F4UAE to take place at Yas Marina today

abu dhabi — Competitors in the new FIA-accredited Formula 4 UAE Championship will be given their first opportunity to race at speed in the Middle East when the Home of F4UAE, Yas Marina Circuit, hosts the first official event for the 2016/2017 season this weekend.

F4UAE is considered one of the most important additions to the UAE’s local motorsport calendar and is the first of its kind in the MENA region for developing young driver talent.

The six-event season will begin this weekend with a non-championship Trophy Event, where motorsport fans will witness the new formula cars on track across three days starting today as part of the Yas Racing Series.

Utilising the latest Tatuus chassis from Italy with the Abarth Turbo engine, the new open-wheeler category will not only allow new drivers extra seat time to become familiar with the unique purpose-built race cars, but will give teams the opportunity to test and refine their engineering and operations ahead of an extensive racing calendar that will run through the Middle East winter until March next year.

Open to drivers aged 15 years and above, F4 was created by world’s governing body of motorsport, the FIA, to help young drivers bridge the gap between existing regional racing series and karting, to European competition and potentially Formula 1.

F4UAE has already attracted entries from around the GCC region, including locally known motorsport operations such as Abu Dhabi Racing and the ATCUE, Energy Dubai F4 Racing Team, Dragon Racing, Rasgaira Motorsports and the Qatar Motor & Motorsport Federation (QMMF).