Following a fruitful 2025 season, the F4 Saudi Arabian Championship returns this weekend, retaining Hitech’s technical support for the second year in a row. Feeder Series tells you all you need to know about the third season of F4 Saudi Arabia.
By Marco Albertini
Last December, Kit Belofsky became F4 Saudi Arabia’s second-ever champion and the first with Hitech as the sole operator of all cars, following Meritus.GP’s short-lived tenure in charge of the series in 2024.
One thing that has remained the same since 2024, though, is Altawkilat’s presence as the series’ title sponsor and promoter. And much like last year, the series will award $100,000 US in cumulative prize funds.
The Tatuus F4-T421 chassis and the Abarth 1.4L engine, used in many other F4 championships, will continue to be raced for the third season in a row.
The calendar
Similar to last season, most of the 2026 season will take place at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, which will host the first four rounds as opposed to the final three last year. Gone are two Bahrain rounds, which have been replaced by Lusail and will serve as the final two rounds.
- Round 1: Jeddah Corniche Circuit (2–3 October)
- Round 2: Jeddah Corniche Circuit (7–8 October)
- Round 3: Jeddah Corniche Circuit (1–2 November)
- Round 4: Jeddah Corniche Circuit (6–7 November)
- Round 5: Lusail International Circuit (8–9 December)
- Round 6: Lusail International Circuit (13–14 December)
The format
Each pair of rounds will include a day of pre-event testing. Race weekends – not all of which actually run on weekends – will feature a 40-minute practice session, a 20-minute qualifying session and a 25-minute race on each day. The usual F1-style points system will return for the second season in a row, with 25 to the winner down to one point for 10th place. No bonus points for pole or fastest lap will be awarded.
Where to watch
All races will be livestreamed for free on F4 Saudi Arabia’s official YouTube channel. As was the case for the past two seasons, races will also be available in German via Motorsport TV Deutschland’s YouTube channel. Live timing will also be available on Its-live for all sessions.
Teams and drivers
All cars are run by Hitech, with team names being for commercial purposes.
British-based Singaporean Isaac Seah (#6, Peax) joins the F4 Saudi Arabia grid after his first full year in OK karts. The 15-year-old took a best result of 12th at the Mülsen round of the FIA Karting European Championship and finished 51st overall in the championship.
Seventeen-year-old Jordanian karter Hamzah Al-Fayez (#29, Peax) also steps up to single-seaters. Before this weekend, he competed in karts across the Middle East under the coaching of Hamza Dirani, a Jordanian racing driver and pioneer of the country’s racing scene. Al-Fayez is also the current points leader of the GR Cup Yaris Qatar series alongside Ghaith Abuta’a.
Motorsport Team Germany member Amin Kara Osman (#7, 7.23) will make his single-seater debut this weekend after his sophomore season in senior karts across Europe. The 15-year-old German competed with Haupt Racing Team this year, most notably finishing 15th in the WSK Euro Series standings.
Welsh 15-year-old Archie Owen (#40, 7.23) moves to single-seaters following his rookie season in OK karting, in which he was 51st in the WSK Super Master Series standings with Prema Racing and KR Motorsport. Last weekend, Owen made his single-seater debut with Hitech at the penultimate round of British F4 at Silverstone.
Lucas Nanji (#8, Wrap & fly) joins the F4 Saudi Arabia grid as a last-minute addition, making his F4 return after racing in last year’s E4 finale for Prema Racing at Monza. This year, the 18-year-old Canadian competed in USF2000 with eventual teams’ champions Pabst Racing, in which he was 13th overall with a best result of fifth.
Marlon Bayer (#44, Wrap & fly), son of Racing Bulls CEO Peter Bayer, enters the world of single-seater racing after a career in karting. The 16-year-old Swiss-licensed Austrian spent most of this year testing F4 machinery across Europe, mostly with Campos Racing, as well as making a one-off cameo in the IAME Euro Series at Wackersdorf in the X30 Senior class.
