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2025 F4 Middle East Championship - Wikipedia

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The 2025 F4 Middle East Championship is the inaugural season of the F4 Middle East Championship, the successor of the Formula 4 UAE Championship, a motor racing series for the Middle East regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, and organised and promoted by the Emirates Motorsport Organization (EMSO) and Top Speed.

The regular season commenced on 18 January at the Yas Marina Circuit and concludes on 28 February at Lusail International Circuit.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Evans GP	2	Martin Molnár^[1]		1–4
	3	Tiago Rodrigues^[2]		1–4
	4	Farah Al Yousef	R	1–4
	24	Seth Gilmore^[3]		1–4
	TBA	Jia Zhanbin^[a]		TBC
Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	7	Arjun Chheda^[4]		1–4
	33	Tomass Štolcermanis^[4]		1–4
	51	Kean Nakamura-Berta^[b]^[4]		1–4
	88	Salim Hanna^[5]	R	1–4
AKCEL GP / PHM Racing	8	Hamda Al Qubaisi^[6]		1
	11	Reno Francot^[6]		1–4
	13	David Cosma Cristofor^[7]	R	1–4
	14	Aqil Alibhai		2
	58	Yuta Suzuki	R	3–4
Yas Heat Racing Academy	12	Adam Al Azhari		1–4
Yas Heat Racing Academy	47	August Raber^[c]		1–4
Pinnacle Motorsport	15	Wang Yuzhe^[8]		1–4
	16	Kyuho Lee^[8]	R	1–2
	58	Yuta Suzuki^[8]	R	1–2
	77	Georgy Zhuravskiy^[d]		3
QMMF	18	Tameem Hassiba	R	1–4
	20	Taha Hassiba	R	1–4
	95	Bader Al Sulaiti	R	1–4
Prema Racing	27	Oleksandr Bondarev^[4]	R	1–4
	28	Zhenrui Chi^[e]^[9]	R	1–4
	98	Sebastian Wheldon^[4]		1–4
Xcel Motorsport	29	Cole Hewetson	R	1–4
	63	Fu Yuhao		1–4
	99	Abdullah Ayman Kamel	R	1–4
R-ace GP	41	Alex Powell^[f]^[10]		1–4
	42	Emily Cotty^[10]	R	1–4
	52	Oleksandr Savinkov^[g]^[10]		1–4
	68	Emanuele Olivieri^[10]		1–4
Winfield Racing School^[11]	TBA	TBA		TBC

Icon	Legend
R	Rookie

Race calendar

The schedule consists of 15 races over 5 rounds.^[12] The opening two rounds at the Kuwait Motor Town were replaced by further two at the Yas Marina Circuit and the Jeddah Corniche Circuit was chosen as the final venue.^[13] 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.^[14]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie winner	Supporting
1	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix Circuit)	18 January	Emanuele Olivieri	Alex Powell	Emanuele Olivieri	R-ace GP	Salim Hanna	24H Series Middle East Trophy Formula Regional Middle East Championship Renault Clio Cup Middle East Gulf Radical Cup
	R2		19 January		Kean Nakamura-Berta	Tomass Štolcermanis	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	Yuta Suzuki
	R3		19 January	Alex Powell	Emanuele Olivieri	Emanuele Olivieri	R-ace GP	Zhenrui Chi
2	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Corkscrew Circuit)	22 January	Emanuele Olivieri	Emanuele Olivieri	Emanuele Olivieri	R-ace GP	Oleksandr Bondarev	Formula Regional Middle East Championship
	R2		23 January		Emanuele Olivieri	August Raber	Yas Heat Racing Academy	Oleksandr Bondarev
	R3		23 January	Emanuele Olivieri	Emanuele Olivieri	Emanuele Olivieri	R-ace GP	Salim Hanna
3	R1	Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (Grand Prix Circuit)	8 February	Emanuele Olivieri	Emanuele Olivieri	Emanuele Olivieri	R-ace GP	Salim Hanna	Asian Le Mans Series Formula Regional Middle East Championship
	R2		9 February		Emanuele Olivieri	Alex Powell	R-ace GP	Salim Hanna
	R3		9 February	Alex Powell	Kean Nakamura-Berta	Alex Powell	R-ace GP	Salim Hanna
4	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix Circuit)	15 February						Asian Le Mans Series Formula Regional Middle East Championship Renault Clio Cup Middle East
	R2		16 February
	R3		16 February
5	R1	Lusail International Circuit, Lusail (Grand Prix Circuit)	26–28 February						FIA World Endurance Championship Formula Regional Middle East Championship
	R2
	R3

