2024 Formula Regional Middle East Championship

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The 2024 Formula Regional Middle East Championship was a multi-event, Formula Regional open-wheel single seater motor racing championship. The championship featured a mix of professional and amateur drivers, competing in Formula Regional cars. It was the second season of the championship, held in January and February of 2024.

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Finnish driver Tuukka Taponen, driving for R-ace GP, won the Rookie Cup after the fourth round at Yas Marina with three races to spare. One race later, after the first encounter of the final weekend, he also won the overall Drivers' Championship, while his team clinched the Teams' Championship.

Teams and drivers

All drivers competed using identical Tatuus-built Formula Regional cars powered by a 270HP turbocharged Alfa Romeo engine and on Giti tires. [1]

TeamNo.DriverStatusRounds
Flag of France.svg R-ace GP [2] 1 Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen [3] RAll
2 Flag of Mexico.svg Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. [4] RAll
19 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kanato Le [a] [5] R4–5
20 Flag of Malta.svg Zachary David [4] RAll
34 Flag of Norway.svg Martinius Stenshorne [4] 1–3
Flag of India.svg Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited [6] 3 Flag of the United States.svg Ugo Ugochukwu [6] RAll
8 Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Câmara [6] All
13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Wharton [6] RAll
23 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Arvid Lindblad [6] R1–3
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Xcel Motorsport [2] 4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Noah Lisle [b] [4] RAll
96 Flag of Ukraine.svg Yaroslav Veselaho [4] RAll
Flag of Germany.svg PHM AIX Racing [2] [4] 5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Taylor Barnard [7] All
15 Flag of Italy.svg Brando Badoer [8] RAll
18 Flag of Thailand.svg Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak [9] All
66 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Ruiqi [10] RAll
Flag of the Netherlands.svg MP Motorsport [2] 6 Flag of Spain.svg Bruno del Pino [4] All
26 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Isaac Barashi [c] [11] R3–5
47 Flag of India.svg Nikhil Bohra [12] All
55 Flag of Italy.svg Valerio Rinicella [4] R1–2
77 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. [4] All
Flag of France.svg Saintéloc Racing [2] 7 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Clerot [13] R1–2
Flag of Denmark.svg Noah Strømsted [14] R3
14 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo De Palo [13] R1–2
Flag of Mexico.svg José Garfias [14] 3–5
44 Flag of France.svg Théophile Naël [13] RAll
74 Flag of France.svg Enzo Peugeot [15] R4–5
Flag of Ireland.svg Pinnacle Motorsport [2] 12 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Alexander Abkhazava [d] [16] RAll
64 Flag of Spain.svg Mari Boya [16] All
69 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Finley Green [16] RAll
99 Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Maschio [16] All
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Evans GP [17] 17 Flag of France.svg Edgar Pierre [18] R4–5
27 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Bennett [19] RAll
43 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Costa Toparis [20] RAll
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg R&B Racing [2] 22 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Zhongwei [4] All
29 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gao Yujia [4] All
IconStatus
RRookie

Race calendar

The 2024 calendar was officially announced on 21 August 2023. The Kuwait Motor Town rounds that featured in the 2023 season were removed from the calendar, with the championship consisting only of rounds held in the UAE. [21]

RoundCircuitDateSupport billMap of circuit locations
1R1 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island
(Corkscrew Circuit)
13 January Formula 4 UAE Championship
Clio Cup Middle East
R214 January
R3
2R4 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island
(Grand Prix Circuit)
20 January Middle East Trophy (6H of Abu Dhabi)
Formula 4 UAE Championship
Gulf Radical Cup
Gulf ProCar
R5
R621 January
3R7 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Dubai Autodrome, Dubai Motor City
(Grand Prix Circuit)
3 February Asian Le Mans Series (4H of Dubai)
Formula 4 UAE Championship
R8
R94 February
4R10 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island
(Grand Prix Circuit)
9 February Asian Le Mans Series (4H of Abu Dhabi)
Formula 4 UAE Championship
Clio Cup Middle East
R1110 February
R12
5R13 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Dubai Autodrome, Dubai Motor City
(Grand Prix Circuit)
17 February Formula 4 UAE Championship
Gulf Radical Cup
R1418 February
R15

