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2024 Formula Regional European Championship

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The 2024 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine was a multi-event, Formula Regional open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across Europe. The championship featured a mix of professional and amateur drivers, competing in Formula Regional cars that conform to the FIA Formula Regional regulations for the championship. This was the sixth season of the championship and the fourth after a merger with Formula Renault Eurocup which resulted in the change of the engine supplier to Alpine.

Prema Racing won the Teams' Championship for the third consecutive year, clinching it at the first race of the penultimate round. One race later and with two races to spare, their driver Rafael Câmara won the Drivers' Championship. RPM driver Noah Strømsted won the Rookie Championship at the final race of the season.

Prema driver Rafael Câmara (top) won the Drivers' Championship, while RPM's Noah Strømsted (bottom) took the Rookie Championship.

Teams and drivers

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The same twelve teams that contested the 2023 season were also pre-selected for the 2024 season.[1] Arden Motorsport and Monolite Racing later relinquished their entries, confirming their withdrawal in April, while Iron Dames joined the championship and fielded an all-female lineup.[2][3][4]

Team No. Driver Status Rounds
France Saintéloc Racing 2 Italy Matteo De Palo R All
44 France Théophile Naël All
74 France Enzo Peugeot R All
Italy Prema Racing 3 United States Ugo Ugochukwu All
5 Brazil Rafael Câmara[5] All
13 Australia James Wharton All
Italy Trident 4 United Kingdom Roman Bilinski[a][8] 1–2, 7–10
Kyrgyzstan Michael Belov[b] 4–6
7 Italy Nicola Lacorte R All
66 China Liu Ruiqi All
Finland KIC Motorsport 6 Vietnam Alex Sawer R 1–6, 8–10
29 Thailand Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi R All
43 Australia Costa Toparis 1–2
United Kingdom John Bennett 3
China Gao Yujia 4–6
Netherlands Maya Weug 7
Italy Enzo Scionti 9
France R-ace GP 8 Finland Tuukka Taponen All
20 Malta Zachary David All
23 France Enzo Deligny[9] R All
Switzerland G4 Racing 9 United Kingdom Kanato Le[c] R All
16 France Romain Andriolo R All
33 Mexico Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. 1–4
Brazil Álvaro Cho R 5–6
United States Jett Bowling 9–10
France ART Grand Prix 10 France Alessandro Giusti All
14 Switzerland Léna Bühler 1–6
95 France Evan Giltaire R All
96 Ukraine Yaroslav Veselaho All
Netherlands MP Motorsport 11 Italy Nikita Bedrin[b] 1, 3, 5, 7–10
United Kingdom Isaac Barashi 4, 6
47 India Nikhil Bohra All
55 Italy Valerio Rinicella R All
Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing 15 Italy Brando Badoer All
22 Brazil Pedro Clerot R All
89 Portugal Ivan Domingues R All
Italy Iron Dames 19 Spain Marta García All
28 France Doriane Pin R 1–2, 5–10
Italy RPM 27 France Edgar Pierre R All
57 Denmark Noah Strømsted R All
99 Italy Giovanni Maschio All
Icon Status
R Rookie

Team changes

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Arden Motorsport withdrew from the championship, instead electing to focus on their GB3 and GB4 efforts.[2]

Monolite Racing, a mainstay in the series since 2020, also elected to withdraw after talks with GB3 race winner James Hedley and Jacques Villeneuve protégé Kevin Foster did not materialise.[11][3]

Iron Dames, the female talent development project of Iron Lynx, an endurance racing team owned by the same parent company as Prema Racing, entered the championship with two cars.[4]

Driver changes

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Reigning Teams' Champions Prema Racing saw two of their drivers leave the championship, with reigning Driver's Champion Andrea Kimi Antonelli graduating to the team's Formula 2 outfit and Lorenzo Fluxá joining Cool Racing's ELMS program.[12][13] To replace them, Prema signed 2023 Euro 4 champion, McLaren junior Ugo Ugochukwu, and 2023 F4 UAE Champion James Wharton.[14][15]

