2015 SMP F4 Championship

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The 2015 SMP F4 Championship season in motorsport, was the inaugural season of the SMP F4 Championship, a racing series regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. It was a motor racing series for the North European Zone (NEZ) held in Estonia, Finland and Russia. The 2015 season began on 16 May at Ahvenisto in Finland [1] and finished on 3 October at the auto24ring in Estonia, [2] after seven triple header rounds.

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The series' inaugural champion was Finnish driver Niko Kari in his first season of car racing. [3] Kari took seven overall wins (including a weekend sweep at Moscow Raceway) during the 2015 season, but also added five class victories behind British driver Enaam Ahmed – who was ineligible to score championship points – for a total of twelve during the season. Kari finished over 150 points clear of his next closest rival, Vladimir Atoev; Atoev won three races, all coming on the same weekend at Alastaro. Third place in the championship was settled in the final race in Estonia; Nerses Isaakyan took five runner-up positions in six races which allowed him to overhaul Aleksanteri Huovinen in the championship standings. Huovinen was another three-time race winner; winning twice at Ahvenisto and once at Moscow Raceway. Two other drivers won races in 2015 as Aleksey Korneev won races at Moscow Raceway and Sochi, while Nikita Troitskiy won the third race at Ahvenisto; the drivers finished fifth and sixth in the drivers' championship.

Drivers

No.DriverRounds
2 Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Matveev [4] All
3 Flag of Sweden.svg Joel Eriksson [5] 1
5 Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari [6] All
7 Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Troitskiy [4] 1–4, 6–7
10 Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Atoev [4] All
12 Flag of Finland.svg Aleksanteri Huovinen [4] All
14 Flag of Finland.svg Simo Laaksonen [7] 3–4, 6–7
17 Flag of Russia.svg Nerses Isaakyan [4] All
21 Flag of Russia.svg Aleksey Korneev [8] All
23 Flag of Finland.svg Niklas Nylund [9] All
29 Flag of Russia.svg Denis Mavlanov [8] 1–5, 7
32 Flag of Georgia.svg Roman Lebedev6
34 Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Sitnikov [8] All
41 Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Vartanyan5–6
65 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Enaam Ahmed [10] 1, 3–5, 7
71 Flag of Russia.svg Semen Evstigneev [11] 1, 3–7
77 Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Maslennikov [8] All
96 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Kabakov [8] 1–3

Race calendar and results

The round at Moscow Raceway, held over 5–7 June, was a support event to the FIA WTCC Race of Russia. [1] The original scheduled final meeting was scheduled to be held over 18–20 September at Sochi Autodrom, [12] but was first postponed to 2–3 October and later moved to the Auto24ring. [2]

RoundCircuit, LocationDatePole PositionFastest LapWinning Driver
1R1 Flag of Finland.svg Ahvenisto Race Circuit, Hämeenlinna 16 May Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Atoev Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari Flag of Finland.svg Aleksanteri Huovinen
R217 May Flag of Finland.svg Aleksanteri Huovinen Flag of Finland.svg Aleksanteri Huovinen
R3 Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Atoev Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Troitskiy
2R4 Flag of Russia.svg Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 6 June Flag of Russia.svg Aleksey Korneev Flag of Finland.svg Aleksanteri Huovinen Flag of Finland.svg Aleksanteri Huovinen
R57 June Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari
R6 Flag of Russia.svg Aleksey Korneev Flag of Russia.svg Aleksey Korneev Flag of Russia.svg Aleksey Korneev
3R7 Flag of Russia.svg Sochi Autodrom, Sochi 20 June Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Atoev Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari
R821 June Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari
R9 Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari Flag of Russia.svg Aleksey Korneev
4R10 Flag of Finland.svg Alastaro Circuit, Loimaa 15 August Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Atoev Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Atoev Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Atoev
R1116 August Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Atoev Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Atoev
R12 Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Atoev Flag of Russia.svg Nerses Isaakyan Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Atoev
5R13 Flag of Estonia.svg Auto24ring, Audru 29 August Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Atoev Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Enaam Ahmed
R14 Flag of Finland.svg Niklas Nylund Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Enaam Ahmed
R15 Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari Flag of Russia.svg Nerses Isaakyan Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari
6R16 Flag of Russia.svg Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 5 September Flag of Russia.svg Nerses Isaakyan Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari
R176 September Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari
R18 Flag of Russia.svg Nerses Isaakyan Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari
7R19 Flag of Estonia.svg Auto24ring, Audru 3 October Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Enaam Ahmed Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Enaam Ahmed
R20 Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Troitskiy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Enaam Ahmed
R21 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Enaam Ahmed Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Atoev Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Enaam Ahmed

Championship standings

PosDriver AHV
Flag of Finland.svg
MSC
Flag of Russia.svg
SOC
Flag of Russia.svg
ALA
Flag of Finland.svg
AUD
Flag of Estonia.svg
MSC
Flag of Russia.svg
AUD
Flag of Estonia.svg
Pts
1 Flag of Finland.svg Niko Kari 2Ret2212114222221111222449
2 Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Atoev 32435833811153210510435296
3 Flag of Russia.svg Nerses Isaakyan413†55467833Ret46Ret5222353234
4 Flag of Finland.svg Aleksanteri Huovinen1161234Ret127697486455811229
5 Flag of Russia.svg Aleksey Korneev10Ret7NC712214378549Ret61196191
6 Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Troitskiy Ret61Ret65DNS628Ret125331049149
7 Flag of Finland.svg Niklas NylundRet989Ret455664837Ret313†41310Ret136
8 Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Matveev6513†1010108759Ret5463139766Ret131
9 Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Sitnikov8714†43712Ret713Ret10101071269974104
10 Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Maslennikov981069910RetRet107Ret9912†77Ret8Ret866
11 Flag of Finland.svg Simo Laaksonen 610Ret1156888711760
12 Flag of Sweden.svg Joel Eriksson 124330
13 Flag of Russia.svg Artem Kabakov710Ret78111411†Ret21
14 Flag of Russia.svg Denis Mavlanov111212811DSQ119101481112121112121020
15 Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Vartanyan1111104101117
16 Flag of Russia.svg Semen EvstigneevRet111113Ret1112RetRet1389111113†14RetDSQ13
Drivers with non-NEZ licence ineligible for championship points
- Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Enaam Ahmed 53994959†31161110
- Flag of Georgia.svg Roman Lebedev1412120
PosDriver AHV
Flag of Finland.svg
MSC
Flag of Russia.svg
SOC
Flag of Russia.svg
ALA
Flag of Finland.svg
AUD
Flag of Estonia.svg
MSC
Flag of Russia.svg
AUD
Flag of Estonia.svg
Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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