2024 Formula 4 Australian Championship

2024 Formula 4 Australian Championship

Drivers' Champion: James Piszcyk

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The 2024 Formula 4 Australian Championship was the sixth season of the Formula 4 Australian Championship and the first one since 2019. Top Speed was appointed as the new organizer and promoter as the series switched to the Tatuus F4-T421 car and the Abarth engine. ^[1]

The series, similar to other Formula 4 series, was intended primarily as an opportunity for young drivers aspiring to a professional career in motor racing a way to compete in the first step out of karting on the FIA Global Pathway in Australia, without having to live in Europe as has been common for aspiring Australian drivers. However, unusually for Formula 4, the championship also had a masters category for older drivers. ^[2]

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Class Rounds Jam Motorsport 1 John Paul Drake [3] M 1–3 22 Sebastien Amadio [3] 1–4 48 Blake Purdie [3] 1–2 81 Mark Rosser [3] M 1 Evans GP 3 Tiago Rodrigues 4 8 Kai Daryanani 4 37 Cooper Webster 4 Formula Race Academy 7 Mark Wilson [3] M 1–3 23 Lawrence Katsidis M 2–3 40 Tim Boydle M 2–3 66 Nathan Gotch [3] M 1–3 77 Nicholas Filipetto [3] M 1, 3 89 Joanne Ciconte [4] R 1 AGI Sport 15 Nicolas Stati [5] 1–4 24 Seth Gilmore [3] R 1–4 29 Imogen Radburn R 2–4 43 Costa Toparis 4 93 James Piszcyk [6] 1–4 BlackArts Racing [7] 23 Arjun Chheda 4 33 Iñigo Anton [8] R 4 Tim Macrow Racing 81 Jayden Hamilton R 2

Icon Legend G Guest drivers ineligible for Drivers' Championship R Rookie Cup M Master Class

Calendar

The schedule was originally planned to consist of 15 races over 5 rounds was published on 28 November 2023. ^[9] The round at Queensland Raceway on 13–14 July was cancelled. Initially, it was intended to be replaced by another round, but no replacement event was ultimately announced.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Secondary Class Winner	Supporting
1	R1	The Bend Motorsport Park (Tailem Bend, South Australia)	4 May	James Piszcyk	James Piszcyk	James Piszcyk	AGI Sport	R: Seth Gilmore M: John Paul Drake
	R2		5 May		James Piszcyk	James Piszcyk	AGI Sport	R: Seth Gilmore M: Mark Rosser
	R3			James Piszcyk	James Piszcyk	James Piszcyk	AGI Sport	R: Seth Gilmore M: Mark Rosser
2	R1	The Bend Motorsport Park (Tailem Bend, South Australia)	8 June	James Piszcyk	Blake Purdie	James Piszcyk	AGI Sport	R: Seth Gilmore M: John Paul Drake	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia Australian Formula Open Radical Cup Australia
	R2		9 June		James Piszcyk	James Piszcyk	AGI Sport	R: Seth Gilmore M: John Paul Drake
	R3			James Piszcyk	James Piszcyk	James Piszcyk	AGI Sport	R: Imogen Radburn M: Nathan Gotch
3	R1	Sydney Motorsport Park (Eastern Creek, New South Wales)	3 August	James Piszcyk	James Piszcyk	James Piszcyk	AGI Sport	R: Imogen Radburn M: Nathan Gotch
	R2		4 August		James Piszcyk	James Piszcyk	AGI Sport	R: Imogen Radburn M: Nathan Gotch
	R3			James Piszcyk	James Piszcyk	James Piszcyk	AGI Sport	R: Imogen Radburn M: Nathan Gotch
4	R1	Sepang International Circuit (Sepang, Malaysia)	7 September	Tiago Rodrigues	Tiago Rodrigues	Tiago Rodrigues	Evans GP	R: Iñigo Anton M: No starters	Thailand Super Series Malaysia Championship Series
	R2		8 September		Tiago Rodrigues	Cooper Webster	Evans GP	R: Iñigo Anton M: No starters
	R3			Kai Daryanani	Kai Daryanani	Kai Daryanani	Evans GP	R: Imogen Radburn M: No starters
5	R1	Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (Dubai Motor City, United Arab Emirates)	29 November – 1 December					R: M:	F4 Middle East Trophy Clio Cup Middle East
	R2							R: M:
	R3							R: M:

