2021 Formula 4 UAE Championship

The 2021 Formula 4 UAE Championship was 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. This was the last season that used Tatuus F4-T014 chassis.[2]

The season commenced on 13 January at Dubai Autodrome and concluded on 13 February at the same venue.[3]

Teams and drivers

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Team No. Drivers Class Rounds
  3Y Technology 3   Saud al Saud[4] R 1–3
  Xcel Motorsport 7   Kirill Smal[5] All
8   Matías Zagazeta[4] 1–2
13   Pepe Martí[6] R All
14   Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak[7] R All
15   Nikita Bedrin[8] R 1–3
17   Dilano van 't Hoff R All
23   Oleksandr Partyshev[9] R All
24   Jamie Day[10] R All
75   Noam Abramczyk R 3–4
  BWT Mücke Motorsport 28   Francesco Braschi[11] R 1, 3
69   Vladislav Lomko 5
77   Jonas Ried[11] R All
  Cram Durango 29   Enzo Scionti[12] R All
34   Enzo Trulli[12] R All
  Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 88   Hamda Al Qubaisi[13] All

Race calendar

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The schedule announced on 7 September 2020 consisted of 20 races over 5 rounds. All rounds will be held in the United Arab Emirates.[14] The final round scheduled to take place on 4–6 March was anticipated to 28–30 January.[3]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
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 Motorsport
R3 15 January   Dilano van 't Hoff   Dilano van 't Hoff   Dilano van 't Hoff   Xcel Motorsport
R4   Dilano van 't Hoff   Kirill Smal   Xcel Motorsport
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 Motorsport
R3 23 January   Dilano van 't Hoff   Dilano van 't Hoff   Dilano van 't Hoff   Xcel Motorsport
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 Motorsport 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 Motorsport
R4   Francesco Braschi   Kirill Smal   Xcel Motorsport
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 Motorsport
R3   Dilano van 't Hoff   Dilano van 't Hoff   Hamda Al Qubaisi   Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema
R4   Kirill Smal   Jamie Day   Xcel Motorsport
5 R1 Dubai Autodrome, Dubai
(Grand Prix Circuit)
12 February   Vladislav Lomko   Hamda Al Qubaisi   Hamda Al Qubaisi   Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema Asian Le Mans Series
F3 Asian Championship
Waleed Alshemais National Sportsbike Championship
Gulf Radical Cup
R2   Dilano van 't Hoff   Dilano van 't Hoff   Vladislav Lomko   BWT Mücke Motorsport
R3 13 February   Dilano van 't Hoff   Dilano van 't Hoff   Vladislav Lomko   BWT Mücke Motorsport
R4   Dilano van 't Hoff   Kirill Smal   Xcel Motorsport

Championship standings

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Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  FL
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1

Drivers' Championship

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Pos Driver DUB1 YMC1 DUB2 YMC2 DUB3 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4
1   Enzo Trulli 1 6 8 2 1 2 2 4 2 1 2 4 1 2 3 5 2 DNS 4 3 319
2   Dilano van 't Hoff 2 1 1 4 2 1 1 5 1 5 3 3 4 3 2 DSQ 8 7 2 4 318
3   Kirill Smal 4 3 3 1 9 5 Ret 2 3 3 1 1 2 5 8 4 3 2 6 1 289
4   Hamda Al Qubaisi 3 5 2 6 5 3 5 1 Ret 4 4 DNS Ret 4 1 8 1 9 3 10 221
5   Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak 7 8 6 3 6 7 7 3 4 7 9 6 6 Ret 10 2 4 6 10 5 154
6   Jamie Day 12 4 4 Ret 4 Ret 6 9 7 Ret 11 5 5 9 5 1 9 3 5 7 142
7   Pepe Martí Ret DNS Ret Ret 3 4 11 8 6 2 5 8 3 1 4 Ret Ret 4 11 Ret 135
8   Francesco Braschi 5 2 5 7 11 6 7 2 77
9   Jonas Ried 9 9 12 8 Ret 10 9 10 10 10 8 9 8 8 7 3 Ret 8 7 2 77
10   Oleksandr Partyshev 10 12 10 Ret 10 8 8 7 8 8 6 7 10 7 11 9 7 5 8 8 72
11   Nikita Bedrin 8 7 7 5 8 6 3 6 5 WD WD WD 71
12   Vladislav Lomko 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 6 1 1 6 66
13   Enzo Scionti 11 10 Ret 11 Ret Ret 10 11 9 9 12 11 7 10 6 6 5 Ret 9 9 43
14   Matías Zagazeta 6 11 9 9 7 9 4 12 32
15   Noam Abramczyk 12 11 10 10 9 6 9 7 20
16   Saud al Saud Ret DNS 11 10 Ret DNS 12 13 13 12 13 12 000 000 000 000 1
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts
DUB1 YMC1 DUB2 YMC2 DUB3
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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
† — Did not finish, but classified

