2024 Formula 4 Australian Championship

The 2024 Formula 4 Australian Championship was the sixth season of the Formula 4 Australian Championship and the first one since 2019. Top Speed was appointed as the new organizer and promoter as the series switched to the Tatuus F4-T421 car and the Abarth engine.[1]

The series, similar to other Formula 4 series, was intended primarily as an opportunity for young drivers aspiring to a professional career in motor racing a way to compete in the first step out of karting on the FIA Global Pathway in Australia, without having to live in Europe as has been common for aspiring Australian drivers. However, unusually for Formula 4, the championship also had a masters category for older drivers. [2]

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Jam Motorsport 1 John Paul Drake[3] M 1–3
22 Sebastien Amadio[3] 1–4
48 Blake Purdie[3] 1–2
81 Mark Rosser[3] M 1
Evans GP 3 Tiago Rodrigues 4
8 Kai Daryanani 4
37 Cooper Webster 4
Formula Race Academy 7 Mark Wilson[3] M 1–3
23 Lawrence Katsidis M 2–3
40 Tim Boydle M 2–3
66 Nathan Gotch[3] M 1–3
77 Nicholas Filipetto[3] M 1, 3
89 Joanne Ciconte[4] R 1
AGI Sport 15 Nicolas Stati[5] 1–4
24 Seth Gilmore[3] R 1–4
29 Imogen Radburn R 2–4
43 Costa Toparis 4
93 James Piszcyk[6] 1–4
BlackArts Racing[7] 23 Arjun Chheda 4
33 Iñigo Anton[8] R 4
Tim Macrow Racing 81 Jayden Hamilton R 2
Icon Legend
G Guest drivers ineligible for Drivers' Championship
R Rookie Cup
M Master Class

Calendar

The schedule was originally planned to consist of 15 races over 5 rounds was published on 28 November 2023.[9] The round at Queensland Raceway on 13–14 July was cancelled. Initially, it was intended to be replaced by another round, but no replacement event was ultimately announced.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Secondary Class Winner Supporting
1 R1 The Bend Motorsport Park
(Tailem Bend, South Australia) 		4 May James Piszcyk James Piszcyk James Piszcyk AGI Sport R: Seth Gilmore
M: John Paul Drake
R2 5 May James Piszcyk James Piszcyk AGI Sport R: Seth Gilmore
M: Mark Rosser
R3 James Piszcyk James Piszcyk James Piszcyk AGI Sport R: Seth Gilmore
M: Mark Rosser
2 R1 The Bend Motorsport Park
(Tailem Bend, South Australia) 		8 June James Piszcyk Blake Purdie James Piszcyk AGI Sport R: Seth Gilmore
M: John Paul Drake 		Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia
Australian Formula Open
Radical Cup Australia
R2 9 June James Piszcyk James Piszcyk AGI Sport R: Seth Gilmore
M: John Paul Drake
R3 James Piszcyk James Piszcyk James Piszcyk AGI Sport R: Imogen Radburn
M: Nathan Gotch
3 R1 Sydney Motorsport Park
(Eastern Creek, New South Wales) 		3 August James Piszcyk James Piszcyk James Piszcyk AGI Sport R: Imogen Radburn
M: Nathan Gotch
R2 4 August James Piszcyk James Piszcyk AGI Sport R: Imogen Radburn
M: Nathan Gotch
R3 James Piszcyk James Piszcyk James Piszcyk AGI Sport R: Imogen Radburn
M: Nathan Gotch
4 R1 Sepang International Circuit
(Sepang, Malaysia) 		7 September Tiago Rodrigues Tiago Rodrigues Tiago Rodrigues Evans GP R: Iñigo Anton
M: No starters 		Thailand Super Series
Malaysia Championship Series
R2 8 September Tiago Rodrigues Cooper Webster Evans GP R: Iñigo Anton
M: No starters
R3 Kai Daryanani Kai Daryanani Kai Daryanani Evans GP R: Imogen Radburn
M: No starters
5 R1 Dubai Autodrome, Dubai
(Dubai Motor City, United Arab Emirates) 		29 November – 1 December R:
M: 		F4 Middle East Trophy
Clio Cup Middle East
R2 R:
M:
R3 R:
M:

Championship standings

Points are awarded as follows.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver BEN1
 BEN2
 SYD
 SEP
 DUB
 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 James Piszcyk 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 6 6 256
2 Nicolas Stati 5 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 6 4 5 175
3 Sebastien Amadio 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 8 7 9 124
4 Seth Gilmore 3 4 3 5 5 6 5 5 5 9 8 8 110
5 Blake Purdie 2 2 5 2 2 3 97
6 Imogen Radburn 6 6 5 4 4 3 10 9 7 74
7 Cooper Webster 2 1 3 58
8 Kai Daryanani 5 3 1 50
9 Costa Toparis 4 2 2 48
10 Nathan Gotch Ret 9 7 8 8 7 6 6 6 46
11 Tiago Rodrigues 1 10 4 38
12 John Paul Drake 6 10 8 7 7 Ret Ret 8 8 33
13 Nicholas Filipetto 8 8 Ret 7 7 7 26
14 Iñigo Anton 7 5 Ret 16
15 Mark Rosser Ret 6 6 16
16 Joanne Ciconte 7 7 9 14
17 Mark Wilson 9 11 10 10 Ret 8 Ret 10 9 11
18 Tim Boydle NC 10 9 9 9 11 7
19 Lawrence Katsidis WD WD WD 8 11 10 5
20 Jayden Hamilton 9 9 Ret 4
– Arjun Chheda WD WD WD –
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
BEN1
 BEN2
 SYD
 SEP
 DUB
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

  • † – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Secondary classes standings

Pos Driver BEN1
 BEN2
 SYD
 SEP
 DUB
 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
Rookies' championship
1 Seth Gilmore 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 251
2 Imogen Radburn 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 191
3 Joanne Ciconte 2 2 2 54
4 Iñigo Anton 1 1 Ret 50
5 Jayden Hamilton 3 3 Ret 30
Master Class
1 Nathan Gotch Ret 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 169
2 John Paul Drake 1 4 3 1 1 Ret Ret 3 3 132
3 Mark Wilson 3 5 4 3 Ret 2 Ret 5 4 92
4 Nicholas Filipetto 2 2 Ret 2 2 2 90
5 Tim Boydle NC 3 3 4 4 6 62
6 Mark Rosser Ret 1 1 50
7 Lawrence Katsidis WD WD WD 3 6 5 33
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
BEN1
 BEN2
 SYD
 SEP
 DUB

Teams' Championship

Ahead of each event, the teams nominated two drivers that accumulated teams' points.

Pos Team Points
– AGI Sport –
– Formula Race Academy –
– Jam Motorsport –

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Top Speed to re-launch Formula 4 Australian Championship". Weixin Official Accounts Platform. 2023-11-28.
  2. ^ "James 'Jimmy' Piszcyk makes it nine wins from nine races in Round 3 for Formula 4 Australia at Sydney Motorsport Park. - F4 AUS Championship Certified by FIA". www.f4aus.com. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Vital Pathway from Karting to Formula 1 to return to Australia at the Shell V-Power Motorsport Park this weekend". Formula 4 Australian Championship. 2024-05-02.
  4. ^ "Ciconte joins Australian F4 Championship". Auto Auction. 2024-03-15.
  5. ^ O'Brien, Garry (2024-03-13). "Nicolas Stati to race Australian Formula 4 Championship with AGI Sport". Speedcafe.com.
  6. ^ "British F4 winner Jimmy Piszcyk joins AGI Sport for F4 Australian Champs". Velocity Motorsport Magazine. 2024-03-08.
  7. ^ @blackartsracingbar; (9 December 2023). "Formula 4 is returning to Australian shores next year and announcing a five-round calendar which we will take part of". Retrieved 9 December 2023 – via Instagram.
  8. ^ @inigo_anton33; (2024-08-26). "I'm excited to announce that I'll be racing in the F4 Australian Championship at the Petronas Sepang International Circuit this September 6-8!" – via Instagram.
  9. ^ Leeuwen, Andrew van (2023-11-28). "Formula 4 to be relaunched in Australia". Speedcafe.com.
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