Championship standings

The championship's scoring system was overhauled in 2025. Points are awarded to the top twelve classified drivers, while two further points are awarded for taking a pole position in qualifying.^[15]

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
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Emanuele Olivieri	1	3	1	1	4	1	1	2	3							231
2	Kean Nakamura-Berta	2	2	2	3	5	2	3	3	2							176
3	Alex Powell	27†	4	12	4	3	3	9	1	1							135
4	Tomass Štolcermanis	8	1	3	2	6	13	2	4	5							135
5	Reno Francot	6	6	4	6	2	4	17	26	4							97
6	Adam Al Azhari	9	5	6	5	11	7	6	8	10							67
7	Sebastian Wheldon	3	7	5	25†	12	5	Ret	9	7							63
8	Salim Hanna	4	17	24†	Ret	17	6	4	5	6							62
9	Oleksandr Savinkov	7	8	10	9	8	8	7	6	Ret							51
10	Zhenrui Chi	5	13	7	11	10	9	5	24	12							42
11	August Raber	18	24†	Ret	10	1	Ret	Ret	10	21							36
12	Oleksandr Bondarev	16	Ret	11	8	7	10	8	25	8							31
13	Martin Molnár	11	9	8	7	9	Ret	11	13	Ret							26
14	Fu Yuhao	Ret	10	15	16	16	14	10	7	15							14
15	Tiago Rodrigues	12	15	14	24†	19	Ret	12	Ret	9							6
16	Cole Hewetson	10	18	18	13	13	11	21	14	18							5
17	Kyuho Lee	19	19	9	17	15	Ret										4
18	Arjun Chheda	13	Ret	Ret	21	22	12	25	15	11							3
19	Yuta Suzuki	15	11	17	Ret	21	19	13	Ret	14							2
20	Taha Hassiba	21	20	Ret	Ret	26	16	15	11	19							2
21	David Cosma Cristofor	23	12	13	12	20	15	22	20	13							2
22	Emily Cotty	17	14	21	20	25	20	20	12	20							1
23	Aqil Alibhai				14	14	Ret										0
24	Seth Gilmore	14	16	16	23	Ret	18	16	22	22							0
25	Bader Al Sulaiti	26†	23	19	18	24	Ret	14	16	17							0
26	Abdullah Ayman Kamel	24	21	Ret	15	18	22	Ret	18	Ret							0
27	Georgy Zhuravskiy							24	17	16							0
28	Tameem Hassiba	25	Ret	22	22	27	17	18	21	23							0
29	Wang Yuzhe	22	22	20	19	23	21	19	19	24							0
30	Hamda Al Qubaisi	20	Ret	DNS													0
31	Farah Al Yousef	Ret	Ret	23	26	28	23	23	23	25							0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	YMC1			YMC2			DUB			YMC3			LUS			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

Rookies' Championship

Pos	Driver	YMC1			YMC2			DUB			YMC3			LUS			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Salim Hanna	1	5	11†	Ret	5	1	1	1	1							188
2	Zhenrui Chi	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	10	3							179
3	Oleksandr Bondarev	5	Ret	3	1	1	3	3	11	2							150
4	Cole Hewetson	3	6	6	4	3	4	9	4	7							111
5	David Cosma Cristofor	9	2	4	3	7	5	10	7	4							105
6	Yuta Suzuki	4	1	5	Ret	8	8	4	Ret	5							96
7	Emily Cotty	6	4	8	8	10	9	8	3	9							72
8	Kyuho Lee	7	7	2	6	4	Ret										63
9	Taha Hassiba	8	8	Ret	Ret	11	6	6	2	8							62
10	Bader Al Sulaiti	12†	10	7	7	9	Ret	5	5	6							58
11	Abdullah Ayman Kamel	10	9	Ret	5	6	10	Ret	6	Ret							42
12	Tameem Hassiba	11	Ret	9	9	12	7	7	8	10							36
13	Farah Al-Yousef	Ret	Ret	10	10	13	11	11	9	11							16
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	YMC1			YMC2			DUB			YMC3			LUS			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

Teams' Championship

Ahead of each event, teams nominate two drivers who accumulate teams' points.

