2025 F4 Middle East Championship

The 2025 F4 Middle East Championship was the only season of the F4 Middle East Championship, the successor of the Formula 4 UAE Championship, a motor racing series for the Middle East regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, and organised and promoted by the Emirates Motorsport Organization (EMSO) and Top Speed.

The season commenced on 18 January at the Yas Marina Circuit and concluded on 28 February at Lusail International Circuit.

Teams and drivers

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Team	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Evans GP	2	Martin Molnár^[1]		All
	3	Tiago Rodrigues^[2]		All
	4	Farah Al Yousef	R	All
	24	Seth Gilmore^[3]		All
Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	7	Arjun Chheda^[4]		All
	33	Tomass Štolcermanis^[4]		All
	51	Kean Nakamura-Berta^[a]^[4]		All
	88	Salim Hanna^[5]	R	All
AKCEL GP / PHM Racing	8	Hamda Al Qubaisi^[6]		1
	11	Reno Francot^[6]		All
	13	David Cosma Cristofor^[7]	R	All
	14	Aqil Alibhai		2
	58	Yuta Suzuki	R	3–4
Yas Heat Racing Academy	12	Adam Al Azhari		All
Yas Heat Racing Academy	47	August Raber^[b]		All
Pinnacle Motorsport	15	Wang Yuzhe^[8]		All
	16	Kyuho Lee^[8]	R	1–2
	58	Yuta Suzuki^[8]	R	1–2
	77	Georgy Zhuravskiy^[c]		3
QMMF	18	Tameem Hassiba	R	All
	20	Taha Hassiba	R	All
	95	Bader Al Sulaiti	R	All
Prema Racing	27	Oleksandr Bondarev^[4]	R	All
	28	Newman Chi^[d]^[9]	R	All
	98	Sebastian Wheldon^[4]		All
Xcel Motorsport	29	Cole Hewetson	R	All
	63	Yuhao Fu		All
	99	Abdullah Ayman Kamel	R	All
R-ace GP	41	Alex Powell^[e]^[10]		All
	42	Emily Cotty^[10]	R	All
	52	Oleksandr Savinkov^[f]^[10]		All
	68	Emanuele Olivieri^[10]		All

Icon	Legend
R	Rookie

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Winfield Racing School announced its entry to the championship but did not appear in any round.^[11]

Race calendar and results

The schedule consists of 15 races over 5 rounds.^[12] The opening two rounds at the Kuwait Motor Town were replaced by further two at the Yas Marina Circuit and the Jeddah Corniche Circuit was chosen as the final venue.^[13] Days before the start of the season, the calendar was changed once again, replacing the round at Jeddah Corniche Circuit with a round at Lusail International Circuit, also a debuting venue for the series.^[14]

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Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie winner	Supporting
1	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix Circuit)	18 January	Emanuele Olivieri	Alex Powell	Emanuele Olivieri	R-ace GP	Salim Hanna	24H Series Middle East Trophy Formula Regional Middle East Championship Renault Clio Cup Middle East Gulf Radical Cup
	R2		19 January		Kean Nakamura-Berta	Tomass Štolcermanis	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	Yuta Suzuki
	R3		19 January	Alex Powell	Emanuele Olivieri	Emanuele Olivieri	R-ace GP	Newman Chi
2	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Corkscrew Circuit)	22 January	Emanuele Olivieri	Emanuele Olivieri	Emanuele Olivieri	R-ace GP	Oleksandr Bondarev	Formula Regional Middle East Championship
	R2		23 January		Emanuele Olivieri	August Raber	Yas Heat Racing Academy	Oleksandr Bondarev
	R3		23 January	Emanuele Olivieri	Emanuele Olivieri	Emanuele Olivieri	R-ace GP	Salim Hanna
3	R1	Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (Grand Prix Circuit)	8 February	Emanuele Olivieri	Emanuele Olivieri	Emanuele Olivieri	R-ace GP	Salim Hanna	Asian Le Mans Series Formula Regional Middle East Championship
	R2		9 February		Emanuele Olivieri	Alex Powell	R-ace GP	Salim Hanna
	R3		9 February	Alex Powell	Kean Nakamura-Berta	Alex Powell	R-ace GP	Salim Hanna
4	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix Circuit)	15 February	Emanuele Olivieri	Emanuele Olivieri	Kean Nakamura-Berta^[g]	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	Salim Hanna	Asian Le Mans Series Formula Regional Middle East Championship Renault Clio Cup Middle East
	R2		16 February		Alex Powell	Reno Francot	AKCEL GP / PHM Racing	Salim Hanna
	R3		16 February	Alex Powell	Tomass Štolcermanis	Alex Powell	R-ace GP	Salim Hanna
5	R1	Lusail International Circuit, Lusail (Grand Prix Circuit)	27 February	Adam Al Azhari	Adam Al Azhari	Emanuele Olivieri	R-ace GP	Newman Chi	FIA World Endurance Championship Formula Regional Middle East Championship
	R2		27 February		Emanuele Olivieri	Alex Powell	R-ace GP	Newman Chi
	R3		28 February	Alex Powell	Emanuele Olivieri	Alex Powell	R-ace GP	Newman Chi

