2024 African F4 Championship

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No. Driver Class Rounds
TBA   Ibrahim Badawy R TBC
TBA   ? TBC

PSGL PC F2 Championship Season 32

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Team Race drivers
No. Driver name Rounds
  Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team 34
95
26
  Matthew Alder
  Bence Szabó-Kónyi
  Boualem Ferah
1–6
1–4, 6
5
  Oracle Red Bull Racing 25
75
  Jack West
  Will Lewis
1–6
1–6
  Scuderia Ferrari 2
45
  István Puki
  Mirko Suriano
1–6
1–6
  McLaren F1 Team 34
88
19
  Can Akinci
  Carter Lundy
  Harvey Cowan
1–6
1–5
6
  BWT Alpine F1 Team 2

86
69
15
19
84
2
  Kristoff Szelle
  Jed Norgrove
  Dylan Warren
  Primož Miklavčič
  Simon Perigny
  Harvey Cowan
  Kedon Lutt
  Xander van Dijken
1–3, 5
4
6
1
2, 4
3
5
6
  Scuderia AlphaTauri 28
42
  Valentin Thivard
  Daniël Kuijer
1–6
1–6
  Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team 2
2
26
  Max Wissel
  Tycho Hardy
  Duncan Hofland
1–5
6
1–5
  Williams Racing 2
19
41
69
  Jordin Poland
  Harvey Cowan
  Jeffrey Richie
  Primož Miklavčič
1–4, 6
5
1–4, 6
5
  Alfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen 72
69
84
2
84
  Drake Dempsey
  Primož Miklavčič
  Joseph Loake
  Xander van Dijken
  Kedon Lutt
1–5
6
1, 4–5
2
6
  Haas F1 Team 43
54
  Iker Baena
  Ismael Fassi
1–6
1–6

Mid-season changes

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At the first round of the season in Spain, Simon Perigny in the Alpine missed the round. He was replaced by Primož Miklavčič.

In Bahrain, Joseph Loake in the Alfa Romeo missed the race. He was replaced by Xander van Dijken.

At the Dutch round, Joseph Loake in the Alfa Romeo missed the race for the second race in a row. He wasn't replaced by anyone, and Alfa Romeo ran 1 car for the round. Simon Perigny in the Alpine also missed the race. He was replaced by McLaren Shadow development driver Harvey Cowan.

At the Canadian round, Kristoff Szelle in the Alpine missed the race. He was replaced by Jed Norgrove.

After the Canadian round, Simon Perigny vacated his seat. He was replaced by Xander van Dijken, who was being promoted from a reserve drive. Van Dijken most recently competed as a reserve driver for Alfa Romeo in Bahrain when Joseph Loake missed the round.

In Monaco, four drivers missed the race; Bence Szabó-Kónyi in the Mercedes, both Williams of Jordin Poland and Jeffrey Richie, and newly promoted driver for Alpine Xander van Dijken. WOR PC T2 title contender Boualem Ferah filled in the Mercedes seat, Harvey Cowan was invited back to replace Jordin Poland after a successful Dutch round in which he replaced Simon Perigny and finished fourth, Primož Miklavčič was invited back to replace Jeffrey Richie after finishing fourth in the Spanish round, and Xander can Dijken's seat was filled in by Kedon Lutt, a former F1 Esports Challengers champion.

After the week break at Britain, there were once again many reserve driver appearances. Dylan Warren made his PSGL return by replacing Kristoff Szelle in the Alpine, and Harvey Cowan made his third reserve appearance of the season by replacing Carter Lundy in the McLaren. Drake Dempsey and Joseph Loake both missed the British round and were replaced by Primož Miklavčič and Kedon Lutt. Tycho Hardy made his PSGL PC debut replacing Max Wissel in the Aston Martin.

