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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

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Team No. Driver Class Rounds
United Kingdom  Rodin Carlin[2] 2 Australia  Noah Lisle[3] 1–2, 4–7
26 Australia  Alex Ninovic[3] R All
71 United Arab Emirates  Federico Al Rifai[3] R All
Spain  Campos Racing 3 Mexico  Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.[4] All
8 Italy  Matteo De Palo[5] R All
17 France  Enzo Deligny[6] R All
18 Peru  Andrés Cárdenas[7] R 2–7
23 Singapore  Christian Ho[8] All
75 Denmark  Noah Strømsted[9] All
France  Saintéloc Racing 4 Spain  Théophile Naël[a][11] All
7 France  Luciano Morano[11] All
30 Denmark  Theodor Jensen[12] All
31 United Arab Emirates  Sebastian Murray R 5
Netherlands  MP Motorsport 5 Italy  Alvise Rodella[13] R All
14 United Arab Emirates  Keanu Al Azhari[14] R All
22 Brazil  Pedro Clerot[15] All
55 Italy  Valerio Rinicella[16] All
61 Belgium  Thomas Strauven R 4
Germany  Valentin Kluss 5
United Kingdom  Akshay Bohra G 7
66 Colombia  Jerónimo Berrío[17] 1–5
Netherlands  Reno Francot[18] G 6
Belgium  Dominique Dedecker G 7
Spain  Tecnicar - Fórmula de Campeones[19] 6 Japan  Hiyu Yamakoshi[20] R 2–3, 5–7
Mexico  Dewey Richards[21] R 4
10 Mexico  Lorenzo Castillo[21] R G 4–7
19 Spain  Eric Gené[22] R All
88 Australia  Griffin Peebles[23] R All
Spain  Drivex 9 Kyrgyzstan  Georgy Zhuravskiy[N 1][24] R 1–5
13 Spain  Daniel Nogales[25] 1–3
Colombia  Joao Paulo Diaz Balesteiro[18] R G 6
21 Kazakhstan  Alexander Abkhazava[N 1] R All
54 Spain  Alexander Bolduev[N 1][24] R 1, 3
69 Colombia  Maximiliano Restrepo[26] R All
85 Spain  Juan Cota[27] R All
Spain  GRS Team 11 Thailand  Carl Bennett[28] 1–5
Spain  Daniel Maciá[29] 6–7
28 1–2
United Kingdom  Isaac Barashi[30] R 4–7
72 Spain  Eloi González[30] R G 4
United Kingdom  Gabriel Stilp[18] R G 6
Mexico  Luis Carlos Pérez G 7
Spain  Monlau Motorsport 12 France  Pablo Sarrazin[31] All
33 Brazil  Ricardo Gracia Filho[32] All
41 Brazil  Fernando Barrichello[32] All
74 Netherlands  Lin Hodenius[33] R 2–7
Italy  Cram Motorsport 35 Italy  Flavio Olivieri[34] R All
36 Italy  Alessandro Silvaggi[35] R 2–3
India  Kai Daryanani[36] R 4–6
Brazil  Gabriel Gomez R G 7
37 Brazil  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

