Some memorable moments of the first round of the first single-seater championship of 2021.
Round 1: Martí crash

The tire tracks explain what happened to the 100-meter mark, but how did the 50-meter mark get destroyed? Here is a link to the moment of incident: unfortunately, for a while the camera was following other cars.
Could motor racing be more interesting when more is left to viewers’ imagination? F4 UAE tested this theory throughout the weekend.
Race 2: four-way fight for P3
Given that 8 out of 14 drivers are in the same team (Xcel) would not it be nice for them to have a few distinct liveries? The minor color accents do not help very much when following the action through hand-held camera from large distance. So, props to Kirill Smal and his SMP Racing sponsors for making at least one of the Xcel cars instantly recognizable with its tricolor livery. Also, black car of Enzo Trulli and red-and-white of Hamda Al Qubaisi helped in watching the four-way battle for third; the fourth car involved was Jamie Day’s in standard Xcel livery.

Smal eventually took P3 on the last lap of the race.

Link to the beginning of this battle (unlike other races, this one was not streamed live on Youtube but appeared there later.
Race 3: fight for P3
Once again, Smal fought for, and took P3, where he finished. Maybe with better qualifying position in later rounds he’ll go further…
Race 4: before and after SC
Unlike the others, Race 4 uses a reverse grid, flipping top 8 positions at the end of Race 3. Yet again, Smal came from behind to take P3 shortly before SC appearance. Then he took P2 at the restart. And then…. he won the race but the lead change was never shown. Once again, more is left to our imagination.
Overall
Minor technical issues aside, it’s great to have single-seater racing back and being broadcast live on F4 UAE channel. I think the time display ought to be improved: having yellow/green/purple coding of sectors is nice, but the size of gap to the leader or to the driver directly in front would be more informative.