2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship

2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship

Drivers' Champion:
Evan Giltaire
Rookie Cup winner:
Freddie Slater
Teams' Champion:
Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited

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2024

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2026

Support series:
F4 Middle East Championship

The 2025 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. This was the third season of the championship, held in January and February 2025.

ART Grand Prix driver Evan Giltaire won the Drivers' championship title at the penultimate race. His closest challenger, runner-up Freddie Slater won the Rookie Cup at the final race, while his team, Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited, also secured its second Teams' Championship title after last winning it in 2023.

Teams and drivers

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

Team No. Driver Status Rounds R-ace GP 1 Enzo Deligny [2] All 2 Jin Nakamura [3] All 3 Akshay Bohra [4] R All 7 Ugo Ugochukwu [2] All Saintéloc Racing 4 Théophile Naël [5] 1–3 10 Lorenzo Castillo [6] R 1–2 Nikita Bedrin [a] [7] 4–5 26 Jakob Bergmeister [8] R 3 96 Yaroslav Veselaho [5] All Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited 4 Reza Seewooruthun [9] R 5 8 1–2 14 Rashid Al Dhaheri [9] R All 27 Freddie Slater [9] R All 28 Doriane Pin [10] [11] 3–4 45 Jack Beeton [9] R All Evans GP 5 Aaron Cameron [12] All 8 Matteo De Palo [13] 4–5 11 Alex Sawer [14] 3–5 88 Kai Daryanani [b] [15] R All Pinnacle Motorsport 6 Hiyu Yamakoshi [16] R 3–5 24 Ernesto Rivera [17] R All 33 Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. [17] 1–2, 5 56 Yuanpu Cui [16] R 3–4 69 Finley Green [17] All 99 Giovanni Maschio [17] 1–2 PHM Racing 9 Everett Stack [18] R All 12 Brando Badoer [19] All AKCEL GP / PHM Racing [5] 15 Aditya Kulkarni [c] [5] R 1–4 50 Jaden Pariat [18] R 1–2 James Hedley [20] 3–4 ART Grand Prix 19 Kanato Le [21] All 89 Taito Kato [d] [22] R All 95 Evan Giltaire [23] All Origine Motorsport 22 Wang Zhongwei [2] All 29 Gao Yujia [24] 5 66 Ruiqi Liu [2] 1–4

Icon Status R Rookie

Race calendar

The 2025 calendar was officially announced on 6 September 2024. Kuwait Motor Town was set to return to the calendar after a one-year absence. The championship was now held under the Formula Middle East banner, joint with the F4 Middle East Championship. ^[25] The fifth and final round was later revealed to be held at Jeddah Corniche Circuit, which would have marked the championship's debut in Saudi Arabia. ^[26] The calendar was amended later on, replacing the two opening rounds at Kuwait Motor Town with two further rounds at Yas Marina. ^[18] Days before the start of the season, the calendar was changed once again, replacing the round at Jeddah Corniche Circuit with a round at Lusail International Circuit, also a debuting venue for the series. ^[27]

Round		Circuit	Date	Support bill	Map of circuit locations
1	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island (Grand Prix Circuit)	18 January	Middle East Trophy (6H of Abu Dhabi) Clio Cup Middle East Gulf Radical Cup F4 Middle East Championship	Yas Marina Dubai Lusail
	R2		19 January
	R3
2	R4	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island (Corkscrew Circuit)	22 January	F4 Middle East Championship
	R5		23 January
	R6
3	R7	Dubai Autodrome, Dubai Motor City (Grand Prix Circuit)	8 February	Asian Le Mans Series (4H of Dubai) F4 Middle East Championship
	R8		9 February
	R9
4	R10	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island (Grand Prix Circuit)	15 February	Asian Le Mans Series (4H of Abu Dhabi) F4 Middle East Championship Clio Cup Middle East
	R11		16 February
	R12
5	R13	Lusail International Circuit, Lusail (Grand Prix Circuit)	27 February	FIA World Endurance Championship (Qatar 1812 km) F4 Middle East Championship
	R14
	R15		28 February

