2016 SMP F4 Championship

The 2016 SMP F4 Championship season is the second season of the SMP F4 Championship. It began on 29 April at Sochi and will finish on 10 September at Ahvenisto after 20 races held across seven rounds.[1]

2016 SMP F4 Championship
Previous: 2015 Next: 2017

This season saw the F4 debut of the Dutch team MP Motorsport, which joined Koiranen GP and SMP Racing in fielding cars and drivers. The series also expanded to the Netherlands, hosting some races as well as a parallel championship to the SMP F4 championship, called the Dutch F4 Trophy.

The series is a FIA North-European Zone (NEZ) championship as in 2015. NEZ Council agreed in its meeting in 20 March to allow KNAF licence holders to score points in the championship. The FIA World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) had already accepted KNAF into the NEZ F4 championship earlier in 4 March. The exception is valid for 2016 season only, and only after NEZ receives full payment of membership fees. Dutch drivers aren't eligible to any other NEZ cups or championships.[2] Spanish Xavier Lloveras scored points in the series as he was an AKK Motorsports (FIN) license holder. Richard Verschoor take 11 wins as another Dutch driver Jarno Opmeer wins 7 races, as Thomas Tujula and Aleksandr Vartanyan win 1 race.

Drivers
No. Driver Class Rounds
1 Aleksey Korneev[3] G 1, 4–5
2 Ivan Matveev[4] G 4
3 Henri Kauppi[3] 1–2, 7
4 Tuomas Tujula[5] All
5 Nikita Sitnikov[4] 1–2, 4–7
7 Nikita Volegov[4] 2–7
10 Zakhar Slutskiy[3] 1–3
11 Gleb Zotov[4] 1–5
14 Juho Valtanen[5] All
15 Artem Petrov[4] 1–5
16 Jarno Opmeer[6] All
17 Nerses Isaakyan G 5, 7
21 Xavier Lloveras[7] All
22 Richard Verschoor[8] All
25 Artem Slutskiy[3] 1–3
32 Roman Lebedev[4] All
38 Danny Kroes[9] 1–3
40 Vladimir Tziortzis[4] All
41 Aleksandr Vartanyan[5] All
50 Tuomas Haapalainen[3] All
64 Rasmus Markkanen[10] All
65 Roope Markkanen[10] All
77 Aleksandr Maslennikov[3] All
Icon Class
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race calendar and results

The final calendar was announced on 7 March 2016.[1]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Supporting
1 R1 Sochi Autodrom, Sochi 30 April Richard Verschoor Jarno Opmeer Richard Verschoor Russian Grand Prix
R2 1 May Jarno Opmeer Jarno Opmeer Jarno Opmeer
2 R3 Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort 14 May Richard Verschoor Jarno Opmeer Tuomas Tujula Pinksterraces
R4 15 May Aleksandr Vartanyan Jarno Opmeer
R5 Richard Verschoor Tuomas Tujula Jarno Opmeer
3 R6 Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort 4 June Richard Verschoor Jarno Opmeer Jarno Opmeer Max Verstappen Fan Days
R7 5 June Juho Valtanen Jarno Opmeer
R8 Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor
4 R9 Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 23 July Richard Verschoor Aleksey Korneev Richard Verschoor Russian Circuit Racing Series
R10 24 July Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor
R11 Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor
5 R12 Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 20 August Richard Verschoor Xavier Lloveras Richard Verschoor Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
R13 21 August Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor
R14 Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor
6 R15 Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp 3 September Jarno Opmeer Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor
R16 4 September Jarno Opmeer Richard Verschoor
R17 Jarno Opmeer Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor
7 R18 Ahvenisto Race Circuit, Hämeenlinna 10 September Jarno Opmeer Aleksandr Vartanyan Jarno Opmeer Rata-SM
R19 11 September Richard Verschoor Jarno Opmeer
R20 Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor Aleksandr Vartanyan

    Championship standings

    Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap. At Sochi, only two races were held, and full points were awarded for Race 2.

