2017 SMP F4 Championship

2017 SMP F4 Championship

Drivers' Champion: Christian Lundgaard

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The 2017 SMP F4 Championship is the third season of the SMP F4 Championship. The series is also known as FIA North-European Zone (NEZ) championship.

Among the team partaking in the championship are SMP Racing (who have been partaking in the series since its inception), MP Motorsport, in its second season, and debutants FA Racing Team, ALM Motorsport, Lappalainen Racing Team and AKK Academy. ^{[1] [2]}

Despite more teams running the cars, the so-called single-operation remains. All cars have identical set-up including tyre pressure. ^[3]

The series is a FIA North-European Zone (NEZ) championship and drivers must hold a valid annual license issued by one of the NEZ ASNs to score points. ^[4] NEZ Council, however, agreed in its meeting in 30 November 2016 to allow KNAF license holders to score points in the championship again in 2017 season. The exception is valid for 2017 season only and Dutch drivers aren't eligible to any other NEZ cups or championships. ^[5]

Several drivers outside North-European Zone and the Netherlands hold licenses issued by zone ASNs and are allowed to score points: Guillem Pujeu and Xavier Lloveras represent Finland (AKK Motorsports), Gülhüseyn Abdullayev Russia (RAF) and Lukas Dunner Netherlands (KNAF).

Drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
MP Motorsport [1]	2	Tristan Charpentier [6]	1, 3
	5	Christian Lundgaard [6]	All
	8	Lukas Dunner [6]	All
	12	Bent Viscaal [6]	All
	14	John Peters [7]	1–3
	17	Nazim Azman	7
	19	Marta García [8]	5
SMP Racing	3	Milen Ponomarenko [7]	1–6
	6	Vladimiros Tziortzis [7]	All
	7	Nikita Volegov [7]	All
	10	Aleksandr Smolyar [7]	All
	17	Nerses Isaakyan [9]	6
	23	Roman Lebedev [10]	3
	25	Nikita Sitnikov [9]	6
	27	Ivan Shvetsov [11]	4–7
	55	Gülhüseyn Abdullayev [7]	All
	57	Michael Belov [7]	All
	88	Ivan Berets [7]	All
FA Racing Team [12]	18	Guillem Pujeu [7]	1–6
	21	Xavier Lloveras [7]	1–5
AKK Academy [2]	22	Sami-Matti Trogen [13]	All
	32	Tuomas Haapalainen [14]	All
	76	Elias Niskanen [15]	1–5
ALM Motorsport [12]	33	Jan-Erik Meikup [12]	1–5
	44	Sten Piirimägi [12]	1, 3–5, 7
Lappalainen Team [12]	50	Juuso Puhakka [16]	All
	77	Konsta Lappalainen	7

Race calendar

Round		Circuit [17]	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Supporting
1	R1	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi	19 May	Xavier Lloveras	Bent Viscaal	Xavier Lloveras	FA Racing Team	Mitjet 2L
	R2		20 May		Christian Lundgaard	Christian Lundgaard	MP Motorsport
	R3			Aleksandr Smolyar	Christian Lundgaard	Christian Lundgaard	MP Motorsport
2	R4	Smolensk Ring, Safonovo	27 May	Xavier Lloveras	Christian Lundgaard	Juuso Puhakka	Lappalainen Team	Russian Circuit Racing Series
	R5		28 May		Christian Lundgaard	Nikita Volegov	SMP Racing
	R6			Tuomas Haapalainen	Aleksandr Smolyar	Tuomas Haapalainen	AKK Academy
3	R7	Ahvenisto Race Circuit, Hämeenlinna	3 June	Sami-Matti Trogen	Juuso Puhakka	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport
	R8				Michael Belov	Nikita Volegov	SMP Racing
	R9		4 June	Christian Lundgaard	Christian Lundgaard	Christian Lundgaard	MP Motorsport
4	R10	auto24ring, Audru	1 July	Xavier Lloveras	Christian Lundgaard	Christian Lundgaard	MP Motorsport	Estonian Grand Prix
	R11				Nikita Volegov	Christian Lundgaard	MP Motorsport
	R12		2 July	Christian Lundgaard	Sten Piirimägi	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport
5	R13	Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk	15 July	Christian Lundgaard	Juuso Puhakka	Christian Lundgaard	MP Motorsport	Russian Endurance Challenge
	R14		16 July		Christian Lundgaard	Christian Lundgaard	MP Motorsport
	R15			Christian Lundgaard	Juuso Puhakka	Tuomas Haapalainen	AKK Academy
6	R16	Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk	19 August	Christian Lundgaard	Christian Lundgaard	Christian Lundgaard	MP Motorsport	Russian Circuit Racing Series
	R17				Christian Lundgaard	Christian Lundgaard	MP Motorsport
	R18		20 August	Christian Lundgaard	Christian Lundgaard	Tuomas Haapalainen	AKK Academy
7	R19	TT Circuit Assen, Assen	21 October	Aleksandr Smolyar	Tuomas Haapalainen	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport	Formido Finaleraces
	R20		22 October		Aleksandr Smolyar	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport
	R21			Christian Lundgaard	Aleksandr Smolyar	Christian Lundgaard	MP Motorsport