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Championship standings

The championship's scoring system was overhauled in 2025. Points are awarded to the top twelve classified drivers, while two further points are awarded for taking a pole position in qualifying.^[15]

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Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	Pole
Points	30	22	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	2

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Drivers' Championship

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Pos	Driver	YMC1			YMC2			DUB			YMC3			LUS			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Emanuele Olivieri	1	3	1	1	4	1	1	2	3	3	Ret	3	1	3	2	339
2	Alex Powell	27†	4	12	4	3	3	9	1	1	2	3	1	5	1	1	281
3	Kean Nakamura-Berta	2	2	2	3	5	2	3	3	2	1	21	4	2	4	4	273
4	Tomass Štolcermanis	8	1	3	2	6	13	2	4	5	4	10	2	4	5	6	212
5	Reno Francot	6	6	4	6	2	4	17	26	4	9	1	8	6	2	3	187
6	Salim Hanna	4	17	24†	Ret	17	6	4	5	6	5	2	5	13	Ret	9	112
7	Sebastian Wheldon	3	7	5	25†	12	5	Ret	9	7	12	8	7	8	8	17	90
8	August Raber	18	24†	Ret	10	1	Ret	Ret	10	21	11	4	15	3	10	5	86
9	Newman Chi	5	13	7	11	10	9	5	24	12	7	5	Ret	9	9	7	78
10	Adam Al Azhari	9	5	6	5	11	7	6	8	10	8	24	10	DSQ	23†	15	78
11	Oleksandr Savinkov	7	8	10	9	8	8	7	6	Ret	23	23	17	10	6	Ret	64
12	Oleksandr Bondarev	16	Ret	11	8	7	10	8	25	8	6	22	6	12	11	22	54
13	Martin Molnár	11	9	8	7	9	Ret	11	13	Ret	14	7	11	14	Ret	8	42
14	Tiago Rodrigues	12	15	14	24†	19	Ret	12	Ret	9	15	13	9	7	7	10	29
15	Yuhao Fu	Ret	10	15	16	16	14	10	7	15	10	6	14	Ret	14	24	27
16	Arjun Chheda	13	Ret	Ret	21	22	12	25	15	11	13	9	22	Ret	17	18	7
17	David Cosma Cristofor	23	12	13	12	20	15	22	20	13	17	12	16	16	12	11	6
18	Cole Hewetson	10	18	18	13	13	11	21	14	18	19	14	13	20	13	13	5
19	Taha Hassiba	21	20	Ret	Ret	26	16	15	11	19	18	19	19	11	18	12	5
20	Kyuho Lee	19	19	9	17	15	Ret										4
21	Emily Cotty	17	14	21	20	25	20	20	12	20	16	11	21	Ret	16	16	3
22	Yuta Suzuki	15	11	17	Ret	21	19	13	Ret	14	Ret	15	20				2
23	Bader Al Sulaiti	26†	23	19	18	24	Ret	14	16	17	Ret	16	12	Ret	15	14	1
24	Aqil Alibhai				14	14	Ret										0
25	Seth Gilmore	14	16	16	23	Ret	18	16	22	22	21	18	Ret	WD	WD	WD	0
26	Abdullah Ayman Kamel	24	21	Ret	15	18	22	Ret	18	Ret	25†	17	18	18	20	19	0
27	Tameem Hassiba	25	Ret	22	22	27	17	18	21	23	20	25	Ret	15	21	20	0
28	Georgy Zhuravskiy							24	17	16							0
29	Wang Yuzhe	22	22	20	19	23	21	19	19	24	22	20	23	17	19	21	0
30	Farah Al Yousef	Ret	Ret	23	26	28	23	23	23	25	24	26	24	19	22	23	0
31	Hamda Al Qubaisi	20	Ret	DNS													0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	YMC1			YMC2			DUB			YMC3			LUS			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

