2024 Formula 4 Australian Championship
The 2024 Formula 4 Australian Championship is the sixth season of the Formula 4 Australian Championship and the first one since 2019. Top Speed was appointed as the new organizer and promoter as the series switched to the Tatuus F4-T421 car and the Abarth engine.[1]
The series, similar to other Formula 4 series, was intended primarily as an opportunity for young drivers aspiring to a professional career in motor racing a way to compete in the first step out of karting on the FIA Global Pathway in Australia, without having to live in Europe as has been common for aspiring Australian drivers. However, unusually for Formula 4, the championship also had a masters category for older drivers. [2]
Teams and drivers
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Calendar
[edit]The schedule was originally planned to consist of 15 races over 5 rounds was published on 28 November 2023.[9] The round at Queensland Raceway on 13–14 July was cancelled. Initially, it was intended to be replaced by another round, but no replacement event was ultimately announced.
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Secondary Class Winner | Supporting | |
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1 | R1 | The Bend Motorsport Park (Tailem Bend, South Australia) |
4 May | James Piszcyk | James Piszcyk | James Piszcyk | AGI Sport | R: Seth Gilmore M: John Paul Drake |
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R2 | 5 May | James Piszcyk | James Piszcyk | AGI Sport | R: Seth Gilmore M: Mark Rosser | ||||
R3 | James Piszcyk | James Piszcyk | James Piszcyk | AGI Sport | R: Seth Gilmore M: Mark Rosser | ||||
2 | R1 | The Bend Motorsport Park (Tailem Bend, South Australia) |
8 June | James Piszcyk | Blake Purdie | James Piszcyk | AGI Sport | R: Seth Gilmore M: John Paul Drake |
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia Australian Formula Open Radical Cup Australia |
R2 | 9 June | James Piszcyk | James Piszcyk | AGI Sport | R: Seth Gilmore M: John Paul Drake | ||||
R3 | James Piszcyk | James Piszcyk | James Piszcyk | AGI Sport | R: Imogen Radburn M: Nathan Gotch | ||||
3 | R1 | Sydney Motorsport Park (Eastern Creek, New South Wales) |
3 August | James Piszcyk | James Piszcyk | James Piszcyk | AGI Sport | R: Imogen Radburn M: Nathan Gotch |
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R2 | 4 August | James Piszcyk | James Piszcyk | AGI Sport | R: Imogen Radburn M: Nathan Gotch | ||||
R3 | James Piszcyk | James Piszcyk | James Piszcyk | AGI Sport | R: Imogen Radburn M: Nathan Gotch | ||||
4 | R1 | Sepang International Circuit (Sepang, Malaysia) |
7 September | Tiago Rodrigues | Tiago Rodrigues | Tiago Rodrigues | Evans GP | R: Iñigo Anton M: No starters |
Thailand Super Series Malaysia Championship Series |
R2 | 8 September | Tiago Rodrigues | Cooper Webster | Evans GP | R: Iñigo Anton M: No starters | ||||
R3 | Kai Daryanani | Kai Daryanani | Kai Daryanani | Evans GP | R: Imogen Radburn M: No starters | ||||
5 | R1 | Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (Dubai Motor City, United Arab Emirates) |
29 November – 1 December | R: M: |
F4 Middle East Trophy Clio Cup Middle East | ||||
R2 | R: M: | ||||||||
R3 | R: M: |
Championship standings
[edit]Points are awarded as follows.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' championship
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Bold – Pole |
- † – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Secondary classes standings
[edit]Pos | Driver | BEN1 |
BEN2 |
SYD |
SEP |
DUB |
Pts | ||||||||||
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R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||
Rookies' championship | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Seth Gilmore | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 251 | |||
2 | Imogen Radburn | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 191 | ||||||
3 | Joanne Ciconte | 2 | 2 | 2 | 54 | ||||||||||||
4 | Iñigo Anton | 1 | 1 | Ret | 50 | ||||||||||||
5 | Jayden Hamilton | 3 | 3 | Ret | 30 | ||||||||||||
Master Class | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Nathan Gotch | Ret | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 169 | ||||||
2 | John Paul Drake | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 3 | 132 | ||||||
3 | Mark Wilson | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 92 | ||||||
4 | Nicholas Filipetto | 2 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 2 | 90 | |||||||||
5 | Tim Boydle | NC | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 62 | |||||||||
6 | Mark Rosser | Ret | 1 | 1 | 50 | ||||||||||||
7 | Lawrence Katsidis | WD | WD | WD | 3 | 6 | 5 | 33 | |||||||||
Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
BEN1 |
BEN2 |
SYD |
SEP |
DUB |
Teams' Championship
[edit]Ahead of each event, the teams nominated two drivers that accumulated teams' points.
Pos | Team | Points |
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– | AGI Sport | – |
– | Formula Race Academy | – |
– | Jam Motorsport | – |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Top Speed to re-launch Formula 4 Australian Championship". Weixin Official Accounts Platform. 2023-11-28.
- ^ "James 'Jimmy' Piszcyk makes it nine wins from nine races in Round 3 for Formula 4 Australia at Sydney Motorsport Park. - F4 AUS Championship Certified by FIA". www.f4aus.com. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Vital Pathway from Karting to Formula 1 to return to Australia at the Shell V-Power Motorsport Park this weekend". Formula 4 Australian Championship. 2024-05-02.
- ^ "Ciconte joins Australian F4 Championship". Auto Auction. 2024-03-15.
- ^ O'Brien, Garry (2024-03-13). "Nicolas Stati to race Australian Formula 4 Championship with AGI Sport". Speedcafe.com.
- ^ "British F4 winner Jimmy Piszcyk joins AGI Sport for F4 Australian Champs". Velocity Motorsport Magazine. 2024-03-08.
- ^ @blackartsracingbar (9 December 2023). "Formula 4 is returning to Australian shores next year and announcing a five-round calendar which we will take part of". Retrieved 9 December 2023 – via Instagram.
- ^ @inigo_anton33 (2024-08-26). "I'm excited to announce that I'll be racing in the F4 Australian Championship at the Petronas Sepang International Circuit this September 6-8!" – via Instagram.
- ^ Leeuwen, Andrew van (2023-11-28). "Formula 4 to be relaunched in Australia". Speedcafe.com.