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 Team Drivers Class Rounds Evans GP 2 Martin Molnár All 3 Tiago Rodrigues All 4 Farah Al Yousef All 24 Seth Gilmore All Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited 7 Arjun Chheda All 33 Tomass Štolcermanis All 51 Kean Nakamura-Berta All 88 Salim Hanna All AKCEL GP / PHM Racing 8 Hamda Al Qubaisi 1 11 Reno Francot All 13 David Cosma Cristofor All 14 Aqil Alibhai 2 58 Yuta Suzuki 3–4 Yas Heat Racing Academy 12 Adam Al Azhari All 47 August Raber All Pinnacle Motorsport 15 Wang Yuzhe All 16 Kyuho Lee 1–2 58 Yuta Suzuki 1–2 77 Georgy Zhuravskiy 3 QMMF 18 Tameem Hassiba All 20 Taha Hassiba All 95 Bader Al Sulaiti All Prema Racing 27 Oleksandr Bondarev All 28 All 98 Sebastian Wheldon All Xcel Motorsport 29 Cole Hewetson All 63 Yuhao Fu All 99 Abdullah Ayman Kamel All R-ace GP 41 Alex Powell All 42 Emily Cotty All 52 Oleksandr Savinkov All 68 Emanuele Olivieri All Icon Legend Rookie Winfield Racing School announced its entry to the championship but did not appear in any round.

Race calendar and results The schedule consists of 15 races over 5 rounds. 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. 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. 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 TrophyFormula Regional Middle East ChampionshipRenault Clio Cup Middle EastGulf Radical Cup R2 19 January Kean Nakamura-Berta Tomass Štolcermanis Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited Yuta Suzuki R3 Alex Powell Emanuele Olivieri Emanuele Olivieri R-ace GP 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 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 SeriesFormula Regional Middle East Championship R2 9 February Emanuele Olivieri Alex Powell R-ace GP Salim Hanna R3 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 Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited Salim Hanna Asian Le Mans SeriesFormula Regional Middle East ChampionshipRenault Clio Cup Middle East R2 16 February Alex Powell Reno Francot AKCEL GP / PHM Racing Salim Hanna R3 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 FIA World Endurance ChampionshipFormula Regional Middle East Championship R2 Emanuele Olivieri Alex Powell R-ace GP R3 28 February Alex Powell Emanuele Olivieri Alex Powell R-ace GP

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. 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

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver YMC1 YMC2 DUB YMC3 LUS Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 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 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 YMC1 YMC2 DUB YMC3 LUSBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap† — Did not finish, but classified

Rookies' Championship

Pos Driver YMC1 YMC2 DUB YMC3 LUS Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Salim Hanna 1 5 11† Ret 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 Ret 2 317 2 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 YMC1 YMC2 DUB YMC3 LUSBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap† — Did not finish, but classified

Teams' Championship Ahead of each event, teams nominate two drivers who accumulate teams' points. Pos Team No. YMC1 YMC2 DUB YMC3 LUS Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 R-ace GP 41 27† 4 12 4 3 3 9 1 1 2 3 1 5 1 1 602 68 1 3 1 1 4 1 1 2 3 3 Ret 3 1 3 2 2 Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited 33 8 1 3 2 6 13 2 4 5 4 10 2 4 5 6 485 51 2 2 2 3 5 2 3 3 2 1 21 4 2 4 4 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 47 18 24† Ret 10 1 Ret Ret 10 21 11 4 15 3 10 5 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 3 12 15 14 24† 19 Ret 12 Ret 9 15 13 9 7 7 10 7 Xcel Motorsport 29 10 18 18 13 13 11 21 14 18 19 14 13 20 13 13 32 63 Ret 10 15 16 16 14 10 7 15 10 6 14 Ret 14 24 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 95 26† 23 19 18 24 Ret 14 16 17 Ret 16 12 Ret 15 14

See also 2024 Formula Trophy UAE

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