PHM Racing

PHM Racing
Founded	2021
Base	Berlin, Germany
Team principal(s)	Paul Müller
Founder(s)	Paul Müller
Current series	Formula Regional Middle East Championship; Italian F4 Championship; Formula 4 UAE Championship
Former series	FIA Formula 2 Championship; FIA Formula 3 Championship; ADAC Formula 4
Current drivers	Formula Regional Middle East Championship; 9. Everett Stack; 12. Brando Badoer; 15. Aditya Kulkarni; 50. Jaden Pariat; 50. James Hedley; F4 Middle East Championship; 8. Hamda Al Qubaisi; 11. Reno Francot; 13. David Cosma Cristofor; 14. Aqil Alibhai; 58. Yuta Suzuki
Website	http://phm.racing/

PHM Racing is a German auto racing team competing in a variety of junior open-wheel series.^[1] It started racing in 2022 after taking over Mücke Motorsport's Formula 4 assets^[2] and later entered Formula Regional, FIA Formula 3 and FIA Formula 2, the latter two initially in collaboration with Charouz.^[3] The F2 and F3 operations were bought out by financial services firm AIX Investment Group and became AIX Racing in May 2024.^[4]

History

McKenzy Cresswell driving a PHM Racing FIA Formula 3 car at the Red Bull Ring (2023)

Born from the ashes of Mücke Motorsport's single-seater programme, which was disbanded at the end of 2021, PHM Racing was founded by Paul Müller with a squad mostly consisting of former Mücke personnel and the aim of being a non-profit organization.^[5]^[6]^[2] The team made its first step into racing in the Formula 4 UAE Championship in 2022, competing with Nikita Bedrin, Jonas Ried and Taylor Barnard. Following a campaign that yielded the team's first ever race win with Barnard and a further pair of victories brought by Bedrin, team owner Paul Müller announced that they would be stepping into the Italian and German F4 series.^[7]^[8]

The team entered Formula Regional Middle East for the 2023 winter season, before expanding into Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3 with a partial takeover of Charouz Racing System under the PHM Racing by Charouz moniker.^[9]^[3] PHM assumed full control of the F2 and F3 teams' operations prior to the 2023 Yas Island Formula 2 round, and announced a new sponsorship deal with the Dubai-based AIX Investment Group that would see the team renamed PHM AIX Racing for 2024.^[10]^[11] AIX Investment Group later completed acquisition of the F2 and F3 structures and became AIX Racing in May 2024.^[4] The Formula Regional and F4 outfits reverted to the PHM Racing name in October 2024 in the wake of the AIX sponsorship deal ending.^[12]

Current series results

Italian F4 Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.L.	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2022	Tatuus F4-T421	Taylor Barnard	20	0	0	0	103	8th	3rd
		Nikita Bedrin	20	0	0	0	77	12th
		Jonas Ried	20	0	0	0	1	25th
		Victoria Blokhina	20	0	0	0	0	34th
2023	Tatuus F4-T421	James Egozi	21	0	0	0	37	14th	4th
		Valentin Kluss	15	0	0	0	34	15th
		Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi	18	0	0	0	8	21st
		Davide Larini†	15	0	0	0	0	32nd
		Victoria Blokhina	20	0	0	0	0	35th
		Giacomo Pedrini	6	0	0	0	0	42nd
		Tom Kalender	3	0	0	0	0	49th
2024	Tatuus F4-T421	Maksimilian Popov	21	0	0	0	9	21st	5th
		Davide Larini	21	0	0	0	8	22nd
		Andrej Petrović	12	0	0	0	1	26th
		Everett Stack	20	0	0	0	1	27th
		Kamal Mrad	15	0	0	0	0	40th
2025	Tatuus F4-T421	David Cosma Cristofor
		Andrea Dupé
		Reno Francot

†Larini drove for AKM Motorsport until round 4.

Euro 4 Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Poles	F.L.	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2023	Tatuus F4-T421	Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi	6	0	0	0	21st	7th
2023	Tatuus F4-T421	Giacomo Pedrini†	6	0	0	0	28th	7th
2024	Tatuus F4-T421	Davide Larini	9	1	1	29	12th	4th
		Maksimilian Popov	9	0	0	4	21st
		Gabriel Gomez	3	0	0	0	26th
		Everett Stack	9	0	0	0	30th

† Pedrini drove for Van Amersfoort Racing in round 3.

