2016–17 NACAM Formula 4 Championship

The 2016–17 NACAM Formula 4 Championship season was the second season of the NACAM Formula 4 Championship. It began on 24 September 2016 at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas and ended on 18 June 2017 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City after eight triple-header rounds.[1]

Teams and drivers

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Team No. Driver Class Rounds
  Telcel RPL Racing[2] 2   José Sierra All
33   Facundo Garese 6
  Ricardo Pérez 7–8
58   Luis Alfonso Pérez 1–5
79   Santiago Lozano 1–5, 8
  Ram Racing[2] 4   Calvin Ming All
7   Andrés Gutiérrez 2
8   Manuel Sulaimán R 1, 3–6
  Pipo Villa 7
10   Jorge Herrera R 1–3, 8
17   Michael Santos R 8
  MomoF4 Team[2] 5   Alexandra Mohnhaupt All
6   Moisés de la Vara 1
7   Andrés Gutiérrez 1
45   Baltazar Leguizamón 2
57   Giancarlo Vecchi 2–3
  Charlie Eastwood G 5
66   Gustavo Jiménez Pons 4, 8
88   Juan José Díaz R 8
  Scuderia Martiga EG[2] 6   Moisés de la Vara 2–8
11   Kory Enders 8
16   Alejandro Berumen R 1–5
18   Alexis Carreño All
21   Marcelo García R 6
  David Martínez 7
  Easy-Shop.com Racing[2] 9   Daniel Forcadell 1, 3–8
17   José Manuel Vilalta 2
  Marespi Racing 20   Sergio Martínez 2, 5
  J Bernal Racing[2] 26   Luis Leeds 2
31   Marcus Vario R 1
57   Giancarlo Vecchi 6
  APYCSA Racing[2] 35   Jorge Abed 1–2
74   Enzo Fittipaldi R 2
85   Álex Servín R 3–8
  CEDVA Racing 55   Jorge Contreras 2
  Rached Racing 71   Samira Rached 8
Icon Class
R Rookie
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race calendar and results

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The calendar was published on 28 July 2015.[1] For the first time, the series expanded outside Mexico, hosting its opening round at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin. The series also hosted a full-championship round in support of the 2016 Mexican GP round, as opposed to the exhibition round held the previous season, and also extended its territory to Southeastern Mexico by holding two back-to-back rounds in the states of Yucatán and Quintana Roo.[3]

A mid-season revision of the calendar was made after the Southeastern events had taken place.[4]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Rookie Winner
2016
1 R1   Circuit of the Americas
(Austin, Texas)
25 September   José Sierra   Andrés Gutiérrez   José Sierra   Telcel RPL Racing   Jorge Herrera
R2   Manuel Sulaimán   Andrés Gutiérrez   MomoF4 Team   Jorge Herrera
R3   Alexis Carreño   Andrés Gutiérrez   Andrés Gutiérrez   MomoF4 Team   Manuel Sulaimán
2 R1   Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
(Mexico City)
29 October   Andrés Gutiérrez   Alexis Carreño   Alexis Carreño   Scuderia Martiga EG   Alejandro Berumen
R2 30 October   José Sierra   Calvin Ming   Ram Racing   Enzo Fittipaldi
3 R1   Autódromo Miguel E. Abed
(Amozoc, Puebla)
3 December   José Sierra   José Sierra   José Sierra   Telcel RPL Racing   Manuel Sulaimán
R2 4 December   José Sierra   Luis Alfonso Pérez   Telcel RPL Racing   Manuel Sulaimán
R3   José Sierra   Giancarlo Vecchi   Giancarlo Vecchi   MomoF4 Team   Manuel Sulaimán
2017
4 R1   Autódromo Emerson Fittipaldi [es]
(Mérida, Yucatán)
28 January   Calvin Ming   Calvin Ming   Calvin Ming   Ram Racing   Manuel Sulaimán
R2 29 January   Moisés de la Vara   Calvin Ming   Ram Racing   Manuel Sulaimán
R3   Calvin Ming   Luis Alfonso Pérez   José Sierra   Telcel RPL Racing   Alejandro Berumen
5 R1   Autódromo Internacional de Cancún [es]
(Cancún, Quintana Roo)
4 February   Calvin Ming   Calvin Ming   Calvin Ming   Ram Racing   Manuel Sulaimán
R2 5 February   Manuel Sulaimán   José Sierra   Telcel RPL Racing   Manuel Sulaimán
R3   Calvin Ming   Calvin Ming   Moisés de la Vara   Scuderia Martiga EG   Manuel Sulaimán
6 R1   Autódromo de Monterrey
(Apodaca, Nuevo León)
6 May   Moisés de la Vara   Moisés de la Vara   Calvin Ming   Ram Racing   Manuel Sulaimán
R2 7 May   Facundo Garese   Facundo Garese   Telcel RPL Racing no finishers
R3   Moisés de la Vara   José Sierra   Moisés de la Vara   Scuderia Martiga EG   Manuel Sulaimán
7 R1   Parque Tangamanga
(San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí)
20 May   Calvin Ming   Calvin Ming   Calvin Ming   Ram Racing   Álex Servín
R2 21 May   Alexis Carreño   Alexis Carreño   Scuderia Martiga EG no finishers
R3   Calvin Ming   Calvin Ming   Calvin Ming   Ram Racing   Álex Servín
8 R1   Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
(Mexico City)
17 June   José Sierra   Moisés de la Vara   Moisés de la Vara   Scuderia Martiga EG   Juan José Díaz
R2 18 June   Santiago Lozano   Calvin Ming   Ram Racing   Michael Santos
R3   Moisés de la Vara   Moisés de la Vara   José Sierra   Telcel RPL Racing   Juan José Díaz

