Formula 4 UAE Championship

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Formula 4 UAE Championship
Formula 4 UAE Championship logo (2019 onwards).png
Category FIA Formula 4
CountryUnited Arab Emirates
Inaugural season 2016–17
Folded 2024
Constructors Tatuus
Engine suppliers Abarth
Tyre suppliers Giti Tire
Last Drivers' champion Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Freddie Slater
Last Teams' champion Flag of India.svg Mumbai Falcons
Official website Official website

The Formula 4 UAE Championship was an FIA-certified Formula 4 racing series. It was launched by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, and its national affiliate the Automobile & Touring Club of the United Arab Emirates (ATCUAE), who acted as the championship's promoter. [1] The series was governed by the Emirates Motorsport Organisation (EMSO) and promoted by AUH Motorsports. [2]

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History

In 2013, the FIA Single seat commission announced their intention to introduce a new category of single seat racing in order to bridge the gap between karting and Formula 3. [3]

Throughout the following two years, the ATCUAE has worked to develop a Formula 4 championship for the UAE, which will be the first in the Middle East and North African region. One of the first steps taken was to appoint Dubai based AUH Motorsports to manage the championship, based on their experience and expertise in having run the regional Radical Sportscars series for several years. [4]

In February 2016, the championship was launched in spectacular fashion in front of the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, with the public unveiling of the car undertaken by HH Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, the Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development and Chairman of the General Authority for Youth and Sports Welfare, and Mohammed Ben Sulayem, President of the ATCUAE. [5]

Following the launch in February 2016, the car was given its first test around the Dubai Autodrome, driven by Dubai-born Indy Lights driver Ed Jones. [6]

In October 2023, it was announced that the championship will change its name to F4 Middle East Championship from 2025 onwards amidst the long-term expansion to the other countries of the Middle East region. [7]

Format

The inaugural 2016–17 championship featured eighteen races over six weekends, four of which were held at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, with the remaining two at the Dubai Autodrome. [8] As of 2021, the championship features twenty races over five rounds. The race weekends consist of two qualifying sessions determining grids for Race 1 and 3. Starting grids of Race 2 are set by the second fastest lap during Qualifying 1 and grids of Race 4 are with the top eight drivers having their positions reversed from Race 3 results.

Car

The championship features Tatuus designed and built cars. The cars are constructed out of carbon fibre and feature a monocoque chassis.

From 2016–17 season to 2021 the series used F4-T014 model and 1.4 turbo Abarth engine. [9] The same combination of the chassis and the engine was used in the Italian F4 Championship, F4 Spanish Championship, ADAC Formula 4 and SMP F4 Championship.

In the 2022 season, the series is set to be the host for the global debut of the new second-generation Tatuus F4-T421. [10]

Champions

Drivers

SeasonDriverTeamRacesPolesWinsPodiumsFastest lapPointsMargins
2016–17 Flag of South Africa.svg Jonathan Aberdein Flag of Germany.svg Team Motopark 1810141612368107
2017–18 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Charles Weerts Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Dragon Motopark F4233816937752
2019 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Nannini Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Xcel Motorsport206716736368
2020 Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Pizzi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Xcel Motorsport203810530026
2021 Flag of Italy.svg Enzo Trulli Flag of Italy.svg Cram Durango 20041353191
2022 Flag of Austria.svg Charlie Wurz Flag of Italy.svg Prema Racing 203210225545
2023 Flag of Australia (converted).svg James Wharton Flag of India.svg Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited 154411523220
2024 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Freddie Slater Flag of India.svg Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited 1502641724

Teams

SeasonTeamDriversPolesWinsPodiumsFastest lapPointsMargins
2016–17 Flag of Germany.svg Team Motopark 210143118629390
2017–18 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Dragon Motopark F4339191058019
2019 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Xcel Motorsport58113011632171
2020 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Xcel Motorsport6311329595182
2021 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Xcel Motorsport914113412617255
2022 Flag of Italy.svg Prema Racing 3810229550165
2023 Flag of India.svg Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited 328217444221
2024 Flag of India.svg Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited 435188340102

Rookie

SeasonDriverTeam
2016–17 Flag of the United States.svg Logan Sargeant Flag of Germany.svg Team Motopark
2017–18 Flag of Germany.svg David Schumacher Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Rasgaira Motorsports
2019 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Nannini Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Xcel Motorsport
2020 Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Pizzi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Xcel Motorsport
2021 Flag of Italy.svg Enzo Trulli Flag of Italy.svg Cram Durango
2022 Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Câmara Flag of Italy.svg Prema Racing
2023 Flag of Finland.svg Tuukka Taponen Flag of India.svg Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited
2024 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kean Nakamura-Berta Flag of India.svg Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited

Formula Trophy UAE

Formula Trophy UAE
Category FIA Formula 4
CountryUnited Arab Emirates
Inaugural season2024
Drivers' champion Flag of India.svg Kai Daryanani
Teams' champion Flag of Australia (converted).svg Evans GP
Motorsport current event.svg Current season

The Formula Trophy UAE is a racing series made up of an extended version of the F4 UAE's trophy round. Instead of a single round, the series is composed of two rounds at the Yas Marina Circuit and one round at the Dubai Autodrome. [11]

The inaugural season was held in 2024. It was won by Kai Daryanani, who drove for Evans GP. [12]

Circuits of Formula 4 UAE Championship (2016–2024)

NumberCircuitsRoundsYears
1 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Dubai Autodrome 18 [a] 2016–2024
2 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Yas Marina Circuit 16 [b] 2016–2024
3 Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait Motor Town 2 [c] 2023

Circuits of Formula Trophy UAE (2024–present)

NumberCircuitsRoundsYears
1 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Yas Marina Circuit 2 [d] 2024
2 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Dubai Autodrome 12024

Notes

  1. ↑ Dubai Autodrome hosted 3 rounds in 2019–2022, 2 rounds in 2016–17, 2017–18 and 2023 seasons. It will also host 2 rounds in 2024.
  2. ↑ Yas Marina Circuit hosted 4 rounds in 2017–18 season, 3 rounds in 2016–17 season, and 2 rounds in 2019–2022 seasons. It will also host 3 rounds in 2024.
  3. ↑ Kuwait Motor Town hosted 2 rounds in 2023.
  4. ↑ Yas Marina Circuit hosted 2 rounds in 2024.

References

  1. ↑ "Formula 4 Launched in UAE". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile . 8 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "FIFTH SEASON OF F4UAE CONFIRMED TO BEGIN JANUARY 2021". Formula 4 UAE. 7 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  3. ↑ O'Leary, Ben Anderson and Jamie (21 March 2013). "FIA reveals Formula 4 plan". Autosport.com.
  4. ↑ "ATCUAE AND AUH MOTORSPORT ANNOUNCE FORMULA 4 CHAMPIONSHIP". tracktalk. 14 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "UAE Formula 4 Championship holds promise for 'new generation' of Emirati drivers". The National. 3 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "FIA Formula 4 UAE test at Dubai Autodrome by Ed Jones". YouTube . 17 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "FIA Announces World Motor Sport Council Decisions in Geneva". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile . 2023-10-19.
  8. ↑ "Calendar". Archived from the original on 26 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "F4UAE Car". Formula 4 UAE. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "F4UAE SET TO HOST GLOBAL DEBUT OF GEN-2 TATUUS RACER". Formula 4 UAE. 14 June 2021. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "2025 Formula Middle East Season Announced". www.f4uae.com. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  12. ↑ McClure, Michael (15 December 2024). "Daryanani: Clinching maiden title in Formula Trophy UAE 'a feeling like no other'". feederseries.net. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
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