2023 Euro 4 Championship

The 2023 Euro 4 Championship was the inaugural season of the Euro 4 Championship. It was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, run by ACI Sport and WSK Promotion.^[1]^[2] The championship uses Tatuus F4-T421 chassis.^[3]^[4] The inaugural championship was won by Ugo Ugochukwu.^[5]^[6]

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Prema Racing	3	Ugo Ugochukwu^[7]		All
	8	Tuukka Taponen^[7]	R	All
	13	James Wharton^[7]		All
	14	Rashid Al Dhaheri^[7]	R	All
	16	Aurelia Nobels^[a]^[7]	W	All
	23	Arvid Lindblad^[7]	R	All
	47	Nicola Lacorte^[7]	R	All
	51	Freddie Slater^[8]	R	2–3
Van Amersfoort Racing	4	Pablo Sarrazin^[9]		1–2
	10	Rafael Modonese^[10]	R	2–3
	11	Ismoilkhuja Akhmedkhodjaev^[11]		1–2
	15	Brando Badoer^[11]		All
	17	Ivan Domingues^[11]		1–2
	30	Frederik Lund^[12]		All
	45	Jack Beeton^[11]	R	1–2
	53	Giacomo Pedrini^[13]	R	3
	74	Lin Hodenius^[14]	R	3
AKM Motorsport	5	Davide Larini^[11]	R	1–2
	6	Kamal Mrad^[8]	R	2
	21	Tina Hausmann^[11]	R W	All
	22	Enzo Deligny^[15]	R	2
	86	Diego de la Torre^[11]		All
BVM Racing	9	Alfio Spina^[11]		1–2
	71	Griffin Peebles^[11]	R	2
	88	Griffin Peebles^[11]	R	1
US Racing	12	Gianmarco Pradel^[11]	R	All
	20	Zachary David^[11]	R	All
	31	Akshay Bohra^[b]^[11]	R	All
	37	Kacper Sztuka^[11]		1–2
	66	Ruiqi Liu^[11]	R	All
PHM Racing	53	Giacomo Pedrini^[8]	R	2
PHM Racing	57	Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi^[11]		1–2
R-ace GP	76	Raphaël Narac^[11]		1
R-ace GP	93	Matteo Quintarelli^[c]^[11]	R	1
Argenti Motorsport	95	Yuanpu Cui^[16]		3
Cram Motorsport	96	Flavio Olivieri^[17]		2
Cram Motorsport	97	Kai Daryanani^[17]		2

Icon	Legend
R	Rookie
W	Woman Trophy
G	Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race calendar and results

The calendar was officially revealed on 26 April 2023.^[1]^[18]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Secondary Class Winner	Supporting
1	R1	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero	8 July	Kacper Sztuka	Arvid Lindblad	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing	R: Akshay Bohra W: Aurelia Nobels	Formula Regional European Championship Italian GT Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Italia TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
	R2		9 July	Arvid Lindblad	Ugo Ugochukwu	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing	R: Akshay Bohra W: Tina Hausmann
	R3		9 July	James Wharton	Zachary David	James Wharton	Prema Racing	R: Arvid Lindblad W: Tina Hausmann
2	R1	Monza Circuit, Monza	16 September	Freddie Slater	Arvid Lindblad	Kacper Sztuka	US Racing	R: Arvid Lindblad W: Tina Hausmann	Formula Regional European Championship Italian GT Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Italia TCR Italy Touring Car Championship Italian Prototype Championship
	R2		17 September	Kacper Sztuka	Kacper Sztuka	Kacper Sztuka	US Racing	R: Arvid Lindblad W: Tina Hausmann
	R3		17 September	Kacper Sztuka	Kacper Sztuka	Arvid Lindblad	Prema Racing	R: Arvid Lindblad W: Tina Hausmann
3	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	21 October	Akshay Bohra	Akshay Bohra	Akshay Bohra^[d]	US Racing	R: Akshay Bohra W: Aurelia Nobels	International GT Open Euroformula Open GT Cup Open Europe TCR Europe Touring Car Series
	R2		22 October	Akshay Bohra	James Wharton	James Wharton	Prema Racing	R: Tuukka Taponen W: Aurelia Nobels
	R3		22 October	Ugo Ugochukwu	Ugo Ugochukwu	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing	R: Tuukka Taponen W: Tina Hausmann

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap. For round 3, double points were awarded.

