2018 SMP F4 Championship
The 2018 SMP F4 Championship was the fourth season of the
Assen Circuit on 21 October.[3]
Champion Konsta Lappalainen won seven races, with runner-up Michael Belov and third-placed Isac Blomqvist taking five and three victories respectively.
Drivers
Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|
MP Motorsport | 1 | Freek Schothorst[4] | 1 |
12 | Patrick Schott[5][N 1] | 1–4 | |
52 | László Tóth | 7 | |
64 | Isac Blomqvist[1] | All | |
888 | Amaury Cordeel[6][N 1] | 3–5, 7 | |
SMP Racing | 2 | Pavel Bulantsev[1] | All |
7 | Nikita Volegov[7] | 2 | |
11 | Aleksandr Vilaev[8] | All | |
16 | Nikita Aleksandrov[8] | All | |
20 | Ivan Berets[1] | All | |
21 | Artem Lobanenko[9] | All | |
27 | Ivan Shvetsov[9] | All | |
41 | Aleksandr Vartanyan[1] | 3 | |
Denis Bulatov | 4 | ||
Irina Sidorkova | 7 | ||
57 | Michael Belov[9] | All | |
Formula Academy
|
3 | Noah Watt | 7 |
Kart In Club Driving Academy | 10 | Konsta Lappalainen[10] | All |
69 | Jesse Salmenautio[10] | All | |
Jimi Hannus Racing | 12 | Jimi Hannus | 6 |
Koiranen GP
|
32 | Tuomas Haapalainen[6] | 3–5 |
Mi Maijala | 6 | ||
56 | Markus Laitala[6] | 3–6 |
Race calendar
On 27 April 2018 the calendar was announced. For the first time of the existence of the championship
Auto24ring on 15–16 September, but was rescheduled to take place at Alastaro Circuit on 22–23 September.[11]
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Supporting | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | R1 | Smolensk Ring, Safonovo | 5 May | Isac Blomqvist | Isac Blomqvist | Isac Blomqvist | MP Motorsport | 2018 Russian Circuit Racing Series |
R2 | Konsta Lappalainen | Isac Blomqvist | MP Motorsport | |||||
R3 | 6 May | Ivan Berets | Freek Schothorst | Ivan Berets | SMP Racing | |||
2 | R4 | NRING Circuit, Bogorodsk | 2 June | Konsta Lappalainen | Michael Belov | Michael Belov | SMP Racing | |
R5 | Isac Blomqvist | Pavel Bulantsev | SMP Racing | |||||
R6 | 3 June | Michael Belov | Michael Belov | Michael Belov | SMP Racing | |||
3 | R7 | Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk | 11 August | Konsta Lappalainen | Tuomas Haapalainen | Konsta Lappalainen | Kart In Club Driving Academy | |
R8 | Isac Blomqvist | Isac Blomqvist | MP Motorsport | |||||
R9 | 12 August | Konsta Lappalainen | Aleksandr Vartanyan | Konsta Lappalainen | Kart In Club Driving Academy | |||
4 | R10 | Autodrom Moscow, Myachkovo Airport | 18 August | Konsta Lappalainen | Konsta Lappalainen | Konsta Lappalainen | Kart In Club Driving Academy | Mitjet Russian Cup IV |
R11 | Konsta Lappalainen | Konsta Lappalainen | Kart In Club Driving Academy | |||||
R12 | 19 August | Amaury Cordeel | Amaury Cordeel | Amaury Cordeel | MP Motorsport | |||
5 | R13 | Ahvenisto Race Circuit, Hämeenlinna | 1 September | Michael Belov | Konsta Lappalainen | Konsta Lappalainen | Kart In Club Driving Academy | Rata-SM |
R14 | Pavel Bulantsev | Tuomas Haapalainen | Koiranen GP
| |||||
R15 | 2 September | Michael Belov | Michael Belov | Michael Belov | SMP Racing | |||
6 | R16 | Alastaro Circuit, Loimaa | 22 September | Pavel Bulantsev | Michael Belov | Konsta Lappalainen | Kart In Club Driving Academy | Rata-SM |
R17 | Ivan Berets | Michael Belov | SMP Racing | |||||
R18 | 23 September | Michael Belov | Michael Belov | Konsta Lappalainen | Kart In Club Driving Academy | |||
7 | R19 | Assen Circuit, Assen
|
20 October | Ivan Berets | Michael Belov | Michael Belov | SMP Racing | Hankook Finaleraces |
R20 | Amaury Cordeel | Amaury Cordeel | MP Motorsport | |||||
R21 | 21 October | Ivan Berets | Michael Belov | Ivan Berets | SMP Racing |
Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap.
Races | Position, points per race | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
Races 1 & 3 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Race 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' championship
|
Bold – Pole |
Notes:
- † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Footnotes
References
- ^ a b c d e Wood, Elliot (14 February 2018). "SMP trio named among first drivers for 2018 F4 NEZ season". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ F4 NEZ CHAMPIONSHIP certified by FIA SPORTING REGULATIONS 2018 Art.8, page 4
- ^ a b Wood, Elliot. "F4 NEZ reveals 2018 calendar". formulascout.com. No. 27 April 2018. Formula Scout. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ Woollard, Craig (4 May 2018). "World's Fastest Gamer finalist Freek Schothorst to make car racing debut in F4 NEZ". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ "MP MOTORSPORT LINES UP PATRICK SCHOTT FOR NEZ AND SPANISH F4". 19 March 2018. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ a b c "MOSCOW RACEWAY HOSTING THE THIRD RACE WEEKEND OF SMP F4 NEZ CHAMPIONSHIP". smpf4championship.com. SMP F4 Championship. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ^ "Nikita Volegov". smpf4championship.com. SMP F4 Championship. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ a b "THE 2018 SMP F4 NEZ GRID CONTINUES TO GROW". April 6, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
- ^ a b c "THREE MORE RUSSIAN DRIVERS JOIN THE 2018 SMP F4 NEZ CHAMPIONSHIP". smpf4championship.com. SMP F4 Championship. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ a b "FINNISH RACING TEAM FILLS THE GRID OF THE 2018 SMP F4 NEZ CHAMPIONSHIP". smpf4championship.com. SMP F4 Championship. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Changes in SMP F4 NEZ Championship Calendar". SMP F4 Championship. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.