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2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship - Wikipedia

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The 2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship is a multi-event Formula Regional open-wheel single seater motor racing championship. The championship features a mix of professional and amateur drivers, competing in Formula Regional cars. This is the third season of the championship, held in January and February 2025.

Teams and drivers

All drivers compete using identical Tatuus-built Formula Regional cars powered by a 270HP turbocharged Alfa Romeo engine and running on Giti tires.^[1]

Team	No.	Driver	Status	Rounds
R-ace GP	1	Enzo Deligny^[2]		1–3
	2	Jin Nakamura^[3]		1–3
	3	Akshay Bohra^[4]	R	1–3
	7	Ugo Ugochukwu^[2]		1–3
Saintéloc Racing	4	Théophile Naël^[5]		1–3
	10	Lorenzo Castillo^[6]	R	1–2
	26	Jakob Bergmeister^[7]	R	3
	96	Yaroslav Veselaho^[5]		1–3
	TBA	Nikita Bedrin^[a]^[8]		TBC
Evans GP	5	Aaron Cameron^[9]		1–3
	11	Alex Sawer^[10]		3
	88	Kai Daryanani^[b]^[11]	R	1–3
Pinnacle Motorsport	6	Hiyu Yamakoshi^[12]	R	3
	24	Ernesto Rivera^[13]	R	1–3
	33	Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.^[13]		1–2
	56	Yuanpu Cui^[12]	R	3
	69	Finley Green^[13]		1–3
	99	Giovanni Maschio^[13]		1–2
Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	8	Reza Seewooruthun^[14]	R	1–2
	14	Rashid Al Dhaheri^[14]	R	1–3
	27	Freddie Slater^[14]	R	1–3
	28	Doriane Pin^[15]^[16]		3
	45	Jack Beeton^[14]	R	1–3
	TBA	TBA		TBC
PHM Racing	9	Everett Stack^[17]	R	1–3
PHM Racing	12	Brando Badoer^[18]		1–3
AKCEL GP / PHM Racing^[5]	15	Aditya Kulkarni^[c]^[5]	R	1–3
	50	Jaden Pariat^[17]	R	1–2
	67	James Hedley^[19]		3
ART Grand Prix	19	Kanato Le^[20]		1–3
	89	Taito Kato^[d]^[21]	R	1–3
	95	Evan Giltaire^[22]		1–3
Origine Motorsport	22	Wang Zhongwei^[2]		1–3
Origine Motorsport	66	Ruiqi Liu^[2]		1–3

Icon	Status
R	Rookie

Race calendar

The 2025 calendar was officially announced on 6 September 2024. Kuwait Motor Town was set to return to the calendar after a one-year absence. The championship is now held under the Formula Middle East banner, joint with the F4 Middle East Championship.^[23] The fifth and final round was later revealed to be held at Jeddah Corniche Circuit, which would have marked the championship's debut in Saudi Arabia.^[24] The calendar was amended later on, replacing the two opening rounds at Kuwait Motor Town with two further rounds at Yas Marina.^[17] 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.^[25]

Round		Circuit	Date	Support bill	Map of circuit locations
1	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island (Grand Prix Circuit)	18 January	Middle East Trophy (6H of Abu Dhabi) Clio Cup Middle East Gulf Radical Cup F4 Middle East Championship	Yas Marina Dubai Lusail
	R2		19 January
	R3		19 January
2	R4	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island (Corkscrew Circuit)	22 January	F4 Middle East Championship
	R5		23 January
	R6		23 January
3	R7	Dubai Autodrome, Dubai Motor City (Grand Prix Circuit)	8 February	Asian Le Mans Series (4H of Dubai) F4 Middle East Championship
	R8		9 February
	R9		9 February
4	R10	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island (Grand Prix Circuit)	15 February	Asian Le Mans Series (4H of Abu Dhabi) F4 Middle East Championship Clio Cup Middle East
	R11		15 February
	R12		16 February
5	R13	Lusail International Circuit, Lusail (Grand Prix Circuit)	26–28 February	FIA World Endurance Championship (Qatar 1812 km) F4 Middle East Championship
	R14
	R15

