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2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship

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The 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship was a multi-event, Formula Regional open-wheel single seater motor racing championship. The championship featured a mix of professional and amateur drivers, competing in Formula Regional cars. It was the inaugural season of the championship, using the venues and dates for what was originally planned to be the Formula Regional Asian Championship, with the Asian Championship then being relaunched in October of the same year.[1]

The season was held in January and February of 2023. Andrea Kimi Antonelli won the drivers' championship in the penultimate race, and in doing so also became rookie cup winner. His team, Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited, won the teams' title.

Teams and drivers

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All drivers competed using identical Tatuus-built Formula Regional cars powered by a 270HP turbocharged Alfa Romeo engine.[2] The participating teams were announced on 15 November 2022.[3]

Team No. Driver Status Rounds
China R&B Racing[N 1]
R&B Racing by GRS[N 1]
2 Italy Giovanni Maschio[4] R All
18 China Cenyu Han[4] All
22 China Zhongwei Wang[4] 1–3
China Ruobin Tang[5] R 5
33 Bulgaria Nikola Tsolov[6] R 5
Germany PHM Racing 5 United Kingdom Taylor Barnard[7] R All
13 Switzerland Joshua Dufek[8] All
15 Italy Nikita Bedrin[N 2][9] R All
India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited 7 Spain Lorenzo Fluxá[10] All
8 Brazil Rafael Câmara[10] R All
10 Sweden Dino Beganovic[10] 1–2
12 Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli[11][10] R All
28 Kirill Smal[N 2][10] R 3–5
France R-ace GP 11 Hungary Levente Révész[12] All
34 Italy Francesco Braschi[12] 1–2
Norway Martinius Stenshorne[12] R 3–5
47 Singapore Nikhil Bohra[a][12] R All
77 Germany Tim Tramnitz[12] 4–5
88 Peru Matías Zagazeta[12] 1–3
Netherlands Pinnacle VAR[13] 14 Thailand Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak[13] R All
23 Spain Pepe Martí[13] 1–2, 4–5
38 Mexico Rafael Villagómez[13] 1–4
50 Japan Ayato Iwasaki[14] 3
68 Netherlands Niels Koolen[13] All
Italy Prema Racing 24 South Korea Michael Shin[15] R All
57 United Kingdom Aiden Neate[10] R All
United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix 52 United States Jak Crawford[16] 1
United Kingdom Luke Browning[17] 2–3
53 Italy Gabriele Minì[16] 1–2
54 United Kingdom Daniel Mavlyutov[b][16] R All
55 Colombia Sebastián Montoya[16] All
Netherlands Hyderabad Blackbirds by MP Motorsport[18] 60 Spain Mari Boya[19] All
61 France Sami Meguetounif[19] All
62 United States Brad Benavides[19] All
63 Denmark Sebastian Øgaard[19] R 1, 4
Paraguay Joshua Dürksen[17] 2–3
France Owen Tangavelou[20] 5
Icon Status
R Rookie

Race calendar

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The 2023 calendar was first announced on 4 August 2022, back when the season still was to be the second season of the Formula Regional Asian Championship.[23] With the creation of the new Middle Eastern championship, an updated calendar was also announced, replacing the first round in Abu Dhabi with another round at Kuwait Motor Town.[1]

Round Circuit Date Support bill Map of circuit locations
1 R1 United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome, Dubai Motor City 13 January 24H GT Series (Middle East Trophy)
24H TCE Series (Middle East Trophy)
Formula 4 UAE Championship
Renault Clio Cup Middle East
R2 14 January
R3
2 R4 Kuwait Kuwait Motor Town, Ali Sabah Al Salem 27 January Formula 4 UAE Championship
R5 28 January
R6
3 R7 Kuwait Kuwait Motor Town, Ali Sabah Al Salem 31 January Formula 4 UAE Championship
R8 1 February
R9
4 R10 United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome, Dubai Motor City 11 February Asian Le Mans Series
Formula 4 UAE Championship
R11 12 February
R12
5 R13 United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island 18 February Asian Le Mans Series
Formula 4 UAE Championship
R14 19 February
R15

