2023 F4 Spanish Championship

The 2023 F4 Spanish Championship was the eighth season of the F4 Spanish Championship. It was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, based in Spain. It was the second full season in which the series is partnered with the Richard Mille Young Talent Academy.^[1]

Entry list

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Rodin Carlin^[2]	2	Noah Lisle^[3]		1–2, 4–7
	26	Alex Ninovic^[3]	R	All
	71	Federico Al Rifai^[3]	R	All
Campos Racing	3	Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.^[4]		All
	8	Matteo De Palo^[5]	R	All
	17	Enzo Deligny^[6]	R	All
	18	Andrés Cárdenas^[7]	R	2–7
	23	Christian Ho^[8]		All
	75	Noah Strømsted^[9]		All
Saintéloc Racing	4	Théophile Naël^[a]^[11]		All
	7	Luciano Morano^[11]		All
	30	Theodor Jensen^[12]		All
	31	Sebastian Murray	R	5
MP Motorsport	5	Alvise Rodella^[13]	R	All
	14	Keanu Al Azhari^[14]	R	All
	22	Pedro Clerot^[15]		All
	55	Valerio Rinicella^[16]		All
	61	Thomas Strauven	R	4
		Valentin Kluss		5
		Akshay Bohra	G	7
	66	Jerónimo Berrío^[17]		1–5
		Reno Francot^[18]	G	6
		Dominique Dedecker	G	7
Tecnicar - Fórmula de Campeones^[19]	6	Hiyu Yamakoshi^[20]	R	2–3, 5–7
	6	Dewey Richards^[21]	R	4
	10	Lorenzo Castillo^[21]	R G	4–7
	19	Eric Gené^[22]	R	All
	88	Griffin Peebles^[23]	R	All
Drivex	9	Georgy Zhuravskiy^{[N 1]}^[24]	R	1–5
	13	Daniel Nogales^[25]		1–3
	13	Joao Paulo Diaz Balesteiro^[18]	R G	6
	21	Alexander Abkhazava^{[N 1]}	R	All
	54	Alexander Bolduev^{[N 1]}^[24]	R	1, 3
	69	Maximiliano Restrepo^[26]	R	All
	85	Juan Cota^[27]	R	All
GRS Team	11	Carl Bennett^[28]		1–5
	11	Daniel Maciá^[29]		6–7
	28	Daniel Maciá^[29]		1–2
	28	Isaac Barashi^[30]	R	4–7
	72	Eloi González^[30]	R G	4
		Gabriel Stilp^[18]	R G	6
		Luis Carlos Pérez	G	7
Monlau Motorsport	12	Pablo Sarrazin^[31]		All
	33	Ricardo Gracia Filho^[32]		All
	41	Fernando Barrichello^[32]		All
	74	Lin Hodenius^[33]	R	2–7
Cram Motorsport	35	Flavio Olivieri^[34]	R	All
	36	Alessandro Silvaggi^[35]	R	2–3
		Kai Daryanani^[36]	R	4–6
		Gabriel Gomez	R G	7
	37	Filippo Fiorentino^[18]	R G	6–7

Icon	Legend
R	Rookie
F	Female Trophy
G	Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Eloi González was supposed to make his championship debut with Monlau Motorsport before entering the fourth round with GRS Team.^[32]

