The 2025 F4 Middle East Championship is the inaugural 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 regular season commenced on 18 January at the Yas Marina Circuit and concludes on 28 February at Lusail International Circuit.
Teams and drivers
Race calendar
The schedule consists of 15 races over 5 rounds.[12] 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.[13] 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.[14]
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.[15]
| 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
|
LUS
|
|
| 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
|
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
|
LUS
|
|
| 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
|
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
|
Notes
- ^ Nakamura-Berta is a Japanese-Slovakian driver competing under a British licence.
- ^ Raber is a Swedish driver competing under an Emirati licence.
- ^ Zhuravskiy is a Russian driver competing under a Kyrgyz licence.
- ^ Chi is a Chinese driver competing under an Italian licence.
- ^ Powell is a Jamaican-American driver competing under an American licence.
- ^ Savinkov is a Ukrainian driver competing under an Italian licence.
- ^ Olivieri originally won the race but received a 10 seconds penalty for jumping the start. Nakamura-Berta inherited the win.
References
- ^ Wood, Ida (10 January 2025). "British F4 rookie cup winner Martin Molnar returns with Virtuosi". Formula Scout.
- ^ "Tiago Rodrigues Rejoins Evans GP for 2025 F4 Middle East Championship". Evans GP. 23 December 2024. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ "Seth Gilmore Joins Evans GP for 2025 F4 Middle East Championship". Evans GP. 19 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "PREMA Racing set for dual Middle Eastern challenge". Prema Racing. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ "PREMA signs Hanna for 2025 Formula 4 campaign". Prema Racing. 3 January 2025.
- ^ a b Wood, Ida (12 January 2025). "Akcel GP and Pinnacle Motorsport name F4 Middle East line-ups". Formula Scout.
- ^ Allen, Peter (2 January 2025). "David Cosma Cristofor to make F4 debut in Middle East with PHM". Formula Scout.
- ^ a b c Kho, Christopher (13 January 2025). "Pinnacle Motorsport to field three cars in inaugural 2025 F4 Middle East Championship". Pinnacle Motorsport. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ "Zhenrui Chi joins PREMA for 2025 Formula 4 season". Prema Racing. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ a b c d Allen, Peter (9 January 2025). "Alex Powell leads R-ace GP squad for F4 Middle East". Formula Scout.
- ^ Wood, Ida (26 November 2024). "Winfield Racing School returns to competition in FRegional and F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ "2025 Formula Middle East Season Announced". www.f4uae.com. 6 September 2024.
- ^ Wood, Ida (4 January 2025). "PHM Racing makes two FRME signings as calendar is revised". Formula Scout.
- ^ Spadi, Daniele; Turner, Tori (15 January 2025). "Formula Regional Middle East: 2025 season guide". Feeder Series. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
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