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. 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 Brazil Lucca Zucchini[3] 1–4
16 Brazil Mateus Callejas[4] R 1–2
30 Brazil Vinícius Tessaro[3] 1–4
33 Brazil Nelson Neto 4
41 Brazil Fernando Barrichello[5] 2–4
98 Brazil Cecilia Rabelo[6] R 1, 3–4
Oakberry Bassani F4[7][8] 11 Thailand Carl Bennett[9] 2–3
26 Brazil Alexandre Machado R 1–4
27 Brazil Matheus Ferreira[10] TBC
33 Brazil Nelson Neto 1–3
88 Brazil Arthur Pavie R 1–4
118 Brazil Matheus Comparatto R 1–4
TMG Racing 16 Brazil Mateus Callejas R 3–4
18 Brazil Rafaela Ferreira[11] R 1–4
21 Brazil Álvaro Cho[3] 1–4
29 Brazil João Tesser[3] 1–4
99 Brazil Luan Lopes[3] 1–4
TBA TBA Argentina Ayrton Chorne[12] R TBC
Icon Class
R Rookie

Race calendar

The schedule was revealed on 1 February 2023. All rounds are 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.[13] 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.[14] Likewise in September 2023, the round at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet on 24–26 November was replaced by the round at Interlagos Circuit three weeks later.[15]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Rookie winner
1 R1 Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 22 April Brazil Vinícius Tessaro Brazil Luan Lopes Brazil Vinícius Tessaro Cavaleiro Sports Brazil Matheus Comparatto
R2 Brazil Vinícius Tessaro Brazil Nelson Neto Oakberry Bassani F4 Brazil Mateus Callejas
R3 23 April Brazil Álvaro Cho Brazil Vinícius Tessaro Brazil Vinícius Tessaro Cavaleiro Sports Brazil Matheus Comparatto
2 R1 Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 8 July Brazil Vinícius Tessaro Brazil Matheus Comparatto Brazil Luan Lopes TMG Racing Brazil Matheus Comparatto
R2 Thailand Carl Bennett Brazil Mateus Callejas Cavaleiro Sports Brazil Mateus Callejas
R3 9 July Brazil Vinícius Tessaro Brazil Vinícius Tessaro Brazil Vinícius Tessaro Cavaleiro Sports Brazil Matheus Comparatto
3 R1 Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu 5 August Brazil Matheus Comparatto Brazil Vinícius Tessaro Brazil Matheus Comparatto Oakberry Bassani F4 Brazil Matheus Comparatto
R2 Brazil Vinícius Tessaro Brazil Vinícius Tessaro Cavaleiro Sports Brazil Mateus Callejas
R3 6 August Brazil Matheus Comparatto Brazil Matheus Comparatto Brazil Matheus Comparatto Oakberry Bassani F4 Brazil Matheus Comparatto
4 R1 Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Goiânia 26 August Brazil Álvaro Cho[lower-alpha 1] Brazil Vinícius Tessaro Brazil Álvaro Cho TMG Racing Brazil Matheus Comparatto
R2 Brazil Matheus Comparatto Brazil Matheus Comparatto Oakberry Bassani F4 Brazil Matheus Comparatto
R3 27 August Brazil Lucca Zucchini Brazil Vinícius Tessaro Brazil Vinícius Tessaro Cavaleiro Sports Brazil Matheus Comparatto
5 R1 Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 3–5 November
R2
R3
6 R1 Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo 15–17 December
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 INT4 Pts
1 Brazil Vinícius Tessaro 1 9 1 3 7 1 7 1 6 5 3 1 175
2 Brazil Matheus Comparatto 4 5 4 2 5 5 1 7 1 8 1 4 152
3 Brazil Álvaro Cho 3 2 2 9 6 4 4 8 2 1 6 2 143
4 Brazil Luan Lopes 2 Ret 3 1 11 2 2 6 3 4 5 Ret 132
5 Brazil Nelson Neto 5 1 8 12 12 9 5 4 9 2 8 5 80
6 Brazil Lucca Zucchini 9 7 6 5 3 8 3 9 5 3 9 Ret 78
7 Brazil Fernando Barrichello 13† 8 13 6 2 4 6 4 3 64
8 Brazil João Tesser 12† 4 5 4 4 12 12 12 7 7 2 Ret 62
9 Brazil Mateus Callejas 7 3 10 7 1 6 8 3 10 Ret WD WD 61
10 Brazil Arthur Pavie 6 8 7 6 2 7 10 11 Ret 9 7 9 48
11 Thailand Carl Bennett 8 9 3 9 10 8 26
12 Brazil Rafaela Ferreira 11 6 9 10 10 11 Ret 13 11 10 10 6 16
13 Brazil Alexandre Machado 8 DSQ 12† 11 13 10 11 5 12 11 Ret 8 15
14 Brazil Cecilia Rabelo 10 10 11 WD WD WD 12 11 7 7
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

