2019–20 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship explained

The 2019–20 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship was the seventh running of the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship. It began on 22 November 2019 at the Dubai Autodrome, United Arab Emirates, and finished on February 16 2020 at the Madras Motor Race Track in Chennai, India. The series was held over 15 races spanning three meetings.

Drivers

The following drivers contested the championship:^[1]

	Driver	Rounds
3	Dylan Young	All
6	Chetan Korada	All
8	Michelangelo Amendola	All
10	Bent Viscaal^[2]	2
13	Reece Ushijima	All
21	Josh Mason	All
26	Louis Foster^[3]	3
27	David Schumacher	2
29	Yuven Sundaramoorthy	All
71	Manaf Hijjawi	All
85	Valdemar Eriksen	All
99	Largim Ali	All

Calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Source
2019
1	1	Dubai Autodrome, Dubai	22 November	Michelangelo Amendola	Michelangelo Amendola	Michelangelo Amendola	^[4]
	R2		22 November		Michelangelo Amendola	Michelangelo Amendola
	R3		23 November	Michelangelo Amendola	Michelangelo Amendola	Dylan Young
	R4				Reece Ushijima	Yuven Sundaramoorthy
	R5			Reece Ushijima	Reece Ushijima	Michelangelo Amendola
2	R1	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	13 December	David Schumacher	Bent Viscaal	Bent Viscaal	^[5]
	R2		13 December		David Schumacher	David Schumacher	^[6]
	R3		14 December	David Schumacher	Bent Viscaal	Bent Viscaal	^[7]
	R4		14 December		David Schumacher	Dylan Young	^[8]
2020
3	R1	Madras Motor Race Track, Chennai	15 February	Michelangelo Amendola	Michelangelo Amendola	Michelangelo Amendola	^[9]
	R2				Louis Foster	Manaf Hijjawi	^[10]
	R3			Michelangelo Amendola	Michelangelo Amendola	Michelangelo Amendola	^[11]
	R4		16 February		Yuven Sundaramoorthy	Yuven Sundaramoorthy	^[12]
	R5			Yuven Sundaramoorthy	Louis Foster	Louis Foster
	R6				Yuven Sundaramoorthy	Dylan Young

Championship standings

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	2	2

Drivers' standings

	Driver	DUB					BHR				CHE						Points
1	align=left nowrap	Michelangelo Amendola	1	1	2	2	1	7	8	6	7	1	5	1	6	3	3	247
2	Dylan Young	3	Ret	1	5	3	4	3	5	1	2	4	2	3	6	1	223
3	Josh Mason	2	2	3	6	2	5	4	4	8	3	2	4	4	Ret	8	176
4	Manaf Hijjawi	8	3	4	4	7	9	7	4	2	6	1	5	2	Ret	DNS	148
5	Valdemar Eriksen	5	6	6	3	4	3	6	10	5	5	3	8	8	5	2	148
6	Yuven Sundaramoorthy	7	Ret	5	1	6	Ret	9	3	8	10	7	6	1	2	7	138
7	Reece Ushijima	6	5	7	7	5	6	5	7	9	8	8	9	9	4	5	104
8	Largim Ali	4	4	8	DNS	DNS	8	10	9	6	7	6	7	7	7	6	83
9	David Schumacher						2	1	2	3							82
10	Louis Foster										4	10	3	5	1	4	79
11	Bent Viscaal						1	2	1	Ret							72
12	Chetan Korada	9	7	9	8	8	Ret	11	11	10	9	9	10	10	8	9	31

External links

Notes and References

Web site: BRDC British F3's Joshua Mason leads MRF Challenge entry list. 20 November 2019 . 10 December 2019.
Web site: DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT David Schumacher and Bent Viscaal join the MRF Challenge for this weekend's Bahrain round! 18-year old Schumacher finished 4th in his first Formula Regional season. 20-year old Viscaal had a tough FIA F3 season and finished in 15th. (via @DarshanChokhani)pic.twitter.com/vpvjW2hSCK. Series. F1 Feeder. 2019-12-10. @F1FeederSeries1. en. 2019-12-11.
Web site: MRF Challenge in Chennai: Exciting battle on the cards as title to be decided over 6 races. Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd. en. 2020-02-13.
Web site: MRF Challenge 2019 - Round 1 Race 1. 2019-11-13. MRF Racing. en. 2019-12-10.
Web site: MRF Challenge 2019 - Round 2 Race 1. 2019-12-13. Al Kamel Systems. en. 2019-12-13.
Web site: MRF Challenge 2019 - Round 2 Race 2. 2019-12-13. Al Kamel Systems. en. 2019-12-13.
Web site: MRF Challenge Race 3 Classification. 14 December 2019. 14 December 2019.
Web site: MRF Challenge Race 4 Classification. 14 December 2019. 14 December 2019.
Web site: Finale Race 1 results #MRFRacing #MRFChallenge #Formula2000 #FormulaRacing #F2000pic.twitter.com/1cfwtQeJU5. Racing. M. R. F.. 2020-02-14. @MRF_Racing. en. 2020-02-15.
Web site: Finale Race 2 results #MRFRacing #MRFChallenge #Formula2000 #FormulaRacing #F2000pic.twitter.com/ywMI3WDU1T. Racing. M. R. F.. 2020-02-15. @MRF_Racing. en. 2020-02-15.
Web site: Finale Race 3 results #MRFRacing #MRFChallenge #Formula2000 #FormulaRacing #F2000. Racing. M. R. F.. 2020-02-16. @MRF_Racing. en. 2020-02-16.
Web site: Finale Race 4 results #MRFRacing #MRFChallenge #Formula2000 #FormulaRacing #F2000. Racing. M. R. F.. 2020-02-16. @MRF_Racing. en. 2020-02-16.