2018 SMP F4 Championship

The 2018 SMP F4 Championship was the fourth season of the SMP F4 Championship. The series is also known as the FIA North-European Zone (NEZ) championship. Koiranen GP, despite of creating Formula Academy Finland,[1] continued as the promoter.[2] The season started in Smolensk Ring on 5 May and finished in Assen Circuit on 21 October.[3]

2018 SMP F4 Championship
Previous: 2017 Next: 2019

Champion Konsta Lappalainen won seven races, with runner-up Mikhael Belov and third-placed Isac Blomqvist taking five and three victories respetively.

Drivers
Team No. Driver Rounds
MP Motorsport 1 Freek Schothorst[4] 1
12 Patrick Schott[5][note 1] 1–4
52 László Tóth 7
64 Isac Blomqvist[1] All
888 Amaury Cordeel[6][note 2] 3–5, 7
SMP Racing 2 Pavel Bulantsev[1] All
7 Nikita Volegov[7] 2
11 Aleksandr Vilaev[8] All
16 Nikita Aleksandrov[8] All
20 Ivan Berets[1] All
21 Artem Lobanenko[9] All
27 Ivan Shvetsov[9] All
41 Aleksandr Vartanyan[1] 3
Denis Bulatov 4
Irina Sidorkova 7
57 Mikhael Belov[9] All
Formula Academy 3 Noah Watt 7
Kart In Club Driving Academy 10 Konsta Lappalainen[10] All
69 Jesse Salmenautio[10] All
Jimi Hannus Racing 12 Jimi Hannus 6
Koiranen GP 32 Tuomas Haapalainen[6] 3–5
Mi Maijala 6
56 Markus Laitala[6] 3–6

Race calendar

On 27 April 2018 the calendar was announced. For the first time of the existence of the championship Sochi Autodrom hadn't received a slot in the schedule. Circuit Zandvoort was replaced with a round at the Assen Circuit, whilst Autodrom Moscow and NRING Circuit were included to the calendar for the first time.[3] Round 6 was originally scheduled to be held at Auto24ring on 15–16 September, but was rescheduled to take place at Alastaro Circuit on 22–23 September.[11]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1 Smolensk Ring, Safonovo 5 May Isac Blomqvist Isac Blomqvist Isac Blomqvist MP Motorsport 2018 Russian Circuit Racing Series
R2 Konsta Lappalainen Isac Blomqvist MP Motorsport
R3 6 May Ivan Berets Freek Schothorst Ivan Berets SMP Racing
2 R4 NRING Circuit, Bogorodsk 2 June Konsta Lappalainen Mikhael Belov Mikhael Belov SMP Racing
R5 Isac Blomqvist Pavel Bulantsev SMP Racing
R6 3 June Mikhael Belov Mikhael Belov Mikhael Belov SMP Racing
3 R7 Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 11 August Konsta Lappalainen Tuomas Haapalainen Konsta Lappalainen Kart In Club Driving Academy
R8 Isac Blomqvist Isac Blomqvist MP Motorsport
R9 12 August Konsta Lappalainen Aleksandr Vartanyan Konsta Lappalainen Kart In Club Driving Academy
4 R10 Autodrom Moscow, Myachkovo Airport 18 August Konsta Lappalainen Konsta Lappalainen Konsta Lappalainen Kart In Club Driving Academy Mitjet Russian Cup IV
R11 Konsta Lappalainen Konsta Lappalainen Kart In Club Driving Academy
R12 19 August Amaury Cordeel Amaury Cordeel Amaury Cordeel MP Motorsport
5 R13 Ahvenisto Race Circuit, Hämeenlinna 1 September Mikhael Belov Konsta Lappalainen Konsta Lappalainen Kart In Club Driving Academy Rata-SM
R14 Pavel Bulantsev Tuomas Haapalainen Koiranen GP
R15 2 September Mikhael Belov Mikhael Belov Mikhael Belov SMP Racing
6 R16 Alastaro Circuit, Loimaa 22 September Pavel Bulantsev Mikhael Belov Konsta Lappalainen Kart In Club Driving Academy Rata-SM
R17 Ivan Berets Mikhael Belov SMP Racing
R18 23 September Mikhael Belov Mikhael Belov Konsta Lappalainen Kart In Club Driving Academy
7 R19 Assen Circuit, Assen 20 October Ivan Berets Mikhael Belov Mikhael Belov SMP Racing Hankook Finaleraces
R20 Amaury Cordeel Amaury Cordeel MP Motorsport
R21 21 October Ivan Berets Mikhael Belov Ivan Berets SMP Racing