Formula Regional Middle East Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.L.	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2023	Tatuus F3 T-318	Taylor Barnard	15	2	0	3	152	2nd	2nd
		Joshua Dufek	15	0	0	3	105	6th
		Nikita Bedrin	15	2	2	0	78	8th
2024	Tatuus F3 T-318	Taylor Barnard	15	5	4	1	176	2nd	2nd
		Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	15	0	0	2	86	9th
		Brando Badoer	15	0	0	0	76	10th
		Ruiqi Liu	15	0	0	0	0	26th
2025	Tatuus F3 T-318	Brando Badoer	15	1	0	0	156	4th	5th
		Everett Stack	15	0	0	0	0	27th	5th
		Aditya Kulkarni	12	0	0	0	4	21st	9th^[a]
		James Hedley	6	0	0	0	0	25th
		Jaden Pariat	6	0	0	0	0	30th

Formula 4 CEZ Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.L.	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2023	Tatuus F4-T421	James Egozi	2	2	1	2	50	8th	5th
2023	Tatuus F4-T421	Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi	2	0	0	0	24	14th	5th
2024	Tatuus F4-T421	Davide Larini	3	0	0	0	51	9th	4th
		Kamal Mrad	3	1	1	1	46	10th
		Maksimilian Popov	3	1	0	0	46	11th
		Andrej Petrović	3	1	0	2	43	12th
		Everett Stack	3	0	0	0	0	30th

F4 Middle East Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2025	Tatuus F4-T421	Reno Francot	15	1	187	5th	3rd
		David Cosma Cristofor	15	0	6	17th
		Yuta Suzuki†	12	0	2	22nd
		Aqil Alibhai	3	0	0	24th
		Hamda Al Qubaisi	2	0	0	31st

† Suzuki drove for Pinnacle Motorsport until round 2.

Former series results

FIA Formula 2 Championship

Year	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	Races	D.C.	T.C.	Pts
2023	Dallara F2 2018	Mecachrome V634T V6 t	P	Roy Nissany	26	21st	11th	0
				Brad Benavides	18	22nd
				Josh Mason	8	23rd

In detail

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	T.C.	Points
2023		BHR SPR	BHR FEA	JED SPR	JED FEA	ALB SPR	ALB FEA	BAK SPR	BAK FEA	MCO SPR	MCO FEA	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	ZAN SPR	ZAN FEA	MNZ SPR	MNZ FEA	YMC SPR	YMC FEA	11th	0
	Roy Nissany	18	11	10	11	9	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	15	20†	18	10	16	9	17	17	15	13	12	17	12	Ret	15	14	11
	Brad Benavides	19	18	18	Ret	Ret	12	10	Ret	11	16	15	22	12	19	Ret	13	18	18
	Josh Mason																			19	14	18	15	16	12	15	Ret

FIA Formula 3 Championship

Year	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	Races	D.C.	Pts	T.C.	Pts
2023	Dallara F3 2019	Mecachrome V634 V6	P	Sophia Flörsch	18	23rd	6	9th	6
				Roberto Faria	18	31st	0
				Piotr Wiśnicki	8	34th	0
				McKenzy Cresswell	4	33rd	0
				Michael Shin	6	32nd	0

In detail

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	T.C.	Points
2023		BHR SPR	BHR FEA	ALB SPR	ALB FEA	MCO SPR	MCO FEA	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	MNZ SPR	MNZ FEA	9th	6
	Sophia Flörsch	22	20	16	18	23	23	21	20	18	DSQ	19	23	15	18	12	7	16	13
	Roberto Faria	24	25	18	Ret	Ret	27	25	24	24	19	27	Ret	19	20	17	Ret	NC	22†
	Piotr Wiśnicki	25	24	23	Ret	18	22	24	21
	McKenzy Cresswell									23	17	23	22
	Michael Shin													26	28	21	25	Ret	17

ADAC Formula 4 Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.L.	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2022	Tatuus F4-T421	Taylor Barnard	18	5	3	3	266	2nd	2nd
		Nikita Bedrin	18	1	0	1	175	4th
		Jonas Ried	18	0	0	1	71	9th
		Valentin Kluss	12	0	0	0	61	11th