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Rookies' Championship

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Pos	Driver	YMC1			YMC2			DUB			YMC3			LUS			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Salim Hanna	1	5	11†	Ret	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	Ret	2	317
2	Newman Chi	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	10	3	3	2	Ret	1	1	1	311
3	Oleksandr Bondarev	5	Ret	3	1	1	3	3	11	2	2	10	2	3	2	10	242
4	David Cosma Cristofor	9	2	4	3	7	5	10	7	4	5	4	5	6	3	3	190
5	Cole Hewetson	3	6	6	4	3	4	9	4	7	7	5	4	9	4	5	179
6	Taha Hassiba	8	8	Ret	Ret	11	6	6	2	8	6	9	7	2	7	4	131
7	Emily Cotty	6	4	8	8	10	9	8	3	9	4	3	9	Ret	6	7	127
8	Yuta Suzuki	4	1	5	Ret	8	8	4	Ret	5	Ret	6	8				112
9	Bader Al Sulaiti	12†	10	7	7	9	Ret	5	5	6	Ret	7	3	Ret	5	6	106
10	Abdullah Ayman Kamel	10	9	Ret	5	6	10	Ret	6	Ret	10	8	6	7	8	8	81
11	Tameem Hassiba	11	Ret	9	9	12	7	7	8	10	8	11	Ret	5	9	9	64
12	Kyuho Lee	7	7	2	6	4	Ret										63
13	Farah Al-Yousef	Ret	Ret	10	10	13	11	11	9	11	9	12	10	8	10	11	35
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	YMC1			YMC2			DUB			YMC3			LUS			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

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Teams' Championship

Ahead of each event, teams nominate two drivers who accumulate teams' points.

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Pos	Team	No.	YMC1			YMC2			DUB			YMC3			LUS			Pts
Pos	Team	No.	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	R-ace GP	41	27†	4	12	4	3	3	9	1	1	2	3	1	5	1	1	602
1	R-ace GP	68	1	3	1	1	4	1	1	2	3	3	Ret	3	1	3	2	602
2	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	33	8	1	3	2	6	13	2	4	5	4	10	2	4	5	6	485
2	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	51	2	2	2	3	5	2	3	3	2	1	21	4	2	4	4	485
3	AKCEL GP / PHM Racing	8	20	Ret	DNS													192
		11	6	6	4	6	2	4	17	26	4	9	1	8	6	2	3
		13				12	20	15	22	20	13	17	12	16	16	12	11
4	Yas Heat Racing Academy	12	9	5	6	5	11	7	6	8	10	8	24	10	DSQ	23†	15	162
4	Yas Heat Racing Academy	47	18	24†	Ret	10	1	Ret	Ret	10	21	11	4	15	3	10	5	162
5	Prema Racing	27													12	11	22	159
		28	5	13	7	11	10	9	5	24	12	7	5	Ret	9	9	7
		98	3	7	5	25†	12	5	Ret	9	7	12	8	7
6	Evans GP	2	11	9	8	7	9	Ret	11	13	Ret	14	7	11	14	Ret	8	71
6	Evans GP	3	12	15	14	24†	19	Ret	12	Ret	9	15	13	9	7	7	10	71
7	Xcel Motorsport	29	10	18	18	13	13	11	21	14	18	19	14	13	20	13	13	32
7	Xcel Motorsport	63	Ret	10	15	16	16	14	10	7	15	10	6	14	Ret	14	24	32
8	Pinnacle Motorsport	15							19	19	24	22	20	23	17	19	21	6
		16	19	19	9	17	15	Ret
		58	15	11	17	Ret	21	19
		77							24	17	16
9	QMMF	20	21	20	Ret	Ret	26	16	15	11	19	18	19	19	11	18	12	6
9	QMMF	95	26†	23	19	18	24	Ret	14	16	17	Ret	16	12	Ret	15	14	6

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Notes

[a]
Nakamura-Berta is a Japanese-Slovakian driver competing under a British licence.
[b]
Raber is a Swedish driver competing under an Emirati licence.
[c]
Zhuravskiy is a Russian driver competing under a Kyrgyz licence.
[d]
Chi is a Chinese driver competing under an Italian licence.
[e]
Powell is a Jamaican-American driver competing under an American licence.
[f]
Savinkov is a Ukrainian driver competing under an Italian licence.
[g]
Olivieri originally won the race but received a 10 seconds penalty for jumping the start. Nakamura-Berta inherited the win.

2025 F4 Middle East Championship

Teams and drivers

Race calendar and results

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Rookies' Championship

Teams' Championship

See also

Notes

References

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