2023 F4 Brazilian Championship

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2023 F4 Brazilian Championship

Drivers' Champion: Vinícius Tessaro
Teams' Champion: Cavaleiro Sports

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The 2023 F4 Brazilian Championship was the second season of the F4 Brazilian Championship. It was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The championship used Tatuus F4-T421 chassis.[1]

## Teams and drivers[edit]

All pre-selected teams were Brazilian-registered. Unlike the previous year, there was no draw allocating the drivers to the teams.

Full Time Sports' Formula 4 operation were moved under its subsidiary Bassani Racing.[2] KTF Sports was not replaced.

| Team  | No. | Driver  | Class  | Rounds

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Cavaleiro Sports | 9  |  Lucca Zucchini[3] |  | All
16  |  Mateus Callejas[4] | R | 1–2
30  |  Vinícius Tessaro[3] |  | All
33  |  Nelson Neto  |  | 4–6
41  |  Fernando Barrichello[5] |  | 2–6
98  |  Cecília Rabelo[6] | R | 1, 3–6
Oakberry Bassani F4[7][8] | 11  |  Carl Bennett[9] |  | 2–3
26  |  Alexandre Machado  | R | All
27  |  Matheus Ferreira[10] |  | 5
33  |  Nelson Neto  |  | 1–3
88  |  Arthur Pavie  | R | All
118  |  Matheus Comparatto  | R | All
TMG Racing | 16  |  Mateus Callejas  | R | 3–4
18  |  Rafaela Ferreira[11] | R | All
21  |  Álvaro Cho[3] |  | All
29  |  João Tesser[3] |  | All
99  |  Luan Lopes[3] |  | All
| Icon  | Class

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R | Rookie

* Ayrton Chorne was set to participate in the round supporting the São Paulo Grand Prix but did not compete.[12]

## Race calendar[edit]

The schedule was revealed on 1 February 2023. All rounds were held in Brazil and all but one supported the 2023 Stock Car Pro Series events. One round supported the 2023 São Paulo Grand Prix.[13] In April 2023, the round at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet in Brasília on 16–18 June was replaced by the round at Interlagos Circuit three weeks later.[14] Likewise in September 2023, the round at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet on 24–26 November was replaced by the round at Interlagos Circuit three weeks later.[15]

Round  | Circuit  | Date  | Pole Position  | Fastest Lap  | Winning Driver  | Winning Team  | Rookie winner

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1  | R1  | Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo | 22 April  |  Vinícius Tessaro  |  Luan Lopes  |  Vinícius Tessaro  | Cavaleiro Sports |  Matheus Comparatto
R2  |  |  Vinícius Tessaro  |  Nelson Neto  | Oakberry Bassani F4 |  Mateus Callejas
R3  | 23 April  |  Álvaro Cho  |  Vinícius Tessaro  |  Vinícius Tessaro  | Cavaleiro Sports |  Matheus Comparatto
2  | R1  | Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo | 8 July  |  Vinícius Tessaro  |  Matheus Comparatto  |  Luan Lopes  | TMG Racing |  Matheus Comparatto
R2  |  |  Carl Bennett |  Mateus Callejas  | Cavaleiro Sports |  Mateus Callejas
R3  | 9 July  |  Vinícius Tessaro  |  Vinícius Tessaro  |  Vinícius Tessaro  | Cavaleiro Sports |  Matheus Comparatto
3  | R1  | Autódromo Velo Città, Mogi Guaçu | 5 August  |  Matheus Comparatto  |  Vinícius Tessaro  |  Matheus Comparatto  | Oakberry Bassani F4 |  Matheus Comparatto
R2  |  |  Vinícius Tessaro  |  Vinícius Tessaro  | Cavaleiro Sports |  Mateus Callejas
R3  | 6 August  |  Matheus Comparatto  |  Matheus Comparatto  |  Matheus Comparatto  | Oakberry Bassani F4 |  Matheus Comparatto
4  | R1  | Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna, Goiânia | 26 August  |  Álvaro Cho[a] |  Vinícius Tessaro  |  Álvaro Cho  | TMG Racing |  Matheus Comparatto
R2  |  |  Matheus Comparatto  |  Matheus Comparatto  | Oakberry Bassani F4 |  Matheus Comparatto
R3  | 27 August  |  Lucca Zucchini  |  Vinícius Tessaro  |  Vinícius Tessaro  | Cavaleiro Sports |  Matheus Comparatto
5  | R1  | Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo | 4 November  |  Cecília Rabelo  |  Vinícius Tessaro  |  Matheus Ferreira  | Oakberry Bassani F4 |  Alexandre Machado
R2  |  |  Alexandre Machado  |  Alexandre Machado  | Oakberry Bassani F4 |  Alexandre Machado
R3  | 5 November  |  Cecília Rabelo  |  Matheus Ferreira  |  Matheus Ferreira  | Oakberry Bassani F4 |  Matheus Comparatto
6  | R1  | Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo | 16 December  |  Luan Lopes  |  Vinícius Tessaro  |  Vinícius Tessaro  | Cavaleiro Sports |  Matheus Comparatto
R2  |  |  Álvaro Cho  |  Lucca Zucchini  | Cavaleiro Sports |  Rafaela Ferreira
R3  | 17 December  |  Matheus Comparatto  |  Fernando Barrichello  |  Matheus Comparatto  | Oakberry Bassani F4 |  Matheus Comparatto

