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2024 Formula Trophy UAE

{{Short description|Motor racing competition}}

{{Motorsport season

| title = Formula Trophy UAE

| series = Formula Trophy UAE

| year = 2024

| previous = 2024

| previouslink = 2024 Formula 4 UAE Championship

| previoussuffix = F4 UAE

}}

The 2024 Formula Trophy UAE was the inaugural season of the Formula Trophy UAE, a motor racing series for the United Arab Emirates regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, and organised and promoted by the Emirates Motorsport Organization (EMSO) and Top Speed.

The season commenced on 30 November at the Dubai Autodrome and concluded on 14 December at the Yas Marina Circuit.

Teams and drivers

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! Team

! {{tooltip|No.|Car number}}

! Drivers

! Class

! Rounds

rowspan=5| {{flagicon|ARE}} Xcel Motorsport

| 5

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ella Lloyd{{Cite instagram|postid=DCoka8mzM4I|user=xcelmotorsport|title=Xcel Motorsport is thrilled to announce the signing of McLaren Academy driver Ella Lloyd for the 2024 F4 UAE Trophy Series.|date=20 November 2024|access-date=20 November 2024}}

|

| 1–2

19

| {{flagicon|SGP}} Kabir Anurag{{Cite instagram|postid=DBwbMVlN06s|user=xcelmotorsport|title=Kabir will be joining the team for the team for the 2024 F4 UAE Trophy Series which will get underway at the end of next month at Dubai Autodrome.|date=30 October 2024|access-date=30 October 2024}}

|

| All

33

| {{flagicon|ZAF}} Cole Hewetson{{Cite instagram|postid=DBqnZNothHR|user=xcelmotorsport|title=Welcome to Xcel - Cole Hewetson. Cole will be joining the team for the F4 UAE Trophy Series to begin his Rookie campaign in F4 along with the remaining 2 rounds of COTFA.|date=28 October 2024|access-date=30 October 2024}}

|style="text-align:center"| {{motorsport class|Rookie}}

| All

48

| {{flagicon|IND}} Ary Bansal{{Cite web|title=International line-up announced for inaugural Formula Trophy UAE|url=https://www.formulamideast.com/NEWS/13346|access-date=2024-11-29|website=www.formulamideast.com}}

|style="text-align:center"| {{motorsport class|Rookie}}

| All

90

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Chase Fernandez

|style="text-align:center"| {{motorsport class|Rookie}}

| All

rowspan="4" |{{flagicon|AUS}} Evans GP

|7

|{{Flagicon|CAN}} Alexander Berg{{Cite web |date=12 December 2024 |title=British F4 winner Alex Berg joins Evans GP lineup for final round of F4 Trophy |url=https://www.evansgp.com/2024/12/british-f4-winner-alex-berg-joins-evans-gp-lineup-for-final-round-of-f4-trophy/ |access-date=12 December 2024 |website=Evans GP |language=en-US}}

|

|3

8

| {{flagicon|IND}} Kai Daryanani{{Cite web|date=15 October 2024|title=Kai Daryanani joins Evans GP in familiar 3-Car lineup for 2024 Macau GP FR World Cup, F4 Trophy Series, and 2025 FRMEC|url=https://www.evansgp.com/2024/10/kai-daryanani-joins-evans-gp-in-familiar-3-car-lineup-for-2024-macau-gp-fr-world-cup-f4-trophy-series-and-2025-frmec/|access-date=30 October 2024|website=Evans GP}}

|

| All

11

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Reno Francot{{Cite Instagram|postid=DDJaNSDtLye|user=evansgrandprix|title=We're excited to welcome Reno Francot to Evans GP for Round 2 of the Formula Trophy Series at Yas Marina Circuit this weekend!|date=4 December 2024|access-date=4 December 2024}}

|

| 2

24

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Seth Gilmore{{Cite web|date=2024-11-20|title=Evans GP Confirms Seth Gilmore for 2024 Formula Trophy Series|url=https://www.evansgp.com/2024/11/evans-gp-confirms-seth-gilmore-for-2024-formula-trophy-series/|website=Evans GP}}

|

| All

rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|ARE}} Yas Heat Racing

| 12

| {{flagicon|ARE}} Adam Al Azhari{{Cite instagram|postid=DCmV6OntwYj|user=yasheatracing|title=Introducing the #YasHeatRacing lineup for the @f4uaechampionship , @adam_al_azhari and @augustracing|date=2024-11-20}}

