2024 F4 Saudi Arabian Championship Explained

The 2024 Formula 4 Saudi Arabian Championship Certified by FIA was the inaugural season of the F4 Saudi Arabian Championship. It was a motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The season commenced on 14 December 2023 with a non-championship Trophy Event at Bahrain International Circuit in Bahrain. The regular season began on 1 February at Kuwait Motor Town in Kuwait and concludes on 6 April 2024 at Jeddah Corniche Circuit in Saudi Arabia.^[1]

Teams and drivers

All cars were run by Altawkilat Meritus.GP.

	Driver	Class	Rounds
3	Saud Al Saud		4
5	Saqer Almaosherji		NC, All
7	Faisal Alkabbani		NC, All
8	Hamda Al Qubaisi		NC, All
9	Abdullah Al Qubaisi		1–2
77	Abdullah Al Qubaisi		5–6
10	Federico Al Rifai^[2]		All
12	Federico Al Rifai^[2]		NC
11	Oscar Wurz^[3]		nowrap	NC, All
18	Omar Aldereyaane		NC, All
22			3
23	Kirill Kutskov		NC, All
33	Abdulaziz Altayar		NC
49	Andrej Petrović		All
52			NC, All
55	Laura Villars		All
66	Montego Maassen		NC
77	Juancho Brobio		1–3
88	Amna Al Qubaisi		NC, All
96	Jabor Al-Thani		NC, All
96	Lucca Allen		1
99	nowrap	Abdulaziz Abuzenadah		NC, All

Calendar

Initially, the schedule consisted of twenty-four races over six rounds across four countries. The planned season opener at Bahrain International Circuit was converted into the Trophy Event round. Furthermore, the last two competitions at Jeddah Corniche Circuit were converted into three triple-headers.

2023
Round		Circuit	Date	nowrap	Pole position	nowrap	Fastest lap	nowrap	Winning driver	nowrap	Rookie winner	Supporting
	R1	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	nowrap	15 December	nowrap	Suleiman Zanfari	nowrap	Suleiman Zanfari	Oscar Wurz	nowrap	Saqer Almaosherji	Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East
R2	16 December			nowrap	Federico Al Rifai	nowrap	Suleiman Zanfari	nowrap	Montego Maassen
R3	nowrap		Suleiman Zanfari	nowrap	Federico Al Rifai	nowrap	Federico Al Rifai	nowrap	Saqer Almaosherji
R4			nowrap	Oscar Wurz	nowrap	Oscar Wurz	nowrap	Omar Aldereyaane
2024
1	R1	Kuwait Motor Town, Ali Sabah Al Salem	2 February	nowrap	Federico Al Rifai	nowrap	Federico Al Rifai	nowrap	Suleiman Zanfari	nowrap	Saqer Almaosherji	Kuwait Motor Town Championship - 2K Race Series Toyota Gazoo Racing GR Yaris Cup Kuwait
	R2		3 February		nowrap	Saqer Almaosherji	nowrap	Federico Al Rifai	nowrap	Andrej Petrović
	R3				Hamda Al Qubaisi	Hamda Al Qubaisi	Saqer Almaosherji
	R4			Federico Al Rifai	Suleiman Zanfari	Federico Al Rifai	Kirill Kutskov
2	R1	Kuwait Motor Town, Ali Sabah Al Salem	9 February	Suleiman Zanfari	Suleiman Zanfari	Suleiman Zanfari	Andrej Petrović	Kuwait Motor Town Championship - 2K Race Series
	R2	10 February		Federico Al Rifai	Federico Al Rifai	Andrej Petrović
	R3			Saqer Almaosherji	Saqer Almaosherji	Saqer Almaosherji
	R4		Suleiman Zanfari	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović
3	R1	Lusail International Circuit, Lusail	16 March	Federico Al Rifai	Andrej Petrović	Federico Al Rifai	Andrej Petrović	Stand-alone event
	R2			Amna Al Qubaisi	Faisal Alkabbani	Omar Aldereyaane
	R3			Andrej Petrović	nowrap	Omar Aldereyaane	nowrap		Omar Aldereyaane
	R4	17 March	Federico Al Rifai	Federico Al Rifai	Federico Al Rifai	Kirill Kutskov
4	R1	Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah Corniche	28 March	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović	Stand-alone event
	R2		28 March	Faisal Alkabbani	Faisal Alkabbani	Omar Aldereyaane
	R3	29 March	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović
5	R1	Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah Corniche	1 April	Saqer Almaosherji	Andrej Petrović	Kirill Kutskov	Kirill Kutskov	Stand-alone event
	R2		1 April		Andrej Petrović	Federico Al Rifai	Andrej Petrović
	R3		2 April	nowrap	Saqer Almaosherji	nowrap	Federico Al Rifai		nowrap	Federico Al Rifai	nowrap	Kirill Kutskov
6	R1	Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah Corniche	6 April	Andrej Petrović	Federico Al Rifai	Federico Al Rifai	Andrej Petrović	Stand-alone event
	R2		6 April		Federico Al Rifai	Suleiman Zanfari	Kirill Kutskov
	R3		7 April	Federico Al Rifai	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović	Andrej Petrović

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers of each race, with reverse-grid races awarding half points. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.

