2023 NACAM Formula 4 Championship

The 2023 NACAM Formula 4 Championship season was the seventh season of the NACAM Formula 4 Championship. It began on 15 April at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City and ended on 29 October at the same circuit.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Rounds
Richards Motorsport 4 Diego de la Torre 1–2
14 Dewey Richards 1–4, 7
F4 Morelia Racing Team 5 Julián Díaz 1–2
55 2–7
9 Daniel Forcadell 1, 6–7
Juan Contreras 3
10 1, 4–7
Joe Sandoval 1, 3
Ram Racing 5 Alexandra Mohnhaupt 1
95 2
16 Alejandro Berumen 5–7
22 Arturo Flores 1–2
28 David Esteban Cárdenas All
36 Pedro Juan Moreno 1–6
José Carlos Hernández 7
53 Moy Zagursky 2–7
RE Motorsport 11 Esteban Rodríguez 2–3, 5–7
18 Apolo Madrigal 4
88 Cristian Cantú All
Santinel Racing Team 13 Marco Alquicira All
44 Eduardo Alquicira All
Adan Ibarra 2
Zapata 20 Ivanna Richards 6
International Motorsport 22 Arturo Flores 3–7
HRI Mexico 95 Alexandra Mohnhaupt 7

Race calendar

All rounds were held in Mexico. The first six rounds were a part of the Copa Notiauto series roster, whereas the last round was held in the support of the 2023 Mexico City Grand Prix. Initially, the non-championship round was scheduled to be staged after the season finale on 15–16 December before being cancelled.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
(Grand Prix Circuit without Foro Sol, Mexico City) 		15 April Pedro Juan Moreno Pedro Juan Moreno Pedro Juan Moreno Ram Racing
R2 16 April Pedro Juan Moreno Pedro Juan Moreno Ram Racing
R3 Pedro Juan Moreno Pedro Juan Moreno Cristian Cantú RE Motorsport
2 R1 Autódromo de Querétaro
(El Marqués, Querétaro) 		20 May Diego de la Torre Pedro Juan Moreno Marco Alquicira Santinel Racing Team
R2 21 May Pedro Juan Moreno Cristian Cantú RE Motorsport
R3 Diego de la Torre Pedro Juan Moreno Pedro Juan Moreno Ram Racing
3 R1 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
(Grand Prix Circuit, Mexico City) 		30 June Pedro Juan Moreno Pedro Juan Moreno Pedro Juan Moreno Ram Racing
R2 1 July Pedro Juan Moreno Pedro Juan Moreno Ram Racing
R3 Pedro Juan Moreno Pedro Juan Moreno Pedro Juan Moreno Ram Racing
4 R1 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
(Grand Prix Circuit, Mexico City) 		4 August Pedro Juan Moreno Pedro Juan Moreno Pedro Juan Moreno Ram Racing
R2 5 August Pedro Juan Moreno Pedro Juan Moreno Ram Racing
R3 David Esteban Cárdenas Pedro Juan Moreno Pedro Juan Moreno Ram Racing
5 R1 Autódromo de Querétaro
(El Marqués, Querétaro) 		2 September Cristian Cantú Cristian Cantú Pedro Juan Moreno Ram Racing
R2 3 September Julián Díaz Marco Alquicira Santinel Racing Team
R3 Cristian Cantú Pedro Juan Moreno Cristian Cantú RE Motorsport
6 R1 Autódromo Miguel E. Abed
(Short Int. Circuit, Amozoc, Puebla) 		7 October Pedro Juan Moreno Cristian Cantú Cristian Cantú RE Motorsport
R2 8 October Cristian Cantú Pedro Juan Moreno Ram Racing
R3 Pedro Juan Moreno Pedro Juan Moreno Cristian Cantú RE Motorsport
7 R1 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
(Grand Prix Circuit, Mexico City) 		28 October Cristian Cantú Cristian Cantú Cristian Cantú RE Motorsport
R2 29 October Cristian Cantú Cristian Cantú RE Motorsport
NC Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
(Grand Prix Circuit, Mexico City) 		15–16 December Cancelled

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. The final standings were obtained by summing best five out of first six rounds and the final round.

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

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver AHR1 QUE1 AHR2 AHR3 QUE2 PUE AHR4 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2
1 Pedro Juan Moreno 1 1 7 7 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 2 2 1 3 315
2 Cristian Cantú 2 3 1 2 1 8 3 7 2 2 2 2 9 3 1 1 5 1 1 1 311
3 David Esteban Cárdenas 4 2 2 6 3 2 4 9 3 3 4 3 6 5 7 5 2 4 3 8 219
4 Arturo Flores 5 Ret 4 9 5 4 2 5 7 4 3 5 7 8 6 4 4 2 Ret 3 174
5 Marco Alquicira 7† 5 6 1 7 5 6 2 4 Ret Ret Ret 4 1 Ret 9 Ret 6 8 2 172
6 Julián Díaz Ret 6 5 8 8 7 5 Ret 6 7 6 6 5 2 8 DSQ 9 8 5 5 124
7 Esteban Rodríguez Ret Ret 3 8† 3 5 3 4 4 6 3 5 9 7 124
8 Moy Zagursky Ret DNS DNS 7† 6 Ret 6 5 4 10† 7 5 11† 7 Ret 6 Ret 75
9 Alexandra Mohnhaupt 3 Ret 3 5 6 6 7 6 70
10 Alejandro Berumen 2 Ret 3 7 6 11† Ret 11 47
11 Diego de la Torre Ret 4 Ret 3 4 9† 41
12 Dewey Richards DNS Ret DNS 4 Ret Ret Ret 4 10† 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 35
13 Daniel Forcadell Ret DNS DNS 8 Ret 7 4 4 34
14 Juan Contreras WD WD WD Ret 8 9 10 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 11 10 26
15 Ivanna Richards 3 8 Ret 19
16 José Carlos Hernández 2 12† 18
17 Joe Sandoval 6 7 8 WD WD WD 18
18 Eduardo Alquicira DNS Ret DNS WD 9† DNS Ret DNS 8 9 9 DNS 11† DNS 9 Ret WD 9 10 9 17
19 Apolo Madrigal 8 7 7 16
20 Adan Ibarra 10 WD WD 1
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 Pts
AHR1 QUE1 AHR2 AHR3 QUE2 PUE AHR4
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

Notes

References

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