2024 Formula 4 CEZ Championship

The 2024 Formula 4 CEZ Championship will be the second 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]

The season will commence on 27 April at Balaton Park Circuit in Hungary and will conclude on 22 September at Salzburgring in Austria.[2]

Teams and drivers edit

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
  PHM AIX Racing 3   Maksimilian Popov[a] 2
10   Everett Stack 2
16   Davide Larini 2
49   Andrej Petrović 2
70   Kamal Mrad 2
  JMT Racing[3] 6   Miroslav Mikeš[4] 1–2
TBA   TBA TBC
  Renauer Motorsport[5] 9   Luca Savu[4] 1–2
TBA   Preston Lambert[6][7] TBC
  Real Racing 11   Luca Viisoreanu 2
  BVM Racing 17   Shimo Zhang 2
18   Jan Koller 2
  Orlen Janik Motorsport[8] 19   Franciszek Hałatnik[9] 1–2
  Jenzer Motorsport[5] 20   Matúš Ryba[10] 2
21   Ethan Ischer[11] G 1–2
22   Enea Frey[10] 2
24   Shimo Zhang[11] 1
25   Oscar Wurz[11] 1–2
26   Andrija Kostić[11] 1–2
144   Max Karhan[11] 1–2
  Maffi Racing[5] 31   Kirill Kutskov[a][4] 1–2
119   Kornelia Olkucka[12] 1–2
122   Nathanaël Berreby[13] 2
  AS Motorsport[14] 61   Michalina Sabaj[4] 1–2
62   Wiktor Dobrzański 2
  Ideal Line & Performance / Gender Racing Team 74   Jonathan Correrella[15] 1–2
TBA   TBA TBC
  SAPE Motorsport 77   Marek Mičík[16] 1–2
123   Michelle Jandová[17] 1–2
Icon Legend
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race calendar and results edit

The provisional calendar featuring six round across five countries was published on 17 September 2023. All rounds, except for the Slovakia Ring one supporting the European Truck Racing Championship, are a part of the ESET Cup package.[18] The revised version was released on 22 November 2023. The opening round at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben on 5–7 April was cancelled and replaced by Salzburgring on 21–22 September. Balaton Park Circuit was chosen as the venue of the Hungarian and became the new season opener.[2] In January 2023, the round at Red Bull Ring was expanded to three races.[19]

Rnd. Circuit/Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1   Balaton Park Circuit, Balatonfőkajár 27 April   Ethan Ischer   Shimo Zhang   Ethan Ischer   Jenzer Motorsport
R2 28 April   Ethan Ischer   Ethan Ischer   Jenzer Motorsport
R3   Oscar Wurz   Kirill Kutskov   Maffi Racing
2 R1   Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 18–19 May
R2
R3
3 R1   Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň 7–9 June
R2
R3
4 R1   Autodrom Most, Most 3–4 August
R2
R3
5 R1   Brno Circuit, Brno 7–8 September
R2
R3
6 R1   Salzburgring, Plainfeld 21–22 September
R2
R3

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 BAL
 
RBR
 
SVK
 
MOS
 
BRN
 
SAL
 
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1   Oscar Wurz 2 2 2 68
2   Kirill Kutskov 4 3 1 58
3   Miroslav Mikeš 5 5 6 34
4   Shimo Zhang 3 Ret 5 30
5   Max Karhan 7 4 10 25
6   Jonathan Correrella 8 12 4 21
7   Andrija Kostić 6 9 8 20
8   Luca Savu 11 6 7 19
9   Marek Mičík 9 7 9 16
10   Michalina Sabaj 12 8 Ret 6
11   Franciszek Hałatnik 13 10 11 3
12   Michelle Jandová 10 Ret 12† 2
13   Kornelia Olkucka 14 11 Ret 1
  Maksimilian Popov
  Everett Stack
  Davide Larini
  Andrej Petrović
  Kamal Mrad
  Luca Viisoreanu
  Enea Frey
  Matúš Ryba
  Nathanaël Berreby
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
  Ethan Ischer 1 1 3
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
BAL
 
RBR
 
SVK
 
MOS
 
BRN
 
SAL
 
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 BAL
 
RBR
 
SVK
 
MOS
 
BRN
 
SAL
 
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1   Jenzer Motorsport 2 2 2 113
3 4 5
2   Maffi Racing 4 3 1 59
14 11 Ret
3   JMT Racing 5 5 6 34
4   Ideal Line & Performance / Gender Racing Team 8 12 4 21
5   Renauer Motorsport 11 6 7 19
6   SAPE Motorsport 9 7 9 18
10 Ret 12†
7   AS Motorsport 12 8 Ret 6
8   Orlen Janik Motorsport 13 10 11 3
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
BAL
 
RBR
 
SVK
 
MOS
 
BRN
 
SAL
 

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Kutskov is Russian, but competes as a neutral athlete as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. For the same reason Popov competes under an 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 "The race calendar has taken shape for the 2024 season". F4 CEZ Championship. 2023-11-23.
  3. ^ "JMT Racing set to accelerate success in F4 CEZ with expanded lineup – F4 CEZ Championship certified by FIA" (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  4. ^ a b c d "The starting lineup at Balaton Park is packed with youth and talent". F4 CEZ Championship. 2023-04-23.
  5. ^ a b c Gascoigne, Roger (2024-01-30). "Renauer Motorsport and AS Motorsport commit to 2024 F4 CEZ season". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
  6. ^ Spurný, Milan (8 January 2024). "F4: Renauer se vrací do F4 CEZ 2024 s americkým talentem Lambertem". www.iracingnews.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  7. ^ Gascoigne, Roger (2024-01-30). "Renauer Motorsport and AS Motorsport commit to 2024 F4 CEZ season". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  8. ^ "Janík Motorsport Team set to enter F4 CEZ". F4 CEZ Championship. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Program „Junior ORLEN Team" jako nová, významná součást týmu Janík Motorsport". Janík Motorsport (in Czech). 2024-03-21.
  10. ^ a b "Jenzer Motorsport team to field five cars at Balaton Park". F4 CEZ Championship. 2024-04-18.
  11. ^ a b c d e "Jenzer Motorsport will compete again in the FIA F4 CEZ Championship in 2024". Jenzer Motorsport. 2024-04-08.
  12. ^ "Kornelia Olkucka to make F4 debut in CEZ Championship". Racers. 2024-01-30.
  13. ^ @maffiracing (13 November 2023). "Announcement 📢 Nathanael Berreby will be racing in the Formula 4 Winter Series 🇪🇸, FIA F4 CEZ🇨🇿 and FIA F4 Italy 🇮🇹 with Maffi Racing in 2024!". Retrieved 1 December 2023 – via Instagram.
  14. ^ "AS Motorsport from Slovenia joins F4 CEZ grid for 2024 season". F4 CEZ Championship certified by FIA. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Jonathan Correrella is competing for GRT". Gender Racing Team. 2024-04-08.
  16. ^ "F4 CEZ Academy members head to Balaton Park to race and assist". F4 CEZ Championship. 2024-04-08.
  17. ^ "Michelle Jandová steps up to F4 CEZ". Racers. 2024-02-27.
  18. ^ "The provisional calendar for the 2024 season has taken shape". Formula 4 CEZ Championship. 2023-09-17.
  19. ^ "F4 CEZ is gearing up for its second season with updates". F4 CEZ Championship. 2024-01-09.

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