Round	Races	Position, points per race
Round	Races	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
4-race round	Races 1 & 4	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
4-race round	Races 2 & 3	12.5	9	7.5	6	5	4	3	2	1	0.5
3-race round	Races 1 & 3	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
3-race round	Race 2	12.5	9	7.5	6	5	4	3	2	1	0.5

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	BHR				KMT1				KMT2				LSL				JED1			JED2			JED3			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Federico Al Rifai	3	4	1	Ret	11	1	5	1	5	1	4	3	1	4	9	1	3	WD	5	3	1	1	1	4	2	269.5
2	Andrej Petrović					5	3	3	3	3	2	5	1	3	Ret	3	8	1	7	1	4	2	Ret	2	3	1	245
3	Kirill Kutskov	4	8	5	6	4	7	6	2	7	Ret	6	4	7	Ret	8	4	2	3	6	1	5	2	3	2	3	199.5
4	Suleiman Zanfari	11†	1	Ret	3	1	4	9	4	1	6	9	2	4	Ret	10	7	8	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	WD	5	1	7	149
5	Saqer Almaosherji	2	9	4	4	2	5	2	5	4	4	1	8	11	Ret	6	6	6	Ret	2	Ret	4	3	Ret	8	9	139.5
6	Oscar Wurz	1	11†	3	1	Ret	Ret	4	DNS	2	Ret	7	5	2	3	4	5	4	WD	4	2	Ret	Ret	6	5	8	137.5
7	Omar Aldereyaane	7	7	9	2	6	Ret	7	6	6	3	2	6	6	5	1	9	7	2	8	5	7	Ret	4	7	5	136
8	Hamda Al Qubaisi	Ret	6	2	7	3	2	1	10	8	5	8	7	5	7	11	2	5	8	3	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	6	4	132.5
9	Faisal Alkabbani	12	2	8	9	7	6	10	Ret	9	Ret	3	9	9	1	2	11	Ret	1	12	6	3	5	Ret	DNS	Ret	83.5
10	Amna Al Qubaisi	9	3	7	8	9	8	8	Ret	WD	WD	WD	WD	10	2	5	10	Ret	4	9	7	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	6	56
11	Aurelia Nobels													8	6	7	3										26
12	Jabor Al-Thani	8	Ret	12	Ret	WD	WD	WD	WD	13	9	12	12	13	8	12	14	11	6	13	8	8	8	7	Ret	11	23
13	Abdullah Al Qubaisi					13	10	11	7	12	Ret	10	10								9	9	6	9	Ret	10	22
14	Laura Villars					12	9	12	8	11	7	Ret	11	15	Ret	15†	12	9	5	10	WD	WD	WD	WD	WD	WD	16
15	Abdulaziz Abuzenadah	10	Ret	11	Ret	DNS	11	Ret	9	14	10	Ret	13	14	10	14	13	10	WD	14	10	Ret	7	8	9	12	16
16	Juancho Brobio					10	Ret	13	11	10	8	11	14	12	9	13	15										5
17	Lucca Allen					8	WD	WD	WD																		4
18	Saud Al Saud																	Ret	Ret	11							0
Trophy Event-only drivers
–	Montego Maassen	5	5	6	5																						–
–	Abdulaziz Altayar	6	10	10	Ret																						–
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	BHR				KMT1				KMT2				LSL				JED1			JED2			JED3			Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes and References

Web site: Wolff. Perceval. 2023-12-11. Exclusive: F4 Saudi set to start this weekend at Sakhir: “The grid is full”. Feeder Series.
Web site: Brabner. George. 2024-01-10. Why an underwhelming Spanish F4 campaign was valuable for Federico Rifai. 2024-01-24. Feeder Series. en.
Web site: Rosmanith. Maximilian. 2023-12-27. Wurz-Söhne Charlie und Oscar wollen 2024 durchstarten. 2024-01-20. Sky Sport Austria. de-DE.