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2017 SMP F4 Championship

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

  1. ^ a b "MP Motorsport voor nieuw F4-seizoen met vier talenten in zee". 9 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b "LET THE SEASON BEGIN!". 18 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. ^ "History of SMPF4Championship.com - Ballistic Parts". Smpf4championship.com. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ a b c d "FOUR INTERNATIONAL DRIVERS JOIN THE 2017 SMP F4 NEZ CHAMPIONSHIP". 9 March 2017. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "2017 SMP F4 NEZ Drivers". YouTube. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Moscow Raceway, round 5 preview". 13 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Preview: Moscow round 6". 17 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  10. ^ Facebook post [dead link][user-generated source]
  11. ^ "SMP F4 NEZ Championship round 4, Pärnu calling". 29 June 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  12. ^ a b c d e "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.
  15. ^ "ELIAS NISKANEN JOINS THE 2017 FIA F4 NEZ CHAMPIONSHIP". 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  16. ^ "JUUSO PUHAKKA MAKES HIS DEBUT IN THE SMP F4 NEZ CHAMPIONSHIP". 13 March 2017. Archived from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  17. ^ "2017 SMP F4 NEZ CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDAR". 24 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.

External links edit

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