2016 SMP F4 Championship

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The 2016 SMP F4 Championship season is the second season of the SMP F4 Championship. It began on 29 April at Sochi and finished on 10 September at Ahvenisto after 20 races held across seven rounds.[1]

This season saw the F4 debut of the Dutch team MP Motorsport, which joined Koiranen GP and SMP Racing in fielding cars and drivers. The series also expanded to the Netherlands, hosting some races as well as a parallel championship to the SMP F4 championship, called the Dutch F4 Trophy.

The series is a FIA North-European Zone (NEZ) championship as in 2015. NEZ Council agreed in its meeting in 20 March to allow KNAF licence holders to score points in the championship. The FIA World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) had already accepted KNAF into the NEZ F4 championship earlier in 4 March. The exception is valid for 2016 season only, and only after NEZ receives full payment of membership fees. Dutch drivers aren't eligible to any other NEZ cups or championships.[2] Spanish Xavier Lloveras scored points in the series as he was an AKK Motorsports (FIN) license holder. Richard Verschoor take 11 wins as another Dutch driver Jarno Opmeer wins 7 races, as Thomas Tujula and Aleksandr Vartanyan win 1 race.

Drivers[edit]

No. Driver Class Rounds
1 Russia Aleksey Korneev[3] G 1, 4–5
2 Russia Ivan Matveev[4] G 4
3 Finland Henri Kauppi[3] 1–2, 7
4 Finland Tuomas Tujula[5] All
5 Russia Nikita Sitnikov[4] 1–2, 4–7
7 Russia Nikita Volegov[4] 2–7
10 Russia Zakhar Slutskiy[3] 1–3
11 Russia Gleb Zotov[4] 1–5
14 Finland Juho Valtanen[5] All
15 Russia Artem Petrov[4] 1–5
16 Netherlands Jarno Opmeer[6] All
17 Russia Nerses Isaakyan G 5, 7
21 Spain Xavier Lloveras[7] All
22 Netherlands Richard Verschoor[8] All
25 Russia Artem Slutskiy[3] 1–3
32 Russia Roman Lebedev[4] All
38 Netherlands Danny Kroes[9] 1–3
40 Cyprus Vladimiros Tziortzis[4] All
41 Russia Aleksandr Vartanyan[5] All
50 Finland Tuomas Haapalainen[3] All
64 Finland Rasmus Markkanen[10] All
65 Finland Roope Markkanen[10] All
77 Russia Aleksandr Maslennikov[3] All
Icon Class
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race calendar and results[edit]

The final calendar was announced on 7 March 2016.[1]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Supporting
1 R1 Russia Sochi Autodrom, Sochi 30 April Netherlands Richard Verschoor Netherlands Jarno Opmeer Netherlands Richard Verschoor Russian Grand Prix
R2 1 May Netherlands Jarno Opmeer Netherlands Jarno Opmeer Netherlands Jarno Opmeer
2 R3 Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort 14 May Netherlands Richard Verschoor Netherlands Jarno Opmeer Finland Tuomas Tujula Pinksterraces
R4 15 May Russia Aleksandr Vartanyan Netherlands Jarno Opmeer
R5 Netherlands Richard Verschoor Finland Tuomas Tujula Netherlands Jarno Opmeer
3 R6 Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort 4 June Netherlands Richard Verschoor Netherlands Jarno Opmeer Netherlands Jarno Opmeer Max Verstappen Fan Days
R7 5 June Finland Juho Valtanen Netherlands Jarno Opmeer
R8 Netherlands Richard Verschoor Netherlands Richard Verschoor Netherlands Richard Verschoor
4 R9 Russia Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 23 July Netherlands Richard Verschoor Russia Aleksey Korneev Netherlands Richard Verschoor Russian Circuit Racing Series
R10 24 July Netherlands Richard Verschoor Netherlands Richard Verschoor
R11 Netherlands Richard Verschoor Netherlands Richard Verschoor Netherlands Richard Verschoor
5 R12 Russia Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 20 August Netherlands Richard Verschoor Spain Xavier Lloveras Netherlands Richard Verschoor Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
R13 21 August Netherlands Richard Verschoor Netherlands Richard Verschoor
R14 Netherlands Richard Verschoor Netherlands Richard Verschoor Netherlands Richard Verschoor
6 R15 Sweden Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp 3 September Netherlands Jarno Opmeer Netherlands Richard Verschoor Netherlands Richard Verschoor
R16 4 September Netherlands Jarno Opmeer Netherlands Richard Verschoor
R17 Netherlands Jarno Opmeer Netherlands Richard Verschoor Netherlands Richard Verschoor
7 R18 Finland Ahvenisto Race Circuit, Hämeenlinna 10 September Netherlands Jarno Opmeer Russia Aleksandr Vartanyan Netherlands Jarno Opmeer Rata-SM
R19 11 September Netherlands Richard Verschoor Netherlands Jarno Opmeer
R20 Netherlands Richard Verschoor Netherlands Richard Verschoor Russia Aleksandr Vartanyan

Championship standings[edit]

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap. At Sochi, only two races were held, and full points were awarded for Race 2.

