Photo: F4 UAE
French team R-ace GP has unveiled its completed line-ups for its racing programmes in Europe and the United Arab Emirates this year.
In Formula Regional Middle East, several of the team’s drivers had already been revealed ahead of this weekend’s season opener and the only update is that FRegional European Championship runner-up Martinius Stenshorne is only signed for the first three rounds and will be replaced by Kanato Le for the last two.
Le came seventh in the entry-level sportscar series Ginetta Junior in 2022 then ended the year with a podium in the Formula 4 UAE Trophy. He followed that up by coming 17th in the 2023 F4 UAE season, and in British F4 took two wins and came seventh in the standings.
For FREC, R-ace has signed Zachary David and Enzo Deligny to partner Tuukka Taponen. David started last year with a race win and eighth in the standings in F4 UAE, and won both of the Formula Winter Series races he contested. He then came seventh in Euro 4 and Italian F4.
Red Bull junior Deligny took two wins en route to fourth in the 2023 Spanish F4 standings, and he will join R-ace for the last three F4 UAE rounds in February before stepping up to FRegional.
Driving for the team in F4 UAE and Italian F4 this year will be Raphael Narac, while Enzo Yeh has been signed just for the UAE season.
Narac spent 2022 racing in Trophee Tourisme Endurance’s France-based Formula Renault 2.0 Cup, and came fourth in the standings with nine podiums. He also joined R-ace for Italian F4’s Monza round, finishing 22nd on his debut, then committed to multiple series with the team for 2023. The Frenchman came 13th in F4 South East Asia, 18th in Euro 4, 19th in Italian F4 and 32nd in F4 UAE.
Yeh, from Taipei, made his single-seater racing debut in F4 SEA two months ago and took one podium en route to seventh in the standings.