PHM Racing explained

PHM Racing AIX Racing
Founded:	2021
Base:	Berlin, Germany
Principal:	Paul Müller
Founder:	Paul Müller
Current Series:	FIA Formula 2 Championship FIA Formula 3 Championship Formula Regional Middle East Championship Italian F4 Championship Formula 4 UAE Championship
Former Series:	ADAC Formula 4
Current Drivers:	FIA Formula 2 Championship 24. Joshua Dürksen 25. Taylor Barnard FIA Formula 3 Championship 26. Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak 27. Nikita Bedrin 28. Joshua Dufek Formula Regional Middle East Championship 5. Taylor Barnard 15. Brando Badoer 18. Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak 66. Liu RuiqiFormula 4 UAE Championship 9. Everett Stack 10. Nikita Bedrin 33. Maksimilian Popov 70. Kamal Mrad
Website:	http://phm.racing/ https://aixracing.com/

PHM Racing (currently racing as AIX Racing in Formula 2 and Formula 3, and PHM AIX Racing in Formula Regional and Formula 4 for sponsorship reasons) is a German auto racing team.^[1] It started racing in 2022 after taking over Mücke Motorsport's Formula 4 assets.^[2] They later entered Formula Regional Middle East, FIA Formula 3 and FIA Formula 2, the latter two in collaboration with Charouz Racing System initially under the PHM Racing by Charouz banner.^[3] The F2 and F3 operations were again rebranded as AIX Racing in May 2024 after financial services firm AIX assumed ownership.

History

Born from the ashes of Mücke Motorsport's single-seater programme, which was disbanded at the end of 2021, PHM Racing was founded by Paul Müller with a squad mostly consisting of former Mücke personnel and the aim of being a non-profit organization.^{[4] [5]} The team made its first step into racing in the Formula 4 UAE Championship in 2022, competing with Nikita Bedrin, Jonas Ried and Taylor Barnard. Following a campaign that yielded the team's first ever race win with Barnard and a further pair of victories brought by Bedrin, team owner Paul Müller announced that they would be stepping into the Italian and German F4 series.^{[6] [7]}

The team entered Formula Regional Middle East for the 2023 winter season, before expanding into Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3 with a partial takeover of Charouz Racing System.^[8] PHM assumed full control of the F2 and F3 teams' operations prior to the 2023 Yas Island Formula 2 round, and announced a new sponsorship deal with the Dubai-based AIX Investment Group that would see the team renamed PHM AIX Racing for 2024.^{[9] [10]} AIX later completed acquisition of the F2 and F3 structures in May 2024.^[11]

At the eighth round of the 2024 FIA Formula 2 Championship in Imola, the team got their first podium with driver Joshua Dürksen finishing in third place in the feature race.

Current series results

FIA Formula 2 Championship

Year	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles		Podiums
2023	Dallara F2 2018	Mecachrome V634T V6 t		align=left	Roy Nissany	26	0	0	0	0	21st	0	11th	0
				align=left	Brad Benavides	18	0	0	0	0	22nd	0
				align=left	Josh Mason	8	0	0	0	0	23rd	0
2024	Dallara F2 2024	Mecachrome V634T V6 t		align=left	Joshua Dürksen	20	0	0	0	1	19th	25	11th*	43*
				align=left	Taylor Barnard	20	1	0	0	1	20th	18

