# 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.
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.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| ATCUAE | 3 | Saif ben Sulayem | TR, 1–2, 5 |
| Energy Dubai F4 Racing Team | 4 | Sean Babington | All |
| Energy Dubai F4 Racing Team | 8 | Lucas Petersson | 5 |
| Energy Dubai F4 Racing Team | 9 | Ricky Donison | TR |
| Team Motopark 2 | 7 | Sebastián Fernández | 3–4 |
| Team Motopark 2 | 25 | Charles Weerts | 3–5 |
| Team Motopark 2 | 27 | Leonard Hoogenboom | 5 |
| Abu Dhabi Racing | 8 | Amna Al Qubaisi | 1 |
| Rasgaira Motorsports | 11 | James Roe | 1–2 |
| Rasgaira Motorsports | 13 | Fabio Scherer | 4–5 |
| Rasgaira Motorsports | 79 | David Malukas | 2–4 |
| Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation | 20 | Abdulrahman Tolefat | TR, All |
| Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation | 22 | Ahmad Al Muhannadi | TR, All |
| Team Motopark | 21 | Jonathan Aberdein | TR, All |
| Team Motopark | 23 | Logan Sargeant | TR, All |
| Dragon F4 | 88 | Oscar Piastri | 2–4 |
| Dragon F4 | 88 | Sun Yueyang | 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.
| Round | 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 |
| TE | R2 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout) | 29 October | | Jonathan Aberdein | Jonathan Aberdein | Team Motopark | Toyota 86 Cup Radical Middle East Cup Formula Gulf Academy |
| TE | R3 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout) | 29 October | Jonathan Aberdein | Logan Sargeant | Jonathan Aberdein | Team Motopark | Toyota 86 Cup Radical Middle East Cup Formula Gulf Academy |
| 1 | R1 | Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (National layout) | 18 November | Jonathan Aberdein | Logan Sargeant | Jonathan Aberdein | Team Motopark | Radical Middle East Cup Formula Gulf Academy |
| 1 | R2 | Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (National layout) | 19 November | | Jonathan Aberdein | Jonathan Aberdein | Team Motopark | Radical Middle East Cup Formula Gulf Academy |
| 1 | R3 | Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (National layout) | 19 November | Jonathan Aberdein | Jonathan Aberdein | Jonathan Aberdein | Team Motopark | Radical Middle East Cup Formula Gulf Academy |
| 2 | R1 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout) | 16 December | Jonathan Aberdein | Jonathan Aberdein | Jonathan Aberdein | Team Motopark | Gulf 12 Hours |
| 2 | R2 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout) | 16 December | | Logan Sargeant | Jonathan Aberdein | Team Motopark | Gulf 12 Hours |
| 2 | R3 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout) | 17 December | Jonathan Aberdein | Jonathan Aberdein | Jonathan Aberdein | Team Motopark | Gulf 12 Hours |
| 2 | R4 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout) | 17 December | | Jonathan Aberdein | Jonathan Aberdein | Team Motopark | Gulf 12 Hours |
| 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 |
| 3 | R2 | Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (International layout) | 28 January | | Jonathan Aberdein | Sebastián Fernández | Team Motopark 2 | Porsche GT3 Cup Middle East Formula Gulf Academy |
| 3 | R3 | Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (International layout) | 28 January | Jonathan Aberdein | Logan Sargeant | Jonathan Aberdein | Team Motopark | Porsche GT3 Cup Middle East Formula Gulf Academy |
| 4 | R1 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout) | 10 February | Jonathan Aberdein | Logan Sargeant | Jonathan Aberdein | Team Motopark | TCR Middle East Series |
| 4 | R2 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout) | 11 February | | Jonathan Aberdein | Sean Babington | Energy Dubai F4 Racing Team | TCR Middle East Series |
| 4 | R3 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout) | 11 February | Jonathan Aberdein | Jonathan Aberdein | Jonathan Aberdein | Team Motopark | TCR Middle East Series |
| 4 | R4 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout) | 11 February | | Jonathan Aberdein | Fabio Scherer | Rasgaira Motorsports | TCR Middle East Series |
| 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 |
| 5 | R2 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (South layout) | 10 March | | Jonathan Aberdein | Jonathan Aberdein | Team Motopark | Toyota 86 Cup Radical Middle East Cup Formula Gulf Academy |
| 5 | R3 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (South layout) | 11 March | Jonathan Aberdein | Logan Sargeant | Jonathan Aberdein | Team Motopark | Toyota 86 Cup Radical Middle East Cup Formula Gulf Academy |
| 5 | R4 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (South layout) | 11 March | | Jonathan Aberdein | Leonard Hoogenboom | Team Motopark 2 | Toyota 86 Cup Radical Middle East Cup Formula Gulf Academy |

## 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.
| Pos | Driver | YMC TE | YMC TE | YMC TE | DUB1 | DUB1 | DUB1 | YMC1 | YMC1 | YMC1 | YMC1 | DUB2 | DUB2 | DUB2 | YMC2 | YMC2 | YMC2 | YMC2 | YMC3 | YMC3 | YMC3 | YMC3 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | YMC TE | YMC TE | YMC TE | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
| 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 | | | | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | DNS | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | 49 |
| 12 | Saif ben Sulayem | 6 | 6 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 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 | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | YMC TE | YMC TE | YMC TE | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | YMC TE | YMC TE | YMC TE | DUB1 | DUB1 | DUB1 | YMC1 | YMC1 | YMC1 | YMC1 | DUB2 | DUB2 | DUB2 | YMC2 | YMC2 | YMC2 | YMC2 | YMC3 | YMC3 | YMC3 | YMC3 | | 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### 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 |