2016 ADAC Formula 4 Championship

Second season of the ADAC Formula 4

The 2016 ADAC Formula 4 season was the second season of the ADAC Formula 4. It began on 16 April at Oschersleben and finished on 2 October at Hockenheim after seven triple header rounds.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Status	Rounds
US Racing^[2]	2	Jannes Fittje^[3]		All
	3	Carrie Schreiner^[3]		All
	27	Louis Gachot^[4]		All
	28	Kim-Luis Schramm^[5]		All
ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	4	Mauricio Baiz		3
	5	Lirim Zendeli^[6]	R	All
	6	Mike David Ortmann^[6]		All
	7	Oliver Söderström^[6]		All
	9	Ricardo Feller	R	1–4, 8
	97	Devlin DeFrancesco^[7]		7
Liqui Moly Team Engstler	8	Luca Engstler		All
Liqui Moly Team Engstler	21	Michelle Halder		1–2, 5–8
RS Competition	10	Andreas Estner	R	1–6, 8
	40	Leonard Hoogenboom	R	1
	71	Philip Hamprecht		2
Lechner Racing	13	Yannik Brandt^[8]	R	All
	14	Thomas Preining		All
	15	Michael Waldherr^[9]		1–5
	55	Marylin Niederhauser^[10]		8
Motopark	15	Michael Waldherr^[10]		8
	22	Richard Verschoor^[11]	R	4, 6
	33	Jonathan Aberdein^[12]	R	All
	66	Simo Laaksonen^[10]		All
	99	Sophia Flörsch^[10]		All
Jenzer Motorsport	17	Diego Ciantini^[10]		3, 5, 8
	18	Jan-Erik Meikup^[13]		1–7
	19	Fabio Scherer^[14]	R	All
	20	Kevin Kratz^[13]		1–3, 5–8
	69	Giacomo Bianchi^[10]		6, 8
	77	Job van Uitert^[15]		All
Team Timo Scheider^[16]	23	Julian Hanses^[16]	R	All
	30	Kenneth Gulbrandsen^[16]	R	1–3
	46	Mauro Auricchio^[16]		1–3
	75	Janneau Esmeijer^[10]		5–8
Robin Brezina	24	Robin Brezina		1, 3
Rennsport Rössler	24	Robin Brezina^[10]		8
Rennsport Rössler	55	Marylin Niederhauser		1–4
Van Amersfoort Racing	25	Moritz Müller-Crepon^[17]		All
	35	Kami Laliberté		All
	40	Leonard Hoogenboom	R	2–8
	96	Joey Mawson^[18]		All
Prema Powerteam	29	Mick Schumacher^[19]		All
	44	Jüri Vips^[20]	R	All
	68	Juan Manuel Correa^[21]	R	All
KUG-Motorsport	45	Toni Wolf^[10]		All
KUG-Motorsport	91	Sebastián Fernández	R	6
SMC Schwärzler Motorsport Concepts^[10]	79	Jordan Love^[10]	R	8
Neuhauser Racing	80	Felipe Drugovich^[22]	R	All
Neuhauser Racing	81	Nicklas Nielsen^[10]	R	All
Team Piro Sport Interdental	90	Cedric Piro^[10]		1, 3–8
RB Racing	91	Sebastián Fernández	R	5

