2017 F4 Spanish Championship

The 2017 F4 Spanish Championship was the second season of the Spanish F4 Championship. It was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, taking place in Spain, France and Portugal. The championship featured drivers competing in 1.4 litre Tatuus-Abarth single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The series was organised by Koiranen GP and RFEDA.

2017 F4 Spanish Championship
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MP Motorsport driver Christian Lundgaard won the drivers' championship after winning in the finale at Estoril.[1] While his team successfully defended teams' title. Aleksandr Smolyar finished as runner-up to Lundgaard, winning more races than him, but Smolyar wasn't consistent as Lundgaard and lost by 36 points. The only other winner was another MP driver Bent Viscaal, who was victorious at Nogaro and Estoril and completed the top-three in the driver standings. Javier González, Guillem Pujeu, Tuomas Haapalainen and Lukas Dunner have visited a podium step and shared a places in top-eight in the driver standings. While Marta García, who finished ninth was the only woman in the championship and the only competitor in the Female driver trophy, which she received at the end of the season.

Entry list

(F) = Female Driver Trophy

Team No. Driver Rounds
Drivex School[2] 4 Javier Cobián[2] 1
58 Javier González[3] 2–7
88 Ivan Berets[2] 1–5
99 Jakes Caouette[2] All
MP Motorsport[4] 5 Christian Lundgaard[5] All
8 Lukas Dunner[4] All
12 Bent Viscaal[4] All
17 Nazim Azman[3] 2–7
19 Marta García (F)[6] All
SMP Racing[2] 7 Nikita Volegov[2] All
10 Aleksandr Smolyar[2] All
22 Sami-Matti Trogen[2] 1–5
32 Tuomas Haapalainen[2] 1–2, 4–7
50 Juuso Puhakka[2] 1
77 Konsta Lappalainen[2] 4
FA Racing Team[7] 18 Guillem Pujeu[7] All
21 Xavier Lloveras[7] 1
Kart in Club Driving Academy[8] 50 Juuso Puhakka[8] 5
69 Jesse Salmenautio[8] 5, 7
77 Konsta Lappalainen[8] 5–7

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar was announced on 17 April 2017[9] and officially confirmed the 24 May 2017.[10] The opening round at Alcañiz was in the support of the 2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5 while other round will be stand-alone.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz 24 June Xavier Lloveras Christian Lundgaard Christian Lundgaard MP Motorsport
R2 Xavier Lloveras Christian Lundgaard Christian Lundgaard MP Motorsport
R3 25 June Tuomas Haapalainen Christian Lundgaard Christian Lundgaard MP Motorsport
2 R1 Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos 2 September Christian Lundgaard Bent Viscaal Aleksandr Smolyar SMP Racing
R2 3 September Christian Lundgaard Bent Viscaal Christian Lundgaard MP Motorsport
R3 Christian Lundgaard Bent Viscaal Bent Viscaal MP Motorsport
3 R1 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 17 September Aleksandr Smolyar Bent Viscaal Bent Viscaal MP Motorsport
R2 Aleksandr Smolyar Bent Viscaal Aleksandr Smolyar SMP Racing
4 R1 Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 23 September Aleksandr Smolyar Aleksandr Smolyar Aleksandr Smolyar SMP Racing
R2 Aleksandr Smolyar Aleksandr Smolyar Aleksandr Smolyar SMP Racing
R3 24 September Aleksandr Smolyar Aleksandr Smolyar Aleksandr Smolyar SMP Racing
5 R1 Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos 14 October Christian Lundgaard Guillem Pujeu Christian Lundgaard MP Motorsport
R2 15 October Guillem Pujeu Guillem Pujeu Guillem Pujeu FA Racing Team
R3 Aleksandr Smolyar Christian Lundgaard Aleksandr Smolyar SMP Racing
6 R1 Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro 28 October Bent Viscaal Christian Lundgaard Bent Viscaal MP Motorsport
R2 29 October Bent Viscaal Christian Lundgaard Bent Viscaal MP Motorsport
R3 Christian Lundgaard Bent Viscaal Aleksandr Smolyar SMP Racing
7 R1 Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril 11 November Christian Lundgaard Bent Viscaal Bent Viscaal MP Motorsport
R2 Christian Lundgaard Bent Viscaal Christian Lundgaard MP Motorsport
R3 12 November Bent Viscaal Christian Lundgaard Christian Lundgaard MP Motorsport