Results

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Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Rookie winner
1 R1 United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome Italy Gabriele Minì Sweden Dino Beganovic Sweden Dino Beganovic India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited United Kingdom Taylor Barnard
R2 Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli Singapore Nikhil Bohra France R-ace GP Singapore Nikhil Bohra
R3 Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli Spain Mari Boya Spain Mari Boya Netherlands Hyderabad Blackbirds by MP Motorsport Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli
2 R4 Kuwait Kuwait Motor Town Paraguay Joshua Dürksen Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli Sweden Dino Beganovic India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli
R5 Switzerland Joshua Dufek United Kingdom Taylor Barnard[c] Germany PHM Racing United Kingdom Taylor Barnard
R6 France Sami Meguetounif Switzerland Joshua Dufek France Sami Meguetounif Netherlands Hyderabad Blackbirds by MP Motorsport Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli
3 R7 Kuwait Kuwait Motor Town Paraguay Joshua Dürksen United Kingdom Taylor Barnard Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli
R8 Singapore Nikhil Bohra Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli
R9 France Sami Meguetounif United Kingdom Taylor Barnard United Kingdom Taylor Barnard Germany PHM Racing United Kingdom Taylor Barnard
4 R10 United Arab Emirates Dubai Autodrome Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli
R11 United Kingdom Taylor Barnard Spain Pepe Martí Netherlands Pinnacle VAR United Kingdom Taylor Barnard
R12 Italy Nikita Bedrin Switzerland Joshua Dufek Italy Nikita Bedrin Germany PHM Racing Italy Nikita Bedrin
5 R13 United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli Spain Mari Boya Spain Mari Boya[d] Netherlands Hyderabad Blackbirds by MP Motorsport Brazil Rafael Câmara
R14 Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli Spain Pepe Martí Netherlands Pinnacle VAR South Korea Michael Shin
R15 Italy Nikita Bedrin Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli Italy Nikita Bedrin Germany PHM Racing Italy Nikita Bedrin

Season report

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First half

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The first ever Formula Regional Middle East Championship began in the middle of January at Dubai Autodrome with Gabriele Minì and Andrea Kimi Antonelli sharing poles in qualifying. Minì kept his lead at the start of race one as Antonelli in second was overtaken by Dino Beganovic. The top pair fought for the lead all throughout the race, unbothered by two safety car interventions. A timing glitch meant the "last lap" message was shown one lap too early, and Minì's team relayed that wrong information to him. He kept Beganovic behind as the pair crossed the line, but then slowed in anticipation of the race being over. This dropped him out of contention, promoting Matías Zagazeta to second. Third was Taylor Barnard, who had a remarkable race after starting in 27th. Race two was a much calmer affair, as Nikhil Bohra took a lights-to-flag victory starting from reverse-grid pole. Aiden Neate also finished where he started, in second, and Barnard was once again third, though this time he only had to climb five spots to do so. Antonelli was unable to hold on to his race three pole position, as Mari Boya went right past him on lap one. From then on, he built a gap to Antonelli and controlled the race. The race went ahead without interruptions, and Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak completed the podium. Antonelli's consistency allowed him to take the points lead by six points over Rafael Câmara.[25][26][27]

Up next was the first FR-level race at Kuwait Motor Town, and new arrival Joshua Dürksen started it on pole. The first corner ended with multiple crashes, Brad Benavides getting flipped on his head and riding atop Boya's car, eight retirements with the poleman among them, and a red flag. Beganovic was able to profit off of the chaos, leading the restart in first place and continuing to lead Antonelli home. Behind the pair, Barnard got past Sebastián Montoya to complete the podium. Levente Révész started race two at the front, but was unable to keep his position and soon dropped back. What followed were multiple lead changes, with Rafael Villagómez, Bohra and eventually Joshua Dufek all in the lead for some time. Dufek was able to hold on in the end, but got disqualified for a technical infringement. This promoted Barnard to the win, ahead of Bohra and Câmara. The final race had Sami Meguetounif on pole, who held off a fast-starting Dürksen at the start. Two safety car periods later, Antonelli overtook Dürksen and set off after Meguetounif, but ran out of laps to catch him. While Antonelli still had not won a race, he grew his championship lead anyway, now twelve points ahead of double-winner Beganovic.[28][29][30]

