2017 SMP F4 Championship
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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.
Despite more teams running the cars, the so-called single-operation remains. All cars have identical set-up including tyre pressure.
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. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands MP Motorsport | 2 | France Tristan Charpentier | 1, 3 |
| 5 | Denmark Christian Lundgaard | All | |
| 8 | Austria Lukas Dunner | All | |
| 12 | Netherlands Bent Viscaal | All | |
| 14 | Netherlands John Peters | 1–3 | |
| 17 | Malaysia Nazim Azman | 7 | |
| 19 | Spain Marta García | 5 | |
| Russia SMP Racing | 3 | Russia Milen Ponomarenko | 1–6 |
| 6 | Cyprus Vladimiros Tziortzis | All | |
| 7 | Russia Nikita Volegov | All | |
| 10 | Russia Aleksandr Smolyar | All | |
| 17 | Russia Nerses Isaakyan | 6 | |
| 23 | Russia Roman Lebedev | 3 | |
| 25 | Russia Nikita Sitnikov | 6 | |
| 27 | Russia Ivan Shvetsov | 4–7 | |
| 55 | Azerbaijan Gülhüseyn Abdullayev | All | |
| 57 | Russia Michael Belov | All | |
| 88 | Russia Ivan Berets | All | |
| Spain FA Racing Team | 18 | Spain Guillem Pujeu | 1–6 |
| 21 | Spain Xavier Lloveras | 1–5 | |
| Finland AKK Academy | 22 | Finland Sami-Matti Trogen | All |
| 32 | Finland Tuomas Haapalainen | All | |
| 76 | Finland Elias Niskanen | 1–5 | |
| Estonia ALM Motorsport | 33 | Estonia Jan-Erik Meikup | 1–5 |
| 44 | Estonia Sten Piirimägi | 1, 3–5, 7 | |
| Finland Lappalainen Team | 50 | Finland Juuso Puhakka | All |
| 77 | Finland 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 Russia | SMO Russia | AHV Finland | AUD Estonia | MSC1 Russia | MSC2 Russia | ASS Netherlands | Pts | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark 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 | Netherlands 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 | Russia 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 | Finland 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 | Russia 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 | Spain Xavier Lloveras | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 156 | ||||||
| 7 | Finland 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 | Russia 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 | Finland 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 | Cyprus 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 | Estonia Sten Piirimägi | 8 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 42 | ||||||
| 12 | Estonia Jan-Erik Meikup | 11 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 13 | DSQ | WD | WD | WD | 29 | ||||||
| 13 | Austria Lukas Dunner | 10 | 13 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 5 | 9 | 24 | |||
| 14 | Finland Elias Niskanen | 7 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 9 | Ret | 11 | 12 | 18 | 9 | Ret | 14 | 17 | 19 | ||||||
| 15 | Finland Konsta Lappalainen | 3 | 12 | 10 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Spain Guillem Pujeu | 14 | 19 | 17 | 12 | Ret | 13 | 18 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 16 | |||
| 17 | Spain Marta García | 17 | Ret | 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Russia 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 | Netherlands John Peters | 12 | 6 | 11 | 17 | Ret | 16 | 15 | 13 | DNS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Azerbaijan 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 | Russia Ivan Shvetsov | Ret | 17 | 14 | Ret | 15 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 12 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 2 | |||||||||
| 22 | Russia Nerses Isaakyan | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Malaysia Nazim Azman | 9 | 16 | 15 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | Russia Nikita Sitnikov | 13 | 13 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | Russia Roman Lebedev | 14 | 14 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | Russia Milen Ponomarenko | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | Ret | 15 | WD | WD | WD | 15 | 16 | Ret | 16 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 0 | |||
| 27 | France Tristan Charpentier | 16 | 17 | Ret | WD | WD | WD | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | SOC Russia | SMO Russia | AHV Finland | AUD Estonia | MSC1 Russia | MSC2 Russia | ASS Netherlands | Pts |