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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 MP Motorsport[1] | 2 |  Tristan Charpentier[6] | 1, 3 |
| 5 |  Christian Lundgaard[6] | All | |
| 8 |  Lukas Dunner[6] | All | |
| 12 | Bent Viscaal[6] | All | |
| 14 | John Peters[7] | 1–3 | |
| 17 |  Nazim Azman | 7 | |
| 19 |  Marta García[8] | 5 | |
 SMP Racing | 3 | Milen Ponomarenko[7] | 1–6 |
| 6 |  Vladimiros Tziortzis[7] | All | |
| 7 | Nikita Volegov[7] | All | |
| 10 | Aleksandr Smolyar[7] | All | |
| 17 | Nerses Isaakyan[9] | 6 | |
| 23 | Roman Lebedev[10] | 3 | |
| 25 | Nikita Sitnikov[9] | 6 | |
| 27 | Ivan Shvetsov[11] | 4–7 | |
| 55 |  Gülhüseyn Abdullayev[7] | All | |
| 57 | Michael Belov[7] | All | |
| 88 | Ivan Berets[7] | All | |
| FA Racing Team[12] | 18 | Guillem Pujeu[7] | 1–6 |
| 21 | Xavier Lloveras[7] | 1–5 | |
 AKK Academy[2] | 22 | Sami-Matti Trogen[13] | All |
| 32 | Tuomas Haapalainen[14] | All | |
| 76 | Elias Niskanen[15] | 1–5 | |
 ALM Motorsport[12] | 33 | Jan-Erik Meikup[12] | 1–5 |
| 44 | Sten Piirimägi[12] | 1, 3–5, 7 | |
| Lappalainen Team[12] | 50 | Juuso Puhakka[16] | All |
| 77 | Konsta Lappalainen | 7 |
Race calendar
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 | SMO | AHV | AUD | MSC1 | MSC2 | ASS | Pts | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Xavier Lloveras | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 156 | ||||||
| 7 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Sten Piirimägi | 8 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 42 | ||||||
| 12 | Jan-Erik Meikup | 11 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 13 | DSQ | WD | WD | WD | 29 | ||||||
| 13 | Lukas Dunner | 10 | 13 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 5 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Elias Niskanen | 7 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 9 | Ret | 11 | 12 | 18 | 9 | Ret | 14 | 17 | 19 | ||||||
| 15 | Konsta Lappalainen | 3 | 12 | 10 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Guillem Pujeu | 14 | 19 | 17 | 12 | Ret | 13 | 18 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Marta García | 17 | Ret | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 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 | John Peters | 12 | 6 | 11 | 17 | Ret | 16 | 15 | 13 | DNS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | 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 | Ivan Shvetsov | Ret | 17 | 14 | Ret | 15 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 12 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 2 | |||||||||
| 22 | Nerses Isaakyan | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Nazim Azman | 9 | 16 | 15 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | Nikita Sitnikov | 13 | 13 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | Roman Lebedev | 14 | 14 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | Milen Ponomarenko | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | Ret | 15 | WD | WD | WD | 15 | 16 | Ret | 16 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 0 | |||
| 27 | Tristan Charpentier | 16 | 17 | Ret | WD | WD | WD | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | SOC | SMO | AHV | AUD | MSC1 | MSC2 | ASS | Pts | ||||||||||||||
References
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- ^ a b "LET THE SEASON BEGIN!". 18 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "2017 SMP F4 NEZ Drivers". YouTube. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ^ "Moscow Raceway, round 5 preview". 13 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Preview: Moscow round 6". 17 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
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- ^ "SMP F4 NEZ Championship round 4, Pärnu calling". 29 June 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "ALM MOTORSPORT LINE-UP COMPLETED FOR 2017 SEASON IN F4 NEZ". 19 April 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
- ^ "SAMI-MATTI TROGEN IN THE 2017 FIA F4 NEZ CHAMPIONSHIP". 12 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ "TUOMAS HAAPALAINEN AIMS FOR THE TITLE ON HIS SECOND SEASON". 17 March 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "ELIAS NISKANEN JOINS THE 2017 FIA F4 NEZ CHAMPIONSHIP". 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ "JUUSO PUHAKKA MAKES HIS DEBUT IN THE SMP F4 NEZ CHAMPIONSHIP". 13 March 2017. Archived from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ "2017 SMP F4 NEZ CHAMPIONSHIP CALENDAR". 24 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
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