Championship standings

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Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. For this season, the series changed its scoring system following the unified FIA F4 rulebook.[5]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' Championship

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Pos Driver COTA
 
AHR1
 
PUE
 
MER
 
CAN
 
MTY
 
SLP
 
AHR2
 
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1   Calvin Ming 3 3 6 3 1 3 3 2 1 1 Ret 1 2 2 1 2 9 1 2 1 4 1 4 399
2   José Sierra 1 Ret 3 2 2 1 10 5 4 2 1 2 1 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 3 10 1 336
3   Alexis Carreño 6 8 2 1 3 7 5 6 7 3 9 6 9 9 3 6 2 3 1 3 5 2 10 254
4   Moisés de la Vara 7 6 4 8 Ret 4 9 9 5 5 2 7 7 1 8 7 1 2 3 2 1 4 8 248
5   Luis Alfonso Pérez 9 Ret 9 4 4 5 1 3 6 4 3 3 4 3 155
6   Manuel Sulaimán 10 5 5 6 2 4 2 6 Ret 4 5 5 2 8 4 151
7   Alexandra Mohnhaupt 8 7 8 6 Ret 8 7 Ret Ret 9 5 8 6 7 9 4 7 6 5 5 6 3 7 141
8   Santiago Lozano 5 2 Ret Ret Ret 9 DNS 8 3 8 4 9 3 6 2 5 3 133
9   Giancarlo Vecchi Ret 5 2 4 1 5 5 6 93
10   Andrés Gutiérrez 2 1 1 Ret 10 69
11   Jorge Herrera 4 4 7 Ret Ret 10 6 7 Ret 11 9 47
12   Daniel Forcadell 11 9 11 12 8 10 8 10 7 10 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 5 7 7 8 8 NC 47
13   Alejandro Berumen 12 10 Ret 9 7 11 Ret DNS 9 7 6 5 8 8 43
14   Alex Servín Ret 11 DNS Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 10 10 10 7 8 6 10 9 Ret 28
15   Juan José Díaz 7 7 5 22
16   Sergio Martínez 5 6 Ret 10 10 20
17   Michael Santos 9 6 6 18
18   Marcelo García 7 9 8 12
19   José Manuel Vilalta 7 11 6
20   Enzo Fittipaldi Ret 8 4
21   Jorge Contreras 10 9 3
22   Gustavo Jiménez Pons 10 11 10 Ret 12 NC 2
23   Jorge Abed Ret 11 10 Ret Ret 1
  Marcus Vario Ret NC NC 0
  Samira Rached DNS Ret NC 0
  Ricardo Pérez DNS DNS DNS Ret Ret Ret 0
  Baltazar Leguizamón DNS DNS 0
Drivers ineligible for championship points
  Facundo Garese 6 1 3 0
  Kory Enders DNS Ret 2 0
  Pipo Villa DNS Ret Ret 0
  David Martínez DNS Ret Ret 0
  Luis Leeds Ret Ret 0
  Charlie Eastwood DNS Ret DNS 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
COTA
 
AHR1
 
PUE
 
CAN
 
MER
 
MTY
 
SLP
 
AHR2
 
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

Rookie Cup

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Pos Driver COTA
 
AHR1
 
PUE
 
CAN
 
MER
 
MTY
 
SLP
 
AHR2
 
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1   Manuel Sulaimán 10 5 5 6 2 4 2 6 Ret 4 5 5 2 8 4 336
2   Alejandro Berumen 12 10 Ret 9 8 11 Ret DNS 9 7 6 5 8 8 203
3   Alex Servin Ret 11 DNS Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 10 10 10 7 8 6 10 9 Ret 183
4   Jorge Herrera 4 4 7 Ret Ret 8 6 8 Ret 11 9 149
5   Juan José Díaz 7 7 5 68
6   Michael Santos 9 6 6 61
7   Marcelo García 7 9 8 54
8   Enzo Fittipaldi Ret 6 25
9   Marcus Vario Ret NC NC 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
COTA
 
AHR1
 
PUE
 
CAN
 
MER
 
MTY
 
SLP
 
AHR2
 

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Calendario 2016–2017 FIA Fórmula 4 NACAM". NACAM Formula 4 Championship (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Los equipos ya se encuentran instalados en el Circuito de las Américas" [The teams are already located at the Circuit of the Americas]. Sportcar.mx (in Spanish). 23 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Fórmula 4 NACAM arranca en Austin y será la primera vez puntuable en el GP México F1" [NACAM Formula 4 starts in Austin and will give championship points at the F1 Mexican GP]. Sportcar.mx (in Spanish). 27 July 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Calendario FIA F4 Nacam 2016/2017" [2016/2017 Nacam FIA F4 calendar] (in Spanish). FIA F4 Nacam. Archived from the original on 2017-02-22. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  5. ^ "2016 FIA Formula 4 Sporting Regulation (Applicable to the 2016-2017 FIA Formula 4 NACAM Championship)" (PDF). OMDAI. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
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