Race results

RoundCircuitPole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning teamRookie winner
1R1 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Yas Marina Circuit Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Taylor Barnard Flag of Thailand.svg Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Taylor Barnard Flag of Germany.svg PHM AIX Racing Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen
R2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Taylor Barnard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Arvid Lindblad Flag of India.svg Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Arvid Lindblad
R3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Taylor Barnard Flag of Norway.svg Martinius Stenshorne Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Taylor Barnard [e] Flag of Germany.svg PHM AIX Racing Flag of the United States.svg Ugo Ugochukwu
2R4 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Yas Marina Circuit Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen Flag of France.svg R-ace GP Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen
R5 Flag of Spain.svg Mari Boya Flag of France.svg Théophile Naël Flag of France.svg Saintéloc Racing Flag of France.svg Théophile Naël
R6 Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen Flag of France.svg R-ace GP Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen
3R7 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Dubai Autodrome Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Taylor Barnard Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Taylor Barnard Flag of Germany.svg PHM AIX Racing Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen
R8 Flag of Spain.svg Mari Boya Flag of India.svg Nikhil Bohra Flag of the Netherlands.svg MP Motorsport Flag of Italy.svg Brando Badoer
R9 Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Câmara Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Câmara Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Câmara Flag of India.svg Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen
4R10 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Yas Marina Circuit Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Taylor Barnard Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Taylor Barnard Flag of Germany.svg PHM AIX Racing Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen
R11 Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Câmara Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Câmara Flag of India.svg Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited Flag of the United States.svg Ugo Ugochukwu
R12 Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen Flag of France.svg R-ace GP Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen
5R13 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Dubai Autodrome Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen Flag of France.svg R-ace GP Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen
R14 Flag of Thailand.svg Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Taylor Barnard Flag of Germany.svg PHM AIX Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Wharton
R15 Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen Flag of France.svg R-ace GP Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen

Season report

First half

The second season of the Formula Regional Middle East Championship opened up around Yas Marina's Corkscrew Layout with last year's runner-up Taylor Barnard taking a pair of pole positions for PHM AIX Racing. [22] He held his first place ahead of R-ace GP's Tuukka Taponen all race, taking an unthreatened victory, while Taponen's teammate Martinius Stenshorne rose from seventh to the final podium spot. [23] The second race saw a very similar outcome, with the top two, Mumbai Falcons's Arvid Lindblad and R-ace GP's Zachary David, holding stationary all race, while Stenshorne once again climbed from eighth to third. [24] The third race saw a fight for the win for the first time when Stenshorne got past Mumbai Falcons's Ugo Ugochukwu at the start and then attacked Barnard for the lead. After two laps, he managed to get past and led Barnard and Ugochukwu home, before his move was judged to have been made off track. The ensuing penalty gave Barnard his second win, together with a six-point standings lead. [25] [26]

When the championship moved to the circuit's Grand Prix Layout one week later, Taponen was the man to beat, taking two pole positions in qualifying. [27] The first race saw Saintéloc's Théophile Naël pitch Barnard into a spin at the start. Taponen converted his lead into a win, only threatened during a mid-race safety car restart by Stenshorne, who eventually finished second ahead of Pinnacle's Mari Boya. [28] Naël's penalty for his move on Barnard moved him up the reverse grid into third, from where he was able to profit off Ugochukwu's poor start to claim the race lead. PHM's Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak moved into second, while Ugochukwu continued dropping down the order, allowing Boya to take another podium. Ugochukwu then collided with his teammate James Wharton and retired. [29] Taponen was back on top for the final race, resisting pressure amid a last-lap safety car restart to take a second win ahead of Naël and Barnard. This saw him take the championship lead, while two pointless races saw Barnard drop to third. [30]

