2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship

The 2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship is a planned multi-event, Formula Regional open-wheel single seater motor racing championship. The championship will feature a mix of professional and amateur drivers, competing in Formula Regional cars. It will be the third season of the championship, held in January and February of 2025.

Teams and drivers

All drivers will compete using identical Tatuus-built Formula Regional cars powered by a 270HP turbocharged Alfa Romeo engine and on Giti tires.^[1]

Team No. Driver Status Rounds Pinnacle Motorsport 2 Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.[2] TBC 69 Finley Green[2] TBC 99 Giovanni Maschio[2] TBC TBA Ernesto Rivera[2] R TBC R-ace GP 3 Ugo Ugochukwu[3] TBC 23 Enzo Deligny[3] TBC TBA Akshay Bohra[4] R TBC TBA Jin Nakamura[5] TBC ART Grand Prix 9 Kanato Le[6] TBC 95 Evan Giltaire[7] TBC TBA Taito Kato[8] R TBC PHM Racing 15 Brando Badoer[9] TBC TBA Everett Stack[10] R TBC Origine Motorsport 22 Zhongwei Wang[3] TBC 66 Ruiqi Liu[3] TBC Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited 28 Doriane Pin[11] TBC Saintéloc Racing 44 Théophile Naël[12] TBC 96 Yaroslav Veselaho[12] TBC TBA Lorenzo Castillo[13] R TBC AKCEL GP[12] TBA Aditya Kulkarni[12] TBC TBA Jaden Pariat[10] R TBC Evans GP TBA Kai Daryanani[14] R TBC

Icon Status R Rookie

Race calendar

The 2025 calendar was officially announced on 6 September 2024. Kuwait Motor Town returned to the calendar after a one-year absence. The championship will now be held under the Formula Middle East banner, joint with the F4 Middle East Championship.^[15] The fifth and final round was later revealed to be held at Jeddah Corniche Circuit, marking the championship's debut in Saudi Arabia.^[16] The calendar was amended later on, replacing the two opening rounds at Kuwait Motor Town with two further rounds at Yas Marina.^[10]

Round		Circuit	Date	Support bill	Map of circuit locations
1	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	18 January	Middle East Trophy (6H of Abu Dhabi) Clio Cup Middle East Gulf Radical Cup F4 Middle East Championship	Yas Marina Dubai Jeddah
	R2
	R3		19 January
2	R4	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	21–23 January	F4 Middle East Championship
	R5
	R6
3	R7	Dubai Autodrome, Dubai Motor City	7–9 February	Asian Le Mans Series (4H of Dubai) F4 Middle East Championship
	R8
	R9
4	R10	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island	14–16 February	Asian Le Mans Series (4H of Abu Dhabi) F4 Middle East Championship Clio Cup Middle East
	R11
	R12
5	R13	Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah	25–27 February	F4 Middle East Championship
	R14
	R15

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points will be awarded to the top ten classified drivers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver YMC1 YMC2 DUB1 YMC3 JDH Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. Finley Green Giovanni Maschio Ernesto Rivera Ugo Ugochukwu Enzo Deligny Akshay Bohra Jin Nakamura Kanato Le Evan Giltaire Taito Kato Brando Badoer Everett Stack Zhongwei Wang Ruiqi Liu Doriane Pin Théophile Naël Yaroslav Veselaho Lorenzo Castillo Aditya Kulkarni Jaden Pariat Kai Daryanani Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts YMC1 YMC2 DUB1 YMC3 JDH

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 75% of the race distance.

Rookie Cup

Pos	Driver	YMC1			YMC2			DUB1			YMC3			JDH			Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
	Ernesto Rivera
	Akshay Bohra
	Taito Kato
	Everett Stack
	Lorenzo Castillo
	Jaden Pariat
	Kai Daryanani
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
		YMC1			YMC2			DUB1			YMC3			JDH

Teams' Championship

Ahead of each event, teams will nominate two drivers that accumulate teams' points.

Pos	Team	Pts
	Pinnacle Motorsport
	R-ace GP
	ART Grand Prix
	PHM Racing
	Origine Motorsport
	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited
	Saintéloc Racing
	AKCEL GP
	Evans GP

References

1. "CAR - FR Middle East Championship Certified by FIA". en.fregionalme.com. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
2. Kho, Christopher (11 January 2025). "Pinnacle Motorsport welcome refreshed driver lineup for 2025 Formula Regional Middle East". Pinnacle Motorsport. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
3. Allen, Peter (4 January 2025). "Ugochukwu and Deligny complete R-ace GP quartet for FRME". Formula Scout. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
4. "Bohra joins R-ace GP in FREC as David leaves team for CL Motorsport". Formula Scout. 30 December 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
5. "TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Presents its 2025 motorsport team setups in Japan". Toyota Gazoo Racing. 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
6. "Kanato Le Joins ART Grand Prix for 2025 Season in FRMEC and FRECA". ART Grand Prix. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
7. "Evan Giltaire continues with ART Grand Prix in 2025". ART Grand Prix. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
8. "Japanese Driver Taito Kato Joins ART Grand Prix for 2025". ART Grand Prix. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
9. Wood, Ida (4 January 2025). "New McLaren junior Badoer to warm up for F3 with return to FRME". Formula Scout. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
10. Wood, Ida (4 January 2025). "PHM Racing makes two FRME signings as calendar is revised". Formula Scout. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
11. "Pin stays with PREMA for 2025 F1 Academy, FRECA campaigns". Prema Racing. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
12. Allen, Peter (4 January 2025). "Theophile Nael to make Sainteloc FRME swansong before F3 move". Formula Scout. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
13. Allen, Peter (4 January 2025). "Evan Giltaire continues with ART for dual FRegional effort". Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
14. GP, Evans (2024-10-15). "Kai Daryanani joins Evans GP in familiar 3-Car lineup for 2024 Macau GP FR World Cup, F4 Trophy Series, and 2025 FRMEC". Evans GP | Official Web Site | Motorsport Team. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
15. "2025 Formula Middle East Season Announced - TOP SPEED SPORTS EVENTS LS LIMITED". en.fregionalme.com. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
16. "Jeddah Corniche Circuit - FORMULA MIDDLE EAST". www.formulamideast.com. Retrieved 2024-11-05.

External links

• Official website