Race results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie winner
1	R1	Yas Marina Circuit	Freddie Slater	Freddie Slater	Freddie Slater	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	Freddie Slater
	R2			Kanato Le	Kanato Le	ART Grand Prix	Freddie Slater
	R3		Freddie Slater	Freddie Slater	Freddie Slater	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	Freddie Slater
2	R4	Yas Marina Circuit	Freddie Slater	Freddie Slater	Evan Giltaire	ART Grand Prix	Rashid Al Dhaheri
	R5			Théophile Naël	Brando Badoer	PHM Racing	Jack Beeton
	R6		Evan Giltaire	Evan Giltaire	Evan Giltaire	ART Grand Prix	Ernesto Rivera
3	R7	Dubai Autodrome	Evan Giltaire	Ugo Ugochukwu	Ugo Ugochukwu	R-ace GP	Rashid Al Dhaheri
	R8			Enzo Deligny	Jin Nakamura	R-ace GP	Freddie Slater
	R9		Evan Giltaire	Evan Giltaire	Evan Giltaire	ART Grand Prix	Rashid Al Dhaheri
4	R10	Yas Marina Circuit	Evan Giltaire	Ugo Ugochukwu	Freddie Slater	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	Freddie Slater
	R11			Akshay Bohra	Akshay Bohra	R-ace GP	Akshay Bohra
	R12		Freddie Slater	Freddie Slater	Freddie Slater	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	Freddie Slater
5	R13	Lusail International Circuit	Evan Giltaire	Nikita Bedrin	Nikita Bedrin	Saintéloc Racing	Taito Kato
	R14			Enzo Deligny	Enzo Deligny	R-ace GP	Ernesto Rivera
	R15		Ugo Ugochukwu	Nikita Bedrin	Jack Beeton	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	Jack Beeton

Championship standings

Scoring system

The championship's scoring system was overhauled in 2025. Points were awarded to the top twelve classified drivers, while two further points were awarded for taking a pole position in qualifying. ^[28]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	Pole
Points	30	22	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	2

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver YMC1 YMC2 DUB YMC3 LUS Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Evan Giltaire 3 7 2 1 DNS 1 3 4 1 3 7 2 6 4 6 264 2 Freddie Slater 1 6 1 5 6 Ret 7 2 6 1 6 1 12 11 4 228 3 Ugo Ugochukwu 10 4 Ret 7 4 19† 1 5 2 2 8 3 2 7 2 205 4 Brando Badoer 4 5 6 10 1 2 2 9 7 6 3 14 14 13 11 156 5 Enzo Deligny 7 3 10 12 11 3 8 8 4 7 11 4 4 1 16 147 6 Rashid Al Dhaheri 2 8 16 2 5 9 5 3 5 5 14 23† 8 5 8 144 7 Théophile Naël 8 2 4 9 2 4 4 7 3 125 8 Kanato Le 9 1 13 14 9 7 6 10 Ret 4 4 15 5 8 5 119 9 Ernesto Rivera 5 13 5 17 12 5 25† 22 9 8 5 7 9 2 7 101 10 Jin Nakamura 12 9 8 6 8 8 10 1 12 14 10 10 3 21 10 94 11 Nikita Bedrin 9 2 Ret 1 3 3 92 12 Taito Kato 6 14 7 3 22 18 9 12 10 11 12 6 7 6 13 75 13 Jack Beeton 17 Ret 14 8 3 14 12 11 22 13 Ret 8 11 Ret 1 65 14 Akshay Bohra 15 Ret Ret 16 14 10 11 6 18 10 1 22 13 14 17 48 15 Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. 11 10 3 4 10 17 21 16 14 41 16 Hiyu Yamakoshi 26† 19 8 17 9 5 10 22† 9 29 17 Reza Seewooruthun Ret 12 9 11 7 6 15 10 15 28 18 Aaron Cameron 13 11 12 18 DNS Ret 24 20 Ret 12 19 9 WD WD WD 8 19 Matteo De Palo Ret 16 24† Ret 9 19 4 20 Ruiqi Liu 14 22† 19 13 17 11 13 13 11 19 13 20 4 21 Aditya Kulkarni 21 17 11 24 23† 15 17 15 15 18 Ret 11 4 22 Kai Daryanani 25† 18 18 15 13 13 21 14 14 Ret 17 12 16 15 12 2 23 Giovanni Maschio 19 Ret 15 21 15 12 1 24 Alex Sawer 20 26 20 21 18 Ret 18 12 21 1 25 James Hedley 18 16 13 15 Ret 13 0 26 Yaroslav Veselaho 20 19 17 23 16 Ret 14 17 16 20 21 17 19 17 23 0 27 Everett Stack 18 15 Ret Ret 19 16 Ret 25 19 16 15 Ret Ret Ret 20 0 28 Yuanpu Cui 15 21 17 24† 21 21 0 29 Doriane Pin 16 18 Ret 23 20 16 0 30 Jaden Pariat 23 16 22 19 20 Ret 0 31 Lorenzo Castillo 16 20 21 20 Ret Ret 0 32 Gao Yujia 17 18 18 0 33 Finley Green 24 Ret 20 22 18 Ret 19 24 Ret Ret 23 19 20 20 Ret 0 34 Wang Zhongwei 22 21 23 25 21 Ret 22 27 21 22 Ret 18 22† 19 22 0 35 Jakob Bergmeister 23 23 Ret 0 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts YMC1 YMC2 DUB YMC3 LUS

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 more than 75% of the race distance.

