2023 Formula 4 CEZ Championship

The 2023 Formula 4 CEZ Championship, known as 2023 ACCR Czech Formula prior to the FIA certification in May, was the first season of the Formula 4 CEZ Championship, a motor racing series for the Central Europe regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, and organised and promoted by the Automobile Club of the Czech Republic (ACCR), Krenek Motorsport and HM Sports.^[1]

It commenced on 29 April at Hungaroring in Hungary and concluded on 8 October at Balaton Park Circuit in the same country.^[2]

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
SAPE Motorsport	6	Miroslav Mikeš^[3]	2–6
Ideal Line Performance / Gender Racing Team^[4]	13	Oliver Michl	All
JMT Racing	17	Jan Rieger^[5]	4
JMT Racing	65	Roman Roubíček^[6]	5–6
Sauter Engineering + Design	21	Michael Sauter^[7]	All
Jenzer Motorsport	24	Shimo Zhang^[a]	6
	25	Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen^[8]	2–5
	25	Thomas Gore^[9]	6
	27	Ethan Ischer^[10]	All
	28	Reno Francot^[11]	All
	144	Max Karhan^[5]	4–6
Renauer Motorsport	46	Jiří Šafránek^[12]	1–3
Renauer Motorsport	66	Nikolas Taylor^[11]	1–3
PHM Racing	48	James Egozi^[13]	2
PHM Racing	57	Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi^[13]	2

William Karlsson was scheduled to compete with Renauer Motorsport but switched to the Eurocup-3 series before the start of the season.^[12]^[14]
Karhan was initially supposed to race for the JMT Racing but due to the belated delivery of the car, he switched to Jenzer Motorsport for the round 4.^[5]

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar featuring six round across five countries was published on 3 November 2022.^[15] All rounds, except for the Slovakiaring one supporting the European Truck Racing Championship, are a part of the ESET Cup package.^[16] The first round at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben on 8–9 April was cancelled and replaced by a standalone event at Balaton Park on 7–8 October.^[2]

Rnd.		Circuit/Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	30 April	Ethan Ischer	Ethan Ischer	Ethan Ischer	Jenzer Motorsport
1	R2	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	30 April		Ethan Ischer	Ethan Ischer	Jenzer Motorsport
2	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	20 May	James Egozi	James Egozi	James Egozi	PHM Racing
2	R2	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	21 May		James Egozi	James Egozi	PHM Racing
3	R1	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň	10 June	Michael Sauter	Michael Sauter	Reno Francot	Jenzer Motorsport
3	R2	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň	10 June		Michael Sauter	Reno Francot	Jenzer Motorsport
4	R1	Autodrom Most, Most	5 August	Ethan Ischer	Ethan Ischer	Ethan Ischer	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2		6 August		Ethan Ischer	Ethan Ischer	Jenzer Motorsport
	R3		6 August	Ethan Ischer	Ethan Ischer	Ethan Ischer	Jenzer Motorsport
5	R1	Brno Circuit, Brno	9 September	Reno Francot	Michael Sauter	Reno Francot	Jenzer Motorsport
5	R2	Brno Circuit, Brno	9 September		Ethan Ischer	Ethan Ischer	Jenzer Motorsport
6	R1	Balaton Park Circuit, Balatonfőkajár	7 October	Ethan Ischer	Ethan Ischer	Ethan Ischer	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2		8 October		Michael Sauter	Michael Sauter	Sauter Engineering + Design
	R3		8 October	Ethan Ischer	Michael Sauter	Ethan Ischer	Jenzer Motorsport

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.

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

Drivers' standings

Pos	Driver	HUN		RBR		SVK		MOS			BRN		BAL			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Ethan Ischer	1	1	5	Ret	3	6†	1	1	1	2	1	1	4	1	263
2	Reno Francot	3	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	3	261
3	Michael Sauter	2	6	4	Ret	2	2	4	3	4	3	3	2	1	2	204
4	Oliver Michl	5	4	9	4	5	4	6	7	8	5	4	7	Ret	6	112
5	Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen			6	3	4	3	3	8	3	4	5				106
6	Miroslav Mikeš			10	8	6	5	5	5	5	DNS	6	8	7	8	75
7	Max Karhan							8	6	7	6	7	6	5	7	56
8	James Egozi			1	1											50
9	Nikolas Taylor	4	3	7	5	WD	WD									43
10	Thomas Gore												4	3	4	39
11	Jiří Šafránek	6	5	8	6	WD	WD									30
12	Shimo Zhang												5	6	5	28
13	Jan Rieger							7	4	6						26
14	Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi			2	7											24
15	Roman Roubíček										7	8	9	8	9	18
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	HUN		RBR		SVK		MOS			BRN		BAL			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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 over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' standings

