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.
- 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
- 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.
- After doubts had been raised over his future following his dismissal by West Racing Formula, Rob Ritchie was confirmed at Calinetic the day before pre-season testing started.
- 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
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