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F4 UAE Kuwait Race 1 review and results
28.01.2023: Formula 4 United Arab Emirates Championship Certified by FIA (F4 UAE)
Kuwait Motor Town
Saturday, January 28th 2023
Valerio Rinicella earned himself the honour of becoming the pole position qualifier for the first-ever single-seater race at Kuw
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Formula 4 United Arab Emirates Championship Certified by FIA (F4 UAE)
Kuwait Motor Town
Saturday, January 28th 2023
Valerio Rinicella earned himself the honour of becoming the pole position qualifier for the first-ever single-seater race at Kuwait Motor Town, and he made a good start. But the long drag through Turn 1 and down to Turn 2 enabled James Wharton, from third on the grid, to take the slipstream from front-row men Rinicella and Ugo Ugochukwu and spear into the lead.
It didn’t take long for the first safety car interlude, and this was soon converted to a red flag. Alexander Abkhazava and Georgy Zhuravskiy had come to grief in one collision and were stranded by the track, while Léna Bühler was also out of the race. After the restart, Rinicella put massive pressure on Wharton. They ran side by side on the run to Turn 2, and on the following lap Wharton had to defend sternly to repel Rinicella’s advances.
Once he had done that, Wharton pulled out a small margin at the front, and instead Rinicella had to see off the attentions of Ugochukwu. The second-place battle got very close over the closing stages, and on the final lap Ugochukwu locked his brakes as he attempted a last-ditch move on Rinicella into Turn 2. But Rinicella held on to the position, crossing the line 1.098 seconds adrift of the victorious Wharton.
From eighth and 10th on the grid respectively, Frenchman Théophile Naël and Briton Arvid Lindblad made fantastic progress on the opening lap to move up to fourth and fifth. While Naël had a largely lonely race to fourth position in his Saintéloc Racing car, Lindblad found himself briefly in a frantic battle with Tuukka Taponen and Japanese Kanato Le (Hitech Pulse-Eight).
Lindblad then made the place his own, while the other pair swapped positions several times before Taponen got through for sixth on the penultimate lap. This trio also fought for Rookie Cup honours, with Lindblad earning the verdict.
Dane Noah Strømsted was not far behind in eighth, with his German PHM Racing team-mate Valentin Kluss in ninth and Noah Lisle getting the best out of the battle for 10th.
Final result Race 1
1 13 James Wharton Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 F4UAE 1 -- 10 laps --
Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited
23:30.238 1:54.535 6 143.15
2 61 Valerio Rinicella Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 F4UAE 2 1.493
MP Motorsport
23:31.731 1:54.719 7 143.00
3 39 Ugo Ugochukwu Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 F4UAE 3 2.036
Prema Racing
23:32.274 1:54.387 8 142.95
4 44 Théophile Naël Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 F4UAE 4 4.087
SAINTéLOC RACING
23:34.325 1:54.977 9 142.74
5 7 Arvid Lindblad Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 R 1 7.459
Hitech Grand Prix
23:37.697 1:55.093 9 142.40
6 8 Tuukka Taponen Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 R 2 9.892
Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited
23:40.130 1:54.533 10 142.16
7 6 Kanato Le Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 R 3 11.081
Hitech Pulse-Eight
23:41.319 1:55.335 9 142.04
8 75 Noah Strømsted Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 F4UAE 5 11.505
PHM Racing
23:41.743 1:55.196 7 142.00
9 9 Valentin Kluss Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 F4UAE 6 12.377
PHM Racing
23:42.615 1:54.936 8 141.91
10 2 Noah Lisle Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 F4UAE 7 14.010
Xcel Motorsport
23:44.248 1:55.378 10 141.75
11 10 Muhammad Ibrahim Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 R 4 14.803
Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited
23:45.041 1:55.428 10 141.67
12 17 Keanu Al Azhari Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 R 5 15.176
Yas Heat Racing A cademy
23:45.414 1:55.324 10 141.63
13 5 William Macintyre Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 R 6 15.998
Hitech Grand Prix
23:46.236 1:55.527 5 141.55
14 3 Jesse Carrasquedo Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 F4UAE 8 16.921
R-Ace GP
23:47.159 1:55.576 9 141.46
15 4 James Piszcyk Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 F4UAE 9 18.092
Hitech Pulse-Eight
23:48.330 1:55.350 10 141.34
16 95 Jack Beeton Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 R 7 22.359
Pinnacle VAR
23:52.597 1:56.364 4 140.92
17 66 Hiyu Yamakoshi Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 R 8 22.707
Pinnacle VAR
23:52.945 1:56.241 6 140.89
18 47 Nicola Lacorte Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 R 9 23.184
Prema Racing
23:53.422 1:55.857 9 140.84
19 30 Theodor Jensen Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 F4UAE 10 24.462
SAINTéLOC RACING
23:54.700 1:56.128 6 140.71
20 19 Bianca Bustamante Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 F4UAE 11 25.072
Prema Racing
23:55.310 1:56.209 10 140.65
21 91 Sebastian Murray Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 R 10 26.704
CRAM Motorsport
23:56.942 1:56.328 8 140.49
22 73 Flavio Olivieri Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 R 11 27.496
CRAM Motorsport
23:57.734 1:56.098 5 140.42
23 26 Jakob Bergmeister Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 R 12 27.969
PHM Racing
23:58.207 1:56.050 9 140.37
24 93 Matteo Quintarelli Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 R 13 32.089
Yas Heat Racing A cademy
24:02.327 1:56.781 5 139.97
25 88 Kai Daryanani Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 R 14 33.535
Pinnacle VAR
24:03.773 1:56.890 10 139.83
26 60 Emely de Heus Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 F4UAE 12 34.101
MP Motorsport
24:04.339 1:56.801 10 139.77
27 18 Luciano Morano Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 F4UAE 13 34.685
SAINTéLOC RACING
24:04.923 1:56.651 10 139.72
28 78 Victoria Blokhina Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 F4UAE 14 35.495
R2RACE CAVICEL
24:05.733 1:56.299 7 139.64
29 14 Raphael Narac Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 R 15 42.122
R-Ace GP
24:12.360 1:55.624 9 139.00
30 87 Hamda Al Qubaisi Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 F4UAE 15 42.719
Yas Heat Racing A cademy
24:12.957 1:55.195 8 138.94
31 31 Akshay Bohra Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 R 16 49.426
PHM Racing
24:19.664 1:55.400 5 138.31
32 71 Federico Rifai Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 R 17 1:16.849
Xcel Motorsport
24:47.087 1:55.354 6 135.76
33 20 Zachary David Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 R 18 -- 9 laps --
R-Ace GP
24:29.776 1:54.839 8 123.62
34 54 Aleksandr Bolduev Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 R 19 -- 8 laps --
Xcel Motorsport
22:46.977 1:56.828 6 118.15
35 55 Dion Gowda Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 R 20 -- 1 laps --
Rodin Carlin
3:02.963 110.34
36 15 Léna Bühler Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 F4UAE 16
R2RACE CAVICEL
37 12 Alexander Abkhazava Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 R 21
R-Ace GP
38 33 Georgy Zhuravskiy Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 R 22
Xcel Motorsport
Summary Best Laptimes
FastestLaptime In Speed
39 Ugo Ugochukwu Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 F4UAE 1:54.387 8 176.50 kph
8 Tuukka Taponen Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 R 1:54.533 10 176.27 kph
The panel of Stewards decision no 10, Laptime(s) disallowed - Track Limits - Cars 39 (L5,6) 47 (L4) 54 (L6)
Fastest time : 1:54.387 in lap 8 by nbr. 39 : Ugo Ugochukwu (Prema Racing) Publication-time
Nikki Kemp, photo F4 UAE
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