2015 SMP F4 Championship

The 2015 SMP F4 Championship season in motorsport, was the inaugural season of the SMP F4 Championship, a racing series regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. It was a motor racing series for the North European Zone (NEZ) held in Estonia, Finland and Russia. The 2015 season began on 16 May at Ahvenisto in Finland[1] and finished on 3 October at the auto24ring in Estonia,[2] after seven triple header rounds.

The series' inaugural champion was Finnish driver Niko Kari in his first season of car racing.[3] Kari took seven overall wins (including a weekend sweep at Moscow Raceway) during the 2015 season, but also added five class victories behind British driver Enaam Ahmed – who was ineligible to score championship points – for a total of twelve during the season. Kari finished over 150 points clear of his next closest rival, Vladimir Atoev; Atoev won three races, all coming on the same weekend at Alastaro. Third place in the championship was settled in the final race in Estonia; Nerses Isaakyan took five runner-up positions in six races which allowed him to overhaul Aleksanteri Huovinen in the championship standings. Huovinen was another three-time race winner; winning twice at Ahvenisto and once at Moscow Raceway. Two other drivers won races in 2015 as Aleksey Korneev won races at Moscow Raceway and Sochi, while Nikita Troitskiy won the third race at Ahvenisto; the drivers finished fifth and sixth in the drivers' championship.

Drivers
No. Driver Rounds
2 Russia Ivan Matveev[4] All
3 Sweden Joel Eriksson[5] 1
5 Finland Niko Kari[6] All
7 Russia Nikita Troitskiy[4] 1–4, 6–7
10 Russia Vladimir Atoev[4] All
12 Finland Aleksanteri Huovinen[4] All
14 Finland Simo Laaksonen[7] 3–4, 6–7
17 Russia Nerses Isaakyan[4] All
21 Russia Aleksey Korneev[8] All
23 Finland Niklas Nylund[9] All
29 Russia Denis Mavlanov[8] 1–5, 7
32 Georgia (country) Roman Lebedev 6
34 Russia Nikita Sitnikov[8] All
41 Russia Aleksandr Vartanyan 5–6
65 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed[10] 1, 3–5, 7
71 Russia Semen Evstigneev[11] 1, 3–7
77 Russia Aleksandr Maslennikov[8] All
96 Russia Artem Kabakov[8] 1–3

Race calendar and results

The round at Moscow Raceway, held over 5–7 June, was a support event to the FIA WTCC Race of Russia.[1] The original scheduled final meeting was scheduled to be held over 18–20 September at Sochi Autodrom,[12] but was first postponed to 2–3 October and later moved to the Auto24ring.[2]

Round Circuit, Location Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver
1 R1 Finland Ahvenisto Race Circuit, Hämeenlinna 16 May Russia Vladimir Atoev Finland Niko Kari Finland Aleksanteri Huovinen
R2 17 May Finland Aleksanteri Huovinen Finland Aleksanteri Huovinen
R3 Russia Vladimir Atoev Finland Niko Kari Russia Nikita Troitskiy
2 R4 Russia Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 6 June Russia Aleksey Korneev Finland Aleksanteri Huovinen Finland Aleksanteri Huovinen
R5 7 June Finland Niko Kari Finland Niko Kari
R6 Russia Aleksey Korneev Russia Aleksey Korneev Russia Aleksey Korneev
3 R7 Russia Sochi Autodrom, Sochi 20 June Finland Niko Kari Russia Vladimir Atoev Finland Niko Kari
R8 21 June Finland Niko Kari Finland Niko Kari
R9 Finland Niko Kari Finland Niko Kari Russia Aleksey Korneev
4 R10 Finland Alastaro Circuit, Loimaa 15 August Russia Vladimir Atoev Russia Vladimir Atoev Russia Vladimir Atoev
R11 16 August Russia Vladimir Atoev Russia Vladimir Atoev
R12 Russia Vladimir Atoev Russia Nerses Isaakyan Russia Vladimir Atoev
5 R13 Estonia Auto24ring, Audru 29 August Finland Niko Kari Russia Vladimir Atoev United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed
R14 Finland Niklas Nylund United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed
R15 Finland Niko Kari Russia Nerses Isaakyan Finland Niko Kari
6 R16 Russia Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 5 September Russia Nerses Isaakyan Finland Niko Kari Finland Niko Kari
R17 6 September Finland Niko Kari Finland Niko Kari
R18 Russia Nerses Isaakyan Finland Niko Kari Finland Niko Kari
7 R19 Estonia Auto24ring, Audru 3 October United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Finland Niko Kari United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed
R20 Russia Nikita Troitskiy United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed
R21 United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed Russia Vladimir Atoev United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed

Championship standings
Pos Driver AHV
Finland		 MSC
Russia		 SOC
Russia		 ALA
Finland		 AUD
Estonia		 MSC
Russia		 AUD
Estonia		 Pts
1 Finland Niko Kari 2 Ret 2 2 1 2 1 1 4 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 449
2 Russia Vladimir Atoev 3 2 4 3 5 8 3 3 8 1 1 1 5 3 2 10 5 10 4 3 5 296
3 Russia Nerses Isaakyan 4 13† 5 5 4 6 7 8 3 3 Ret 4 6 Ret 5 2 2 2 3 5 3 234
4 Finland Aleksanteri Huovinen 1 1 6 1 2 3 4 Ret 12 7 6 9 7 4 8 6 4 5 5 8 11 229
5 Russia Aleksey Korneev 10 Ret 7 NC 7 1 2 2 1 4 3 7 8 5 4 9 Ret 6 11 9 6 191
6 Russia Nikita Troitskiy Ret 6 1 Ret 6 5 DNS 6 2 8 Ret 12 5 3 3 10 4 9 149
7 Finland Niklas Nylund Ret 9 8 9 Ret 4 5 5 6 6 4 8 3 7 Ret 3 13† 4 13 10 Ret 136
8 Russia Ivan Matveev 6 5 13† 10 10 10 8 7 5 9 Ret 5 4 6 3 13 9 7 6 6 Ret 131
9 Russia Nikita Sitnikov 8 7 14† 4 3 7 12 Ret 7 13 Ret 10 10 10 7 12 6 9 9 7 4 104
10 Russia Aleksandr Maslennikov 9 8 10 6 9 9 10 Ret Ret 10 7 Ret 9 9 12† 7 7 Ret 8 Ret 8 66
11 Finland Simo Laaksonen 6 10 Ret 11 5 6 8 8 8 7 11 7 60
12 Sweden Joel Eriksson 12 4 3 30
13 Russia Artem Kabakov 7 10 Ret 7 8 11 14 11† Ret 21
14 Russia Denis Mavlanov 11 12 12 8 11 DSQ 11 9 10 14 8 11 12 12 11 12 12 10 20
15 Russia Aleksandr Vartanyan 11 11 10 4 10 11 17
16 Russia Semen Evstigneev Ret 11 11 13 Ret 11 12 Ret Ret 13 8 9 11 11 13† 14 Ret DSQ 13
Drivers with non-NEZ licence ineligible for championship points
- United Kingdom Enaam Ahmed 5 3 9 9 4 9 5 9† 3 1 1 6 1 1 1 0
- Georgia (country) Roman Lebedev 14 12 12 0
Pos Driver AHV
Finland		 MSC
Russia		 SOC
Russia		 ALA
Finland		 AUD
Estonia		 MSC
Russia		 AUD
Estonia		 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References
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  6. Allen, Peter (10 January 2015). "Top Finnish karter Kari is first driver for Koiranen's F4 series". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
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