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	Ken Wyn Jones		All
	2	Óscar Sandoval		All
VA Racing Academy [?]	3	Michael McManus	R	All
	4	Kostas Fokaides	R	All
West Racing Formula [?]	5	Clara Descoteaux		All
	7	Michelle Verweij	R	All
Carlin [?]	10	Odhrán Mac Aodha		All
	16	Harry Platten		All
Viva Automobile [?]	11	Samson Enoh		All
	21	B. K. Glover	R	All
Plus One Racing Engineering [?]	12	Ramy Ghazal		All
	13	Shaun McKenzie	R	All
JC Arden [?]	14	Charles Rawstorne		All
	15	Laurens van Hoepen	R	All
Johnson Cohen Racing [?]	23	Richard Hewitt	R	All
Fortec Motorsport [?]	24	Agnes Hertz	R	All
	25	Anthony Barnett	R	All
Peak Aeroracing Engineering [?]	26	Jemma Triggs		All
	27	Gerallt Davies		All
Falcon Motorsport [?]	29	Lucca Allen	R	All
BORC Development UK [?]	30	Siobhán de Bhailéara		All
	31	Patrik Moravec	R	All
FXS Racing [?]	39	Marina Ivanović		All
Calinetic Junior Squad [?]	90	Tom Popplewell	R	All
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.
• 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

• 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.
• Collin Daley Jr. returned to Jamaica in the hopes of gaining an F3 Americas seat.
• 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.
• 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
1	Rochester Trophy	Brands Hatch	4 April	1
			5 April	2
2	Billy Monger Trophy	Thruxton	18 April	3
			19 April	4
3	International Trophy F4	Silverstone	2 May	5
			3 May	6
4	Sunflower Trophy	Bishopscourt	16 May	7
			17 May	8
5	International Gold Cup	Oulton Park	30 May	9
			31 May	10
6	British F4 Grand Prix	Donington Park	12 June	11
			13 June	12
7	Martin Donnelly Trophy	Kirkistown	27 June	13
			28 June	14
8	Connacht Trophy	Athlone	11 July	15
			12 July	16
9	Ulster Trophy	Lake Torrent	1 August	17
			2 August	18
10	Norfolk Trophy	Snetterton	15 August	19
			16 August	20
11	Birmingham Superprix F4	Birmingham	29 August	21
			30 August	22
12	Leinster Trophy	Mondello Park	19 September	23
			20 September	24
13	Formula 4 Final	Brands Hatch	3 October	25
			4 October	26