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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 Belgium  Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 5 May Brazil  Pedro Clerot Singapore  Christian Ho Brazil  Pedro Clerot Netherlands  MP Motorsport United Arab Emirates  Keanu Al Azhari Eurocup-3
24H GT Series
R2 6 May United Arab Emirates  Keanu Al Azhari Singapore  Christian Ho Brazil  Pedro Clerot Netherlands  MP Motorsport France  Enzo Deligny
R3 7 May Italy  Valerio Rinicella Italy  Matteo De Palo Italy  Matteo De Palo[b] Spain  Campos Racing Italy  Matteo De Palo
2 R1 Spain  MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz 27 May Singapore  Christian Ho France  Enzo Deligny France  Enzo Deligny Spain  Campos Racing France  Enzo Deligny Eurocup-3
RFEDA Racing Weekend
R2 28 May Singapore  Christian Ho France  Enzo Deligny Singapore  Christian Ho Spain  Campos Racing France  Enzo Deligny
R3 Italy  Matteo De Palo Spain  Théophile Naël Spain  Théophile Naël France  Saintéloc Racing France  Enzo Deligny
3 R1 Spain  Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos 24 June Italy  Valerio Rinicella Italy  Valerio Rinicella Spain  Théophile Naël France  Saintéloc Racing United Arab Emirates  Keanu Al Azhari RFEDA Racing Weekend
R2 25 June Spain  Théophile Naël Italy  Valerio Rinicella Spain  Théophile Naël France  Saintéloc Racing France  Enzo Deligny
R3 Italy  Valerio Rinicella Italy  Valerio Rinicella Italy  Valerio Rinicella Netherlands  MP Motorsport United Arab Emirates  Keanu Al Azhari
4 R1 Spain  Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 23 September Peru  Andrés Cárdenas Spain  Théophile Naël Spain  Théophile Naël France  Saintéloc Racing Peru  Andrés Cárdenas Eurocup-3
RFEDA Racing Weekend
R2 24 September Peru  Andrés Cárdenas Peru  Andrés Cárdenas Peru  Andrés Cárdenas Spain  Campos Racing Peru  Andrés Cárdenas
R3 Spain  Théophile Naël Spain  Théophile Naël Spain  Théophile Naël France  Saintéloc Racing Peru  Andrés Cárdenas
5 R1 Portugal  Circuito do Estoril, Estoril 30 September Spain  Théophile Naël Spain  Théophile Naël Spain  Théophile Naël France  Saintéloc Racing France  Enzo Deligny Eurocup-3
TCR Spain Touring Car Championship
Clásicos
R2 1 October Spain  Théophile Naël Denmark  Noah Strømsted Spain  Théophile Naël France  Saintéloc Racing France  Enzo Deligny
R3 Singapore  Christian Ho Brazil  Pedro Clerot France  Enzo Deligny Spain  Campos Racing France  Enzo Deligny
6 R1 Spain  Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste 14 October Singapore  Christian Ho Italy  Valerio Rinicella Italy  Valerio Rinicella Netherlands  MP Motorsport France  Enzo Deligny Eurocup-3
RFEDA Racing Weekend
R2 15 October Italy  Valerio Rinicella Spain  Théophile Naël Spain  Théophile Naël France  Saintéloc Racing Italy  Matteo De Palo
R3 Spain  Théophile Naël Singapore  Christian Ho Singapore  Christian Ho Spain  Campos Racing Italy  Matteo De Palo
7 R1 Spain  Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 11 November Singapore  Christian Ho Singapore  Christian Ho Singapore  Christian Ho Spain  Campos Racing France  Enzo Deligny Eurocup-3
RFEDA Racing Weekend
R2 12 November Singapore  Christian Ho Singapore  Christian Ho Singapore  Christian Ho Spain  Campos Racing France  Enzo Deligny
R3 Singapore  Christian Ho Singapore  Christian Ho Singapore  Christian Ho Spain  Campos Racing Italy  Matteo De Palo

Championship standings

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

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Pos Driver SPA
Belgium 
ARA
Spain 
NAV
Spain 
JER
Spain 
EST
Portugal 
CRT
Spain 
CAT
Spain 
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Spain  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 Singapore  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 Italy  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 France  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 Italy  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 Brazil  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 Denmark  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 Peru  Andrés Cárdenas 6 Ret 16 Ret 10 7 2 1 4 5 10 4 6 8 6 15 7 Ret 109
9 United Arab Emirates  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 Australia  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 Australia  Noah Lisle 6 5 Ret 13 20 Ret 8 6 7 30 24 6 9 11 11 9 30† 19 44
12 Colombia  Jerónimo Berrío 8 8 5 12 25† 8 7 11 12 7 9 14 15 Ret 12 33
13 Brazil  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 Japan  Hiyu Yamakoshi 9 DNS Ret Ret 14 Ret 8 19 10 14 12 9 8 17 7 19
15 Spain  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 Germany  Valentin Kluss Ret 8 7 8
17 Brazil  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 Spain  Daniel Nogales 10 20 8 Ret 27† 18 16 16 13 5
19 Mexico  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 Italy  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 Italy  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 United Arab Emirates  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 France  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 Kazakhstan  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 Australia  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 Spain  Daniel Maciá 11 10 Ret WD WD WD 12 19 Ret Ret 14 15 0
27 Netherlands  Lin Hodenius 26 24 26† 20 26 25 29† 19 11 11 15 24 17 21 30 12 Ret DNS 0
28 France  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 Spain  Alexander Bolduev Ret 12 Ret WD WD WD 0
30 Denmark  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 Spain  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 Belgium  Thomas Strauven Ret Ret 13 0
33 Thailand  Carl Bennett 14 15 24† 20 16 19 17 22 22 26 20 Ret 27 29 Ret 0
34 Kyrgyzstan  Georgy Zhuravskiy 26 23 22 25 Ret 21 22 25 24 17 Ret 24 25 Ret Ret 0
35 India  Kai Daryanani 19 23 28 29 25 23 29 23 22 0
36 United Kingdom  Isaac Barashi 25 30 29 28 30 Ret Ret 30 DSQ 25 21 22 0
37 Colombia  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 Italy  Alessandro Silvaggi 29 21 24 WD WD WD 0
39 United Arab Emirates  Sebastian Murray 21 28 Ret 0
40 Mexico  Dewey Richards 23 25 30 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Netherlands  Reno Francot 11 15 17
United Kingdom  Akshay Bohra 21 15 12
Brazil  Gabriel Gomez 16 25 Ret
United Kingdom  Gabriel Stilp 30 18 18
Brazil  Filippo Fiorentino Ret 29 25 31† 22 18
Mexico  Lorenzo Castillo 24 26 26 WD WD WD Ret Ret 27 26 28 20
Mexico  Luis Carlos Pérez 28 27 21
Colombia  Joao Paulo Diaz Balesteiro Ret 26 28
Spain  Eloi González Ret 27 27
Belgium  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
Belgium 
ARA
Spain 
NAV
Spain 
JER
Spain 
EST
Portugal 
CRT
Spain 
CAT
Spain 
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