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced on 23 November 2022. The five rounds in Spain were organized by the RFEDA. The season opener at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps was held in support of the 24H GT Series and the second abroad event took place at Circuito do Estoril.^[37]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Rookie Winner	Supporting
1	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	5 May	Pedro Clerot	Christian Ho	Pedro Clerot	MP Motorsport	Keanu Al Azhari	Eurocup-3 24H GT Series
	R2		6 May	Keanu Al Azhari	Christian Ho	Pedro Clerot	MP Motorsport	Enzo Deligny
	R3		7 May	Valerio Rinicella	Matteo De Palo	Matteo De Palo^[b]	Campos Racing	Matteo De Palo
2	R1	MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz	27 May	Christian Ho	Enzo Deligny	Enzo Deligny	Campos Racing	Enzo Deligny	Eurocup-3 RFEDA Racing Weekend
	R2		28 May	Christian Ho	Enzo Deligny	Christian Ho	Campos Racing	Enzo Deligny
	R3		28 May	Matteo De Palo	Théophile Naël	Théophile Naël	Saintéloc Racing	Enzo Deligny
3	R1	Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos	24 June	Valerio Rinicella	Valerio Rinicella	Théophile Naël	Saintéloc Racing	Keanu Al Azhari	RFEDA Racing Weekend
	R2		25 June	Théophile Naël	Valerio Rinicella	Théophile Naël	Saintéloc Racing	Enzo Deligny
	R3		25 June	Valerio Rinicella	Valerio Rinicella	Valerio Rinicella	MP Motorsport	Keanu Al Azhari
4	R1	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	23 September	Andrés Cárdenas	Théophile Naël	Théophile Naël	Saintéloc Racing	Andrés Cárdenas	Eurocup-3 RFEDA Racing Weekend
	R2		24 September	Andrés Cárdenas	Andrés Cárdenas	Andrés Cárdenas	Campos Racing	Andrés Cárdenas
	R3		24 September	Théophile Naël	Théophile Naël	Théophile Naël	Saintéloc Racing	Andrés Cárdenas
5	R1	Circuito do Estoril, Estoril	30 September	Théophile Naël	Théophile Naël	Théophile Naël	Saintéloc Racing	Enzo Deligny	Eurocup-3 TCR Spain Touring Car Championship Clásicos
	R2		1 October	Théophile Naël	Noah Strømsted	Théophile Naël	Saintéloc Racing	Enzo Deligny
	R3		1 October	Christian Ho	Pedro Clerot	Enzo Deligny	Campos Racing	Enzo Deligny
6	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste	14 October	Christian Ho	Valerio Rinicella	Valerio Rinicella	MP Motorsport	Enzo Deligny	Eurocup-3 RFEDA Racing Weekend
	R2		15 October	Valerio Rinicella	Théophile Naël	Théophile Naël	Saintéloc Racing	Matteo De Palo
	R3		15 October	Théophile Naël	Christian Ho	Christian Ho	Campos Racing	Matteo De Palo
7	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	11 November	Christian Ho	Christian Ho	Christian Ho	Campos Racing	Enzo Deligny	Eurocup-3 RFEDA Racing Weekend
	R2		12 November	Christian Ho	Christian Ho	Christian Ho	Campos Racing	Enzo Deligny
	R3		12 November	Christian Ho	Christian Ho	Christian Ho	Campos Racing	Matteo De Palo

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in 30-minute races and for the top nine classified finishers in 25-minute races.

Races	Position, points per race
Races	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole	FL
30-minute races	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	2	1
25-minute races	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1			1

