2019 Formula 4 UAE Championship

The 2019 Formula 4 UAE Championship was the third 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 9 January 2019 at the Dubai Autodrome and finished on 2 March 2019 at the same location.[1]

Teams and drivers edit

Team No. Drivers Rounds
  Xcel Motorsport 3   Shihab Al Habsi[2] All
14   Nicola Marinangeli[2] 1–4
15   Matteo Nannini[2] All
26   Rafael Villanueva Jr.[3][2] All
13   Tijmen van der Helm[4] 2–3
  Dragon Racing 7   Roman Staněk[5] 5
8   Lucas Alecco Roy[2][note 1] All
9   Rashed Ghanem[2] All
88   Rui Andrade[2][note 2] All
  Mücke Motorsport 2   Niklas Krütten[5] 5
22   Nico Göhler[2][note 3] All
27   Joshua Dürksen[2] All
  Cram Motorsport 55   Filip Kaminiarz[2] All

Race calendar edit

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1 Dubai Autodrome, Dubai
(Grand Prix Circuit)
10 January   Matteo Nannini   Matteo Nannini   Matteo Nannini   Xcel Motorsport Dubai 24 Hour
R2   Matteo Nannini   Lucas Alecco Roy   Dragon Racing
R3 11 January   Matteo Nannini   Joshua Dürksen   Shihab Al Habsi   Xcel Motorsport
R4   Rui Andrade   Joshua Dürksen   Mücke Motorsport
2 R1 Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi
(Grand Prix Circuit)
1 February   Joshua Dürksen   Lucas Alecco Roy   Matteo Nannini   Xcel Motorsport Yas Racing Series
R2 2 February   Shihab Al Habsi   Joshua Dürksen   Mücke Motorsport
R3   Joshua Dürksen   Matteo Nannini   Joshua Dürksen   Mücke Motorsport
R4   Joshua Dürksen   Matteo Nannini   Xcel Motorsport
3 R1 Dubai Autodrome, Dubai
(Grand Prix Circuit)
15 February   Matteo Nannini   Shihab Al Habsi   Shihab Al Habsi   Xcel Motorsport UAE National Raceday
R2 16 February   Joshua Dürksen   Joshua Dürksen   Mücke Motorsport
R3   Matteo Nannini   Matteo Nannini   Matteo Nannini   Xcel Motorsport
R4   Tijmen van der Helm   Tijmen van der Helm   Xcel Motorsport
4 R1 Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi
(Grand Prix Circuit)
22 February   Matteo Nannini   Matteo Nannini   Matteo Nannini   Xcel Motorsport Yas Racing Series
R2 23 February   Lucas Alecco Roy   Lucas Alecco Roy   Dragon Racing
R3   Matteo Nannini   Matteo Nannini   Lucas Alecco Roy   Dragon Racing
R4   Matteo Nannini   Matteo Nannini   Xcel Motorsport
5 R1 Dubai Autodrome, Dubai
(National Circuit)
1 March   Shihab Al Habsi   Niklas Krütten   Shihab Al Habsi   Xcel Motorsport UAE National Raceday
R2   Rui Andrade   Niklas Krütten   Mücke Motorsport
R3 2 March   Shihab Al Habsi   Shihab Al Habsi   Matteo Nannini   Xcel Motorsport
R4   Joshua Dürksen   Joshua Dürksen   Mücke Motorsport

Championship standings edit

Points are 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 DUB1 YMC1 DUB2 YMC2 DUB3 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4
1   Matteo Nannini 1 2 2 5 1 3 5 1 2 5 1 3 1 3 2 1 2 8 1 3 363
2   Joshua Dürksen 3 4 3 1 5 1 1 3 4 1 6 5 5 6 3 4 Ret 3 5 1 295
3   Shihab Al Habsi 4 Ret 1 4 10 7 3 2 1 3 2 2 7 9 10 2 1 2 3 4 269
4   Lucas Alecco Roy 2 1 4 7 2 5 2 4 Ret 7 3 4 2 1 1 9 8 10 6 2 260
5   Rui Andrade 6 3 5 2 3 6 4 5 Ret 6 8 8 3 2 9 3 4 4 8 7 201
6   Nico Göhler 8 5 6 3 Ret 10 Ret 8 Ret 2 4 10 9 8 5 6 Ret 5 2 8 133
7   Rashed Ghanem 7 7 8 9 7 9 9 9 Ret 10 7 7 4 4 6 10 3 7 4 9 117
8   Rafael Villanueva Jr. 5 Ret Ret DNS 8 8 7 6 5 Ret 9 6 10 7 4 5 Ret 9 7 5 103
9   Filip Kaminiarz Ret 6 7 6 4 4 8 7 Ret 9 11 9 6 5 8 8 7 11 9 10 102
10   Tijmen van der Helm 6 2 6 Ret 3 4 5 1 96
11   Nicola Marinangeli 9 8 9 8 9 Ret 10 10 Ret 8 10 Ret 8 DNS 7 7 37
Drivers ineligible to score points
  Niklas Krütten 5 1 DSQ DSQ
  Roman Staněk 6 6 Ret 6
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts
DUB1 YMC1 DUB2 YMC2 DUB3
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

Ahead of each event, the teams nominate two drivers that accumulate teams' points.

Pos Team Points
1   Xcel Motorsport 632
2   Dragon Racing 461
3   Mücke Motorsport 428
4   Cram Motorsport 102

Notes edit

  1. ^ Roy is a German driver competing under a Monégasque licence.
  2. ^ Andrade is an Angolan driver competing under a Portuguese licence.
  3. ^ Göhler is a German driver competing under an Emirati licence.

References edit

  1. ^ "Formula 4 UAE - 2019 CALENDAR". Archived from the original on December 9, 2018. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "NEW RACING ROOKIES ARRIVE IN DUBAI FOR THIRD SEASON OF F4UAE". January 7, 2019. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  3. ^ Vidal, Josep (January 1, 2019). "RAFA VILLANUEVA CORRERÁ LA FORMULA 4 UAE (RAFA VILLANUEVA WILL RUN THE FORMULA 4 UAE)". FormulaRapida.net. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  4. ^ "F4 UAE Round 2 Yas Marina Circuit-Entry List" (PDF). F4 United Arab Emeritas Championship. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  5. ^ a b "F4 UAE Round 5 – 1st and 2nd March 2019 Dubai Autodrome – Entry list". F4 United Arab Emeritas Championship. 27 February 2019. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2019.

External links edit