2016–17 Formula 4 UAE Championship

The 2016–17 Formula 4 UAE Championship was the inaugural 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.

2016–17 Formula 4 UAE Championship

Drivers' Champion: Jonathan Aberdein
Rookies' Champion: Logan Sargeant
Teams' Champion: Team Motorpark

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2017–18

It began on 28 October 2016 at the Yas Marina Circuit and finished on 11 March 2017 at the same venue, after a 3-race non-championship opening round and 18 championship races held across five rounds, all of them held at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi and the Dubai Autodrome.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
ATCUAE[2]	3	Saif ben Sulayem[3]	TR, 1–2, 5
Energy Dubai F4 Racing Team[3]	4	Sean Babington[4]	All
	8	Lucas Petersson[5]	5
	9	Ricky Donison[3]	TR
Team Motopark 2[6]	7	Sebastián Fernández[7]	3–4
	25	Charles Weerts[7]	3–5
	27	Leonard Hoogenboom[5]	5
Abu Dhabi Racing[8]	8	Amna Al Qubaisi[9]	1
Rasgaira Motorsports[10]	11	James Roe Jr.[11]	1–2
	13	Fabio Scherer[12]	4–5
	79	David Malukas[9]	2–4
Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation[13]	20	Abdulrahman Tolefat[3]	TR, All
	22	Ahmad Al Muhannadi[3]	TR, All
Team Motopark[6]	21	Jonathan Aberdein[14]	TR, All
	23	Logan Sargeant[6]	TR, All
Dragon F4[15]	88	Oscar Piastri[16]	2–4
		Sun Yueyang[17]	5

Race calendar and results

The season featured 18 championship races over five rounds. Additionally, a three-race non-championship round, called "Trophy Event", took place at Yas Marina Circuit at the start of the season. All rounds were held in the United Arab Emirates.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Supporting
2016
TE	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout)	28 October	Jonathan Aberdein	Logan Sargeant	Jonathan Aberdein	Team Motopark	Toyota 86 Cup Radical Middle East Cup Formula Gulf Academy
	R2		29 October		Jonathan Aberdein	Jonathan Aberdein	Team Motopark
	R3			Jonathan Aberdein	Logan Sargeant	Jonathan Aberdein	Team Motopark
1	R1	Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (National layout)	18 November	Jonathan Aberdein	Logan Sargeant	Jonathan Aberdein	Team Motopark	Radical Middle East Cup Formula Gulf Academy
	R2		19 November		Jonathan Aberdein	Jonathan Aberdein	Team Motopark
	R3			Jonathan Aberdein	Jonathan Aberdein	Jonathan Aberdein	Team Motopark
2	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout)	16 December	Jonathan Aberdein	Jonathan Aberdein	Jonathan Aberdein	Team Motopark	Gulf 12 Hours
	R2				Logan Sargeant	Jonathan Aberdein	Team Motopark
	R3		17 December	Jonathan Aberdein	Jonathan Aberdein	Jonathan Aberdein	Team Motopark
	R4				Jonathan Aberdein	Jonathan Aberdein	Team Motopark
2017
3	R1	Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (International layout)	27 January	Jonathan Aberdein	Jonathan Aberdein	Jonathan Aberdein	Team Motopark	Porsche GT3 Cup Middle East Formula Gulf Academy
	R2		28 January		Jonathan Aberdein	Sebastián Fernández	Team Motopark 2
	R3			Jonathan Aberdein	Logan Sargeant	Jonathan Aberdein	Team Motopark
4	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout)	10 February	Jonathan Aberdein	Logan Sargeant	Jonathan Aberdein	Team Motopark	TCR Middle East Series
	R2		11 February		Jonathan Aberdein	Sean Babington	Energy Dubai F4 Racing Team
	R3			Jonathan Aberdein	Jonathan Aberdein	Jonathan Aberdein	Team Motopark
	R4				Jonathan Aberdein	Fabio Scherer	Rasgaira Motorsports
5	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (South layout)	10 March	Jonathan Aberdein	Jonathan Aberdein	Jonathan Aberdein	Team Motopark	Toyota 86 Cup Radical Middle East Cup Formula Gulf Academy
	R2				Jonathan Aberdein	Jonathan Aberdein	Team Motopark
	R3		11 March	Jonathan Aberdein	Logan Sargeant	Jonathan Aberdein	Team Motopark
	R4				Jonathan Aberdein	Leonard Hoogenboom	Team Motopark 2

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

Each driver dropped their worst three race results.^[18]

Pos Driver YMC TE DUB1 YMC1 DUB2 YMC2 YMC3 Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 1 Jonathan Aberdein 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 7 1 2 1 1 1 5 368 2 Logan Sargeant 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 Ret 2 2 3 2 3 2 Ret 2 Ret 261 3 Sean Babington 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 3 6 1 4 5 3 3 3 2 224 4 Ahmad Al Muhannadi 4 4 4 5 5 5 7 6 5 6 8 6 8 8 8 8 9 7 8 8 4 108 5 David Malukas 3 4 Ret 4 7 2 5 4 4 10 7 97 6 Oscar Piastri 6 5 4 5 4 4 6 3 6 3 6 94 7 Charles Weerts 6 Ret 4 7 5 6 8 5 2 5 6 84 8 Fabio Scherer 5 2 7 1 4 10 4 Ret 77 9 Abdulrahman Tolefat 5 5 Ret 6 6 6 8 7 6 7 9 7 9 9 9 9 10 8 9 10 7 74 10 Sebastián Fernández 2 1 7 10 10 5 4 65 11 James Roe Jr. 4 4 3 5 DNS 49 12 Saif ben Sulayem 6 6 Ret DNS 9 8 7 8 10 7 11 8 27 13 Leonard Hoogenboom 11 4 6 1 25 14 Lucas Petersson 9 6 9 3 15 15 Sun Yueyang 6 5 7 9 10 Ricky Donison 3 3 3 0 Amna Al Qubaisi DNS 0 Pos Driver YMC TE R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts DUB1 YMC1 DUB2 YMC2 YMC3

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

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	Points
1	Team Motopark	629
2	Energy Dubai F4 Racing Team	239
3	Rasgaira Motorsports	234
4	Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation	182
5	Team Motopark 2	174
6	Dragon F4	104

References

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8. "Ben Sulayem and ADR join forces to field two UAE Formula 4 Cars". Abu Dhabi Racing. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
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11. "Ireland's James Roe Jr signed with Rasgaira for F4 UAE". F4 UAE. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
12. "Formula 4 UAE — SWISS F4 RACER JOINS RASGAIRA MOTORSPORT AT F4UAE'S PENULTIMATE EVENT". 9 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
13. "QMMF announces plans to enter brand new FIA Formula 4 UAE Championship". QMMF. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
14. "Yas Marina Circuit to host inaugural F4 UAE event this weekend". F4 UAE. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
15. "F4 UAE welcomes Dragon Racing". Dragon Racing. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
16. "Oscar Piastri Joins Dragon F4 for F4Uae Championship".
17. "TEAM NEWS: CHINA'S SUN YUE YANG JOINS DRAGON F4 FOR F4UAE CHAMPIONSHIP FINALE". 7 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
18. "2016/17 CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS - DRIVERS". f4uae.com. Formula 4 UAE Championship. Archived from the original on 12 June 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2018. After a total of 18 Championship races - and with each driver dropping their worst three race results - here are the final championship points for the 2016/17 season.

External links

• F4 UAE Homepage