2016 SMP F4 Championship

2016 SMP F4 Championship season
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The 2016 SMP F4 Championship season will be the second season of the SMP F4 Championship. It will begin on 29 April at Sochi and will finish on 10 September at Ahvenisto after seven triple header rounds.^[1]

This season will see the F4 debut of the Dutch team MP Motorsport, which will be joining Koiranen GP and SMP Racing in fielding cars and drivers. The season will also expand to the Netherlands, hosting some races as well as a parallel championship to the SMP F4 championship, called the Dutch F4 Trophy.

The series will be a FIA North-European Zone (NEZ) championship as in 2015. NEZ Council agreed in it's meeting in 20 March to allow KNAF licence holders to score points in the championship. The FIA World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) had already accepted KNAF into the NEZ F4 championship earlier in 4 March. The exception is valid for 2016 season only, and only after NEZ receives full payment of membership fees. Dutch drivers aren't eligible to any other NEZ cups or championships.^[2]

Drivers

No.	Driver	Rounds
1	Aleksey Korneev[3]	1
3	Henri Kauppi[3]	1
4	Tuomas Tujula[4]	1
5	Nikita Sitnikov[5]	1
7	Nikita Volegov[5]	TBA
10	Zakhar Slutskiy[3]	1
11	Gleb Zotov[5]	1
14	Juho Valtanen[4]	1
15	Artem Petrov[5]	1
16	Jarno Opmeer[6]	1
21	Xavier Lloveras[7]	1
22	Richard Verschoor[8]	1
25	Artem Slutskiy[3]	1
32	Roman Lebedev[5]	1
38	Danny Kroes[9]	1
40	Vladimir Tziortzis[5]	1
41	Alexander Vartanyan[4]	1
50	Tuomas Haapalainen[3]	1
64	Rasmus Markkanen[10]	1
65	Roope Markkanen[10]	1
77	Aleksander Maslennikov[3]	1
TBA	Kush Maini[11]	TBA
TBA	Ivan Matveev[5]	TBA
TBA	Denis Mavlanov[4]	TBA

Race calendar and results

The final calendar was announced on 7 March 2016.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Supporting
1	R1	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi	30 April	Richard Verschoor	Jarno Opmeer	Richard Verschoor	Russian Grand Prix
	R2		1 May	Jarno Opmeer	Jarno Opmeer	Jarno Opmeer
2	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort	13–15 May				Pinksterraces
	R2
	R3
3	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort	3–5 June				Max Verstappen Fan Days
	R2
	R3
4	R1	Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk	22–24 July				TCR Russian Series
	R2
	R3
5	R1	Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk	19–21 August				Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
	R2
	R3
6	R1	Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp	3–4 September				Scandinavian Touring Car Championship
	R2
	R3
7	R1	Ahvenisto Race Circuit, Hämeenlinna	9–10 September				Rata-SM
	R2
	R3

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.

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

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver SOC ZAN1 ZAN2 MSC1 MSC2 AND AHV Pts 1 Jarno Opmeer 2 1 43 2 Richard Verschoor 1 Ret 25 3 Nikita Sitnikov 5 3 25 4 Alexander Vartanyan 4 4 24 5 Aleksey Korneev Ret 2 18 6 Roope Markkanen 3 Ret 15 7 Danny Kroes 6 8 12 8 Rasmus Markkanen Ret 5 10 9 Xavier Lloveras 8 7 10 10 Tuomas Haapalainen Ret 6 8 11 Henri Kauppi 7 14 6 12 Aleksander Maslennikov     9 Ret 2 13 Zakhar Slutskiy Ret 9 2 14 Roman Lebedev 13 10 1 15 Artem Petrov 10 EX 1 Gleb Zotov 11 12 0 Vladimir Tziortzis 14 11 0 Artem Slutskiy 12 13 0 Juho Valtanen Ret Ret 0 Tuomas Tujula Ret EX 0 Pos Driver SOC ZAN1 ZAN2 MSC1 MSC2 AND AHV Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

References

1. "The 2016 SMP F4 NEZ calendar is now official". SMP F4 Championship. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
2. http://www.fia-nez.eu/files/upload_pdf/20472/Minutes_NC%20Spring%202016.pdf
3. "Round 1 Entry List for Sochi". SMP F4. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
4. Allen, Peter (14 December 2015). "Vartanyan and Finnish karting duo commit to SMP F4 for 2016". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
5. "SMP F4 NEZ CHAMPIONSHIP: THE GRID IS FILLING UP". SMP F4 Championship. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
6. "Dutch jarno Opmeer joins the SMP F4 NEZ championship". 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
7. "XAVIER LLOVERAS IN A DOUBLE PROGRAM AND LLUC IBAÑEZ IN THE SPANISH F4 CHAMPIONSHIP". F4Spain.com. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
8. David, Gruz (12 February 2016). "Karting star Richard Verschoor enters SMP F4". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
9. "Dutch Danny Kroes enters the fight in the SMP F4 NEZ Championship". SMP F4 Championship. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
10. David, Gruz (1 March 2016). "Twins Rasmus and Roope Markkanen enter SMP F4". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
11. Thukral, Rachit (20 January 2016). "Kush Maini graduates to F4 in 2016". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

External links

• Official website