    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
    		 ZAN1
    		 ZAN2
    		 MSC1
    		 MSC2
    		 AND
    		 AHV
    		 Pts
    1 Richard Verschoor 1 Ret 2 7 12 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 339
    2 Jarno Opmeer 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 5 2 3 10 16 2 5 9 12 1 1 4 270
    3 Aleksandr Vartanyan 4 4 5 6 3 7 3 2 4 4 9 4 4 13 6 Ret 2 8 9 1 198
    4 Rasmus Markkanen Ret 5 16 5 Ret 3 6 5 11 9 12 5 3 Ret 10 12 3 4 6 3 124
    5 Tuomas Tujula Ret EX 1 3 2 6 8 Ret 12 10 7 7 7 4 8 Ret 4 7 8 Ret 120
    6 Roope Markkanen 3 Ret 8 Ret 6 4 2 6 14 12 5 13 10 3 7 11 Ret 6 5 6 118
    7 Nikita Sitnikov 5 3 9 Ret 4 2 3 2 Ret 13 15 4 4 10 13 Ret 8 113
    8 Tuomas Haapalainen Ret 6 12 13 Ret Ret 15 9 7 5 16 2 5 5 2 2 8 9 11 5 110
    9 Juho Valtanen Ret Ret 4 2 5 8 7 4 10 6 10 12 8 11 3 3 Ret 5 4 Ret 108
    10 Xavier Lloveras 8 7 Ret 15 11 5 5 7 8 7 6 11 9 6 Ret 6 9 10 7 7 80
    11 Nikita Volegov 11 10 Ret 10 10 10 6 13 8 9 12 9 9 10 5 14 14 Ret 38
    12 Danny Kroes 6 8 6 4 Ret 9 11 11 32
    13 Vladimir Tziortzis 14 11 7 14 10 13 12 12 13 15 13 6 6 16 Ret 7 7 12 13 Ret 32
    14 Aleksandr Maslennikov     9 Ret 15 12 9 15 18 Ret 9 8 11 Ret 15 12 11 8 6 11 10 Ret 20
    15 Artem Petrov 10 EX 14 9 7 Ret 13 Ret Ret DNS Ret 8 11 10 14
    16 Henri Kauppi 7 14 18 17 13 16 15 9 8
    17 Zakhar Slutskiy Ret 9 13 11 8 11 9 13 8
    18 Roman Lebedev 13 10 17 16 Ret 14 14 8 15 14 17 12 5 11 15 12 Ret 6
    19 Artem Slutskiy 12 13 10 8 Ret 12 17 Ret 2
    Gleb Zotov 11 12 Ret 18 Ret 16 16 14 17 Ret 15 14 Ret 14 0
    Drivers ineligible to score points
    Nerses Isaakyan 3 2 8 2 3 Ret 0
    Aleksey Korneev Ret 2 3 16 4 DSQ 14 7 0
    Ivan Matveev 16 11 14 0
    Pos Driver SOC
    		 ZAN1
    		 ZAN2
    		 MSC1
    		 MSC2
    		 AND
    		 AHV
    		 Pts
    ColourResult
    GoldWinner
    Silver2nd place
    Bronze3rd 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 participate (DNP)
    Did not arrive (DNA)
    Excluded (EX)

    Bold – Pole
    Italics – Fastest Lap

    References
    1. "The 2016 SMP F4 NEZ calendar is now official". SMP F4 Championship. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
    2. http://www.fia-nez.eu/files/upload_pdf/20472/Minutes_NC%20Spring%202016.pdf
    3. "Round 1 Entry List for Sochi". SMP F4. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
    4. "SMP F4 NEZ CHAMPIONSHIP: THE GRID IS FILLING UP". SMP F4 Championship. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
    5. Allen, Peter (14 December 2015). "Vartanyan and Finnish karting duo commit to SMP F4 for 2016". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
    6. "Dutch jarno Opmeer joins the SMP F4 NEZ championship". 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
    7. "XAVIER LLOVERAS IN A DOUBLE PROGRAM AND LLUC IBAÑEZ IN THE SPANISH F4 CHAMPIONSHIP". F4Spain.com. 10 April 2016. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
    8. David, Gruz (12 February 2016). "Karting star Richard Verschoor enters SMP F4". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
    9. "Dutch Danny Kroes enters the fight in the SMP F4 NEZ Championship". SMP F4 Championship. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
    10. David, Gruz (1 March 2016). "Twins Rasmus and Roope Markkanen enter SMP F4". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
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