2023 F4 Spanish Championship

The 2023 F4 Spanish Championship was the eighth season of the F4 Spanish Championship. It was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, based in Spain. It was the second full season in which the series is partnered with the Richard Mille Young Talent Academy.[1]

Entry list edit

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
  Rodin Carlin[2] 2   Noah Lisle[3] 1–2, 4–7
26   Alex Ninovic[3] R All
71   Federico Al Rifai[3] R All
  Campos Racing 3   Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.[4] All
8   Matteo De Palo[5] R All
17   Enzo Deligny[6] R All
18   Andrés Cárdenas[7] R 2–7
23   Christian Ho[8] All
75   Noah Strømsted[9] All
  Saintéloc Racing 4   Théophile Naël[a][11] All
7   Luciano Morano[11] All
30   Theodor Jensen[12] All
31   Sebastian Murray R 5
  MP Motorsport 5   Alvise Rodella[13] R All
14   Keanu Al Azhari[14] R All
22   Pedro Clerot[15] All
55   Valerio Rinicella[16] All
61   Thomas Strauven R 4
  Valentin Kluss 5
  Akshay Bohra G 7
66   Jerónimo Berrío[17] 1–5
  Reno Francot[18] G 6
  Dominique Dedecker G 7
  Tecnicar - Fórmula de Campeones[19] 6   Hiyu Yamakoshi[20] R 2–3, 5–7
  Dewey Richards[21] R 4
10   Lorenzo Castillo[21] R G 4–7
19   Eric Gené[22] R All
88   Griffin Peebles[23] R All
  Drivex 9   Georgy Zhuravskiy[N 1][24] R 1–5
13   Daniel Nogales[25] 1–3
  Joao Paulo Diaz Balesteiro[18] R G 6
21   Alexander Abkhazava[N 1] R All
54   Alexander Bolduev[N 1][24] R 1, 3
69   Maximiliano Restrepo[26] R All
85   Juan Cota[27] R All
  GRS Team 11   Carl Bennett[28] 1–5
  Daniel Maciá[29] 6–7
28 1–2
  Isaac Barashi[30] R 4–7
72   Eloi González[30] R G 4
  Gabriel Stilp[18] R G 6
  Luis Carlos Pérez G 7
  Monlau Motorsport 12   Pablo Sarrazin[31] All
33   Ricardo Gracia Filho[32] All
41   Fernando Barrichello[32] All
74   Lin Hodenius[33] R 2–7
  Cram Motorsport 35   Flavio Olivieri[34] R All
36   Alessandro Silvaggi[35] R 2–3
  Kai Daryanani[36] R 4–6
  Gabriel Gomez R G 7
37   Filippo Fiorentino[18] R G 6–7
Icon Legend
R Rookie
F Female Trophy
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points
  • Eloi González was supposed to make his championship debut with Monlau Motorsport before entering the fourth round with GRS Team.[32]

