2016–17 NACAM Formula 4 Championship

The 2016–17 NACAM Formula 4 Championship season was the second season of the NACAM Formula 4 Championship. It began on 24 September 2016 at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas and ended on 18 June 2017 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City after eight triple-header rounds.^[1]

Teams and drivers edit

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Telcel RPL Racing^[2]	2	José Sierra		All
	33	Facundo Garese		6
	33	Ricardo Pérez		7–8
	58	Luis Alfonso Pérez		1–5
	79	Santiago Lozano		1–5, 8
Ram Racing^[2]	4	Calvin Ming		All
	7	Andrés Gutiérrez		2
	8	Manuel Sulaimán	R	1, 3–6
	8	Pipo Villa		7
	10	Jorge Herrera	R	1–3, 8
	17	Michael Santos	R	8
MomoF4 Team^[2]	5	Alexandra Mohnhaupt		All
	6	Moisés de la Vara		1
	7	Andrés Gutiérrez		1
	45	Baltazar Leguizamón		2
	57	Giancarlo Vecchi		2–3
	57	Charlie Eastwood	G	5
	66	Gustavo Jiménez Pons		4, 8
	88	Juan José Díaz	R	8
Scuderia Martiga EG^[2]	6	Moisés de la Vara		2–8
	11	Kory Enders		8
	16	Alejandro Berumen	R	1–5
	18	Alexis Carreño		All
	21	Marcelo García	R	6
	21	David Martínez		7
Easy-Shop.com Racing^[2]	9	Daniel Forcadell		1, 3–8
Easy-Shop.com Racing^[2]	17	José Manuel Vilalta		2
Marespi Racing	20	Sergio Martínez		2, 5
J Bernal Racing^[2]	26	Luis Leeds		2
	31	Marcus Vario	R	1
	57	Giancarlo Vecchi		6
APYCSA Racing^[2]	35	Jorge Abed		1–2
	74	Enzo Fittipaldi	R	2
	85	Álex Servín	R	3–8
CEDVA Racing	55	Jorge Contreras		2
Rached Racing	71	Samira Rached		8

Icon	Class
R	Rookie
G	Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race calendar and results edit

The calendar was published on 28 July 2015.^[1] For the first time, the series expanded outside Mexico, hosting its opening round at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin. The series also hosted a full-championship round in support of the 2016 Mexican GP round, as opposed to the exhibition round held the previous season, and also extended its territory to Southeastern Mexico by holding two back-to-back rounds in the states of Yucatán and Quintana Roo.^[3]