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	SPA			ARA			NAV			JER			EST			CRT			CAT			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Théophile Naël	7	3	6	5	3	1	1	1	3	1	4	1	1	1	Ret	2	1	19	3	18	2	314
2	Christian Ho	2	26	3	2	1	Ret	4	4	Ret	6	8	3	3	3	2	3	6	1	1	1	1	291
3	Valerio Rinicella	19	2	12	4	7	7	2	3	1	5	3	2	6	14	3	1	2	7	2	3	3	256
4	Enzo Deligny	22	4	16	1	2	2	Ret	2	Ret	3	2	6	2	2	1	5	4	4	4	2	DSQ	240
5	Matteo De Palo	9	7	1	7	5	3	15	Ret	6	4	7	8	7	4	9	7	3	2	6	6	4	171
6	Pedro Clerot	1	1	2	10	4	6	5	6	5	12	28	10	4	5	5	22	9	24	13	4	17	151
7	Noah Strømsted	4	6	DNS	3	6	4	3	8	2	Ret	5	9	12	6	13	20	Ret	5	5	5	8	135
8	Andrés Cárdenas				6	Ret	16	Ret	10	7	2	1	4	5	10	4	6	8	6	15	7	Ret	109
9	Keanu Al Azhari	3	Ret	4	30	8	5	6	5	4	9	13	5	14	7	19	13	7	8	10	11	6	100
10	Alex Ninovic	5	Ret	10	11	10	11	8	7	8	14	29	Ret	10	9	26	8	5	3	32†	Ret	9	54
11	Noah Lisle	6	5	Ret	13	20	Ret				8	6	7	30	24	6	9	11	11	9	30†	19	44
12	Jerónimo Berrío	8	8	5	12	25†	8	7	11	12	7	9	14	15	Ret	12							33
13	Ricardo Gracia Filho	13	11	21	14	9	9	23	9	10	11	10	Ret	9	11	15	4	10	15	7	Ret	14	25
14	Hiyu Yamakoshi				9	DNS	Ret	Ret	14	Ret				8	19	10	14	12	9	8	17	7	19
15	Juan Cota	18	18	18	24	28†	Ret	13	20	16	20	17	18	16	31	8	25	13	13	20	23	5	14
16	Valentin Kluss													Ret	8	7							8
17	Fernando Barrichello	24	24	7	31†	22	Ret	24†	29	23	Ret	22	17	Ret	21	Ret	15	20	DSQ	18	Ret	Ret	6
18	Daniel Nogales	10	20	8	Ret	27†	18	16	16	13													5
19	Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.	12	25	Ret	8	14	14	12	12	14	28†	11	12	20	Ret	14	18	31	20	27	19	25†	4
20	Alvise Rodella	20	Ret	14	23	17	10	10	17	9	Ret	15	23	19	16	18	19	25	12	19	10	16	4
21	Flavio Olivieri	Ret	22	11	22	Ret	20	Ret	24	17	Ret	24	19	24	20	17	24	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	10	3
22	Federico Al Rifai	23	9	9	28	11	23	21	21	18	18	18	16	13	12	11	27	14	14	30	20	Ret	3
23	Pablo Sarrazin	21	16	Ret	19	12	27†	9	13	19	16	12	Ret	18	18	25	Ret	16	21	11	9	Ret	3
24	Alexander Abkhazava	15	19	20	17	15	12	11	28	11	13	33†	15	Ret	22	Ret	10	17	10	22	24	Ret	2
25	Griffin Peebles	17	17	17	15	13	15	18	18	20	10	14	25	26	17	16	26	27	16	23	16	13	1
26	Daniel Maciá	11	10	Ret	WD	WD	WD										12	19	Ret	Ret	14	15	0
27	Lin Hodenius				26	24	26†	20	26	25	29†	19	11	11	15	24	17	21	30	12	Ret	DNS	0
28	Luciano Morano	16	13	15	16	19	13	14	19	21	21	32†	21	Ret	26	20	21	28	23	24	13	11	0
29	Alexander Bolduev	Ret	12	Ret				WD	WD	WD													0
30	Theodor Jensen	28	14	19	18	26†	22	DNS	15	15	15	31	20	22	13	21	16	22	29	14	12	24†	0
31	Eric Gené	25	21	13	21	18	17	19	23	Ret	22	16	22	17	23	22	23	24	Ret	17	26	23	0
32	Thomas Strauven										Ret	Ret	13										0
33	Carl Bennett	14	15	24†	20	16	19	17	22	22	26	20	Ret	27	29	Ret							0
34	Georgy Zhuravskiy	26	23	22	25	Ret	21	22	25	24	17	Ret	24	25	Ret	Ret							0
35	Kai Daryanani										19	23	28	29	25	23	29	23	22				0
36	Isaac Barashi										25	30	29	28	30	Ret	Ret	30	DSQ	25	21	22	0
37	Maximiliano Restrepo	27	27	23	27	23	25	Ret	27	DNS	27	21	Ret	23	27	Ret	28	Ret	26	29	29†	Ret	0
38	Alessandro Silvaggi				29	21	24	WD	WD	WD													0
39	Sebastian Murray													21	28	Ret							0
40	Dewey Richards										23	25	30										0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
–	Reno Francot																11	15	17				–
–	Akshay Bohra																			21	15	12	–
–	Gabriel Gomez																			16	25	Ret	–
–	Gabriel Stilp																30	18	18				–
–	Filippo Fiorentino																Ret	29	25	31†	22	18	–
–	Lorenzo Castillo										24	26	26	WD	WD	WD	Ret	Ret	27	26	28	20	–
–	Luis Carlos Pérez																			28	27	21	–
–	Joao Paulo Diaz Balesteiro																Ret	26	28				–
–	Eloi González										Ret	27	27										–
–	Dominique Dedecker																			WD	WD	WD	–
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	SPA			ARA			NAV			JER			EST			CRT			CAT			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (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
Rookie

Teams' standings

Two best finishers scored points for their team. Bonus points are not counted.

Pos	Team	Points
1	MP Motorsport	460
2	Campos Racing Drivers Development	458
3	Campos Racing	409
4	Saintéloc Racing	303
5	Rodin Carlin	101
6	MP Motorsports	45
7	Monlau Motorsport	34
8	Drivex	21
9	Tecnicar - Fórmula de Campeones	18
10	Cram Motorsport	3
11	GRS Team	0
12	Drivex Academy	0

Notes

References

External links

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