2024 F4 Brazilian Championship

The 2024 F4 Brazilian Championship was the third season of the F4 Brazilian Championship. It was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations.

Teams and drivers

All pre-selected teams were Brazilian-registered.

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Cavaleiro Sports 1 Alceu Feldmann Neto R 5, 7–8
7 Rogério Grotta[1] R All
9 Lucca Zucchini[2] All
12 Ethan Nobels[3] R All
27 João Pedro Souza[4] R All
Oakberry Bassani F4 1 Alceu Feldmann Neto R 4
16 Alexander Jacoby[a] 8
48 Gino Trappa[5] R All
55 Murilo Rocha R 7–8
98 Cecília Rabelo[6] All
118 Matheus Comparatto[7] All
TMG Racing 18 Rafaela Ferreira[6] All
21 Álvaro Cho[8] 1, 3–8
30 Guilherme Favarete[8] R 1–4
37 Filippo Fiorentino 2, 6–8
71 Ciro Sobral[9] R All
88 Arthur Pavie[10] 3–8
00 Celo Hahn R 6–8
Icon Class
R Rookie

Race calendar

The schedule was revealed on 1 December 2023. All but one round ran alongside the 2024 São Paulo Grand Prix support 2024 Stock Car Pro Series events. For the first time in the championship history, one round was held abroad in Argentina.[11] On 25 September 2024, it was announced that the second Goiânia round replaced the planned round at Autódromo Brasília BRB.[12]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Rookie winner
1 R1 Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu 23 March Álvaro Cho Álvaro Cho Álvaro Cho TMG Racing Ethan Nobels
R2 Ethan Nobels Ethan Nobels Cavaleiro Sports Ethan Nobels
R3 24 March Álvaro Cho Álvaro Cho Matheus Comparatto Oakberry Bassani F4 Gino Trappa
2 R1 Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 20 April Rafaela Ferreira Rafaela Ferreira Filippo Fiorentino TMG Racing Ethan Nobels
R2 Rafaela Ferreira Gino Trappa Oakberry Bassani F4 Gino Trappa
R3 21 April Rafaela Ferreira Matheus Comparatto Matheus Comparatto Oakberry Bassani F4 Ethan Nobels
3 R1 Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu 29 June Matheus Comparatto Arthur Pavie[b] Matheus Comparatto Oakberry Bassani F4 Ethan Nobels
R2 Arthur Pavie Rafaela Ferreira TMG Racing Ethan Nobels
R3 30 June Álvaro Cho Arthur Pavie Álvaro Cho TMG Racing Ethan Nobels
4 R1 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Goiânia 27 July Arthur Pavie Álvaro Cho Álvaro Cho TMG Racing Gino Trappa
R2 Arthur Pavie Ethan Nobels Cavaleiro Sports Ethan Nobels
R3 28 July Arthur Pavie Rogério Grotta Arthur Pavie TMG Racing Ciro Sobral
5 R1 Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez, Buenos Aires 4 October Arthur Pavie Arthur Pavie Arthur Pavie TMG Racing Ethan Nobels
R2 5 October Rogério Grotta Rafaela Ferreira TMG Racing Rogério Grotta
R3 6 October Ethan Nobels Gino Trappa Ethan Nobels Cavaleiro Sports Ethan Nobels
6 R1 Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 2 November Ethan Nobels Gino Trappa Matheus Comparatto Oakberry Bassani F4 João Pedro Souza
R2 race cancelled due to adverse weather conditions, rescheduled to 12 December
R3 3 November Ethan Nobels Matheus Comparatto[c] Álvaro Cho TMG Racing Ethan Nobels
7 R1 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Goiânia 23 November Matheus Comparatto Gino Trappa Álvaro Cho TMG Racing Gino Trappa
R2 Arthur Pavie Lucca Zucchini Cavaleiro Sports Gino Trappa
R3 24 November Matheus Comparatto Matheus Comparatto Matheus Comparatto Oakberry Bassani F4 Ethan Nobels
8 R2 Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 12 December Filippo Fiorentino Rafaela Ferreira TMG Racing Ethan Nobels
R1 13 December Matheus Comparatto Gino Trappa Álvaro Cho TMG Racing João Pedro Souza
R2 14 December Gino Trappa Rogério Grotta Cavaleiro Sports Rogério Grotta
R3 Álvaro Cho Gino Trappa Álvaro Cho TMG Racing Gino Trappa

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in 30-minute races and for the top eight classified finishers in 20-minute races. The final individual classifications were obtained by dropping two worst scores from the first twenty one held races.

