The 2017–18 Formula 4 UAE Championship was the second 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 14 December 2017 at the Yas Marina Circuit and finished on 3 March 2018 at the Dubai Autodrome, after 24 championship races held across six quadruple-header rounds.
Teams and drivers
Team Driver Rounds Dream Racing 3 Ollie Smith 1 92 Logan Hannah 1 Silberpfeil Energy Dubai 3 Sami Taoufik 3–4 15 Marzio Moretti 3 21 Patrik Pasma 2 22 Lucas Petersson All 23 Caio Collet 3–4 Jake Dalton 6 64 Olli Caldwell 1–2 Mücke Motorsport 5 Niklas Krütten 4–5 6 William Alatalo 4–5 Dragon Motopark F4 8 Lucas Alecco Roy All 88 Charles Weerts All 888 Amaury Cordeel 2–6 Rasgaira Motorsports 9 Petr Ptáček 1–2, 4 27 David Schumacher 2–6 77 Leon Köhler 3 95 Tom Beckhäuser 5 Cram Motorsport / Charouz Racing 1–4, 6 DR Formula 42 Edoardo Morricone 2, 6 55 László Tóth 4 GDL Racing 57 Mikhail Spiridonov 1–4
Race calendar and results The calendar was announced on 5 September 2017. The season featured six quadruple-header rounds, all of them held at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi and the Dubai Autodrome in the United Arab Emirates. As opposed to the previous season, all rounds awarded points for the championship, the "Trophy Event" non-championship round not being held anymore.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting 2017 1 R1 Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi(Grand Prix layout) 14 December Charles Weerts Charles Weerts Charles Weerts Dragon Motopark F4 Gulf 12 HoursMRF Challenge Formula 2000 R2 15 December Lucas Petersson Lucas Petersson Silberpfeil Energy Dubai R3 Tom Beckhäuser Lucas Petersson Olli Caldwell Silberpfeil Energy Dubai R4 Charles Weerts Tom Beckhäuser Cram Motorsport 2018 2 R1 Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi(North layout) 19 January David Schumacher Lucas Petersson Olli Caldwell Silberpfeil Energy Dubai Yas Superstreet Challenge R2 20 January Olli Caldwell Olli Caldwell Silberpfeil Energy Dubai R3 Olli Caldwell David Schumacher Charles Weerts Dragon Motopark F4 R4 Charles Weerts Lucas Petersson Silberpfeil Energy Dubai 3 R1 Dubai Autodrome, Dubai(International layout) 26 January David Schumacher Charles Weerts Leon Köhler Rasgaira Motorsports National Race Day R2 27 January Caio Collet David Schumacher Rasgaira Motorsports R3 David Schumacher David Schumacher Leon Köhler Rasgaira Motorsports R4 Race cancelled 4 R1 Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi(Grand Prix layout) 2 February Caio Collet Charles Weerts Charles Weerts Dragon Motopark F4 Yas Racing Series R2 3 February Sami Taoufik David Schumacher Rasgaira Motorsports R3 Caio Collet Caio Collet Caio Collet Silberpfeil Energy Dubai R4 Caio Collet David Schumacher Rasgaira Motorsports 5 R1 Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi(Grand Prix layout) 23 February David Schumacher Charles Weerts Charles Weerts Dragon Motopark F4 Yas Racing SeriesYas Superstreet Challenge R2 24 February Amaury Cordeel Amaury Cordeel Dragon Motopark F4 R3 David Schumacher David Schumacher William Alatalo BWT Mücke Motorsport R4 Niklas Krütten William Alatalo BWT Mücke Motorsport 6 R1 Dubai Autodrome, Dubai(Grand Prix layout) 2 March Charles Weerts Charles Weerts Charles Weerts Dragon Motopark F4 National Race Day R2 3 March Charles Weerts Charles Weerts Dragon Motopark F4 R3 Charles Weerts David Schumacher Charles Weerts Dragon Motopark F4 R4 Charles Weerts Charles Weerts Dragon Motopark F4
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 Pos Driver YMC1 YMC2 DUB1 YMC3 YMC4 DUB2 Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Charles Weerts 1 6 2 2 2 3 1 3 Ret 5 7 C 1 3 Ret 4 1 3 3 4 1 1 1 1 377 2 David Schumacher 3 2 2 2 2 1 6 C 3 1 5 1 2 2 2 3 2 6 2 3 325 3 Tom Beckhäuser 2 5 5 1 5 4 3 5 4 3 2 C 5 8 7 9 5 6 5 DNS 3 2 5 4 262 4 Lucas Petersson 3 1 3 4 6 5 5 1 6 Ret 5 C 7 4 6 12 7 4 6 6 5 3 6 NC 233 5 Lucas Alecco Roy Ret 4 6 5 Ret 7 6 4 7 Ret Ret C 6 6 8 10 6 5 8 7 8 4 Ret Ret 131 6 Caio Collet 3 2 4 C 2 2 1 2 124 7 Olli Caldwell 4 2 1 8 1 1 8 8 123 8 Amaury Cordeel Ret 6 Ret DNS DSQ 4 3 C 10 7 Ret 5 3 1 7 5 4 DNS Ret DNS 120 9 William Alatalo 11 6 3 3 4 8 1 1 104 10 Petr Ptáček 6 3 4 3 7 9 DNS 9 Ret Ret 6 80 11 Niklas Krütten 8 11 4 7 8 7 4 2 64 12 Leon Köhler 1 6 1 C 58 13 Sami Taoufik 5 7 Ret C 4 12 2 8 51 14 Jake Dalton 6 Ret 3 2 41 15 Patrik Pasma 4 Ret 4 6 32 16 Logan Hannah 8 7 Ret 7 22 17 Marzio Moretti 8 Ret 8 C 8 Drivers ineligible to score points Ollie Smith 5 DNP Mikhail Spiridonov 7 8 7 6 WD WD C 13 10 10 Ret 8 8 7 7 7 5 4 5 László Tóth 12 9 9 11 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts YMC1 YMC2 DUB1 YMC3 YMC4 DUB2Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
Teams' championship Pos Team Points 1 Dragon Motopark F4 580 2 Silberpfeil Energy Dubai 561 3 Rasgaira Motorsports 540 4 Cram Motorsport / Charouz Racing 177 5 Mücke Motorsport 168 6 Dream Racing 22
Notes
References
External links F4 UAE Homepage