Round 1 & 2 points system

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

Round 3 points system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	50	36	30	24	20	16	12	8	4	2

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	MUG			MNZ			CAT			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2^[e]	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Ugo Ugochukwu	1	1	2	4	7	21	4	2	1	193
2	James Wharton	6	3	1	3	8	Ret	3	1	4	169
3	Akshay Bohra	3	2	6	5	5	3	1	6	8	145
4	Arvid Lindblad	4	4	5	2	2	1	2	10	11	124
5	Tuukka Taponen	8	18	8	Ret	6	5	5	3	3	102
6	Brando Badoer	9	DNS	10	13	3	2	6	8	2	88.5
7	Zachary David	7	5	22	Ret	21	4	8	5	5	76
8	Kacper Sztuka	2	8	3	1	1	Ret				74.5
9	Nicola Lacorte	5	24†	7	Ret	10	10	Ret	4	6	57.5
10	Freddie Slater				24	4	26†	7	Ret	7	30
11	Ivan Domingues	11	23	4	6	13	6				28
12	Rashid Al Dhaheri	14	6	11	7	9	7	10	15	9	27
13	Gianmarco Pradel	12	9	12	8	11	8	9	Ret	10	16
14	Ruiqi Liu	Ret	15	9	21	22	12	11	7	12	14
15	Jack Beeton	18	7	Ret	WD	WD	WD				6
16	Alfio Spina	Ret	10	Ret	9	Ret	9				5
17	Frederik Lund	24†	13	14	14	14	13	14	9	14	4
18	Raphaël Narac	10	11	18							1
19	Enzo Deligny				10	Ret	24				1
20	Tina Hausmann	23	21	17	11	23	16	16	13	13	0
21	Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi	13	19	13	Ret	20	11				0
22	Aurelia Nobels	19	22	20	15	Ret	WD	13	11	17	0
23	Pablo Sarrazin	17	12	15	22	12	15				0
24	Lin Hodenius							12	12	16	0
25	Griffin Peebles	15	14	23	12	15	22				0
26	Diego de la Torre	22	25†	21	16	18	18	17	14	15	0
27	Kai Daryanani				20	16	14				0
28	Giacomo Pedrini				18	25†	25	15	Ret	Ret	0
29	Davide Larini	20	16	16	17	Ret	17				0
30	Matteo Quintarelli	16	17	19							0
31	Rafael Modonese				Ret	17	19	WD	WD	WD	0
32	Kamal Mrad				19	19	20				0
33	Ismoilkhuja Akhmedkhodjaev	21	20	Ret	Ret	24	23				0
34	Flavio Olivieri				23	Ret	27†				0
–	Yuanpu Cui							WD	WD	WD	0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2^[e]	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	MUG			MNZ			CAT			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

Secondary classes standings

Pos	Driver	MUG			MNZ			CAT			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Rookies' championship
1	Akshay Bohra	1	1	2	2	3	2	1	4	5	180
2	Tuukka Taponen	5	11	4	Ret	4	4	3	1	1	170
3	Arvid Lindblad	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	6	8	163
4	Zachary David	4	3	11	Ret	10	3	5	3	2	128
5	Nicola Lacorte	3	13	3	Ret	6	7	Ret	2	3	106
6	Rashid Al Dhaheri	8	4	6	3	5	5	7	9	6	78
7	Gianmarco Pradel	7	6	7	4	7	6	6	Ret	7	68
8	Freddie Slater				12	2	16	4	Ret	4	57
9	Ruiqi Liu	Ret	9	5	11	11	8	8	5	9	48
10	Tina Hausmann	12	12	9	6	12	10	11	8	10	21
11	Lin Hodenius							9	7	11	16
12	Raphaël Narac	6	7	10							15
13	Griffin Peebles	10	8	12	7	8	13				13
14	Jack Beeton	9	5	Ret	WD	WD	WD				12
15	Enzo Deligny				5	Ret	14				10
16	Davide Larini	11	10	8	8	Ret	12				9
17	Giacomo Pedrini				9	13	15	10	Ret	Ret	4
18	Kai Daryanani				10	9	11				2
Women's championship
1	Tina Hausmann	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	222
2	Aurelia Nobels	1	2	2	2	Ret	WD	1	1	2	215
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	MUG			MNZ			CAT			Pts

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	Points
1	Prema Powerteam	435
2	US Racing	285
3	Van Amersfoort Racing	125
4	BVM Racing	5
5	R-ace GP	1
6	AKM Motorsport	1
7	PHM Racing	0
8	Cram Motorsport	0

Notes

^ Nobels is a Belgian-Brazilian driver competing under a Brazilian licence.
^ Bohra is an American-Indian driver competing under a British licence.
^ Quintarelli is an Italian-Emirati driver competing under an Emirati licence.
^ James Wharton finished first but received a 5-second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. Akshay Bohra inherited the win.
^ ^a ^b Due to a communication mistake between race control and marshalls after a re-start on lap 9, race results were declared official at the completion of lap 8. Half points were awarded as less than 75% of the race distance was officially completed.