R-ace GP had an all-new lineup in 2024 as their three drivers Martinius Stenshorne, Matías Zagazeta and Tim Tramnitz all graduated to FIA F3 with Hitech Pulse-Eight, Jenzer Motorsport and MP Motorsport respectively.[16][17][18] The team signed three F4 graduates for their 2024 lineup: UAE Formula 4 runner-up and Ferrari junior Tuukka Taponen stepped up to FRECA after winning FRMEC with the team over the winter, Red Bull junior Enzo Deligny debuted in the category after coming fourth in Spanish F4 with Campos Racing and Zachary David joined the series after a pair of seventh places in Italian F4 and Euro 4 with US Racing.[19][20]

Van Amersfoort Racing saw Joshua Dufek graduate to FIA F3 with PHM AIX Racing, Niels Koolen move over to America to join HMD Motorsport in Indy NXT and Kas Haverkort join GP Elite in the Porsche Supercup.[21][22][23] The trio was replaced by three drivers stepping up from F4. 2022 Brazilian F4 champion Pedro Clerot graduated to Formula Regional after coming sixth in the 2023 Spanish F4 Championship with MP Motorsport.[24] The other two drivers stemmed from VAR's own Italian F4 and Euro 4 outfits in Ivan Domingues, who already debuted for the team as a guest driver during the final two FRECA rounds of that year, and Brando Badoer, who also collected Formula Regional experience through a FRMEC campaign with PHM AIX.[25][26]

RPM also saw all three of their drivers leave the series. Santiago Ramos joined Trident for F3, Adam Fitzgerald joined Turn 3 Motorsport in USF Pro 2000 and Macéo Capietto joined Iron Lynx in ELMS.[27][28][29] The team signed two F4 graduates and a series sophomore in Noah Strømsted, who stepped up from Spanish and UAE F4 competition after a successful guest driver cameo in 2023, Edgar Pierre, who came 9th in French F4 in 2023, and Giovanni Maschio, who embarked on his second season in the championship after coming 34th with Monolite Racing in 2023.[30][31][32]

G4 Racing saw Alessandro Giusti move over to ART Grand Prix for his sophomore season, while Pierre-Alexandre Provost joined MV2S in the European Endurance Prototype Cup and Michael Belov left the championship.[33][34] Three more F4 drivers joined the grid for G4, two of them with previous Formula Regional experience. Romain Andriolo came fourth in French F4 in 2023, Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. competed in Spanish, Italian and UAE F4 before debuting in the championship as a guest driver for VAR for two rounds in 2023, and Kanato Le, the first Japanese driver racing in the series, came seventh in British F4 ahead of a FRMEC campaign with R-ace GP.[35][36][37]

MP Motorsport promoted Valerio Rinicella from their Spanish and UAE F4 outfit after he came third and fourth respectively in 2023.[38] He replaced Sami Meguetounif, who stepped up to Formula 3 with Trident.[39] The team also recruited Nikhil Bohra, who moved over from Trident after coming 12th with the Italian team in 2023 to fill the seat of the late Dilano van 't Hoff.[40] MP's lineup was completed by Nikita Bedrin, who embarked on the 2024 campaign alongside an FIA F3 campaign with PHM Racing after four guest appearances in 2023 with Monolite and VAR. His dual campaign saw him miss the rounds at Spa, Hungaroring and Paul Ricard to prioritize F3. He replaced Victor Bernier, who joined Martinet by Alméras in the Porsche Supercup.[41][42]

Trident signed two new drivers to replace Eurocup-3-bound Owen Tangavelou and MP-bound Nikhil Bohra. The team recruited Alpine Academy driver Nicola Lacorte, who stepped up to the category after coming ninth in both the Italian F4 and the Euro 4 Championship in 2023, and Ruiqi Liu, who also contested multiple Formula 4 championships in 2023, culminating in a fourth place in the Formula Winter Series with US Racing.[43][44]

