The 2024 Ultimate Cup Series is the sixth season of the Ultimate Cup Series. It began at Circuit Paul Ricard on 15 March and will end at the same venue on 8 November.[1] The Ultimate Cup Series is a program comprising multiple endurance and sprint championships across different classes of motor racing.[2][3][4][5][6]
The 2024 calendar will see the Portuguese round move from Estoril to Algarve. The round at Navarra will be replaced by a round at Mugello, marking the series return to the venue after last competing there in 2019.[1]
The Ultimate Formula Cup is open to Tatuus FR-19 cars in the F3R class, Tatuus FR2.0/13s in the FR2.0 class and Mygale M14-F4 and Tatuus F4 cars in the F4 class.[6] An extra class was introduced to separate between entries in the F3R class using 13-inch or 17-inch tyres.[23] All teams are French-registered.
1 2 Gutak is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Bukhantsov, also a Russian, competes under an Emirati licence for the same reason.
1 2 Depierre entered race 1 of round 2 in the 17in class and race 2 and 3 in the 13in class.
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1 2 "CALENDAR". Ultimate Cup Series. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
↑ "Concept". Ultimate Cup Series. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
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