2023 Formula Micras World Championship

2023 Formula Micras

Tournament details
Dates	May 2023 - December 2023
Teams	Bintang Motorsports  CräiteAuto Grand Prix  Scuderia DaeZoom FM  Ddraig-Llywelyn Racing  EMW MondoZoom Racing  Enigma Motorsports  Galaxical Territories FM  Sburo Deliziosa FM Team  Titan Automotives  Typhon Group  Waxhai Sport
Venue(s)	16 Grands Prix
Final positions
Champions	Trent Cooper (Drivers')  Sburo Deliziosa FM Team (Constructors')
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The 2023 Formula Micras World Championship is a motor racing championship for single-seater cars which will be the second running of the Formula Micras World Championship. It is recognised by the Micras Federation of Motorsport (MFM), the governing body of international motorsport, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars on Micras. The championship is contested over a number of 16 Grands Prix, which are held around the world.

After the presentation of the official calendar, the season will take place from May 2023 until December 2023, racing in 16 different Grands Prix. In contrast to the previous season, which was completed from mid-2022 through mid-2023, this one will be completed by the end of the year 2023, thus aligning for subsequent seasons to be completed within the calendar year.

Trent Cooper, reigning Drivers' World Champion.

Drivers and teams are competing for the titles of World Drivers' Champion and World Constructors' Champion, respectively.

Official calendar

The calendar was made official during the 2022-23 season and includes 16 Grand Prixes, held in 13 countries on Micras. The current program foresees the start of the season on 5 May0 2023 with the Vegnese Grand Prix in Cossa, chosen as the inaugural venue again for the second season of Formula Micras and will close, with the Northcliff Grand Prix, on 17 December 2023.

It's confirmed the presence of one season-break in summer from 17 July to 14 September, in order to give the participating teams holidays and time to develop the cars.

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	City	Race date
1	Vegnese Grand Prix	Cossa Street Circuit	Cossa	7 May 203
2	Florian Grand Prix	Dragonmoor International Circuit	Dragonmoor	21 May 2023
3	Craitish Grand Prix	Hjarland Park	Hjardef	28 May 2023
4	Senyan Grand Prix	Northend Circuit	Northend	4 June 2023
5	Calbain Grand Prix	Pentyre City Circuit	Pentyre	25 June 2023
6	Etzeland Grand Prix	Mondoring	Mondostadt	16 July 2023
7	Hurmu Grand Prix	Datret Park Circuit	Datret	17 September 2023
8	Grand Prix of Nouvelle Alexandrie	Ahvaz International Circuit	Ahvaz	1 October 2023
9	Tellian Grand Prix	Rossavro Street Circuit	Rossavro	15 October 2023
10	Dauian Grand Prix	Feichtbachner Circuit	Greater Pahak	22 October 2023
11	Northbloom Grand Prix	Village Green Circuit	Ermingander Village	5 November 2023
12	Oportian Grand Prix	Sunny Coast Circuit	Àgalose	12 November 2023
13	Lamantian Grand Prix	King's Lynn Street Circuit	King's Lynn	26 November 2023
14	Campoasciutto Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Mhazar	Mhazar	3 December 2023
15	Benacian Grand Prix	Circuit of the Liberties	Chryse	10 December 2023
16	Northcliff Grand Prix	Northcliff Street Circuit	Northcliff	17 December 2023

Entries

The following constructors and drivers are currently under contract to compete in the 2022-23 World Championship. Each team can compete with tyres supplied by Vitesse or Bouncy Rings. Each team is required to enter two drivers, one for each of the two mandatory cars, and one reserve driver.

