The 2018 SMP F4 Championship was the fourth season of the SMP F4 Championship. The series is also known as the FIA North-European Zone (NEZ) championship. Koiranen GP, despite creating Formula Academy Finland, [1] continued as the promoter. [2] The season started in Smolensk Ring on 5 May and finished in 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.
Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
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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 |
On 27 April 2018 the calendar was announced. For the first time of the existence of the championship Sochi Autodrom hadn't received a slot in the schedule. Circuit Zandvoort was replaced with a round at the Assen Circuit, whilst Autodrom Moscow and NRING Circuit were included to 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]
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 | |||||||||
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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 |
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Bold – Pole |
Notes:
MP Motorsport is a Dutch auto racing team currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, FIA Formula 3 Championship,Formula Regional European by Alpine Championship, Eurocup 3, Spanish Formula 4 Championship and the newly established F1 Academy in 2023. The team has also participated in Auto GP, Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup in conjunction with Manor Competition, using the name Manor MP Motorsport in the past.
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