In detail

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28		Points
		BHR SPR	BHR FEA	JED SPR	JED FEA	ALB SPR	ALB FEA	BAK SPR	BAK FEA	MCO SPR	MCO FEA	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	ZAN SPR	ZAN FEA	MNZ SPR	MNZ FEA	YMC SPR	YMC FEA			11th	0
	align=left nowrap	Roy Nissany	18	11	10	11	9	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	15	20†	18	10	16	9	17	17	15	13	12	17	12	Ret	15	14	11
	align=left nowrap	Brad Benavides	19	18	18	Ret	Ret	12	10	Ret	11	16	15	22	12	19	Ret	13	18	18
	align=left nowrap	Josh Mason																			19	14	18	15	16	12	15	Ret
		BHR SPR	BHR FEA	JED SPR	JED FEA	ALB SPR	ALB FEA	IMO SPR	IMO FEA	MCO SPR	MCO FEA	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	MNZ SPR	MNZ FEA	BAK SPR	BAK FEA	LUS SPR	LUS FEA	YMC SPR	YMC FEA	11th*	43*
	align=left nowrap	Joshua Dürksen	15	11	9	12	17	Ret	Ret	3	18	18†	10	Ret	8	6	16	Ret	18	19	19	10
	align=left nowrap	Taylor Barnard	Ret	16	13	13	13	16	DSQ	20	1	11	19	Ret	12	8	9	14	7	9	16	13

FIA Formula 3 Championship

Year	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles		Podiums
2023	Dallara F3 2019	Mecachrome V634 V6		align=left	Sophia Flörsch	18	0	0	0	0	23rd	6	9th	6
				align=left	Roberto Faria	18	0	0	0	0	31st	0
				align=left	Piotr Wiśnicki	8	0	0	0	0	34th	0
				align=left	McKenzy Cresswell	4	0	0	0	0	33rd	0
				align=left	Michael Shin	6	0	0	0	0	32nd	0
2024	Dallara F3 2019	Mecachrome V634 V6		Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	18	0	0	0	1	24th	9	9th*	34*
				Nikita Bedrin	18	1	0	0	1	19th	25
				Joshua Dufek	18	0	0	0	0	30th	0

In detail

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20		Points
2023		BHR SPR	BHR FEA	ALB SPR	ALB FEA	MCO SPR	MCO FEA	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	MNZ SPR	MNZ FEA			9th	6
	Sophia Flörsch	22	20	16	18	23	23	21	20	18	DSQ	19	23	15	18	12	7	16	13
	Roberto Faria	24	25	18	Ret	Ret	27	25	24	24	19	27	Ret	19	20	17	Ret	NC	22†
	Piotr Wiśnicki	25	24	23	Ret	18	22	24	21
	McKenzy Cresswell									23	17	23	22
	Michael Shin													26	28	21	25	Ret	17
2024		BHR SPR	BHR FEA	ALB SPR	ALB FEA	IMO SPR	IMO FEA	MCO SPR	MCO FEA	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	MNZ SPR	MNZ FEA	9th*	34*
	align=left nowrap	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	16	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	27	17	18	25	26	27	26	20	20	2	14	29	15
	Nikita Bedrin	13	20	21	8	9	30	Ret	24	Ret	30†	13	Ret	13	9	1	7	13	20
	Joshua Dufek	24	27	22	22	16	22	Ret	20	17	17	25	Ret	23	Ret	22	22	24	14

Italian F4 Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles		Points
2022	Tatuus F4-T421	Taylor Barnard	20	0	0	0	103	8th	3rd
		Nikita Bedrin	20	0	0	0	77	12th
		Jonas Ried	20	0	0	0	1	25th
		Victoria Blokhina	20	0	0	0	0	34th
2023	Tatuus F4-T421	James Egozi	21	0	0	0	37	14th	4th
		Valentin Kluss	15	0	0	0	34	15th
		Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi	18	0	0	0	8	21st
		Davide Larini†	15	0	0	0	0	32nd
		Victoria Blokhina	20	0	0	0	0	35th
		Giacomo Pedrini	6	0	0	0	0	42nd
		Tom Kalender	3	0	0	0	0	49th
2024	Tatuus F4-T421	Maksimilian Popov
		Everett Stack
		Davide Larini
		Andrej Petrović
		Kamal Mrad

†Larini drove for AKM Motorsport until round 4.

Euro 4 Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles		Points
2023	Tatuus F4-T421	Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi	6	0	0	0	0	21st	7th
		Giacomo Pedrini†	6	0	0	0	0	28th

† Pedrini drove for Van Amersfoort Racing in round 3.

