2023 NACAM Formula 4 Championship

The 2023 NACAM Formula 4 Championship season was the seventh season of the NACAM Formula 4 Championship. It began on 15 April at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City and ended on 29 October at the same circuit.

Teams and drivers edit

Team No. Driver Rounds
  Richards Motorsport 4   Diego de la Torre[1] 1–2
14   Dewey Richards[1] 1–4, 7
  F4 Morelia Racing Team 5   Julián Díaz[2] 1–2
55 2–7
9   Daniel Forcadell[2] 1, 6–7
  Juan Contreras 3
10 1, 4–7
  Joe Sandoval[2] 1, 3
  Ram Racing 5   Alexandra Mohnhaupt[3] 1
95 2
16   Alejandro Berumen 5–7
22   Arturo Flores[4] 1–2
28   David Esteban Cárdenas[5] All
36   Pedro Juan Moreno[6] 1–6
  José Carlos Hernández 7
53   Moy Zagursky[7] 2–7
  RE Motorsport 11   Esteban Rodríguez[8] 2–3, 5–7
18   Apolo Madrigal 4
88   Cristian Cantú[9] All
  Santinel Racing Team 13   Marco Alquicira[2] All
44   Eduardo Alquicira[2] All
  Adan Ibarra[8] 2
  Zapata 20   Ivanna Richards 6
  International Motorsport 22   Arturo Flores[10] 3–7
  HRI Mexico 95   Alexandra Mohnhaupt 7

Race calendar edit

All rounds were held in Mexico. The first six rounds were a part of the Copa Notiauto series roster, whereas the last round was held in the support of the 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix. Initially, the non-championship round was scheduled to be staged after the season finale on 15–16 December before being cancelled.[11][12]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
(Grand Prix Circuit without Foro Sol, Mexico City)
15 April   Pedro Juan Moreno   Pedro Juan Moreno   Pedro Juan Moreno   Ram Racing
R2 16 April   Pedro Juan Moreno   Pedro Juan Moreno   Ram Racing
R3   Pedro Juan Moreno   Pedro Juan Moreno   Cristian Cantú   RE Motorsport
2 R1 Autódromo de Querétaro
(El Marqués, Querétaro)
20 May   Diego de la Torre   Pedro Juan Moreno   Marco Alquicira   Santinel Racing Team
R2 21 May   Pedro Juan Moreno   Cristian Cantú   RE Motorsport
R3   Diego de la Torre   Pedro Juan Moreno   Pedro Juan Moreno   Ram Racing
3 R1 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
(Grand Prix Circuit, Mexico City)
30 June   Pedro Juan Moreno   Pedro Juan Moreno   Pedro Juan Moreno   Ram Racing
R2 1 July   Pedro Juan Moreno   Pedro Juan Moreno   Ram Racing
R3   Pedro Juan Moreno   Pedro Juan Moreno   Pedro Juan Moreno   Ram Racing
4 R1 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
(Grand Prix Circuit, Mexico City)
4 August   Pedro Juan Moreno   Pedro Juan Moreno   Pedro Juan Moreno   Ram Racing
R2 5 August   Pedro Juan Moreno   Pedro Juan Moreno   Ram Racing
R3   David Esteban Cárdenas   Pedro Juan Moreno   Pedro Juan Moreno   Ram Racing
5 R1 Autódromo de Querétaro
(El Marqués, Querétaro)
2 September   Cristian Cantú   Cristian Cantú   Pedro Juan Moreno   Ram Racing
R2 3 September   Julián Díaz   Marco Alquicira   Santinel Racing Team
R3   Cristian Cantú   Pedro Juan Moreno   Cristian Cantú   RE Motorsport
6 R1 Autódromo Miguel E. Abed
(Short Int. Circuit, Amozoc, Puebla)
7 October   Pedro Juan Moreno   Cristian Cantú   Cristian Cantú   RE Motorsport
R2 8 October   Cristian Cantú   Pedro Juan Moreno   Ram Racing
R3   Pedro Juan Moreno   Pedro Juan Moreno   Cristian Cantú   RE Motorsport
7 R1 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
(Grand Prix Circuit, Mexico City)
28 October   Cristian Cantú   Cristian Cantú   Cristian Cantú   RE Motorsport
R2 29 October   Cristian Cantú   Cristian Cantú   RE Motorsport
NC Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
(Grand Prix Circuit, Mexico City)
15–16 December Cancelled

Championship standings edit

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. The final standings were obtained by summing best five out of first six rounds and the final round.

