# 2017–18 Formula 4 UAE Championship

The 2017–18 Formula 4 UAE Championship was the second 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 14 December 2017 at the Yas Marina Circuit and finished on 3 March 2018 at the Dubai Autodrome, after 24 championship races held across six quadruple-header rounds.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| Dream Racing | 3 | Ollie Smith | 1 |
| Dream Racing | 92 | Logan Hannah | 1 |
| Silberpfeil Energy Dubai | 3 | Sami Taoufik | 3–4 |
| Silberpfeil Energy Dubai | 15 | Marzio Moretti | 3 |
| Silberpfeil Energy Dubai | 21 | Patrik Pasma | 2 |
| Silberpfeil Energy Dubai | 22 | Lucas Petersson | All |
| Silberpfeil Energy Dubai | 23 | Caio Collet | 3–4 |
| Silberpfeil Energy Dubai | 23 | Jake Dalton | 6 |
| Silberpfeil Energy Dubai | 64 | Olli Caldwell | 1–2 |
| Mücke Motorsport | 5 | Niklas Krütten | 4–5 |
| Mücke Motorsport | 6 | William Alatalo | 4–5 |
| Dragon Motopark F4 | 8 | Lucas Alecco Roy | All |
| Dragon Motopark F4 | 88 | Charles Weerts | All |
| Dragon Motopark F4 | 888 | Amaury Cordeel | 2–6 |
| Rasgaira Motorsports | 9 | Petr Ptáček | 1–2, 4 |
| Rasgaira Motorsports | 27 | David Schumacher | 2–6 |
| Rasgaira Motorsports | 77 | Leon Köhler | 3 |
| Rasgaira Motorsports | 95 | Tom Beckhäuser | 5 |
| Cram Motorsport / Charouz Racing | 95 | Tom Beckhäuser | 1–4, 6 |
| DR Formula | 42 | Edoardo Morricone | 2, 6 |
| DR Formula | 55 | László Tóth | 4 |
| GDL Racing | 57 | Mikhail Spiridonov | 1–4 |

## Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced on 5 September 2017. The season featured six quadruple-header rounds, all of them held at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi and the Dubai Autodrome in the United Arab Emirates. As opposed to the previous season, all rounds awarded points for the championship, the "Trophy Event" non-championship round not being held anymore.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Supporting |
| 2017 |||||||||
| 1 | R1 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout) | 14 December | Charles Weerts | Charles Weerts | Charles Weerts | Dragon Motopark F4 | Gulf 12 Hours MRF Challenge Formula 2000 |
| 1 | R2 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout) | 15 December | | Lucas Petersson | Lucas Petersson | Silberpfeil Energy Dubai | Gulf 12 Hours MRF Challenge Formula 2000 |
| 1 | R3 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout) | 15 December | Tom Beckhäuser | Lucas Petersson | Olli Caldwell | Silberpfeil Energy Dubai | Gulf 12 Hours MRF Challenge Formula 2000 |
| 1 | R4 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout) | 15 December | | Charles Weerts | Tom Beckhäuser | Cram Motorsport | Gulf 12 Hours MRF Challenge Formula 2000 |
| 2018 |||||||||
| 2 | R1 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (North layout) | 19 January | David Schumacher | Lucas Petersson | Olli Caldwell | Silberpfeil Energy Dubai | Yas Superstreet Challenge |
| 2 | R2 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (North layout) | 20 January | | Olli Caldwell | Olli Caldwell | Silberpfeil Energy Dubai | Yas Superstreet Challenge |
| 2 | R3 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (North layout) | 20 January | Olli Caldwell | David Schumacher | Charles Weerts | Dragon Motopark F4 | Yas Superstreet Challenge |
| 2 | R4 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (North layout) | 20 January | | Charles Weerts | Lucas Petersson | Silberpfeil Energy Dubai | Yas Superstreet Challenge |
| 3 | R1 | Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (International layout) | 26 January | David Schumacher | Charles Weerts | Leon Köhler | Rasgaira Motorsports | National Race Day |
| 3 | R2 | Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (International layout) | 27 January | | Caio Collet | David Schumacher | Rasgaira Motorsports | National Race Day |
| 3 | R3 | Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (International layout) | 27 January | David Schumacher | David Schumacher | Leon Köhler | Rasgaira Motorsports | National Race Day |
| 3 | R4 | Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (International layout) | 27 January | Race cancelled | Race cancelled | Race cancelled | Race cancelled | | National Race Day |
| 4 | R1 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout) | 2 February | Caio Collet | Charles Weerts | Charles Weerts | Dragon Motopark F4 | Yas Racing Series |
| 4 | R2 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout) | 3 February | | Sami Taoufik | David Schumacher | Rasgaira Motorsports | Yas Racing Series |
| 4 | R3 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout) | 3 February | Caio Collet | Caio Collet | Caio Collet | Silberpfeil Energy Dubai | Yas Racing Series |
| 4 | R4 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout) | 3 February | | Caio Collet | David Schumacher | Rasgaira Motorsports | Yas Racing Series |
| 5 | R1 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout) | 23 February | David Schumacher | Charles Weerts | Charles Weerts | Dragon Motopark F4 | Yas Racing Series Yas Superstreet Challenge |
| 5 | R2 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout) | 24 February | | Amaury Cordeel | Amaury Cordeel | Dragon Motopark F4 | Yas Racing Series Yas Superstreet Challenge |
| 5 | R3 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout) | 24 February | David Schumacher | David Schumacher | William Alatalo | BWT Mücke Motorsport | Yas Racing Series Yas Superstreet Challenge |
| 5 | R4 | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi (Grand Prix layout) | 24 February | | Niklas Krütten | William Alatalo | BWT Mücke Motorsport | Yas Racing Series Yas Superstreet Challenge |
| 6 | R1 | Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (Grand Prix layout) | 2 March | Charles Weerts | Charles Weerts | Charles Weerts | Dragon Motopark F4 | National Race Day |
| 6 | R2 | Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (Grand Prix layout) | 3 March | | Charles Weerts | Charles Weerts | Dragon Motopark F4 | National Race Day |
| 6 | R3 | Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (Grand Prix layout) | 3 March | Charles Weerts | David Schumacher | Charles Weerts | Dragon Motopark F4 | National Race Day |
| 6 | R4 | Dubai Autodrome, Dubai (Grand Prix layout) | 3 March | | Charles Weerts | Charles Weerts | Dragon Motopark F4 | National Race Day |

