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French team R-ace GP has announced in full its five-car line-up for the upcoming UAE4 season.
Its first signing to be revealed was Elia Weiss. Over the weekend, four more team-mates have been named.
Two of those are Mercedes-AMG Formula 1 juniors, with Andy Consani and car racing debutant Kenzo Craigie continuing an association with the team that began in 2025.
Craigie drove in five major Formula 4 tests with R-ace last year as he prepared for the step up from senior karting. On the OK class of karts the 15-year-old Briton won the Champions of the Future title, was fifth in the CIK-FIA World Karting Championship, ninth in WSK’s Super Master Series and 10th in the European championship.
Consani’s primary programme in 2025 was French F4. His season began with pole position and a third place finish, but there were no more podiums and after missing the last third of the began he dropped to 13th in the standings.
Once he dropped his French F4 commitments, the 15-year-old Frenchman joined R-ace for the last two rounds of both E4 and Italian F4. In the former he scored twice to come 18th in the championship, and in the latter he was a points-free 32nd in the standings but ahead of eight full-timers including team-mate Emily Cotty and Weiss.
Cotty will continue to be part of its line-up in UAE4, which she also raced in last year when it was known as F4 Middle East. She scored three points en route to 21st in the standings, while she was points-free in E4 and Italian F4. The 16-year-old Briton also cameoed in the Formula Winter Series and finished 13th in the FIA F4 World Cup which was held in Macau.
The fifth and final of R-ace’s signings is Tomika Gender (otherwise known as Tamas Gender Jr). He also tested with the team in 2025, and in the OK kart class came 32nd in the WSK SMS standings as a driver in Victor Martins’ Victory Lane squad.