Race results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie winner
1	R1	Yas Marina Circuit	Freddie Slater	Freddie Slater	Freddie Slater	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	Freddie Slater
	R2			Kanato Le	Kanato Le	ART Grand Prix	Freddie Slater
	R3		Freddie Slater	Freddie Slater	Freddie Slater	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	Freddie Slater
2	R4	Yas Marina Circuit	Freddie Slater	Freddie Slater	Evan Giltaire	ART Grand Prix	Rashid Al Dhaheri
	R5			Théophile Naël	Brando Badoer	PHM Racing	Jack Beeton
	R6		Evan Giltaire	Evan Giltaire	Evan Giltaire	ART Grand Prix	Ernesto Rivera
3	R7	Dubai Autodrome	Evan Giltaire	Ugo Ugochukwu	Ugo Ugochukwu	R-ace GP	Rashid Al Dhaheri
	R8			Enzo Deligny	Jin Nakamura	R-ace GP	Freddie Slater
	R9		Evan Giltaire	Evan Giltaire	Evan Giltaire	ART Grand Prix	Rashid Al Dhaheri
4	R10	Yas Marina Circuit
	R11
	R12
5	R13	Lusail International Circuit
	R14
	R15

Championship standings

Scoring system

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.^[26]

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			DUB1			YMC3			LUS			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Evan Giltaire	3	7	2	1	DNS	1	3	4	1							177
2	Freddie Slater	1	6	1	5	6	Ret	7	2	6							138
3	Brando Badoer	4	5	6	10	1	2	2	9	7							126
4	Théophile Naël	8	2	4	9	2	4	4	7	3							125
5	Rashid Al Dhaheri	2	8	16	2	5	9	5	3	5							108
6	Ugo Ugochukwu	10	4	Ret	7	4	19†	1	5	2							105
7	Enzo Deligny	7	3	10	12	11	3	8	8	4							77
8	Jin Nakamura	12	9	8	6	8	8	10	1	12							67
9	Kanato Le	9	1	13	14	9	7	6	10	Ret							59
10	Taito Kato	6	14	7	3	22	18	9	12	10							44
11	Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.	11	10	3	4	10	17										41
12	Ernesto Rivera	5	13	5	17	12	5	25†	22	9							41
13	Jack Beeton	17	Ret	14	8	3	14	12	11	22							27
14	Reza Seewooruthun	Ret	12	9	11	7	6										25
15	Akshay Bohra	15	Ret	Ret	16	14	10	11	6	18							15
16	Hiyu Yamakoshi							26†	19	8							6
17	Ruiqi Liu	14	22†	19	13	17	11	13	13	11							4
18	Aaron Cameron	13	11	12	18	DNS	Ret	24	20	Ret							3
19	Aditya Kulkarni	21	17	11	24	23†	15	17	15	15							2
20	Giovanni Maschio	19	Ret	15	21	15	12										1
21	Kai Daryanani	25†	18	18	15	13	13	21	14	14							0
22	James Hedley							18	16	13							0
23	Yaroslav Veselaho	20	19	17	23	16	Ret	14	17	16							0
24	Everett Stack	18	15	Ret	Ret	19	16	Ret	25	19							0
25	Yuanpu Cui							15	21	17							0
26	Doriane Pin							16	18	Ret							0
27	Jaden Pariat	23	16	22	19	20	Ret										0
28	Lorenzo Castillo	16	20	21	20	Ret	Ret										0
29	Finley Green	24	Ret	20	22	18	Ret	19	24	Ret							0
30	Alex Sawer							20	26	20							0
31	Wang Zhongwei	22	21	23	25	21	Ret	22	27	21							0
32	Jakob Bergmeister							23	23	Ret							0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	YMC1			YMC2			DUB1			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

† – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 75% of the race distance.

Rookie Cup

Pos	Driver	YMC1			YMC2			DUB1			YMC3			LUS			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Freddie Slater	1	1	1	3	3	Ret	2	1	2							208
2	Rashid Al Dhaheri	2	2	7	1	2	3	1	2	1							208
3	Ernesto Rivera	3	4	2	8	5	1	10†	10	4							124
4	Taito Kato	4	5	3	2	10	9	3	5	5							116
5	Jack Beeton	7	Ret	6	4	1	6	5	4	11							102
6	Reza Seewooruthun	Ret	3	4	5	4	2										82
7	Akshay Bohra	5	Ret	Ret	7	7	4	4	3	9							79
8	Kai Daryanani	11†	9	8	6	6	5	8	6	6							70
9	Aditya Kulkarni	9	8	5	11	11†	7	7	7	7							58
10	Everett Stack	8	6	Ret	Ret	8	8	Ret	12	10							32
11	Hiyu Yamakoshi							11†	8	3							26
12	Jaden Pariat	10	7	10	9	9	Ret										22
13	Yuanpu Cui							6	9	8							20
14	Lorenzo Castillo	6	10	9	10	Ret	Ret										20
15	Jakob Bergmeister							9	11	Ret							6
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	YMC1			YMC2			DUB1			YMC3			LUS			Pts