ART Grand Prix promoted two drivers to FIA F3 in Laurens van Hoepen, who remained with their outfit, and Charlie Wurz, who joined Jenzer.[45][46] Marcus Amand also left the team to join Schumacher CLRT in the Porsche Carrera Cup France.[47] Alessandro Giusti replaced van Hoepen, moving over from G4 Racing after taking three victories and sixth place with the team in his rookie season in 2023.[33] Yaroslav Veselaho replaced Amand after making his Formula Regional debut in the Middle Eastern championship with Xcel Motorsport.[48] 2023 French F4 champion Evan Giltaire remained with ART after already joining the team as a guest driver for the last two rounds of the 2023 season in place of Wurz.[49] F1 Academy runner-up Léna Bühler completed ART's lineup, returning to the championship where she drove for R-ace GP in 2021 and 2022 as part of an agreement allowing FRECA teams to run a fourth car for one of the top three F1 Academy finishers.[50]

Saintéloc Racing fielded an all-new lineup after Lucas Medina, Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. and Esteban Masson left the team, with Fittipaldi Jr. moving to the Eurocup-3, Masson joining Akkodis ASP in the World Endurance Championship and Medina joining Team Virage in the Ligier European Series.[51][52][53] The team signed three F4 graduates: Matteo De Palo, who competed in four different Formula 4-level series in 2023 and came fifth in the Spanish championship, French Formula 4 runner-up Enzo Peugeot and Théophile Naël, who won the Spanish F4 championship and already completed a FRMEC campaign, both also with Saintéloc.[54]

KIC Motorsport saw their only full-time driver Maya Weug leave the team to join Prema Racing in F1 Academy.[55] The team recruited Costa Toparis, who drove for Evans GP in FRMEC at the start of the year and received technical assistance from the Australian team.[56] Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi, who competed in various Formula 4 championships in the previous two years, and Alex Sawer, who came fifth in the inaugural Indian F4 Championship, joined him.[57][58]

Newcomers Iron Dames fielded an all-female lineup consisting of 2023 F1 Academy champion Marta García, who was previously slated to drive a fourth Prema entry,[59] and Mercedes junior Doriane Pin, who also competed in F1 Academy with Prema Racing.[4]

Mid-season changes

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Both Roman Bilinski and Doriane Pin were absent from the third round at Zandvoort as they were recovering from injuries: Pin fractured her ribs in an incident during the Spa round, while Bilinski suffered a road accident that saw him get hospitalized.[60][61] Bilinski later disclosed that he underwent surgery to repair two broken vertebrae, which kept him out of the cockpit for an extended period.[62] KIC Motorsport also altered its lineup, with GB3 race winner John Bennett called up to replace Costa Toparis.[63]

Ahead of the fourth round, KIC Motorsport announced Chinese driver Gao Yujia, 31st in FRMEC in his first Formula Regional appearance, would pilot the team's No. 43 car previously occupied by Toparis and Bennett for the remainder of the season.[64] Trident announced that Michael Belov would return to the championship to replace the injured Bilinski at the Hungaroring, marking the fourth year where he would compete in the series.[65] At MP Motorsport, Isaac Barashi stepped in for Bedrin, returning to the team that he came 30th in FRMEC with.[66]

Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. left G4 Racing and the championship ahead of round 5 to join Campos Racing in Eurocup-3. He was replaced by Brazilian F4 race-winner Álvaro Cho.[67] Doriane Pin returned from Mugello onwards.

Barashi once again stepped in to replace Bedrin at Paul Ricard.[68]

Ahead of the round at Imola, Léna Bühler announced she would end her campaign with ART Grand Prix early. KIC meanwhile announced the return of Maya Weug for that round in place of Gao Yujia. She had last competed with the team in 2023, before moving to F1 Academy for 2024.[69] Bilinski returned after recovering from his injury, while G4 Racing's Álvaro Cho and KIC's Alex Sawer were absent.[70] Sawer was initially announced to return for the round at Spielberg, but withdrew.

In the days leading up to the penultimate round, G4 Racing announced that FR Americas podium finisher Jett Bowling would join the team for the remainder of the season.[71] KIC also announced a new driver sigining for Barcelona in Enzo Scionti, who drove for Monolite Racing in 2023 where he came 31st.[72]

Race calendar

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The calendar was revealed on 13 October 2023.[73] The championship visited the same ten destinations as the year before.[74]

