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2020 Formula 4 UAE Championship

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.[1]

Teams and drivers edit

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds
  BWT Mücke Motorsport 2   Nico Göhler[2] TR, All
3   Erwin Zanotti[3] 2
4   Josef Knopp[4] R 3–5
21   Artem Lobanenko[5] 5
23   Erick Zúñiga[3] R All
  Xcel Motorsport 4   Rodrigo Almeida[6][note 1] R TR
6   Zdeněk Chovanec[3][note 2] R All
7   Lorenzo Fluxá[7] R All
8   Mehrbod Shameli[8] R TR, 1–4
11   Dexter Patterson[3] R 1
13   Tijmen van der Helm[8] TR
14   Nicola Marinangeli[9] TR, All
23   Ivan Peklin[10] R TR
27   Alex Connor[11] TR
51   Francesco Pizzi[12] R All
  Dream Racing 9   Logan Hannah[13] TR
10   Abdulrahman Al Bloushi R All
  Dragon Racing 18   Reema Juffali[14] TR, All
99   Manaf Hijjawi[8] R TR
  3Y Technology/
Brand Racing 		44   Isack Hadjar[4] 3, 5
52   Constantin Reisch[15] R TR, 1–2, 4
  Abu Dhabi Racing 77   Hamda Al Qubaisi[16] TR
88 All
  Amna Al Qubaisi[16] TR

Race calendar edit

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.[17]

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
TR 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 Hour
F3 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[note 3]   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 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 YMC TR 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 R 1 1 1 C 1 4 1 11† Ret 5 2 1 4 1 1 6 4 5 2 Ret 300
2   Lorenzo Fluxá R 2 5 3 C 4 DSQ 7 3 3 4 3 4 1 4 2 5 2 2 1 2 274
3   Nico Göhler 6 4 5 8 4 C 3 2 4 1 1 6 4 3 2 Ret 4 1 3 1 3 8 270
4   Hamda Al Qubaisi 5 11 6 2 Ret C 7 10 2 2 2 2 1 10† 3 3 3 2 1 7 6 1 258
5   Nicola Marinangeli 2 Ret 3 3 2 C 2 5 3 Ret 4 1 Ret 2 5 2 9 3 10 Ret 5 Ret 202
6   Erick Zúñiga R 8 7 8 C 6 1 10 5 6 3 6 9† 9 6 8 4 8 8 7 4 143
7   Zdeněk Chovanec R 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 R 10 Ret 9 6 6 Ret 5 8 6 4 9 5 65
10   Mehrbod Shameli R 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 R 4 4 6 C 32
13   Artem Lobanenko 7 3 11 6 29
14   Erwin Zanotti Ret 8 6 10 13
15   Constantin Reisch R 10 10 DNS 10 9 C Ret 9 11 8 11 9 11 Ret 11
16   Abdulrahman Al Bloushi R 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 R 4 2
  Tijmen van der Helm 11† 3
  Rodrigo Almeida R 7 5
  Ivan Peklin R DNS 7
  Logan Hannah 8 9
Pos Driver YMC TR 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 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
† — Did not finish, but classified

Teams' championship edit

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 edit

  1. ^ Almeida is a driver from Mozambique racing under a Portuguese licence.
  2. ^ Chovanec is a Czech-Venezuelan-Portuguese driver racing under a Portuguese licence.
  3. ^ Francesco Pizzi originally won the race, but received a 10-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.

References edit

  1. ^ "2019/2020 F4UAE Calendar". Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Team News: Bwt Mücke Motorsport to Field Nico Göhler in 2020 Season". November 7, 2019. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d Allen, Peter (January 6, 2019). "Dexter Patterson to make single-seater debut in F4 UAE with Xcel Motorsport". FormulaScout. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Entry List Round 3: Yas Marina Circuit" (PDF). F4uae.com. 11 February 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Entry List Round 5: Dubai Autodrome" (PDF). Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  6. ^ Wood, Elliot (November 21, 2019). "Mozambique's Rodrigo Almeida to make F4 debut at Abu Dhabi GP". FormulaScout. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  7. ^ Moreno, Guillermo (December 28, 2019). "Lorenzo Fluxá disputará la F4 UAE con Xcel Motorsport". FormulaRapida.net. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  8. ^ a b c "Logan Hannah and Reema Juffali bolster Abu Dhabi GP's F4 grid". FormulaScout. November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  9. ^ "Xcel Motorsport on Instagram". Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  10. ^ "Xcel Motorsport on Instagram". Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  11. ^ Wood, Elliot (November 8, 2019). "Alex Connor leads first entries for F4 UAE's F1 support round". FormulaScout. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  12. ^ Agrifoglio, Andrea (December 27, 2019). "Pizzi pronto per l'esordio a Dubai "Nuova avventura, non vedo l'ora" (Pizzi ready for the debut in Dubai "New adventure, I can't wait")". Gazetta Regionale. Archived from the original on December 27, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
  13. ^ "Team News: Logan Hannah Readies for F4UAE Return at F1 Support Event". November 10, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  14. ^ "Reema Juffali Returns to Dragon Racing for F4UAE Debut". November 12, 2019. Archived from the original on September 25, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  15. ^ "Swiss Bureau Drives to F4 with Constantin Reisch!". 8 October 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  16. ^ a b "Emirati Sisters to Make Formula 4 Uae Debut at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix". September 26, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  17. ^ "2019/2020 Series Information Pack" (PDF). Retrieved 22 August 2019.

External links edit

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