2020 Formula 4 UAE Championship

Last updated December 24, 2024

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.

Teams and drivers

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
Dream Racing	10	Abdulrahman Al Bloushi	R	All
Dragon Racing	18	Reema Juffali ^[14]		TR, All
Dragon Racing	99	Manaf Hijjawi^[8]	R	TR
3Y Technology/ Brand Racing	44	Isack Hadjar ^[4]		3, 5
3Y Technology/ Brand Racing	52	Constantin Reisch^[15]	R	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 (Grand Prix Circuit)	30 November	Amna Al Qubaisi	Nicola Marinangeli	Amna Al Qubaisi	Abu Dhabi Racing	Formula One
TR	R2	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix Circuit)	1 December		Tijmen van der Helm	Alex Connor	Xcel Motorsport	Formula One
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		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 (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		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 (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

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
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
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
Pos	Driver	YMC TR		DUB1				YMC1				YMC2				DUB2				DUB3				Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third 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 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	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 is a Czech-Venezuelan-Portuguese driver racing under a Portuguese licence.
↑ Francesco Pizzi originally won the race, but received a 10-second time penalty for exceeding track limits.

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References

↑ "2019/2020 F4UAE Calendar". Archived from the original on 11 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
↑ "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.
1 2 3 4 Allen, Peter (January 6, 2019). "Dexter Patterson to make single-seater debut in F4 UAE with Xcel Motorsport". FormulaScout. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
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↑ "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.
1 2 3 "Logan Hannah and Reema Juffali bolster Abu Dhabi GP's F4 grid". FormulaScout. November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
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↑ 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. Archived from the original on December 27, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
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↑ "2019/2020 Series Information Pack" (PDF). Retrieved 22 August 2019.

External links

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

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

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

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[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.

[Patterson-3] 1 2 3 4 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] 1 2 "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.

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

[Hijjawi-10] 1 2 3 "Logan Hannah and Reema Juffali bolster Abu Dhabi GP's F4 grid". FormulaScout. November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.

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[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. Archived from the original on December 27, 2019. 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. Archived from the original on September 25, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2019.

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

[Al_Qubaisi-18] 1 2 "Emirati Sisters to Make Formula 4 Uae Debut at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix". September 26, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.

[19] "2019/2020 Series Information Pack" (PDF). Retrieved 22 August 2019.

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