Round Circuit Date Supporting Map of circuit locations
1 R1 Germany Hockenheimring, Hockenheim 11 May International GT Open
GT Cup Open Europe
R2 12 May
2 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 25 May International GT Open
GT Cup Open Europe
R2 26 May
3 R1 Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort 8 June Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
R2 9 June
4 R1 Hungary Hungaroring, Mogyoród 22 June International GT Open
R2 23 June
5 R1 Italy Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero 13 July Italian GT Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Italy
R2 14 July
6 R1 France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 20 July International GT Open
GT Cup Open Europe
R2 21 July
7 R1 Italy Imola Circuit, Imola 7 September Italian GT Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Italy
R2 8 September
8 R1 Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 14 September International GT Open
R2 15 September
9 R1 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 28 September International GT Open
GT Cup Open Europe
R2 29 September
10 R1 Italy Monza Circuit, Monza 26 October Italian GT Championship
R2 27 October

Race results

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Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Rookie winner
1 R1 Germany Hockenheimring Brazil Rafael Câmara Brazil Rafael Câmara Brazil Rafael Câmara Italy Prema Racing Portugal Ivan Domingues
R2 Australia James Wharton France Evan Giltaire France Evan Giltaire France ART Grand Prix France Evan Giltaire
2 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Poland Roman Bilinski[a] Denmark Noah Strømsted Brazil Rafael Câmara Italy Prema Racing Denmark Noah Strømsted
R2 Brazil Rafael Câmara Brazil Rafael Câmara Brazil Rafael Câmara Italy Prema Racing Denmark Noah Strømsted
3 R1 Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort Australia James Wharton Brazil Rafael Câmara Finland Tuukka Taponen France R-ace GP Brazil Pedro Clerot
R2 Brazil Rafael Câmara Brazil Rafael Câmara Brazil Rafael Câmara Italy Prema Racing Denmark Noah Strømsted
4 R1 Hungary Hungaroring Finland Tuukka Taponen Finland Tuukka Taponen Finland Tuukka Taponen France R-ace GP France Evan Giltaire
R2 Finland Tuukka Taponen Finland Tuukka Taponen Finland Tuukka Taponen France R-ace GP France Enzo Deligny
5 R1 Italy Mugello Circuit Finland Tuukka Taponen Italy Brando Badoer Finland Tuukka Taponen France R-ace GP Portugal Ivan Domingues
R2 Italy Brando Badoer Italy Brando Badoer Australia James Wharton Italy Prema Racing Brazil Pedro Clerot
6 R1 France Circuit Paul Ricard Brazil Rafael Câmara Brazil Rafael Câmara Brazil Rafael Câmara Italy Prema Racing Portugal Ivan Domingues
R2 Brazil Rafael Câmara Denmark Noah Strømsted France Alessandro Giusti France ART Grand Prix Denmark Noah Strømsted
7 R1 Italy Imola Circuit Brazil Rafael Câmara Brazil Rafael Câmara Brazil Rafael Câmara Italy Prema Racing France Enzo Deligny
R2 Brazil Rafael Câmara France Alessandro Giusti France Alessandro Giusti France ART Grand Prix Denmark Noah Strømsted
8 R1 Austria Red Bull Ring Australia James Wharton Italy Nicola Lacorte Australia James Wharton Italy Prema Racing France Evan Giltaire
R2 Denmark Noah Strømsted Denmark Noah Strømsted France Théophile Naël France Saintéloc Racing Denmark Noah Strømsted
9 R1 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Australia James Wharton Australia James Wharton Australia James Wharton Italy Prema Racing Denmark Noah Strømsted
R2 Australia James Wharton Australia James Wharton Australia James Wharton Italy Prema Racing Brazil Pedro Clerot
10 R1 Italy Monza Circuit United States Ugo Ugochukwu Brazil Rafael Câmara United States Ugo Ugochukwu Italy Prema Racing France Evan Giltaire
R2 France Théophile Naël France Alessandro Giusti Brazil Rafael Câmara Italy Prema Racing France Enzo Peugeot

