Brazilian F4 will feature its largest grid since 2022 for its season opener, with 16 drivers, half of them rookies, set to take part. Feeder Series tells you all you need to know about the series’ 2025 season.

By Laura Anequini

Last year, Matheus Comparatto won the championship with one race to spare, taking five wins and nine further podiums on his way to the title. Though he was expected to take part in Eurocup-3 as well in the championship’s Winter Series with KCL by MP Motorsport this season, he is now racing in Porsche Carrera Cup Brasil. 

A notable difference from previous years is that, for the first time, no women are taking part in the championship. For the last two years, Rafaela Ferreira and Cecília Rabelo both raced the full seasons, and Aurelia Nobels raced in the first season of the championship in 2022. Ferreira, who finished fourth last year, is now racing in F1 Academy and is currently ninth in the standings, while Rabelo competes in Porsche Cup Brasil’s Sprint Challenge Sport category.

The calendar 

This year’s calendar is significantly different from last year’s. This season will feature only seven rounds, one fewer than in 2024. There will not be a round at the traditional venue of Goiânia, which is going through renovations to prepare for MotoGP’s return next year, or outside the country, as happened with the trip to the Autódromo Oscar y Juan Galvez in Argentina last year.

Instead, the seven rounds will take place mainly in the state of São Paulo, with three at Velocitta and three at Interlagos. The only round scheduled to happen outside the state is at the Autódromo Brasília in the Federal District, but with circuit remodeling still unfinished, chances are that the round will be rescheduled to a venue in São Paulo as in previous years.

• Round 1: Interlagos (2–4 May)
• Round 2: Velocitta (27–29 June)
• Round 3: Velocitta (18–20 July)
• Round 4: Velocitta (3–5 October)
• Round 5: Interlagos (7–9 November) 
• Round 6: Autódromo Brasília (28–30 November)
• Round 7: Interlagos (12–14 December)

The format 

The format of the weekend remains unchanged. On Friday, drivers take part in two 40-minute practice sessions followed by a 20-minute qualifying session.

The starting grid for race one is determined by each driver’s second-fastest lap time in qualifying. For race two, the top eight finishers from race one are reversed. Race three’s grid is based on the original qualifying results from Friday. Regarding the races, races one and three are 30 minutes plus one lap in length, while race two lasts 20 minutes plus one lap. 

The points system follows F1’s for race one and three. Race two awards points only for the top eight, with 15 points for the winner down to one for eighth place. The fastest lap set in each race is worth one extra point.

Where to watch

Races can be watched in Portuguese on the series’ YouTube channel and High Speed TV. Parc Fermé TV streams the series with Italian commentary. Locally, Band Sports also airs the championship, but it requires a subscription. 

Teams and drivers 

TMG Racing 

TMG Racing completely dominated the championship last season. Despite not having the title-winning driver, they took home the teams’ title in dominant fashion. This year, they field six drivers, the same number they had at the end of 2024.

Ciro Sobral (#71) stays with the team after having raced with them last year. The 17-year-old’s season was filled with highs and lows, but he was able to secure three podiums as a rookie. Having finished ninth in the standings, Sobral now has the benefit of experience in the fight for higher positions this season. 

Filippo Fiorentino (#135) is also returning to the team and will be doing a double campaign alongside his commitments in Spanish F4, which will require him to miss the first round of Brazilian F4. The 16-year-old only raced in four rounds last year, but he secured a win on his debut in the championship in Interlagos and finished 10th in the standings. Earlier this year, Fiorentino raced in the Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship with Drivex, taking a best finish of fifth and ending up 14th in the standings.

The last among the returnees is Celo Hahn (#00). Having raced in the last three rounds of the championship in 2024 and taken a best finish of seventh in race three at Goiânia, the 15-year-old will now race the full season with the team. Hahn comes from a racing family: his father, Marcelo Hahn, is a class champion in GT Open and the South American GT Championship, and his older brother, Christian Hahn, finished third in Brazilian F3 in 2016 and now races in the Porsche Carrera Cup Brazil. 

Among the rookies, the one with arguably the strongest pedigree is Pietro Mesquita (#59), the reigning champion of national single-seater series Fórmula Delta. The 15-year-old and the son of Brazilian racing driver and television personality Otávio Mesquita, previously raced in karting, and just like Hahn, he is supported by the Blau Motorsport team. 

Cadi Baptista (#41) steps up from karting to single-seaters. The 17-year-old was the runner-up of the Copa Brasil de Kart in 2024 in the Novice class and also competed in the OK class. Baptista also comes from a racing family, as his older brother, Bruno Baptista, races in Stock Car Brazil. 