References

^ ^a ^b Series, Feeder (21 April 2023). "Euro 4 Championship 2023 sporting regulations revealed by ACI Sport". Feeder Series. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
^ "New Euro 4 championship to complement Italian Formula 4 season". RACEWEEK. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
^ "Regolamento Sportivo / Sporting Regulation 2023 Euro 4 Championship" (PDF). ACI Sport. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
^ Gascoigne, Roger (24 April 2023). "ACI's three-round European F4 series confirmed with double points finale". Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
^ "Ugo Ugochukwu is the first Champion of the Euro 4 Championship". KartXpress. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
^ Allen, Peter (22 October 2023). "Ugochukwu claims Euro 4 title after winning Barcelona decider". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "R01 Mugello - Euro4 Championship Race Preview". Prema Racing. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Wood, Ida (11 September 2023). "Freddie Slater to drive for Prema in Euro 4 at Monza". Formula Scout. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
^ Wood, Ida (4 July 2023). "VAR's new Euro 4 signing Pablo Sarrazin tops day two of Paul Ricard test". Formula Scout. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
^ "Rafael Modonese joins Van Amersfoort Racing for EURO 4 campaign". www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "Euro 4 Championship, the first of the new Formula 4 series at the Mugello Circuit". ACI Sport. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
^ "Frederik Lund joins VAR for the Euro 4 Championship". www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
^ "Giacomo Pedrini joins VAR in EURO 4". www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
^ "VAR completes EURO 4 line-up with Lin Hodenius". www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
^ ACI Sport (13 September 2023). "At Monza, Enzo Deligny will make his debut in the Euro 4 Championship".
^ "Euro 4 Championship grand finale is ready to start at Barcelona". ACI Sport. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b staff (19 September 2023). "Cram debutta nell'Euro4 Championship a Monza" (in Italian). Retrieved 13 November 2023.
^ "Euro 4 Championship, the Sporting Regulation of the new series promoted by ACI Sport and WSK Promotion is now available". ACI Sport. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.

External links

[8] Nobels is a Belgian-Brazilian driver competing under a Brazilian licence.

[17] Bohra is an American-Indian driver competing under a British licence.

[18] Quintarelli is an Italian-Emirati driver competing under an Emirati licence.

[22] James Wharton finished first but received a 5-second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. Akshay Bohra inherited the win.

[RaceFrozen-23] Due to a communication mistake between race control and marshalls after a re-start on lap 9, race results were declared official at the completion of lap 8. Half points were awarded as less than 75% of the race distance was officially completed.

[:3-1] Series, Feeder (21 April 2023). "Euro 4 Championship 2023 sporting regulations revealed by ACI Sport". Feeder Series. Retrieved 13 November 2023.

[2] "New Euro 4 championship to complement Italian Formula 4 season". RACEWEEK. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.

[3] "Regolamento Sportivo / Sporting Regulation 2023 Euro 4 Championship" (PDF). ACI Sport. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.

[4] Gascoigne, Roger (24 April 2023). "ACI's three-round European F4 series confirmed with double points finale". Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 July 2023.

[5] "Ugo Ugochukwu is the first Champion of the Euro 4 Championship". KartXpress. Retrieved 13 November 2023.

[6] Allen, Peter (22 October 2023). "Ugochukwu claims Euro 4 title after winning Barcelona decider". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 November 2023.

[:4-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "R01 Mugello - Euro4 Championship Race Preview". Prema Racing. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.

[:1-9] Wood, Ida (11 September 2023). "Freddie Slater to drive for Prema in Euro 4 at Monza". Formula Scout. Retrieved 11 September 2023.

[10] Wood, Ida (4 July 2023). "VAR's new Euro 4 signing Pablo Sarrazin tops day two of Paul Ricard test". Formula Scout. Retrieved 6 July 2023.

[11] "Rafael Modonese joins Van Amersfoort Racing for EURO 4 campaign". www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. Retrieved 13 November 2023.

[:0-12] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q "Euro 4 Championship, the first of the new Formula 4 series at the Mugello Circuit". ACI Sport. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.

[13] "Frederik Lund joins VAR for the Euro 4 Championship". www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. Retrieved 13 November 2023.

[14] "Giacomo Pedrini joins VAR in EURO 4". www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. Retrieved 13 November 2023.

[15] "VAR completes EURO 4 line-up with Lin Hodenius". www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. Retrieved 13 November 2023.

[16] ACI Sport (13 September 2023). "At Monza, Enzo Deligny will make his debut in the Euro 4 Championship".

[:2-19] "Euro 4 Championship grand finale is ready to start at Barcelona". ACI Sport. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.

[:5-20] staff (19 September 2023). "Cram debutta nell'Euro4 Championship a Monza" (in Italian). Retrieved 13 November 2023.

[21] "Euro 4 Championship, the Sporting Regulation of the new series promoted by ACI Sport and WSK Promotion is now available". ACI Sport. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.

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