The UAE's Formula 4 championship, which opens this season at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi from 28 December to 1 December, will witness an unprecedented one-seater event, when four women will participate for the first time in the history of the championship. Of them Gulf and British. The UAE will be represented by drivers Amna and Hamda Al Qubaisi, the two daughters of Khalid Al Qubaisi, the winner of the Dubai 24-hour race, and Saudi Rima Juffali, the winner of the UAE TRD86 Cup, and British Logan here. Previously in the tournament.
The race is a supportive event for the Etihad Airways Formula 1 Grand Prix, which will take place next week at the Yas Marina Circuit. `` The UAE Formula 4 Championship has grown into one of the best platforms to hone the talents of new talented drivers and enhance their career, '' said FIA Vice President Mohammed Bin Sulayem. He added: “It is very amazing that a number of women have participated in the championship and we wish them a lot of success.
Amina Al Qubaisi is a former Karting champion, and this year she participated in her second season in the Italian Formula 4 Championship, where she scored 10 of the top 20 results, while her sister Hamda started her career in motor sport by participating in kart racing in 2015 and was the first An Emirati girl is invited to join the FIA-supported Karting Academy Committee in 2016.
In contrast, Juffali started its first season of racing in October 2018 in the UAE's TRD86 Tour with Dragon Racing, the same team that won the UAE Formula 4 Drivers and Team Championship titles in the 2018 season. Karting at the age of 11 is the only woman who has started to participate in the UAE Formula 4 Championship until today.