The team also has Heitor Dall’Agnol (#27), another strong rookie contender. The 15-year-old has a strong karting background, winning as many as nine karting titles, including the Copa Brasil de Kart and twice the Campeonato Sul-Brasileiro de Kart. On the international scene, Dall’Agnol finished third in the OK-N class of the FIA World Karting Championship last year.

The newest addition to the team is Sasha Beisemann (#99), who has never raced in single-seaters but has tested an F4 Panama car. The 16-year-old replaces Fiorentino for the first round. From Monaco but racing with the Paraguayan flag, Beisemann steps up from karting, having won the Formula Mundial class and also raced in the Rotax Senior Max category.

Bassani Racing 

Bassani Racing fielded title winner Comparatto last season but never appeared in contention to take the title. For this season, the team lost title sponsor Oakberry, though the reasons for the end of the two-year partnership were not disclosed. Bassani have since announced a new title sponsor for this year in precision tools company Starrett. 

All of the teams’ drivers are rookies, with the only one who raced previously in the championship being Murilo Rocha (#55). The 15-year-old took part in the final round of last season but struggled, taking a best finish of ninth in race three. Still, he has a strong karting background, winning the Micro Max title in the KGV Cup São Paulo and national Copa Rotax in 2019 and finishing as the 2020 runner-up of the national karting championship in the same class.

The only foreigner in the championship this year is Renzo Barbuy (#31), who is the 2024 champion of the Córdoba Karting Championship in 125cc junior direct-drive class. The 16-year-old Argentine will contest his first season in single-seaters with the team, and he already tested the car in Interlagos in January of this year.

Pedro Lima (#188) is the youngest driver in the championship this year, having turned 15 this April. He is the reigning OK-J champion in the Copa Brasil de Kart and RMC Rotax. 

Pedro Lins (#26) returns to single-seaters after having raced in Fórmula Delta in 2022, when he finished fifth in the standings. The 17-year-old previously competed in karting, winning the Piloto Futuro class of the Brasiliense Karting Championship in 2018 and taking a top-three finish in the Mini Max class of the Brazilian Rotax Championship in 2019. 

The last driver joining the team is Christian Helou (#33). The 18-year-old tested the team’s car in 2023 but has raced in European and national karting ever since. His name is familiar within the team, as his father, Urubatan Helou Jr, in South American F3, Stock Car Brasil and Porsche Cup racing.

Cavaleiro Sports

Cavaleiro Sports had a significant decline last year, going from being the winning team in 2023 to the team that placed third and last in 2024. This year, they will field four drivers.

Rogério Grotta (#7) is one of the three returnees within the team. The 23-year-old was seventh in the standings last year, securing one win and two further podiums, in what was a highly consistent season in 2024. Grotta previously finished fourth in Fórmula Delta in 2023.

Ethan Nobels (#12) is the driver with the most to prove this year. The 16-year-old is the highest-placed returnee, having ended the 2024 season third in the standings with three wins and the rookie championship title. Nobels, the younger brother of Aurelia, was listed with AKM Motorsport on early entry lists for the Formula Winter Series rounds in Valencia and Barcelona, but he ultimately did not race.

Alceu Feldmann Neto (#95) is the other returnee driver continuing with the team. In 2024, the 17-year-old raced in four rounds of the championship, taking a best finish of sixth. He is also doing a double campaign this season, racing with Palou Motorsport in Eurocup-3 this year. To warm up for the season, Feldmann raced in the Eurocup-3 Spanish Winter Championship with the team earlier this year, taking two best finishes of 20th. 

One of the two rookies in the team is Bernardo Gentil (#88). The 15-year-old is the current junior class champion of the Copa Brasil and Copa São Paulo Light de Kart. Alongside Sobral, he is the second-ever driver from Brazil’s Northeast Region – from where F3 points leader Rafael Câmara hails – to take part in the championship. 

Another rookie joining is Enricco Abreu (#29), who steps up from karting. Abreu, who turns 16 on Sunday, finished as the runner-up in the Paulista Karting championship twice and most recently competed in the sprinter class. In addition, he raced in the Brazilian Karting Championship last year, in which he finished fourth. 

Editor’s note, 4 May 2025, 5:50 CEST: This article was updated after publication to detail Sasha Beisemann’s participation, which was announced following publication.

Header photo credit: Duda Bairros / Stock Pro Series