2018 F4 Spanish Championship

The 2018 F4 Spanish Championship was the third 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. 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 RFEDA.

Entry list edit

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
  Drivex School 8   Javier González 2–6
17   Nazim Azman[1] 1
21   Rui Andrade[a] R 2–6
26   Rafael Villanueva Jr.[2] R 1–4
30   Filip Kaminiarz R 2–6
43   Franco Colapinto 6
96   Benjamin Goethe[1] R All
  Fórmula de Campeones - Praga F4 9   Petr Ptáček[3] R 1–3
10   Kilian Meyer R 4–6
26   Rafael Villanueva Jr.[4] R 5–6
  MP Motorsport 12   Patrick Schott[5] R All
17   Nazim Azman 2–6
52   László Tóth R 2–6
64   Isac Blomqvist[6] R 1
888   Amaury Cordeel[3] R All
  FA Racing 18   Guillem Pujeu[7] All
  NMRT Global Racing Service 72   Xavier Lloveras 6
Icon Legend
R Rookie

Race calendar edit

The provisional calendar was announced on 23 November 2017.[8] An updated version of the calendar was released on 23 January 2018, with changes applied to Jerez round date.[9]

On 1 June, it was announced the organizers cancelled round 2 at the Circuito del Jarama in Madrid due to lack of entries.[10]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1   Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz 19 May   Isac Blomqvist   Isac Blomqvist   Guillem Pujeu   FA Racing GT-CER
R2 20 May   Isac Blomqvist   Guillem Pujeu   Guillem Pujeu   FA Racing
R3   Amaury Cordeel   Guillem Pujeu   Guillem Pujeu   FA Racing
2 R1   Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste 23 June   Amaury Cordeel   Amaury Cordeel   Javier González   Drivex School Clio Cup Spain
R2 24 June   Petr Ptáček   Amaury Cordeel   Javier González   Drivex School
R3   Petr Ptáček   Petr Ptáček   Petr Ptáček   Fórmula de Campeones - Praga F4
3 R1   Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão 6 July   Javier González   Amaury Cordeel   Amaury Cordeel   MP Motorsport 24H Series
R2 8 July   Javier González   Amaury Cordeel   Javier González   Drivex School
R3   Javier González   Amaury Cordeel   Javier González   Drivex School
4 R1   Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 7 September Race cancelled due to weather conditions 24H Series
R2 8 September   Amaury Cordeel   Amaury Cordeel   Javier González   Drivex School
5 R1   Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 22 September   Guillem Pujeu   Guillem Pujeu   Guillem Pujeu   FA Racing La leyenda
R2 23 September   Amaury Cordeel   Guillem Pujeu   Guillem Pujeu   FA Racing
R3   Amaury Cordeel   Amaury Cordeel   Amaury Cordeel   MP Motorsport
6 R1   Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos 3 November   Xavier Lloveras   Amaury Cordeel   Guillem Pujeu   FA Racing
R2   Amaury Cordeel   Guillem Pujeu   Amaury Cordeel   MP Motorsport
R3 4 November   Javier González   Amaury Cordeel   Javier González   Drivex School
R4   Javier González   Xavier Lloveras   Franco Colapinto   Drivex School

Championship standings edit

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in races 1 and 3 and for the top eight classified finishers in race 2. 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

Drivers' championship edit

Pos Driver ARA
 
CRT
 
ALG
 
CAT
 
JER
 
NAV
 
Pts
1   Amaury Cordeel R DSQ 3 6 3 11† 3 1 2 3 C 2 2 2 1 2 1 11 7 208
2   Guillem Pujeu 1 1 1 6 4 Ret 4 Ret 4 C Ret 1 1 2 1 4 Ret 6 200
3   Javier González 1 1 2 5 1 1 C 1 4 Ret 7 4 3 1 5 196
4   Nazim Azman 3 4 3 2 3 4 3 4 2 C 3 6 10 5 8 6 3 4 179
5   Patrick Schott R 4 7 4 4 9 5 6 5 Ret C 7 5 3 6 3 11 9 3 119
6   Rafael Villanueva Jr. R 5 6 5 8 5 6 7 7 5 C 9 9 6 4 11 7 6 8 90
7   Petr Ptáček R 6 5 7 Ret 2 1 2 3 Ret 79
8   Kilian Meyer R C 4 3 4 3 7 10 4 11 62
9   Franco Colapinto 5 5 2 1 49
10   Isac Blomqvist R 2 2 2 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 48
11   László Tóth R 000 000 000 5 6 7 8 6 7 C 8 10 9 8 12 9 8 12 47
12   Rui Andrade R 9 8 9 10 8 6 C 5 8 8 9 13 8 5 10 43
13   Benjamin Goethe R Ret 8 Ret 7 10 8 11 Ret Ret C 6 7 5 11 9 Ret 7 9 39
14   Xavier Lloveras 6 2 Ret 2 20
15   Filip Kaminiarz 10 7 Ret 9 Ret 8 C Ret Ret 7 10 10 Ret 10 13 14
Pos Driver ARA
 
CRT
 
ALG
 
CAT
 
JER
 
NAV
 
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 over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' championship edit

Pos Team ARA
 
CRT
 
ALG
 
CAT
 
JER
 
NAV
 
Pts
1   MP Motorsport 2 2 2 2 3 3 1 2 2 C 2 2 2 1 2 1 3 3 277
2   Drivex School 3 4 3 1 1 2 5 1 1 C 1 4 5 7 4 3 1 1 257
3   FA Racing 1 1 1 6 4 Ret 4 Ret 4 C Ret 1 1 2 1 4 Ret 6 200
4   Fórmula de Campeones Praga F4 6 5 7 Ret 2 1 2 3 Ret C 4 5 4 3 7 7 4 8 151

Galfer Trophy edit

Trophy for the fastest laps during the race.

Pos Driver Pts.
1   Amaury Cordeel 9
2   Guillem Pujeu 5
3   Isaac Blomqvist 1
  Petr Ptáček 1
  Xavier Lloveras 1

Notes edit

  1. ^ Andrade is an Angolan driver competing under a Portuguese licence.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "DRIVEX CON TRES JÓVENES PROMESAS EN LA NUEVA TEMPORADA DE F4 SPAIN". 15 May 2018. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ^ "EXCLUSIVA: Rafael Villanueva debutará en la F4 Española con Drivex". formularapida.net (in Spanish). 6 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b "ENTRY LIST" (PDF). motorlandaragon.com. Ciudad del Motor de Aragón. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  4. ^ "DOS PODIOS PARA KILIAN MEYER EN SU SEGUNDA CITA EN LA FÓRMULA 4". formuladecampeones.com. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  5. ^ "MP MOTORSPORT LINES UP PATRICK SCHOTT FOR NEZ AND SPANISH F4". 19 March 2018. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  6. ^ "MP Motorsport contracteert Isac Blomqvist voor debuutseizoen in Formule 4". autosport.nl (in Dutch). 6 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Guillem Pujeu con la vista puesta en el título de la F4 española" [Guillem Pujeu with an eye on the title of the F4]. formularapida.net. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  8. ^ Rubino, Jacopo (23 November 2017). "La F4 spagnola 2018 Sette round, partenza da Estoril". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  9. ^ "2018 FIA F4 Spain entries are opened". f4spain.com. F4 Spain. 23 January 2018. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  10. ^ "El circuito del Jarama se queda sin su ronda de la Fórmula 4 Espanola". formularapida.net (in Spanish). 1 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

External links edit