Just three days later, racing was back on in Kuwait, and qualifying was topped by the same two drivers. Race one began with the top three drivers, all Hyderabad Blackbirds, tripping over each other into the first braking zone. This meant Dürksen lost his second pole and also allowed Antonelli through into second place, before he eventually got past Boya for the lead. He kept him behind until the Spaniard got overtaken by Câmara, and took his first win in the category. Debutant Kirill Smal started race two at the front and had to content with Dufek and Barnard, before the latter then got into the lead and built a gap. This was not to last, however, as his car then started breaking down and he fell down the order. Smal was back in the lead, but Antonelli, who had started tenth and steadily climbed up the order, made short work of his lead, overtook him and claimed another win. Smal then received a penalty, allowing Villagómez and Lorenzo Fluxá to pick up podiums. At the start of race three, Antonelli again picked up the lead, but the move was made off track, so he sped off to build a gap in anticipation of a penalty. That used up too much of his tires too soon, however, and by the end of the race he fell back into the clutches of Barnard, who overtook him to claim the win. The penalty still came for Antonelli, dropping him back behind Câmara and Fluxá. However, his double win meant he now had a 44-point lead over his nearest challenger Barnard.[31][32][33]

Second half

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The penultimate round of the season was held back in Dubai, where Antonelli and Nikita Bedrin shared poles. The former dropped down to third at the start of the first race, but was able to fight back past Barnard and Dufek into the lead through a safety car restart. His teammate Câmara followed him through, before another safety car ended the racing early. Pepe Martí was on reverse grid pole and held onto the lead as Fluxá got past Neate for second. Barnard and Antonelli, starting eighth and tenth, were soon climbing up the order. They ended up inside the top five, before Bedrin in fourth rear-ended Neate in third and both tumbled down the order. This promoted the championship protagonists to third and fourth, before Antonelli was handed a penalty for an unsafe move that dropped him to tenth. Bedrin bounced back from this incident by defending his pole position at the start of race three, while behind him his two teammates Barnard and Dufek battled with Antonelli. Three safety car periods interrupted proceedings, with the third running until the end, guaranteeing Barnard's maiden win in a PHM Racing 1-2-3. Still, Antonelli's advantage grew, albeit only by a single point to 45, with 75 points still to play for.[34][35][36]

The final round of the championship brought the series to the Yas Marina Circuit, but the polesitters were the same as in Dubai. The two title contenders started alongside each other and had a battle that ended in tears when Antonelli rear-ended Barnard, spun him around and earned himself a ten-second penalty. This promoted Boya into the virtual lead, ahead of Meguetounif and Câmara. A late safety car meant Antonelli's penalty had the maximum effect, and both him and Barnard remained pointless. Barnard needed to score points in race two to keep his title hopes alive, but had a horrible start that dropped him out of the top 20. While he worked to get back up the order, it was Michael Shin on pole that had to contend with Smal and Martí. Eventually, the latter took the lead from Shin and led the trio home. Barnard could only manage 18th place, so Antonelli took the championship despite receiving another penalty and not scoring again. Bedrin put a close to the season by winning the third race lights-to-flag, undeterred by a red-flag disruption. Behind him, multiple fights for the podium places ended in collisions, before Antonelli moved into the lead on the final lap, but had to give the place back as the move was made off track.[37][38][39]

The championship was dominated by category rookies, who occupied the top three places in the final standings. Antonelli showed remarkable consistency, only finishing outside the top ten when the title was already all but secured. Being already handled as a generational talent after dominating the European F4 scene in 2022, his FRMEC campaign was the best possible preparation for the FRECA season. Barnard also quickly adapted to the car, often matching Antonelli, but his championship challenge was hampered by bad luck, like the disqualification in the first Dubai qualifying, or the mechanical failure in the penultimate Kuwait race. For the championship itself, the transition from the Asian to the Middle Eastern moniker went smoothly, and driver and team interest remained very high, with healthy, deep grids all throughout the season.

