2017 F4 Spanish Championship

Last updated February 02, 2024

The 2017 F4 Spanish Championship was the second season of the Spanish F4 Championship. It was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, taking place in Spain, France and Portugal. The championship featured drivers competing in 1.4 litre Tatuus-Abarth single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. The series was organised by Koiranen GP and RFEDA.

MP Motorsport driver Christian Lundgaard won the drivers' championship after winning in the finale at Estoril.^[1] While his team successfully defended teams' title. Aleksandr Smolyar finished as runner-up to Lundgaard, winning more races than him, but Smolyar wasn't consistent as Lundgaard and lost by 36 points. The only other winner was another MP driver Bent Viscaal, who was victorious at Nogaro and Estoril and completed the top-three in the driver standings. Javier González, Guillem Pujeu, Tuomas Haapalainen and Lukas Dunner visited a podium step and shared places in top-eight in the driver standings. While Marta García, who finished ninth, was the only woman in the championship and the only competitor in the Female driver trophy, which she received at the end of the season.

Entry list

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Drivex School ^[2]	4	Javier Cobián^[2]	1
	58	Javier González^[3]	2–7
	88	Ivan Berets^[2]	1–5
	99	Jakes Caouette^[2]	All
MP Motorsport ^[4]	5	Christian Lundgaard ^[5]	All
	8	Lukas Dunner ^[4]	All
	12	Bent Viscaal ^[4]	All
	17	Nazim Azman ^[3]	2–7
	19	Marta García ^[6]F	All
SMP Racing ^[2]	7	Nikita Volegov^[2]	All
	10	Aleksandr Smolyar ^[2]	All
	22	Sami-Matti Trogen^[2]	1–5
	32	Tuomas Haapalainen^[2]	1–2, 4–7
	50	Juuso Puhakka^[2]	1
	77	Konsta Lappalainen ^[2]	4
FA Racing Team ^[7]	18	Guillem Pujeu^[7]	All
FA Racing Team ^[7]	21	Xavier Lloveras^[7]	1
Kart in Club Driving Academy^[8]	50	Juuso Puhakka^[8]	5
	69	Jesse Salmenautio^[8]	5, 7
	77	Konsta Lappalainen ^[8]	5–7

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar was announced on 17 April 2017^[9] and officially confirmed the 24 May 2017.^[10] The opening round in Alcañiz was in the support of the 2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5 while other round were stand-alone.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	24 June	Xavier Lloveras	Christian Lundgaard	Christian Lundgaard	MP Motorsport
	R2		24 June	Xavier Lloveras	Christian Lundgaard	Christian Lundgaard	MP Motorsport
	R3		25 June	Tuomas Haapalainen	Christian Lundgaard	Christian Lundgaard	MP Motorsport
2	R1	Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos	2 September	Christian Lundgaard	Bent Viscaal	Aleksandr Smolyar	SMP Racing
	R2		3 September	Christian Lundgaard	Bent Viscaal	Christian Lundgaard	MP Motorsport
	R3		3 September	Christian Lundgaard	Bent Viscaal	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport
3	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	17 September	Aleksandr Smolyar	Bent Viscaal	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport
3	R2	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	17 September	Aleksandr Smolyar	Bent Viscaal	Aleksandr Smolyar	SMP Racing
4	R1	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	23 September	Aleksandr Smolyar	Aleksandr Smolyar	Aleksandr Smolyar	SMP Racing
	R2		23 September	Aleksandr Smolyar	Aleksandr Smolyar	Aleksandr Smolyar	SMP Racing
	R3		24 September	Aleksandr Smolyar	Aleksandr Smolyar	Aleksandr Smolyar	SMP Racing
5	R1	Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos	14 October	Christian Lundgaard	Guillem Pujeu	Christian Lundgaard	MP Motorsport
	R2		15 October	Guillem Pujeu	Guillem Pujeu	Guillem Pujeu	FA Racing Team
	R3		15 October	Aleksandr Smolyar	Christian Lundgaard	Aleksandr Smolyar	SMP Racing
6	R1	Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro	28 October	Bent Viscaal	Christian Lundgaard	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport
	R2		29 October	Bent Viscaal	Christian Lundgaard	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport
	R3		29 October	Christian Lundgaard	Bent Viscaal	Aleksandr Smolyar	SMP Racing
7	R1	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril	11 November	Christian Lundgaard	Bent Viscaal	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport
	R2		11 November	Christian Lundgaard	Bent Viscaal	Christian Lundgaard	MP Motorsport
	R3		12 November	Bent Viscaal	Christian Lundgaard	Christian Lundgaard	MP Motorsport

