2023 Formula Regional European Championship

The 2023 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine is a planned multi-event, Formula Regional open-wheel single seater motor racing championship to be held across Europe. The championship will feature a mix of professional and amateur drivers, competing in Formula Regional cars that conform to the FIA Formula Regional regulations for the championship. This will be 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]

Teams No. Driver Status Rounds
Switzerland G4 Racing 3 France Alessandro Giusti R TBC
TBA TBA TBC
TBA TBA TBC
Italy Trident 4 Poland Roman Bilinski[2] TBC
43 France Owen Tangavelou TBC
47 Singapore Nikhil Bohra[lower-alpha 1] TBC
United Kingdom Arden Motorsport 5 United Kingdom Tom Lebbon R TBC
10 Paraguay Joshua Dürksen[3] TBC
11 Hungary Levente Révész TBC
Italy Prema Racing 7 Spain Lorenzo Fluxá TBC
8 Brazil Rafael Câmara TBC
12 Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli TBC
France ART Grand Prix 9 Austria Charlie Wurz TBC
18 Netherlands Laurens van Hoepen[4] TBC
25 France Marcus Amand R TBC
Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing 13 Switzerland Joshua Dufek[5] TBC
27 Netherlands Kas Haverkort[6] TBC
68 Netherlands Niels Koolen TBC
Netherlands MP Motorsport 15 France Sami Meguetounif[7] TBC
17 Netherlands Dilano van 't Hoff[8] TBC
26 France Victor Bernier TBC
Finland KIC Motorsport 23 Ukraine Oleksandr Partyshev R TBC
55 Switzerland Shannon Lugassy R TBC
64 Spain Maya Weug[lower-alpha 2] F R TBC
Italy Monolite Racing 29 United States Enzo Scionti TBC
99 Italy Giovanni Maschio TBC
TBA TBA TBC
France R-ace GP 34 Norway Martinius Stenshorne R TBC
77 Germany Tim Tramnitz TBC
88 Peru Matías Zagazeta TBC
France Saintéloc Racing 35 Colombia Nicolás Baptiste TBC
73 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. R TBC
TBA TBA TBC
Italy RPM 65 Mexico Santiago Ramos TBC
75 Republic of Ireland Adam Fitzgerald R TBC
85 France Macéo Capietto TBC
Icon Status
R Rookie
F Female
G Guest drivers ineligible for points

Team changes

FA Racing by MP announced their departure from the championship in October 2022. The entry would be taken over by French team Saintéloc Racing.[9]

Driver changes

Reigning team champions Prema Racing renewed their line-up completely, as all their 2022 full-time drivers are promoted to Formula 3, with champion Dino Beganovic and Paul Aron staying with the Italian team and Sebastian Montoya joining Hitech Pulse-Eight.[10][11][12] Replacing them will be the 2022 Italian F4 and ADAC F4 champion Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Rafael Câmara and third-year FRECA driver Lorenzo Fluxá.[13][14][15] 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 departs Trident after coming 15th with the team in his debut season.[16] He replaces 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.[17][18] Their lineup will be 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.[19]

2022 Formula 4 UAE and 2023 Formula Regional Oceania champion Charlie Wurz joins ART Grand Prix, replacing Gabriele Minì, who graduates to FIA Formula 3 with Hitech Pulse-Eight.[20][21] They also signed Sauber Academy driver Marcus Amand, who graduates from Formula 4, to replace Esteban Masson.[22]

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.[23]

Trident have recruited Owen Tangavelou, who raced with G4 Racing and Race Performance Motorsport in 2022, finishing 20th in the championship.[24] He replaces Leonardo Fornaroli, who graduates to the Italian outfit's Formula 3 team after winning the rookie title in 2022.[25] Nikhil Bohra will replace 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.[26]

MP Motorsport signed Victor Bernier, who starts his second season in the championship after a 17th place finish in the 2022 season driving for MP's former partner team FA Racing.[27]

Levente Révész makes the switch from Van Amersfoort Racing to Arden for his second FRECA season, replacing Noel León, who moves across to the Euroformula Open championship.[28][29] Arden's driver roster is completed by Tom Lebbon, 2020 Ginetta Junior champion and third in GB3 in 2022, who replaces Dudu Barrichello.[30]

RPM promote Irish driver Adam Fitzgerald from the F4 British Championship to replace the Trident-bound Owen Tangavelou.[31] Santiago Ramos, who joined the team for the final round in 2022, will race there on a full-time basis in 2023.[32] The teams' lineup will be completed by Macéo Capietto, who moves over from Monolite Racing after a 22nd place in his rookie season.[33] He replaces fellow Frenchman Pierre-Louis Chovet, who moves over to GT3 racing after three years in Formula Regional.[34]

Monolite Racing will field Giovanni Maschio, who graduates from the Italian F4 Championship, having also taken part in the 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship.[35] Partnering him will be Enzo Scionti, who last drove for Drivex in the 2021 Euroformula Open Championship where he came 14th.[36]

2022 French F4 champion Alessandro Giusti will make his Formula Regional debut in 2023, joining G4 Racing to replace Zagazeta.[37]

KIC Motorsport will field an all-new, all-rookie line-up in 2023. Ferrari Academy driver Maya Weug jumps up to the Formula Regional level after two years in the Italian F4 Championship, replacing Santiago Ramos, who moves to RPM.[38] Piotr Wiśnicki, who graduates to F3, is replaced by Ultimate Cup Series race winner Shannon Lugassy.[39][40] The seat of Sebastian Ogaard, who moves to the newly created Eurocup-3 series, was originially to be filled by Formula Academy Finland race-winner Iker Oikarinen, before he was replaced by F4 racer Olexander Partyshev.[41][42][43]

New entrant Saintéloc Racing signed Emerson Fittipaldi Jr., who will make the step up to Formula Regional in 2023.[44] Partnering him will be Nicolás Baptiste, starting his second season in the championship after failing to score points with FA Racing in 2022.[45]

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.[46]

Round Circuit Date Supporting
1 R1 Italy Imola Circuit, Imola 22 April TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
Italian F4 Championship
R2 23 April
2 R1 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 20 May 6H of Barcelona - Espíritu de Montjuïc
F1 Academy
R2 21 May
3 R1 Hungary Hungaroring, Mogyoród 17 June International GT Open
GT Cup Open Europe
TCR Europe Touring Car Series
Euroformula Open Championship
R2 18 June
4 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa 30 June Intercontinental GT Challenge
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (Spa 24 Hours)
GT4 European Series
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe
R2 1 July
5 R1 Italy Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero 8 July Italian GT Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
R2 9 July
6 R1 France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 22 July International GT Open
GT Cup Open Europe
TCR Europe Touring Car Series
Euroformula Open Championship
R2 23 July
7 R1 Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 9 September
R2 10 September
8 R1 Italy Monza Circuit, Monza 16 September Italian GT Championship
TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
R2 17 September
9 R1 Netherlands Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort 14 October GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
GB3 Championship
R2 15 October
10 R1 Germany Hockenheimring, Hockenheim 21 October Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
ADAC GT Masters
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
R2 22 October

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 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Notes
  1. Bohra is an American-Indian driver competing under a Singaporean licence.
  2. Weug is a Dutch-Belgian-Spanish driver competing under a Spanish licence.

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