Aussies headline thirty-car grid for UAE Formula 4
Ten teams and a massive field of thirty drivers have been announced in the first entry list for the 2023 Formula 4 UAE championship.
Australians James Wharton, Noah Lisle and Jimmy Piszcyk will take on the series which begins 13-14 January in Dubai.
PREMA Racing (Italy), Mumbai Falcons (India), Hitech Grand Prix (UK), PHM Racing (Germany), R-Ace GP (France), SANTéLOC Racing (France), CRAM Hitech GP (Italy), Xcel Motorsport (UAE), R2Race (UAE), Carlin (UK), MP Motorsport (Netherlands), and Pinnacle Motorsport (Ireland) will make up the grid in 2023 for the fully-subscribed series, with 30 drivers entered representing 18 different countries.
James Wharton scored four wins in the 2022 series and moves to the Mumbai Falcons for a stint at the title, with technical assistance to be provided by his former team PREMA.
Jimmy Piszcyk will take to the track with Hitech GP as part of a year-long campaign with the team, while Noah Lisle will race with Emirati locals Xcel Motorsport.
More driver announcements are expected in the coming weeks with Carlin, MP Motorsport, and Pinnacle all yet to announce their squads.
The 2023 Formula 4 UAE championship begins 13-14 January.
2023 Formula 4 UAE Championship - Entry List (As of December 2022)
PREMA Racing: Ugo Ugochukwu (USA), Nicola Lacorte (ITA)
Mumbai Falcons / PREMA: James Wharton (AUS), Tuukka Taponen (FIN), Muhammad Ibrahim (IND)
Hitech Grand Prix: Kanato Le (JAP), Will Macintyre (GBR), Jimmy Piszcyk (AUS), Arvid Lindblad (GBR)
PHM Racing: Noah Strømsted (DEN), Valentin Kluss (GER), Akshey Bohra (SIN), Jakob Bergmeister (GER)
R-Ace GP: Jesse Carrasquedo (MEX), Zachary David (FIL). Raphaël Narac (FRA), Alexander Abkhazava (GEO)
SAINTéLOC: Luciana Morano (FRA), Théophile Naël (FRA), Theodor Jensen (DEN)
CRAM Hitech GP: Flavio Olivieri (ITA), Sebastian Murray (UAE)
Xcel Motorsport: Noah Lisle (AUS), Frederico Rifai (UAE), Gergiy Zhuravskiy (FIA), Aleksandr Bolduev (FIA)
Yas Heat Academy: Keanu Al Azhari (UAE), Matteo Quintarelli (UAE)
R2Race: Léna Bühler (SWI), Victoria Blokhina (ITA)
Carlin: TBA
MP Motorsport: TBA
Pinnacle Motorsport: TBA