Season report

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Opening rounds

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FRECA’s 2024 season began where 2023 finished: at the Hockenheimring. Prema’s Rafael Câmara claimed pole position for the opening race of the year.[75] A slow start saw him drop to third behind the R-ace GP pair of Enzo Deligny and Tuukka Taponen, but he only needed eight corners to retake the lead. Taponen then took second place from Deligny, before Câmara’s teammate James Wharton was able to pass both of them and move into second. The top three finished that way, but Wharton was later penalised one position, handing second place back to Taponen.[76] VAR’s Ivan Domingues surprised in qualifying for the second race by taking pole position,[77] but Wharton started the race in first after his previously disallowed lap times were reinstated. ART’s Evan Giltaire took the lead, while Wharton dropped down, collided with VAR’s Pedro Clerot and retired. Giltaire held off Câmara through four safety car interruptions to win his first FRECA race, with Domingues third. Câmara ended the first round with a 18-point lead over Giltaire.[78]

Spa hosted round two, and Trident’s Roman Bilinski took pole position for the first race in a wet qualifying session.[79] He survived the first lap in the lead while Câmara, who had started sixth, had already climbed up to fourth. The Brazilian then fought with RPM’s Noah Strømsted for third, before both were able to pass R-ace GP’s Zachary David for second. The pair continued forward and demoted Bilinski to third, before Câmara took the lead. He held on to win the race, while Strømsted was handed a post-race penalty that dropped him to fourth.[80] Câmara went on to take pole position for the second race[81] and began the race fighting off Wharton before Taponen went past both of them into Les Combes. Câmara retook the lead on lap four, with the Finn then dropping behind Strømsted and Wharton, who had a lock-up into La Source earlier that removed him out of contention for the win. With three wins out of four races, Câmara had already gapped his closest challenger, Giltaire, by 60 points in the standings after just two weekends.[82]

Next up was Zandvoort, where Wharton was fastest in qualifying for race one.[83] Heavy rain prompted a safety car start, with the first half of the race completed under yellow. When the field was released, Wharton quickly built up a gap before spinning at Hugenholtz and dropping to 16th. That promoted Taponen into the lead ahead of Câmara and ART’s Alessandro Giusti before the safety car came out again. Taponen was able to hold Câmara behind at the final restart to claim his maiden FRECA win.[84] Qualifying for the second race was topped by Câmara by over half a second.[85] VAR’s Brando Badoer started second, while Giusti fought off Strømsted for third. After an early safety car, the top three gapped the rest of the field and their positions remained unchanged until the end of the race. Taponen tried taking fourth from Strømsted, but found no way past before then losing out to Clerot and dropping to fifth. Still, he now was second in the championship standings, albeit with a massive 73-point disadvantage to runaway leader Câmara.[86]

Mid-season rounds

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Round four was held at the Hungaroring and it began in wet conditions with Taponen topping the first qualifying session.[87] He comfortably controlled the first race to take a lights-to-flag victoy, while the other podium places were fiercely contested. David and Badoer were second and third for the opening part of the race, before Badoer attacked David for second place and other cars behind joined the fight. Both managed to stay in their positions, before a post-race penalty for David handed Badoer second place and promoted Câmara onto the podium.[88] Taponen’s advantage continued onto the next day as he took another pole position.[89] Prema’s Ugo Ugochukwu rose past Badoer and Câmara from fourth to second at the start, but ran off track later to allow both of them back past. The positions remained static from thereon, but post-race penalties changed the podium again. Câmara dropped to sixth, allowing Ugochukwu into third. Another faultless victory by Taponen saw him reduce Câmara’s championship lead to 49 points.[90]

Championship standings

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Points system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