One of two drivers returning from last season, 18-year-old Faris Organji (#10, Cyberani) comes back to the series after finishing 19th in the championship in 2025 with two top-10 finishes to his name. The Saudi Arabian racer most recently competed in the last four rounds of GB4 with Scorpio Motorsport, taking a best result of 16th at Brands Hatch.
Jordyn Martin (#88, Cyberani) will continue her single-seater trajectory fresh off her rookie season in GB4. The 16-year-old American of Peruvian descent raced for Fortec, finishing 18th overall with a best result of seventh at Donington Park. As the highest-placed female driver, she has earned a €50,000 scholarship to put towards an F1 Academy drive for 2027.
Sixteen-year-old Emirati Zakaria Doleh (#16, SDEC) enters the championship as one of few drivers with previous race experience with the car. Earlier this year, Doleh competed for Yas Heat Racing in the UAE4 Series, finishing 33rd in the overall standings with a best result of 18th at Dubai.
Seventeen-year-old karter Georges Nassar (#31, SDEC) will also make his single-seater debut. The Lebanese racer mainly competed in Rotax Max–sanctioned competitions this year, clinching the 2025–26 UAE RMC Senior Max title in April and most recently making the finals of the RMC International Trophy in July.
The Champions of the Future Academy Program’s current OK-N points leader, UAE-based Veer Chopra (#19, Zahid) joins the F4 Saudi Arabia grid for his single-seater debut. The 15-year-old Indian contested the 2025–26 UAE RMC season, in which he secured the Junior Max title. Chopra also tested F4 cars with Motorsport Performance Academy in Europe during the summer.
Monaco-based Aleksandar Vukcevic (Zahid) will make a surprising move to single-seaters after forgoing a karting career. The 18-year-old Serbian, who studies at the International University of Monaco, is set to miss the first two rounds after reportedly coming down with food poisoning.
After completing his rookie season in the Ginetta Junior Championship, 16-year-old Briton Harrison Mackie (#24, Iconna) transitions to single-seaters this weekend. Mackie was runner-up in Ginetta Junior for Elite Motorsport with four wins and nine other podiums to his name.
Saudi Arabia’s Abdullah Kamel (#99, Iconna) returns to the series after finishing seventh overall with a lone podium at his home track of Jeddah. This year, the 18-year-old raced with AKM in part-time campaigns across the Formula Winter Series and the E4 Championship, taking a best race result of ninth in the former at Estoril.
Fifteen-year-old American Devin Walz (#27, My-Car) moves to F4 Saudi Arabia to make his single-seater debut following his first full season in senior karts. This year, the American finished ninth and 11th in the WSK Super Master Series and FIA Karting European Championship standings respectively in OK.
Dutch karter Eva Dorrestijn (#66, My-Car) makes her single-seater racing debut after finishing 16th in the X30 Senior standings of the IAME Series Benelux this year. The 17-year-old has previous experience in F4 machinery after attending this and last year’s F1 Academy rookie tests.
The grid at a glance
| Team | # | Driver |
| Peax | 6 | Isaac Seah (R) |
| 29 | Hamzah Al-Fayez (R) | |
| 7.23 | 7 | Amin Kara Osman (R) |
| 40 | Archie Owen (R) | |
| Wrap & fly | 8 | Lucas Nanji |
| 44 | Marlon Bayer (R) | |
| Cyberani | 10 | Faris Organji |
| 88 | Jordyn Martin | |
| SDEC | 16 | Zakaria Doleh |
| 31 | Georges Nassar (R) | |
| Zahid | 19 | Veer Chopra (R) |
| TBA | Aleksandar Vukcevic (R) | |
| Iconna | 24 | Harrison Mackie |
| 99 | Abdullah Kamel | |
| My-Car | 27 | Devin Walz (R) |
| 66 | Eva Dorrestijn (R) |
Header photo credit: F4 Saudi Arabian Championship
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