2023 Formula Regional European Championship
The 2023 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine is a multi-event, Formula Regional open-wheel single seater motor racing championship held across Europe. The championship features a mix of professional and amateur drivers, competing in Formula Regional cars that conform to the FIA Formula Regional regulations for the championship. This is the fifth season of the championship and the third after a merger with Formula Renault Eurocup which resulted to the change of the engine supplier to Alpine.
Teams and drivers
Twelve teams were pre-selected by the championship organizers on 2 December 2022.[1]
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Team changes
FA Racing by MP announced their departure from the championship in October 2022. The entry was taken over by French team Saintéloc Racing.[11]
Driver changes
Reigning team champions Prema Racing renewed their line-up completely, as all their 2022 full-time drivers were promoted to Formula 3, with champion Dino Beganovic and Paul Aron staying with the Italian team and Sebastian Montoya joining Hitech Pulse-Eight.[12][13][14] Replacing them are the 2022 Italian F4 and ADAC F4 champion Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Rafael Câmara and third-year FRECA driver Lorenzo Fluxá.[15][16][17] All three raced for Prema's partner team Mumbai Falcons in the 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship, with Antonelli taking the title.
Vice-champion team R-ace GP recruited Tim Tramnitz, who departed Trident after coming 15th with the team in his debut season.[18] He replaced Lorenzo Fluxá, who joined Prema Racing. The team signed another second-year driver in Matías Zagazeta, who failed to score points in his rookie year with G4 Racing, to replace Gabriel Bortoleto, who graduated to F3 with Trident.[19][20] Their lineup was completed by Martinius Stenshorne, who made appearances in four different Formula 4 series in 2022, with a seventh in the Italian Championship as his best result.[21]
2022 Formula 4 UAE and 2023 Formula Regional Oceania champion Charlie Wurz joined ART Grand Prix, replacing Gabriele Minì, who graduated to FIA Formula 3 with Hitech Pulse-Eight.[22][23] The team also signed Sauber Academy driver Marcus Amand, who graduated from Formula 4, to replace Esteban Masson.[24]
Van Amersfoort Racing replaced Arden-bound Levente Révész with Niels Koolen, who also competed with the team in the 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship.[25]
Trident recruited Owen Tangavelou, who raced with G4 Racing and Race Performance Motorsport in 2022, finishing 20th in the championship.[26] He replaced Leonardo Fornaroli, who graduated to the Italian outfits' Formula 3 team after winning the rookie title in 2022.[27] Nikhil Bohra replaced Tim Tramnitz to complete Trident's line-up after a successful Formula Regional debut in the 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship, where he finished 9th overall.[28]
MP Motorsport signed Victor Bernier, who started his second season in the championship after a 17th-place finish in the 2022 season driving for MP's former partner team FA Racing.[29]
Levente Révész made the switch from Van Amersfoort Racing to Arden for his second FRECA season, replacing Noel León, who moved across to the Euroformula Open championship.[30][31] Arden's driver roster was completed by Tom Lebbon, 2020 Ginetta Junior champion and third in GB3 in 2022, who replaced Dudu Barrichello.[32]
RPM promoted Irish driver Adam Fitzgerald from the F4 British Championship to replace the Trident-bound Owen Tangavelou.[33] Santiago Ramos, who joined the team for the final round in 2022, raced there on a full-time basis in 2023.[34] The teams' lineup was completed by Macéo Capietto, who moved over from Monolite Racing after a 22nd place in his rookie season.[35] He replaced fellow Frenchman Pierre-Louis Chovet, who moved over to GT3 racing after three years in Formula Regional.[36]
Monolite Racing fielded Giovanni Maschio, who graduated from the Italian F4 Championship, having also taken part in the 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship.[37] Partnering him was Enzo Scionti, who last drove for Drivex in the 2021 Euroformula Open Championship where he came 14th.[38]
2022 French F4 champion Alessandro Giusti made his Formula Regional debut in 2023, joining G4 Racing to replace Zagazeta.[39]
KIC Motorsport fielded an all-new, all-rookie line-up in 2023. Ferrari Academy driver Maya Weug jumped up to the Formula Regional level after two years in the Italian F4 Championship, replacing Santiago Ramos, who moved to RPM.[40] Piotr Wiśnicki, who graduated to F3, was replaced by Ultimate Cup Series race winner Shannon Lugassy.[41][42] The seat of Sebastian Ogaard, who moved to the newly created Eurocup-3 series, was originally to be filled by Formula Academy Finland race-winner Iker Oikarinen, before he was replaced by F4 racer Olexander Partyshev.[43][44][45]