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Power unit	Tyres	No.	Drivers	Rounds	Third Driver
Bintang Motorsports	Bintang-Bah			Bouncy Rings	77	Hairul Syazwan	1-16	Ridhwan Singh
					16	Hein Pho Bin	1-16
CräiteAuto Grand Prix	CräiteAuto			Vitesse	36	Vorgeņ Brólt	1-16	Lucian Brólt
					41	Jordan Herbertson-Panner	1-16
Scuderia DaeZoom FM	DaeZoom-Accipiteri			Bouncy Rings	10	Ottone Qualchempresario	1-16	Stéphane Silveran
					89	Francesco Giocatore	1-16
Ddraig-Llywelyn Racing	Ddraig-Llywelyn-Drag'on Motors			Bouncy Rings	69	Maddox Islwyn	1-16	Harwic Gywion
					88	Gareth Osian	1-16
Enigma Motorsports	Enigma			Bouncy Rings	13	George Hunt	1-16	Kevin Prillard
					17	Florian Schaffnaust	1-16
Galaxical Territories FM Team	Galaxical-Haratadami			Bouncy Rings	2	Fazrul Mat Hassan	1-16	Yuuki Hakata-Johnson
					40	Hitoshi Jeromiah Yakuzaki]	1-16
EMW MondoZoom Racing	EMW-Mondozoom			Bouncy Rings	56	Max Treuenfeld	1-16	Zip Tweeker
					44	Toshio Sōma	1-16
Sburo Deliziosa FM Team	Sburo-Rossini	SB-23	Rossini-02/23	Vitesse	42	Michele Spettacolo	1-16	Nicola Lode
					3	Ben Lloyd	1-16
Titan-Vivace Motorsports	Titan Automotives			Vitesse	1	Trent Cooper	1-16	Mark Alexander
					50	Jason Rhodes	1-16
Typhon Group	Typhon Group			Vitesse	11	Albrecht Kransk	1-16	Marcus O'Rourke
					12	Samira Khan	1-16
Waxhai Sports	Waxhai			Bouncy Rings	33	Ghastiv Boure-Janke'Shouivul	1-16	Devon Goa-Maiu
					78	Quxshuc Korespo	1-16

Team and driver changes

Compared to the 2022 season, the Mercurian team, Compton Motors, after the bad past season, decided not to re-enter for the following year, leaving a slot free on the grid. Requests to join the Formula Micras circus were, already during the previous season, very numerous and in fact there are two new teams signing up for the championship: Bintang Motorsports and Galaxical Territories FM Team, respectively from Daau and Phinbella. Both stables field two new drivers of the same nationality as the teams.

As for the drivers, most of the teams confirm the same as the previous year, continuing with the same line-up.

Scuderia DaeZoom FM announces, already during the last races of the 2022 season, the signing of Francesco Giocatore from Sburo, who finds a Tellian team again. Sburo replaces the departing Giocatore with Ben Lloyd, who was left without a seat after the depart of Compton Motors, convinced by the Mercurian driver's excellent season finale. Ddraig-Llywelyn Racing instead decides, with much media hype, to downgrade the driver Harwic Gywion, winner of the first ever Formula Micras race in Vegno, to third driver and promote the young Gareth Osian, while Titan does the same with Mark Alexander, author of a bad season 2022, without however having yet announced who will take his place.

Regulation changes

Tenical regulations

Compared to last season, where teams were free to develop and modify the car as they wished, this year there are significant changes. In fact, the regulations for the 2023 season provide for the mandatory use by all teams of certain spec components, which must be the same for all teams and cannot be developed during the season: brakes, suspension and gearbox. The projects of these 3 components are distributed before the season by MFM to all the teams, who then have to produce them autonomously in their factories, without the possibility of modifications. The engine and the front and rear wings are instead left in total freedom to the teams, who can modify and develop them autonomously throughout the season.

Sporting Regulations

The number of sets of tires available for each weekend are limited to 15 for each car, in 3 different compounds, decided in advance by the federation and which can be supplied by the teams through the two official suppliers (Vitesse or Bouncy Rings).

The additional points for Pole Position on Saturday and for the fastest lap on Sunday are maintained, which from this season are no longer worth just one point but two, as already happens for Pole Position.

As regard the race, the drivers who access the last phase of qualifying (Q3), so the first 10 drivers on the grid, are obliged to start on Sunday with the same tire with which they qualified for Q3: they will therefore have to start with the tire with which they set the fastest time during the second session. All the other drviers, therefore those qualified from 11th to 22nd position, will instead be able to freely choose the starting tire.

Season summary

Opening rounds

Trent Cooper, the reigning world champion, secured the first pole position for the season opening Vegnese Grand Prix, with the much-improved Enigma of George Hunt on the second spot and the two Typhons on the second row.Trent Cooper led nearly all the race comfortably, winning by twentysix seconds ahead of his last year's main rival, Samira Khan, who succeded to recover some places and end up on the podium. George Hunt took the last step of the podium in third place, confirming the good improvements of his team's car; good points at their first ever race also for Hairul Syazwan and Hitoshi Jeromiah Yakuzaki.

