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.

2017 SMP F4 Championship
Previous: 2016 Next: 2018

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
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 Mikhael 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
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 Mikhael 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

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
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 Mikhael 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 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

References
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  2. "LET THE SEASON BEGIN!". May 18, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  3. http://smpf4championship.com/news-post/alm-motorsport-line-up-completed-for-2017-season-in-f4-nez/
  4. http://www.fia-nez.eu/files/upload_pdf/20265/reg%5Fnez%5Fgp.pdf
  5. http://www.fia-nez.eu/files/upload_pdf/20532/Minutes%5FNC%20Autumn%202016%20Oslo%20with%20app.pdf
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  12. "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.
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