2024 F4 Saudi Arabian Championship

The 2024 Formula 4 Saudi Arabian Championship Certified by FIA was the inaugural season of the F4 Saudi Arabian Championship. It was a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The season commenced on 14 December 2023 with a non-championship Trophy Event at Bahrain International Circuit in Bahrain. The regular season began on 1 February at Kuwait Motor Town in Kuwait and concludes on 6 April 2024 at Jeddah Corniche Circuit in Saudi Arabia.^[1]

Teams and drivers edit

All cars were run by Altawkilat Meritus.GP.

No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
3	Saud Al Saud		4
5	Saqer Almaosherji	R	NC, All
7	Faisal Alkabbani		NC, All
8	Hamda Al Qubaisi		NC, All
9	Abdullah Al Qubaisi		1–2
77	Abdullah Al Qubaisi		5–6
10	Federico Al Rifai^[2]		All
12	Federico Al Rifai^[2]		NC
11	Oscar Wurz^[3]		NC, All
18	Omar Aldereyaane	R	NC, All
22	Aurelia Nobels		3
23	Kirill Kutskov^[a]	R	NC, All
33	Abdulaziz Altayar	R	NC
49	Andrej Petrović	R	All
52	Suleiman Zanfari		NC, All
55	Laura Villars		All
66	Montego Maassen	R	NC
77	Juancho Brobio	R	1–3
88	Amna Al Qubaisi		NC, All
96	Jabor Al-Thani	R	NC, All
96	Lucca Allen		1
99	Abdulaziz Abuzenadah		NC, All

Icon	Legend
R	Rookie

Calendar edit

Initially, the schedule consisted of twenty-four races over six rounds across four countries. The planned season opener at Bahrain International Circuit was converted into the Trophy Event round. Furthermore, the last two competitions at Jeddah Corniche Circuit were converted into three triple-headers.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Rookie winner	Supporting
2023
TE	R1	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	15 December	Suleiman Zanfari	Suleiman Zanfari	Oscar Wurz	Saqer Almaosherji	Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East
	R2		16 December		Federico Al Rifai	Suleiman Zanfari	Montego Maassen
	R3			Suleiman Zanfari	Federico Al Rifai	Federico Al Rifai	Saqer Almaosherji
	R4				Oscar Wurz	Oscar Wurz	Omar Aldereyaane
2024
1	R1	Kuwait Motor Town, Ali Sabah Al Salem	2 February	Federico Al Rifai	Federico Al Rifai	Suleiman Zanfari	Saqer Almaosherji	Kuwait Motor Town Championship - 2K Race Series Toyota Gazoo Racing GR Yaris Cup Kuwait
	R2		3 February		Saqer Almaosherji	Federico Al Rifai	Andrej Petrović
	R3				Hamda Al Qubaisi	Hamda Al Qubaisi	Saqer Almaosherji
	R4			Federico Al Rifai	Suleiman Zanfari	Federico Al Rifai	Kirill Kutskov
2	R1	Kuwait Motor Town, Ali Sabah Al Salem	9 February	Suleiman Zanfari	Suleiman Zanfari	Suleiman Zanfari	Andrej Petrović	Kuwait Motor Town Championship - 2K Race Series
	R2		10 February		Federico Al Rifai	Federico Al Rifai	Andrej Petrović
	R3				Saqer Almaosherji	Saqer Almaosherji	Saqer Almaosherji
	R4			Suleiman Zanfari	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović
3	R1	Lusail International Circuit, Lusail	16 March	Federico Al Rifai	Andrej Petrović	Federico Al Rifai	Andrej Petrović	Stand-alone event
	R2				Amna Al Qubaisi	Faisal Alkabbani	Omar Aldereyaane
	R3				Andrej Petrović	Omar Aldereyaane	Omar Aldereyaane
	R4		17 March	Federico Al Rifai	Federico Al Rifai	Federico Al Rifai	Kirill Kutskov
4	R1	Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah Corniche	28 March	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović	Stand-alone event
	R2		28 March		Faisal Alkabbani	Faisal Alkabbani	Omar Aldereyaane
	R3		29 March	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović
5	R1	Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah Corniche	1 April	Saqer Almaosherji	Andrej Petrović	Kirill Kutskov	Kirill Kutskov	Stand-alone event
	R2		1 April		Andrej Petrović	Federico Al Rifai	Andrej Petrović
	R3		2 April	Saqer Almaosherji	Federico Al Rifai	Federico Al Rifai	Kirill Kutskov
6	R1	Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah Corniche	6 April	Andrej Petrović	Federico Al Rifai	Federico Al Rifai	Andrej Petrović	Stand-alone event
	R2		6 April		Federico Al Rifai	Suleiman Zanfari	Kirill Kutskov
	R3		7 April	Federico Al Rifai	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović

Championship standings edit

Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers of each race, with reverse-grid races awarding half points. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.

