2016 F4 Spanish Championship
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The 2016 F4 Spanish Championship was the inaugural season of the Spanish F4 Championship, a motor racing series regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, taking place in Spain and Portugal. The championship featured drivers competing in 1.4 litre Tatuus-Abarth single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. The series was organised by Koiranen GP and RFEDA. It began on 11 June at the Circuito de Navarra and finished on 16 October at the Circuito del Jarama after 20 races held across seven rounds.
MP Motorsport driver Richard Verschoor dominated the season and sealed the title after taking hat-trick at Jarama. While his team won the teams' championship. Aleksandr Vartanyan finished as runner-up to Verschoor, despite missing a round, but Vartanyan wasn't able to win a race. Tuomas Tujula won a race at Navarra and completed the top-three in the driver standings. Verschoor's teammate Xavier Lloveras won a race at Barcelona and helped MP Motorsport to clinch their first teams' championship in their history. Nikita Volegov and Tuomas Haapalainen were the only other drivers who were eligible to score points due to obligation of competing in at least five rounds. Wildcard drivers Jarno Opmeer, Sebastián Fernández, Juuso Puhakka, Juho Valtanen, Roope Markkanen have visited a podium step (Markkanen won the second race at Navarra).
Entry list
| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom Double R Racing | 2 | Finland Elias Niskanen | 7 |
| 4 | Finland Tuomas Tujula | All | |
| 6 | Finland Konsta Lappalainen | 5, 7 | |
| 10 | Finland Juuso Puhakka | 2, 7 | |
| 14 | Finland Juho Valtanen | 1, 3 | |
| 26 | Australia Harry Hayek | 1 | |
| 50 | Finland Tuomas Haapalainen | 1–3, 6–7 | |
| 64 | Finland Rasmus Markkanen | 1 | |
| 65 | Finland Roope Markkanen | 1 | |
| Spain Drivex | 7 | Russia Nikita Volegov | All |
| 31 | Spain Antolín González | 4–6 | |
| 41 | Russia Aleksandr Vartanyan | 1–4, 6–7 | |
| 88 | Spain Marta García | 4–7 | |
| Netherlands MP Motorsport | 10 | Finland Juuso Puhakka | 1 |
| 16 | Netherlands Jarno Opmeer | 1–2 | |
| 21 | Spain Xavier Lloveras | All | |
| 22 | Netherlands Richard Verschoor | All | |
| 38 | Netherlands Danny Kroes | 2, 4, 7 | |
| 44 | Venezuela Sebastián Fernández | 3, 5–6 |
Race calendar and results
The calendar was announced on 10 March 2016. A mid-season change was introduced with the round in Jerez being replaced by Montmeló and ran as a double-header in support of the World Rallycross Championship. But on 12 July calendar was amended again. The Estoril round was changed to Jerez, where it would be in the support of the Formula V8 3.5 Series and Euroformula Open Championship, while the Barcelona round was moved to 2 October and supported Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup.
Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap. At Montmeló, only two races were held, and full points were awarded for Race 2. Only drivers, who have competed at least in five rounds were eligible to score championship points.
| 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 | NAV Spain | ALC Spain | ALG Portugal | VAL Spain | CAT Spain | JAR Spain | JER Spain | Pts | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos Driver NAV Spain ALC Spain ALG Portugal VAL Spain CAT Spain JAR Spain JER Spain Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Netherlands Richard Verschoor 1 2 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 368 2 Russia Aleksandr Vartanyan 2 4 6 3 2 7 3 2 2 4 3 4 4 5 4 3 2 2 244 3 Finland Tuomas Tujula 6 11 1 8 6 8 4 5 4 Ret Ret 8 2 4 2 2 3 4 4 3 222 4 Spain Xavier Lloveras 5 5 Ret 4 9 2 5 7 6 2 2 2 DNS 1 7 4 2 Ret 5 10 197 5 Russia Nikita Volegov 7 6 7 6 8 5 8 8 7 3 4 3 4 5 6 7 6 2 3 7 188 6 Finland Tuomas Haapalainen 10 9 5 7 7 9 7 6 5 3 3 5 Ret 8 6 139 Wild card drivers ineligible for position in the championship Netherlands Jarno Opmeer 3 3 4 2 3 3 0 Spain Marta García 5 5 6 5 6 8 8 7 5 7 5 0 Venezuela Sebastián Fernández 6 4 Ret 3 3 5 6 8 0 Finland Juuso Puhakka 9 8 3 Ret 5 4 Ret Ret 4 0 Netherlands Danny Kroes 5 4 6 Ret 6 5 Ret 6 8 0 Finland Juho Valtanen Ret 7 9 2 3 3 0 Finland Roope Markkanen 4 1 2 0 Spain Antolín González Ret 7 7 6 8 Ret Ret 9 0 Finland Konsta Lappalainen 7 7 6 9 9 0 Finland Rasmus Markkanen 8 10 8 0 Finland Elias Niskanen 7 10 Ret 0 Australia Harry Hayek Ret DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts NAV Spain ALC Spain ALG Portugal VAL Spain CAT Spain JAR Spain JER Spain | Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||
| 1 | Netherlands Richard Verschoor | 1 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 368 |
| 2 | Russia Aleksandr Vartanyan | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 244 | ||
| 3 | Finland Tuomas Tujula | 6 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 222 |
| 4 | Spain Xavier Lloveras | 5 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | DNS | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 5 | 10 | 197 |
| 5 | Russia Nikita Volegov | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 188 |
| 6 | Finland Tuomas Haapalainen | 10 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 139 | |||||
| Wild card drivers ineligible for position in the championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands Jarno Opmeer | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Spain Marta García | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Venezuela Sebastián Fernández | 6 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Finland Juuso Puhakka | 9 | 8 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Netherlands Danny Kroes | 5 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 6 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Finland Juho Valtanen | Ret | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Finland Roope Markkanen | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spain Antolín González | Ret | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Finland Konsta Lappalainen | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland Rasmus Markkanen | 8 | 10 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Finland Elias Niskanen | 7 | 10 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Australia Harry Hayek | Ret | DNS | DNS | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| NAV Spain | ALC Spain | ALG Portugal | VAL Spain | CAT Spain | JAR Spain | JER Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Colour | Result | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Gold | Winner | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Silver | Second place | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bronze | Third place | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Green | Points classification | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Blue | Non-points classification | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-classified finish (NC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purple | Retired, not classified (Ret) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) |
Teams' championship
| Pos | Team | NAV Spain | ALC Spain | ALG Portugal | VAL Spain | CAT Spain | JAR Spain | JER Spain | Pts | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||
| 1 | Netherlands MP Motorsport | 1 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 616 |
| 5 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | DNS | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 5 | 10 | |||
| 2 | Spain Drivex | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 452 |
| 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||||
| 3 | United Kingdom Double R Racing | 6 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 371 |
| 10 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 8 | 6 | ||||||||
| Pos | Team | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| NAV Spain | ALC Spain | ALG Portugal | VAL Spain | CAT Spain | JAR Spain | JER Spain |