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
Team No. Driver Rounds
Netherlands MP Motorsport[1] 2 France Tristan Charpentier[6] 1, 3
5 Denmark Christian Lundgaard[6] All
8 Austria Lukas Dunner[6] All
12 Netherlands Bent Viscaal[6] All
14 Netherlands John Peters[7] 1–3
17 Malaysia Nazim Azman 7
19 Spain Marta García[8] 5
Russia SMP Racing 3 Russia Milen Ponomarenko[7] 1–6
6 Cyprus Vladimiros Tziortzis[7] All
7 Russia Nikita Volegov[7] All
10 Russia Aleksandr Smolyar[7] All
17 Russia Nerses Isaakyan[9] 6
23 Russia Roman Lebedev[10] 3
25 Russia Nikita Sitnikov[9] 6
27 Russia Ivan Shvetsov[11] 4–7
55 Azerbaijan Gülhüseyn Abdullayev[7] All
57 Russia Michael Belov[7] All
88 Russia Ivan Berets[7] All
Spain FA Racing Team[12] 18 Spain Guillem Pujeu[7] 1–6
21 Spain Xavier Lloveras[7] 1–5
Finland AKK Academy[2] 22 Finland Sami-Matti Trogen[13] All
32 Finland Tuomas Haapalainen[14] All
76 Finland Elias Niskanen[15] 1–5
Estonia ALM Motorsport[12] 33 Estonia Jan-Erik Meikup[12] 1–5
44 Estonia Sten Piirimägi[12] 1, 3–5, 7
Finland Lappalainen Team[12] 50 Finland Juuso Puhakka[16] All
77 Finland Konsta Lappalainen 7

Race calendar
Round Circuit[17] Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1 Russia Sochi Autodrom, Sochi 19 May Spain Xavier Lloveras Netherlands Bent Viscaal Spain Xavier Lloveras Spain FA Racing Team Mitjet 2L
R2 20 May Denmark Christian Lundgaard Denmark Christian Lundgaard Netherlands MP Motorsport
R3 Russia Aleksandr Smolyar Denmark Christian Lundgaard Denmark Christian Lundgaard Netherlands MP Motorsport
2 R4 Russia Smolensk Ring, Safonovo 27 May Spain Xavier Lloveras Denmark Christian Lundgaard Finland Juuso Puhakka Finland Lappalainen Team Russian Circuit Racing Series
R5 28 May Denmark Christian Lundgaard Russia Nikita Volegov Russia SMP Racing
R6 Finland Tuomas Haapalainen Russia Aleksandr Smolyar Finland Tuomas Haapalainen Finland AKK Academy
3 R7 Finland Ahvenisto Race Circuit, Hämeenlinna 3 June Finland Sami-Matti Trogen Finland Juuso Puhakka Netherlands Bent Viscaal Netherlands MP Motorsport
R8 Russia Michael Belov Russia Nikita Volegov Russia SMP Racing
R9 4 June Denmark Christian Lundgaard Denmark Christian Lundgaard Denmark Christian Lundgaard Netherlands MP Motorsport
4 R10 Estonia auto24ring, Audru 1 July Spain Xavier Lloveras Denmark Christian Lundgaard Denmark Christian Lundgaard Netherlands MP Motorsport Estonian Grand Prix
R11 Russia Nikita Volegov Denmark Christian Lundgaard Netherlands MP Motorsport
R12 2 July Denmark Christian Lundgaard Estonia Sten Piirimägi Netherlands Bent Viscaal Netherlands MP Motorsport
5 R13 Russia Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 15 July Denmark Christian Lundgaard Finland Juuso Puhakka Denmark Christian Lundgaard Netherlands MP Motorsport Russian Endurance Challenge
R14 16 July Denmark Christian Lundgaard Denmark Christian Lundgaard Netherlands MP Motorsport
R15 Denmark Christian Lundgaard Finland Juuso Puhakka Finland Tuomas Haapalainen Finland AKK Academy
6 R16 Russia Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 19 August Denmark Christian Lundgaard Denmark Christian Lundgaard Denmark Christian Lundgaard Netherlands MP Motorsport Russian Circuit Racing Series
R17 Denmark Christian Lundgaard Denmark Christian Lundgaard Netherlands MP Motorsport
R18 20 August Denmark Christian Lundgaard Denmark Christian Lundgaard Finland Tuomas Haapalainen Finland AKK Academy
7 R19 Netherlands TT Circuit Assen, Assen 21 October Russia Aleksandr Smolyar Finland Tuomas Haapalainen Netherlands Bent Viscaal Netherlands MP Motorsport Formido Finaleraces
R20 22 October Russia Aleksandr Smolyar Netherlands Bent Viscaal Netherlands MP Motorsport
R21 Denmark Christian Lundgaard Russia Aleksandr Smolyar Denmark Christian Lundgaard Netherlands 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
Russia		 SMO
Russia		 AHV
Finland		 AUD
Estonia		 MSC1
Russia		 MSC2
Russia		 ASS
Netherlands		 Pts
1 Denmark 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 Netherlands 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 Russia 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 Finland 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 Russia 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 Spain Xavier Lloveras 1 2 4 4 2 2 6 6 3 2 3 6 11 7 15 156
7 Finland 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 Russia 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 Finland 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 Cyprus 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 Estonia Sten Piirimägi 8 7 13 13 12 14 8 9 5 8 13 12 6 6 7 42
12 Estonia Jan-Erik Meikup 11 18 7 7 9 7 5 8 12 14 13 DSQ WD WD WD 29
13 Austria Lukas Dunner 10 13 10 Ret Ret 13 10 7 13 9 12 10 8 9 8 Ret 5 9 24
14 Finland Elias Niskanen 7 10 6 15 10 10 9 Ret 11 12 18 9 Ret 14 17 19
15 Finland Konsta Lappalainen 3 12 10 16
16 Spain Guillem Pujeu 14 19 17 12 Ret 13 18 15 Ret Ret 8 7 12 8 13 12 10 6 16
17 Spain Marta García 17 Ret 6 8
18 Russia 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 Netherlands John Peters 12 6 11 17 Ret 16 15 13 DNS 4
20 Azerbaijan 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 Russia Ivan Shvetsov Ret 17 14 Ret 15 19 9 11 12 Ret DNS DNS 2
22 Russia Nerses Isaakyan 11 12 9 2
23 Malaysia Nazim Azman 9 16 15 2
24 Russia Nikita Sitnikov 13 13 17 0
25 Russia Roman Lebedev 14 14 17 0
26 Russia Milen Ponomarenko 15 16 15 14 Ret 15 WD WD WD 15 16 Ret 16 16 18 16 16 15 0
27 France Tristan Charpentier 16 17 Ret WD WD WD 0
Pos Driver SOC
Russia		 SMO
Russia		 AHV
Finland		 AUD
Estonia		 MSC1
Russia		 MSC2
Russia		 ASS
Netherlands		 Pts

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