Formula 4 2025: How Many People Watched Ukrainian Driver Oleksandr Bondarev Live

Formula 4 was broadcast live in Ukraine for the first time.

Ukraine got its first-ever live broadcasts of the Italian Formula 4 and E4 Championship seasons — the first tier on the road to F1, where young drivers compete. Nine rounds of the championships, in Vallelunga, Monza, Mugello, Imola, Barcelona, Misano, and Le Castellet were broadcast live on the YouTube channel of the online outlet DeTalks.

Ukraine was represented in both series by 16-year-old Kyiv native Oleksandr Bondarev — a member of the Williams Racing Driver Academy and the Prema Racing team. In the Italian championship, the driver finished 10th overall and third among rookies, while in the E4 Championship he climbed to seventh overall and won the rookie championship.

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Formula 4 broadcasts on DeTalks featured three commentators and six studio hosts — a mix of young and experienced sports journalists, admins, and hosts from motorsport outlets, YouTube projects, and blogs.

DeTalks is the official broadcaster of Formula 4 in Ukraine! Watch every race featuring Bondarev with Ukrainian commentary live on the YouTube channel of DeTalks.

Formula 4 2025: Who Commentated the Races

• Andrii Nikitonok — sports journalist, editor-in-chief of DeTalks. Commentated the rounds in Le Castellet, Imola, Mugello, Barcelona, Misano, and Monza.

• Oleksandr Melnyk — admin of the 'Ukrainian Formula' Telegram channel. Commentated the rounds in Vallelunga, Monza, and Mugello.

• Andrii 'ASkalone' Sukhetskyi — esports commentator at Maincast.TV, as well as biathlon and other sports at Suspilne Sport. Commentated the Misano round.

Who Worked in the Formula 4 2025 Studio

• Viktoriia Hvozd (DeTalks) and Oleksandr Tort (Tort F1 Team) — R2, Vallelunga.

• Andrii Nikitonok (DeTalks) and Artem Bakurov (Prosta Formula) — R3, Monza.

• Anastasiia Levchenko (Yep, interesting) and Andrii Nikitonok (DeTalks) — R4, Mugello.

• Artem Bakurov (Prosta Formula) and Dmytro Horiushkin (BezGalm) — R7, Misano.

The 2025 Formula 4 Broadcasts in Numbers

Across six Italian Formula 4 rounds and three E4 Championship rounds, DeTalks produced 26 broadcasts totaling 25 hours. In Ukraine, races featuring Oleksandr Bondarev were watched by 28,000 unique viewers, generating over 62,000 views. In total, the broadcasts logged more than 9,200 hours of watch time. The most popular race was the Ukrainian's winning race in Imola.

Media partners for the broadcasts were the Telegram channels 'F1UA,' 'Ukrainian Formula,' 'Bez Halm,' 'F1 Odessa Club,' 'Tort F1 Team,' 'LATERAL,' and 'F1 Insider' (the latter for the first two rounds only).

The 2025 Formula 4 season is available to watch on the DeTalks YouTube channel. © DeTalks is the official broadcaster of Formula 4 in Ukraine.