2023 Formula 4 CEZ Championship

The 2023 Formula 4 CEZ Championship, known as 2023 ACCR Czech Formula prior to the FIA certification in May, was the first season of the Formula 4 CEZ Championship, a motor racing series for the Central Europe regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, and organised and promoted by the Automobile Club of the Czech Republic (ACCR), Krenek Motorsport and HM Sports.^[1]

2023 Formula 4 CEZ Championship

Drivers' Champion: Ethan Ischer
Teams' Champion: Jenzer Motorsport

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Parent series:
ESET V4 Cup
TCR Eastern Europe Trophy

It commenced on 29 April at Hungaroring in Hungary and concluded on 8 October at Balaton Park Circuit in the same country.^[2]

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
SAPE Motorsport	6	Miroslav Mikeš[3]	2–6
Ideal Line Performance / Gender Racing Team[4]	13	Oliver Michl	All
JMT Racing	17	Jan Rieger[5]	4
	65	Roman Roubíček[6]	5–6
Sauter Engineering + Design	21	Michael Sauter[7]	All
Jenzer Motorsport	24	Simon Zhang[a]	6
	25	Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen[8]	2–5
		Thomas Gore[9]	6
	27	Ethan Ischer[10]	All
	28	Reno Francot[11]	All
	144	Max Karhan[5]	4–6
Renauer Motorsport	46	Jiří Šafránek[12]	1–3
	66	Nikolas Taylor[11]	1–3
PHM Racing	48	James Egozi[13]	2
	57	Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi[13]	2

• William Karlsson was scheduled to compete with Renauer Motorsport but switched to the Eurocup-3 series before the start of the season.^[12][14]
• Karhan was initially supposed to race for the JMT Racing but due to the belated delivery of the car, he switched to Jenzer Motorsport for the round 4.^[5]

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar featuring six round across five countries was published on 3 November 2022.^[15] All rounds, except for the Slovakiaring one supporting the European Truck Racing Championship, are a part of the ESET Cup package.^[16] The first round at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben on 8–9 April was cancelled and replaced by a standalone event at Balaton Park on 7–8 October.^[2]

Rnd.		Circuit/Location	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	30 April	Ethan Ischer	Ethan Ischer	Ethan Ischer	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2				Ethan Ischer	Ethan Ischer	Jenzer Motorsport
2	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	20 May	James Egozi	James Egozi	James Egozi	PHM Racing
	R2		21 May		James Egozi	James Egozi	PHM Racing
3	R1	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň	10 June	Michael Sauter	Michael Sauter	Reno Francot	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2				Michael Sauter	Reno Francot	Jenzer Motorsport
4	R1	Autodrom Most, Most	5 August	Ethan Ischer	Ethan Ischer	Ethan Ischer	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2		6 August		Ethan Ischer	Ethan Ischer	Jenzer Motorsport
	R3			Ethan Ischer	Ethan Ischer	Ethan Ischer	Jenzer Motorsport
5	R1	Brno Circuit, Brno	9 September	Reno Francot	Michael Sauter	Reno Francot	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2				Ethan Ischer	Ethan Ischer	Jenzer Motorsport
6	R1	Balaton Park Circuit, Balatonfőkajár	7 October	Ethan Ischer	Ethan Ischer	Ethan Ischer	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2		8 October		Michael Sauter	Michael Sauter	Sauter Engineering + Design
	R3			Ethan Ischer	Michael Sauter	Ethan Ischer	Jenzer Motorsport

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.

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

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver HUN RBR SVK MOS BRN BAL Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 1 Ethan Ischer 1 1 5 Ret 3 6† 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 263 2 Reno Francot 3 2 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 261 3 Michael Sauter 2 6 4 Ret 2 2 4 3 4 3 3 2 1 2 204 4 Oliver Michl 5 4 9 4 5 4 6 7 8 5 4 7 Ret 6 112 5 Mathias Bjerre Jakobsen 6 3 4 3 3 8 3 4 5 106 6 Miroslav Mikeš 10 8 6 5 5 5 5 DNS 6 8 7 8 75 7 Max Karhan 8 6 7 6 7 6 5 7 56 8 James Egozi 1 1 50 9 Nikolas Taylor 4 3 7 5 WD WD 43 10 Thomas Gore 4 3 4 39 11 Jiří Šafránek 6 5 8 6 WD WD 30 12 Shimo Zhang 5 6 5 28 13 Jan Rieger 7 4 6 26 14 Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi 2 7 24 15 Roman Roubíček 7 8 9 8 9 18 Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 Pts HUN RBR SVK MOS BRN BAL

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' standings

Pos	Driver	HUN		RBR		SVK		MOS			BRN		BAL			Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3
1	Jenzer Motorsport	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	549
		3	2	5	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
2	Sauter Engineering + Design	2	6	4	Ret	2	2	4	3	4	3	3	2	1	2	204
3	Ideal Line Performance / Gender Racing Team	5	4	9	4	5	4	6	7	8	5	4	7	Ret	6	112
4	SAPE Motorsport			10	8	6	5	5	5	5	DNS	6	8	7	8	75
5	PHM Racing			1	1											74
				2	7
6	Renauer Motorsport	4	3	7	5	WD	WD									73
		6	5	8	6	WD	WD
7	JMT Racing							7	4	6	7	8	9	8	9	44
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	Pts
		HUN		RBR		SVK		MOS			BRN		BAL

Notes

1. Zhang is a Chinese driver racing under Italian license