2017–18 Formula 4 UAE Championship

2017-18 Formula 4 UAE Championship
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The 2017-18 Formula 4 UAE Championship is 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

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

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced on 5 September 2017.[1] The season will feature 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 will give 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 Belgium Charles Weerts Belgium Charles Weerts Belgium Charles Weerts United Arab Emirates Dragon Motopark F4 Gulf 12 Hours
MRF Challenge Formula 2000
R2 15 December Sweden Lucas Petersson Sweden Lucas Petersson United Arab Emirates Silberpfeil Energy Dubai
R3 Czech Republic Tom Beckhäuser Sweden Lucas Petersson United Kingdom Olli Caldwell United Arab Emirates Silberpfeil Energy Dubai
R4 Belgium Charles Weerts Czech Republic Tom Beckhäuser Italy Cram Motorsport
2018
2 R1 Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi
(North layout)		 19 January Germany David Schumacher Sweden Lucas Petersson United Kingdom Olli Caldwell United Arab Emirates Silberpfeil Energy Dubai Yas Superstreet Challenge
R2 20 January United Kingdom Olli Caldwell United Kingdom Olli Caldwell United Arab Emirates Silberpfeil Energy Dubai
R3 United Kingdom Olli Caldwell Germany David Schumacher Belgium Charles Weerts United Arab Emirates Dragon Motopark F4
R4 Belgium Charles Weerts Sweden Lucas Petersson United Arab Emirates Silberpfeil Energy Dubai
3 R1 Dubai Autodrome, Dubai
(International layout)		 26 January Germany David Schumacher Belgium Charles Weerts Germany Leon Köhler United Arab Emirates Rasgaira Motorsports National Race Day
R2 27 January Brazil Caio Collet Germany David Schumacher United Arab Emirates Rasgaira Motorsports
R3 Germany David Schumacher Germany David Schumacher Germany Leon Köhler United Arab Emirates Rasgaira Motorsports
R4 Race cancelled
4 R1 Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi
(Grand Prix layout)		 2 February Brazil Caio Collet Belgium Charles Weerts Belgium Charles Weerts United Arab Emirates Dragon Motopark F4 Yas Racing Series
R2 3 February Morocco Sami Taoufik Germany David Schumacher United Arab Emirates Rasgaira Motorsports
R3 Brazil Caio Collet Brazil Caio Collet Brazil Caio Collet United Arab Emirates Silberpfeil Energy Dubai
R4 Brazil Caio Collet Germany David Schumacher United Arab Emirates Rasgaira Motorsports
5 R1 Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi
(Grand Prix layout)		 23 February Germany David Schumacher Belgium Charles Weerts Belgium Charles Weerts United Arab Emirates Dragon Motopark F4 Yas Racing Series
Yas Superstreet Challenge
R2 24 February Belgium Amaury Cordeel Belgium Amaury Cordeel United Arab Emirates Dragon Motopark F4
R3 Germany David Schumacher Germany David Schumacher Finland William Alatalo Germany BWT Mücke Motorsport
R4 Germany Niklas Krütten Finland William Alatalo Germany BWT Mücke Motorsport
6 R1 Dubai Autodrome, Dubai
(International layout)		 2 March Belgium Charles Weerts Belgium Charles Weerts Belgium Charles Weerts United Arab Emirates Dragon Motopark F4 National Race Day
R2 3 March Belgium Charles Weerts Belgium Charles Weerts United Arab Emirates Dragon Motopark F4
R3 Belgium Charles Weerts Germany David Schumacher Belgium Charles Weerts United Arab Emirates Dragon Motopark F4
R4 Belgium Charles Weerts Belgium Charles Weerts United Arab Emirates Dragon Motopark F4

Championship standings

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

Pos Driver YMC1 YMC2 DUB1 YMC3 YMC4 DUB2 Pts
1 Belgium 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 Germany David Schumacher 3 2 2 2 2 1 6 C 3 1 5 1 2 2 2 3 2 6 2 3 325
3 Czech Republic 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 Sweden 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 Germany 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 Brazil Caio Collet 3 2 4 C 2 2 1 2 124
7 United Kingdom Olli Caldwell 4 2 1 8 1 1 8 8 123
8 Belgium Amaury Cordeel Ret 6 Ret DNS DSQ 4 3 C 10 7 Ret 5 3 1 7 5 4 DNS Ret DNS 120
9 Finland William Alatalo 11 6 3 3 4 8 1 1 104
10 Czech Republic Petr Ptáček 6 3 4 3 7 9 DNS 9 Ret Ret 6 80
11 Germany Niklas Krütten 8 11 4 7 8 7 4 2 64
12 Germany Leon Köhler 1 6 1 C 58
13 Morocco Sami Taoufik 5 7 Ret C 4 12 2 8 51
14 United Kingdom Jake Dalton 6 Ret 3 2 41
15 Finland Patrik Pasma 4 Ret 4 6 32
16 United Kingdom Logan Hannah 8 7 Ret 7 22
17 Italy Marzio Moretti 8 Ret 8 C 8
Drivers ineligible to score points
United Kingdom Ollie Smith 5 DNP
Russia Mikhail Spiridinov 7 8 7 6 WD WD C 13 10 10 Ret
Italy Edoardo Morricone 8 8 7 7 7 5 4 5
Hungary László Tóth 12 9 9 11
Pos Driver YMC1 YMC2 DUB1 YMC3 YMC4 DUB2 Pts

Teams' championship

Pos Team Points
1 United Arab Emirates Dragon Motopark F4 580
2 United Arab Emirates Silberpfeil Energy Dubai 561
3 United Arab Emirates Rasgaira Motorsports 540
4 Italy Cram Motorsport / Charouz Racing 177
5 Germany Mücke Motorsport 168
6 United Arab Emirates Dream Racing 22

Notes

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

References

  1. 1 2 "F4 UAE Championship calendar announced for 2017/18". F4 UAE. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Second season of F4 UAE begins at Gulf 12 Hours in Abu Dhabi". 13 December 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 http://www.f4uae.com/images/Events/2017-18_Rnd3/Documents/ENTRY_LIST_Round3_F4UAE_2017_18_v1.pdf
  4. 1 2 http://www.f4uae.com/images/downloads/2017_18/Rnd2/ENTRY_LIST_Round2_F4UAE_2017_18_v1.pdf
  5. ↑ http://www.dubaiautodrome.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2018030203_F4_Entries.pdf
  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. 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. ↑ http://www.f4uae.com/images/Events/2017_18_Rnd5/ENTRY_LIST_Round5_F4UAE_2017_18_v1.pdf
  13. 1 2 3 https://www.italiaracing.net/newsint.aspx?id=231818&cat=87
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