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

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

Female Trophy F

Pos Driver ALC
 NAV1
 CAT
 JER
 NAV2
 NOG
 EST
 Pts
1 Christian Lundgaard 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 3 4 3 1 2 3 2 3 4 2 1 1 330
2 Bent Viscaal Ret 3 8 6 2 1 1 2 7 7 4 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 2 DNS 266
3 Aleksandr Smolyar 2 Ret 11 1 3 10 3 1 1 1 1 DSQ DSQ 1 3 2 1 3 4 9 263
4 Nikita Volegov 4 2 3 10 6 Ret 5 3 5 6 7 4 7 5 4 7 11 6 8 3 152
5 Javier González 8 7 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 7 Ret 4 8 8 7 2 146
6 Guillem Pujeu 6 7 5 DSQ 9 3 6 7 4 3 14† 10 1 10 7 8 5 7 3 4 135
7 Tuomas Haapalainen 3 Ret 2 3 4 8 8 DNS 12† 11 5 4 5 6 6 5 6 5 130
8 Lukas Dunner 7 Ret 4 4 5 Ret 11 6 11 8 6 3 4 8 6 5 3 4 5 Ret 129
9 Marta García F 10 6 6 9 12 7 8 9 6 5 13† 7 10 6 8 10 7 11 9 8 70
10 Ivan Berets 8 5 14† 12 13† 6 7 10 10 12 9 5 8 9 41
11 Nazim Azman 5 10 5 9 11 14 11 10 8 12 13 Ret 11 10 10 12 7 35
12 Sami-Matti Trogen Ret 10 12† 7 8 11 12 8 9 Ret 5 14 9 16 23
13 Konsta Lappalainen 12 9 8 13 11 12 Ret 9 9 9 10 6 16
14 Juuso Puhakka Ret 4 10 9 13 14 11
15 Xavier Lloveras 5 Ret 13† 10
16 Jakes Caouette 9 9 9 11 11 9 10 12 13 10 11 12 15 11 9 12 12 13 Ret 11 9
17 Javier Cobián Ret 8 7 7
18 Jesse Salmenautio 15 14 15 12 11 10 1
Pos Driver ALC
 NAV1
 CAT
 JER
 NAV2
 NOG
 EST
 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)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship

Points are awarded to the best 2 classified of each team.

Pos Driver ALC
 NAV1
 CAT
 JER
 NAV2
 NOG
 EST
 Pts
1 MP Motorsport 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 4 3 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 619
7 3 4 5 2 2 2 5 6 5 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 7
2 SMP Racing 2 2 2 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 4 5 1 3 2 1 3 4 3 486
3 4 3 3 4 5 5 3 5 6 5 11 7 4 4 6 6 5 6 5
3 Drivex School 8 5 7 8 7 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 6 7 9 4 8 8 7 2 198
9 8 9 11 11 6 7 10 10 10 9 6 8 9 Ret 12 12 13 Ret 11
4 FA Racing 5 7 5 DSQ 9 3 6 7 4 3 14† 10 1 10 7 8 5 7 3 4 140
6 Ret 13†
5 Kart in Club Driving Academy 9 11 12 Ret 9 9 9 10 6 16
13 13 14 12 11 10

References
  1. Waring, Bethonie (12 November 2017). "Christian Lundgaard seals Spanish F4 title with victory in final race". formulascout.com. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  2. "F4 ESPAÑA REVELA SUS PILOTOS 2017! (Spanish F4 reveals its 2017 drivers!)". 21 June 2017. Archived from the original on 27 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  3. "Navarra, Round 2: Preview". 1 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
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  5. "First free practices of the season completed". 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  6. "MARTA GARCIA, RENAULT SPORT ACADEMY DRIVER IN 2017 SPANISH F4". 31 March 2017. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  7. "FA RACING TEAM JOINS F4 SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIP". 16 December 2016. Archived from the original on 19 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  8. "Lundgaard's show in Navarra - Day 1". 14 October 2017. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  9. "La Fórmula 4 española presenta su calendario provisional para la temporada 2017 (Spanish Formula 4 presents its provisional calendar for the 2017 season)". 17 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  10. "2017 FIA F4 Spain Calendar is official". Archived from the original on 7 June 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
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