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The 2024 Formula 4 Saudi Arabian Championship Certified by FIA was the inaugural season of the F4 Saudi Arabian Championship. It was a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The season commenced on 14 December 2023 with a non-championship Trophy Event at Bahrain International Circuit in Bahrain. The regular season began on 1 February at Kuwait Motor Town in Kuwait and concludes on 6 April 2024 at Jeddah Corniche Circuit in Saudi Arabia.[1]

Teams and drivers

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All cars were run by Altawkilat Meritus.GP.

No. Driver Class Rounds
3 Saudi Arabia Saud Al Saud 4
5 Kuwait Saqer Almaosherji R NC, All
7 Saudi Arabia Faisal Alkabbani NC, All
8 United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi NC, All
9 United Arab Emirates Abdullah Al Qubaisi 1–2
77 5–6
10 United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai[2] All
12 NC
11 Austria Oscar Wurz[3] NC, All
18 Saudi Arabia Omar Aldereyaane R NC, All
22 Belgium Aurelia Nobels 3
23 Kyrgyzstan Kirill Kutskov[a] R NC, All
33 Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Altayar R NC
49 Serbia Andrej Petrović R All
52 Morocco Suleiman Zanfari NC, All
55 Switzerland Laura Villars All
66 Germany Montego Maassen R NC
77 Philippines Juancho Brobio R 1–3
88 United Arab Emirates Amna Al Qubaisi NC, All
96 Qatar Jabor Al-Thani R NC, All
Republic of Ireland Lucca Allen 1
99 Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Abuzenadah NC, All
Icon Legend
R Rookie

Calendar

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Initially, the schedule consisted of twenty-four races over six rounds across four countries. The planned season opener at Bahrain International Circuit was converted into the Trophy Event round. Furthermore, the last two competitions at Jeddah Corniche Circuit were converted into three triple-headers.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Rookie winner Supporting
2023
NC R1 Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 15 December Morocco Suleiman Zanfari Morocco Suleiman Zanfari Austria Oscar Wurz Kuwait Saqer Almaosherji Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East
R2 16 December United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai Morocco Suleiman Zanfari Germany Montego Maassen
R3 Morocco Suleiman Zanfari United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai Kuwait Saqer Almaosherji
R4 Austria Oscar Wurz Austria Oscar Wurz Saudi Arabia Omar Aldereyaane
2024
1 R1 Kuwait Kuwait Motor Town, Ali Sabah Al Salem 2 February United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai Morocco Suleiman Zanfari Kuwait Saqer Almaosherji Kuwait Motor Town Championship - 2K Race Series
Toyota Gazoo Racing GR Yaris Cup Kuwait
R2 3 February Kuwait Saqer Almaosherji United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai Serbia Andrej Petrović
R3 United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi Kuwait Saqer Almaosherji
R4 United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai Morocco Suleiman Zanfari United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai Kyrgyzstan Kirill Kutskov
2 R1 Kuwait Kuwait Motor Town, Ali Sabah Al Salem 9 February Morocco Suleiman Zanfari Morocco Suleiman Zanfari Morocco Suleiman Zanfari Serbia Andrej Petrović Kuwait Motor Town Championship - 2K Race Series
R2 10 February United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai Serbia Andrej Petrović
R3 Kuwait Saqer Almaosherji Kuwait Saqer Almaosherji Kuwait Saqer Almaosherji
R4 Morocco Suleiman Zanfari Serbia Andrej Petrović Serbia Andrej Petrović Serbia Andrej Petrović
3 R1 Qatar Lusail International Circuit, Lusail 16 March United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai Serbia Andrej Petrović United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai Serbia Andrej Petrović Stand-alone event
R2 United Arab Emirates Amna Al Qubaisi Saudi Arabia Faisal Alkabbani Saudi Arabia Omar Aldereyaane
R3 Serbia Andrej Petrović Saudi Arabia Omar Aldereyaane Saudi Arabia Omar Aldereyaane
R4 17 March United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai Kyrgyzstan Kirill Kutskov
4 R1 Saudi Arabia Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah Corniche 28 March Serbia Andrej Petrović Serbia Andrej Petrović Serbia Andrej Petrović Serbia Andrej Petrović Stand-alone event
R2 Saudi Arabia Faisal Alkabbani Saudi Arabia Faisal Alkabbani Saudi Arabia Omar Aldereyaane
R3 29 March Serbia Andrej Petrović Serbia Andrej Petrović Serbia Andrej Petrović Serbia Andrej Petrović
5 R1 Saudi Arabia Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah Corniche 1 April Kuwait Saqer Almaosherji Serbia Andrej Petrović Kyrgyzstan Kirill Kutskov Kyrgyzstan Kirill Kutskov Stand-alone event
R2 Serbia Andrej Petrović United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai Serbia Andrej Petrović
R3 2 April Kuwait Saqer Almaosherji United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai Kyrgyzstan Kirill Kutskov
6 R1 Saudi Arabia Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah Corniche 6 April Serbia Andrej Petrović United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai Serbia Andrej Petrović Stand-alone event
R2 United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai Morocco Suleiman Zanfari Kyrgyzstan Kirill Kutskov
R3 7 April United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai Serbia Andrej Petrović Serbia Andrej Petrović Serbia Andrej Petrović

Championship standings

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Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers of each race, with reverse-grid races awarding half points. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.