Icon	Legend
R	Rookie

Race calendar

All rounds were part of the ADAC GT Masters weekends, with the exception of round 4 which supported the TCR International Series.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie winner
1	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben	16 April	Joey Mawson	Jannes Fittje	Joey Mawson	Van Amersfoort Racing	Jüri Vips
	R2		17 April	Joey Mawson	Kim-Luis Schramm	Joey Mawson	Van Amersfoort Racing	Juan Manuel Correa
	R3		17 April		Joey Mawson	Mick Schumacher	Prema Powerteam	Nicklas Nielsen
2	R1	Sachsenring, Chemnitz	30 April	Kim-Luis Schramm	Kim-Luis Schramm	Mike David Ortmann	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	Juan Manuel Correa
	R2		1 May	Mick Schumacher	Mike David Ortmann	Mike David Ortmann	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	Nicklas Nielsen
	R3		1 May		Nicklas Nielsen	Joey Mawson	Van Amersfoort Racing	Nicklas Nielsen
3	R1	Lausitzring, Klettwitz	4 June	Mick Schumacher	Lirim Zendeli	Mick Schumacher	Prema Powerteam	Felipe Drugovich
	R2		4 June	Mick Schumacher	Kim-Luis Schramm	Mick Schumacher	Prema Powerteam	Lirim Zendeli
	R3		5 June		Kami Laliberté	Fabio Scherer	Jenzer Motorsport	Fabio Scherer
4	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben	18 June	Thomas Preining	Joey Mawson	Joey Mawson	Van Amersfoort Racing	Felipe Drugovich
	R2		19 June	Joey Mawson	Joey Mawson	Joey Mawson	Van Amersfoort Racing	Lirim Zendeli
	R3		19 June		Kim-Luis Schramm	Kim-Luis Schramm	US Racing	Leonard Hoogenboom
5	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	23 July	Thomas Preining	Nicklas Nielsen	Thomas Preining	Lechner Racing	Jüri Vips
	R2		24 July	Joey Mawson	Juan Manuel Correa	Joey Mawson	Van Amersfoort Racing	Nicklas Nielsen
	R3		24 July		Kami Laliberté	Simo Laaksonen	Motopark	Nicklas Nielsen
6	R1	Nürburgring, Nürburg	6 August	Mick Schumacher	Mick Schumacher	Mick Schumacher	Prema Powerteam	Nicklas Nielsen
	R2		7 August	Joey Mawson	Juan Manuel Correa	Joey Mawson	Van Amersfoort Racing	Jüri Vips
	R3		7 August		Mike David Ortmann	Thomas Preining	Lechner Racing	Jüri Vips
7	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort	20 August	Joey Mawson	Joey Mawson	Joey Mawson	Van Amersfoort Racing	Lirim Zendeli
	R2		20 August	Mike David Ortmann	Lirim Zendeli	Mike David Ortmann	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	Lirim Zendeli
	R3		21 August		Sophia Flörsch	Kami Laliberté	Van Amersfoort Racing	Jonathan Aberdein
8	R1	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	1 October	Mike David Ortmann	Joey Mawson	Joey Mawson	Van Amersfoort Racing	Jüri Vips
	R2		1 October	Joey Mawson	Joey Mawson	Joey Mawson	Van Amersfoort Racing	Lirim Zendeli
	R3		2 October		Mick Schumacher	Mick Schumacher	Prema Powerteam	Jüri Vips

Championship standings

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

For the third race in Zandvoort, only half points were awarded because of a premature crash.