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

Drivers' Championship edit

Pos Driver AHR1 QUE1 AHR2 AHR3 QUE2 PUE AHR4 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2
1   Pedro Juan Moreno 1 1 7 7 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 2 2 1 3 315
2   Cristian Cantú 2 3 1 2 1 8 3 7 2 2 2 2 9 3 1 1 5 1 1 1 311
3   David Esteban Cárdenas 4 2 2 6 3 2 4 9 3 3 4 3 6 5 7 5 2 4 3 8 219
4   Arturo Flores 5 Ret 4 9 5 4 2 5 7 4 3 5 7 8 6 4 4 2 Ret 3 174
5   Marco Alquicira 7† 5 6 1 7 5 6 2 4 Ret Ret Ret 4 1 Ret 9 Ret 6 8 2 172
6   Julián Díaz Ret 6 5 8 8 7 5 Ret 6 7 6 6 5 2 8 DSQ 9 8 5 5 124
7   Esteban Rodríguez Ret Ret 3 8† 3 5 3 4 4 6 3 5 9 7 124
8   Moy Zagursky Ret DNS DNS 7† 6 Ret 6 5 4 10† 7 5 11† 7 Ret 6 Ret 75
9   Alexandra Mohnhaupt 3 Ret 3 5 6 6 7 6 70
10   Alejandro Berumen 2 Ret 3 7 6 11† Ret 11 47
11   Diego de la Torre Ret 4 Ret 3 4 9 41
12   Dewey Richards DNS Ret DNS 4 Ret Ret Ret 4 10† 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 35
13   Daniel Forcadell Ret DNS DNS 8 Ret 7 4 4 34
14   Juan Contreras WD WD WD Ret 8 9 10 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 11 10 26
15   Ivanna Richards 3 8 Ret 19
16   José Carlos Hernández 2 12† 18
17   Joe Sandoval 6 7 8 WD WD WD 18
18   Eduardo Alquicira DNS Ret DNS WD 9† DNS Ret DNS 8 9 9 DNS 11† DNS 9 Ret WD 9 10 9 17
19   Apolo Madrigal 8 7 7 16
20   Adan Ibarra 10 WD WD 1
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 Pts
AHR1 QUE1 AHR2 AHR3 QUE2 PUE AHR4
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

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Castro, Maria Clara (2023-04-15). "Your season guide to the 2023 F4 NACAM championship". Feeder Series.
  2. ^ a b c d e Wood, Ida (2023-04-16). "Moreno wins twice but Cantu leaves NACAM F4 opener with points lead". Formula Scout.
  3. ^ "Alexandra Mohnhaupt returns to racing in NACAM F4". Racers - Behind the Helmet. 2023-04-13.
  4. ^ "Artie Flores se reporta listo para la F4 NACAM Championship". Notiauto (in Mexican Spanish). 2023-04-11.
  5. ^ Notiauto [@notiauto] (March 30, 2023). "RAM Racing confirma a David Esteban Cárdenas como el segundo piloto del equipo" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "Pedro Juan Moreno confirmó temporada 2023 en la F4 Nacam FIA que inicia este fin de semana en Ciudad de México". Federación Colombiana de Automovilismo (in Spanish). 2023-04-13.
  7. ^ Gutiérrez, Alberto (2023-05-17). "Jac México se alía con el piloto mexicano de Fórmula 4 Moy Zagursky". Memo Lira (in Mexican Spanish).
  8. ^ a b Wood, Ida (2023-05-21). "Marco Alquicira wins from eighth in wild NACAM F4 opener at Queretaro". Formula Scout.
  9. ^ Cruz, Michel (2023-04-14). "Cristian Cantú, piloto mexicano, consigue patrocinio para correr en F4". Grupo Milenio (in Mexican Spanish).
  10. ^ "Arturo Flores y el International Motorsport, al Hermanos Rodríguez por 3ra fecha de F4 NACAM Championship". Carreras en Vivo (in Mexican Spanish). 2023-06-29.
  11. ^ "F4 NACAM tendrá 8 fechas en el año". Notiauto.com (in Spanish). 2023-01-18.
  12. ^ Wood, Ida (12 January 2023). "RaceFans Round-up: Formula 4 to support Mexican GP". RaceFans.

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