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	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	14	2	8	16	2	5	9	5	3	5							240
1	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	27	1	6	1	5	6	Ret	7	2	6							240
2	ART Grand Prix	89	6	14	7	3	22	18	9	12	10							217
2	ART Grand Prix	95	3	7	2	1	DNS	1	3	4	1							217
3	R-ace GP	1	7	3	10	12	11	3	8	8	4							182
3	R-ace GP	7	10	4	Ret	7	4	19†	1	5	2							182
4	PHM Racing	9	18	15	Ret	Ret	19	16	Ret	25	19							126
4	PHM Racing	12	4	5	6	10	1	2	2	9	7							126
5	Saintéloc Racing	4	8	2	4	9	2	4	4	7	3							125
		10				20	Ret	Ret
		26							23	23	Ret
		96	20	19	17
6	Pinnacle Motorsport	6							26†	19	8							88
		24	5	13	5	17	12	5	25†	22	9
		33	11	10	3	4	10	17
7	Origine Motorsport	22	22	21	23	25	21	Ret	22	27	21							4
7	Origine Motorsport	66	14	22†	19	13	17	11	13	13	11							4
8	Evans GP	5	13	11	12	18	DNS	Ret	24	20	Ret							3
8	Evans GP	88	25†	18	18	15	13	13	21	14	14							3
9	AKCEL GP / PHM Racing	15	21	17	11	24	23†	15	17	15	15							2
9	AKCEL GP / PHM Racing	50	23	16	22	19	20	Ret	18	16	13							2
Pos	Team	No.	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Team	No.	YMC1			YMC2			DUB1			YMC3			LUS			Pts

Notes

^ Bedrin is Russian, but he competes under an Italian licence as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
^ Daryanani is an Indian driver competing under a British licence.
^ Kulkarni is an Indian driver competing under a British licence.
^ Kato is a Japanese driver competing under a French licence.

References

^ "CAR - FR Middle East Championship Certified by FIA". en.fregionalme.com. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Allen, Peter (4 January 2025). "Ugochukwu and Deligny complete R-ace GP quartet for FRME". Formula Scout. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
^ "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Presents its 2025 motorsport team setups in Japan". Toyota Gazoo Racing. 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
^ "Bohra joins R-ace GP in FREC as David leaves team for CL Motorsport". Formula Scout. 30 December 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Allen, Peter (4 January 2025). "Theophile Nael to make Sainteloc FRME swansong before F3 move". Formula Scout. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
^ Allen, Peter (4 January 2025). "Evan Giltaire continues with ART for dual FRegional effort". Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
^ Bergmeister, Jakob [@jakob.bergmeister] (5 February 2025). "Happy to announce that I'll be joining @sainteloc_racing for this weekends @formularegionalme round in Dubai 🇦🇪" – via Instagram.
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^ "Aaron Cameron joins Evans GP for Formula Regional Middle East". Evans GP Motorsport Team. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
^ "Feeder Series on Bluesky: 'NEWS | 🇦🇪 Here is the entry list for this weekend's FRMEC round at Dubai!'". Bluesky. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
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^ "Kanato Le Joins ART Grand Prix for 2025 Season in FRMEC and FRECA". ART Grand Prix. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
^ "Japanese Driver Taito Kato Joins ART Grand Prix for 2025". ART Grand Prix. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
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External links

Official website

FIA Formula Regional (Regional Formula 3)

Formula 3

Championships

Americas (since 2018)
Asian (since 2018)
European (since 2019)
Japanese (since 2020)
Oceania (since 2023)
Middle East (since 2023)
Australia (since 2025)
Indian (unknown)

Drivers

Seasons

Americas	2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Europe	2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Japan	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Oceania	2020 2021 ~~2022~~ 2023 2024 2025
Asia	2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 ~~2023~~
Middle East	2023 2024 2025
Australia	2025
Asia Series	~~2021~~
India	~~2022~~

non-FIA certified series

W Series (International)
Ultimate Cup Series (France)
Eurocup-3 (Europe)
Formula Renault Eurocup (Europe)

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