|

| All

47

| {{flagicon|SWE}} August Raber

|

| All

rowspan="3" |{{flagicon|CHN}} Champ Motorsport

|13

|{{flagicon|HKG}} {{Tooltip|Andy Law|Mandarin name: Luo Yifeng; Cantonese name: Law Yik Fung}}

|

|3

17

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Meng Cheng

| style="text-align:center" | {{motorsport class|Rookie}}

| 1–2

30

| {{flagicon|USA}} Jia Zhanbin{{efn|Jia is a Chinese driver competing under an American license.}}

|

| All

rowspan=4| {{flagicon|IND}} Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited

| 14

|nowrap| {{flagicon|ARE}} Rashid Al Dhaheri

|

| 1–2

28

| {{flagicon|CHN}} {{Tooltip|Newman Chi|Mandarin name: Chi Zhenrui}}

|style="text-align:center"| {{motorsport class|Rookie}}

| All

88

| {{flagicon|COL}} Salim Hanna

|style="text-align:center"| {{motorsport class|Rookie}}

| All

98

|nowrap| {{flagicon|USA}} Sebastian Wheldon{{Cite web|date=26 November 2024|title=PREMA announces three-car Formula Trophy entry|url=https://premaracing.com/en/news/19419-prema-announces-three-car-formula-trophy-entry|access-date=26 November 2024|website=Prema Racing}}

|

| 3

rowspan=4| {{flagicon|AUS}} AGI Sport

| 15

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Nicolas Stati

|

| All

20

| {{flagicon|SGP}} Nooris Gafoor

|

| All

42

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Emily Cotty

|style="text-align:center"| {{motorsport class|Rookie}}

| 2–3

93

| {{flagicon|AUS}} James Piszcyk

|

| 1–2

rowspan=3 nowrap| {{flagicon|IRL}} Pinnacle Motorsport

| 16

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Davide Larini

|

| 1

25

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Yuzhe

|

| All

36

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Gustav Jonsson

|

| All

{{flagicon|ARE}} X GP

| 69

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Yuhao Fu

|

| All

colspan="5" |Source:{{Cite web |last=Kra-Caskey |first=Calla |date=28 November 2024 |title=Formula Trophy UAE: 2024 season guide |url=https://feederseries.net/2024/11/28/formula-trophy-uae-2024-season-guide/ |access-date=10 May 2025 |website=Feeder Series |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Ida |date=24 October 2024 |title=New F4 UAE series emerges as original becomes F4 Middle East |url=https://formulascout.com/new-f4-uae-series-emerges-as-original-becomes-f4-middle-east/125067 |access-date=10 May 2025 |website=Formula Scout |language=en-US}}

|style="vertical-align:top"|

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%"

! Icon

! Legend

style="text-align:center"| {{motorsport class|Rookie}}

| Rookie

|}

Race calendar

The schedule consists of 7 races over 3 rounds.{{Cite web|date=2024-09-06|title=2025 Formula Middle East Season Announced|url=https://www.f4uae.com/NEWS/12331|website=www.f4uae.com}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%"

!colspan=2| Round

! Circuit

! Date

! Pole position

! Fastest lap

! Winning driver

! Winning team

! Rookie winner

! Supporting

rowspan=3| 1

! R1

|rowspan=3| Dubai Autodrome, Dubai

| nowrap| 30 November

| nowrap| {{flagicon|ARE}} Rashid Al Dhaheri

| nowrap| {{flagicon|ARE}} Rashid Al Dhaheri

| nowrap| {{flagicon|ARE}} Rashid Al Dhaheri

| nowrap| {{flagicon|IND}} Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited

| nowrap| {{flagicon|CHN}} {{Tooltip|Newman Chi|Mandarin name: Chi Zhenrui}}

|rowspan=3 nowrap| Formula 4 Australian Championship
Clio Cup Middle East

R2

|rowspan=2| 1 December

|

| {{flagicon|ARE}} Rashid Al Dhaheri

| {{flagicon|SGP}} Kabir Anurag

| {{flagicon|ARE}} Xcel Motorsport

| {{flagicon|COL}} Salim Hanna

R3

| {{flagicon|ARE}} Rashid Al Dhaheri

| {{flagicon|ARE}} Rashid Al Dhaheri

| nowrap| {{flagicon|SWE}} Gustav Jonsson{{Efn|Al Dhaheri finished first but received one position drop penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. Jonsson inherited the win.}}

| nowrap| {{flagicon|IRL}} Pinnacle Motorsport

| nowrap| {{flagicon|GBR}} Chase Fernandez

rowspan=2| 2

! R1

|rowspan=2 nowrap| Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi

| 7 December

| {{flagicon|ARE}} Rashid Al Dhaheri

| {{flagicon|ARE}} Rashid Al Dhaheri

| {{flagicon|IND}} Kai Daryanani{{Efn|Al Dhaheri finished first but received 5 seconds penalty for forcing another car the track and 5 seconds penalty for crowding. Francot finished second but received 5 seconds penalty for crowding. Daryanani inherited the win.}}

