2025 Formula Regional Middle East Championship

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

Teams and drivers

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

Team No. Driver Status Rounds R-ace GP 1 Enzo Deligny[2] 1 2 Jin Nakamura[3] 1 3 Akshay Bohra[4] R 1 7 Ugo Ugochukwu[2] 1 Saintéloc Racing 4 Théophile Naël[5] 1 10 Lorenzo Castillo[6] R 1 96 Yaroslav Veselaho[5] 1 Evans GP 5 Aaron Cameron[7] 1 88 Kai Daryanani[a][8] R 1 Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited 8 Reza Seewooruthun[9] R 1 14 Rashid Al Dhaheri[9] R 1 27 Freddie Slater[9] R 1 45 Jack Beeton[9] R 1 TBA Doriane Pin[10] TBC TBA TBA TBC PHM Racing 9 Everett Stack[11] R 1 12 Brando Badoer[12] 1 AKCEL GP / PHM Racing[5] 15 Aditya Kulkarni[b][5] R 1 50 Jaden Pariat[11] R 1 ART Grand Prix 19 Kanato Le[13] 1 89 Taito Kato[c][14] R 1 95 Evan Giltaire[15] 1 Origine Motorsport 22 Wang Zhongwei[2] 1 66 Ruiqi Liu[2] 1 Pinnacle Motorsport 24 Ernesto Rivera[16] R 1 33 Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.[16] 1 69 Finley Green[16] 1 99 Giovanni Maschio[16] 1 TBA Cui Yuanpu[17] R TBC TBA Hiyu Yamakoshi[17] R TBC

Icon Status R Rookie

Race calendar

The 2025 calendar was officially announced on 6 September 2024. Kuwait Motor Town was set to return to the calendar after a one-year absence. The championship is now held under the Formula Middle East banner, joint with the F4 Middle East Championship.[18] The fifth and final round was later revealed to be held at Jeddah Corniche Circuit, which would have marked the championship's debut in Saudi Arabia.[19] The calendar was amended later on, replacing the two opening rounds at Kuwait Motor Town with two further rounds at Yas Marina.[11] Days before the start of the season, the calendar was changed once again, replacing the round at Jeddah Corniche Circuit with a round at Lusail International Circuit, also a debuting venue for the series.[20]

Round		Circuit	Date	Support bill	Map of circuit locations
1	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island (Grand Prix Circuit)	18 January	Middle East Trophy (6H of Abu Dhabi) Clio Cup Middle East Gulf Radical Cup F4 Middle East Championship	Yas Marina Dubai Lusail
	R2		19 January
	R3
2	R4	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island (Corkscrew Circuit)	22 January	F4 Middle East Championship
	R5		23 January
	R6
3	R7	Dubai Autodrome, Dubai Motor City (Grand Prix Circuit)	7–9 February	Asian Le Mans Series (4H of Dubai) F4 Middle East Championship
	R8
	R9
4	R10	Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island (Grand Prix Circuit)	14–16 February	Asian Le Mans Series (4H of Abu Dhabi) F4 Middle East Championship Clio Cup Middle East
	R11
	R12
5	R13	Lusail International Circuit, Lusail (Grand Prix Circuit)	26–28 February	FIA World Endurance Championship (Qatar 1812 km) F4 Middle East Championship
	R14
	R15

Race results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie winner
1	R1	Yas Marina Circuit	Freddie Slater	Freddie Slater	Freddie Slater	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	Freddie Slater
	R2			Kanato Le	Kanato Le	ART Grand Prix	Freddie Slater
	R3		Freddie Slater	Freddie Slater	Freddie Slater	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	Freddie Slater
2	R4	Yas Marina Circuit
	R5
	R6
3	R7	Dubai Autodrome
	R8
	R9
4	R10	Yas Marina Circuit
	R11
	R12
5	R13	Lusail International Circuit
	R14
	R15

Championship standings

Scoring system

The championship's scoring system was overhauled in 2025. Points are awarded to the top twelve classified drivers, while two further points are awarded for taking a pole position in qualifying.[21]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	Pole
Points	30	22	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	2

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver YMC1 YMC2 DUB1 YMC3 LUS Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Freddie Slater 1 6 1 74 2 Evan Giltaire 3 7 2 48 3 Théophile Naël 8 2 4 43 4 Brando Badoer 4 5 6 37 5 Kanato Le 9 1 13 34 6 Enzo Deligny 7 3 10 29 7 Rashid Al Dhaheri 2 8 16 28 8 Ernesto Rivera 5 13 5 24 9 Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. 11 10 3 23 10 Ugo Ugochukwu 10 4 Ret 18 11 Taito Kato 6 14 7 18 12 Jin Nakamura 12 9 8 11 13 Reza Seewooruthun Ret 12 9 5 14 Aaron Cameron 13 11 12 3 15 Aditya Kulkarni 21 17 11 2 16 Jack Beeton 17 Ret 14 0 17 Ruiqi Liu 14 22† 19 0 18 Everett Stack 18 15 Ret 0 19 Giovanni Maschio 19 Ret 15 0 20 Akshay Bohra 15 Ret Ret 0 21 Lorenzo Castillo 16 20 21 0 22 Jaden Pariat 23 16 22 0 23 Yaroslav Veselaho 20 19 17 0 24 Kai Daryanani 25† 18 18 0 25 Wang Zhongwei 22 21 23 0 26 Finley Green 24 Ret 20 0 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts YMC1 YMC2 DUB1 YMC3 LUS

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			LUS			Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
1	Freddie Slater	1	1	1													94
2	Ernesto Rivera	3	4	2													55
3	Rashid Al Dhaheri	2	2	7													52
4	Taito Kato	4	5	3													45
5	Reza Seewooruthun	Ret	3	4													33
6	Aditya Kulkarni	9	8	5													22
7	Jack Beeton	7	Ret	6													18
8	Lorenzo Castillo	6	10	9													17
9	Everett Stack	8	6	Ret													16
10	Jaden Pariat	10	7	10													14
11	Akshay Bohra	5	Ret	Ret													12
12	Kai Daryanani	11†	9	8													12
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
		YMC1			YMC2			DUB1			YMC3			LUS

Teams' Championship

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

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	98
2	ART Grand Prix	66
3	R-ace GP	47
4	Pinnacle Motorsport	47
5	Saintéloc Racing	43
6	PHM Racing	37
7	Evans GP	3
8	AKCEL GP / PHM Racing	2
9	Origine Motorsport	0

Notes

1. Daryanani is an Indian driver competing under a British licence.
2. Kulkarni is an Indian driver competing under a British licence.
3. Kato is a Japanese driver competing under a French licence.

References

1. "CAR - FR Middle East Championship Certified by FIA". en.fregionalme.com. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
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11. Wood, Ida (4 January 2025). "PHM Racing makes two FRME signings as calendar is revised". Formula Scout. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
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13. "Kanato Le Joins ART Grand Prix for 2025 Season in FRMEC and FRECA". ART Grand Prix. 16 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
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16. Kho, Christopher (11 January 2025). "Pinnacle Motorsport welcome refreshed driver lineup for 2025 Formula Regional Middle East". Pinnacle Motorsport. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
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19. "Jeddah Corniche Circuit - FORMULA MIDDLE EAST". www.formulamideast.com. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
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External links

• Official website