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2016 F4 Spanish Championship

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.[1]

MP Motorsport driver Richard Verschoor dominated the season and sealed the title after taking hat-trick at Jarama.[2] 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

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Team No. Driver Rounds
  Double R Racing[3] 2   Elias Niskanen[4] 7
4   Tuomas Tujula[5] All
6   Konsta Lappalainen[6] 5, 7
10   Juuso Puhakka[7] 2, 7
14   Juho Valtanen[8] 1, 3
26   Harry Hayek[9] 1
50   Tuomas Haapalainen[8] 1–3, 6–7
64   Rasmus Markkanen[8] 1
65   Roope Markkanen[8] 1
  Drivex[10] 7   Nikita Volegov[11] All
31   Antolín González[12] 4–6
41   Aleksandr Vartanyan[11] 1–4, 6–7
88   Marta García[12] 4–7
  MP Motorsport[13] 10   Juuso Puhakka[14] 1
16   Jarno Opmeer[14] 1–2
21   Xavier Lloveras[15] All
22   Richard Verschoor[14] All
38   Danny Kroes[7] 2, 4, 7
44   Sebastián Fernández[16] 3, 5–6

Race calendar and results

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The calendar was announced on 10 March 2016.[1] 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.[17] 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.[18]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1   Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos 11 June   Richard Verschoor   Richard Verschoor   Richard Verschoor   MP Motorsport
R2 12 June   Richard Verschoor   Roope Markkanen   Double R Racing
R3   Aleksandr Vartanyan   Aleksandr Vartanyan   Tuomas Tujula   Double R Racing
2 R1   Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz 25 June   Jarno Opmeer   Richard Verschoor   Richard Verschoor   MP Motorsport TCR Spain
R2 26 June   Richard Verschoor   Richard Verschoor   MP Motorsport
R3   Richard Verschoor   Richard Verschoor   Richard Verschoor   MP Motorsport
3 R1   Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão 9 July   Richard Verschoor   Juho Valtanen   Richard Verschoor   MP Motorsport TCR Portuguese
R2 10 July   Richard Verschoor   Richard Verschoor   MP Motorsport
R3   Aleksandr Vartanyan   Richard Verschoor   Richard Verschoor   MP Motorsport
4 R1   Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste 24 September   Richard Verschoor   Richard Verschoor   Richard Verschoor   MP Motorsport TCR Spain
R2 25 September   Richard Verschoor   Richard Verschoor   MP Motorsport
R3   Richard Verschoor   Richard Verschoor   Richard Verschoor   MP Motorsport
5 R1   Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 2 October   Richard Verschoor   Richard Verschoor   Richard Verschoor   MP Motorsport Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup
24H Series
R2   Richard Verschoor   Richard Verschoor   Xavier Lloveras   MP Motorsport
6 R1   Circuito del Jarama, Madrid 15 October   Richard Verschoor   Tuomas Haapalainen   Richard Verschoor   MP Motorsport TCR Spain
R2 16 October   Tuomas Tujula   Richard Verschoor   MP Motorsport
R3   Tuomas Haapalainen   Richard Verschoor   Richard Verschoor   MP Motorsport
7 R1   Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 29 October   Nikita Volegov   Richard Verschoor   Richard Verschoor   MP Motorsport Formula V8 3.5 Series
Euroformula Open Championship
R2   Richard Verschoor   Richard Verschoor   MP Motorsport
R3 30 October   Richard Verschoor   Richard Verschoor   Richard Verschoor   MP Motorsport

Championship standings

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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

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Pos Driver NAV
  		ALC
  		ALG
  		VAL
  		CAT
  		JAR
  		JER
  		Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1   Richard Verschoor 1 2 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 368
2   Aleksandr Vartanyan 2 4 6 3 2 7 3 2 2 4 3 4 4 5 4 3 2 2 244
3   Tuomas Tujula 6 11 1 8 6 8 4 5 4 Ret Ret 8 2 4 2 2 3 4 4 3 222
4   Xavier Lloveras 5 5 Ret 4 9 2 5 7 6 2 2 2 DNS 1 7 4 2 Ret 5 10 197
5   Nikita Volegov 7 6 7 6 8 5 8 8 7 3 4 3 4 5 6 7 6 2 3 7 188
6   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
  Jarno Opmeer 3 3 4 2 3 3 0
  Marta García 5 5 6 5 6 8 8 7 5 7 5 0
  Sebastián Fernández 6 4 Ret 3 3 5 6 8 0
  Juuso Puhakka 9 8 3 Ret 5 4 Ret Ret 4 0
  Danny Kroes 5 4 6 Ret 6 5 Ret 6 8 0
  Juho Valtanen Ret 7 9 2 3 3 0
  Roope Markkanen 4 1 2 0
  Antolín González Ret 7 7 6 8 Ret Ret 9 0
  Konsta Lappalainen 7 7 6 9 9 0
  Rasmus Markkanen 8 10 8 0
  Elias Niskanen 7 10 Ret 0
  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
  		ALC
  		ALG
  		VAL
  		CAT
  		JAR
  		JER
 
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

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Pos Team NAV
  		ALC
  		ALG
  		VAL
  		CAT
  		JAR
  		JER
  		Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1   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   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   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
  		ALC
  		ALG
  		VAL
  		CAT
  		JAR
  		JER
 

References

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  1. ^ a b "Maiden F4 Spanish Championship calendar revealed". F4 Spain. 10 March 2016. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  2. ^ Allen, Peter (19 October 2016). "Verschoor secures Spanish F4 crown and takes Jarama hat-trick". formulascout.com. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
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  4. ^ "F4 Spanish Championship Round 7 Entry List" (PDF). Circuito de Jerez. 25 October 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
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  6. ^ "ROUND #5 BARCELONA, ESPANA" (PDF). F4 Spanish Championship. Koiranen GP. 30 September 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-03. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
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  10. ^ Allen, Peter (5 February 2016). "Drivex announces Spanish F4 entry and first driver". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  11. ^ a b "Vartanyan and Volegov join Drivex for the F4 Spanish Championship". F4Spain.com. 7 June 2016. Archived from the original on 13 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  12. ^ a b Allen, Peter (20 September 2016). "Marta Garcia gets single-seater chance in Spanish F4". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  13. ^ "La Fórmula 4 Española confirma la participación de tres equipos". Eloy Entrambasaguas. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  14. ^ a b c "Full line-up for MP Motorsport in the F4 Spanish Championship". F4Spain.com. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  15. ^ "Xavier Lloveras in a double program and Lluc Ibáñez in the spanish F4 Championship". F4Spain.com. 10 April 2016. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  16. ^ "Sebastián Fernández, new MP Motorsport driver". F4Spain.com. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
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