Championship standings

Points are awarded as follows.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver BEN1 BEN2 SYD SEP DUB Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 James Piszcyk 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 6 6 256 2 Nicolas Stati 5 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 6 4 5 175 3 Sebastien Amadio 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 8 7 9 124 4 Seth Gilmore 3 4 3 5 5 6 5 5 5 9 8 8 110 5 Blake Purdie 2 2 5 2 2 3 97 6 Imogen Radburn 6 6 5 4 4 3 10 9 7 74 7 Cooper Webster 2 1 3 58 8 Kai Daryanani 5 3 1 50 9 Costa Toparis 4 2 2 48 10 Nathan Gotch Ret 9 7 8 8 7 6 6 6 46 11 Tiago Rodrigues 1 10 4 38 12 John Paul Drake 6 10 8 7 7 Ret Ret 8 8 33 13 Nicholas Filipetto 8 8 Ret 7 7 7 26 14 Iñigo Anton 7 5 Ret 16 15 Mark Rosser Ret 6 6 16 16 Joanne Ciconte 7 7 9 14 17 Mark Wilson 9 11 10 10 Ret 8 Ret 10 9 11 18 Tim Boydle NC 10 9 9 9 11 7 19 Lawrence Katsidis WD WD WD 8 11 10 5 20 Jayden Hamilton 9 9 Ret 4 – Arjun Chheda WD WD WD – Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts BEN1 BEN2 SYD SEP DUB

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

• † – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Secondary classes standings

Pos	Driver	BEN1			BEN2			SYD			SEP			DUB			Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
Rookies' championship
1	Seth Gilmore	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2				251
2	Imogen Radburn				2	2	1	1	1	1	3	3	1				191
3	Joanne Ciconte	2	2	2													54
4	Iñigo Anton										1	1	Ret				50
5	Jayden Hamilton				3	3	Ret										30
Master Class
1	Nathan Gotch	Ret	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1							169
2	John Paul Drake	1	4	3	1	1	Ret	Ret	3	3							132
3	Mark Wilson	3	5	4	3	Ret	2	Ret	5	4							92
4	Nicholas Filipetto	2	2	Ret				2	2	2							90
5	Tim Boydle				NC	3	3	4	4	6							62
6	Mark Rosser	Ret	1	1													50
7	Lawrence Katsidis				WD	WD	WD	3	6	5							33
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
		BEN1			BEN2			SYD			SEP			DUB

Teams' Championship

Ahead of each event, the teams nominated two drivers that accumulated teams' points.

Pos	Team	Points
–	AGI Sport	–
–	Formula Race Academy	–
–	Jam Motorsport	–

Notes

• 2024 Australian Formula Open - Formula 4 class run in that series.

References

1. "Top Speed to re-launch Formula 4 Australian Championship". Weixin Official Accounts Platform. 2023-11-28.
2. "James 'Jimmy' Piszcyk makes it nine wins from nine races in Round 3 for Formula 4 Australia at Sydney Motorsport Park. - F4 AUS Championship Certified by FIA". www.f4aus.com. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
3. "Vital Pathway from Karting to Formula 1 to return to Australia at the Shell V-Power Motorsport Park this weekend". Formula 4 Australian Championship. 2024-05-02.
4. "Ciconte joins Australian F4 Championship". Auto Auction . 2024-03-15.
5. O'Brien, Garry (2024-03-13). "Nicolas Stati to race Australian Formula 4 Championship with AGI Sport". Speedcafe.com.
6. "British F4 winner Jimmy Piszcyk joins AGI Sport for F4 Australian Champs". Velocity Motorsport Magazine. 2024-03-08.
7. @blackartsracingbar (9 December 2023). "Formula 4 is returning to Australian shores next year and announcing a five-round calendar which we will take part of" . Retrieved 9 December 2023– via Instagram.
8. @inigo_anton33 (2024-08-26). "I'm excited to announce that I'll be racing in the F4 Australian Championship at the Petronas Sepang International Circuit this September 6-8!" – via Instagram.
9. Leeuwen, Andrew van (2023-11-28). "Formula 4 to be relaunched in Australia". Speedcafe.com.

External links

• Official website