2020 Anglo-Irish Formula 4 season
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2020 Anglo-Irish F4 | |
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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 |
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MK Scuderia [?] | 1 | Ken Wyn Jones | TBA | |
2 | Óscar Sandoval | TBA | ||
VA Racing Academy [?] | 3 | Michael McManus | R | TBA |
4 | Kostas Fokaides | R | TBA | |
West Racing Formula [?] | 5 | Clara Descoteaux | TBA | |
7 | Michelle Verweij | R | TBA | |
Carlin [?] | 10 | Odhrán Mac Aodha | TBA | |
16 | TBA | TBA | ||
Viva Automobile [?] | 11 | Samson Enoh | TBA | |
Plus One Racing Engineering [?] | 12 | Ramy Ghazal | TBA | |
13 | Shaun McKenzie | R | TBA | |
JC Arden [?] | 14 | TBA | TBA | |
15 | TBA | TBA | ||
Johnson Cohen Racing [?] | 23 | Richard Hewitt | R | TBA |
Fortec Motorsport [?] | 24 | Agnes Hertz | R | TBA |
25 | Anthony Barnett | R | TBA | |
Peak Aeroracing Engineering [?] | 26 | Jemma Triggs | TBA | |
27 | Gerallt Davies | TBA | ||
Falcon Motorsport [?] | 29 | TBA | TBA | |
BORC Development UK [?] | 30 | Siobhán de Bhailéara | TBA | |
31 | Patrik Moravec | R | TBA | |
FXS Racing [?] | 39 | Marina Ivanović | TBA | |
Team Macmillan [?] | 56 | B.K. Glover | R | TBA |
57 | TBA | TBA | ||
Calinetic Junior Squad [?] | 90 | TBA | TBA | |
91 | TBA | TBA | ||
Hunter Autosport [?] | 98 | TBA | TBA | |
99 | TBA | TBA |
- Number of cars entered by each team based purely on conjecture and subject to change.
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.
- Joining Anglo-Irish Formula 4
- 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.
- 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 | |
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1 | Rochester Trophy | Brands Hatch | 4 April | |||||
5 April | ||||||||
2 | Billy Monger Trophy | Thruxton | 18 April | |||||
19 April | ||||||||
3 | International Trophy F4 | Silverstone | 2 May | |||||
3 May | ||||||||
4 | Sunflower Trophy | Bishopscourt | 16 May | |||||
17 May | ||||||||
5 | International Gold Cup | Oulton Park | 30 May | |||||
31 May | ||||||||
6 | British F4 Grand Prix | Donington Park | 12 June | |||||
13 June | ||||||||
7 | Martin Donnelly Trophy | Kirkistown | 27 June | |||||
28 June | ||||||||
8 | Connacht Trophy | Athlone | 11 July | |||||
12 July | ||||||||
9 | Ulster Trophy | Lake Torrent | 1 August | |||||
2 August | ||||||||
10 | Norfolk Trophy | Snetterton | 15 August | |||||
16 August | ||||||||
11 | Birmingham Superprix F4 | Birmingham | 29 August | |||||
30 August | ||||||||
12 | Leinster Trophy | Mondello Park | 19 September | |||||
20 September | ||||||||
13 | Formula 4 Final | Brands Hatch | 3 October | |||||
4 October |