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

Drivers' standings

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Pos. Driver HOC
Germany 		SPA
Belgium 		ZAN
Netherlands 		HUN
Hungary 		MUG
Italy 		LEC
France 		IMO
Italy 		RBR
Austria 		CAT
Spain 		MNZ
Italy 		Points
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Brazil Rafael Câmara 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 6 5 5 1 6 1 9 11 16 3 4 2 1 309
2 Australia James Wharton 3 Ret DNS 3 13 14 6 4 7 1 6 9 3 3 1 5 1 1 3 3 236
3 Finland Tuukka Taponen 2 9 13 5 1 6 1 1 1 4 5 Ret 2 Ret 12 Ret 2 Ret 9 Ret 198
4 France Alessandro Giusti 8 14 7 4 3 3 4 7 11 8 7 1 5 1 3 Ret 8 2 Ret 2 195
5 Italy Brando Badoer 4 5 8 10 10 2 2 2 2 2 3 Ret 6 11 7 3 4 17 11 Ret 174
6 Denmark Noah Strømsted 11 12 4 2 14 4 Ret 15 9 9 Ret 2 11 2 9 2 5 6 28† 10 121
7 France Evan Giltaire Ret 1 12 6 5 11 5 13 22 21 8 4 14 Ret 2 11 15 12 5 11 97
8 Brazil Pedro Clerot 13 6 Ret 24 4 5 15 8 4 3 Ret 18 10 6 20 6 Ret 3 23† Ret 93
9 France Théophile Naël Ret 7 11 7 17 13 DSQ 9 23 14 11 14 7 8 13 1 6 11 4 4 81
10 Portugal Ivan Domingues 5 3 17 27 7 7 10 17 3 7 4 8 Ret 16 18 10 10 10 13 15 78
11 United States Ugo Ugochukwu 7 Ret 15 21 28 10 8 3 10 13 DSQ DSQ 15 5 8 20 Ret 8 1 7 76
12 France Enzo Deligny 10 4 9 8 6 12 14 5 18 17 19 5 4 Ret 16 Ret 12 9 15 16 61
13 Malta Zachary David Ret 16 3 12 8 18 7 12 12 6 16 7 27 4 Ret 9 21 13 14 8 57
14 United Kingdom Roman Bilinski 9 11 2 29† 9 7 4 8 9 Ret 7 26 52
15 France Enzo Peugeot 16 24 6 9 9 8 DSQ 24 16 11 12 23 Ret Ret 5 12 7 7 8 5 52
16 Italy Nikita Bedrin 6 8 11 9 8 16 Ret 10 15 7 20 21 17 6 33
17 Italy Matteo De Palo 15 13 5 11 Ret Ret DSQ 10 19 18 10 15 8 Ret 10 4 22 Ret 25† Ret 29
18 United Kingdom Kanato Le 19 Ret 20 20 12 15 16 16 17 19 17 3 16 Ret 19 15 14 5 16 9 27
19 Kyrgyzstan Michael Belov 12 11 6 12 2 Ret 26
20 Italy Valerio Rinicella 14 20 14 14 Ret 27 11 19 15 15 13 12 13 19 6 Ret 13 15 6 12 16
21 Italy Nicola Lacorte 18 10 16 13 18 16 13 Ret 20 20 9 16 19 13 22 21 16 16 Ret 14 3
22 China Liu Ruiqi 17 18 18 18 25 23 9 18 13 10 14 17 17 18 Ret 18 18 Ret 24† 18 3
23 India Nikhil Bohra 12 22 10 17 15 19 17 14 21 26 15 11 18 Ret 24 19 19 Ret 10 13 2
24 Italy Giovanni Maschio 20 15 Ret 16 19 21 18 20 Ret 23 26 10 21 Ret 14 13 17 22 Ret 17 1
25 France Romain Andriolo 21 17 Ret Ret 21 Ret 19 Ret 24 22 20 26 24 15 21 Ret 11 14 19 Ret 0
26 Thailand Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi 27 21 26 Ret 26 25 25 26 14 Ret Ret Ret 12 12 Ret Ret 23 27 12 19 0
27 France Doriane Pin 23 23 22 WD 26 24 Ret 13 25 Ret 17 17 24 20 21 25 0
28 Spain Marta García 24 25 21 15 24 22 20 Ret 31 27 18 20 23 17 23 14 29 24 20 24 0
29 Netherlands Maya Weug 22 14 0
30 United Kingdom John Bennett 16 Ret 0
31 France Edgar Pierre 29 Ret 28† 19 22 17 21 21 25 25 Ret 19 20 Ret DNS Ret 25 19 18 22 0
32 Vietnam Alex Sawer 25 Ret 24 28† 23 24 22 22 28 32† 21 21 WD WD 26 18 26† 20 0
33 Mexico Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. 22 19 23 23 20 20 24 23 0
34 Australia Costa Toparis 28 Ret 19 22 0
35 Ukraine Yaroslav Veselaho Ret 26 25 26 29 28 23 28 27 29 23 28 26 20 Ret WD DNS 26 22 23 0
36 United States Jett Bowling 27 25 27† 21 0
37 Brazil Álvaro Cho 29 30 22 24 0
38 Switzerland Léna Bühler 26 Ret 27 25 27 26 Ret 25 Ret 28 DNS 22 0
39 Italy Enzo Scionti 28 23 0
40 China Gao Yujia Ret 27 30 31 24 25 0
41 United Kingdom Isaac Barashi 26 Ret 25 27 0
Pos. Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points
HOC
Germany 		SPA
Belgium 		ZAN
Netherlands 		HUN
Hungary 		MUG
Italy 		LEC
France 		IMO
Italy 		RBR
Austria 		CAT
Spain 		MNZ
Italy
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

