2024 F4 Saudi Arabian Championship
Motorsport season
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The 2024 Aramco Formula 4 Saudi Arabian Championship powered by Hongqi 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
All cars were run by Altawkilat Meritus.GP.
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Calendar
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. The round at Kuwait Motor Town on 8–10 February was retroactively downgraded to another nonscoring Trophy Event round.[4]
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Rookie winner | Supporting | |
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| 2023 | ||||||||
| NC1 | R1 | 15 December | Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East | |||||
| R2 | 16 December | |||||||
| R3 | ||||||||
| R4 | ||||||||
| 2024 | ||||||||
| 1 | R1 | 2 February | Kuwait Motor Town Championship - 2K Race Series
Radical Cup Kuwait | |||||
| R2 | 3 February | |||||||
| R3 | ||||||||
| R4 | ||||||||
| NC2 | R1 | 9 February | Stand-alone event | |||||
| R2 | 10 February | |||||||
| R3 | ||||||||
| R4 | ||||||||
| 2 | R1 | 16 March | Stand-alone event | |||||
| R2 | ||||||||
| R3 | ||||||||
| R4 | 17 March | |||||||
| 3 | R1 | 28 March | Stand-alone event | |||||
| R2 | ||||||||
| R3 | 29 March | |||||||
| 4 | R1 | 1 April | Stand-alone event | |||||
| R2 | ||||||||
| R3 | 2 April | |||||||
| 5 | R1 | 6 April | Stand-alone event | |||||
| R2 | ||||||||
| R3 | 7 April | |||||||
Championship standings
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 | |||||||||
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| 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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Rookies' Championship
| Pos | Driver | BHR |
KMT1 |
KMT2 |
LSL |
JED1 |
JED2 |
JED3 |
Pts | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4† | 1 | 2 | 1 | 261 | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 252 | ||||
| 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5† | 3 | 3 | 3 | 190 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5† | 2 | Ret | 2 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 182 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | Ret | 6 | Ret | WD | WD | WD | WD | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 5 | 113.5 | ||||
| 6 | 5 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 54.5 | |||||||||||||||||
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| – | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | 4 | 5 | 5 | 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 |
KMT1 |
KMT2 |
LSL |
JED1 |
JED2 |
JED3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes
- 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.