2018 SMP F4 Championship
The 2018 SMP F4 Championship was the fourth season of the SMP F4 Championship. The series is also known as FIA North-European Zone (NEZ) championship. Koiranen GP, despite of creating Formula Academy Finland,[1] continues as the promoter.[2] The season started in Smolensk Ring on 5 May and finished in Assen Circuit on 21 October.[3]
2018 SMP F4 Championship | |||
Previous: | 2017 | Next: | 2019 |
Champion Konsta Lappalainen wins 7 races, as runner-up Mikhael Belov take 5 race wins, as Isac Blomqvist take 3 victories. Amaury Cordeel and Ivan Berets take 2 podiums on top, Tuomas Happalainen and Pavel Bulantsev take 1 race win. Russian won 2nd race on NRING Circuit, as Finnish driver wins in 2nd race on Ahvenisto Race Circuit.
Drivers
Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | ||
12 | 1–4 | ||
52 | 7 | ||
64 | All | ||
888 | 3–5, 7 | ||
2 | All | ||
7 | 2 | ||
11 | All | ||
16 | All | ||
20 | All | ||
21 | All | ||
27 | All | ||
41 | 3 | ||
4 | |||
7 | |||
57 | All | ||
3 | 7 | ||
10 | All | ||
69 | All | ||
12 | 6 | ||
32 | 3–5 | ||
6 | |||
56 | 3–6 |
Race calendar
On 27 April 2018 the calendar was announced. For the first time of the existence of the championship Sochi Autodrom hadn't get a slot in the schedule. Circuit Zandvoort was swapped by Assen Circuit. While Autodrom Moscow and NRING Circuit were included into the calendar for the first time.[3] Round 6 was originally scheduled to be held at 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 | |
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1 | R1 | 5 May | 2018 Russian Circuit Racing Series | |||||
R2 | ||||||||
R3 | 6 May | |||||||
2 | R4 | 2 June | ||||||
R5 | ||||||||
R6 | 3 June | |||||||
3 | R7 | 11 August | ||||||
R8 | ||||||||
R9 | 12 August | |||||||
4 | R10 | 18 August | Mitjet Russian Cup IV | |||||
R11 | ||||||||
R12 | 19 August | |||||||
5 | R13 | 1 September | Rata-SM | |||||
R14 | ||||||||
R15 | 2 September | |||||||
6 | R16 | 22 September | Rata-SM | |||||
R17 | ||||||||
R18 | 23 September | |||||||
7 | R19 | 20 October | Hankook Finaleraces | |||||
R20 | ||||||||
R21 | 21 October |
Championship standings
Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.
Races | Position, points per race | |||||||||
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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
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Bold – Pole |
Notes:
- † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Footnotes
- Schott is a Swiss driver who raced under Finnish racing license.
- Cordeel is a Belgian driver who raced under Finnish racing license.
References
- 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
- Wood, Elliot. "F4 NEZ reveals 2018 calendar". formulascout.com (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.
- "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.
- "THE 2018 SMP F4 NEZ GRID CONTINUES TO GROW". April 6, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
- "THREE MORE RUSSIAN DRIVERS JOIN THE 2018 SMP F4 NEZ CHAMPIONSHIP". smpf4championship.com. SMP F4 Championship. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- "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.