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	OSC1			SAC			LAU			OSC2			RBR			NÜR			ZAN			HOC			Pts
1	Joey Mawson	1	1	2	2	3	1	6	2	23	1	1	Ret	4	1	3	2	1	28	1	27	8	1	1	Ret	374
2	Mick Schumacher	4	4	1	4	2	4	1	1	6	3	2	26	6	11	2	1	15	2	3	3	6	6	8	1	322
3	Mike David Ortmann	Ret	3	16	1	1	7	9	4	3	6	3	Ret	7	2	5	3	Ret	6	2	1	11	2	22	7	247
4	Thomas Preining	6	14	3	28	18	13	3	7	8	2	DSQ	5	1	Ret	16	8	7	1	14	7	10	5	2	5	180.5
5	Kim-Luis Schramm	2	2	6	3	Ret	5	8	5	4	10	8	1	3	5	Ret	13	8	8	11	Ret	5	10	31	4	176
6	Jüri Vips	9	Ret	25	Ret	8	Ret	7	11	22	26	21	Ret	2	4	6	5	2	3	5	8	9	3	16	3	138
7	Jannes Fittje	3	5	7	5	4	Ret	4	3	2	11	7	20	Ret	6	20	10	13	4	15	17	14	12	7	13	133
8	Nicklas Nielsen	10	9	8	7	5	3	Ret	15	17	Ret	15	25	5	3	4	4	3	17	16	11	15	16	27	8	106
9	Kami Laliberté	24	8	Ret	9	6	21	2	28	24	Ret	22	19	28	19	26	15	Ret	10	8	6	1	8	3	2	94.5
10	Juan Manuel Correa	Ret	6	20	6	9	6	12	9	11	5	9	3	Ret	18	11	6	4	30	6	9	4	Ret	Ret	30	91
11	Simo Laaksonen	Ret	7	22	8	12	2	Ret	16	14	7	4	Ret	10	17	1	9	Ret	12	Ret	12	30	9	4	34	88
12	Felipe Drugovich	12	10	9	17	10	28	5	8	7	4	6	Ret	8	Ret	28	Ret	6	18	9	4	3	26	9	14	79.5
13	Lirim Zendeli	Ret	16	Ret	18	11	11	21	6	5	25	5	13	27	10	14	Ret	12	31	4	2	7	4	5	24	74
14	Jonathan Aberdein	15	24	11	10	Ret	8	Ret	13	13	8	13	4	26	9	21	14	9	15	7	10	2	23	6	27	49
15	Richard Verschoor										12	24	6				7	5	5							34
16	Michael Waldherr	7	12	4	13	28	9	16	Ret	19	Ret	Ret	21	9	16	7							Ret	29	16	28
17	Fabio Scherer	14	17	18	21	15	22	14	10	1	Ret	16	14	Ret	20	15	21	16	16	17	16	16	24	Ret	33	26
18	Leonard Hoogenboom	13	23	13	25	21	25	10	14	12	9	12	2	11	24	8	16	17	11	25	28	23	27	17	15	25
19	Sophia Flörsch	8	Ret	5	14	7	10	13	20	27	14	20	10	16	27	10	12	14	9	Ret	Ret	29	28	12	18	25
20	Job van Uitert	DSQ	13	31	20	Ret	29	Ret	12	9	13	10	9	31	23	17	30	19	23	13	Ret	13	7	14	6	19
21	Janneau Esmeijer													30	7	19	18	18	29	10	5	32	20	19	12	17
22	Moritz Müller-Crepon	5	Ret	15	16	Ret	26	23	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	18	20	13	30	11	29	7	20	13	17	17	32	20	16
23	Jan-Erik Meikup	21	22	27	15	17	30	Ret	27	21	18	14	7	25	31	27	26	Ret	24	28	24	28				6
24	Cedric Piro	17	11	12				11	Ret	16	17	17	8	21	21	Ret	29	10	20	21	19	20	11	30	11	5
25	Sebastián Fernández													12	8	25	17	24	19							4
26	Luca Engstler	26	29	17	19	Ret	12	Ret	17	25	21	Ret	11	15	Ret	9	Ret	23	27	18	18	19	14	34	32	2
27	Toni Wolf	27	19	14	Ret	14	20	Ret	26	DNQ	Ret	19	15	14	32	13	31	20	Ret	22	21	22	13	11	9	2
28	Oliver Söderström	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	19	Ret	19	23	Ret	18	12	31	Ret	22	22	29	15	27	Ret	10	Ret	1
29	Louis Gachot	20	Ret	Ret	23	16	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	26	16	19	22	12	19	30	14	24	23	21	18	28	10	1
30	Mauricio Baíz							15	22	10																1
31	Kenneth Gulbrandsen	16	20	10	Ret	22	18	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ																1
32	Yannik Brandt	30	Ret	DNS	27	24	27	Ret	Ret	20	15	18	12	17	14	Ret	20	11	13	23	20	24	Ret	15	22	0
33	Kevin Kratz	19	15	Ret	11	13	14	Ret	Ret	Ret				22	15	29	22	21	Ret	19	22	18	Ret	33	31	0
34	Mauro Auricchio	11	18	30	26	20	23	17	21	15																0
35	Julian Hanses	29	21	23	29	19	24	Ret	23	Ret	16	27	17	23	26	18	27	26	Ret	12	Ret	12	29	26	21	0
36	Diego Ciantini							20	24	18				13	30	Ret							15	23	28	0
37	Robin Brezina	18	25	19				18	25	DNQ													Ret	13	Ret	0
38	Devlin DeFrancesco																			30	14	25				0
39	Ricardo Feller	27	26	26	22	23	15	22	18	26	20	25	Ret										Ret	20	25	0
40	Philip Hamprecht				Ret	29	16																			0
41	Andreas Estner	22	28	21	24	26	17	19	Ret	DNQ	24	28	22	24	25	22	23	28	21				21	Ret	17	0
42	Jordan Love																						Ret	18	23	0
43	Carrie Schreiner	23	30	Ret	31	25	31	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	23	Ret	23	Ret	29	24	24	25	Ret	26	25	26	22	21	19	0
44	Giacomo Bianchi																25	Ret	25				19	24	29	0
45	Marilyn Niederhauser	DNQ	DNQ	28	30	27	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	22	29	24										DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
46	Michelle Halder	25	27	24	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ							29	28	23	28	27	26	27	26	31	25	25	26	0
Pos	Driver	OSC1			SAC			LAU			OSC2			RBR			NÜR			ZAN			HOC			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookies' championship

