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 conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. The series was organised by Koiranen GP and RFEDA.

2017 F4 Spanish Championship

Drivers' Champion: Christian Lundgaard
Teams' Champion: MP Motorsport

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2016

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2018

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 visited a podium step and shared 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

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[6] F	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 in Alcañiz was in the support of the 2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5 while other round were 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 were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points were 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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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

Teams' championship

Points were 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. Archived from the original on September 2, 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
4. "MP Motorsport voor nieuw F4-seizoen met vier talenten in zee". 9 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
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.

External links

• Official website