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

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
Races	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

Female Trophy F

Pos	Driver	ALC			NAV1			CAT		JER			NAV2			NOG			EST			Pts
1	Christian Lundgaard	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	5	3	4	3	1	2	3	2	3	4	2	1	1	330
2	Bent Viscaal	Ret	3	8	6	2	1	1	2	7	7	4	2	3	2	1	1	2	1	2	DNS	266
3	Aleksandr Smolyar	2	Ret	11	1	3	10	3	1	1	1	1	DSQ	DSQ	1	3	2	1	3	4	9	263
4	Nikita Volegov	4	2	3	10	6	Ret	5	3	5	6	7	4	7	5	4	7	11	6	8	3	152
5	Javier González				8	7	4	4	4	2	2	2	6	6	7	Ret	4	8	8	7	2	146
6	Guillem Pujeu	6	7	5	DSQ	9	3	6	7	4	3	14†	10	1	10	7	8	5	7	3	4	135
7	Tuomas Haapalainen	3	Ret	2	3	4	8			8	DNS	12†	11	5	4	5	6	6	5	6	5	130
8	Lukas Dunner	7	Ret	4	4	5	Ret	11	6	11	8	6	3	4	8	6	5	3	4	5	Ret	129
9	Marta García F	10	6	6	9	12	7	8	9	6	5	13†	7	10	6	8	10	7	11	9	8	70
10	Ivan Berets	8	5	14†	12	13†	6	7	10	10	12	9	5	8	9							41
11	Nazim Azman				5	10	5	9	11	14	11	10	8	12	13	Ret	11	10	10	12	7	35
12	Sami-Matti Trogen	Ret	10	12†	7	8	11	12	8	9	Ret	5	14	9	16							23
13	Konsta Lappalainen									12	9	8	13	11	12	Ret	9	9	9	10	6	16
14	Juuso Puhakka	Ret	4	10									9	13	14							11
15	Xavier Lloveras	5	Ret	13†																		10
16	Jakes Caouette	9	9	9	11	11	9	10	12	13	10	11	12	15	11	9	12	12	13	Ret	11	9
17	Javier Cobián	Ret	8	7																		7
18	Jesse Salmenautio												15	14	15				12	11	10	1
Pos	Driver	ALC			NAV1			CAT		JER			NAV2			NOG			EST			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship

Points were awarded to the best 2 classified of each team.

Pos	Driver	ALC			NAV1			CAT		JER			NAV2			NOG			EST			Pts
1	MP Motorsport	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	3	4	3	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	619
1	MP Motorsport	7	3	4	5	2	2	2	5	6	5	4	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	7	619
2	SMP Racing	2	2	2	1	3	2	3	1	1	1	1	4	5	1	3	2	1	3	4	3	486
2	SMP Racing	3	4	3	3	4	5	5	3	5	6	5	11	7	4	4	6	6	5	6	5	486
3	Drivex School	8	5	7	8	7	4	4	4	2	2	2	5	6	7	9	4	8	8	7	2	198
3	Drivex School	9	8	9	11	11	6	7	10	10	10	9	6	8	9	Ret	12	12	13	Ret	11	198
4	FA Racing	5	7	5	DSQ	9	3	6	7	4	3	14†	10	1	10	7	8	5	7	3	4	140
4	FA Racing	6	Ret	13†																		140
5	Kart in Club Driving Academy												9	11	12	Ret	9	9	9	10	6	16
5	Kart in Club Driving Academy												13	13	14				12	11	10	16

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