A mid-season revision of the calendar was made after the Southeastern events had taken place.^[4]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Rookie Winner
2016
1	R1	Circuit of the Americas (Austin, Texas)	25 September	José Sierra	Andrés Gutiérrez	José Sierra	Telcel RPL Racing	Jorge Herrera
	R2				Manuel Sulaimán	Andrés Gutiérrez	MomoF4 Team	Jorge Herrera
	R3			Alexis Carreño	Andrés Gutiérrez	Andrés Gutiérrez	MomoF4 Team	Manuel Sulaimán
2	R1	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (Mexico City)	29 October	Andrés Gutiérrez	Alexis Carreño	Alexis Carreño	Scuderia Martiga EG	Alejandro Berumen
2	R2	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (Mexico City)	30 October		José Sierra	Calvin Ming	Ram Racing	Enzo Fittipaldi
3	R1	Autódromo Miguel E. Abed (Amozoc, Puebla)	3 December	José Sierra	José Sierra	José Sierra	Telcel RPL Racing	Manuel Sulaimán
	R2		4 December		José Sierra	Luis Alfonso Pérez	Telcel RPL Racing	Manuel Sulaimán
	R3		4 December	José Sierra	Giancarlo Vecchi	Giancarlo Vecchi	MomoF4 Team	Manuel Sulaimán
2017
4	R1	Autódromo Emerson Fittipaldi [es] (Mérida, Yucatán)	28 January	Calvin Ming	Calvin Ming	Calvin Ming	Ram Racing	Manuel Sulaimán
	R2		29 January		Moisés de la Vara	Calvin Ming	Ram Racing	Manuel Sulaimán
	R3		29 January	Calvin Ming	Luis Alfonso Pérez	José Sierra	Telcel RPL Racing	Alejandro Berumen
5	R1	Autódromo Internacional de Cancún [es] (Cancún, Quintana Roo)	4 February	Calvin Ming	Calvin Ming	Calvin Ming	Ram Racing	Manuel Sulaimán
	R2		5 February		Manuel Sulaimán	José Sierra	Telcel RPL Racing	Manuel Sulaimán
	R3		5 February	Calvin Ming	Calvin Ming	Moisés de la Vara	Scuderia Martiga EG	Manuel Sulaimán
6	R1	Autódromo de Monterrey (Apodaca, Nuevo León)	6 May	Moisés de la Vara	Moisés de la Vara	Calvin Ming	Ram Racing	Manuel Sulaimán
	R2		7 May		Facundo Garese	Facundo Garese	Telcel RPL Racing	no finishers
	R3		7 May	Moisés de la Vara	José Sierra	Moisés de la Vara	Scuderia Martiga EG	Manuel Sulaimán
7	R1	Parque Tangamanga (San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí)	20 May	Calvin Ming	Calvin Ming	Calvin Ming	Ram Racing	Álex Servín
	R2		21 May		Alexis Carreño	Alexis Carreño	Scuderia Martiga EG	no finishers
	R3		21 May	Calvin Ming	Calvin Ming	Calvin Ming	Ram Racing	Álex Servín
8	R1	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (Mexico City)	17 June	José Sierra	Moisés de la Vara	Moisés de la Vara	Scuderia Martiga EG	Juan José Díaz
	R2		18 June		Santiago Lozano	Calvin Ming	Ram Racing	Michael Santos
	R3		18 June	Moisés de la Vara	Moisés de la Vara	José Sierra	Telcel RPL Racing	Juan José Díaz

Championship standings edit

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. For this season, the series changed its scoring system following the unified FIA F4 rulebook.^[5]

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

Drivers' Championship edit

Pos	Driver	COTA			AHR1		PUE			MER			CAN			MTY			SLP			AHR2			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Calvin Ming	3	3	6	3	1	3	3	2	1	1	Ret	1	2	2	1	2	9	1	2	1	4	1	4	399
2	José Sierra	1	Ret	3	2	2	1	10	5	4	2	1	2	1	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	10	1	336
3	Alexis Carreño	6	8	2	1	3	7	5	6	7	3	9	6	9	9	3	6	2	3	1	3	5	2	10	254
4	Moisés de la Vara	7	6	4	8	Ret	4	9	9	5	5	2	7	7	1	8	7	1	2	3	2	1	4	8	248
5	Luis Alfonso Pérez	9	Ret	9	4	4	5	1	3	6	4	3	3	4	3										155
6	Manuel Sulaimán	10	5	5			6	2	4	2	6	Ret	4	5	5	2	8	4							151
7	Alexandra Mohnhaupt	8	7	8	6	Ret	8	7	Ret	Ret	9	5	8	6	7	9	4	7	6	5	5	6	3	7	141
8	Santiago Lozano	5	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	DNS	8	3	8	4	9	3	6							2	5	3	133
9	Giancarlo Vecchi				Ret	5	2	4	1							5	5	6							93
10	Andrés Gutiérrez	2	1	1	Ret	10																			69
11	Jorge Herrera	4	4	7	Ret	Ret	10	6	7													Ret	11	9	47
12	Daniel Forcadell	11	9	11			12	8	10	8	10	7	10	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	5	7	7	8	8	NC	47
13	Alejandro Berumen	12	10	Ret	9	7	11	Ret	DNS	9	7	6	5	8	8										43
14	Alex Servín						Ret	11	DNS	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	10	10	7	8	6	10	9	Ret	28
15	Juan José Díaz																					7	7	5	22
16	Sergio Martínez				5	6							Ret	10	10										20
17	Michael Santos																					9	6	6	18
18	Marcelo García															7	9	8							12
19	José Manuel Vilalta				7	11																			6
20	Enzo Fittipaldi				Ret	8																			4
21	Jorge Contreras				10	9																			3
22	Gustavo Jiménez Pons									10	11	10										Ret	12	NC	2
23	Jorge Abed	Ret	11	10	Ret	Ret																			1
	Marcus Vario	Ret	NC	NC																					0
	Samira Rached																					DNS	Ret	NC	0
	Ricardo Pérez																		DNS	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
	Baltazar Leguizamón				DNS	DNS																			0
Drivers ineligible for championship points
	Facundo Garese															6	1	3							0
	Kory Enders																					DNS	Ret	2	0
	Pipo Villa																		DNS	Ret	Ret				0
	David Martínez																		DNS	Ret	Ret				0
	Luis Leeds				Ret	Ret																			0
	Charlie Eastwood												DNS	Ret	DNS										0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	COTA			AHR1		PUE			CAN			MER			MTY			SLP			AHR2			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

