Another rising star of motorsport has been announced for this year’s Formula 4 Australian Championship with Nicolas Stati confirmed to race with AGI Sport. 

Stati joins the Championship after a successful stint in Cadets and Junior Asian karting, where he earned multiple victories before competing in several World Championship Superfinals.

In 2023, the Western Australian contested in the highly competitive Formula 4 South East Asia Championship with AGI Sport, gaining valuable experience and securing fifth place in the rookie standings, which included an outright win in the penultimate race of the Championship. 

Stati will join the recently signed James Piszcyk at the New South Wales based team for the re-launch of the championship and the 15-year-old was thrilled to work with the team. 

“I’m really excited to continue working with AGI Sport in the return of the Australian Formula 4 Championship this year,” Stati said. 

“After driving for the Asian based Asian-based Global ROK Cup Series in both Cadets and Junior categories, Stati has been one of the biggest names in the F4 market this season. 

“I started my car racing journey in the last two rounds of the Asian F4 late last year with AGI and after racing in the UAE F4 series earlier this year I’m looking forward to racing with the team in Australia.” 

AGI Sport Team Principal, Adam Gotch was excited to welcome Stati to the team, with the two parties having worked together on multiple occasions.  

“We’re super excited to continue working with Nicolas and support his transition into the Formula 4 category,” Gotch said.

“Nico turned 15 last November so we were able to sneak in a few F4 races in Asia with him before Christmas. We then took him to the Middle East where he competed in the toughest of all F4 series, the UAE F4 Championship.

“Nicolas worked really well alongside our second year F4 driver Jack Beeton and will be aiming to put all of that hard work over the off season into his first car racing campaign in Australia this year.”

Also seeing Stati first hand in the UAE and Malaysia was Top Speed’s Davide de Gobbi, who was highly complimentary of Stati’s career achievements. 

“It is great to see Nicolas continue his Formula 4 career with AGI Sport after seeing him compete in our Formula 4 South East Asia and UAE series throughout December, January and February,” de Gobbi said.

“We look forward to seeing the Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 take to the track in Australia and let the country’s next generation of talent make the next step in the FIA ladder at home.”

The exciting re-launch of Formula 4 in Australia offers young drivers a fantastic platform to showcase their skills and compete in a FIA-certified open-wheel category. 

Additionally, it will provide racers with the opportunity to earn FIA Super Licence points and facilitates a smoother transition to competing internationally in a cost-efficient manner, driving the Tatuus F4 T421 GEN2 that is used globally.

Featuring in the re-launch are a number of high profile Australian circuits, Shell V-Power Motorsport Park, Queensland Raceway and Sydney Motorsport Park before wrapping up at Sepang International Raceway.. 
 
The first round of the 2024 Formula 4 Australian Championship will take place at Shell V Power Motorsport Park on 4-5 May.