Pos	Team	No.	YMC1			YMC2			DUB			YMC3			LUS			Pts
Pos	Team	No.	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	R-ace GP	41	27†	4	12	4	3	3	9	1	1							332
1	R-ace GP	68	1	3	1	1	4	1	1	2	3							332
2	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	33	8	1	3	2	6	13	2	4	5							311
2	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	51	2	2	2	3	5	2	3	3	2							311
3	Prema Racing	28	5	13	7	11	10	9	5	24	12							105
3	Prema Racing	98	3	7	5	25†	12	5	Ret	9	7							105
4	Yas Heat Racing Academy	12	9	5	6	5	11	7	6	8	10							103
4	Yas Heat Racing Academy	47	18	24†	Ret	10	1	Ret	Ret	10	21							103
5	Akcel GP / PHM Racing	8	20	Ret	DNS													98
		11	6	6	4	6	2	4	17	26	4
		13				12	20	15	22	20	13
6	Evans GP	2	11	9	8	7	9	Ret	11	13	Ret							32
6	Evans GP	3	12	15	14	24†	19	Ret	12	Ret	9							32
7	Xcel Motorsport	29	10	18	18	13	13	11	21	14	18							19
7	Xcel Motorsport	63	Ret	10	15	16	16	14	10	7	15							19
8	Pinnacle Motorsport	15							19	19	24							6
		16	19	19	9	17	15	Ret
		58	15	11	17	Ret	21	19
		77							24	17	16
9	QMMF	20	21	20	Ret	Ret	26	16	15	11	19							2
9	QMMF	95	26†	23	19	18	24	Ret	14	16	17							2

Notes

^ Jia is a Chinese driver competing under an American licence.
^ Nakamura-Berta is a Japanese-Slovakian driver competing under a British licence.
^ Raber is a Swedish driver competing under an Emirati licence.
^ Zhuravskiy is a Russian driver competing under a Kyrgyz licence.
^ Chi is a Chinese driver competing under an Italian licence.
^ Powell is a Jamaican-American driver competing under an American licence.
^ Savinkov is a Ukrainian driver competing under an Italian licence.

References

^ Wood, Ida (10 January 2025). "British F4 rookie cup winner Martin Molnar returns with Virtuosi". Formula Scout.
^ "Tiago Rodrigues Rejoins Evans GP for 2025 F4 Middle East Championship". Evans GP. 23 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
^ "Seth Gilmore Joins Evans GP for 2025 F4 Middle East Championship". Evans GP. 19 December 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "PREMA Racing set for dual Middle Eastern challenge". Prema Racing. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
^ "PREMA signs Hanna for 2025 Formula 4 campaign". Prema Racing. 3 January 2025.
^ ^a ^b Wood, Ida (12 January 2025). "Akcel GP and Pinnacle Motorsport name F4 Middle East line-ups". Formula Scout.
^ Allen, Peter (2 January 2025). "David Cosma Cristofor to make F4 debut in Middle East with PHM". Formula Scout.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kho, Christopher (13 January 2025). "Pinnacle Motorsport to field three cars in inaugural 2025 F4 Middle East Championship". Pinnacle Motorsport. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
^ "Zhenrui Chi joins PREMA for 2025 Formula 4 season". Prema Racing. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Allen, Peter (9 January 2025). "Alex Powell leads R-ace GP squad for F4 Middle East". Formula Scout.
^ Wood, Ida (26 November 2024). "Winfield Racing School returns to competition in FRegional and F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
^ "2025 Formula Middle East Season Announced". www.f4uae.com. 6 September 2024.
^ Wood, Ida (4 January 2025). "PHM Racing makes two FRME signings as calendar is revised". Formula Scout.
^ Spadi, Daniele; Turner, Tori (15 January 2025). "Formula Regional Middle East: 2025 season guide". Feeder Series. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
^ Series, Feeder (16 January 2025). "F4 Middle East: 2025 season guide". Feeder Series. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

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