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

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

Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ "Richard Mille Young Talent Academy to enter Spanish F4 Championship from 2022". 18 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Leading race team Carlin to become Rodin Carlin". Carlin Motorsport. 25 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Spanish F4". Rodin Carlin. Archived from the original on 21 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
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  5. ^ "Matteo De Palo joins Campos Racing's roster for 2023 F4 Spain". Campos Racing. 7 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Enzo Deligny joins Campos Racing for F4 Spain debut". Campos Racing. 18 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Andrés Cárdenas steps up to F4 Spain with Campos Racing". Campos Racing. 28 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Christian Ho completes Campos Racing's driver lineup for 2023 F4 Spain season". Campos Racing. 14 February 2023.
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  11. ^ a b Tassel, Pierre (22 February 2023). "Deux Top 10 pour conclure la saison F4 UAE". Saintéloc Racing (in French).
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  14. ^ Wood, Ida (11 October 2022). "Keanu Al Azhari wins Spanish F4 seat with MP in Richard Mille shootout". Formula Scout.
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  16. ^ "Valerio Rinicella to continue in Spanish F4 with MP Motorsport". MP Motorsport. 15 December 2022.
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  19. ^ "Tecnicar Motorsport Solutions joins Formula 4 Spanish Championship". Tecnicar Motorsport. 15 March 2023.
  20. ^ Wood, Ida (23 May 2023). "Daryanani and Yamakoshi add extra F4 programmes to their schedules". Formula Scout.
  21. ^ a b "Tecnicar welcomes Lorenzo Castillo and Dewey Richards for the Jerez round". Tecnicar Motorsport. 19 September 2023.
  22. ^ "Eric Gené Joins Tenicar Motorsport Solutions, Following in the Footsteps of his motorsport family". Tecnicar Motorsport Solutions. 27 March 2023.
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  25. ^ Wood, Ida (16 December 2022). "Nogales sticks with Drivex and picks Spanish F4 for 2023 programme". Formula Scout.
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  27. ^ Wood, Ida (16 December 2022). "Nogales sticks with Drivex and picks Spanish F4 for 2023 programme". Formula Scout.
  28. ^ "Carl Bennett joins GRS Team for the upcoming F4 Spanish Championship season". GRS Team. 21 February 2023.
  29. ^ "Dani Maciá to race in Formula 4 Spanish Championship season opener with GRS Team". GRS Team. 3 May 2023.
  30. ^ a b "Isaac Barashi joins GRS Team for the remainder of F4 Spanish season". GRS Team. 18 September 2023.
  31. ^ Wood, Ida (8 February 2023). "KCMG junior Pablo Sarrazin joins Monlau Motorsport in Spanish F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  32. ^ a b c Wood, Ida (8 February 2023). "Monlau adds Barrichello, Gracia and Gonzalez to Spanish F4 line-up". Formula Scout. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  33. ^ "Monlau Motul shines in Motorland with four cars and adds two more races in points". Monlau Motorsport. 29 May 2023.
  34. ^ "Cram, Olivieri enter Spanish F4 Championship". Cram Motorsport. 18 April 2023.
  35. ^ "Cram doubles with Silvaggi in the Spanish F4". Cram Motorsport. 28 April 2023.
  36. ^ "Daryanani to debut with Cram at Jerez". Cram Motorsport. 31 July 2023.
  37. ^ "El Campeonato de España de F4 anuncia su calendario 2023". F4 Spanish Championship (in Spanish). 23 November 2022.
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