Pos	Driver	OSC1			SAC			LAU			OSC2			RBR			NÜR			ZAN			HOC			Pts
1	Nicklas Nielsen	10	9	8	7	5	3	Ret	15	17	Ret	15	25	5	3	4	4	3	17	16	11	15	16	27	8	317
2	Jüri Vips	9	Ret	25	Ret	8	Ret	7	11	22	26	21	Ret	2	4	6	5	2	3	5	8	9	3	16	3	305
3	Juan Manuel Correa	Ret	6	20	6	9	6	12	9	11	5	9	3	Ret	18	11	6	4	30	6	9	4	Ret	Ret	30	261.5
4	Felipe Drugovich	12	10	9	17	10	28	5	8	7	4	6	Ret	8	Ret	28	Ret	6	18	9	4	3	26	9	14	259
5	Lirim Zendeli	Ret	16	Ret	18	11	11	21	6	5	25	5	13	27	10	14	Ret	12	31	4	2	7	4	5	24	255
6	Jonathan Aberdein	15	24	11	10	Ret	8	Ret	13	13	8	13	4	26	9	21	14	9	15	7	10	2	23	6	27	215.5
7	Leonard Hoogenboom	13	23	13	25	21	25	10	14	12	9	12	2	11	24	8	16	17	11	25	28	23	27	17	15	194
8	Fabio Scherer	14	17	18	21	15	22	14	10	1	Ret	16	14	Ret	20	15	21	16	16	17	16	16	24	Ret	33	149
9	Yannik Brandt	30	Ret	DNS	27	24	27	Ret	Ret	20	15	18	12	17	14	Ret	20	11	13	23	20	24	Ret	15	22	92.5
10	Richard Verschoor										12	24	6				7	5	5							65
11	Julian Hanses	29	21	23	29	19	24	Ret	23	Ret	16	27	17	23	26	18	27	26	Ret	12	Ret	12	29	26	21	65
12	Andreas Estner	22	28	21	24	26	17	19	Ret	DNQ	24	28	22	24	25	22	23	28	21				21	Ret	17	61
13	Ricardo Feller	27	26	26	22	23	15	22	18	26	20	25	Ret										Ret	20	25	41
14	Kenneth Gulbrandsen	16	20	10	Ret	22	18	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ																37
15	Sebastián Fernández													12	8	25	17	24	19							34
16	Giacomo Bianchi																25	Ret	25				19	24	29	18
Pos	Driver	OSC1			SAC			LAU			OSC2			RBR			NÜR			ZAN			HOC			Pts

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	Points
1	Prema Powerteam	459.5
2	Van Amersfoort Racing	455
3	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	356
4	US Racing	351
5	Lechner Racing	240
6	Neuhauser Racing	220
7	Motopark	183.5
8	Jenzer Motorsport	34
9	Team Timo Scheider	29.5
10	Team Piro Sport Interdental	18
11	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	13
12	KUG-Motorsport	11
13	RB Racing	7
14	Rennsport Rössler	2
14	RS Competition	1

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