2019 Formula 4 UAE Championship

The 2019 Formula 4 UAE Championship was the third 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 9 January 2019 at the Dubai Autodrome and finished on 2 March 2019 at the same location.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Xcel Motorsport	3	Shihab Al Habsi^[2]	All
	14	Nicola Marinangeli^[2]	1–4
	15	Matteo Nannini^[2]	All
	26	Rafael Villanueva Jr.^[3]^[2]	All
	13	Tijmen van der Helm^[4]	2–3
Dragon Racing	7	Roman Staněk^[5]	5
	8	Lucas Alecco Roy^[2]^{[note 1]}	All
	9	Rashed Ghanem^[2]	All
	88	Rui Andrade^[2]^{[note 2]}	All
Mücke Motorsport	2	Niklas Krütten^[5]	5
	22	Nico Göhler^[2]^{[note 3]}	All
	27	Joshua Dürksen^[2]	All
Cram Motorsport	55	Filip Kaminiarz^[2]	All

Race calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Supporting
1	R1	Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (Grand Prix Circuit)	10 January	Matteo Nannini	Matteo Nannini	Matteo Nannini	Xcel Motorsport	Dubai 24 Hour
	R2		10 January		Matteo Nannini	Lucas Alecco Roy	Dragon Racing
	R3		11 January	Matteo Nannini	Joshua Dürksen	Shihab Al Habsi	Xcel Motorsport
	R4		11 January		Rui Andrade	Joshua Dürksen	Mücke Motorsport
2	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix Circuit)	1 February	Joshua Dürksen	Lucas Alecco Roy	Matteo Nannini	Xcel Motorsport	Yas Racing Series
	R2		2 February		Shihab Al Habsi	Joshua Dürksen	Mücke Motorsport
	R3			Joshua Dürksen	Matteo Nannini	Joshua Dürksen	Mücke Motorsport
	R4				Joshua Dürksen	Matteo Nannini	Xcel Motorsport
3	R1	Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (Grand Prix Circuit)	15 February	Matteo Nannini	Shihab Al Habsi	Shihab Al Habsi	Xcel Motorsport	UAE National Raceday
	R2		16 February		Joshua Dürksen	Joshua Dürksen	Mücke Motorsport
	R3			Matteo Nannini	Matteo Nannini	Matteo Nannini	Xcel Motorsport
	R4				Tijmen van der Helm	Tijmen van der Helm	Xcel Motorsport
4	R1	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix Circuit)	22 February	Matteo Nannini	Matteo Nannini	Matteo Nannini	Xcel Motorsport	Yas Racing Series
	R2		23 February		Lucas Alecco Roy	Lucas Alecco Roy	Dragon Racing
	R3			Matteo Nannini	Matteo Nannini	Lucas Alecco Roy	Dragon Racing
	R4				Matteo Nannini	Matteo Nannini	Xcel Motorsport
5	R1	Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (National Circuit)	1 March	Shihab Al Habsi	Niklas Krütten	Shihab Al Habsi	Xcel Motorsport	UAE National Raceday
	R2		1 March		Rui Andrade	Niklas Krütten	Mücke Motorsport
	R3		2 March	Shihab Al Habsi	Shihab Al Habsi	Matteo Nannini	Xcel Motorsport
	R4		2 March		Joshua Dürksen	Joshua Dürksen	Mücke Motorsport

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
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	DUB1				YMC1				DUB2				YMC2				DUB3				Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts
1	Matteo Nannini	1	2	2	5	1	3	5	1	2	5	1	3	1	3	2	1	2	8	1	3	363
2	Joshua Dürksen	3	4	3	1	5	1	1	3	4	1	6	5	5	6	3	4	Ret	3	5	1	295
3	Shihab Al Habsi	4	Ret	1	4	10	7	3	2	1	3	2	2	7	9	10	2	1	2	3	4	269
4	Lucas Alecco Roy	2	1	4	7	2	5	2	4	Ret	7	3	4	2	1	1	9	8	10	6	2	260
5	Rui Andrade	6	3	5	2	3	6	4	5	Ret	6	8	8	3	2	9	3	4	4	8	7	201
6	Nico Göhler	8	5	6	3	Ret	10	Ret	8	Ret	2	4	10	9	8	5	6	Ret	5	2	8	133
7	Rashed Ghanem	7	7	8	9	7	9	9	9	Ret	10	7	7	4	4	6	10	3	7	4	9	117
8	Rafael Villanueva Jr.	5	Ret	Ret	DNS	8	8	7	6	5	Ret	9	6	10	7	4	5	Ret	9	7	5	103
9	Filip Kaminiarz	Ret	6	7	6	4	4	8	7	Ret	9	11	9	6	5	8	8	7	11	9	10	102
10	Tijmen van der Helm					6	2	6	Ret	3	4	5	1									96
11	Nicola Marinangeli	9	8	9	8	9	Ret	10	10	Ret	8	10	Ret	8	DNS	7	7					37
Drivers ineligible to score points
—	Niklas Krütten																	5	1	DSQ	DSQ	—
—	Roman Staněk																	6	6	Ret	6	—
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts
Pos	Driver	DUB1				YMC1				DUB2				YMC2				DUB3				Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

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

Pos	Team	Points
1	Xcel Motorsport	632
2	Dragon Racing	461
3	Mücke Motorsport	428
4	Cram Motorsport	102

Notes

^ Roy is a German driver competing under a Monégasque licence.
^ Andrade is an Angolan driver competing under a Portuguese licence.
^ Göhler is a German driver competing under an Emirati licence.

References

^ "Formula 4 UAE - 2019 CALENDAR". Archived from the original on December 9, 2018. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "NEW RACING ROOKIES ARRIVE IN DUBAI FOR THIRD SEASON OF F4UAE". January 7, 2019. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
^ Vidal, Josep (January 1, 2019). "RAFA VILLANUEVA CORRERÁ LA FORMULA 4 UAE (RAFA VILLANUEVA WILL RUN THE FORMULA 4 UAE)". FormulaRapida.net. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
^ "F4 UAE Round 2 Yas Marina Circuit-Entry List" (PDF). F4 United Arab Emeritas Championship. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b "F4 UAE Round 5 – 1st and 2nd March 2019 Dubai Autodrome – Entry list". F4 United Arab Emeritas Championship. 27 February 2019. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2019.

External links

F4 UAE Homepage

[6] Roy is a German driver competing under a Monégasque licence.

[7] Andrade is an Angolan driver competing under a Portuguese licence.

[8] Göhler is a German driver competing under an Emirati licence.

[Calendar-1] "Formula 4 UAE - 2019 CALENDAR". Archived from the original on December 9, 2018. Retrieved December 9, 2018.

[Entry_List-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "NEW RACING ROOKIES ARRIVE IN DUBAI FOR THIRD SEASON OF F4UAE". January 7, 2019. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2019.

[3] Vidal, Josep (January 1, 2019). "RAFA VILLANUEVA CORRERÁ LA FORMULA 4 UAE (RAFA VILLANUEVA WILL RUN THE FORMULA 4 UAE)". FormulaRapida.net. Retrieved January 2, 2019.

[4] "F4 UAE Round 2 Yas Marina Circuit-Entry List" (PDF). F4 United Arab Emeritas Championship. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.

[Entry5-5] "F4 UAE Round 5 – 1st and 2nd March 2019 Dubai Autodrome – Entry list". F4 United Arab Emeritas Championship. 27 February 2019. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2019.

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