Championship standings

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Scoring system

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Points were awarded to the top ten classified drivers.

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

Drivers' Championship

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Pos Driver DUB1
United Arab Emirates 		KUW1
Kuwait 		KUW2
Kuwait 		DUB2
United Arab Emirates 		ABU
United Arab Emirates 		Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli 4 6 2 2 Ret 2 1 1 4 1 10 4 15 13 2 192
2 United Kingdom Taylor Barnard 3 3 Ret 14 1 Ret 4 24† 1 3 3 2 14 18 4 152
3 Brazil Rafael Câmara 5 5 4 18† 3 Ret 2 Ret 2 2 23 16 3 11 3 131
4 Spain Lorenzo Fluxá 8 4 11 Ret 12 4 5 3 3 8 2 5 4 5 11 122
5 Spain Mari Boya 12 13 1 Ret 14 13 3 4 10 6 4 6 1 10 18 107
6 Switzerland Joshua Dufek 6 15 13 3 DSQ 10 9 7 7 4 6 3 5 4 5 105
7 Spain Pepe Martí 14 9 6 Ret 10 6 10 1 11 6 1 10 79
8 Italy Nikita Bedrin Ret 14 7 Ret 19 8 7 Ret 15 5 19 1 Ret 9 1 78
9 Singapore Nikhil Bohra 10 1 10 8 2 11 19 5 11 18 13 8 7 8 Ret 73
10 France Sami Meguetounif Ret Ret Ret 17 4 1 25† 12 5 13 18 Ret 2 Ret Ret 65
11 Sweden Dino Beganovic 1 Ret 9 1 20 5 62
12 United Kingdom Aiden Neate 9 2 12 4 8 9 8 16 16 9 5 15 Ret 12 8 58
13 Mexico Rafael Villagómez 17 11 20 6 5 Ret 6 2 14 Ret 20 13 44
14 South Korea Michael Shin 18 18 19 5 11 Ret 18 8 17 17 16 14 10 2 9 35
15 Kirill Smal 10 20 24 12 15 7 8 3 7 32
16 Paraguay Joshua Dürksen Ret 7 3 26† 15 6 29
17 Peru Matías Zagazeta 2 12 Ret 9 13 7 23 Ret 9 28
18 Norway Martinius Stenshorne 13 11 8 15 9 21† 11 7 6 20
19 Thailand Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak 16 10 3 DNS 16 12 11 9 21 23 14 10 16 14 20† 19
20 Germany Tim Tramnitz 7 7 9 21 24 Ret 14
21 Colombia Sebastián Montoya 15 17 18 Ret Ret 16 12 6 13 14 8 12 12 16 21† 12
22 Italy Gabriele Minì 11 21 5 Ret Ret 19 10
23 Bulgaria Nikola Tsolov 9 6 15 10
24 Denmark Sebastian Øgaard 7 8 17 19 17 17 10
25 Hungary Levente Révész Ret 25† 14 10 6 17 14 13 12 16 12 20 17 20 Ret 9
26 United Kingdom Luke Browning 7 9 20 15 14 Ret 8
27 Italy Francesco Braschi 13 7 16 Ret 15 18 6
28 United States Jak Crawford 19 16 8 4
29 United States Brad Benavides 24 20 15 Ret DNS DNS 16 10 Ret 11 11 22† 18 15 13 1
30 Italy Giovanni Maschio 20 19 24 11 18 15 17 17 18 24† Ret 19 24† Ret 19† 0
31 Netherlands Niels Koolen 22 22 21 12 21 21 20 21 22 22 Ret 18 20 21 14 0
32 United Kingdom Daniel Mavlyutov 23 23 22 16 22 22 22 19 DSQ 21 22 Ret 22 22 12 0
33 France Owen Tangavelou 13 17 Ret 0
34 China Zhongwei Wang DNS DNS DNS 13 23 23 24 22 23 0
35 China Cenyu Han 21 24 23 15 17 14 21 23 19 20 21 Ret 19 19 17 0
36 China Ruobin Tang 23 23 16 0
37 Japan Ayato Iwasaki Ret 18 20 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
DUB1
United Arab Emirates 		KUW1
Kuwait 		KUW2
Kuwait 		DUB2
United Arab Emirates 		ABU
United Arab Emirates
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

