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.

2020 Formula 4 UAE Championship
Previous:	2019	Next:	2021

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	Rounds
BWT Mücke Motorsport	2	Nico Göhler[2]	TR, All
	3	Erwin Zanotti[3]	2
	4	Josef Knopp[4]	3-5
	21	Artem Lobanenko[5]	5
	23	Erick Zuñiga[3]	All
Xcel Motorsport	4	Rodrigo Almeida[6][note 1]	TR
	6	Zdeněk Chovanec[3][note 2]	All
	7	Lorenzo Fluxá[7]	All
	8	Mehrbod Shameli[8]	TR, 1–4
	11	Dexter Patterson[3]	1
	13	Tijmen van der Helm[8]	TR
	14	Nicola Marinangeli[9]	TR, All
	23	Ivan Peklin[10]	TR
	27	Alex Connor[11]	TR
	51	Francesco Pizzi[12]	All
Dream Racing	9	Logan Hannah[13]	TR
Dream Racing	10	Abdulrahman Al Bloushi	All
Dragon Racing	18	Reema Juffali[14]	TR, All
Dragon Racing	99	Manaf Hijjawi[8]	TR
3Y Technology/ Brand Racing	44	Isack Hadjar[4]	3, 5
3Y Technology/ Brand Racing	52	Constantin Reisch[15][note 3]	TR, 1–2, 4
Abu Dhabi Racing	77	Hamda Al Qubaisi[16]	TR
	88	Hamda Al Qubaisi[16]	All
	88	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	30 November	Amna Al Qubaisi	Nicola Marinangeli	Amna Al Qubaisi	Abu Dhabi Racing	Formula One
TR	R2	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	1 December		Tijmen van der Helm	Alex Connor	Xcel Motorsport	Formula One
2020
1	R1	Dubai Autodrome, Dubai	9 January	Hamda Al Qubaisi	Francesco Pizzi	Francesco Pizzi	Xcel Motorsport	Dubai 24 Hour F3 Asian Championship TCR Middle East Series
	R2		9 January		Lorenzo Fluxá	Francesco Pizzi	Xcel Motorsport
	R3		10 January	Hamda Al Qubaisi	Francesco Pizzi	Francesco Pizzi	Xcel Motorsport
	R4		10 January	Race cancelled due to heavy rain
2	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	17 January	Hamda Al Qubaisi	Hamda Al Qubaisi	Francesco Pizzi	Xcel Motorsport	F3 Asian Championship TCR Middle East Series
	R2		18 January		Hamda Al Qubaisi	Erick Zuñiga[note 4]	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	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	21 February	Francesco Pizzi	Lorenzo Fluxá	Lorenzo Fluxá	Xcel Motorsport	UAE National Race Days
	R2		21 February		Francesco Pizzi	Francesco Pizzi	Xcel Motorsport
	R3		22 February	Francesco Pizzi	Francesco Pizzi	Francesco Pizzi	Xcel Motorsport
	R4		22 February		Josef Knopp	Nico Göhler	BWT Mücke Motorsport
5	R1	Dubai Autodrome, Dubai	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

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
1	Francesco Pizzi			1	1	1	C	1	4	1	11†	Ret	5	2	1	4	1	1	6	4	5	2	Ret	300
2	Lorenzo Fluxá			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 Zuñiga			8	7	8	C	6	1	10	5	6	3	6	9†	9	6	8	4	8	8	7	4	143
7	Zdeněk Chovanec			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											10	Ret	9	6	6	Ret	5	8	6	4	9	5	65
10	Mehrbod Shameli	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			4	4	6	C																	32
13	Artem Lobanenko																			7	3	11	6	29
14	Erwin Zanotti							Ret	8	6	10													13
15	Constantin Reisch	10	10	DNS	10	9	C	Ret	9	11	8					11	9	11	Ret					11
16	Abdulrahman Al Bloushi			11	11	DNS	C	10	Ret	12	9	11	10	11	8	12	10	12	9					11
Trophy Round-only drivers
	Alex Connor	3	1
	Amna Al Qubaisi	1	Ret
	Manaf Hijjawi	4	2
	Tijmen van der Helm	11†	3
	Rodrigo Almeida	7	5
	Ivan Peklin	DNS	7
	Logan Hannah	8	9

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

Teams' championship

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

Almeida is a driver from Mozambique racing under a Portuguese licence.
Chovanec a is a Venezuelan driver racing under a Portuguese licence.
Reisch is a driver from the United Arab Emirates racing under an Austrian licence.
Francesco Pizzi originally won the race, but received a 10-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.

