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2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship

The 2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship was the fourth season of the ADAC Formula 4, an open-wheel motor racing series. It was a multi-event motor racing championship that featured drivers competing in 1.4 litre Tatuus-Abarth single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. It began on 14 April at Oschersleben and finished on 23 September at Hockenheim after seven triple header rounds.

The championship was dominated by US Racing – CHRS driver Lirim Zendeli, who secured the title after race three at the Nürburgring.[1] He extended his wins tally to ten with victory in the season finale at Hockenheim.[2] His success was key for US Racing – CHRS teams' title. Van Amersfoort Racing driver Liam Lawson lost to Zendeli by 114 points with wins at Lausitzring and Spielberg. Prema Theodore Racing driver Enzo Fittipaldi was third with just one win, at Spielberg. Lawson's teammates Frederik Vesti and Charles Weerts were victorious at Hockenheim and Nürburgring, completing the top five in the standings. David Schumacher won the rookie title, defeating fellow German driver Niklas Krütten by 31 points.[3]

Teams and drivers edit

Team No. Driver Status Rounds
  Van Amersfoort Racing 2   Frederik Vesti[4] All
21   Charles Weerts[5] All
22   Lucas Alecco Roy[6] All
23   Joey Alders[7] R All
30   Liam Lawson[8] All
  Prema Theodore Racing 3   Caio Collet[9] R 7
5   Gianluca Petecof[10] R All
33   Jack Doohan[11] R 2, 5–6
64   Olli Caldwell[12] All
74   Enzo Fittipaldi[13] All
  ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 4   Niklas Krütten[14] R All
6   Ido Cohen[15] R 1–6
26   Leon Köhler[16] R All
34   Amaury Cordeel R 4–5
  US Racing– CHRS 9   Petr Ptáček[17] G 7
27   David Schumacher[18] R All
28   Mick Wishofer[4] All
44   Lirim Zendeli[4] All
95   Tom Beckhäuser[4] All
  KIC Driving Academy 10   Konsta Lappalainen[19] 1, 3, 5–6
69   Jesse Salmenautio[19] G 1, 5
  Jenzer Motorsport 11   Giorgio Carrara[20] G 5
12   Federico Malvestiti[20] G 5
16   Grégoire Saucy[20] G 5
  KDC Racing[21] 13   Aaron di Comberti[22] 1–3
14   Leonardo Lorandi[23] 1–3
  Neuhauser Racing 80   Andreas Estner[4] 1–5
81   Sebastian Estner[4] R 1–5
  Václav Šafář 98   Václav Šafář[20] G 5
Icon Legend
R Rookie
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race calendar edit

Venues for the 2018 season were announced on 19 December 2017 with the first Hockenheim round and the Lausitzring round as 2018 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters support events, while other event were scheduled to support 2018 ADAC GT Masters.[24] The calendar was altered on 26 March 2018, filling the slot in the 2018 German Grand Prix support package, making a debut for ADAC Formula 4 in the Formula One weekend programme and becoming the first FIA Formula 4 race in the Formula One weekend slot in Europe.[25]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Rookie winner
1 R1   Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben 14 April   Lirim Zendeli   Mick Wishofer   Lirim Zendeli   US Racing– CHRS   David Schumacher
R2   Lirim Zendeli   Lirim Zendeli   Lirim Zendeli   US Racing– CHRS   Gianluca Petecof
R3 15 April   Mick Wishofer   Olli Caldwell   Prema Theodore Racing   Niklas Krütten
2 R1   Hockenheimring, Hockenheim 5 May   Lirim Zendeli   Lirim Zendeli   Lirim Zendeli   US Racing– CHRS   David Schumacher
R2   Lirim Zendeli   Lirim Zendeli   Lirim Zendeli   US Racing– CHRS   Joey Alders
R3 6 May   Mick Wishofer   Mick Wishofer   US Racing– CHRS   Niklas Krütten
3 R1   Lausitzring, Klettwitz 19 May   Lirim Zendeli   Enzo Fittipaldi   Liam Lawson   Van Amersfoort Racing   Ido Cohen
R2   Lirim Zendeli   Charles Weerts   Lirim Zendeli   US Racing – CHRS   David Schumacher
R3 20 May   Frederik Vesti   Liam Lawson   Van Amersfoort Racing   Niklas Krütten
4 R1   Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 9 June   Enzo Fittipaldi   Charles Weerts   Enzo Fittipaldi   Prema Theodore Racing   David Schumacher
R2   Enzo Fittipaldi   Enzo Fittipaldi   Lirim Zendeli   US Racing– CHRS   Niklas Krütten
R3 10 June   Enzo Fittipaldi   Liam Lawson   Van Amersfoort Racing   Niklas Krütten
5 R1   Hockenheimring, Hockenheim 21 July   Frederik Vesti   Lirim Zendeli   Frederik Vesti   Van Amersfoort Racing   David Schumacher
R2 22 July   Liam Lawson   Lirim Zendeli   Lirim Zendeli   US Racing– CHRS   Jack Doohan
6 R1   Nürburgring, Nürburg 4 August   Lirim Zendeli   Frederik Vesti   Lirim Zendeli   US Racing– CHRS   David Schumacher
R2   Lirim Zendeli   Frederik Vesti   Frederik Vesti   Van Amersfoort Racing   David Schumacher
R3 5 August   Jack Doohan   Niklas Krütten   ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg   Niklas Krütten
7 R1   Hockenheimring, Hockenheim 22 September   Liam Lawson   Lirim Zendeli   Charles Weerts   Van Amersfoort Racing   David Schumacher
R2   Liam Lawson   Lirim Zendeli   Lirim Zendeli   US Racing– CHRS   Caio Collet
R3 23 September   Lirim Zendeli   Lirim Zendeli   US Racing– CHRS   Leon Köhler