Rookies' championship
Pos Driver INT1 INT2 MOG GYN INT3 INT4 Pts
1 Brazil Matheus Comparatto 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 262
2 Brazil Arthur Pavie 2 4 2 2 2 3 3 4 Ret 2 2 5 154
3 Brazil Mateus Callejas 3 1 4 3 1 2 2 1 2 Ret WD WD 143
4 Brazil Rafaela Ferreira 6 3 3 4 4 5 Ret 5 3 3 3 2 127
5 Brazil Alexandre Machado 4 DSQ 6† 5 5 4 4 2 4 4 Ret 4 109
6 Brazil Cecilia Rabelo 5 5 5 WD WD WD 5 4 3 59

Teams' championship

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

Pos Team INT1 INT2 MOG GYN INT3 INT4 Pts
1 Cavaleiro Sports 1 3 1 3 1 1 3 1 4 2 3 1 333
7 7 6 5 3 6 6 2 5 3 4 3
2 TMG Racing 2 2 2 1 4 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 326
3 4 3 4 6 4 4 6 3 4 5 6
3 Oakberry Bassani F4 4 1 4 2 2 3 1 4 1 8 1 4 253
5 5 7 6 5 5 5 5 8 9 7 8

Notes
  1. Tessaro set the best second fastest lap but received a ten places grid penalty for exceeding the penalty points limit. Cho inherited the pole position.

References
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  2. "F4 Brasil: Bassani Racing retorna às pistas em 2023". motorsport.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 22 March 2023.
  3. Ferrari, Luis (2023-04-21). "How Brazilian F4 looks going into its second season". Formula Scout.
  4. Castro, Maria Clara (2023-04-20). "Your season guide to the 2023 Brazilian F4 championship". Feeder Series.
  5. "Fefo Barrichello retorna à F4 BR em jornada dupla com F4 Espanha". motorsport.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-06-28.
  6. Laerte, Igor (21 January 2023). "Cecilia Rabelo is the second woman confirmed on the 2023 Brazilian F4 grid". Racers - Behind the Helmet.
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  8. "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.
  9. "F4 Brasil terá Carl Bennett no quinto carro da Bassani em SP". motorsport.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-07-04.
  10. "OAKBERRY Bassani F4 terá Matheus Ferreira na preliminar da F1". F4 Brazilian Championship (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-10-20.
  11. Laerte, Igor (20 January 2023). "Rafaela Ferreira announced as the first female driver in the 2023 Brazilian F4 season". Racers - Behind the Helmet.
  12. "Ayrton Chorne competirá junto a la Fórmula 1 en el GP de Brasil". Curva 1 KART (in Spanish). 2023-05-30.
  13. "Com preliminar da Fórmula 1, BRB Fórmula 4 anuncia calendário para 2023". Vicar Presskit (in Brazilian Portuguese). 1 February 2023.
  14. "Vicar define todos os calendários para 2023". Vicar Presskit (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-04-13.
  15. "Interlagos receberá decisão da F4 Brasil junto com final da Stock". motorsport.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-09-25.
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