George Hunt, leading the 2023 Craitish Grand Prix, in what will be the first victory of the season for the Senyan driver.

At Florian Grand Prix, Max Treuenfeld took pole position in qualifying and led the race for the first laps. Cooper, starting twelfth on the grid and receiving a drive-through penalty in the first laps, managed to reach only the eight spot by the half of the race, and remained there for the rest of the race with 1 stop strategy. Spettacolo took the second spot while George Hunt rounded out the podium finishing third, with Toshio Sōma and Maddox Islwyn finishing in fourth and fifth respectively.

At the Craitish Grand Prix, Ben Lloyd took his first ever pole position in Formula Micras, without however managing to materialize it into a victory. Due to a contact with Treuenfeld, he ends up in the rear and finishes only in ninth place. The winner of the Craitish GP was instead George Hunt, with his first career victory, who made an excellent strategy work and took first position against Treuenfeld who finished second. The title race after 3 rounds therefore sees three drivers separated by just over 10 points: Treuenfeld, Hunt and Cooper, with Mondozoom leading the constructors' championship.

In the Senyan Grand Prix, Sburo clearly dominated the weekend, placing first in Friday's free practice and taking pole position with Michele Spettacolo, flanked by the young Gareth Osian on the front row. Spettacolo manages to materialize the good qualifying result and takes the victory, maintaining the lead of the race from the first to the last lap. In second position comes an extraordinary Qualempresario who recovers 5 positions from the start and finishes on the podium, accompanied by the young Osian who conquers the first podium of his career after a splendid qualification. Difficult day for the championship leaders Treuenfeld and Hunt who ended the weekend without points, while Cooper scored only 6, with Spettacolo moving to -2 behind the championship leader Treuenfeld.

At the Calbain Grand Prix the values ​​on the track change again, also thanks to the new updates to the front wing brought by Titan Motorsports. The two Florian drivers in fact conquer the entire front row, with Treuenfeld only in fifth position and both Hunt and Spettacolo in serious difficulty after the excellent first races. At the end of the race, however, Florian Schaffnaust came out on top and, thanks to a low downforce set-up and the very high top speed of his Enigma, after passing both Titans at the start, managed not to be overtaken throughout the entire race. and win his first career victory. However, both Cooper and Rhodes demonstrated the competitiveness of the car thanks to the new updates, both finishing on the podium. Treuenfeld reduced the damage by gaining a good fourth position, while Spettacolo and Hunt struggled, finishing in 7th and 11th position respectively.

At the Etzeland Grand Prix, the last GP before the summer break of almost two months, the values ​​on the track change again, with the Sburo bringing the first updates of the season to the track and dominating the weekend from Friday. Spettacolo wins his second pole position of the season with his teammate completing the all-white-orange front row, closely followed by Cooper and an excellent Bròlt. In the race, however, it was not the vegnese driver who brought the Sburo to the top step of the podium but rather Ben Lloyd who won the first victory of his career, adding a fastest lap, due to a problem at the Spettacolo pit stop which forced him to lose more than 30 seconds and only finish ninth. Completing the podium are Trent Cooper and George Hunt, both in full contention for the drivers' title, as well as Treuenfeld who finishes only seventh, suffering once again, like last year, a Mondozoom without updates unlike his rivals for the title.

At the close of the first phase of the season, before the summer break, the 2023 season sees great uncertainty, still looking for its true master in both rankings: 6 races and 6 different winners. In the drivers' standings, however, Trent Cooper leads the group and is rewarded for his consistency of results, having finished all the races in points and with 4 podiums to his credit. His closest rival remains Treuenfeld who, despite a Mondozoom suffering in the last races, sees the first months of excellent results rewarded, with George Hunt trailing the Etzeland driver by only 7 points, also with 4 podiums under his belt but who pays two races out of the points. In the constructors' standings, Sburo leads the group with 120 points, but is closely followed with only 4 points behind Titan and then Mondozoom, which led for a long time in the first Grands Prix and is only third, with Enigma in fourth position, which suffers Schaffnaust's lack of results.