## Championship standings[edit]

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in 25-minute races and for the top eight classified finishers in 18-minute races. The final individual classifications were obtained by dropping two worst results from the first five rounds of the championship.

Races  | Position, points per race

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1st |  2nd |  3rd |  4th |  5th |  6th |  7th |  8th |  9th |  10th |  FL
Qualifying | 2  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
25-minute races  | 25  | 18  | 15  | 12  | 10  | 8  | 6  | 4  | 2  | 1  | 1
18-minute races  | 15  | 12  | 10  | 8  | 6  | 4  | 2  | 1  |  |  | 1

### Drivers' standings[edit]

| Pos  | Driver  | INT1 | INT2 | MOG | GYN | INT3 | INT4 | Pts

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1  |  Vinícius Tessaro  | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7  | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6  | 5 | 3  | 1 | 2 | 6  | 11  | 1 | Ret  | 5  | 233
2  |  Matheus Comparatto  | 4  | 5  | 4  | 2 | 5  | 5  | 1 | 7  | 1 | 8  | 1 | 4  | Ret  | 4  | 3  | 6  | 4  | 1 | 216
3  |  Álvaro Cho  | 3  | 2  | 2 | 9  | 6  | 4  | 4  | 8  | 2  | 1 | 6  | 2  | 3  | 7  | 5  | 4  | 2 | 4  | 204
4  |  Luan Lopes  | 2 | Ret  | 3  | 1  | 11  | 2  | 2  | 6  | 3  | 4  | 5  | Ret  | Ret  | 8  | 4  | 2 | 7  | 3  | 180
5  |  Fernando Barrichello  |  |  |  | 13†  | 8  | 13  | 6  | 2  | 4  | 6  | 4  | 3  | 4  | 2  | 2  | 3  | 9  | 2 | 140
6  |  Nelson Neto  | 5  | 1  | 8  | 12  | 12  | 9  | 5  | 4  | 9  | 2  | 8  | 5  | 6  | 3  | 9  | 5  | Ret  | 6  | 118
7  |  Lucca Zucchini  | 9  | 7  | 6  | 5  | 3  | 8  | 3  | 9  | 5  | 3  | 9  | Ret | Ret  | 11  | 6  | 8  | 1  | 9  | 107
8  |  João Tesser  | 12†  | 4  | 5  | 4  | 4  | 12  | 12  | 12  | 7  | 7  | 2  | Ret  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Ret  | 5  | 7  | 79
9  |  Mateus Callejas  | 7  | 3  | 10  | 7  | 1  | 6  | 8  | 3  | 10  | Ret  | WD  | WD  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 61
10  |  Arthur Pavie  | 6  | 8  | 7  | 6  | 2  | 7  | 10  | 11  | Ret  | 9  | 7  | 9  | 10  | 10  | 8  | 11†  | 6  | 10  | 58
11  |  Matheus Ferreira  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1  | 5  | 1 |  |  |  | 57
12  |  Alexandre Machado  | 8  | DSQ  | 12†  | 11  | 13  | 10  | 11  | 5  | 12  | 11  | Ret  | 8  | 5  | 1 | Ret  | 9  | 8  | 8  | 48
13  |  Rafaela Ferreira  | 11  | 6  | 9  | 10  | 10  | 11  | Ret  | 13  | 11  | 10  | 10  | 6  | 9  | 12  | 7  | 7  | 3  | Ret  | 40
14  |  Carl Bennett |  |  |  | 8  | 9 | 3  | 9  | 10  | 8  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 26
15  |  Cecília Rabelo  | 10  | 10  | 11  |  |  |  | WD  | WD  | WD  | 12  | 11  | 7  | 7 | 13  | Ret | 10  | DSQ  | 11  | 16
| Colour | Result

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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
† — Did not finish but classified

