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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

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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 5–6
10   Federico Al Rifai[2] All
12 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
  Lucca Allen G 1
99   Abdulaziz Abuzenadah NC, All
Icon Legend
R Rookie
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Calendar

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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. The round at Kuwait Motor Town on 8–10 February was retroactively downgraded to another nonscoring Trophy Event round.[4]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Rookie winner Supporting
2023
NC1 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
NC2 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
2 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
3 R1   Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah Corniche 28 March   Andrej Petrović   Andrej Petrović   Andrej Petrović   Andrej Petrović Stand-alone event
R2   Faisal Alkabbani   Faisal Alkabbani   Omar Aldereyaane
R3 29 March   Andrej Petrović   Andrej Petrović   Andrej Petrović   Andrej Petrović
4 R1   Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah Corniche 1 April   Saqer Almaosherji   Andrej Petrović   Kirill Kutskov   Kirill Kutskov Stand-alone event
R2   Andrej Petrović   Federico Al Rifai   Andrej Petrović
R3 2 April   Saqer Almaosherji   Federico Al Rifai   Federico Al Rifai   Kirill Kutskov
5 R1   Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah Corniche 6 April   Andrej Petrović   Federico Al Rifai   Federico Al Rifai   Andrej Petrović Stand-alone event
R2   Federico Al Rifai   Suleiman Zanfari   Kirill Kutskov
R3 7 April   Federico Al Rifai   Andrej Petrović   Andrej Petrović   Andrej Petrović

Championship standings

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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
 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
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
Race 2 12.5 9 7.5 6 5 4 3 2 1 0.5

Drivers' Championship

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Pos Driver BHR
  		KMT1
  		KMT2
  		LSL
  		JED1
  		JED2
  		JED3
  		Pts
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
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 2 226
2   Andrej Petrović 5 3 3 3 3 2 5 1 3 Ret 3 8 1 7 1 4 2 9† 2 3 1 193
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 3 177.5
4   Hamda Al Qubaisi Ret 6 2 7 3 2 1 10 8 5 8 7 5 7 11 2 5 8 3 Ret 6 10† Ret 6 4 116.5
5   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 8 106.5
6   Saqer Almaosherji 2 9 4 4 2 5 2 5 4 4 1 8 11 Ret 6 6 6 9† 2 Ret 4 3 Ret 8 9 106
7   Omar Aldereyaane 7 7 9 2 6 Ret 7 6 6 3 2 6 6 5 1 9 7 2 8 5 7 11† 4 7 5 103.5
8   Suleiman Zanfari 11† 1 Ret 3 1 4 9 4 1 6 9 2 4 Ret 10 7 8 10† 7 Ret 10† WD 5 1 7 102
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 10† DNS Ret 73
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 10† 6 56.5
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 22
13   Abdullah Al Qubaisi 13 10 11 7 12 Ret 10 10 9 9 6 9 Ret 10 20.5
14   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 15.5
15   Laura Villars 12 9 12 8 11 7 Ret 11 15 Ret 15† 12 9 5 10 WD WD WD WD WD WD 13
16   Juancho Brobio 10 Ret 13 11 10 8 11 14 12 9 13 15 2
17   Saud Al Saud Ret Ret 11 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
–   Lucca Allen 8 WD WD WD –
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
BHR
  		KMT1
  		KMT2
  		LSL
  		JED1
  		JED2
  		JED3
 
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

Notes

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  1. ^ 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

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  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.
  4. ^ "Calendars". amgp.co. Archived from the original on 2024-10-08. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
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