Rookie Cup

Pos	Driver	YMC1			YMC2			DUB			YMC3			LUS			Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
1	Freddie Slater	1	1	1	3	3	Ret	2	1	2	1	3	1	6	5	2	334
2	Rashid Al Dhaheri	2	2	7	1	2	3	1	2	1	2	6	10†	2	2	4	306
3	Ernesto Rivera	3	4	2	8	5	1	10†	10	4	3	2	4	3	1	3	245
4	Taito Kato	4	5	3	2	10	9	3	5	5	5	5	3	1	3	7	214
5	Jack Beeton	7	Ret	6	4	1	6	5	4	11	6	Ret	5	5	Ret	1	166
6	Akshay Bohra	5	Ret	Ret	7	7	4	4	3	9	4	1	9	7	6	9	151
7	Reza Seewooruthun	Ret	3	4	5	4	2							8	4	8	109
8	Kai Daryanani	11†	9	8	6	6	5	8	6	6	Ret	8	7	9	7	6	106
9	Hiyu Yamakoshi							11†	8	3	8	4	2	4	8†	5	102
10	Aditya Kulkarni	9	8	5	11	11†	7	7	7	7	9	Ret	6				72
11	Everett Stack	8	6	Ret	Ret	8	8	Ret	12	10	7	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	51
12	Yuanpu Cui							6	9	8	10†	9	8				33
13	Jaden Pariat	10	7	10	9	9	Ret										22
14	Lorenzo Castillo	6	10	9	10	Ret	Ret										20
15	Jakob Bergmeister							9	11	Ret							6
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
		YMC1			YMC2			DUB			YMC3			LUS

Teams' Championship

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

Pos	Team	No.	YMC1			YMC2			DUB			YMC3			LUS			Pts
			R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
1	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	14	2	8	16	2	5	9	5	3	5	5	14	23†	8	5	8	364
		27	1	6	1	5	6	Ret	7	2	6	1	6	1	12	11	4
2	R-ace GP	1	7	3	10	12	11	3	8	8	4	7	11	4	4	1	16	352
		7	10	4	Ret	7	4	19†	1	5	2	2	8	3	2	7	2
3	ART Grand Prix	19										4	4	15				349
		89	6	14	7	3	22	18	9	12	10				7	6	13
		95	3	7	2	1	DNS	1	3	4	1	3	7	2	6	4	6
4	Saintéloc Racing	4	8	2	4	9	2	4	4	7	3							217
		10				20	Ret	Ret				9	2	Ret	1	3	3
		26							23	23	Ret
		96	20	19	17							20	21	17	19	17	23
5	PHM Racing	9	18	15	Ret	Ret	19	16	Ret	25	19	16	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	20	156
		12	4	5	6	10	1	2	2	9	7	6	3	14	14	13	11
6	Pinnacle Motorsport	6							26†	19	8	17	9	5	10	22†	9	137
		24	5	13	5	17	12	5	25†	22	9	8	5	7
		33	11	10	3	4	10	17							21	16	14
7	Evans GP	5	13	11	12	18	DNS	Ret	24	20	Ret	12	19	9				12
		8										Ret	16	24†	Ret	9	19
		89	25†	18	18	15	13	13	21	14	14				16	15	12
8	Origine Motorsport	22	22	21	23	25	21	Ret	22	27	21	22	Ret	18	22†	19	22	4
		29													17	18	18
		66	14	22†	19	13	17	11	13	13	11	19	13	20
9	AKCEL GP / PHM Racing	15	21	17	11	24	23†	15	17	15	15	18	Ret	11				4
		50	23	16	22	19	20	Ret	18	16	13	15	Ret	13
Pos	Team	No.	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
			YMC1			YMC2			DUB1			YMC3			LUS

Notes

1. Bedrin is Russian, but he competes under an Italian licence as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
2. Daryanani is an Indian driver competing under a British licence.
3. Kulkarni is an Indian driver competing under a British licence.
4. Kato is a Japanese driver competing under a French licence.

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External links

• Official website