2017 F4 Spanish Championship

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

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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
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

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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   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   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
R2   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   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   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   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   Christian Lundgaard   Bent Viscaal   Christian Lundgaard   MP Motorsport
R3 12 November   Bent Viscaal   Christian Lundgaard   Christian Lundgaard   MP Motorsport

Championship standings

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Drivers' championship

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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
 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
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

Teams' championship

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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
7 3 4 5 2 2 2 5 6 5 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 7
2   SMP Racing 2 2 2 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 4 5 1 3 2 1 3 4 3 486
3 4 3 3 4 5 5 3 5 6 5 11 7 4 4 6 6 5 6 5
3   Drivex School 8 5 7 8 7 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 6 7 9 4 8 8 7 2 198
9 8 9 11 11 6 7 10 10 10 9 6 8 9 Ret 12 12 13 Ret 11
4   FA Racing 5 7 5 DSQ 9 3 6 7 4 3 14† 10 1 10 7 8 5 7 3 4 140
6 Ret 13†
5   Kart in Club Driving Academy 9 11 12 Ret 9 9 9 10 6 16
13 13 14 12 11 10

References

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  1. ^ Waring, Bethonie (12 November 2017). "Christian Lundgaard seals Spanish F4 title with victory in final race". formulascout.com. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "F4 ESPAÑA REVELA SUS PILOTOS 2017! (Spanish F4 reveals its 2017 drivers!)". 21 June 2017. Archived from the original on 27 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Navarra, Round 2: Preview". 1 September 2017. Archived from the original on September 2, 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "MP Motorsport voor nieuw F4-seizoen met vier talenten in zee". 9 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  5. ^ "First free practices of the season completed". 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  6. ^ "MARTA GARCIA, RENAULT SPORT ACADEMY DRIVER IN 2017 SPANISH F4". 31 March 2017. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  7. ^ a b c "FA RACING TEAM JOINS F4 SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIP". 16 December 2016. Archived from the original on 19 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  8. ^ a b c d "Lundgaard's show in Navarra - Day 1". 14 October 2017. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  9. ^ "La Fórmula 4 española presenta su calendario provisional para la temporada 2017 (Spanish Formula 4 presents its provisional calendar for the 2017 season)". 17 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  10. ^ "2017 FIA F4 Spain Calendar is official". Archived from the original on 7 June 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
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