Results

Round	Grand Prix	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Constructor	Report
1	Vegnese Grand Prix	Trent Cooper	Trent Cooper	Trent Cooper	Titan Motorsports	2023 Vegnese Grand Prix
2	Florian Grand Prix	Max Treuenfeld	Samira Khan	Max Treuenfeld	EMW MondoZoom Racing	2023 Florian Grand Prix
3	Craitish Grand Prix	Ben Lloyd	Max Treuenfeld	George Hunt	Enigma Motorsports	2023 Craitish Grand Prix
4	Senyan Grand Prix	Michele Spettacolo	Maddox Islwyn	Michele Spettacolo	Sburo Deliziosa FM Team	2023 Senyan Grand Prix
5	Calbain Grand Prix	Trent Cooper	Ben Lloyd	Florian Schaffnaust	Enigma Motorsports	2023 Calbain Grand Prix
6	Etzeland Grand Prix	Michele Spettacolo	Ben Lloyd	Ben Lloyd	Sburo Deliziosa FM Team	2023 Etzeland Grand Prix
7	Hurmu Grand Prix	Max Treuenfeld	Trent Cooper	Trent Cooper	Titan Motorsports	2023 Hurmu Grand Prix
8	Grand Prix of Nouvelle Alexandrie	Trent Cooper	Trent Cooper	Trent Cooper	Titan Motorsports	2023 Grand Prix of Nouvelle Alexandrie
9	Tellian Grand Prix	Trent Cooper	Michele Spettacolo	Trent Cooper	Titan Motorsports	2023 Tellian Grand Prix
10	Dauian Grand Prix	Maddox Islwyn	Maddox Islwyn	Maddox Islwyn	Ddraig-Llywelyn Racing	2023 Dauian Grand Prix
11	Northbloom Grand Prix	Max Treuenfeld	Samira Khan	Ben Lloyd	Sburo Deliziosa FM Team	2023 Northbloom Grand Prix
12	Oportian Grand Prix	Samira Khan	Samira Khan	George Hunt	Enigma Motorsports	2023 Oportian Grand Prix
13	Lamantian Grand Prix	Toshio Sōma	Albrecht Kransk	Samira Khan	Typhon Group	2023 Lamantian Grand Prix
14	Campoasciutto Grand Prix	Samira Khan	Trent Cooper	Max Treuenfeld	EMW MondoZoom Racing	2023 Campoasciutto Grand Prix
15	Benacian Grand Prix	Ben Lloyd	Max Treuenfeld	Ben Lloyd	Sburo Deliziosa FM Team	2023 Benacian Grand Prix
16	Northcliff Grand Prix	Samira Khan	Albrecht Kransk	George Hunt	Enigma Motorsports	2023 Northcliff Grand Prix

Standings

Scoring System

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	PP	FL
Race	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	2	2

Driver standings

Pos. Driver VEG FLO CRA DES CAL ETZ HUR NAX TEL DAU NBM OPO LAM CAM BUN NOC Points 1  Trent Cooper 1P,F 8 3 7 2 2 1F 1P,F 1P 9 6 7 4 2F 5 12 233 2  Max Treuenfeld 4 1P 2F 17 4 7 3P 11 16 10 5 9 9 1 2F 2 174 3  Ben Lloyd 20 6 9P 9 5F 1F 10 5 6 4 1 3 15 6 1P 4 171 4  George Hunt 3 3 1 14 11 3 4 9 8 11 3 1 12 7 6 1 167 5  Samira Khan 2 10F 11 Ret 13 5 12 14 2 8 2 6 1 3P 4 8P 145 6  Michele Spettacolo 9 2 5 1P 7 9P 8 12 3F 5 8 4 5 9 7 16 132 7  Gareth Osian 11 15 15 3 15 6 14 4 4 3 9 5 2 13 8 7 102 8  Albrecht Kransk 14 13 4 16 14 4 2 2 11 2 11 Ret 3F 11 17 10F 98 9  Maddox Islwyn 5 5 7 4F 9 15 9 8 13 1 10 2 16 17 10 13 93 10  Toshio Sōma 22 4 10 6 10 8 5 7 17 12 4 10 8P 4 Ret 3 88 11  Jason Rhodes 10 12 6 11 3 12 11 20 10 6 15 12 7 5 9 9 53 12  Ottone Qualchempresario 8 11 13 2 Ret 10 6 10 Ret 7 14 13 18 12 15 6 46 13  Vorgeņ Brólt 12 18 8 12 6 14 7 16 5 15 12 11 10 8 16 5 43 14  Florian Schaffnaust 17 20 16 8 1 22 16 15 18 21 7 8 Ret 10 14 11 40 15  Francesco Giocatore 15 7 19 10 16 17 13 13 7 20 13 17 17 14 3 20 28 16  Hairul Syazwan 6 16 14 15 8 20 18 3 14 17 20 14 13 22 12 18 27 17  Jordan Herbertson-Panner 13 14 20 18 12 21 17 6 9 18 16 15 6 15 11 14 18 18  Ghastiv Boure-Janke'Shouivul 18 21 18 5 17 13 22 18 15 19 17 21 21 20 21 22 10 19  Hitoshi Jeromiah Yakuzaki 7 22 21 21 18 18 20 19 20 14 19 20 14 21 13 15 6 20  Hein Pho Bin 19 9 17 20 21 16 21 21 19 16 21 16 20 19 19 21 2 21  Quxshuc Korespo 21 17 12 13 20 19 15 22 12 22 22 19 11 16 20 19 0 22  Fazrul Mat Hassan 16 19 22 19 19 11 19 17 21 13 18 18 19 18 18 17 0 Pos. Driver VEG FLO CRA DES CAL ETZ HUR NAX TEL DAU NBM OPO LAM CAM BUN NOC Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, retired (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Annotation Meaning P Pole Position F Fastest Lap