Formula 4 UAE Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F.L.	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2022	Tatuus F4-T421	Nikita Bedrin	19	2	1	1	198	4th	3rd
		Taylor Barnard	20	1	0	0	80	9th
		Jonas Ried	20	0	0	0	4	23rd
2023	Tatuus F4-T421	Noah Strømsted	15	0	0	0	55	9th	5th
		Valentin Kluss	15	0	0	0	50	10th
		Akshay Bohra	15	0	0	0	11	21st
		Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi	6	0	0	0	0	31st
		Jakob Bergmeister	9	0	0	0	0	40th
2024	Tatuus F4-T421	Nikita Bedrin	9	3	2	0	124	5th	5th
		Maksimilian Popov	15	0	0	0	0	27th
		Kamal Mrad	15	0	0	0	0	28th
		Davide Larini	6	0	0	0	0	30th
		Everett Stack	15	0	0	0	0	34th

Timeline

Current series
Italian F4 Championship	2022–present
Formula Regional Middle East Championship	2023–present
Euro 4 Championship	2023–present
F4 Middle East Championship	2025–present
Former series
ADAC Formula 4	2022
Formula 4 UAE Championship	2022–2024
FIA Formula 2 Championship	2023–2024
FIA Formula 3 Championship	2023–2024
Formula 4 CEZ Championship	2023–2024

Notes

^ Entered as AKCEL GP.

References

^ "How PHM Racing (F4 UAE) does things different: 'We want to develop mechanics the same way we do drivers'". F1 Feeder Series. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b "PHM Racing on their first ever campaign: 'We shook up the establishment'". F1 Feeder Series. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b "PHM Racing to enter F2 and F3 in 2023 with Charouz deal". Formula Scout. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b Gascoigne, Roger (13 May 2024). "AIX Investment Group completes acquisition of F2 team PHM Racing". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
^ Tremolada, Mattia (1 January 2022). "Dalle ceneri di Mucke nasce il PHM Racing". italiaracing.net (in Italian). Retrieved 5 October 2022.
^ "Our Story". PHM Racing. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
^ "New addition to the ADAC Formula 4 field: PHM Racing to run four cars". automobilsport.com. 22 March 2022. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022.
^ Wood, Ida (27 March 2022). "New PHM Racing team names five drivers for ADAC and Italian F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
^ "PHM Racing take over Charouz Racing System's FIA Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3 entries". Formula Motorsport. 28 November 2022.
^ "2023 Yas Marina Event - F2 Entry List - Yas Marina 2023" (PDF). fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^ Overkamp, Marc (10 January 2024). "PHM Racing becomes PHM AIX Racing". PHM AIX Racing. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
^ "We are pleased to announce the return to our original name PHM Racing". Instagram. PHM Racing. 30 October 2024. Archived from the original on 9 November 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.

External links

Official website

[13] Entered as AKCEL GP.

[:1-1] "How PHM Racing (F4 UAE) does things different: 'We want to develop mechanics the same way we do drivers'". F1 Feeder Series. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.

[:0-2] "PHM Racing on their first ever campaign: 'We shook up the establishment'". F1 Feeder Series. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.

[:2-3] "PHM Racing to enter F2 and F3 in 2023 with Charouz deal". Formula Scout. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2023.

[AIXacquisition-4] Gascoigne, Roger (13 May 2024). "AIX Investment Group completes acquisition of F2 team PHM Racing". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 May 2024.

[5] Tremolada, Mattia (1 January 2022). "Dalle ceneri di Mucke nasce il PHM Racing". italiaracing.net (in Italian). Retrieved 5 October 2022.

[6] "Our Story". PHM Racing. Retrieved 3 October 2022.

[7] "New addition to the ADAC Formula 4 field: PHM Racing to run four cars". automobilsport.com. 22 March 2022. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022.

[8] Wood, Ida (27 March 2022). "New PHM Racing team names five drivers for ADAC and Italian F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 5 October 2022.

[9] "PHM Racing take over Charouz Racing System's FIA Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3 entries". Formula Motorsport. 28 November 2022.

[10] "2023 Yas Marina Event - F2 Entry List - Yas Marina 2023" (PDF). fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.

[11] Overkamp, Marc (10 January 2024). "PHM Racing becomes PHM AIX Racing". PHM AIX Racing. Retrieved 10 January 2024.

[12] "We are pleased to announce the return to our original name PHM Racing". Instagram. PHM Racing. 30 October 2024. Archived from the original on 9 November 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.

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