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
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 North American F4
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 South American F4
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 Asian F4
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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 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.
- Team Macmillan withdrew weeks before the start of the season.
- 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
- Collin Daley Jr. moved to Carlin after being squeezed out by Calinetic's downsizing.
- 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.
- 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.
- Irish rookie driver Shaun McKenzie signed for Plus One Racing Engineering.
- Tom Popplewell would drive for a downsized Calinetic.
- 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
- João Almeida was last seen backpacking with friends along the Teles Pires river in Brazil's Cristalino State Park on January 14th, 2020.
- William Bronson was dropped by Fortec after they lost their patience with him.
- Harold Campbell-Bannerman moved to the Indonesian-based Jagonya Ayam! Racing to compete in the Asian Formula 3 series.
- Shawn DiBenedetto joined the Road to Indy ladder.
- 2019 runner-up Gabriel Hoffmann moved up to European Formula 3 to drive for PORE.
- Guillaume Laurier mysteriously vanished while on holiday with his family in Dakar.
- Emma Le Blan vanished at the exact same moment as the rest of the Panthera organisation. Scientists are still debating the cause to this day.
- Alfie Lockwood opened a bakery in Truro.
- Toshio Maka was awarded a place in BORC's Asian Formula 3 and ELMS teams for 2020.
- Nakaguri Morioka went home to his family in disgrace.
- Hunter Autosport similarly promoted Siobhan McMahon to their ELMS project for 2020. It is unknown as yet what Jake's plans are.
- Harry Platten was left without a drive just days before the season began as Carlin opted to replace him the the more experienced Collin Daley Jr.
- Ethan Renaud has been cryptic regarding his plans for 2020, simply repeating "l'hibou."
- Magda Szervánszky was promoted to F3 where she would drive for Hypernova.
- Will Tregurtha is also doing something weird this year, but because he's a real person and I don't want to risk a libel charge, I won't say anything.
- 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 | Template:GBR Rochester Trophy | Brands Hatch | 4 April | 1 | |||||
| 5 April | 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | Template:GBR Billy Monger Trophy | Thruxton | 18 April | 3 | |||||
| 19 April | 4 | ||||||||
| 3 | Template:GBR International Trophy F4 | Silverstone | 2 May | 5 | |||||
| 3 May | 6 | ||||||||
| 4 | Template:GBR Sunflower Trophy | Bishopscourt | 16 May | 7 | |||||
| 17 May | 8 | ||||||||
| 5 | Template:GBR International Gold Cup | Oulton Park | 30 May | 9 | |||||
| 31 May | 10 | ||||||||
| 6 | Template:GBR British F4 Grand Prix | Donington Park | 12 June | 11 | |||||
| 13 June | 12 | ||||||||
| 7 | Template:GBR Martin Donnelly Trophy | Kirkistown | 27 June | 13 | |||||
| 28 June | 14 | ||||||||
| 8 |  Connacht Trophy
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Athlone | 11 July | 15 | |||||
| 12 July | 16 | ||||||||
| 9 | Template:GBR Ulster Trophy | Lake Torrent | 1 August | 17 | |||||
| 2 August | 18 | ||||||||
| 10 | Template:GBR Norfolk Trophy | Snetterton | 15 August | 19 | |||||
| 16 August | 20 | ||||||||
| 11 | Template:GBR Birmingham Superprix F4 | Birmingham | 29 August | 21 | |||||
| 30 August | 22 | ||||||||
| 12 | Leinster Trophy
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Mondello Park | 19 September | 23 | |||||
| 20 September | 24 | ||||||||
| 13 | Template:GBR Formula 4 Final | Brands Hatch | 3 October | 25 | |||||
| 4 October | 26 |