Constructor standings

Pos. Constructor Drivers VEG FLO CRA DES CAL ETZ HUR NAX TEL DAU NBM OPO LAM CAM BUN NOC Points 1  Sburo Deliziosa FM Team  Michele Spettacolo 9 2 5 1P 7 9P 8 12 3F 5 8 4 5 9 7 16 303  Ben Lloyd 20 6 9P 9 5F 1F 10 5 6 4 1 3 15 6 1P 4 2  Titan-Vivace Motorsports  Trent Cooper 1P,F 8 3 7 2 2 1F 1P,F 1P 9 6 7 4 2F 5 12 286  Jason Rhodes 10 12 6 11 3 12 11 20 10 6 15 12 7 5 9 9 3  EMW MondoZoom Racing  Max Treuenfeld 4 1P 2F 17 4 7 3P 11 16 10 5 9 9 1 2F 2 262  Toshio Sōma 22 4 10 6 10 8 5 7 17 12 4 10 8P 4 Ret 3 4  Typhon Group  Albrecht Kransk 14 13 4 16 14 4 2 2 11 2 11 Ret 3F 11 17 10F 243  Samira Khan 2 10F 11 Ret 13 5 12 14 2 8 2 6 1 3P 4 8P 5  Enigma Motorsports  George Hunt 3 3 1 14 11 3 4 9 8 11 3 1 12 7 6 1 207  Florian Schaffnaust 17 20 16 8 1 22 16 15 18 21 7 8 Ret 10 14 11 6  Ddraig-Llywelyn Racing  Maddox Islwyn 5 5 7 4F 9 15 9 8 13 1 10 2 16 17 10 13 195  Gareth Osian 11 15 15 3 15 6 14 4 4 3 9 5 2 13 8 7 7  Scuderia DaeZoom FM  Ottone Qualchempresario 8 11 13 2 Ret 10 6 10 Ret 7 14 13 18 12 15 6 74  Francesco Giocatore 15 7 19 10 16 17 13 13 7 20 13 17 17 14 3 20 8  CräiteAuto Grand Prix  Vorgeņ Brólt 12 18 8 12 6 14 7 16 5 15 12 11 10 8 16 5 61  Jordan Herbertson-Panner 13 14 20 18 12 21 17 6 9 18 16 15 6 15 11 14 9  Bintang Motorsports  Hairul Syazwan 6 16 14 15 8 20 18 3 14 17 20 14 13 22 12 18 29  Hein Pho Bin 19 9 17 20 21 16 21 21 19 16 21 16 20 19 19 21 10  Waxhai Sports  Ghastiv Boure-Janke'Shouivul 18 21 18 5 17 13 22 18 15 19 17 21 21 20 21 22 10  Quxshuc Korespo 21 17 12 13 20 19 15 22 12 22 22 19 11 16 20 19 11  Galaxical Territories FM Team  Fazrul Mat Hassan 16 19 22 19 19 11 19 17 21 13 18 18 19 18 18 17 6  Hitoshi Jeromiah Yakuzaki 7 22 21 21 18 18 20 19 20 14 19 20 14 21 13 15 Pos. Constructor Drivers VEG FLO CRA DES CAL ETZ HUR NAX TEL DAU NBM OPO LAM CAM BUN NOC Points