Round Races Position, points per race
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
4-race round Races 1 & 4 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Races 2 & 3 12.5 9 7.5 6 5 4 3 2 1 0.5
3-race round Races 1 & 3 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Race 2 12.5 9 7.5 6 5 4 3 2 1 0.5

Drivers' Championship

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Pos Driver BHR
Bahrain 		KMT1
Kuwait 		KMT2
Kuwait 		LSL
Qatar 		JED1
Saudi Arabia 		JED2
Saudi Arabia 		JED3
Saudi Arabia 		Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 United Arab Emirates Federico Al Rifai 3 4 1 Ret 11 1 5 1 5 1 4 3 1 4 9 1 3 WD 5 3 1 1 1 4 2 269.5
2 Serbia Andrej Petrović 5 3 3 3 3 2 5 1 3 Ret 3 8 1 7 1 4 2 9† 2 3 1 247
3 Kyrgyzstan Kirill Kutskov 4 8 5 6 4 7 6 2 7 Ret 6 4 7 Ret 8 4 2 3 6 1 5 2 3 2 3 199.5
4 Morocco Suleiman Zanfari 11† 1 Ret 3 1 4 9 4 1 6 9 2 4 Ret 10 7 8 10† 7 Ret 10† WD 5 1 7 150
5 Kuwait Saqer Almaosherji 2 9 4 4 2 5 2 5 4 4 1 8 11 Ret 6 6 6 9† 2 Ret 4 3 Ret 8 9 140.5
6 Austria Oscar Wurz 1 11† 3 1 Ret Ret 4 DNS 2 Ret 7 5 2 3 4 5 4 WD 4 2 Ret Ret 6 5 8 137.5
7 Saudi Arabia Omar Aldereyaane 7 7 9 2 6 Ret 7 6 6 3 2 6 6 5 1 9 7 2 8 5 7 11† 4 7 5 136
8 United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi Ret 6 2 7 3 2 1 10 8 5 8 7 5 7 11 2 5 8 3 Ret 6 10† Ret 6 4 133.5
9 Saudi Arabia Faisal Alkabbani 12 2 8 9 7 6 10 Ret 9 Ret 3 9 9 1 2 11 Ret 1 12 6 3 5 10† DNS Ret 84.5
10 United Arab Emirates Amna Al Qubaisi 9 3 7 8 9 8 8 Ret WD WD WD WD 10 2 5 10 Ret 4 9 7 Ret 4 Ret 10† 6 56.5
11 Belgium Aurelia Nobels 8 6 7 3 26
12 Qatar Jabor Al-Thani 8 Ret 12 Ret WD WD WD WD 13 9 12 12 13 8 12 14 11 6 13 8 8 8 7 Ret 11 23
13 United Arab Emirates Abdullah Al Qubaisi 13 10 11 7 12 Ret 10 10 9 9 6 9 Ret 10 22
14 Switzerland Laura Villars 12 9 12 8 11 7 Ret 11 15 Ret 15† 12 9 5 10 WD WD WD WD WD WD 16
15 Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Abuzenadah 10 Ret 11 Ret DNS 11 Ret 9 14 10 Ret 13 14 10 14 13 10 WD 14 10 Ret 7 8 9 12 16
16 Philippines Juancho Brobio 10 Ret 13 11 10 8 11 14 12 9 13 15 5
17 Republic of Ireland Lucca Allen 8 WD WD WD 4
18 Saudi Arabia Saud Al Saud Ret Ret 11 0
Trophy Event-only drivers
– Germany Montego Maassen 5 5 6 5 –
– Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Altayar 6 10 10 Ret –
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
BHR
Bahrain 		KMT1
Kuwait 		KMT2
Kuwait 		LSL
Qatar 		JED1
Saudi Arabia 		JED2
Saudi Arabia 		JED3
Saudi Arabia
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

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  1. ^ Kutskov is Russian, but he competes under a Kyrgiz licence as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

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  1. ^ Wolff, Perceval (2023-12-11). "Exclusive: F4 Saudi set to start this weekend at Sakhir: "The grid is full"". Feeder Series.
  2. ^ Brabner, George (2024-01-10). "Why an underwhelming Spanish F4 campaign was valuable for Federico Rifai". Feeder Series. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  3. ^ Rosmanith, Maximilian (2023-12-27). "Wurz-Söhne Charlie und Oscar wollen 2024 durchstarten". Sky Sport Austria (in German). Retrieved 2024-01-20.
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