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 75% of the race distance.

Rookie Cup

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Pos Driver DUB1
United Arab Emirates 		KUW1
Kuwait 		KUW2
Kuwait 		DUB2
United Arab Emirates 		ABU
United Arab Emirates 		Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli 4 6 2 2 Ret 2 1 1 4 1 10 4 15 13 2 244
2 United Kingdom Taylor Barnard 3 3 Ret 14 1 Ret 4 24 1 3 3 2 14 18 4 190
3 Brazil Rafael Câmara 5 5 4 18† 3 Ret 2 Ret 2 2 23 16 3 11 3 163
4 Singapore Nikhil Bohra 10 1 10 8 2 11 19 5 11 18 13 8 7 8 Ret 163
5 United Kingdom Aiden Neate 9 2 12 4 8 10 8 16 16 9 5 15 Ret 12 8 147
6 Italy Nikita Bedrin Ret 15 7 Ret 19 9 7 Ret 15 5 19 1 Ret 9 1 133
7 South Korea Michael Shin 18 19 19 5 11 Ret 18 8 17 17 16 14 10 2 9 108
8 Thailand Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak 16 10 3 DNS 16 12 11 9 21 23 14 10 16 14 20† 84
9 Kirill Smal 10 20 24 12 15 7 8 3 7 77
10 Norway Martinius Stenshorne 13 11 8 15 9 21† 11 7 6 77
11 Italy Giovanni Maschio 20 20 24 11 18 15 17 17 18 24† Ret 19 24† Ret 19† 36
12 Denmark Sebastian Øgaard 7 8 17 19 17 17 30
13 Bulgaria Nikola Tsolov 9 6 15 28
14 United Kingdom Daniel Mavlyutov 23 23 22 16 23 22 22 19 DSQ 21 22 Ret 22 22 12 24
15 China Ruobin Tang 23 23 16 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
DUB1
United Arab Emirates 		KUW1
Kuwait 		KUW2
Kuwait 		DUB2
United Arab Emirates 		ABU
United Arab Emirates

Teams' Championship

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Ahead of each event, the teams nominated two drivers that accumulated teams' points.

Pos Team Pts
1 India Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited 338
2 Germany PHM Racing 247
3 Netherlands Hyderabad Blackbirds by MP Motorsport 136
4 Netherlands Pinnacle VAR 124
5 France R-ace GP 97
6 Italy Prema Racing 93
7 United Kingdom Hitech Grand Prix 34
8 China R&B Racing 10

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Cars No. 2, No. 18, No. 22 entered as R&B Racing, car No. 33 entered as R&B Racing by GRS.
  2. ^ a b Smal is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Bedrin, also a Russian, competes under an Italian licence for the same reason.
  1. ^ Bohra is an American-Indian driver competing under a Singaporean licence.
  2. ^ Mavlyutov is a Russian-Turkish driver competing under a British licence.
  3. ^ Joshua Dufek originally won the race, but was subsequently disqualified after his car was found not to conform with homologation requirements.[24]
  4. ^ Andrea Kimi Antonelli originally won the race, but was given a 10 second penalty due to a collision with Taylor Barnard.

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