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Evans GP

| {{flagicon|CHN}} {{Tooltip|Newman Chi|Mandarin name: Chi Zhenrui}}

|rowspan=2| Formula One World Championship
Formula 2 Championship
F1 Academy

R2

| 8 December

| {{flagicon|ARE}} Rashid Al Dhaheri

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Reno Francot

| {{flagicon|ARE}} Rashid Al Dhaheri

| {{flagicon|IND}} Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Chase Fernandez

rowspan=2| 3

! R1

|rowspan=2| Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi

|rowspan=2| 14 December

| nowrap| {{flagicon|USA}} Sebastian Wheldon

| nowrap| {{flagicon|USA}} Sebastian Wheldon

| nowrap| {{flagicon|USA}} Sebastian Wheldon

| {{flagicon|IND}} Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited

| {{flagicon|CHN}} {{Tooltip|Newman Chi|Mandarin name: Chi Zhenrui}}

|rowspan=2| Gulf 12 Hours

R2

| {{flagicon|CHN}} {{Tooltip|Newman Chi|Mandarin name: Chi Zhenrui}}

| {{flagicon|SGP}} Kabir Anurag

| {{flagicon|SGP}} Kabir Anurag

| {{flagicon|ARE}} Xcel Motorsport

| {{flagicon|COL}} Salim Hanna

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race.

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center"

! Position

|style="background:#ffffbf"|  1st 

|style="background:#dfdfdf"|  2nd 

|style="background:#ffdf9f"|  3rd 

|style="background:#dfffdf"|  4th 

|style="background:#dfffdf"|  5th 

|style="background:#dfffdf"|  6th 

|style="background:#dfffdf"|  7th 

|style="background:#dfffdf"|  8th 

|style="background:#dfffdf"|  9th 

|style="background:#dfffdf"|  10th 

Points

|style="background:#ffffbf"| 25

|style="background:#dfdfdf"| 18

|style="background:#ffdf9f"| 15

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 12

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 10

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 8

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 6

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 4

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 2

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 1

=Drivers' Championship=

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align:center"

!rowspan=2| Pos

!rowspan=2| Driver

!colspan=3| DUB

!colspan=2| YMC1

!colspan=2| YMC2

!rowspan=2| Pts

R1

! R2

! R3

! R1

! R2

! R1

! R2

1

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|IND}} Kai Daryanani

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 4

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 4

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 9

|style="background:#ffffbf"| 1

|style="background:#dfdfdf"| 2

|style="background:#ffdf9f"| 3

|style="background:#dfdfdf"| 2

! 102

2

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|ARE}} Rashid Al Dhaheri

|style="background:#ffffbf"| 1

|style="background:#dfdfdf"| 2

|style="background:#dfdfdf"| 2

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 5

|style="background:#ffffbf"| 1

|

|

! 96

3

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|SGP}} Kabir Anurag

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 6

|style="background:#ffffbf"| 1

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 11

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 8

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 4

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 7

|style="background:#ffffbf"| 1

! 80

4

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Gustav Jonsson

|style="background:#dfdfdf"| 2

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 7

|style="background:#ffffbf"| 1

|style="background:#ffdf9f"| 3

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 9

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 19†

|style="background:#efcfff"| Ret

! 66

5

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|CHN}} {{Tooltip|Newman Chi|Mandarin name: Chi Zhenrui}}

