ineligible to score points – Lucca Allen 8 WD WD WD – Trophy Event-only drivers – Montego Maassen 5 5 6 5 – – Abdulaziz Altayar 6 10 10 Ret – Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts BHR KMT1 KMT2 LSL JED1 JED2 JED3

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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

Notes

1. Kutskov is Russian, but he competes under a Kyrgiz licence as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

1. Wolff, Perceval (2023-12-11). "Exclusive: F4 Saudi set to start this weekend at Sakhir: "The grid is full"". Feeder Series.
2. Brabner, George (2024-01-10). "Why an underwhelming Spanish F4 campaign was valuable for Federico Rifai". Feeder Series. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
3. Rosmanith, Maximilian (2023-12-27). "Wurz-Söhne Charlie und Oscar wollen 2024 durchstarten". Sky Sport Austria (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-20.
4. "Calendars". amgp.co. Archived from the original on 2024-10-08. Retrieved 2024-12-09.

External links

• Official website