2020 Formula 4 UAE Championship
The 2020 Formula 4 UAE Championship was the fourth season of the Formula 4 UAE Championship, a motor racing series for the United Arab Emirates regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, and organised and promoted by the Automobile & Touring Club of the UAE (ATCUAE) and AUH Motorsports.
It began with a non-championship round on 28 November 2019 at the Yas Marina Circuit and finished on 7 March 2020.[1]
Teams and drivers
Team | No. | Drivers | Class | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|
BWT Mücke Motorsport | 2 | Nico Göhler[2] | TR, All | |
3 | Erwin Zanotti[3] | 2 | ||
4 | Josef Knopp[4] | R | 3–5 | |
21 | Artem Lobanenko[5] | 5 | ||
23 | Erick Zúñiga[3] | R | All | |
Xcel Motorsport | 4 | Rodrigo Almeida[6][note 1] | R | TR |
6 | Zdeněk Chovanec[3][note 2] | R | All | |
7 | Lorenzo Fluxá[7] | R | All | |
8 | Mehrbod Shameli[8] | R | TR, 1–4 | |
11 | Dexter Patterson[3] | R | 1 | |
13 | Tijmen van der Helm[8] | TR | ||
14 | Nicola Marinangeli[9] | TR, All | ||
23 | Ivan Peklin[10] | R | TR | |
27 | Alex Connor[11] | TR | ||
51 | Francesco Pizzi[12] | R | All | |
Dream Racing | 9 | Logan Hannah[13] | TR | |
10 | Abdulrahman Al Bloushi | R | All | |
Dragon Racing | 18 | Reema Juffali[14] | TR, All | |
99 | Manaf Hijjawi[8] | R | TR | |
3Y Technology/ Brand Racing |
44 | Isack Hadjar[4] | 3, 5 | |
52 | Constantin Reisch[15] | R | TR, 1–2, 4 | |
Abu Dhabi Racing | 77 | Hamda Al Qubaisi[16] | TR | |
88 | All | |||
Amna Al Qubaisi[16] | TR |
Race calendar
The schedule consisted of 20 races over 5 rounds. Prior to start of the season a non-championship Trophy Round was held in support of the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. All rounds were held in the United Arab Emirates.[17]
The series was run as a winter series per FIA regulations, allowing drivers to participate in the UAE Championship and a European F4 series, both earning points towards an FIA Super Licence, as the end of this season was before the primary European F4 series were to begin their 2020 seasons. However, the championship would not award Super Licence points as not enough drivers were entered in the final round of the championship to meet the required threshold.
Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' Championship
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Bold – Pole |
Teams' championship
Ahead of each event, the teams nominate two drivers that accumulate teams' points.
Pos | Team | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Xcel Motorsport | 595 |
2 | BWT Mücke Motorsport | 413 |
3 | Abu Dhabi Racing | 258 |
4 | Dragon Racing | 80 |
5 | 3Y Technology/Brand Racing | 67 |
6 | Dream Racing | 11 |
Notes
- Almeida is a driver from Mozambique racing under a Portuguese licence.
- Chovanec is a Czech-Venezuelan-Portuguese driver racing under a Portuguese licence.
- Francesco Pizzi originally won the race, but received a 10-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.
References
- "2019/2020 F4UAE Calendar". Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- "Team News: Bwt Mücke Motorsport to Field Nico Göhler in 2020 Season". November 7, 2019. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
- Allen, Peter (January 6, 2019). "Dexter Patterson to make single-seater debut in F4 UAE with Xcel Motorsport". FormulaScout. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
- "Entry List Round 3: Yas Marina Circuit" (PDF). F4uae.com. 11 February 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- "Entry List Round 5: Dubai Autodrome" (PDF). Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- Wood, Elliot (November 21, 2019). "Mozambique's Rodrigo Almeida to make F4 debut at Abu Dhabi GP". FormulaScout. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
- Moreno, Guillermo (December 28, 2019). "Lorenzo Fluxá disputará la F4 UAE con Xcel Motorsport". FormulaRapida.net. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
- "Logan Hannah and Reema Juffali bolster Abu Dhabi GP's F4 grid". FormulaScout. November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- "Xcel Motorsport on Instagram". Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- "Xcel Motorsport on Instagram". Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- Wood, Elliot (November 8, 2019). "Alex Connor leads first entries for F4 UAE's F1 support round". FormulaScout. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
- Agrifoglio, Andrea (December 27, 2019). "Pizzi pronto per l'esordio a Dubai "Nuova avventura, non vedo l'ora" (Pizzi ready for the debut in Dubai "New adventure, I can't wait")". Gazetta Regionale. Archived from the original on December 27, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
- "Team News: Logan Hannah Readies for F4UAE Return at F1 Support Event". November 10, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
- "Reema Juffali Returns to Dragon Racing for F4UAE Debut". November 12, 2019. Archived from the original on September 25, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- "Swiss Bureau Drives to F4 with Constantin Reisch!". 8 October 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- "Emirati Sisters to Make Formula 4 Uae Debut at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix". September 26, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- "2019/2020 Series Information Pack" (PDF). Retrieved 22 August 2019.