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.
Teams and drivers
Team Drivers Class Rounds BWT Mücke Motorsport 2 Nico Göhler , All 3 Erwin Zanotti 2 4 Josef Knopp 3–5 21 Artem Lobanenko 5 23 Erick Zúñiga All Xcel Motorsport 4 Rodrigo Almeida TR 6 Zdeněk Chovanec All 7 Lorenzo Fluxá All 8 Mehrbod Shameli TR, 1–4 11 Dexter Patterson 1 13 Tijmen van der Helm TR 14 Nicola Marinangeli TR, All 23 Ivan Peklin TR 27 Alex Connor TR 51 Francesco Pizzi All Dream Racing 9 Logan Hannah TR 10 Abdulrahman Al Bloushi All Dragon Racing 18 Reema Juffali TR, All 99 Manaf Hijjawi TR 3Y Technology/Brand Racing 44 Isack Hadjar 3, 5 52 Constantin Reisch TR, 1–2, 4 Abu Dhabi Racing 77 Hamda Al Qubaisi TR 88 All Amna Al Qubaisi 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.
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.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting 2019 R1 Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi(Grand Prix Circuit) 30 November Amna Al Qubaisi Nicola Marinangeli Amna Al Qubaisi Abu Dhabi Racing Formula One R2 1 December Tijmen van der Helm Alex Connor Xcel Motorsport 2020 1 R1 Dubai Autodrome, Dubai(Grand Prix Circuit) 9 January Hamda Al Qubaisi Francesco Pizzi Francesco Pizzi Xcel Motorsport Dubai 24 HourF3 Asian Championship R2 Lorenzo Fluxá Francesco Pizzi Xcel Motorsport R3 10 January Hamda Al Qubaisi Francesco Pizzi Francesco Pizzi Xcel Motorsport R4 Race cancelled due to heavy rain 2 R1 Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi(Grand Prix Circuit) 17 January Hamda Al Qubaisi Hamda Al Qubaisi Francesco Pizzi Xcel Motorsport F3 Asian Championship R2 18 January Hamda Al Qubaisi Erick Zúñiga BWT Mücke Motorsport R3 Hamda Al Qubaisi Francesco Pizzi Francesco Pizzi Xcel Motorsport R4 Hamda Al Qubaisi Nico Göhler BWT Mücke Motorsport 3 R1 Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi(North Circuit) 14 February Hamda Al Qubaisi Hamda Al Qubaisi Nico Göhler BWT Mücke Motorsport Yas Racing Series R2 15 February Nicola Marinangeli Nicola Marinangeli Xcel Motorsport R3 Hamda Al Qubaisi Hamda Al Qubaisi Hamda Al Qubaisi Abu Dhabi Racing R4 Nico Göhler Francesco Pizzi Xcel Motorsport 4 R1 Dubai Autodrome, Dubai(International Circuit) 21 February Francesco Pizzi Lorenzo Fluxá Lorenzo Fluxá Xcel Motorsport UAE National Race Days R2 Francesco Pizzi Francesco Pizzi Xcel Motorsport R3 22 February Francesco Pizzi Francesco Pizzi Francesco Pizzi Xcel Motorsport R4 Josef Knopp Nico Göhler BWT Mücke Motorsport 5 R1 Dubai Autodrome, Dubai(Grand Prix Circuit) 6 March Hamda Al Qubaisi Hamda Al Qubaisi Hamda Al Qubaisi Abu Dhabi Racing UAE National Race Days R2 7 March Artem Lobanenko Nico Göhler BWT Mücke Motorsport R3 Francesco Pizzi Lorenzo Fluxá Lorenzo Fluxá Xcel Motorsport R4 Artem Lobanenko Hamda Al Qubaisi Abu Dhabi Racing
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 YMC DUB1 YMC1 YMC2 DUB2 DUB3 Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Francesco Pizzi 1 1 1 C 1 4 1 11† Ret 5 2 1 4 1 1 6 4 5 2 Ret 300 2 Lorenzo Fluxá 25 3 C 4 DSQ 7 3 3 4 3 41 4 2 5 2 21 2 274 3 Nico Göhler 6 4 5 8 4 C 3 2 4 1 1 6 43 2 Ret 4 1 3 1 3 8 270 4 Hamda Al Qubaisi 5 116 2Ret C710222 21 10† 3 3 3 21 7 6 1 258 5 Nicola Marinangeli2 Ret 3 3 2 C 2 5 3 Ret 41 Ret 2 5 2 9 3 10 Ret 5 Ret 202 6 Erick Zúñiga 8 7 8 C 6 1 10 5 6 3 6 9† 9 6 8 4 8 8 7 4 143 7 Zdeněk Chovanec 7 6 Ret C 5 3 5 4 5 7 7 Ret 10 8 6 Ret 11 10 10 3 113 8 Reema Juffali 12 6 9 Ret 5 C 8 6 9 6 8 8 8 Ret 8 5 7 Ret 9 9 8 7 80 9 Josef Knopp 10 Ret 9 6 6 Ret 5 8 6 4 9 5 65 10 Mehrbod Shameli 9 8 10 9 7 C 9 7 8 7 9 9 10 7 7 7 10 7 57 11 Isack Hadjar 7 Ret 5 5 5 6 4 Ret 56 12 Dexter Patterson 4 4 6 C 32 13 Artem Lobanenko 73 116 29 14 Erwin Zanotti Ret 8 6 10 13 15 Constantin Reisch 10 10 DNS 10 9 C Ret 9 11 8 11 9 11 Ret 11 16 Abdulrahman Al Bloushi 11 11 DNS C 10 Ret 12 9 11 10 11 8 12 10 12 9 DNS DNS DNS DNS 11 Trophy Round-only drivers Alex Connor 3 1 Amna Al Qubaisi 1 Ret Manaf Hijjawi 4 2 Tijmen van der Helm 11† 3 Rodrigo Almeida 7 5 Ivan Peklin DNS 7 Logan Hannah 8 9 Pos Driver YMC R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts DUB1 YMC1 YMC2 DUB2 DUB3Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap† — Did not finish, but classified
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
References
External links F4 UAE Homepage