Formula 4 UAE Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles		Points
2022	Tatuus F4-T421	Nikita Bedrin	19	2	1	1	198	4th	3rd
		Taylor Barnard	20	1	0	0	80	9th
		Jonas Ried	20	0	0	0	4	23rd
2023	Tatuus F4-T421	Noah Strømsted	15	0	0	0	55	9th	5th
		Valentin Kluss	15	0	0	0	50	10th
		Akshay Bohra	15	0	0	0	11	21st
		Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi	6	0	0	0	0	31st
		Jakob Bergmeister	9	0	0	0	0	40th
2024	Tatuus F4-T421	Nikita Bedrin	9	3	2	0	124	5th	5th
		Maksimilian Popov	15	0	0	0	0	27th
		Kamal Mrad	15	0	0	0	0	28th
		Davide Larini	6	0	0	0	0	30th
		Everett Stack	15	0	0	0	0	34th

Formula Regional Middle East Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles		Points
2023	Tatuus F3 T-318	Taylor Barnard	15	2	0	3	152	2nd	2nd
		Joshua Dufek	15	0	0	3	105	6th
		Nikita Bedrin	15	2	2	0	78	8th
2024	Tatuus F3 T-318	Taylor Barnard	15	5	4	1	176	2nd	2nd
		Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	15	0	0	2	86	9th
		Brando Badoer	15	0	0	0	76	10th
		Ruiqi Liu	15	0	0	0	0	26th

Formula 4 CEZ Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles		Points
2023	Tatuus F4-T421	James Egozi	2	2	1	2	50	8th	5th
		Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi	2	0	0	0	24	14th
2024	Tatuus F4-T421	Maksimilian Popov
		Everett Stack
		Davide Larini
		Andrej Petrović
		Kamal Mrad

Former series results

ADAC Formula 4 Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles		Points
2022	Tatuus F4-T421	Taylor Barnard	18	5	3	3	266	2nd	2nd
		Nikita Bedrin	18	1	0	1	175	4th
		Jonas Ried	18	0	0	1	71	9th
		Valentin Kluss	12	0	0	0	61	11th

Timeline

Current series
Italian F4 Championship	2022–present
Formula 4 UAE Championship	2022–present
FIA Formula 2 Championship	2023–present
FIA Formula 3 Championship	2023–present
Formula Regional Middle East Championship	2023–present
Formula 4 CEZ Championship	2023–present
Euro 4 Championship	2023–present
Former series
ADAC Formula 4	2022

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022-01-16 . How PHM Racing (F4 UAE) does things different: 'We want to develop mechanics the same way we do drivers' . 2022-10-03 . F1 Feeder Series . en.
2. Web site: 2022-03-30 . PHM Racing on their first ever campaign: 'We shook up the establishment' . 2022-10-03 . F1 Feeder Series . en.
3. Web site: 2022-11-28. PHM Racing to enter F2 and F3 in 2023 with Charouz deal . 2023-06-01. Formula Scout . en.
4. Web site: Dalle ceneri di Mucke nasce il PHM Racing. italiaracing.net. it. Tremolada. Mattia. 2022-01-01. 2022-10-05.
5. Web site: Our Story . 2022-10-03 . PHM Racing . en-GB.
6. Web site: 22 March 2022 . New addition to the ADAC Formula 4 field: PHM Racing to run four cars . automobilsport.com.
7. Web site: New PHM Racing team names five drivers for ADAC and Italian F4. Formula Scout. Wood. Ida. 2022-03-27. 2022-10-05.
8. News: PHM Racing take over Charouz Racing System's FIA Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3 entries. Formula Motorsport. 28 November 2022.
9. Web site: 2023 Yas Marina Event - F2 Entry List - Yas Marina 2023. fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 23 November 2023. 20 December 2023.
10. Web site: PHM Racing becomes PHM AIX Racing. PHM AIX Racing. Overkamp. Marc. 10 January 2024. 10 January 2024.
11. Web site: AIX Investment Group completes acquisition of F2 team PHM Racing. Formula Scout. Gascoigne. Roger. 13 May 2024. 13 May 2024.