2024 Formula Trophy UAE

2024 Formula Trophy UAE

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The 2024 Formula Trophy UAE was the inaugural season of the Formula Trophy UAE, a motor racing series for the United Arab Emirates regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, and organised and promoted by the Emirates Motorsport Organization (EMSO) and Top Speed.

The season commenced on 30 November at the Dubai Autodrome and concluded on 14 December at the Yas Marina Circuit.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds Xcel Motorsport 5 Ella Lloyd [1] 1–2 19 Kabir Anurag [2] All 33 Cole Hewetson [3] R All 48 Ary Bansal [4] R All 90 Chase Fernandez [4] R All Evans GP 7 Alexander Berg [5] 3 8 Kai Daryanani [6] All 11 Reno Francot [7] 2 24 Seth Gilmore [8] All Yas Heat Racing 12 Adam Al Azhari [9] All 47 August Raber [9] All Champ Motorsport 13 Andy Law 3 17 Meng Cheng [4] R 1–2 30 Jia Zhanbin [4] [a] All Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited 14 Rashid Al Dhaheri [4] 1–2 28 Newman Chi [4] R All 88 Salim Hanna [4] R All 98 Sebastian Wheldon [10] 3 AGI Sport 15 Nicolas Stati [4] All 20 Nooris Gafoor [4] All 42 Emily Cotty [4] R 2–3 93 James Piszcyk [4] 1–2 Pinnacle Motorsport 16 Davide Larini 1 25 Wang Yuzhe [4] All 36 Gustav Jonsson All X GP 69 Yuhao Fu [4] All Source: [11] [12]

Icon Legend R Rookie

Race calendar

The schedule consists of 7 races over 3 rounds. ^[13]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie winner	Supporting
1	R1	Dubai Autodrome, Dubai	30 November	Rashid Al Dhaheri	Rashid Al Dhaheri	Rashid Al Dhaheri	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	Newman Chi	Formula 4 Australian Championship Clio Cup Middle East
	R2		1 December		Rashid Al Dhaheri	Kabir Anurag	Xcel Motorsport	Salim Hanna
	R3			Rashid Al Dhaheri	Rashid Al Dhaheri	Gustav Jonsson [b]	Pinnacle Motorsport	Chase Fernandez
2	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	7 December	Rashid Al Dhaheri	Rashid Al Dhaheri	Kai Daryanani [c]	Evans GP	Newman Chi	Formula One World Championship Formula 2 Championship F1 Academy
	R2		8 December	Rashid Al Dhaheri	Reno Francot	Rashid Al Dhaheri	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	Chase Fernandez
3	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	14 December	Sebastian Wheldon	Sebastian Wheldon	Sebastian Wheldon	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	Newman Chi	Gulf 12 Hours
	R2			Newman Chi	Kabir Anurag	Kabir Anurag	Xcel Motorsport	Salim Hanna

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race.

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 DUB YMC1 YMC2 Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Kai Daryanani 4 4 9 1 2 3 2 102 2 Rashid Al Dhaheri 1 2 2 5 1 96 3 Kabir Anurag 6 1 11 8 4 7 1 80 4 Gustav Jonsson 2 7 1 3 9 19† Ret 66 5 Newman Chi 3 11 14 4 10 2 6 54 6 James Piszcyk 5 3 3 6 20 48 7 Salim Hanna 7 5 13 9 11 4 5 40 8 Nicolas Stati 8 6 7 7 6 10 7 39 9 Sebastian Wheldon 1 4 37 10 Reno Francot 2 3 33 11 August Raber 9 8 10 10 7 8 3 33 12 Adam Al Azhari 12 Ret 16 11 5 5 8 24 13 Chase Fernandez 10 15 4 13 8 11 9 19 14 Ary Bansal 14 10 5 12 12 9 10 14 15 Cole Hewetson 18 16 8 15 16 6 14 12 16 Davide Larini 20† 9 6 10 17 Nooris Gafoor 11 17 12 16 13 13 12 0 18 Alexander Berg 12 11 0 19 Seth Gilmore 13 12 15 20 14 WD WD 0 20 Yuhao Fu Ret WD WD 14 15 16 13 0 21 Jia Zhanbin 15 13 17 19 21 17 17 0 22 Wang Yuzhe 16 14 18 18 18 14 15 0 23 Emily Cotty 21 Ret 15 16 0 24 Ella Lloyd 19† Ret 19 17 17 0 25 Meng Cheng 17 Ret Ret Ret 19 0 26 Andy Law 18 18 0 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts DUB YMC1 YMC2 Source: [14] [15]

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 † — Did not finish, but classified

Notes

1. Jia is a Chinese driver competing under an American license.
2. Al Dhaheri finished first but received one position drop penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. Jonsson inherited the win.
3. Al Dhaheri finished first but received 5 seconds penalty for forcing another car the track and 5 seconds penalty for crowding. Francot finished second but received 5 seconds penalty for crowding. Daryanani inherited the win.

References

1. @xcelmotorsport; (20 November 2024). "Xcel Motorsport is thrilled to announce the signing of McLaren Academy driver Ella Lloyd for the 2024 F4 UAE Trophy Series" . Retrieved 20 November 2024– via Instagram.
2. @xcelmotorsport; (30 October 2024). "Kabir will be joining the team for the team for the 2024 F4 UAE Trophy Series which will get underway at the end of next month at Dubai Autodrome" . Retrieved 30 October 2024– via Instagram.
3. @xcelmotorsport; (28 October 2024). "Welcome to Xcel - Cole Hewetson. Cole will be joining the team for the F4 UAE Trophy Series to begin his Rookie campaign in F4 along with the remaining 2 rounds of COTFA" . Retrieved 30 October 2024– via Instagram.
4. "International line-up announced for inaugural Formula Trophy UAE". www.formulamideast.com. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
5. "British F4 winner Alex Berg joins Evans GP lineup for final round of F4 Trophy". Evans GP. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
6. "Kai Daryanani joins Evans GP in familiar 3-Car lineup for 2024 Macau GP FR World Cup, F4 Trophy Series, and 2025 FRMEC". Evans GP . 15 October 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
7. @evansgrandprix; (4 December 2024). "We're excited to welcome Reno Francot to Evans GP for Round 2 of the Formula Trophy Series at Yas Marina Circuit this weekend!" . Retrieved 4 December 2024– via Instagram.
8. "Evans GP Confirms Seth Gilmore for 2024 Formula Trophy Series". Evans GP. 2024-11-20.
9. @yasheatracing; (2024-11-20). "Introducing the #YasHeatRacing lineup for the @f4uaechampionship , @adam_al_azhari and @augustracing" – via Instagram.
10. "PREMA announces three-car Formula Trophy entry". Prema Racing . 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
11. Kra-Caskey, Calla (28 November 2024). "Formula Trophy UAE: 2024 season guide". Feeder Series. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
12. Wood, Ida (24 October 2024). "New F4 UAE series emerges as original becomes F4 Middle East". Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
13. "2025 Formula Middle East Season Announced". www.f4uae.com. 2024-09-06.
14. "2024 Formula Trophy UAE Standings". F4 Middle East. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
15. Official race results:
    • "Round 1, Race 1 results". F4 Middle East. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
    • "Round 1, Race 2 results". F4 Middle East. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
    • "Round 1, Race 3 results". F4 Middle East. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
    • "Round 2, Race 1 results". F4 Middle East. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
    • "Round 2, Race 2 results". F4 Middle East. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
    • "Round 3, Race 1 results". F4 Middle East. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
    • "Round 3, Race 2 results". F4 Middle East. Retrieved 10 May 2025.

External links

• Official website