References

"2019/2020 F4UAE Calendar". Retrieved 22 August 2019.
"TEAM NEWS: BWT MÜCKE MOTORSPORT TO FIELD NICO GÖHLER IN 2020 SEASON". November 7, 2019. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
Allen, Peter (January 6, 2019). "Dexter Patterson to make single-seater debut in F4 UAE with Xcel Motorsport". FormulaScout. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
"Entry List Round 3: Yas Marina Circuit" (PDF). F4uae.com. 11 February 2020.
"Entry List Round 5: Dubai Autodrome" (PDF). Retrieved 6 March 2020.
Wood, Elliot (November 21, 2019). "Mozambique's Rodrigo Almeida to make F4 debut at Abu Dhabi GP". FormulaScout. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
Moreno, Guillermo (December 28, 2019). "Lorenzo Fluxá disputará la F4 UAE con Xcel Motorsport". FormulaRapida.net. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
"Logan Hannah and Reema Juffali bolster Abu Dhabi GP's F4 grid". FormulaScout. November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
"Xcel Motorsport on Instagram". Retrieved November 25, 2019.
"Xcel Motorsport on Instagram". Retrieved November 26, 2019.
Wood, Elliot (November 8, 2019). "Alex Connor leads first entries for F4 UAE's F1 support round". FormulaScout. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
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. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
"TEAM NEWS: LOGAN HANNAH READIES FOR F4UAE RETURN AT F1 SUPPORT EVENT". November 10, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
"REEMA JUFFALI RETURNS TO DRAGON RACING FOR F4UAE DEBUT". November 12, 2019. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
"Swiss Bureau Drives to F4 with Constantin Reisch!". 8 October 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
"EMIRATI SISTERS TO MAKE FORMULA 4 UAE DEBUT AT ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX". September 26, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
"2019/2020 Series Information Pack" (PDF). Retrieved 22 August 2019.

External links

F4 UAE Homepage

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[7] Almeida is a driver from Mozambique racing under a Portuguese licence.

[8] Chovanec a is a Venezuelan driver racing under a Portuguese licence.

[18] Reisch is a driver from the United Arab Emirates racing under an Austrian licence.

[21] Francesco Pizzi originally won the race, but received a 10-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.

[1] "2019/2020 F4UAE Calendar". Retrieved 22 August 2019.

[2] "TEAM NEWS: BWT MÜCKE MOTORSPORT TO FIELD NICO GÖHLER IN 2020 SEASON". November 7, 2019. Retrieved November 8, 2019.

[Patterson-3] Allen, Peter (January 6, 2019). "Dexter Patterson to make single-seater debut in F4 UAE with Xcel Motorsport". FormulaScout. Retrieved January 6, 2019.

[Round_3-4] "Entry List Round 3: Yas Marina Circuit" (PDF). F4uae.com. 11 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.

[9] Moreno, Guillermo (December 28, 2019). "Lorenzo Fluxá disputará la F4 UAE con Xcel Motorsport". FormulaRapida.net. Retrieved December 28, 2019.

[Hijjawi-10] "Logan Hannah and Reema Juffali bolster Abu Dhabi GP's F4 grid". FormulaScout. November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.

[11] "Xcel Motorsport on Instagram". Retrieved November 25, 2019.

[12] "Xcel Motorsport on Instagram". Retrieved November 26, 2019.

[13] Wood, Elliot (November 8, 2019). "Alex Connor leads first entries for F4 UAE's F1 support round". FormulaScout. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

[14] 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. Retrieved December 27, 2019.

[15] "TEAM NEWS: LOGAN HANNAH READIES FOR F4UAE RETURN AT F1 SUPPORT EVENT". November 10, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

[16] "REEMA JUFFALI RETURNS TO DRAGON RACING FOR F4UAE DEBUT". November 12, 2019. Retrieved November 12, 2019.

[17] "Swiss Bureau Drives to F4 with Constantin Reisch!". 8 October 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

[Al_Qubaisi-19] "EMIRATI SISTERS TO MAKE FORMULA 4 UAE DEBUT AT ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX". September 26, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.

[20] "2019/2020 Series Information Pack" (PDF). Retrieved 22 August 2019.

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