† — Did not finish, but classified

Rookie

Teams' standings

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For teams entering more than two cars, only the two best-finishing cars were eligible to score points in the teams' championship.

Pos. Team HOC
Germany 		SPA
Belgium 		ZAN
Netherlands 		HUN
Hungary 		MUG
Italy 		LEC
France 		IMO
Italy 		RBR
Austria 		CAT
Spain 		MNZ
Italy 		Points
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Italy Prema Racing 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 3 5 1 1 6 1 3 1 5 1 1 1 1 575
3 Ret 15 3 13 10 6 4 7 5 6 9 3 5 8 16 3 4 2 3
2 France R-ace GP 2 4 3 5 1 6 1 1 1 4 5 5 2 4 12 9 2 9 9 8 312
10 9 9 8 6 12 7 5 12 6 16 7 4 Ret 16 Ret 12 13 14 16
3 Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing 4 3 8 10 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 8 6 6 7 3 4 3 11 15 311
5 5 17 24 10 5 10 8 3 3 4 18 10 11 18 6 10 10 13 Ret
4 France ART Grand Prix 8 1 7 4 3 3 4 7 11 8 7 1 5 1 2 11 8 2 5 2 292
26 14 12 6 5 11 5 13 22 21 8 4 14 20 3 Ret 15 12 22 11
5 France Saintéloc Racing 15 7 5 7 9 8 DSQ 9 16 11 10 14 7 8 5 1 6 7 4 4 162
16 13 6 9 17 13 DSQ 10 19 14 11 15 8 Ret 10 4 7 11 8 5
6 Italy RPM 11 12 4 2 14 4 18 15 9 9 26 2 11 2 9 2 5 6 18 10 122
20 15 28† 16 19 17 21 20 25 23 Ret 10 20 Ret 14 13 17 19 25† 17
7 Italy Trident 9 10 2 13 18 16 9 11 6 10 2 16 9 7 4 8 9 16 7 14 84
17 11 16 18 25 23 12 18 13 12 9 17 17 13 22 18 16 Ret 24† 19
8 Netherlands MP Motorsport 6 8 10 14 11 9 11 14 8 15 13 11 13 10 6 7 13 15 6 6 51
12 20 14 17 15 19 17 19 15 16 15 12 18 19 15 19 19 21 10 12
9 Switzerland G4 Racing 19 17 20 20 12 15 16 16 17 19 18 3 16 15 19 15 11 5 16 9 27
21 19 23 23 20 20 19 23 24 22 20 24 24 Ret 21 Ret 14 14 19 24
10 Finland KIC Motorsport 25 21 19 22 16 24 22 22 14 31 21 21 12 12 Ret Ret 23 18 12 21 0
27 Ret 24 28† 23 25 25 26 28 32 24 25 22 14 WD WD 26 23 27† 23
11 Italy Iron Dames 23 23 21 15 24 22 20 Ret 26 24 19 13 23 17 17 14 24 20 20 20 0
24 25 22 WD 31 27 Ret 20 25 Ret 23 17 29 24 21 25
Pos. Team R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Points
HOC
Germany 		SPA
Belgium 		ZAN
Netherlands 		HUN
Hungary 		MUG
Italy 		LEC
France 		IMO
Italy 		RBR
Austria 		CAT
Spain 		MNZ
Italy

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Bilinski is a Polish-British driver who competed under a Polish licence in rounds 1–2 and a British licence from round 7.[6][7]
  2. ^ a b Bedrin and Belov are Russian, but competed with Italian and Kyrgyz licences respectively as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  3. ^ Le is a Japanese driver who competed under a British licence.[10]

References

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