2024 Formula 4 Australian Championship
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The 2024 Formula 4 Australian Championship was the sixth season of the Formula 4 Australian Championship and the first one since 2019. Top Speed was appointed as the new organizer and promoter as the series switched to the Tatuus F4-T421 car and the Abarth engine.
The series, similar to other Formula 4 series, was intended primarily as an opportunity for young drivers aspiring to a professional career in motor racing a way to compete in the first step out of karting on the FIA Global Pathway in Australia, without having to live in Europe as has been common for aspiring Australian drivers. However, unusually for Formula 4, the championship also had a masters category for older drivers.
Teams and drivers
| Team | No. | Driver | Class | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team No. Driver Class Rounds Australia Jam Motorsport 1 Australia John Paul Drake M 1–3 22 Australia Sebastien Amadio All 48 Australia Blake Purdie 1–2 81 Australia Mark Rosser M 1 Australia Evans GP 3 Macau Tiago Rodrigues 4 8 United Kingdom Kai Daryanani 4 37 Australia Cooper Webster 4 New Zealand Formula Race Academy 7 Australia Mark Wilson M 1–3 23 Australia Lawrence Katsidis M 2–3 40 Australia Tim Boydle M 2–3 66 Australia Nathan Gotch M 1–3 77 Australia Nicholas Filipetto M 1, 3 89 Australia Joanne Ciconte R 1 Australia AGI Sport 15 Australia Nicolas Stati All 24 Australia Seth Gilmore R All 29 Australia Imogen Radburn R 2–4 43 Australia Costa Toparis 4 93 Australia James Piszcyk All Hong Kong BlackArts Racing 23 India Arjun Chheda 4 33 Philippines Iñigo Anton R 4 Australia Tim Macrow Racing 81 Australia Jayden Hamilton R 2 | Icon Legend G Guest drivers ineligible for Drivers' Championship R Rookie Cup M Master Class | |||
| Australia Jam Motorsport | 1 | Australia John Paul Drake | M | 1–3 |
| 22 | Australia Sebastien Amadio | All | ||
| 48 | Australia Blake Purdie | 1–2 | ||
| 81 | Australia Mark Rosser | M | 1 | |
| Australia Evans GP | 3 | Macau Tiago Rodrigues | 4 | |
| 8 | United Kingdom Kai Daryanani | 4 | ||
| 37 | Australia Cooper Webster | 4 | ||
| New Zealand Formula Race Academy | 7 | Australia Mark Wilson | M | 1–3 |
| 23 | Australia Lawrence Katsidis | M | 2–3 | |
| 40 | Australia Tim Boydle | M | 2–3 | |
| 66 | Australia Nathan Gotch | M | 1–3 | |
| 77 | Australia Nicholas Filipetto | M | 1, 3 | |
| 89 | Australia Joanne Ciconte | R | 1 | |
| Australia AGI Sport | 15 | Australia Nicolas Stati | All | |
| 24 | Australia Seth Gilmore | R | All | |
| 29 | Australia Imogen Radburn | R | 2–4 | |
| 43 | Australia Costa Toparis | 4 | ||
| 93 | Australia James Piszcyk | All | ||
| Hong Kong BlackArts Racing | 23 | India Arjun Chheda | 4 | |
| 33 | Philippines Iñigo Anton | R | 4 | |
| Australia Tim Macrow Racing | 81 | Australia Jayden Hamilton | R | 2 |
| Icon | Legend | |||
| G | Guest drivers ineligible for Drivers' Championship | |||
| R | Rookie Cup | |||
| M | Master Class |
Calendar
The schedule was originally planned to consist of 15 races over 5 rounds, and was published on 28 November 2023. The round at Queensland Raceway on 13–14 July was cancelled. It was originally replaced with a round at Dubai Autodrome on 29 November–1 December in joint with Formula Trophy UAE, but ultimately never happened without any official cancellation. No replacement was announced.
Championship standings
Points are awarded as follows.