Teams' Championship

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Ahead of each event, the teams nominate two drivers that accumulate teams' points.

Pos Team Points
1   Xcel Motorsport 1233
2   Cram Durango 362
3   Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 221
4   BWT Mücke Motorsport 220
5   3Y Technology 1

Notes

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  1. ^ Al Qubaisi received a 3 place grid penalty for causing an avoidable collision in Race 1. Pepe Martí was promoted to the pole position.

References

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  1. ^ "2020 F4UAE CALENDAR CONFIRMS MAIDEN FORMULA 1® SUPPORT". Formula 4 UAE. 23 July 2019. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ a b "AMENDED 2021 CALENDAR CONFIRMED FOR FIFTH SEASON OF F4UAE". Formula 4 UAE. 28 December 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-08-17.
  4. ^ a b Waring, Bethonie (20 December 2020). "Matias Zagazeta joins F4 UAE as British F4 rivals test in F3". Formula Scout. Archived from the original on 2020-12-20.
  5. ^ Wood, Elliot (5 January 2021). "SMP Racing protege Kirill Smal to F4 UAE with Xcel Motorsport". Formula Scout. Archived from the original on 2021-01-05.
  6. ^ Wood, Elliot (28 December 2020). "Spanish karter Pepe Martí to step up to cars in F4 UAE". Formula Scout. Archived from the original on 2020-12-28.
  7. ^ "XCEL MOTORSPORT FIRST TO CONFIRM DRIVERS FOR 2021". Formula 4 UAE. 17 December 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-01-24.
  8. ^ Wood, Elliot (27 December 2020). "Russian karter Nikita Bedrin to make car racing debut in F4 UAE". Formula Scout. Archived from the original on 2020-12-27.
  9. ^ Wood, Elliot (2 January 2021). "Xcel adds Ukrainian karter Alex Partyshev to F4 UAE line-up". Formula Scout. Archived from the original on 2021-01-02.
  10. ^ Wood, Elliot (10 January 2021). "Emirati karter Jamie Day to make single-seater debut in F4 UAE". Formula Scout. Archived from the original on 2021-01-10.
  11. ^ a b Wood, Elliot (10 January 2021). "Mucke to field Francesco Braschi and Jonas Ried in first F4 UAE round". Formula Scout. Archived from the original on 2021-01-10.
  12. ^ a b Wood, Elliot (5 January 2021). "Enzo Trulli to make F4 debut with Cram Motorsport in UAE". Formula Scout. Archived from the original on 2021-01-05.
  13. ^ Wood, Elliot (6 January 2021). "Hamda Al Qubaisi returns to F4 UAE with Abu Dhabi Racing". Formula Scout. Archived from the original on 2021-01-06.
  14. ^ "FIFTH SEASON OF F4UAE CONFIRMED TO BEGIN JANUARY 2021". Formula 4 UAE. 7 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020.
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