After a break weekend, the championship moved to Dubai Autodrome for round three, where Barnard and Mumbai Falcons's Rafael Câmara shared pole positions. [31] The pair started race one alongside each other, before Taponen overtook Câmara and started pressuring the leader. The pair battled all race, but Barnard held on to win. A similar battle for third between Câmara, Boya and Stenshorne ended with the former coming out on top. [32] MP Motorsport's Nikhil Bohra took the lead off Naël at the start of race two, with the Frenchman then dropping down the order before eventually retiring. This allowed Inthraphuvasak and PHM's Brando Badoer to take the podium spots. [33] The third race saw Taponen part of another battle for the lead. While his opponent was Câmara this time, the outcome was much the same. Câmara claimed the win, with Taponen second once again and Badoer in third. With Barnard only managing fourth after an overambitious move for the lead, Taponen extended his championship lead to 32 points. [34]

Second half

Teams and drivers then returned to Yas Marina, where championship challengers Barnard and Taponen took the pole positions. [35] The Brit resisted the Fin at the start of the first race and kept a steady gap to him from then on to take his fourth win of the year, with Evans GP's Costa Toparis five seconds back in third. [36] MP's reverse grid polesitter Bruno del Pino was almost wiped out at a safety car restart during the second race, when others assumed the race had already begun again. His suspension then broke one lap later, resulting in Câmara taking the lead and another safety car. The Brazilian converted this lead into a win, with Ugochukwu coming second and David in third. [37] The final race also had two safety car phases, but polesitter Taponen was unbothered by them to take another win. Wharton and David also both finished where they started, in second and third. [38] Barnard was now 50 points behind Taponen, who, with only 75 points still on offer, had already wrapped up the Rookie Cup and all but secured the championship.

Taponen only needed to finish inside the points to deny Barnard any chance at the championship, but he began the final weekend in Dubai with two pole positions in qualifying. [39] He claimed his championship in dominant fashion with a lights-to-flag victory in the first race, leading his teammate David home to also secure the Teams' Championship for R-ace GP. Ugochukwu came third, passing Badoer who had started second and dropped to fifth through the race. [40] The penultimate race of the season was then won by Barnard, who thereby took the runner-up position for the second year in a row by starting third, dropping to fifth and fighting his way back into the lead. Inthraphuvasak and Wharton completed the podium. [41] Taponen ended the season with his fifth win, the same amount as Barnard, by leading Badoer and Naël home in another dominant display. This saw him grow his final championship advantage to 79 points. [42]

With Barnard returning for a second stab at the FRMEC title after coming second in 2023, many already felt the championship a done deal after his double win in the first round. But when his momentum was then harshly stopped through the second round, Taponen emerged as a serious title contender. While both drivers took five wins each, the same tally as Antonelli the year before, Taponen's consistency saw him never leave the points-paying positions and only finish outside the top five twice. He amassed 255 points, 63 more than Antonelli in 2023, convincingly beating any opposition from the rest of the field.

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top ten classified drivers.

Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th 
Points251815121086421

Drivers' championship

PosDriver YMC1 YMC2 DUB1 YMC3 DUB2 Pts
R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3
1 Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen 264141272251151255
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Taylor Barnard 1811622†31841145819176
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Câmara 5RetRet46134519164128128
4 Flag of Malta.svg Zachary David82106Ret101115Ret433264112
5 Flag of Spain.svg Mari Boya 6753326†36RetNC104775112
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Wharton 42475Ret528†1255426311111
7 Flag of the United States.svg Ugo Ugochukwu 1611310Ret764962Ret346105
8 Flag of Norway.svg Martinius Stenshorne 3322545918100
9 Flag of Thailand.svg Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak 75Ret92148281513892Ret86
10 Flag of Italy.svg Brando Badoer Ret21111189733Ret157525276
11 Flag of France.svg Théophile Naël 1310681210Ret10RetRet12Ret9375
12 Flag of India.svg Nikhil Bohra 14161312Ret89178622†Ret16Ret49
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Arvid Lindblad 101815927†141024†33
14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Costa Toparis2125181418Ret12142138914141221
15 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Alexander Abkhazava9416Ret15162017177Ret23†15Ret1620
16 Flag of Spain.svg Bruno del Pino 179121712191313610Ret102613718
17 Flag of Italy.svg Valerio Rinicella 1126†15137614
18 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo De Palo 15149716158
19 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Noah Lisle191217201011151111117112724147
20 Flag of Brazil.svg Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. 2018DSQ26Ret12212212171115108195
21 Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Maschio 232025†1823172423†14129Ret1918202
22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kanato Le 19RetRet1110131
23 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Bennett 121319DNS13221824†192016Ret1815101
24 Flag of France.svg Enzo Peugeot 1612Ret1211170
25 Flag of Mexico.svg Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. 24191419112423192514DNS161321150
26 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Ruiqi22152124201819DNS1613211317Ret240
27 Flag of Mexico.svg José Garfias 17Ret1325†17141619180
28 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Clerot 1817Ret2114Ret0
29 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Isaac Barashi22Ret1518181921RetRet0
30 Flag of Denmark.svg Noah Strømsted 1616Ret0
31 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gao Yujia26222222172125182321Ret172017230
32 Flag of France.svg Edgar Pierre22Ret182320210
33 Flag of Ukraine.svg Yaroslav Veselaho25232023Ret25†27212024192122RetRet0
34 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Finley GreenDNSRet2327†1920WDWDWDRetRet202522Ret0
35 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Zhongwei27Ret24†2521232620222320Ret2423220
PosDriverR1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3Pts
YMC1 YMC2 DUB1 YMC3 DUB2
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid 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 more than 75% of the race distance.

Rookie Cup

PosDriver YMC1 YMC2 DUB1 YMC3 DUB2 Pts
R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3
1 Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen 264141272251151315
2 Flag of the United States.svg Ugo Ugochukwu 1611310Ret764962Ret346178
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Wharton 42475Ret528†1255426311172
4 Flag of Malta.svg Zachary David82106Ret101115Ret433264164
5 Flag of France.svg Théophile Naël 1310681210Ret10RetRet12Ret93135
6 Flag of Italy.svg Brando Badoer Ret21111189733Ret1575252134
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Arvid Lindblad 101815927†141024†74
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Noah Lisle1912172010111511111171127241465
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Costa Toparis2125181418Ret12142138914141262
10 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Alexander Abkhazava9416Ret15162017177Ret23†15Ret1641
11 Flag of Italy.svg Valerio Rinicella 1126†15137640
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Bennett 121319DNS13221824†192016Ret18151028
13 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo De Palo 151497161526
14 Flag of France.svg Enzo Peugeot 1612Ret12111719
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kanato Le 19RetRet11101318
16 Flag of Mexico.svg Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. 24191419112423192514DNS1613211516
17 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Ruiqi22152124201819Ret1613211317Ret2413
18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Isaac Barashi22Ret1518181921RetRet7
19 Flag of Denmark.svg Noah Strømsted 1616Ret4
20 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Clerot 1817Ret2114Ret2
21 Flag of France.svg Edgar Pierre22Ret182320212
22 Flag of Ukraine.svg Yaroslav Veselaho25232023Ret25†27212024192122RetRet0
23 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Finley GreenDNSRet2327†1920WDWDWDRetRet202522Ret0
PosDriverR1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3Pts
YMC1 YMC2 DUB1 YMC3 DUB2

Teams' Championship

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

PosTeamPts
1 Flag of France.svg R-ace GP 410
2 Flag of Germany.svg PHM AIX Racing 240
3 Flag of India.svg Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited 223
4 Flag of Ireland.svg Pinnacle Motorsport 118
5 Flag of France.svg Saintéloc Racing 83
6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg MP Motorsport 81
7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Evans GP 22
8 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Xcel Motorsport7
9 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg R&B Racing0

Notes

    1. Le is a Japanese driver competing under a British licence.
    2. Lisle is an Australian driver competing under a British licence.
    3. Barashi is a British-Israeli-Portuguese driver competing under a British licence.
    4. Abkhazava is Russian-Georgian, but he competes under a Kazakh licence as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
    5. Stenshorne crossed the finish line first, but received a five-second time penalty post race for leaving the track and gaining an advantage, allowing Barnard to inherit victory.

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