Formula 4 UAE Championship

Starting in the 2015–16 season, the all new Formula 4 UAE Championship will be launched by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, and its national affiliate the Automobile & Touring Club of the United Arab Emirates (ATCUAE), who will act as the championship's promoter.[1]

Formula 4 UAE Championship
CategoryFIA Formula 4
CountryUnited Arab Emirates
Inaugural season2016
ConstructorsTatuus
Engine suppliersAbarth
Tyre suppliersHankook
Drivers' champion Francesco Pizzi
Teams' champion Xcel Motorsport
Official websiteOfficial website
Current season

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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5]

Format

The inaugural 2016–17 championship will feature eighteen races over six weekends, four of which will be held at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, with the remaining two at the Dubai Autodrome.[6]

Car
See also: Tatuus F4-T014

The championship features Tatuus designed and built cars.[7] The cars are constructed out of carbon fibre and feature a monocoque chassis. The engine is a 1.4 turbo Abarth.

This combination of chassis and engine is the same as that already used in the Italian F4 Championship,[8] F4 Spanish Championship,[9] ADAC Formula 4[10] and SMP F4 Championship.[11]

Champions

Drivers
Season Driver Team Races Poles Wins Podiums Fastest lap Points Margins
2016–17 Jonathan Aberdein Team Motopark 18 10 14 16 12 368 107
2017–18 Charles Weerts Dragon Motopark F4 23 3 8 16 9 377 52
2019 Matteo Nannini Xcel Motorsport 20 6 7 16 7 363 68
2020 Francesco Pizzi Xcel Motorsport 20 3 8 10 5 300 26

Teams
Season Team Drivers Poles Wins Podiums Fastest lap Points Margins
2016–17 Team Motopark 2 10 14 31 18 629 390
2017–18 Dragon Motopark F4 3 3 9 19 10 580 19
2019 Xcel Motorsport 5 8 11 30 11 632 171
2020 Xcel Motorsport 6 3 11 32 9 595 182

Rookie
Season Driver Team
2016–17 Logan Sargeant Team Motopark
2017–18 David Schumacher Rasgaira Motorsports
2019 Matteo Nannini Xcel Motorsport
2020 Francesco Pizzi Xcel Motorsport

References
  1. http://www.fia.com/news/formula-4-launched-uae
  2. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106219
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2016-07-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://www.thenational.ae/sport/motorsport/uae-formula-4-championship-holds-promise-for-new-generation-of-emirati-drivers
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FEW1uvA8s0
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-07-26. Retrieved 2016-07-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. http://www.tatuus.it/formula4.php
  8. http://www.f4championship.com/
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2016-07-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "ADAC Formel 4 - Car - ADAC Formel 4".
  11. "SMP F4 NEZ Championship".
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