2020 Anglo-Irish Formula 4 season

2020 Anglo-Irish F4
Season
Races	26
Start date	4 April
End date	4 October
Awards
Drivers' champion	Beats me
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
2019	2021
Related
Italian F4
North American F4
South American F4
Asian F4

The 2020 Anglo-Irish Formula 4 season is the third season of the Anglo-Irish Formula 4 championship, part of the FIA Global Pathway.

Teams and drivers

Team	#	Driver	Status	Rounds
MK Scuderia [?]	1	Template:GBR Ken Wyn Jones		All
	2	Óscar Sandoval		All
Template:GBR VA Racing Academy [?]	3	Template:GBR Michael McManus	R	All
	4	Kostas Fokaides	R	All
Template:GBR West Racing Formula [?]	5	Clara Descoteaux		All
	7	Michelle Verweij	R	All
Template:GBR Carlin [?]	10	Odhrán Mac Aodha		All
	16	Template:GBR Harry Platten		All
Template:GBR Viva Automobile [?]	11	Samson Enoh		All
Template:GBR Plus One Racing Engineering [?]	12	Ramy Ghazal		All
	13	Shaun McKenzie	R	All
Template:GBR JC Arden [?]	14	Template:GBR Charles Rawstorne		All
	15	Laurens van Hoepen	R	All
Template:GBR Johnson Cohen Racing [?]	23	Template:GBR Richard Hewitt	R	All
Template:GBR Fortec Motorsport [?]	24	Agnes Hertz	R	All
	25	Template:GBR Anthony Barnett	R	All
Template:GBR Peak Aeroracing Engineering [?]	26	Template:GBR Jemma Triggs		All
	27	Template:GBR Gerallt Davies		All
Template:GBR Falcon Motorsport [?]	29	Lucca Allen	R	All
Template:GBR BORC Development UK [?]	30	Siobhán de Bhailéara		All
	31	Patrik Moravec	R	All
FXS Racing [?]	39	Marina Ivanović		All
Template:GBR Team Macmillan [?]	56	Template:USA B.K. Glover	R	All
Calinetic Junior Squad [?]	90	Template:GBR Rob Ritchie	R	All
Template:GBR Hunter Autosport [?]	98	River Archer		All
	99	Shihab Al Habsi	R	All

Team changes

• After scaling back for 2019, Jack Christopherson finally closed down his successful Formula 4 outfit to purchase a stake in Arden International. As a result, the right to use the numbers 1 and 2 passed to the runner-up team, MK Scuderia.
• Former MSA Formula team Falcon Motorsport made its return to the successor Anglo-Irish F4 series.
• Falik Arrows withdrew from Anglo-Irish F4 after a modest two years of success.
• Johnson Cohen Racing, a new operation with world class ambitions, began its conquest of motorsport with a modest single-car operation.
• After a disappointing run, Jones Racing elected to withdraw its F4 team after two seasons.
• MK Scuderia moved the base of operations for its Formula 4 team to Ireland, with a new Irish competition licence adopted to reflect the change.
• Having over-extended itself in other series, Panthera opted to pull out of the Anglo-Irish F4 championship.
• Successful Formula 3 team Plus One Racing Engineering expanded its operations to encompass Formula 4.
• Räikkönen-Robertson Racing was bought out by Scottish businessman Frederick West, resulting in the creation of West Racing Formula.
• The nascent London-based VA Racing joined the series with a new junior team.
• Viva Automobile joined the series.

Driver changes

Changing teams

• With Panthera's withdrawal from the series, Samson Enoh moved to Viva.
• Ramy Ghazal switched from FXS Racing to the new PORE junior team.
• Charles Rawstorne, who briefly raced for MK Scuderia in 2019, got a full season with Arden.

Joining Anglo-Irish Formula 4

• Omani karter Shihab Al Habsi became the first Arabian driver in the series at Hunter Autosport
• Lucca Allen, son of Irish celebrity chef Rachel Allen, entered the series in the Falcon Motorsport car.
• River Archer became the second former North American F4 driver in as many years to join the series, for Hunter Autosport.
• Anthony Barnett would make his début for an expanded Fortec Motorsport.
• Cypriot karting ace Kostas Fokaides formed one half of the all-rookie VA Racing team.
• American émigré B.K. Glover was snapped up by Team Macmillan for his move into European motorsport.
• German kart racer Agnes Hertz would make her car racing début for Fortec.
• Richard Hewitt would drive for the single-car JCR outfit.
• After a year out of international motorsport, former Italian F4 driver Marina Ivanović made her return with FXS Racing.
• VA Racing protégé Michael McManus was signed to race for its new F4 operation.
• With Toshio Maka moving up the ladder, his place at BORC was taken by Patrik Moravec.
• Óscar Sandoval, reigning third place finisher in South American F4, moved to Europe to race for MK Scuderia.
• Laurens van Hoepen completed Arden's radical lineup change for 2020.
• After the dismissal of the team's original announced second driver, Rob Ritchie, West Racing Formula took on Dutch driver Michelle Verweij.

Leaving Anglo-Irish Formula 4

• Harold Campbell-Bannerman moved to the Indonesian-based Jagonya Ayam! Racing to compete in the Asian Formula 3 series.
• 2019 runner-up Gabriel Hoffmann moved up to European Formula 3 to drive for PORE.
• Toshio Maka was awarded a place in BORC's Asian Formula 3 and ELMS teams for 2020.
• Hunter Autosport similarly promoted Siobhan McMahon to their ELMS project for 2020.
• Magda Szervánszky was promoted to F3 where she would drive for Hypernova.
• Reigning 2019 champion Ione Wilkerson left the series as per regulations prohibiting champions from defending their title.

Race Calendar

	Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie winner
1	Template:GBR Rochester Trophy	Brands Hatch	4 April
			5 April
2	Template:GBR Billy Monger Trophy	Thruxton	18 April
			19 April
3	Template:GBR International Trophy F4	Silverstone	2 May
			3 May
4	Template:GBR Sunflower Trophy	Bishopscourt	16 May
			17 May
5	Template:GBR International Gold Cup	Oulton Park	30 May
			31 May
6	Template:GBR British F4 Grand Prix	Donington Park	12 June
			13 June
7	Template:GBR Martin Donnelly Trophy	Kirkistown	27 June
			28 June
8	Connacht Trophy	Athlone	11 July
			12 July
9	Template:GBR Ulster Trophy	Lake Torrent	1 August
			2 August
10	Template:GBR Norfolk Trophy	Snetterton	15 August
			16 August
11	Template:GBR Birmingham Superprix F4	Birmingham	29 August
			30 August
12	Leinster Trophy	Mondello Park	19 September
			20 September
13	Template:GBR Formula 4 Final	Brands Hatch	3 October
			4 October