New entrant Saintéloc Racing signed Emerson Fittipaldi Jr., who made the step up to Formula Regional in 2023.[46] Partnering him is Lucas Medina, a race winner in NACAM F4.[47]
Mid-season changes
Kirill Smal joined Monolite Racing after the first round for a part-time campaign after making his Formula Regional Debut in the final three rounds of the inaugural Middle Eastern championship.[48]
Nicolás Baptiste is expected to join Saintéloc Racing to start his second season in the championship after failing to score points with FA Racing in 2022.[49]
Race calendar
The calendar was revealed on 2 December 2022.[1] Three pre-season tests will be held at Barcelona, Paul Ricard and Monza in March and April. The championship will visit Germany for the first time in its history, but will not support Formula One unlike in the years before.[50]
Round | Circuit | Date | Supporting | |
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1 | R1 | ![]() |
22 April | TCR Italy Touring Car Championship |
R2 | 23 April | |||
2 | R1 | ![]() |
20 May | 6H of Barcelona - Espíritu de Montjuïc |
R2 | 21 May | |||
3 | R1 | ![]() |
17 June | International GT Open |
R2 | 18 June | |||
4 | R1 | ![]() |
30 June | Spa 24 Hours |
R2 | 1 July | |||
5 | R1 | ![]() |
8 July | Italian GT Championship |
R2 | 9 July | |||
6 | R1 | ![]() |
22 July | International GT Open |
R2 | 23 July | |||
7 | R1 | ![]() |
9 September | International GT Open |
R2 | 10 September | |||
8 | R1 | ![]() |
16 September | Italian GT Championship |
R2 | 17 September | |||
9 | R1 | ![]() |
14 October | GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup |
R2 | 15 October | |||
10 | R1 | ![]() |
21 October | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters |
R2 | 22 October |
Race results
Round | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Rookie winner | |
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2 | R1 | ![]() |
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3 | R1 | ![]() |
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4 | R1 | ![]() |
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5 | R1 | ![]() |
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6 | R1 | ![]() |
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7 | R1 | ![]() |
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8 | R1 | ![]() |
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9 | R1 | ![]() |
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10 | R1 | ![]() |
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Championship standings
- Points system
Points will be awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' standings
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Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Did not finish, but classified
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Teams' standings
For teams entering more than two cars, only the two best-finishing cars are eligible to score points in the teams' championship.
Pos. | Team | IMO![]() |
CAT![]() |
HUN![]() |
SPA![]() |
MUG![]() |
LEC![]() |
RBR![]() |
MNZ![]() |
ZAN![]() |
HOC![]() |
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R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||
1 | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() |
2 | Ret | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Ret | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() |
12 | 4 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
14 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | ![]() |
9 | 3 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
16 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | ![]() |
22 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
23 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | ![]() |
7 | Ret | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | Ret | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | ![]() |
11 | 8 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
18 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | ![]() |
15 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
24 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | ![]() |
20 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
21 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | ![]() |
25 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
28 | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | ![]() |
19 | 19 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
27 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Pos. | Team | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | Points |
IMO![]() |
CAT![]() |
HUN![]() |
SPA![]() |
MUG![]() |
LEC![]() |
RBR![]() |
MNZ![]() |
ZAN![]() |
HOC![]() |
Notes
- Belov and Smal are Russian, but they compete as neutral competitors as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- Bohra is an American-Indian driver competing under a Singaporean licence.
- Weug is a Dutch-Belgian-Spanish driver competing under a Spanish licence.
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