Championship standings

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

Drivers' Championship
Pos Driver SMO
 NRG
 MSC
 ADM
 AHV
 ALA
 ASS
 Pts
1 Konsta Lappalainen 6 2 2 5 Ret 5 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 4 3 1 2 1 Ret 2 2 316
2 Mikhael Belov 5 4 4 1 Ret 1 4 7 7 3 2 3 2 5 1 2 1 2 1 4 Ret 275
3 Isac Blomqvist 1 1 5 2 2 2 DSQ 1 3 6 7 5 Ret 7 5 7 3 Ret 3 Ret 5 201
4 Ivan Berets 2 12 1 4 5 6 3 6 5 9 9 6 Ret 6 6 3 6 3 7 3 1 195
5 Jesse Salmenautio 4 3 6 Ret 6 7 5 5 8 2 4 4 4 2 2 6 4 4 4 5 9 188
6 Ivan Shvetsov 7 7 Ret 3 3 4 7 8 4 8 8 7 7 10 7 4 5 5 6 7 6 133
7 Pavel Bulantsev 9 6 8 6 1 3 8 DNS 10 5 5 8 3 3 8 5 Ret Ret 8 6 4 132
8 Amaury Cordeel 6 9 6 4 6 1 Ret 9 9 2 1 3 107
9 Tuomas Haapalainen 14 4 2 7 3 10 8 1 4 74
10 Freek Schothorst 3 5 3 36
11 Aleksandr Vartanyan 2 2 9 32
12 Patrick Schott 8 8 7 7 4 9 9 12 11 12 11 9 31
13 Artem Lobanenko 10 9 9 9 9 8 10 10 13 Ret 14 Ret 10† Ret 10 9 10 6 9 9 12 24
14 Markus Laitala 12 11 12 11 13 12 5 8 13 8 7 7 23
15 Aleksandr Vilaev 12 10 10 11 10 11 13 14 15 Ret 12 11 6 11 11 12 8 8 10 10 8 19
16 Noah Watt 5 8 7 17
17 Nikita Aleksandrov 11 11 11 10 7 10 11 13 14 Ret 15 Ret 9 12 12 13 11 9 11 12 10 9
18 Nikita Volegov 8 8 Ret 5
19 Mi Maijala 10 12 10 2
20 Denis Bulatov 10 10 DNS 1
21 Jimi Hannus 11 9 11 0
22 László Tóth 12 11 11 0
23 Irina Sidorkova 13 13 13 0
Pos Driver SMO
 NRG
 MSC
 ADM
 AHV
 ALA
 ASS
 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

  • † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Footnotes
  1. Schott is a Swiss driver who raced under Finnish racing license.
  2. Cordeel is a Belgian driver who raced under Finnish racing license.

References
  1. Wood, Elliot (14 February 2018). "SMP trio named among first drivers for 2018 F4 NEZ season". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. F4 NEZ CHAMPIONSHIP certified by FIA SPORTING REGULATIONS 2018 Art.8, page 4
  3. Wood, Elliot. "F4 NEZ reveals 2018 calendar". formulascout.com (27 April 2018). Formula Scout. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  4. Woollard, Craig (4 May 2018). "World's Fastest Gamer finalist Freek Schothorst to make car racing debut in F4 NEZ". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  5. "MP MOTORSPORT LINES UP PATRICK SCHOTT FOR NEZ AND SPANISH F4". 19 March 2018. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  6. "MOSCOW RACEWAY HOSTING THE THIRD RACE WEEKEND OF SMP F4 NEZ CHAMPIONSHIP". smpf4championship.com. SMP F4 Championship. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  7. "Nikita Volegov". smpf4championship.com. SMP F4 Championship. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  8. "THE 2018 SMP F4 NEZ GRID CONTINUES TO GROW". April 6, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  9. "THREE MORE RUSSIAN DRIVERS JOIN THE 2018 SMP F4 NEZ CHAMPIONSHIP". smpf4championship.com. SMP F4 Championship. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  10. "FINNISH RACING TEAM FILLS THE GRID OF THE 2018 SMP F4 NEZ CHAMPIONSHIP". smpf4championship.com. SMP F4 Championship. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  11. "Changes in SMP F4 NEZ Championship Calendar". SMP F4 Championship. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
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