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
	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

Pos	Driver	SOC			SMO			AHV			AUD			MSC1			MSC2			ASS			Pts
1	Christian Lundgaard	5	1	1	2	6	3	7	7	1	1	1	Ret	1	1	3	1	1	11	Ret	2	1	292
2	Bent Viscaal	2	8	2	8	5	8	1	Ret	8	9	14	1	4	4	7	5	6	3	1	1	2	218
3	Aleksandr Smolyar	3	3	19	3	3	4	3	3	4	6	5	2	2	3	8	6	17	5	2	3	6	217
4	Tuomas Haapalainen	4	5	5	11	7	1	11	10	5	5	15	3	6	2	1	2	2	1	8	7	4	208
5	Nikita Volegov	Ret	11	3	5	1	6	2	1	6	4	2	15	5	Ret	4	7	8	10	7	4	12	157
6	Xavier Lloveras	1	2	4	4	2	2	6	6	3	2	3	6	11	7	15							156
7	Juuso Puhakka	6	12	9	1	DSQ	5	10	5	2	3	6	Ret	10	9	2	10	7	7	4	8	8	136
8	Michael Belov	9	9	8	9	4	Ret	4	4	9	DNS	Ret	4	7	6	5	Ret	5	4	10	13	3	104
9	Sami-Matti Trogen	17	15	12	10	12	14	8	2	7	11	12	Ret	3	5	9	4	4	14	5	9	5	86
10	Vladimiros Tziortzis	Ret	4	16	6	Ret	9	16	9	10	7	4	12	14	11	14	3	3	2	Ret	10	11	76
11	Sten Piirimägi	8	7	13				13	12	14	8	9	5	8	13	12				6	6	7	42
12	Jan-Erik Meikup	11	18	7	7	9	7	5	8	12	14	13	DSQ	WD	WD	WD							29
13	Lukas Dunner	10	13	10				Ret	Ret	13	10	7	13	9	12	10	8	9	8	Ret	5	9	24
14	Elias Niskanen	7	10	6	15	10	10	9	Ret	11	12	18	9	Ret	14	17							19
15	Konsta Lappalainen																			3	12	10	16
16	Guillem Pujeu	14	19	17	12	Ret	13	18	15	Ret	Ret	8	7	12	8	13	12	10	6				16
17	Marta García													17	Ret	6							8
18	Ivan Berets	13	14	14	13	11	12	12	11	15	13	10	8	13	10	11	14	14	13	Ret	11	Ret	5
19	John Peters	12	6	11	17	Ret	16	15	13	DNS													4
20	Gülhüseyn Abdullayev	Ret	EX	18	16	8	11	17	16	16	16	11	10	15	Ret	16	15	15	16	Ret	15	14	2
21	Ivan Shvetsov										Ret	17	14	Ret	15	19	9	11	12	Ret	DNS	DNS	2
22	Nerses Isaakyan																11	12	9				2
23	Nazim Azman																			9	16	15	2
24	Nikita Sitnikov																13	13	17				0
25	Roman Lebedev							14	14	17													0
26	Milen Ponomarenko	15	16	15	14	Ret	15	WD	WD	WD	15	16	Ret	16	16	18	16	16	15				0
27	Tristan Charpentier	16	17	Ret				WD	WD	WD													0
Pos	Driver	SOC			SMO			AHV			AUD			MSC1			MSC2			ASS			Pts

References

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9. "Preview: Moscow round 6". 17 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
10. "AHVENISTO ROUND 3 STARTS TOMORROW". SMP F4 Championship. 1 June 2017. Archived from the original on 7 June 2017.
11. "SMP F4 NEZ Championship round 4, Pärnu calling". 29 June 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
12. "ALM MOTORSPORT LINE-UP COMPLETED FOR 2017 SEASON IN F4 NEZ". 19 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
13. "SAMI-MATTI TROGEN IN THE 2017 FIA F4 NEZ CHAMPIONSHIP". 12 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
14. "TUOMAS HAAPALAINEN AIMS FOR THE TITLE ON HIS SECOND SEASON". 17 March 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
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External links

• Official website