Rookie Cup edit

Pos	Driver	COTA			AHR1		PUE			CAN			MER			MTY			SLP			AHR2			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Manuel Sulaimán	10	5	5			6	2	4	2	6	Ret	4	5	5	2	8	4							336
2	Alejandro Berumen	12	10	Ret	9	8	11	Ret	DNS	9	7	6	5	8	8										203
3	Alex Servin						Ret	11	DNS	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	10	10	7	8	6	10	9	Ret	183
4	Jorge Herrera	4	4	7	Ret	Ret	8	6	8													Ret	11	9	149
5	Juan José Díaz																					7	7	5	68
6	Michael Santos																					9	6	6	61
7	Marcelo García															7	9	8							54
8	Enzo Fittipaldi				Ret	6																			25
9	Marcus Vario	Ret	NC	NC																					0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	COTA			AHR1		PUE			CAN			MER			MTY			SLP			AHR2			Pts

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Calendario 2016–2017 FIA Fórmula 4 NACAM". NACAM Formula 4 Championship (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Los equipos ya se encuentran instalados en el Circuito de las Américas" [The teams are already located at the Circuit of the Americas]. Sportcar.mx (in Spanish). 23 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
^ "Fórmula 4 NACAM arranca en Austin y será la primera vez puntuable en el GP México F1" [NACAM Formula 4 starts in Austin and will give championship points at the F1 Mexican GP]. Sportcar.mx (in Spanish). 27 July 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
^ "Calendario FIA F4 Nacam 2016/2017" [2016/2017 Nacam FIA F4 calendar] (in Spanish). FIA F4 Nacam. Archived from the original on 2017-02-22. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
^ "2016 FIA Formula 4 Sporting Regulation (Applicable to the 2016-2017 FIA Formula 4 NACAM Championship)" (PDF). OMDAI. Retrieved 24 September 2016.

External links edit

Official website (in Spanish)

[Calendar-1] "Calendario 2016–2017 FIA Fórmula 4 NACAM". NACAM Formula 4 Championship (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.

[Teams-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Los equipos ya se encuentran instalados en el Circuito de las Américas" [The teams are already located at the Circuit of the Americas]. Sportcar.mx (in Spanish). 23 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.

[Calendario-3] "Fórmula 4 NACAM arranca en Austin y será la primera vez puntuable en el GP México F1" [NACAM Formula 4 starts in Austin and will give championship points at the F1 Mexican GP]. Sportcar.mx (in Spanish). 27 July 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.

[UpdatedCalendar-4] "Calendario FIA F4 Nacam 2016/2017" [2016/2017 Nacam FIA F4 calendar] (in Spanish). FIA F4 Nacam. Archived from the original on 2017-02-22. Retrieved 20 February 2017.

[201617Rules-5] "2016 FIA Formula 4 Sporting Regulation (Applicable to the 2016-2017 FIA Formula 4 NACAM Championship)" (PDF). OMDAI. Retrieved 24 September 2016.

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