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2017–18 Formula 4 UAE Championship

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.[1]

Teams and drivers edit

Team No. Driver Rounds
  Dream Racing[2] 3   Ollie Smith[2] 1
92   Logan Hannah[2] 1
  Silberpfeil Energy Dubai[2] 3   Sami Taoufik[3] 3–4
15   Marzio Moretti[3] 3
21   Patrik Pasma[4] 2
22   Lucas Petersson[2] All
23   Caio Collet[3] 3–4
  Jake Dalton[5] 6
64   Olli Caldwell[2] 1–2
  Mücke Motorsport[6] 5   Niklas Krütten[7] 4–5
6   William Alatalo[8] 4–5
  Dragon Motopark F4[9] 8   Lucas Alecco Roy[2] All
88   Charles Weerts[2] All
888   Amaury Cordeel[4] 2–6
  Rasgaira Motorsports[2][N 1] 9   Petr Ptáček[2] 1–2, 4
27   David Schumacher[11] 2–6
77   Leon Köhler[3] 3
95   Tom Beckhäuser[2][12] 5
  Cram Motorsport / Charouz Racing[2] 1–4, 6
  DR Formula[13] 42   Edoardo Morricone[13] 2, 6
55   László Tóth[13] 4
  GDL Racing[2] 57   Mikhail Spiridonov[2] 1–4

Race calendar and results edit

The calendar was announced on 5 September 2017.[1] 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 Hours
MRF 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 Series
Yas 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 edit

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 edit

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 7 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
  Edoardo Morricone 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 DUB2
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship edit

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 edit

  1. ^ The cars were prepared in conjunction with US Racing.[10]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "F4 UAE Championship calendar announced for 2017/18". F4 UAE. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Second season of F4 UAE begins at Gulf 12 Hours in Abu Dhabi". 13 December 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d "Round 3, Dubai Autodrome 26th & 27th January 2018" (PDF). F4UAE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Round 2, Yas Marina Circuit 19th & 20th January 2018" (PDF). F4UAE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2020.
  5. ^ "UAE National Race Days 2nd & 3rd March 2018" (PDF). Dubai Autodrome Motorsports Club. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Formula 4 UAE - [TEAM NEWS] BWT Mücke Motorsport to join FIA Formula 4 UAE in 2017/18". 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Mucke signs karter Niklas Krutten to F4 team ahead of 2018". 8 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  8. ^ "William Alatalo joins BWT Mücke Motorsport in F4 Italian Championship and F4 UAE". f4community.net. 24 January 2018. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Dragon F4 joins forces with Team Motopark for F4 UAE assault". 14 December 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  10. ^ Wood, Elliot (18 January 2018). "David Schumacher to make car racing debut in F4 UAE". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 4 March 2018. He will drive for the team [US Racing], which is competing in the UAE in partnership with Rasgaira Motorsports Team, in the second round of the season this weekend at Yas Marina, and may race in further events.
  11. ^ "David Schumacher startet bei Formel-4-Rennen in Abu Dhabi". 17 January 2018.
  12. ^ "Round 5, Yas Marina Circuit 23rd & 24th February 2018" (PDF). F4UAE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 November 2020.
  13. ^ a b c "DR Formula al via della F4 UAE con i debuttanti Morricone e Toth - F4 NEL MONDO".

External links edit

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