2025 FIA F4 World Cup
| 2025 Macau Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race details | |||
| Date | 16 November 2025 | ||
| Official name | Macau Formula 4 Race – FIA F4 World Cup | ||
| Location | Guia Circuit, Macau | ||
| Course | Temporary street circuit | ||
| Course length | 6.120 km (3.803 mi) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | |||
| Time | 2:24.148 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver | Sebastian Wheldon | ||
| Time | 2:24.425 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | |||
| Second | |||
| Third | |||
The 2025 FIA F4 World Cup was a motor race for Formula 4 cars held on the streets of Macau on 16 November 2025.[1] The race itself was made up of two races: a qualification race that would decide the starting grid for the ten-lap main event. The 2025 race was the first running of the F4 World Cup.
Background and entry list
Formula 4 cars previously competed in Macau from 2020 until 2022 as part of the Macau Grand Prix and as non-championship rounds of the F4 Chinese Championship. In 2023, the 2023 Macau Formula 4 Race as a non-championship round of the Formula 4 South East Asia Championship.[2][3]
Entry list
All competitors used an identical Ligier-branded Mygale M21-F4 chassis with a 1.3 L turbocharged inline-4 engine. All 20 cars were centrally-run.[4] The entry list consists of drivers from across the world, with participation being determined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.[5]
Of the twenty drivers entered into the race, seven of them were previously champions in Formula 4 machinery, including Tiago Rodrigues, Fionn McLaughlin, Alexandre Munoz, Shimo Zhang, Gino Trappa, Kean Nakamura-Berta, and Emanuele Olivieri.[6][7] Despite being selected to compete, Ethan Nobels withdrew from the race following an accident in the F4 Brazilian Championship earlier the same month.[8]
See also
- 2025 FIA GT World Cup
- 2025 Macau Guia Race
- 2025 Macau Grand Prix
Notes
- ^ Nobels withdrew from the race following an accident in the F4 Brazilian Championship earlier the same month.
- ^ The GB4 Championship was ran in older generation GB3 cars instead of Formula 4 machinery.
References
- ^ "The 72nd Macau Grand Prix to be held in November". Macau Grand Prix. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ^ "FIA F4 World Cup: One decade in the making". Macau Business. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ "Future superstars set for inaugural Macau Formula 4 Race – FIA F4 World Cup". Macau Grand Prix. 13 October 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Seven Formula 4 champions to contest inaugural FIA F4 World Cup". formulascout.com. 13 October 2025. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
- ^ "Excitement builds as FIA World Cups head to Macau". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ Wood, Ida (13 October 2025). "Seven Formula 4 champions to contest inaugural FIA F4 World Cup". Formula Scout. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ a b Lau, Kaylene (12 November 2025). "FIA Formula 4 World Cup 2025: Macau Grand Prix guide". Feeder Series. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
- ^ @feeder_series (11 November 2025). "Ethan Nobels will not participate in the FIA F4 World Cup in Macau this weekend" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 November 2025 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Race ace Cotty off to Macau for F4 World Cup". sussexexpress.co.uk. 18 October 2025. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
- ^ "GINO TRAPPA Presente en el GP de Macao". corazonf1.com (in Spanish). 3 October 2025. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
- ^ "Macau Formula 4 Race – FIA F4 World Cup" (PDF). macau.grandprix.gov.mo. Retrieved 5 November 2025.