The 2016–17 Formula 4 UAE Championship was the inaugural 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 on 28 October 2016 at the Yas Marina Circuit and finished on 11 March 2017 at the same venue, after a 3-race non-championship opening round and 18 championship races held across five rounds, all of them held at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi and the Dubai Autodrome.
Teams and drivers
Team Driver Rounds ATCUAE 3 Saif ben Sulayem TR, 1–2, 5 Energy Dubai F4 Racing Team 4 Sean Babington All 8 Lucas Petersson 5 9 Ricky Donison TR Team Motopark 2 7 Sebastián Fernández 3–4 25 Charles Weerts 3–5 27 Leonard Hoogenboom 5 Abu Dhabi Racing 8 Amna Al Qubaisi 1 Rasgaira Motorsports 11 James Roe 1–2 13 Fabio Scherer 4–5 79 David Malukas 2–4 Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation 20 Abdulrahman Tolefat TR, All 22 Ahmad Al Muhannadi TR, All Team Motopark 21 Jonathan Aberdein TR, All 23 Logan Sargeant TR, All Dragon F4 88 Oscar Piastri 2–4 Sun Yueyang 5
Race calendar and results
The season featured 18 championship races over five rounds. Additionally, a three-race non-championship round, called "Trophy Event", took place at Yas Marina Circuit at the start of the season. All rounds were held in the United Arab Emirates.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting 2016 1 Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi(Grand Prix layout) 28 October Jonathan Aberdein Logan Sargeant Jonathan Aberdein Team Motopark Toyota 86 Cup Radical Middle East Cup Formula Gulf Academy R2 29 October Jonathan Aberdein Jonathan Aberdein Team Motopark R3 Jonathan Aberdein Logan Sargeant Jonathan Aberdein Team Motopark 1 R1 Dubai Autodrome, Dubai(National layout) 18 November Jonathan Aberdein Logan Sargeant Jonathan Aberdein Team Motopark Radical Middle East Cup Formula Gulf Academy R2 19 November Jonathan Aberdein Jonathan Aberdein Team Motopark R3 Jonathan Aberdein Jonathan Aberdein Jonathan Aberdein Team Motopark 2 R1 Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi(Grand Prix layout) 16 December Jonathan Aberdein Jonathan Aberdein Jonathan Aberdein Team Motopark Gulf 12 Hours R2 Logan Sargeant Jonathan Aberdein Team Motopark R3 17 December Jonathan Aberdein Jonathan Aberdein Jonathan Aberdein Team Motopark R4 Jonathan Aberdein Jonathan Aberdein Team Motopark 2017 3 R1 Dubai Autodrome, Dubai(International layout) 27 January Jonathan Aberdein Jonathan Aberdein Jonathan Aberdein Team MotoparkPorsche GT3 Cup Middle East Formula Gulf Academy R2 28 January Jonathan Aberdein Sebastián Fernández Team Motopark 2 R3 Jonathan Aberdein Logan Sargeant Jonathan Aberdein Team Motopark 4 R1 Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi(Grand Prix layout) 10 February Jonathan Aberdein Logan Sargeant Jonathan Aberdein Team Motopark TCR Middle East Series R2 11 February Jonathan Aberdein Sean Babington Energy Dubai F4 Racing Team R3 Jonathan Aberdein Jonathan Aberdein Jonathan Aberdein Team Motopark R4 Jonathan Aberdein Fabio Scherer Rasgaira Motorsports 5 R1 Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi(South layout) 10 March Jonathan Aberdein Jonathan Aberdein Jonathan Aberdein Team Motopark Toyota 86 Cup Radical Middle East Cup Formula Gulf Academy R2 Jonathan Aberdein Jonathan Aberdein Team Motopark R3 11 March Jonathan Aberdein Logan Sargeant Jonathan Aberdein Team Motopark R4 Jonathan Aberdein Leonard Hoogenboom Team Motopark 2
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 Each driver dropped their worst three race results. Pos Driver YMC DUB1 YMC1 DUB2 YMC2 YMC3 Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Jonathan Aberdein 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 7 1 2 1 1 1 5 2 Logan Sargeant 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 Ret 2 2 3 2 3 2 Ret 2 Ret 261 3 Sean Babington 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 3 6 1 4 5 3 3 3 2 4 Ahmad Al Muhannadi 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 6 5 6 8 6 8 8 8 8 9 7 8 8 4 5 David Malukas 3 4 Ret 4 7 2 5 4 4 10 7 6 Oscar Piastri 6 5 4 5 4 4 6 3 6 3 6 7 Charles Weerts 6 Ret 4 7 5 6 8 5 2 5 6 8 Fabio Scherer 5 2 7 1 4 10 4 Ret 9 Abdulrahman Tolefat 5 5 Ret 6 6 6 8 7 6 7 9 7 9 9 9 9 10 8 9 10 7 10 Sebastián Fernández 2 1 7 10 10 5 4 11 James Roe 4 4 3 5 DNS 49 12 Saif ben Sulayem 6 6 Ret DNS 9 8 7 8 10 7 11 8 27 13 11 4 6 1 14 Lucas Petersson 9 6 9 3 15 Sun Yueyang 6 5 7 9 Ricky Donison 3 3 3 0 Amna Al Qubaisi DNS 0 Pos Driver YMC R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts DUB1 YMC1 DUB2 YMC2 YMC3Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
Teams' championship Pos Team Points 1 Team Motopark 629 2 Energy Dubai F4 Racing Team 239 3 Rasgaira Motorsports 234 4 Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation 182 5 Team Motopark 2 174 6 Dragon F4 104
References
External links F4 UAE Homepage