2021 Formula 4 UAE Championship
The 2021 Formula 4 UAE Championship is the fifth 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 Emirates Motorsport Organization (EMSO) – formerly known as Automobile & Touring Club of the UAE (ATCUAE)[1] and AUH Motorsports.
2021 Formula 4 UAE Championship | |||
Previous: | 2020 | Next: | 2022 |
Parent series: F3 Asian Championship |
The season commenced on 13 January at Dubai Autodrome and will conclude on 13 February at the same venue.[2]
Teams and drivers
Team | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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3Y Technology | 3 | Saud al Saud[3] | 1–3 |
Xcel Motorsports | 7 | Kirill Smal[4] | All |
8 | Matías Zagazeta[3] | 1–2 | |
13 | Pepe Martí[5] | All | |
14 | Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak[6] | All | |
15 | Nikita Bedrin[7] | 1–3 | |
17 | Dilano van't Hoff | All | |
23 | Alex Partyshev[8] | All | |
24 | Jamie Day[9] | All | |
75 | Noam Abramczyk | 3–4 | |
BWT Mücke Motorsport | 28 | Francesco Braschi[10] | 1, 3 |
69 | Vladislav Lomko | 5 | |
77 | Jonas Ried[10] | All | |
Cram Durango | 29 | Enzo Scionti[11] | All |
34 | Enzo Trulli[11] | All | |
Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema | 88 | Hamda Al Qubaisi[12] | All |
Race calendar
The schedule announced on 7 September 2020 consisted of 20 races over 5 rounds. All rounds will be held in the United Arab Emirates.[13] The final round scheduled to take place on 4–6 March was moved to 28–30 January.[2]
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Supporting | |
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1 | R1 | Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (Grand Prix Circuit) |
14 January | Dilano van't Hoff | Enzo Trulli | Enzo Trulli | Cram Durango | Dubai 24 Hour |
R2 | Dilano van't Hoff | Dilano van't Hoff | Dilano van't Hoff | Xcel Motorsports | ||||
R3 | 15 January | Dilano van't Hoff | Dilano van't Hoff | Dilano van't Hoff | Xcel Motorsports | |||
R4 | Dilano van't Hoff | Kirill Smal | Xcel Motorsports | |||||
2 | R1 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix Circuit) |
22 January | Dilano van't Hoff | Dilano van't Hoff | Enzo Trulli | Cram Durango | Abu Dhabi 6 Hour Gulf Radical Cup |
R2 | Dilano van't Hoff | Enzo Trulli | Dilano van't Hoff | Xcel Motorsports | ||||
R3 | 23 January | Dilano van't Hoff | Dilano van't Hoff | Dilano van't Hoff | Xcel Motorsports | |||
R4 | Kirill Smal | Hamda Al Qubaisi | Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema | |||||
3 | R1 | Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (International Circuit) |
29 January | Dilano van't Hoff | Dilano van't Hoff | Dilano van't Hoff | Xcel Motorsports | F3 Asian Championship Waleed Alshemais National Sportsbike Championship Gulf Radical Cup UAE Touring Car Championship |
R2 | 30 January | Dilano van't Hoff | Enzo Trulli | Enzo Trulli | Cram Durango | |||
R3 | Dilano van't Hoff | Hamda Al Qubaisi | Kirill Smal | Xcel Motorsports | ||||
R4 | Francesco Braschi | Kirill Smal | Xcel Motorsports | |||||
4 | R1 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Corkscrew Circuit) |
5 February | Dilano van't Hoff | Enzo Trulli | Enzo Trulli | Cram Durango | F3 Asian Championship |
R2 | 6 February | Pepe Martí[note 1] | Enzo Trulli | Pepe Martí | Xcel Motorsports | |||
R3 | Dilano van't Hoff | Dilano van't Hoff | Hamda Al Qubaisi | Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema | ||||
R4 | Kirill Smal | Jamie Day | Xcel Motorsports | |||||
5 | R1 | Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (Grand Prix Circuit) |
11–13 February | Asian Le Mans Series F3 Asian Championship Waleed Alshemais National Sportsbike Championship Gulf Radical Cup | ||||
R2 | ||||||||
R3 | ||||||||
R4 |
Championship standings
Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | FL |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Drivers' Championship
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Italics – Fastest Lap † — Did not finish, but classified |
Teams' Championship
Pos | Team | Points |
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1 | Xcel Motorsports | 1024 |
2 | Cram Durango | 303 |
3 | Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema | 177 |
4 | BWT Mücke Motorsport | 126 |
5 | 3Y Technology | 1 |
Notes
- Al Qubaisi received a 3 place grid penalty for causing an avoidabe collision in Race 1. Pepe Martí was promoted to the pole position.
References
- "2020 F4UAE CALENDAR CONFIRMS MAIDEN FORMULA 1® SUPPORT". Formula 4 UAE. 23 July 2019. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020.
- "AMENDED 2021 CALENDAR CONFIRMED FOR FIFTH SEASON OF F4UAE". Formula 4 UAE. 28 December 2020.
- Waring, Bethonie (20 December 2020). "Matias Zagazeta joins F4 UAE as British F4 rivals test in F3". Formula Scout.
- Wood, Elliot (5 January 2021). "SMP Racing protege Kirill Smal to F4 UAE with Xcel Motorsport". Formula Scout.
- Wood, Elliot (28 December 2020). "Spanish karter Pepe Martí to step up to cars in F4 UAE". Formula Scout.
- "XCEL MOTORSPORT FIRST TO CONFIRM DRIVERS FOR 2021". Formula 4 UAE. 17 December 2020.
- Wood, Elliot (27 December 2020). "Russian karter Nikita Bedrin to make car racing debut in F4 UAE". Formula Scout.
- Wood, Elliot (2 January 2021). "Xcel adds Ukrainian karter Alex Partyshev to F4 UAE line-up". Formula Scout.
- Wood, Elliot (10 January 2021). "Emirati karter Jamie Day to make single-seater debut in F4 UAE". Formula Scout.
- Wood, Elliot (10 January 2021). "Mucke to field Francesco Braschi and Jonas Ried in first F4 UAE round". Formula Scout.
- Wood, Elliot (5 January 2021). "Enzo Trulli to make F4 debut with Cram Motorsport in UAE". Formula Scout.
- Wood, Elliot (6 January 2021). "Hamda Al Qubaisi returns to F4 UAE with Abu Dhabi Racing". Formula Scout.
- "FIFTH SEASON OF F4UAE CONFIRMED TO BEGIN JANUARY 2021". Formula 4 UAE. 7 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020.