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
- Joining Anglo-Irish Formula 4
- 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 with 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
Drivers' Championship
| Position
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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4th
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5th
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6th
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7th
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8th
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9th
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10th
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PP
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| Points
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15
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12
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10
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8
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6
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5
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4
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3
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2
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1
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2
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Key
| Colour |
Result
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| Gold |
Winner
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| Silver |
2nd place
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| Bronze |
3rd place
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| Green |
Points finish
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| Blue
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Non-points finish
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| Non-classified finish (NC)
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| Purple |
Did not finish (Ret)
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| Orange
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Did not qualify (DNQ)
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| Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
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| Black |
Disqualified (DSQ)
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| Pale Blue
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Withdrawn (WD)
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| Blank
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Did Not Enter (No text)
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| Excluded (EX)
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| Did not Start (DNS)
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| Did not Arrive (DNA)
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| Event cancelled (C)
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| Injured (INJ)
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| Bold denotes pole position
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| Italics denote fastest lap
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| † Classification despite retirement
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| ‡ Race not run to scheduled distance
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Rookie Cup
Italian F4
North American F4
South American F4
Asian F4
