2017–18 Formula 4 UAE Championship

The 2017–18 Formula 4 UAE Championship was 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
Dream Racing[2] 3 Ollie Smith[2] 1
92 Logan Hannah[2] 1
Silberpfeil Energy Dubai[2] 3 Sami Taoufik[3] 3–4
15 Marzio Moretti[3] 3
21 Patrik Pasma[4] 2
22 Lucas Petersson[2] All
23 Caio Collet[3] 3–4
Jake Dalton[5] 6
64 Olli Caldwell[2] 1–2
Mücke Motorsport[6] 5 Niklas Krütten[7] 4–5
6 William Alatalo[8] 4–5
Dragon Motopark F4[9] 8 Lucas Alecco Roy[2] All
88 Charles Weerts[2] All
888 Amaury Cordeel[4] 2–6
Rasgaira Motorsports[2][N 1] 9 Petr Ptáček[2] 1–2, 4
27 David Schumacher[11] 2–6
77 Leon Köhler[3] 3
95 Tom Beckhäuser[2][12] 5
Cram Motorsport / Charouz Racing[2] 1–4, 6
DR Formula[13] 42 Edoardo Morricone[13] 2, 6
55 László Tóth[13] 4
GDL Racing[2] 57 Mikhail Spiridonov[2] 1–4

Race calendar and results

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

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 YMC1 YMC2 DUB1 YMC3 YMC4 DUB2 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4
1 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 David Schumacher 3 2 2 2 2 1 6 C 3 1 5 1 2 2 2 3 2 6 2 3 325
3 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 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 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 Caio Collet 3 2 4 C 2 2 1 2 124
7 Olli Caldwell 4 2 1 8 1 1 8 8 123
8 Amaury Cordeel Ret 6 Ret DNS DSQ 4 3 C 10 7 Ret 5 3 1 7 5 4 DNS Ret DNS 120
9 William Alatalo 11 6 3 3 4 8 1 1 104
10 Petr Ptáček 6 3 4 3 7 9 DNS 9 Ret Ret 6 80
11 Niklas Krütten 8 11 4 7 8 7 4 2 64
12 Leon Köhler 1 6 1 C 58
13 Sami Taoufik 5 7 Ret C 4 12 2 8 51
14 Jake Dalton 6 Ret 3 2 41
15 Patrik Pasma 4 Ret 4 6 32
16 Logan Hannah 8 7 Ret 7 22
17 Marzio Moretti 8 Ret 8 C 8
Drivers ineligible to score points
Ollie Smith 5 DNP
Mikhail Spiridonov 7 8 7 6 WD WD C 13 10 10 Ret
Edoardo Morricone 8 8 7 7 7 5 4 5
László Tóth 12 9 9 11
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts
YMC1 YMC2 DUB1 YMC3 YMC4 DUB2
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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

Teams' championship

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

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ a b "F4 UAE Championship calendar announced for 2017/18". F4 UAE. 5 September 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Second season of F4 UAE begins at Gulf 12 Hours in Abu Dhabi". 13 December 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d "Round 3, Dubai Autodrome 26th & 27th January 2018" (PDF). F4UAE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Round 2, Yas Marina Circuit 19th & 20th January 2018" (PDF). F4UAE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2020.
  5. ^ "UAE National Race Days 2nd & 3rd March 2018" (PDF). Dubai Autodrome Motorsports Club. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2018.
  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. Archived from the original on 28 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. ^ "Round 5, Yas Marina Circuit 23rd & 24th February 2018" (PDF). F4UAE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 November 2020.
  13. ^ a b c "DR Formula al via della F4 UAE con i debuttanti Morricone e Toth - F4 NEL MONDO".
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