The Formula Middle East Championship certified by FIA has been announced. The brand-new series will hold its inaugural season in 2023, and is comprised of five rounds to be held at three FIA Grade 1 circuits and gets underway with a pre-season test on January 9. As well as stops at the UAE’s Dubai Autodrome and flagship F1 Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, the series will hold two consecutive rounds at the Kuwait Motor Town, the Persian Gulf state’s first permanent racing facility. Commented Top Speed General Manager Davide De Gobbi “We are delighted to announce the launch of the Formula Regional Middle East Championship certified by FIA. The enormous success of the Formula Regional Asian Championship held here over recent seasons has shown the Middle East is a burgeoning centre for junior single seater motorsport, and we believe a dedicated championship will further strengthen this position. “Middle East-based karters will be able to progress all the way through the F4 UAE and Formula Regional Middle East championships in their own region – and on FIA world-class Grade 1 race tracks – before taking the step onto the world stage in the FIA Formula 3 Championship,” he added. The series’ creation comes amid the continuing success of the FIA’s driver development strategy, which now sees five official Formula Regional championships in Asia, America, Europe, Japan and now the Middle East. In the meantime, the Formula Regional Asian Championship will resume in Southeast Asia when circumstances permit, and details of the venues and calendar will be announced at that time.
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so long and thanks for all the fish 😀
If you keep calling poor decisions, racing incendts. Then you're failing to teach these driver to be better. Expect to have an F1 in a couple years looking like a public erace server with drivers driving like cads.
Honestly there's no point in not moving drivers up if you're not going to teach them to be better drivers here. Winning is not everything.
How on earth do you go 2 or more wide in a corner and still choose to go flat off the corner like the other person is not there? Oh you drive in formula regional where they LET you run guys off track with no penalty. Worse stewards then iRacing.
More contact in open wheel cars then in a red neck NASCAR race. Way to show what you're all about boys. The hooligans of racing, eh?
I suppose they'll let them keep driving like this till they hurt some kid really bad. Hope the kid who gets hurt in the future, lives.
ROUND 5 RACE 3 Race Control Messages (Local Time)
2023-02-19 14:10:11 CARS TO FOLLOW SC AT RUN OFF T6
2023-02-19 14:10:40 INCIDENT INVOLVING CAR63 CAR47 AND CAR11 AT 7 LAP1 UNDER INVESTIGATION
2023-02-19 14:14:10 RED FLAG
2023-02-19 14:15:25 RACE WILL RESUME UNDER SAFETYCARAT14:25:00
2023-02-19 14:17:05 REMAINING RACE TIME WILL BE 17MINS+1LAP
2023-02-19 14:25:10 SLIPPERY SURFACE AT EXIT T7
2023-02-19 14:25:23 SC WILL DO 2 LAPS
2023-02-19 14:28:27 SAFETY CAR IN AT THE END OF THIS LAP2023-02-19 14:30:19 CAR77 RESTART PROCEDURE UNDER INVESTIGATION
2023-02-19 14:39:19 CONTACT CAR23 AND CAR7 UNDER INVESTIGATION
2023-02-19 14:40:52 CAR23 10 SECONDS PENALTY ADDED TO RACE TIME FOR CAURSING A COLLISION
2023-02-19 14:42:02 CONTACT BETWEEN CAR33 AND CAR14 UNDER INVESTIGATION
2023-02-19 14:42:51CAR33 10 SECONDS PENALTY ADDED TO RACE TIME FOR CAURSING A COLLISION
2023-02-19 14:43:13 LEADER ON LAST LAP2023-02-19 14:44:55A LL CARS MUST SLOW DOWN AT T9
Why in gods name can’t we have an announcer like this in F1 @ the announcer, your enthusiasm and love for racing made me watch the entire series!
Maschio pay for this? What a JOKE
Feline and Jake have been FABULOUS all season long! Thanks for all the entertainment!!
Thank you to the championship, race organisers, marshalls, stewards, broadcast team, drivers and teams for putting on an entertaining championship with lots of great racing. Being able to watch it all here on YouTube is great. I feel this championship is a real hidden gem within the F1 feeder series. Kuwait Motor Town has proved to be an exciting track that I hope stays on the calendar.