2019 SMP F4 Championship

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The 2019 SMP F4 Championship was the first season of the SMP F4 Championship, following the closure of the preceding F4 North European Zone Championship at the end of 2018. The 7 round-provisional calendar gets all circuits in Russia. The series is situated with Russian Circuit Racing Series.[1] But addition to the calendar was made after the scheduled 7th round in Sochi was cancelled. 7th round rescheduled return in Finland and Formula Academy Finland races at Alastaro, where the grid was joined by the final round of Formula 4 SMP.

Drivers[edit]

All cars are run by Russian team SMP Racing. All drivers use the Tatuus-Abarth F4-T014 chassis.

No. Driver Round
2 Russia Ivan Matveev 3
5 Russia Irina Sidorkova 1−2, 4−7
11 Russia Aleksandr Vilaev All
16 Russia Nikita Aleksandrov All
17 Russia Pavel Bulantsev All
20 Russia Ivan Nosov 1−2, 4−7
21 Russia Artem Lobanenko 1−2, 4−7
33 Russia Aleksey Nesov All
41 Russia Aleksandr Vartanyan 3
Foreign drivers not eligible to score points
10 Finland Max Salo All
12 Finland Jimi Hannus 2, 7
56 Finland Markus Laitala 2, 7
58 Finland Elias Seppänen 7
28 Finland Virtala Nestori 7

Calendar[edit]

1 to 6 rounds scheduled to support 2019 Russian Circuit Racing Series. An addition to the calendar was made after the scheduled 7th round in Sochi was cancelled. 7th round rescheduled return in Finland.

Rnd. Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver
1 1 Russia Fort Grozny Autodrom, Grozny 21 April Russia Pavel Bulantsev Russia Pavel Bulantsev Russia Pavel Bulantsev
2 2 Russia NRING Circuit, Bogorodsk 18 May Russia Artem Lobanenko Russia Artem Lobanenko Russia Artem Lobanenko
3 19 May Russia Artem Lobanenko Russia Artem Lobanenko Russia Alexey Nesov
3 4 Russia Smolensk Ring, Smolensk 22 June Russia Pavel Bulantsev Russia Aleksandr Vartanyan Russia Pavel Bulantsev
5 23 June Russia Pavel Bulantsev Russia Aleksandr Vartanyan Russia Aleksandr Vartanyan
4 6 Russia Kazan Ring, Kazan 13 July Russia Artem Lobanenko Russia Artem Lobanenko Russia Artem Lobanenko
7 14 July Russia Artem Lobanenko Russia Artem Lobanenko Russia Artem Lobanenko
5 8 Russia ADM Raceway, Moscow 3 August Russia Pavel Bulantsev Russia Pavel Bulantsev Russia Pavel Bulantsev
9 4 August Russia Pavel Bulantsev Russia Pavel Bulantsev Russia Pavel Bulantsev
6 10 Russia Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 17 August Russia Pavel Bulantsev Russia Pavel Bulantsev Russia Pavel Bulantsev
11 18 August Russia Pavel Bulantsev Russia Artem Lobanenko Russia Artem Lobanenko
7 12 Finland Alastaro Circuit, Loimaa 21 September Finland Markus Laitala Finland Markus Laitala Finland Markus Laitala
13 22 September Finland Markus Laitala Russia Nikita Aleksandrov Finland Markus Laitala

Championship standings[edit]

Points system

Points are awarded as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   PP   FL 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1

Drivers standings[edit]

Pos Driver FGA
Russia
NRG
Russia
SMO
Russia
KZR
Russia
ADM
Russia
MSC
Russia
ALA
Finland
Pts
1 Russia Pavel Bulantsev 1 2 Ret 1 2 Ret 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 254
2 Russia Artem Lobanenko 7 1 3 1 1 2 5 7 1 2 2 224
3 Russia Aleksey Nesov 3 3 1 6 3 2 Ret 3 2 2 3 5 4 204
4 Russia Nikita Aleksandrov 5 9 2 4 4 4 5 5 Ret 3 4 6 8 151
5 Russia Aleksandr Vilaev 4 8 5 3 6 5 3 6 4 4 5 Ret 6 147
6 Russia Irina Sidorkova Ret 6 6 3 Ret 4 3 Ret 6 9 7 96
7 Russia Ivan Nosov 2 4 7 Ret 4 DNS Ret 5 Ret 4 5 94
8 Russia Aleksandr Vartanyan 2 1 47
9 Russia Ivan Matveev 5 5 22
Foreign drivers not eligible to score points
Finland Markus Laitala 7 4 1 1 -
Finland Jimi Hannus 5 Ret Ret 10 -
Finland Max Salo 6 10 8 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 7 8 11 -
Finland Elias Seppänen 7 9 -
Finland Nestori Virtala 11 12 -
Pos Driver FGA NRG SMO KZR ADM MSC ALA Pts

References[edit]

  1. ^ "A new season of Formula 4 kicked off in Grozny". SMP Racing. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.

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