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

Team No. Drivers Class Rounds
Germany BWT Mücke Motorsport 2 Germany Nico Göhler[2] TR, All
3 Italy Erwin Zanotti[3] 2
4 Czech Republic Josef Knopp[4] R 3–5
21 Russia Artem Lobanenko[5] 5
23 Mexico Erick Zúñiga[3] R All
United Arab Emirates Xcel Motorsport 4 Portugal Rodrigo Almeida[6][note 1] R TR
6 Portugal Zdeněk Chovanec[3][note 2] R All
7 Spain Lorenzo Fluxá[7] R All
8 Iran Mehrbod Shameli[8] R TR, 1–4
11 United Kingdom Dexter Patterson[3] R 1
13 Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm[8] TR
14 Italy Nicola Marinangeli[9] TR, All
23 Ukraine Ivan Peklin[10] R TR
27 United Kingdom Alex Connor[11] TR
51 Italy Francesco Pizzi[12] R All
United Arab Emirates Dream Racing 9 United Kingdom Logan Hannah[13] TR
10 United Arab Emirates Abdulrahman Al Bloushi R All
United Arab Emirates Dragon Racing 18 Saudi Arabia Reema Juffali[14] TR, All
99 Jordan Manaf Hijjawi[8] R TR
United Arab Emirates 3Y Technology/
Brand Racing
44 France Isack Hadjar[4] 3, 5
52 Austria Constantin Reisch[15] R TR, 1–2, 4
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Racing 77 United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi[16] TR
88 All
United Arab Emirates Amna Al Qubaisi[16] 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.[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 United Arab Emirates Amna Al Qubaisi Italy Nicola Marinangeli United Arab Emirates Amna Al Qubaisi United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Racing Formula One
R2 1 December Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm United Kingdom Alex Connor United Arab Emirates Xcel Motorsport
2020
1 R1 Dubai Autodrome, Dubai
(Grand Prix Circuit)
9 January United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi Italy Francesco Pizzi Italy Francesco Pizzi United Arab Emirates Xcel Motorsport Dubai 24 Hour
F3 Asian Championship
R2 Spain Lorenzo Fluxá Italy Francesco Pizzi United Arab Emirates Xcel Motorsport
R3 10 January United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi Italy Francesco Pizzi Italy Francesco Pizzi United Arab Emirates Xcel Motorsport
R4 Race cancelled due to heavy rain
2 R1 Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi
(Grand Prix Circuit)
17 January United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi Italy Francesco Pizzi United Arab Emirates Xcel Motorsport F3 Asian Championship
R2 18 January United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi Mexico Erick Zúñiga[note 3] Germany BWT Mücke Motorsport
R3 United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi Italy Francesco Pizzi Italy Francesco Pizzi United Arab Emirates Xcel Motorsport
R4 United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi Germany Nico Göhler Germany BWT Mücke Motorsport
3 R1 Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi
(North Circuit)
14 February United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi Germany Nico Göhler Germany BWT Mücke Motorsport Yas Racing Series
R2 15 February Italy Nicola Marinangeli Italy Nicola Marinangeli United Arab Emirates Xcel Motorsport
R3 United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Racing
R4 Germany Nico Göhler Italy Francesco Pizzi United Arab Emirates Xcel Motorsport
4 R1 Dubai Autodrome, Dubai
(International Circuit)
21 February Italy Francesco Pizzi Spain Lorenzo Fluxá Spain Lorenzo Fluxá United Arab Emirates Xcel Motorsport UAE National Race Days
R2 Italy Francesco Pizzi Italy Francesco Pizzi United Arab Emirates Xcel Motorsport
R3 22 February Italy Francesco Pizzi Italy Francesco Pizzi Italy Francesco Pizzi United Arab Emirates Xcel Motorsport
R4 Czech Republic Josef Knopp Germany Nico Göhler Germany BWT Mücke Motorsport
5 R1 Dubai Autodrome, Dubai
(Grand Prix Circuit)
6 March United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Racing UAE National Race Days
R2 7 March Russia Artem Lobanenko Germany Nico Göhler Germany BWT Mücke Motorsport
R3 Italy Francesco Pizzi Spain Lorenzo Fluxá Spain Lorenzo Fluxá United Arab Emirates Xcel Motorsport
R4 Russia Artem Lobanenko United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi United Arab Emirates 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 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 Italy 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 Spain 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 Germany 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 United Arab Emirates 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 Italy 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 Mexico 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 Portugal 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 Saudi Arabia 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 Czech Republic Josef Knopp R 10 Ret 9 6 6 Ret 5 8 6 4 9 5 65
10 Iran Mehrbod Shameli R 9 8 10 9 7 C 9 7 8 7 9 9 10 7 7 7 10 7 57
11 France Isack Hadjar 7 Ret 5 5 5 6 4 Ret 56
12 United Kingdom Dexter Patterson R 4 4 6 C 32
13 Russia Artem Lobanenko 7 3 11 6 29
14 Italy Erwin Zanotti Ret 8 6 10 13
15 Austria Constantin Reisch R 10 10 DNS 10 9 C Ret 9 11 8 11 9 11 Ret 11
16 United Arab Emirates 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
United Kingdom Alex Connor 3 1
United Arab Emirates Amna Al Qubaisi 1 Ret
Jordan Manaf Hijjawi R 4 2
Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm 11† 3
Portugal Rodrigo Almeida R 7 5
Ukraine Ivan Peklin R DNS 7
United Kingdom 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

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

Pos Team Points
1 United Arab Emirates Xcel Motorsport 595
2 Germany BWT Mücke Motorsport 413
3 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Racing 258
4 United Arab Emirates Dragon Racing 80
5 United Arab Emirates 3Y Technology/Brand Racing 67
6 United Arab Emirates Dream Racing 11

Notes

  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.

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