Round	Races	Position, points per race
Round	Races	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
4-race round	Races 1 & 4	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
4-race round	Races 2 & 3	12.5	9	7.5	6	5	4	3	2	1	0.5
3-race round	Races 1 & 3	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
3-race round	Race 2	12.5	9	7.5	6	5	4	3	2	1	0.5

Drivers' Championship edit

Pos	Driver	BHR				KMT1				KMT2				LSL				JED1			JED2			JED3			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Federico Al Rifai	3	4	1	Ret	11	1	5	1	5	1	4	3	1	4	9	1	3	WD	5	3	1	1	1	4	2	269.5
2	Andrej Petrović					5	3	3	3	3	2	5	1	3	Ret	3	8	1	7	1	4	2	Ret	2	3	1	245
3	Kirill Kutskov	4	8	5	6	4	7	6	2	7	Ret	6	4	7	Ret	8	4	2	3	6	1	5	2	3	2	3	199.5
4	Suleiman Zanfari	11†	1	Ret	3	1	4	9	4	1	6	9	2	4	Ret	10	7	8	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	WD	5	1	7	149
5	Saqer Almaosherji	2	9	4	4	2	5	2	5	4	4	1	8	11	Ret	6	6	6	Ret	2	Ret	4	3	Ret	8	9	139.5
6	Oscar Wurz	1	11†	3	1	Ret	Ret	4	DNS	2	Ret	7	5	2	3	4	5	4	WD	4	2	Ret	Ret	6	5	8	137.5
7	Omar Aldereyaane	7	7	9	2	6	Ret	7	6	6	3	2	6	6	5	1	9	7	2	8	5	7	Ret	4	7	5	136
8	Hamda Al Qubaisi	Ret	6	2	7	3	2	1	10	8	5	8	7	5	7	11	2	5	8	3	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	6	4	132.5
9	Faisal Alkabbani	12	2	8	9	7	6	10	Ret	9	Ret	3	9	9	1	2	11	Ret	1	12	6	3	5	Ret	DNS	Ret	83.5
10	Amna Al Qubaisi	9	3	7	8	9	8	8	Ret	WD	WD	WD	WD	10	2	5	10	Ret	4	9	7	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	6	56
11	Aurelia Nobels													8	6	7	3										26
12	Jabor Al-Thani	8	Ret	12	Ret	WD	WD	WD	WD	13	9	12	12	13	8	12	14	11	6	13	8	8	8	7	Ret	11	23
13	Abdullah Al Qubaisi					13	10	11	7	12	Ret	10	10								9	9	6	9	Ret	10	22
14	Laura Villars					12	9	12	8	11	7	Ret	11	15	Ret	15†	12	9	5	10	WD	WD	WD	WD	WD	WD	16
15	Abdulaziz Abuzenadah	10	Ret	11	Ret	DNS	11	Ret	9	14	10	Ret	13	14	10	14	13	10	WD	14	10	Ret	7	8	9	12	16
16	Juancho Brobio					10	Ret	13	11	10	8	11	14	12	9	13	15										5
17	Lucca Allen					8	WD	WD	WD																		4
18	Saud Al Saud																	Ret	Ret	11							0
Trophy Event-only drivers
–	Montego Maassen	5	5	6	5																						–
–	Abdulaziz Altayar	6	10	10	Ret																						–
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	BHR				KMT1				KMT2				LSL				JED1			JED2			JED3			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

Notes edit

^ Kutskov is Russian, but he competes under a Kyrgiz licence as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References edit

^ Wolff, Perceval (2023-12-11). "Exclusive: F4 Saudi set to start this weekend at Sakhir: "The grid is full"". Feeder Series.
^ Brabner, George (2024-01-10). "Why an underwhelming Spanish F4 campaign was valuable for Federico Rifai". Feeder Series. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
^ Rosmanith, Maximilian (2023-12-27). "Wurz-Söhne Charlie und Oscar wollen 2024 durchstarten". Sky Sport Austria (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-20.

External links edit

Official website

[4] Kutskov is Russian, but he competes under a Kyrgiz licence as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[1] Wolff, Perceval (2023-12-11). "Exclusive: F4 Saudi set to start this weekend at Sakhir: "The grid is full"". Feeder Series.

[2] Brabner, George (2024-01-10). "Why an underwhelming Spanish F4 campaign was valuable for Federico Rifai". Feeder Series. Retrieved 2024-01-24.

[3] Rosmanith, Maximilian (2023-12-27). "Wurz-Söhne Charlie und Oscar wollen 2024 durchstarten". Sky Sport Austria (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-20.

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