Race calendar and results edit

The calendar was announced on 23 November 2022. The five rounds in Spain were organized by the RFEDA. The season opener at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps was held in support of the 24H GT Series and the second abroad event took place at Circuito do Estoril.[37]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Rookie Winner Supporting
1 R1   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 5 May   Pedro Clerot   Christian Ho   Pedro Clerot   MP Motorsport   Keanu Al Azhari Eurocup-3
24H GT Series
R2 6 May   Keanu Al Azhari   Christian Ho   Pedro Clerot   MP Motorsport   Enzo Deligny
R3 7 May   Valerio Rinicella   Matteo De Palo   Matteo De Palo[b]   Campos Racing   Matteo De Palo
2 R1   MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz 27 May   Christian Ho   Enzo Deligny   Enzo Deligny   Campos Racing   Enzo Deligny Eurocup-3
RFEDA Racing Weekend
R2 28 May   Christian Ho   Enzo Deligny   Christian Ho   Campos Racing   Enzo Deligny
R3   Matteo De Palo   Théophile Naël   Théophile Naël   Saintéloc Racing   Enzo Deligny
3 R1   Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos 24 June   Valerio Rinicella   Valerio Rinicella   Théophile Naël   Saintéloc Racing   Keanu Al Azhari RFEDA Racing Weekend
R2 25 June   Théophile Naël   Valerio Rinicella   Théophile Naël   Saintéloc Racing   Enzo Deligny
R3   Valerio Rinicella   Valerio Rinicella   Valerio Rinicella   MP Motorsport   Keanu Al Azhari
4 R1   Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 23 September   Andrés Cárdenas   Théophile Naël   Théophile Naël   Saintéloc Racing   Andrés Cárdenas Eurocup-3
RFEDA Racing Weekend
R2 24 September   Andrés Cárdenas   Andrés Cárdenas   Andrés Cárdenas   Campos Racing   Andrés Cárdenas
R3   Théophile Naël   Théophile Naël   Théophile Naël   Saintéloc Racing   Andrés Cárdenas
5 R1   Circuito do Estoril, Estoril 30 September   Théophile Naël   Théophile Naël   Théophile Naël   Saintéloc Racing   Enzo Deligny Eurocup-3
TCR Spain Touring Car Championship
Clásicos
R2 1 October   Théophile Naël   Noah Strømsted   Théophile Naël   Saintéloc Racing   Enzo Deligny
R3   Christian Ho   Pedro Clerot   Enzo Deligny   Campos Racing   Enzo Deligny
6 R1   Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste 14 October   Christian Ho   Valerio Rinicella   Valerio Rinicella   MP Motorsport   Enzo Deligny Eurocup-3
RFEDA Racing Weekend
R2 15 October   Valerio Rinicella   Théophile Naël   Théophile Naël   Saintéloc Racing   Matteo De Palo
R3   Théophile Naël   Christian Ho   Christian Ho   Campos Racing   Matteo De Palo
7 R1   Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 11 November   Christian Ho   Christian Ho   Christian Ho   Campos Racing   Enzo Deligny Eurocup-3
RFEDA Racing Weekend
R2 12 November   Christian Ho   Christian Ho   Christian Ho   Campos Racing   Enzo Deligny
R3   Christian Ho   Christian Ho   Christian Ho   Campos Racing   Matteo De Palo

Championship standings edit

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in 30-minute races and for the top eight classified finishers in 25-minute races.

Races Position, points per race
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   Pole   FL 
30-minute races 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 2 1
25-minute races 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1