Pos	Driver	HUN		RBR		SVK		MOS			BRN		BAL			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Jenzer Motorsport	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	549
1	Jenzer Motorsport	3	2	5	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	549
2	Sauter Engineering + Design	2	6	4	Ret	2	2	4	3	4	3	3	2	1	2	204
3	Ideal Line Performance / Gender Racing Team	5	4	9	4	5	4	6	7	8	5	4	7	Ret	6	112
4	SAPE Motorsport			10	8	6	5	5	5	5	DNS	6	8	7	8	75
5	PHM Racing			1	1											74
5	PHM Racing			2	7											74
6	Renauer Motorsport	4	3	7	5	WD	WD									73
6	Renauer Motorsport	6	5	8	6	WD	WD									73
7	JMT Racing							7	4	6	7	8	9	8	9	44
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	HUN		RBR		SVK		MOS			BRN		BAL			Pts

Notes

^ Zhang is a Chinese driver racing under Italian license

References

^ "ACCR and FIA Formula 4 Championship in Central European region". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 2023-05-27.
^ ^a ^b "New F4 series ACCR Czech Formula finally gets 2023 green light". Formula Scout. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
^ "SAPE Motorsport team orders new Formula 4". ESET V4 Cup. 15 January 2023.
^ "Gender Racing is preparing for debut with the latest generation of F4 single seaters". ESET V4 Cup. 6 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "F4 CEZ season continues at Autodrom Most with two local rookies". F4 CEZ Championship certified by FIA. 2023-07-31.
^ "Battle for the championship continues in Brno". Formula 4 CEZ Championship. 2023-09-04.
^ "Another new name in F4: Michael Sauter". ESET V4 Cup. 21 February 2023.
^ "Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen on Instagram: "I will compete in the New Championship @accrf4series with @jenzermotorsport in F4."". Instagram. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
^ "Jamaican racer Thomas Gore to make debut at Balaton Park Circuit with Jenzer Motorsport". Formula 4 CEZ Championship. 6 October 2023.
^ "Ethan Ischer continues with Jenzer Motorsport in F4". Jenzer Motorsport. 10 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b "ACCR Czech Formula will kick off at the Hungaroring". ESET V4 Cup. 2023-04-14.
^ ^a ^b "Jiří Šafránek and William Karlsson heading to Formula 4". ESET V4 Cup. 17 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b Wood, Ida (2023-05-21). "PHM Racing's James Egozi gets double ACCR F4 win at Red Bull Ring". Formula Scout.
^ "Drivex confirms William Karlsson for Eurocup 3". Drivex Team on Instagram. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
^ "Breaking News: ACCR F4 starts as certified FIA series in 2023!". ACCR F4. 3 November 2022.
^ "ESET Cup announces calendar for 2023, new event in Germany added". ESET V4 Cup. 4 November 2022.

External links

Official website

[8] Zhang is a Chinese driver racing under Italian license

[1] "ACCR and FIA Formula 4 Championship in Central European region". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 2023-05-27.

[accr_formulascout_apr2023-2] "New F4 series ACCR Czech Formula finally gets 2023 green light". Formula Scout. 15 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

[3] "SAPE Motorsport team orders new Formula 4". ESET V4 Cup. 15 January 2023.

[4] "Gender Racing is preparing for debut with the latest generation of F4 single seaters". ESET V4 Cup. 6 February 2023.

[MostEntry-5] "F4 CEZ season continues at Autodrom Most with two local rookies". F4 CEZ Championship certified by FIA. 2023-07-31.

[6] "Battle for the championship continues in Brno". Formula 4 CEZ Championship. 2023-09-04.

[7] "Another new name in F4: Michael Sauter". ESET V4 Cup. 21 February 2023.

[9] "Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen on Instagram: "I will compete in the New Championship @accrf4series with @jenzermotorsport in F4."". Instagram. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-04.

[10] "Jamaican racer Thomas Gore to make debut at Balaton Park Circuit with Jenzer Motorsport". Formula 4 CEZ Championship. 6 October 2023.

[11] "Ethan Ischer continues with Jenzer Motorsport in F4". Jenzer Motorsport. 10 February 2023.

[:2-12] "ACCR Czech Formula will kick off at the Hungaroring". ESET V4 Cup. 2023-04-14.

[:1-13] "Jiří Šafránek and William Karlsson heading to Formula 4". ESET V4 Cup. 17 February 2023.

[:3-14] Wood, Ida (2023-05-21). "PHM Racing's James Egozi gets double ACCR F4 win at Red Bull Ring". Formula Scout.

[15] "Drivex confirms William Karlsson for Eurocup 3". Drivex Team on Instagram. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.

[:0-16] "Breaking News: ACCR F4 starts as certified FIA series in 2023!". ACCR F4. 3 November 2022.

[17] "ESET Cup announces calendar for 2023, new event in Germany added". ESET V4 Cup. 4 November 2022.

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