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[edit]

Pos Driver SOC
Russia 		ZAN1
Netherlands 		ZAN2
Netherlands 		MSC1
Russia 		MSC2
Russia 		AND
Sweden 		AHV
Finland 		Pts
1 Netherlands Richard Verschoor 1 Ret 2 7 12 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 339
2 Netherlands Jarno Opmeer 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 5 2 3 10 16 2 5 9 12 1 1 4 270
3 Russia Aleksandr Vartanyan 4 4 5 6 3 7 3 2 4 4 9 4 4 13 6 Ret 2 8 9 1 198
4 Finland Rasmus Markkanen Ret 5 16 5 Ret 3 6 5 11 9 12 5 3 Ret 10 12 3 4 6 3 124
5 Finland Tuomas Tujula Ret EX 1 3 2 6 8 Ret 12 10 7 7 7 4 8 Ret 4 7 8 Ret 120
6 Finland Roope Markkanen 3 Ret 8 Ret 6 4 2 6 14 12 5 13 10 3 7 11 Ret 6 5 6 118
7 Russia Nikita Sitnikov 5 3 9 Ret 4 2 3 2 Ret 13 15 4 4 10 13 Ret 8 113
8 Finland Tuomas Haapalainen Ret 6 12 13 Ret Ret 15 9 7 5 16 2 5 5 2 2 8 9 11 5 110
9 Finland Juho Valtanen Ret Ret 4 2 5 8 7 4 10 6 10 12 8 11 3 3 Ret 5 4 Ret 108
10 Spain Xavier Lloveras 8 7 Ret 15 11 5 5 7 8 7 6 11 9 6 Ret 6 9 10 7 7 80
11 Russia Nikita Volegov 11 10 Ret 10 10 10 6 13 8 9 12 9 9 10 5 14 14 Ret 38
12 Netherlands Danny Kroes 6 8 6 4 Ret 9 11 11 32
13 Cyprus Vladimiros Tziortzis 14 11 7 14 10 13 12 12 13 15 13 6 6 16 Ret 7 7 12 13 Ret 32
14 Russia Aleksandr Maslennikov     9 Ret 15 12 9 15 18 Ret 9 8 11 Ret 15 12 11 8 6 11 10 Ret 20
15 Russia Artem Petrov 10 EX 14 9 7 Ret 13 Ret Ret DNS Ret 8 11 10 14
16 Finland Henri Kauppi 7 14 18 17 13 16 15 9 8
17 Russia Zakhar Slutskiy Ret 9 13 11 8 11 9 13 8
18 Russia Roman Lebedev 13 10 17 16 Ret 14 14 8 15 14 17 12 5 11 15 12 Ret 6
19 Russia Artem Slutskiy 12 13 10 8 Ret 12 17 Ret 2
20 Russia Gleb Zotov 11 12 Ret 18 Ret 16 16 14 17 Ret 15 14 Ret 14 0
Drivers ineligible to score points
- Russia Nerses Isaakyan 3 2 8 2 3 Ret 0
- Russia Aleksey Korneev Ret 2 3 16 4 DSQ 14 7 0
- Russia Ivan Matveev 16 11 14 0
Pos Driver SOC
Russia 		ZAN1
Netherlands 		ZAN2
Netherlands 		MSC1
Russia 		MSC2
Russia 		AND
Sweden 		AHV
Finland 		Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "The 2016 SMP F4 NEZ calendar is now official". SMP F4 Championship. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-23. Retrieved 2016-04-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Round 1 Entry List for Sochi". SMP F4. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "SMP F4 NEZ CHAMPIONSHIP: THE GRID IS FILLING UP". SMP F4 Championship. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  5. ^ a b c Allen, Peter (14 December 2015). "Vartanyan and Finnish karting duo commit to SMP F4 for 2016". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Dutch jarno Opmeer joins the SMP F4 NEZ championship". 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  7. ^ "XAVIER LLOVERAS IN A DOUBLE PROGRAM AND LLUC IBAÑEZ IN THE SPANISH F4 CHAMPIONSHIP". F4Spain.com. 10 April 2016. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  8. ^ David, Gruz (12 February 2016). "Karting star Richard Verschoor enters SMP F4". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  9. ^ "Dutch Danny Kroes enters the fight in the SMP F4 NEZ Championship". SMP F4 Championship. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  10. ^ a b David, Gruz (1 March 2016). "Twins Rasmus and Roope Markkanen enter SMP F4". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 1 March 2016.

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