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2023 Formula 4 CEZ Championship

The 2023 Formula 4 CEZ Championship, known as 2023 ACCR Czech Formula prior to the FIA certification in May, is the first season of the Formula 4 CEZ Championship, a motor racing series for the Central Europe regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, and organised and promoted by the Automobile Club of the Czech Republic (ACCR), Krenek Motorsport and HM Sports.[1]

It commenced on 29 April at Hungaroring in Hungary and will conclude on 8 October at Balaton Park Circuit in the same country.[2]

Teams and drivers edit

Team No. Driver Rounds
  SAPE Motorsport 6   Miroslav Mikeš[3] 2–6
  Ideal Line Performance / Gender Racing Team[4] 13   Oliver Michl All
  JMT Racing 17   Jan Rieger[5] 4
65   Roman Roubíček[6] 5–6
  Sauter Engineering + Design 21   Michael Sauter[7] All
  Jenzer Motorsport 24   Shimo Zhang[a] 6
25   Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen[8] 2–5
  Thomas Gore[9] 6
27   Ethan Ischer[10] All
28   Reno Francot[11] All
144   Max Karhan[5] 4–6
  Renauer Motorsport 46   Jiří Šafránek[12] 1–3
66   Nikolas Taylor[11] 1–3
  PHM Racing 48   James Egozi[13] 2
57   Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi[13] 2
  • William Karlsson was scheduled to compete with Renauer Motorsport but switched to the Eurocup-3 series before the start of the season.[12][14]
  • Karhan was initially supposed to race for the JMT Racing but due to the belated delivery of the car, he switched to Jenzer Motorsport for the round 4.[5]

Race calendar and results edit

The provisional calendar featuring six round across five countries was published on 3 November 2022.[15] All rounds, except for the Slovakiaring one supporting the European Truck Racing Championship, are a part of the ESET Cup package.[16] The first round at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben on 8–9 April was cancelled and replaced by a standalone event at Balaton Park on 7–8 October.[2]

Rnd. Circuit/Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1   Hungaroring, Mogyoród 30 April   Ethan Ischer   Ethan Ischer   Ethan Ischer   Jenzer Motorsport
R2   Ethan Ischer   Ethan Ischer   Jenzer Motorsport
2 R1   Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 20 May   James Egozi   James Egozi   James Egozi   PHM Racing
R2 21 May   James Egozi   James Egozi   PHM Racing
3 R1   Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň 10 June   Michael Sauter   Michael Sauter   Reno Francot   Jenzer Motorsport
R2   Michael Sauter   Reno Francot   Jenzer Motorsport
4 R1   Autodrom Most, Most 5 August   Ethan Ischer   Ethan Ischer   Ethan Ischer   Jenzer Motorsport
R2 6 August   Ethan Ischer   Ethan Ischer   Jenzer Motorsport
R3   Ethan Ischer   Ethan Ischer   Ethan Ischer   Jenzer Motorsport
5 R1   Brno Circuit, Brno 9 September   Reno Francot   Michael Sauter   Reno Francot   Jenzer Motorsport
R2   Ethan Ischer   Ethan Ischer   Jenzer Motorsport
6 R1   Balaton Park Circuit, Balatonfőkajár 7 October   Ethan Ischer   Ethan Ischer   Ethan Ischer   Jenzer Motorsport
R2 8 October   Michael Sauter   Michael Sauter   Sauter Engineering + Design
R3   Ethan Ischer   Michael Sauter   Ethan Ischer   Jenzer Motorsport

Championship standings edit

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' standings edit

Pos Driver HUN
  		RBR
  		SVK
  		MOS
  		BRN
  		BAL
  		Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3
1   Ethan Ischer 1 1 5 Ret 3 6† 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 263
2   Reno Francot 3 2 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 261
3   Michael Sauter 2 6 4 Ret 2 2 4 3 4 3 3 2 1 2 204
4   Oliver Michl 5 4 9 4 5 4 6 7 8 5 4 7 Ret 6 112
5   Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen 6 3 4 3 3 8 3 4 5 WD WD WD 106
6   Miroslav Mikeš 10 8 6 5 5 5 5 DNS 6 8 7 8 75
7   Max Karhan 8 6 7 6 7 6 5 7 56
8   James Egozi 1 1 50
9   Nikolas Taylor 4 3 7 5 WD WD 43
10   Thomas Gore 4 3 4 39
11   Jiří Šafránek 6 5 8 6 WD WD 30
12   Shimo Zhang 5 6 5 28
13   Jan Rieger 7 4 6 26
14   Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi 2 7 24
15   Roman Roubíček 7 8 9 8 9 18
Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 Pts
HUN
  		RBR
  		SVK
  		MOS
  		BRN
  		BAL
 
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

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

Teams' standings edit

Pos Driver HUN
  		RBR
  		SVK
  		MOS
  		BRN
  		BAL
  		Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3
1   Jenzer Motorsport 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 549
3 2 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
2   Sauter Engineering + Design 2 6 4 Ret 2 2 4 3 4 3 3 2 1 2 204
3   Ideal Line Performance / Gender Racing Team 5 4 9 4 5 4 6 7 8 5 4 7 Ret 6 112
4   SAPE Motorsport 10 8 6 5 5 5 5 DNS 6 8 7 8 75
5   PHM Racing 1 1 74
2 7
6   Renauer Motorsport 4 3 7 5 WD WD 73
6 5 8 6 WD WD
7   JMT Racing 7 4 6 7 8 9 8 9 44
Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 Pts
HUN
  		RBR
  		SVK
  		MOS
  		BRN
  		BAL
 

Notes edit

  1. ^ Zhang is a Chinese driver racing under Italian license

References edit

  1. ^ "ACCR and FIA Formula 4 Championship in Central European region". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 2023-05-27.
  2. ^ a b "New F4 series ACCR Czech Formula finally gets 2023 green light". Formula Scout. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  3. ^ "SAPE Motorsport team orders new Formula 4". ESET V4 Cup. 15 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Gender Racing is preparing for debut with the latest generation of F4 single seaters". ESET V4 Cup. 6 February 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "F4 CEZ season continues at Autodrom Most with two local rookies". F4 CEZ Championship certified by FIA. 2023-07-31.
  6. ^ "Battle for the championship continues in Brno". Formula 4 CEZ Championship. 2023-09-04.
  7. ^ "Another new name in F4: Michael Sauter". ESET V4 Cup. 21 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen on Instagram: "I will compete in the New Championship @accrf4series with @jenzermotorsport in F4."". Instagram. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
  9. ^ "Jamaican racer Thomas Gore to make debut at Balaton Park Circuit with Jenzer Motorsport". Formula 4 CEZ Championship. 6 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Ethan Ischer continues with Jenzer Motorsport in F4". Jenzer Motorsport. 10 February 2023.
  11. ^ a b "ACCR Czech Formula will kick off at the Hungaroring". ESET V4 Cup. 2023-04-14.
  12. ^ a b "Jiří Šafránek and William Karlsson heading to Formula 4". ESET V4 Cup. 17 February 2023.
  13. ^ a b Wood, Ida (2023-05-21). "PHM Racing's James Egozi gets double ACCR F4 win at Red Bull Ring". Formula Scout.
  14. ^ "Drivex confirms William Karlsson for Eurocup 3". Drivex Team on Instagram. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  15. ^ "Breaking News: ACCR F4 starts as certified FIA series in 2023!". ACCR F4. 3 November 2022.
  16. ^ "ESET Cup announces calendar for 2023, new event in Germany added". ESET V4 Cup. 4 November 2022.

External links edit

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