## 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

| Pos | Driver | YMC1 | YMC1 | YMC1 | YMC1 | YMC2 | YMC2 | YMC2 | YMC2 | DUB1 | DUB1 | DUB1 | DUB1 | YMC3 | YMC3 | YMC3 | YMC3 | YMC4 | YMC4 | YMC4 | YMC4 | DUB2 | DUB2 | DUB2 | DUB2 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
| 1 | Charles Weerts | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 7 | C | 1 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 377 |
| 2 | David Schumacher | | | | | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | C | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 325 |
| 3 | Tom Beckhäuser | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | C | 5 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | DNS | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 262 |
| 4 | Lucas Petersson | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | Ret | 5 | C | 7 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | NC | 233 |
| 5 | Lucas Alecco Roy | Ret | 4 | 6 | 5 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | Ret | Ret | C | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 131 |
| 6 | Caio Collet | | | | | | | | | 3 | 2 | 4 | C | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | 124 |
| 7 | Olli Caldwell | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 123 |
| 8 | Amaury Cordeel | | | | | Ret | 6 | Ret | DNS | DSQ | 4 | 3 | C | 10 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | DNS | Ret | DNS | 120 |
| 9 | William Alatalo | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 104 |
| 10 | Petr Ptáček | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | DNS | DNS | | | | | 9 | Ret | Ret | 6 | | | | | | | | | 80 |
| 11 | Niklas Krütten | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | | | | | 64 |
| 12 | Leon Köhler | | | | | | | | | 1 | 6 | 1 | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | 58 |
| 13 | Sami Taoufik | | | | | | | | | 5 | 7 | Ret | C | 4 | 12 | 2 | 8 | | | | | | | | | 51 |
| 14 | Jake Dalton | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 41 |
| 15 | Patrik Pasma | | | | | 4 | Ret | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 32 |
| 16 | Logan Hannah | 8 | 7 | Ret | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22 |
| 17 | Marzio Moretti | | | | | | | | | 8 | Ret | 8 | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 |
| Drivers ineligible to score points |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | Ollie Smith | 5 | DNP | DNP | DNP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mikhail Spiridonov | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | WD | WD | WD | WD | WD | WD | WD | C | 13 | 10 | 10 | Ret | | | | | | | | | |
| | Edoardo Morricone | | | | | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | |
| | László Tóth | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 9 | 9 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | YMC1 | YMC1 | YMC1 | YMC1 | YMC2 | YMC2 | YMC2 | YMC2 | DUB1 | DUB1 | DUB1 | DUB1 | YMC3 | YMC3 | YMC3 | YMC3 | YMC4 | YMC4 | YMC4 | YMC4 | DUB2 | DUB2 | DUB2 | DUB2 | | 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 | Dragon Motopark F4 | 580 |
| 2 | Silberpfeil Energy Dubai | 561 |
| 3 | Rasgaira Motorsports | 540 |
| 4 | Cram Motorsport / Charouz Racing | 177 |
| 5 | Mücke Motorsport | 168 |
| 6 | Dream Racing | 22 |