Championship standings edit

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' Cup edit

Pos Driver OSC
  		HOC1
  		LAU
  		RBR
  		HOC2
  		NÜR
  		HOC3
  		Pts
1   Lirim Zendeli 1 1 Ret 1 1 3 11 1 4 4 1 5 3 1 1 2 5 7 1 1 348
2   Liam Lawson 3 17 17 2 2 6 1 2 1 3 6 1 2 18 6 15 14 2 3 16 234
3   Enzo Fittipaldi 4 3 2 5 Ret 7 2 6 6 1 2 18 4 3 2 3 3 5 Ret 14 223
4   Frederik Vesti 6 2 4 6 3 8 Ret Ret 5 2 5 2 1 11 3 1 6 3 Ret 13 211
5   Charles Weerts Ret 4 3 7 4 4 10 5 2 5 Ret 8 8 8 7 5 4 1 4 2 195
6   Mick Wishofer 2 Ret 7 Ret 7 1 3 4 3 9 3 6 14 Ret 8 16 Ret 4 2 8 160
7   Olli Caldwell 10 8 1 3 15 10 Ret 3 7 8 4 4 Ret 2 Ret 9 7 10 12 9 125
8   Niklas Krütten 9 9 5 Ret 8 2 Ret 12 8 12 7 3 Ret 9 9 7 1 12 8 7 108
9   David Schumacher 5 13 13 4 9 15 9 7 18 6 Ret 7 5 12 4 4 8 6 14 5 103
10   Gianluca Petecof 8 6 15 Ret 18 9 Ret Ret 9 7 Ret 17 6 7 5 6 2 Ret 7 4 92
11   Joey Alders Ret 11 6 Ret 5 11 Ret 8 14 11 Ret 10 9 6 Ret 10 Ret 9 10 15 44
12   Jack Doohan 8 6 5 12 4 Ret Ret 12 35
13   Leon Köhler 12 10 16 Ret 12 16 Ret 10 10 14 9 11 17 Ret 10 8 Ret Ret 6 3 33
14   Andreas Estner 13 5 Ret 9 16 Ret 5 Ret 19 17 8 9 16 14 28
15   Konsta Lappalainen 7 DSQ 11 4 15 11 20 22† 12 13 11 19
16   Caio Collet 14 5 6 18
17   Leonardo Lorandi Ret 7 14 11 Ret 18 6 11 Ret 14
18   Lucas Alecco Roy 16 12 8 Ret 11 12 Ret 9 15 10 Ret 16 10 21† 13 12 10 13 13 11 11
19   Ido Cohen Ret 16 Ret 14 13 14 8 14 13 13 10 14 18 13 14 11 9 7
20   Aaron di Comberti 14 Ret Ret 13 17 19 7 17 17 6
21   Tom Beckhäuser 11 14 12 10 10 13 Ret 16 16 15 12 12 13 20 11 14 13 11 11 12 4
22   Sebastian Estner 15 18 10 12 14 17 Ret 13 12 16 11 13 19 15 2
23   Amaury Cordeel Ret Ret 15 21 17 0
Drivers ineligible to score points
-   Grégoire Saucy 11 5 -
-   Federico Malvestiti 7 10 -
-   Petr Ptáček 8 9 10 -
-   Jesse Salmenautio DNS 15 9 23 19 -
-   Giorgio Carrara 15 23† -
-   Václav Šafář 22 16 -
Pos Driver OSC
  		HOC1
  		LAU
  		RBR
  		HOC2
  		NÜR
  		HOC3
  		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

Notes:

  • † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Rookies' Cup edit

Pos Driver OSC
  		HOC1
  		LAU
  		RBR
  		HOC2
  		NÜR
  		HOC3
  		Pts
1   David Schumacher 5 13 13 4 9 15 9 7 18 6 Ret 7 5 12 4 4 8 5 14 5 332
2   Niklas Krütten 9 9 5 Ret 8 2 Ret 12 8 12 7 3 Ret 9 9 7 1 12 8 7 301
3   Gianluca Petecof 8 6 15 Ret 18 12 Ret Ret 9 7 Ret 17 6 7 5 6 2 Ret 7 4 232
4   Joey Alders Ret 11 6 Ret 5 11 Ret 8 14 11 Ret 10 9 6 Ret 10 Ret 9 10 15 202
5   Leon Köhler 12 10 16 Ret 12 16 Ret 10 10 14 9 11 17 Ret 10 8 Ret Ret 6 3 196
6   Ido Cohen Ret 16 Ret 14 13 14 8 14 13 13 10 14 18 13 14 11 9 160
7   Sebastian Estner 15 18 10 12 14 17 Ret 13 12 16 11 13 19 15 118
8   Jack Doohan 8 6 5 12 4 Ret Ret 12 101
9   Caio Collet 14 5 6 49
10   Amaury Cordeel Ret Ret 15 21 17 14
Pos Driver OSC
  		HOC1
  		LAU
  		RBR
  		HOC2
  		NÜR
  		HOC3
  		Pts

Teams' Cup edit

Pos Team Points
1   US Racing– CHRS 562
2   Van Amersfoort Racing 521
3   Prema Theodore Racing 416
4   ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 275
5   Neuhauser Racing 104
6   KIC Driving Academy 51
7   KDC Racing 49

References edit

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