Finlay McSporran
Published: 21:50, 13 Jan 2024

It was a busy day in the world of single seater racing with the F4 UAE, Formula middle eastern and Formula E seasons getting underway. In this article we’ll provide a detailed break-down of each series along with the full results.

Formula 4 UAE Championship

The F4 UAE championship got underway today at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi, with Keanu Al Azhari lining up on pole position. Azhari would get a poor start off the line, being swamped by Mumbai Falcons trio Nakamura, Freddie Slater and Alex Powell. Azhari would recover to second place behind Nakamura, who held a 1.5-second lead.

Nakamura would hold onto first place, taking victory by by 5.608 seconds ahead of Azhari (2nd) and Slater (3rd), with Mercedes junior driver Alex Powel finishing in 4th. This race saw no yellow flags an no incidents, just pure hard racing to start off the season.

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap
1	Kean Nakamura Berta	Mumbai Falcons	17 laps
2	Keanu Al Azhari	Yas Heat	+5.608s
3	Freddie Slater	Mumbai Falcons	+7.619s
4	Alex Powell	Mumbai Falcons	+8.126s
5	Rashid Al Dhaheri	Prema	+12.653s
6	Dion Gowda	Mumbai Falcons	+15.701s
7	Deagen Fairclough	Hitech GP	+18.152s
8	Doriane Pin	Prema	+18.995s
9	Gabriel Stilp	Hitech GP	+22.430s
10	Nikita Bedrin	PHM Racing	+23.365s
11	Alvise Rodella	Xcel Motorsport	+25.053s
12	Matteo Quintarelli	Sainteloc Racing	+25.779s
13	Jack Beeton	AGI Sport	+28.937s
14	Zack Scoular	Yas Heat	+29.778s
15	Yevan David	Sainteloc Racing	+30.440s
16	Enzo Yeh	R-ace GP	+31.647s
17	Jules Caranta	R-ace GP	+32.229s
18	Raphael Narac	R-ace GP	+36.050s
19	Seb Murray	Hitech GP	+36.347s
20	Tiago Rodrigues	Xcel Motorsport	+40.507s
21	Luka Sammalisto	R-ace GP	+40.808s
22	Kai Daryanani	Pinnacle Motorsport	+42.415s
23	Reza Seewooruthun	Hitech GP	+42.922s
24	Maxi Restrepo	Sainteloc Racing	+43.592s
25	Peter Bouzinelos	AGI Sport	+44.964s
26	Maximilian Popov	PHM Racing	+50.716s
27	Kamal Mrad	PHM Racing	+51.984s
28	Carrie Schreiner	AGI Sport	+55.472s
29	Kaishun Liu	Xcel Motorsport	+56.026s
30	Nicolas Stati	AGI Sport	+56.431s
31	Everett Stack	PHM Racing	+57.670s
32	Aurelia Nobels	Sainteloc Racing	+59.409s
33	Yuhao Fu	Pinnacle Motorsport	+1m07.890s

Formula Regional Middle Eastern Championship

The Yas Marina circuit would also play host to the opening round of the Formula Regional Middle Eastern Championship, a step up from F4. 2023 runner up and Formula 3 race winner Taylor Barnard would line up on pole position for the opening race. Barnard made a clean start from pole position and led comfortably throughout, taking the flag 4.6 seconds ahead of the R-ace GP duo of Tuukka Taponen and Martinius Stenshorne.

Race result (18 laps)

Pos	Driver	Team	Time
1	Taylor Barnard	PHM Racing	31m15.694s
2	Tuukka Taponen	R-ace GP	+4.603s
3	Martinius Stenshorne	R-ace GP	+5.513s
4	James Wharton	Mumbai Falcons	+6.435s
5	Rafael Camara	Mumbai Falcons	+10.965s
6	Mari Boya	Pinnacle Motorsport	+11.454s
7	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	PHM Racing	+13.343s
8	Zachary David	R-ace GP	+13.827s
9	Alexander Abkhazava	Pinnacle Motorsport	+15.412s
10	Arvid Lindblad	Mumbai Falcons	+15.949s
11	Valerio Rinicella	MP Motorsport	+22.906s
12	John Bennett	Evans GP	+23.762s
13	Theophile Nael	Sainteloc Racing	+24.418s
14	Nikhil Bohra	MP Motorsport	+25.662s
15	Matteo De Palo	Sainteloc Racing	+26.318s
16	Ugo Ugochukwu	Mumbai Falcons	+26.827s
17	Bruno del Pino	MP Motorsport	+29.144s
18	Pedro Clerot	Sainteloc Racing	+30.038s
19	Noah Lisle	Xcel Motorsport	+30.428s
20	Emmo Fittipaldi	MP Motorsport	+41.022s
21	Costa Toparis	Evans GP	+41.602s
22	Ruiqi Liu	PHM Racing	+50.559s
23	Giovanni Maschio	Pinnacle Motorsport	+51.412s
24	Jesse Carrasquedo	R-ace GP	+53.865s
25	Yaroslav Veselaho	Xcel Motorsport	+56.882s
26	Yujia Gao	R&B Racing	+57.621s
27	Zhongwei Wang	R&B Racing	+1m10.468s
Ret	Brando Badoer	PHM Racing
Fastest lap: Inthraphuvasak, 1m43.425s

Formula E

The electric series returned to Mexico for the opening round of Formula Es 10th season. Pascal Wehrlein would line up on pole position for the race and lead comfortably throughout the event, crossing the finish line 1.162 seconds ahead of Sebastian Buemi in what was a largely processional affair at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit.

Race results

Cla	Driver	#	Laps	Time	Interval	Points
1	P. WEHRLEINPorsche Team	94	37	50’15.506		28
2	S. BUEMIEnvision Racing	16	37	+1.16250’16.668	1.162	18
3	N. CASSIDYJaguar Racing	37	37	+2.07950’17.585	0.917	16
4	M. GUNTHERMaserati Racing	7	37	+5.78050’21.286	3.701	12
5	M. EVANSJaguar Racing	9	37	+13.06450’28.570	7.284	10
6	J. VERGNEDS Penske	25	37	+13.40550’28.911	0.341	8
7	J. HUGHESMcLaren	5	37	+13.91650’29.422	0.511	6
8	S. VANDOORNEDS Penske	2	37	+14.39250’29.898	0.476	4
9	J. DENNISAndretti Formula E	1	37	+14.76750’30.273	0.375	2
10	N. NATOAndretti Formula E	17	37	+15.31250’30.818	0.545	1
11	O. ROWLANDNissan e.dams	22	37	+15.48550’30.991	0.173
12	S. FENESTRAZNissan e.dams	23	37	+15.71850’31.224	0.233
13	E. MORTARAMahindra Racing	48	37	+16.21450’31.720	0.496
14	S. BIRDMcLaren	8	37	+20.60050’36.106	4.386
15	N. DE VRIESMahindra Racing	21	37	+23.66550’39.171	3.065
16	J. DARUVALAMaserati Racing	18	37	+28.96950’44.475	5.304
17	N. MÜLLERTeam Abt	51	37	+29.42450’44.930	0.455
18	D. TICKTUMERT Formula E Team	33	37	+1’14.75851’30.264	45.334
dnf	R. FRIJNSEnvision Racing	4	7	+30 Laps9’05.320	30 Laps
dnf	A. FELIX DA COSTAPorsche Team	13	2	+35 Laps2’44.344	5 Laps
dnf	L. DI GRASSITeam Abt	11	2	+35 Laps3’19.539	35.195
dns	S. SETTE CAMARAERT Formula E Team	3	0

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