| 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 | BEN1 Australia | BEN2 Australia | SYD Australia | SEP Malaysia | Pts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos Driver BEN1 Australia BEN2 Australia SYD Australia SEP Malaysia Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Australia James Piszcyk 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 6 6 256 2 Australia Nicolas Stati 5 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 6 4 5 175 3 Australia Sebastien Amadio 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 8 7 9 124 4 Australia Seth Gilmore 3 4 3 5 5 6 5 5 5 9 8 8 110 5 Australia Blake Purdie 2 2 5 2 2 3 97 6 Australia Imogen Radburn 6 6 5 4 4 3 10 9 7 74 7 Australia Cooper Webster 2 1 3 58 8 United Kingdom Kai Daryanani 5 3 1 50 9 Australia Costa Toparis 4 2 2 48 10 Australia Nathan Gotch Ret 9 7 8 8 7 6 6 6 46 11 Macau Tiago Rodrigues 1 10 4 38 12 Australia John Paul Drake 6 10 8 7 7 Ret Ret 8 8 33 13 Australia Nicholas Filipetto 8 8 Ret 7 7 7 26 14 Philippines Iñigo Anton 7 5 Ret 16 15 Australia Mark Rosser Ret 6 6 16 16 Australia Joanne Ciconte 7 7 9 14 17 Australia Mark Wilson 9 11 10 10 Ret 8 Ret 10 9 11 18 Australia Tim Boydle NC 10 9 9 9 11 7 19 Australia Lawrence Katsidis WD WD WD 8 11 10 5 20 Australia Jayden Hamilton 9 9 Ret 4 – India Arjun Chheda WD WD WD – Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts BEN1 Australia BEN2 Australia SYD Australia SEP Malaysia | Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 | |||||||||||||
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||
| 1 | Australia James Piszcyk | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 256 |
| 2 | Australia Nicolas Stati | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 175 |
| 3 | Australia Sebastien Amadio | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 124 |
| 4 | Australia Seth Gilmore | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 110 |
| 5 | Australia Blake Purdie | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 97 | ||||||
| 6 | Australia Imogen Radburn | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 74 | |||
| 7 | Australia Cooper Webster | 2 | 1 | 3 | 58 | |||||||||
| 8 | United Kingdom Kai Daryanani | 5 | 3 | 1 | 50 | |||||||||
| 9 | Australia Costa Toparis | 4 | 2 | 2 | 48 | |||||||||
| 10 | Australia Nathan Gotch | Ret | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 46 | |||
| 11 | Macau Tiago Rodrigues | 1 | 10 | 4 | 38 | |||||||||
| 12 | Australia John Paul Drake | 6 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 8 | 33 | |||
| 13 | Australia Nicholas Filipetto | 8 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 7 | 7 | 26 | ||||||
| 14 | Philippines Iñigo Anton | 7 | 5 | Ret | 16 | |||||||||
| 15 | Australia Mark Rosser | Ret | 6 | 6 | 16 | |||||||||
| 16 | Australia Joanne Ciconte | 7 | 7 | 9 | 14 | |||||||||
| 17 | Australia Mark Wilson | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 10 | 9 | 11 | |||
| 18 | Australia Tim Boydle | NC | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 7 | ||||||
| 19 | Australia Lawrence Katsidis | WD | WD | WD | 8 | 11 | 10 | 5 | ||||||
| 20 | Australia Jayden Hamilton | 9 | 9 | Ret | 4 | |||||||||
| – | India Arjun Chheda | WD | WD | WD | – | |||||||||
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| BEN1 Australia | BEN2 Australia | SYD Australia | SEP Malaysia | |||||||||||
| Colour | Result | |||||||||||||
| Gold | Winner | |||||||||||||
| Silver | Second place | |||||||||||||
| Bronze | Third place | |||||||||||||
| Green | Points classification | |||||||||||||
| Blue | Non-points classification | |||||||||||||
| Non-classified finish (NC) | ||||||||||||||
| Purple | Retired, not classified (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) |
- † – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Secondary classes standings
| Pos | Driver | BEN1 Australia | BEN2 Australia | SYD Australia | SEP Malaysia | Pts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||
| Rookies' championship | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Australia Seth Gilmore | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 251 |
| 2 | Australia Imogen Radburn | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 191 | |||
| 3 | Australia Joanne Ciconte | 2 | 2 | 2 | 54 | |||||||||
| 4 | Philippines Iñigo Anton | 1 | 1 | Ret | 50 | |||||||||
| 5 | Australia Jayden Hamilton | 3 | 3 | Ret | 30 | |||||||||
| Master Class | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Australia Nathan Gotch | Ret | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 169 | |||
| 2 | Australia John Paul Drake | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 3 | 132 | |||
| 3 | Australia Mark Wilson | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 92 | |||
| 4 | Australia Nicholas Filipetto | 2 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 2 | 90 | ||||||
| 5 | Australia Tim Boydle | NC | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 62 | ||||||
| 6 | Australia Mark Rosser | Ret | 1 | 1 | 50 | |||||||||
| 7 | Australia Lawrence Katsidis | WD | WD | WD | 3 | 6 | 5 | 33 | ||||||
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| BEN1 Australia | BEN2 Australia | SYD Australia | SEP Malaysia |
Notes
- 2024 Australian Formula Open - Formula 4 class run in that series.