|style="background:#ffdf9f"| 3

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 11

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 14

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 4

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 10

|style="background:#dfdfdf"| 2

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 6

! 54

6

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} James Piszcyk

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 5

|style="background:#ffdf9f"| 3

|style="background:#ffdf9f"| 3

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 6

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 20

|

|

! 48

7

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|COL}} Salim Hanna

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 7

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 5

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 13

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 9

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 11

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 4

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 5

! 40

8

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Nicolas Stati

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 8

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 6

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 7

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 7

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 6

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 10

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 7

! 39

9

|style="text-align:left" nowrap| {{flagicon|USA}} Sebastian Wheldon

|

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#ffffbf"| 1

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 4

! 37

10

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|NLD}} Reno Francot

|

|

|

|style="background:#dfdfdf"| 2

|style="background:#ffdf9f"| 3

|

|

! 33

11

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|SWE}} August Raber

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 9

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 8

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 10

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 10

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 7

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 8

|style="background:#ffdf9f"| 3

! 33

12

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|ARE}} Adam Al Azhari

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 12

|style="background:#efcfff"| Ret

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 16

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 11

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 5

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 5

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 8

! 24

13

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Chase Fernandez

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 10

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 15

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 4

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 13

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 8

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 11

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 9

! 19

14

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|IND}} Ary Bansal

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 14

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 10

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 5

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 12

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 12

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 9

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 10

! 14

15

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|ZAF}} Cole Hewetson

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 18

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 16

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 8

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 15

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 16

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 6

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 14

! 12

16

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Davide Larini

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 20†

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 9

|style="background:#dfffdf"| 6

|

|

|

|

! 10

17

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|SGP}} Nooris Gafoor

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 11

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 17

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 12

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 16

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 13

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 13

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 12

! 0

18

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|CAN}} Alexander Berg

|

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 12

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 11

! 0

19

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Seth Gilmore

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 13

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 12

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 15

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 20

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 14

|style="background:#ffffff"| WD

|style="background:#ffffff"| WD

! 0

20

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|CHN}} Yuhao Fu

|style="background:#efcfff"| Ret

|style="background:#ffffff"| WD

|style="background:#ffffff"| WD

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 14

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 15

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 16

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 13

! 0

21

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Jia Zhanbin

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 15

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 13

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 17

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 19

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 21

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 17

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 17

! 0

22

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Yuzhe

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 16

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 14

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 18

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 18

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 18

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 14

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 15

! 0

23

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Emily Cotty

|

|

|

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 21

|style="background:#efcfff"| Ret

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 15

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 16

! 0

24

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ella Lloyd

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 19†

|style="background:#efcfff"| Ret

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 19

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 17

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 17

|

|

! 0

25

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|CHN}} Meng Cheng

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 17

|style="background:#efcfff"| Ret

|style="background:#efcfff"| Ret

|style="background:#efcfff"| Ret

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 19

|

|

! 0

26

|style="text-align:left"| {{flagicon|HKG}} {{Tooltip|Andy Law|Mandarin name: Luo Yifeng; Cantonese name: Law Yik Fung}}

|

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 18

|style="background:#cfcfff"| 18

! 0

rowspan=2| Pos

!rowspan=2| Driver

! R1

! R2

! R3

! R1

! R2

! R1

! R2

!rowspan=2| Pts

colspan=3| DUB

!colspan=2| YMC1

!colspan=2| YMC2

colspan="10" |Source:{{Cite web |title=2024 Formula Trophy UAE Standings |url=https://www.formulamideast.com/2024TOR |access-date=10 May 2025 |website=F4 Middle East}}Official race results: {{bulleted list|{{Cite web |title=Round 1, Race 1 results |url=https://www.formulamideast.com/TORRAC1 |access-date=10 May 2025 |website=F4 Middle East}}|{{Cite web |title=Round 1, Race 2 results |url=https://www.formulamideast.com/TORRAC2 |access-date=10 May 2025 |website=F4 Middle East}}|{{Cite web |title=Round 1, Race 3 results |url=https://www.formulamideast.com/TORRAC3 |access-date=10 May 2025 |website=F4 Middle East}}|{{Cite web |title=Round 2, Race 1 results |url=https://www.formulamideast.com/RACE21TOR |access-date=10 May 2025 |website=F4 Middle East}}|{{Cite web |title=Round 2, Race 2 results |url=https://www.formulamideast.com/RACE22TOR |access-date=10 May 2025 |website=F4 Middle East}}|{{Cite web |title=Round 3, Race 1 results |url=https://www.formulamideast.com/RACE31TOR |access-date=10 May 2025 |website=F4 Middle East}}|{{Cite web |title=Round 3, Race 2 results |url=https://www.formulamideast.com/RACE32TOR |access-date=10 May 2025 |website=F4 Middle East}}}}

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{{Motorsport driver results legend}}

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

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Notes

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{{Notelist}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|https://www.formulamideast.com}}

{{FIA F4 Championships}}

Formula Trophy UAE

Trophy UAE