2023 F4 Brazilian Championship

The 2023 F4 Brazilian Championship is the second season of the F4 Brazilian Championship. It is a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The championship uses Tatuus F4-T421 chassis.[1]

Teams and drivers

All pre-selected teams are Brazilian-registered and each fields 4 cars. All drivers are Brazilians. Unlike the previous year, there was no draw allocating the drivers to the teams.

Full Time Sports' Formula 4 operation were moved under its subsidiary Bassani Racing.[2] KTF Sports was not replaced.

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Cavaleiro Sports 9 Lucca Zucchini 1
16 Mateus Callejas R 1
30 Vinícius Tessaro 1
98 Cecilia Rabelo[3] R 1
TMG Racing 18 Rafaela Ferreira[4] R 1
21 Álvaro Cho 1
29 João Tesser 1
99 Luan Lopes 1
Oakberry Bassani F4[5][6] 26 Alexandre Machado R 1
33 Nelson Neto 1
88 Arthur Pavie R 1
118 Matheus Comparatto R 1
Icon Class
R Rookie

Race calendar

The schedule was revealed on 1 February 2023. All rounds will be held in Brazil and all but one will support the 2023 Stock Car Pro Series events. One round will support the 2023 São Paulo Grand Prix.[7] In April 2023, the round at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet in Brasília on 16–18 June was replaced by the round at Interlagos Circuit three weeks later.[8]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Rookie winner
1 R1 Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 22 April Vinícius Tessaro Luan Lopes Vinícius Tessaro Cavaleiro Sports Matheus Comparatto
R2 Vinícius Tessaro Nelson Neto Oakberry Bassani F4 Mateus Callejas
R3 23 April Álvaro Cho Vinícius Tessaro Vinícius Tessaro Cavaleiro Sports Matheus Comparatto
2 R1 Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 7–9 July
R2
R3
3 R1 Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu 4–6 August
R2
R3
4 R1 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Goiânia 25–27 August
R2
R3
5 R1 Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 3–5 November
R2
R3
6 R1 Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Brasília 24–26 November
R2
R3

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers in 25-minute races and for the top eight classified finishers in 18-minute races. The final classification is obtained by dropping two worst results from the first five rounds of the championship.

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

Drivers' standings
Pos Driver INT1 INT2 MOG GYN INT3 BSB Pts
1 Vinícius Tessaro 1 9 1 52
2 Álvaro Cho 3 2 2 47
3 Luan Lopes 2 Ret 3 34
4 Matheus Comparatto 4 5 4 30
5 Nelson Neto 5 1 8 29
6 João Tesser 12† 4 5 18
7 Mateus Callejas 7 3 10 17
8 Arthur Pavie 6 8 7 15
9 Lucca Zucchini 9 7 6 12
10 Rafaela Ferreira 11 6 9 6
11 Alexandre Machado 8 DSQ 12† 4
12 Cecilia Rabelo 10 10 11 1
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid 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

Pos Driver INT1 INT2 MOG GYN INT3 BSB Pts
1 Matheus Comparatto 1 2 1 65
2 Arthur Pavie 2 4 2 45
3 Mateus Callejas 3 1 4 43
4 Rafaela Ferreira 6 3 3 33
5 Cecilia Rabelo 5 5 5 26
6 Alexandre Machado 4 DSQ 6† 20

Teams' championship

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

Pos Driver INT1 INT2 MOG GYN INT3 BSB Pts
1 TMG Racing 2 2 2 89
3 4 3
2 Cavaleiro Sports 1 3F 1 78
7 7 6
3 Oakberry Bassani F4 4 1 4 61
5 5 7

Notes

    References
    1. "VICAR ANNOUNCES F4 BRAZILIAN CHAMPIONSHIP CERTIFIED BY FIA". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 13 November 2021.
    2. "F4 Brasil: Bassani Racing retorna às pistas em 2023". motorsport.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 22 March 2023.
    3. Laerte, Igor (21 January 2023). "Cecilia Rabelo is the second woman confirmed on the 2023 Brazilian F4 grid". Racers - Behind the Helmet.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
    4. Laerte, Igor (20 January 2023). "Rafaela Ferreira announced as the first female driver in the 2023 Brazilian F4 season". Racers - Behind the Helmet.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
    5. "F4 Brasil: Bassani Racing apresenta pilotos de 2023". motorsport.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-04-10.
    6. "Oakberry é a patrocinadora master da Bassani Racing na F4 Brasil e equipe passa a se chamar Oakberry Bassani F4". motorsport.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-04-20.
    7. "Com preliminar da Fórmula 1, BRB Fórmula 4 anuncia calendário para 2023". Vicar Presskit (in Brazilian Portuguese). 1 February 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
    8. "Vicar define todos os calendários para 2023". Vicar Presskit (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-04-13.
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