### Rookies' championship[edit]

Pos  | Driver  | INT1 | INT2 | MOG | GYN | INT3 | INT4 | Pts

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1  |  Matheus Comparatto  | 1  | 2  | 1 | 1 | 3  | 1 | 1 | 3  | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret  | 2  | 1  | 1 | 2  | 1 | 355
2  |  Arthur Pavie  | 2 | 4  | 2  | 2  | 2 | 3  | 3  | 4  | Ret  | 2  | 2  | 5  | 4 | 3  | 3 | Ret  | 3 | 3  | 220
3  |  Rafaela Ferreira  | 6  | 3  | 3  | 4  | 4  | 5  | Ret  | 5  | 3  | 3  | 3  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 2  | 2  | 1  | Ret  | 195
4  |  Alexandre Machado  | 4  | DSQ  | 6†  | 5  | 5  | 4 | 4  | 2  | 4  | 4  | Ret  | 4  | 1  | 1 | Ret  | 3  | 4  | 2  | 191
5  |  Mateus Callejas  | 3  | 1 | 4  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 2  | 1 | 2  | Ret  | WD  | WD  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 143
6  |  Cecília Rabelo  | 5  | 5  | 5  |  |  |  | WD  | WD  | WD  | 5  | 4  | 3  | 2  | 5  | Ret | 4  | DSQ  | 4  | 109

### Teams' championship[edit]

Each team acquired the points earned by their two best drivers in each race.

Pos  | Team  | INT1 | INT2 | MOG | GYN | INT3 | INT4 | Pts

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1  | Cavaleiro Sports | 1 | 3  | 1 | 3 | 1  | 1 | 3  | 1 | 4  | 2  | 3  | 1 | 2 | 2  | 2  | 1 | 1  | 2 | 492
7  | 7  | 6  | 5  | 3  | 6  | 6  | 2  | 5  | 3  | 4  | 3  | 4  | 3  | 6  | 3  | 9  | 5
2  | TMG Racing | 2 | 2  | 2 | 1  | 4  | 2  | 2  | 3  | 2  | 1 | 2  | 2  | 3  | 7  | 4  | 2 | 2 | 3  | 450
3  | 4  | 3  | 4  | 6  | 4  | 4  | 6  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 8  | 8  | 5  | 4  | 3  | 4
3  | Oakberry Bassani F4 | 4  | 1  | 4  | 2 | 2  | 3  | 1 | 4  | 1 | 8  | 1 | 4  | 1  | 1 | 1 | 6  | 4  | 1 | 405
5  | 5  | 7  | 6  | 5  | 5  | 5  | 5  | 8  | 9  | 7  | 8  | 5  | 4  | 3  | 9  | 6  | 8

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Tessaro set the best second fastest lap but received a ten place grid penalty for exceeding the penalty points limit. Cho inherited the pole position.

## References[edit]

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2. ^ "F4 Brasil: Bassani Racing retorna às pistas em 2023". motorsport.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 22 March 2023.
3. ^ a b c d e Ferrari, Luis (2023-04-21). "How Brazilian F4 looks going into its second season". Formula Scout.
4. ^ Castro, Maria Clara (2023-04-20). "Your season guide to the 2023 Brazilian F4 championship". Feeder Series.
5. ^ "Fefo Barrichello retorna à F4 BR em jornada dupla com F4 Espanha". motorsport.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-06-28.
6. ^ Laerte, Igor (21 January 2023). "Cecilia Rabelo is the second woman confirmed on the 2023 Brazilian F4 grid". Racers - Behind the Helmet.
7. ^ "F4 Brasil: Bassani Racing apresenta pilotos de 2023". motorsport.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-04-10.
8. ^ "Oakberry é a patrocinadora master da Bassani Racing na F4 Brasil e equipe passa a se chamar Oakberry Bassani F4". motorsport.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-04-20.
9. ^ "F4 Brasil terá Carl Bennett no quinto carro da Bassani em SP". motorsport.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-07-04.
10. ^ "OAKBERRY Bassani F4 terá Matheus Ferreira na preliminar da F1". F4 Brazilian Championship (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-10-20.
11. ^ Laerte, Igor (20 January 2023). "Rafaela Ferreira announced as the first female driver in the 2023 Brazilian F4 season". Racers - Behind the Helmet.
12. ^ "Ayrton Chorne competirá junto a la Fórmula 1 en el GP de Brasil". Curva 1 KART (in Spanish). 2023-05-30.
13. ^ "Com preliminar da Fórmula 1, BRB Fórmula 4 anuncia calendário para 2023". Vicar Presskit (in Brazilian Portuguese). 1 February 2023.
14. ^ "Vicar define todos os calendários para 2023". Vicar Presskit (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-04-13.
15. ^ "Interlagos receberá decisão da F4 Brasil junto com final da Stock". motorsport.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-09-25.

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