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 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]

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

Drivers
Team No. Driver Rounds
Netherlands MP Motorsport 1 Netherlands Freek Schothorst[4] 1
12 Switzerland Patrick Schott[5][N 1] 1–4
52 Hungary László Tóth 7
64 Sweden Isac Blomqvist[1] All
888 Belgium Amaury Cordeel[6][N 1] 3–5, 7
Russia SMP Racing 2 Russia Pavel Bulantsev[1] All
7 Russia Nikita Volegov[7] 2
11 Russia Aleksandr Vilaev[8] All
16 Russia Nikita Aleksandrov[8] All
20 Russia Ivan Berets[1] All
21 Russia Artem Lobanenko[9] All
27 Russia Ivan Shvetsov[9] All
41 Russia Aleksandr Vartanyan[1] 3
Russia Denis Bulatov 4
Russia Irina Sidorkova 7
57 Russia Michael Belov[9] All
Finland Formula Academy 3 Denmark Noah Watt 7
Finland Kart In Club Driving Academy 10 Finland Konsta Lappalainen[10] All
69 Finland Jesse Salmenautio[10] All
Finland Jimi Hannus Racing 12 Finland Jimi Hannus 6
Finland Koiranen GP 32 Finland Tuomas Haapalainen[6] 3–5
Finland Mi Maijala 6
56 Finland 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 Russia Smolensk Ring, Safonovo 5 May Sweden Isac Blomqvist Sweden Isac Blomqvist Sweden Isac Blomqvist Netherlands MP Motorsport 2018 Russian Circuit Racing Series
R2 Finland Konsta Lappalainen Sweden Isac Blomqvist Netherlands MP Motorsport
R3 6 May Russia Ivan Berets Netherlands Freek Schothorst Russia Ivan Berets Russia SMP Racing
2 R4 Russia NRING Circuit, Bogorodsk 2 June Finland Konsta Lappalainen Russia Michael Belov Russia Michael Belov Russia SMP Racing
R5 Sweden Isac Blomqvist Russia Pavel Bulantsev Russia SMP Racing
R6 3 June Russia Michael Belov Russia Michael Belov Russia Michael Belov Russia SMP Racing
3 R7 Russia Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 11 August Finland Konsta Lappalainen Finland Tuomas Haapalainen Finland Konsta Lappalainen Finland Kart In Club Driving Academy
R8 Sweden Isac Blomqvist Sweden Isac Blomqvist Netherlands MP Motorsport
R9 12 August Finland Konsta Lappalainen Russia Aleksandr Vartanyan Finland Konsta Lappalainen Finland Kart In Club Driving Academy
4 R10 Russia Autodrom Moscow, Myachkovo Airport 18 August Finland Konsta Lappalainen Finland Konsta Lappalainen Finland Konsta Lappalainen Finland Kart In Club Driving Academy Mitjet Russian Cup IV
R11 Finland Konsta Lappalainen Finland Konsta Lappalainen Finland Kart In Club Driving Academy
R12 19 August Finland Amaury Cordeel Finland Amaury Cordeel Finland Amaury Cordeel Netherlands MP Motorsport
5 R13 Finland Ahvenisto Race Circuit, Hämeenlinna 1 September Russia Michael Belov Finland Konsta Lappalainen Finland Konsta Lappalainen Finland Kart In Club Driving Academy Rata-SM
R14 Russia Pavel Bulantsev Finland Tuomas Haapalainen Finland Koiranen GP
R15 2 September Russia Michael Belov Russia Michael Belov Russia Michael Belov Russia SMP Racing
6 R16 Finland Alastaro Circuit, Loimaa 22 September Russia Pavel Bulantsev Russia Michael Belov Finland Konsta Lappalainen Finland Kart In Club Driving Academy Rata-SM
R17 Russia Ivan Berets Russia Michael Belov Russia SMP Racing
R18 23 September Russia Michael Belov Russia Michael Belov Finland Konsta Lappalainen Finland Kart In Club Driving Academy
7 R19 Netherlands Assen Circuit, Assen 20 October Russia Ivan Berets Russia Michael Belov Russia Michael Belov Russia SMP Racing Hankook Finaleraces
R20 Finland Amaury Cordeel Finland Amaury Cordeel Netherlands MP Motorsport
R21 21 October Russia Ivan Berets Russia Michael Belov Russia Ivan Berets Russia 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
Russia		 NRG
Russia		 MSC
Russia		 ADM
Russia		 AHV
Finland		 ALA
Finland		 ASS
Netherlands		 Pts
1 Finland 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 Russia Michael Belov 5 4 4 1 Ret 1 4 7 7 3 2 3 2 5 1 2 1 2 1 4 Ret 275
3 Sweden 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 Russia 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 Finland 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 Russia 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 Russia 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 Finland Amaury Cordeel 6 9 6 4 6 1 Ret 9 9 2 1 3 107
9 Finland Tuomas Haapalainen 14 4 2 7 3 10 8 1 4 74
10 Netherlands Freek Schothorst 3 5 3 36
11 Russia Aleksandr Vartanyan 2 2 9 32
12 Finland Patrick Schott 8 8 7 7 4 9 9 12 11 12 11 9 31
13 Russia 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 Finland Markus Laitala 12 11 12 11 13 12 5 8 13 8 7 7 23
15 Russia 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 Denmark Noah Watt 5 8 7 17
17 Russia 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 Russia Nikita Volegov 8 8 Ret 5
19 Finland Mi Maijala 10 12 10 2
20 Russia Denis Bulatov 10 10 DNS 1
21 Finland Jimi Hannus 11 9 11 0
22 Hungary László Tóth 12 11 11 0
23 Russia Irina Sidorkova 13 13 13 0
Pos Driver SMO
Russia		 NRG
Russia		 MSC
Russia		 ADM
Russia		 AHV
Finland		 ALA
Finland		 ASS
Netherlands		 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

Notes:

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

Footnotes
  1. Schott and Cordeel competed under a Finnish racing license in order to be eligible for points.

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. No. 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.
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