Drivers' championship edit

Pos Driver SPA
 
ARA
 
NAV
 
JER
 
EST
 
CRT
 
CAT
 
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1   Théophile Naël 7 3 6 5 3 1 1 1 3 1 4 1 1 1 Ret 2 1 19 3 18 2 314
2   Christian Ho 2 26 3 2 1 Ret 4 4 Ret 6 8 3 3 3 2 3 6 1 1 1 1 291
3   Valerio Rinicella 19 2 12 4 7 7 2 3 1 5 3 2 6 14 3 1 2 7 2 3 3 256
4   Enzo Deligny 22 4 16 1 2 2 Ret 2 Ret 3 2 6 2 2 1 5 4 4 4 2 DSQ 240
5   Matteo De Palo 9 7 1 7 5 3 15 Ret 6 4 7 8 7 4 9 7 3 2 6 6 4 171
6   Pedro Clerot 1 1 2 10 4 6 5 6 5 12 28 10 4 5 5 22 9 24 13 4 17 151
7   Noah Strømsted 4 6 DNS 3 6 4 3 8 2 Ret 5 9 12 6 13 20 Ret 5 5 5 8 135
8   Andrés Cárdenas 6 Ret 16 Ret 10 7 2 1 4 5 10 4 6 8 6 15 7 Ret 109
9   Keanu Al Azhari 3 Ret 4 30 8 5 6 5 4 9 13 5 14 7 19 13 7 8 10 11 6 100
10   Alex Ninovic 5 Ret 10 11 10 11 8 7 8 14 29 Ret 10 9 26 8 5 3 32† Ret 9 54
11   Noah Lisle 6 5 Ret 13 20 Ret 8 6 7 30 24 6 9 11 11 9 30† 19 44
12   Jerónimo Berrío 8 8 5 12 25† 8 7 11 12 7 9 14 15 Ret 12 33
13   Ricardo Gracia Filho 13 11 21 14 9 9 23 9 10 11 10 Ret 9 11 15 4 10 15 7 Ret 14 25
14   Hiyu Yamakoshi 9 DNS Ret Ret 14 Ret 8 19 10 14 12 9 8 17 7 19
15   Juan Cota 18 18 18 24 28† Ret 13 20 16 20 17 18 16 31 8 25 13 13 20 23 5 14
16   Valentin Kluss Ret 8 7 8
17   Fernando Barrichello 24 24 7 31† 22 Ret 24† 29 23 Ret 22 17 Ret 21 Ret 15 20 DSQ 18 Ret Ret 6
18   Daniel Nogales 10 20 8 Ret 27† 18 16 16 13 5
19   Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. 12 25 Ret 8 14 14 12 12 14 28† 11 12 20 Ret 14 18 31 20 27 19 25† 4
20   Alvise Rodella 20 Ret 14 23 17 10 10 17 9 Ret 15 23 19 16 18 19 25 12 19 10 16 4
21   Flavio Olivieri Ret 22 11 22 Ret 20 Ret 24 17 Ret 24 19 24 20 17 24 Ret Ret Ret 8 10 3
22   Federico Al Rifai 23 9 9 28 11 23 21 21 18 18 18 16 13 12 11 27 14 14 30 20 Ret 3
23   Pablo Sarrazin 21 16 Ret 19 12 27† 9 13 19 16 12 Ret 18 18 25 Ret 16 21 11 9 Ret 3
24   Alexander Abkhazava 15 19 20 17 15 12 11 28 11 13 33† 15 Ret 22 Ret 10 17 10 22 24 Ret 2
25   Griffin Peebles 17 17 17 15 13 15 18 18 20 10 14 25 26 17 16 26 27 16 23 16 13 1
26   Daniel Maciá 11 10 Ret WD WD WD 12 19 Ret Ret 14 15 0
27   Lin Hodenius 26 24 26† 20 26 25 29† 19 11 11 15 24 17 21 30 12 Ret DNS 0
28   Luciano Morano 16 13 15 16 19 13 14 19 21 21 32† 21 Ret 26 20 21 28 23 24 13 11 0
29   Alexander Bolduev Ret 12 Ret WD WD WD 0
30   Theodor Jensen 28 14 19 18 26† 22 DNS 15 15 15 31 20 22 13 21 16 22 29 14 12 24† 0
31   Eric Gené 25 21 13 21 18 17 19 23 Ret 22 16 22 17 23 22 23 24 Ret 17 26 23 0
32   Thomas Strauven Ret Ret 13 0
33   Carl Bennett 14 15 24† 20 16 19 17 22 22 26 20 Ret 27 29 Ret 0
34   Georgy Zhuravskiy 26 23 22 25 Ret 21 22 25 24 17 Ret 24 25 Ret Ret 0
35   Kai Daryanani 19 23 28 29 25 23 29 23 22 0
36   Isaac Barashi 25 30 29 28 30 Ret Ret 30 DSQ 25 21 22 0
37   Maximiliano Restrepo 27 27 23 27 23 25 Ret 27 DNS 27 21 Ret 23 27 Ret 28 Ret 26 29 29† Ret 0
38   Alessandro Silvaggi 29 21 24 WD WD WD 0
39   Sebastian Murray 21 28 Ret 0
40   Dewey Richards 23 25 30 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
  Reno Francot 11 15 17
  Akshay Bohra 21 15 12
  Gabriel Gomez 16 25 Ret
  Gabriel Stilp 30 18 18
  Filippo Fiorentino Ret 29 25 31† 22 18
  Lorenzo Castillo 24 26 26 WD WD WD Ret Ret 27 26 28 20
  Luis Carlos Pérez 28 27 21
  Joao Paulo Diaz Balesteiro Ret 26 28
  Eloi González Ret 27 27
  Dominique Dedecker WD WD WD
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
SPA
 
ARA
 
NAV
 
JER
 
EST
 
CRT
 
CAT
 
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
† — Did not finish but classified
Rookie

Teams' standings edit

Two best finishers scored points for their team. Bonus points are not counted.

Pos Team Points
1   MP Motorsport 460
2   Campos Racing Drivers Development 458
3   Campos Racing 409
4   Saintéloc Racing 303
5   Rodin Carlin 101
6   MP Motorsports 45
7   Monlau Motorsport 34
8   Drivex 21
9   Tecnicar - Fórmula de Campeones 18
10   Cram Motorsport 3
11   GRS Team 0
12   Drivex Academy 0

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c Bolduev and Zhuravskiy are Russian, but they compete under a Spanish and a Kyrgyz licence respectively as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Abkhazava, a Russian-Georgian, competes under a Kazakh licence.
  1. ^ Naël is a French driver who competes under a Spanish licence.[10]
  2. ^ Rinicella finished as the first but received a 5 seconds penalty for overtaking outside the track limits. De Palo inherited the win.

References edit

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