Calendar

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Round Circuit Date
1   Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 9 November
2   Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 16 November
3   Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort 23 November
4   Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montréal 30 November
5   Circuit de Monaco, Monaco 7 December
6   Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 21 December
7   Algarve International Circuit, Portimão 4 January
8   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 11 January
9   Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne 18 January
10   Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas 25 January
11   Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 1 February

Results

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Season summary

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Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1   Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló   Iker Baena   Daniël Kuijer   Will Lewis[a]   Red Bull Racing PSGL
2   Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir   Iker Baena   Duncan Hofland   Iker Baena   Haas PSGL Team
3   Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort   Ismael Fassi   Matthew Alder   Mirko Suriano   PSGL Ferrari
4   Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montréal   Ismael Fassi   Jeffrey Richie   Iker Baena   Haas PSGL Team
5   Circuit de Monaco, Monaco   Duncan Hofland   Valentin Thivard   Duncan Hofland   Aston Martin PSGL Team
6   Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone   Valentin Thivard   Ismael Fassi   Mirko Suriano   PSGL Ferrari
7   Algarve International Circuit, Portimão   Max Wissel   István Puki   Ismael Fassi   Haas PSGL Team
8   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot   Will Lewis   Matthew Alder   Will Lewis   Red Bull Racing PSGL
9   Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne   Jack West   Max Wissel   Iker Baena[b]   Haas PSGL Team
10   Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi   Can Akinci   Duncan Hofland   Can Akinci   PSGL McLaren
11   Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas   Ismael Fassi   Matthew Alder   Iker Baena   Haas PSGL Team

Championship Standings

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Scoring system

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Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in the race and one point was given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten. No extra points are awarded to the pole-sitter.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   FL 
Points 16 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1

In the event of a tie at the conclusion of the championship, a count-back system is used as a tie-breaker, with a driver's/constructor's best result used to decide the standings.

Drivers' Championship standings

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Pos. Driver ESP
 
BHR
 
NLD
 
CAN
 
MON
 
GBR
 
POR
 
BEL
 
AUS
 
USA
 
UAE
 
Points
1   Mirko Suriano 9 6 1 10 6 1 45
2   Ismael Fassi 17 3 2P 6P 3 5F 44
3   Will Lewis 1 5 5 4 Ret 6 41
4   Iker Baena 6P 1P 8 1 12 13 40
5   Duncan Hofland EX 17F 3 7 1P 12 30
6   Can Akinci 10 2 6 12 2 11 30
7   Joseph Loake 3 2 Ret 22
8   Daniël Kuijer 13F 9 10 5 5 8 18
9   Harvey Cowan 4 10 4 17
10   Jeffrey Richie 2 Ret 7 14F 14 16
11   Max Wissel Ret 8 Ret 3 8 16
12   Kedon Lutt 7 3 14
13   Dylan Warren 2 12
14   Matthew Alder 15 18 13F 11 4 7 12
15   Jack West 8 4 11 15† 15† 15 11
16   Primož Miklavčič 4 Ret 9 10
17   István Puki 5 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6
18   Drake Dempsey Ret 7 9 16† Ret 6
19   Bence Szabó-Kónyi 7 13 14 Ret Ret 4
20   Jordin Poland 11 16 12 8 Ret 3
21   Valentin Thivard 16 19† Ret Ret 9F RetP 3
22   Jed Norgrove 9 2
23   Xander van Dijken 10 Ret 1
24   Tycho Hardy 10 1
25   Carter Lundy 12 11 Ret 13 14 0
26   Kristoff Szelle 14 12 Ret 11 0
27   Boualem Ferah 13 0
28   Simon Perigny 15 Ret 0
Pos. Driver ESP
 
BHR
 
NLD
 
CAN
 
MON
 
GBR
 
POR
 
BEL
 
AUS
 
USA
 
UAE
 
Points

Notes

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  1. ^ Loake finished first but was given a 5-second time penalty for crossing the pit exit line. Lewis inherited the win.
  2. ^ Wissel finished first but was given a 5-second time penalty for crossing the pit exit line. Baena inherited the win.