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

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver
MGG1

INT1

MGG2

GOI1

BUA

INT2

GOI2

INT3
Pts
1 Matheus Comparatto 4 8 1 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 5 3 3 10† 8 1 C 3 3 6 1 2 2 4 2 337
2 Álvaro Cho 1 3 10 6 2 1 1 2 2 4 4 3 6 C 1 1 8 2 Ret 1 9 1 307
3 Ethan Nobels 5 1 11 5 5 2 3 3 4 7 1 10 2 9 1 Ret C 2 4 7 4 4 5 5 8 238
4 Rafaela Ferreira 3 7 2 2 8 9 8 1 8 3 8 5 7 1 2 7 C 8 7 2 5 1 7 2 7 222
5 Gino Trappa 11 9 3 7 1 3 4 5 7 5 4 9 Ret 5 11 3 C Ret 2 4 8 Ret 6 3 4 182
6 Arthur Pavie 2 6 2 11 7 1 1 Ret 12 Ret C 4 5 5 3 3 4 7 6 175
7 Rogério Grotta 7 5 4 6 3 5 9 9 9 Ret 11 8 6 2 4 4 C 7 13† 10 12 6 8 1 5 145
8 Lucca Zucchini 2 6 8 3 Ret 10 7 7 Ret 4 12 4 Ret 7 7 8 C 5 8 1 11 Ret 10 8 13 117
9 Ciro Sobral 8 2 5 8 6 4 12 Ret 5 6 3 6 5 3 9 9 C 10 9 11 13 Ret 11 12 11 109
10 Filippo Fiorentino 1 4 Ret 5 C 6 6 3 6 5 9 6 3 105
11 João Pedro Souza 10 10 6 Ret 9 7 11 8 10 8 Ret 12 10 8 5 2 C 9 11 Ret Ret 7 3 11 14 70
12 Guilherme Favarete 9 Ret 7 Ret 10† 6 5 Ret 6 Ret 6 7 44
13 Cecília Rabelo 6 4 9 9 7 8 10 Ret Ret 10† 9 11 9 Ret 6 11 C Ret 10 9 10 Ret 15 DSQ 12 40
14 Alceu Feldmann Neto 9 10 13 8 6 10 12 13 9 12 15 Ret 13
15 Celo Hahn 10 C DNS Ret 12 7 8 14 13 10 9
16 Murilo Rocha 16 14 9 2
17 Alexander Jacoby 13 10 Ret 0
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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

Rookies' championship

Pos Driver
MGG1

INT1

MGG2

GOI1

BUA

INT2

GOI2

INT3
Pts
1 Ethan Nobels 1 1 6 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 5 1 6 1 Ret C 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 3 420
2 Gino Trappa 6 4 1 3 1 2 2 2 4 1 3 4 Ret 3 6 2 C Ret 1 1 3 Ret 3 2 1 330
3 Rogério Grotta 2 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 Ret 6 3 3 1 2 3 C 2 6† 3 5 2 4 1 2 302
4 Ciro Sobral 3 2 3 4 4 3 6 Ret 2 2 2 1 2 2 4 4 C 4 3 4 6 Ret 5 5 6 284
5 João Pedro Souza 5 5 4 Ret 5 6 5 3 6 4 Ret 6 5 5 3 1 C 3 4 Ret Ret 3 1 4 7 224
6 Guilherme Favarete 4 Ret 5 Ret 6† 5 3 Ret 3 Ret 4 2 93
7 Alceu Feldmann Neto 5 5 7 4 4 5 5 6 4 6 8 Ret 87
8 Celo Hahn 5 C DNS Ret 5 2 4 7 6 5 62
9 Murilo Rocha 8 7 4 18

Teams' championship

Each team acquired the points earned by their two best drivers in each race.

Pos Team
MGG1

INT1

MGG2

GOI1

BUA

INT2

GOI2

INT3
Pts
1 TMG Racing 1 2 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 5 C 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 738
3 3 5 2 6 6 5 2 2 3 3 2 4 3 3 6 C 4 5 3 3 3 4 6 3
2 Oakberry Bassani F4 4 4 1 4 1 1 1 4 3 2 4 3 3 5 6 1 C 3 2 4 1 2 2 3 2 545
6 8 3 7 2 3 4 5 7 5 5 9 9 10† 8 3 C Ret 3 6 8 Ret 6 4 4
3 Cavaleiro Sports 2 1 4 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 1 4 2 2 1 2 C 2 4 1 4 4 3 1 5 497
5 5 6 5 5 5 7 7 9 7 11 8 6 6 4 4 C 5 8 7 9 6 5 5 8

Notes

  1. ^ Jacoby is an American-Brazilian driver competing under a Brazilian licence.
  2. ^ Both Arthur Pavie and Ethan Nobels set the same fastest lap of the race. The bonus point was awarded to Pavie who set it first.
  3. ^ Comparatto set the fastest lap but was initially disqualified for the technical irregularities with Cho inheriting the fastest lap. The decision was reverted.

References

  1. ^ "Rogério Grotta anuncia participação na BRB Fórmula 4 Brasil pela Cavaleiro Sports em 2024". Portal Kart Motor. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  2. ^ "Lucca Zucchini renova com Cavaleiro Sports para temporada 2024". F4 Brazilian Championship (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-03-06.
  3. ^ "Ethan Nobels estreia na Fórmula 4 Brasil pela Cavaleiro Sports". F4 Brazilian Championship (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-03-19.
  4. ^ "João Pedro Souza fará F4 Brasil em 2024 pela Cavaleiro Sports". F4 Brazilian Championship (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-03-05.
  5. ^ "Gino Trappa: "Correrá en la temporada 2024 en la F4 Brasil"". Corazón F1 (in Spanish). 2024-02-15.
  6. ^ a b LAERTE, IGOR (2024-02-07). "Rafaela Ferreira and Cecília Rabelo confirmed for second season in F4 Brazil". Racers. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  7. ^ "Bassani Racing segue com Matheus Comparatto na F-4 Brasil em 2024". F4 Brazilian Championship (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-02-21.
  8. ^ a b "TMG Racing confirma Guilherme Favarete e terá Cho no Velocitta". F4 Brazilian Championship (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-03-19.
  9. ^ "TMG anuncia Ciro Sobral para temporada 2024 da F4 Brasil". motorsport.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-02-08.
  10. ^ "Arthur Pavie volta ao BRB Fórmula 4 Brasil com a TMG Racing". F4 Brazilian Championship (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-06-18.
  11. ^ "BRB F-4 Brasil terá o maior calendário de sua história em 2024". F4 Brazilian Championship (in Brazilian Portuguese). 1 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Vicar anuncia "Super Finais" e Fan Zone em Interlagos". stockproseries.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 25 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.