2019 F4 Spanish Championship

The 2019 F4 Spanish Championship was the fourth 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
  MOL Racing[1] 3   Javier Sagrera[1] R G 7
  Drivex School 5   Irina Sidorkova[2] R F 1–6
  Manuel Espírito Santo[1] R G 7
11   Artem Lobanenko[3] All
12   Rashed Ghanem[4] 1–5
  Oliver Goethe[1] R G 7
20   Ivan Nosov[5] R All
43   Franco Colapinto[6] R All
57   Frederico Alfonso Peters R 4
  Jenzer Motorsport[7] 6   Giorgio Carrara[7] 2
  Paul-Adrien Pallot[1] R G 7
17   Jonny Edgar[7] R 2
  Filip Ugran[1] G 7
18   Emidio Pesce[7] R 2, 7
  G4 Racing[8] 7   Axel Gnos[8] R All
  MP Motorsport 8   Nicolas Baert[9] R All
13   Tijmen van der Helm[10] R All
16   Glenn van Berlo[11] R All
19   Sebastian Øgaard[1] R G 7
26   Rafael Villanueva Jr.[9] All
  Xcel Motorsport 15   Matteo Nannini[12] 1
34   Shihab Al Habsi[13] 1–4
  Global Racing Service 22   Belén García[14] R F All
  Fórmula de Campeones Praga F4 27   Nerea Martí[15] R F All
33   Carles Martínez[15] R All
44   Kilian Meyer[15] R All
Icon Legend
R Rookie
F Female Trophy
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race calendar edit

The series competed at Circuit Paul Ricard for the first time. The schedule consisted of seven rounds.[16]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1   Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos 6 April   Franco Colapinto   Franco Colapinto   Franco Colapinto   Drivex School GT-CER
TCR-CER
R2 7 April   Franco Colapinto   Matteo Nannini   Belén García   Global Racing Service
R3   Franco Colapinto   Artem Lobanenko   Rashed Ghanem   Drivex School
2 R1   Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 27 April   Kilian Meyer   Giorgio Carrara   Giorgio Carrara   Jenzer Motorsport International GT Open
Euroformula Open Championship
R2   Jonny Edgar   Killian Meyer   Giorgio Carrara   Jenzer Motorsport
R3 28 April   Jonny Edgar   Franco Colapinto   Giorgio Carrara   Jenzer Motorsport
3 R1   Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz 25 May   Shihab Al Habsi   Kilian Meyer   Franco Colapinto   Drivex School GT-CER
TCR-CER
R2 26 May   Shihab Al Habsi   Axel Gnos   Shihab Al Habsi   Xcel Motorsport
R3   Kilian Meyer   Franco Colapinto   Kilian Meyer   Fórmula de Campeones Praga F4
4 R1   Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste 22 June   Franco Colapinto   Franco Colapinto   Franco Colapinto   Drivex School TCR-CER
R2 23 June   Glenn van Berlo   Franco Colapinto   Franco Colapinto   Drivex School
R3   Glenn van Berlo   Franco Colapinto   Franco Colapinto   Drivex School
5 R1   Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 14 September   Glenn van Berlo   Glenn van Berlo   Glenn van Berlo   MP Motorsport Iberian Historic Endurance
Super seven by Toyo tires
Kia Picanto Cup
R2 15 September   Glenn van Berlo   Glenn van Berlo   Glenn van Berlo   MP Motorsport
R3   Franco Colapinto   Franco Colapinto   Franco Colapinto   Drivex School
6 R1   Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão 26 October   Franco Colapinto   Franco Colapinto   Franco Colapinto   Drivex School TCR Ibérico Touring Car Series
R2   Franco Colapinto   Axel Gnos   Franco Colapinto   Drivex School
R3 27 October   Franco Colapinto   Franco Colapinto   Glenn van Berlo   MP Motorsport
7 R1   Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 9 November   Franco Colapinto   Axel Gnos   Franco Colapinto   Drivex School GT-CER
R2 10 November   Franco Colapinto   Artem Lobanenko   Franco Colapinto   Drivex School
R3   Glenn van Berlo   Franco Colapinto   Franco Colapinto   Drivex School

Championship 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. Race 1 at Paul Ricard only awarded points to the top eight finishers. For Round 6 at Algarve Race 3 was the shorter race, awarding points to the top eight finishers.[17]

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

Rookie Trophy R Female Trophy F

Pos Driver NAV
 
LEC
 
ARA
 
CRT
 
JER
 
ALG
 
CAT
 
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1   Franco Colapinto R 1 3 6 4 7 4 1 14 11 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 325
2   Kilian Meyer R 4 Ret Ret 5 4 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 3 2 4 Ret 4 2 6 4 11 227
3   Glenn van Berlo R 3 5 Ret 3 5 5 4 Ret 12 5 Ret 2 1 1 2 Ret 2 1 3 5 2 222
4   Tijmen van der Helm R 7 8 2 13 17 14 7 2 13 4 3 4 2 4 7 10 3 5 17 3 4 158
5   Carles Martínez R 11 Ret Ret 7 10 9 5 6 4 3 4 6 10 9 6 3 5 10 10 14 6 111
6   Axel Gnos R 12 10 4 Ret 12 8 6 5 7 9 9 11 6 6 3 Ret 6 3 5 6 9 105
7   Nicolas Baert R 9 6 Ret Ret 6 17 8 7 8 6 5 5 7 5 9 4 12 6 4 7 5 105
8   Shihab Al Habsi 2 Ret DSQ 8 3 6 3 1 2 11 6 Ret 89
9   Artem Lobanenko 8 9 5 6 8 7 9 8 3 7 7 15 9 Ret 11 2 11 13 9 19 18 77
10   Rashed Ghanem 10 12 1 15 Ret 11 10 4 5 8 15 9 Ret 11 5 61
11   Giorgio Carrara 1 1 1 55
12   Rafael Villanueva Jr. 6 7 3 14 9 10 11 10 14 10 10 8 Ret 8 8 6 8 11 11 15 13 51
13   Ivan Nosov R 14 Ret DNS Ret 13 12 12 9 Ret 12 8 7 5 7 12 5 9 7 7 8 10 47
14   Jonny Edgar R 2 2 3 39
15   Belén García R F 15 1 7 10 15 13 15 13 10 14 11 10 8 12 10 7 13 8 18 12 14 35
16   Nerea Martí R F 16 2 9 12 16 16 14 12 9 13 13 12 Ret 10 13 8 7 9 15 9 7 35
17   Matteo Nannini 5 4 Ret 18
18   Irina Sidorkova R F 13 11 8 11 14 15 13 11 6 16 14 14 11 13 14 9 10 12 15
19   Emidio Pesce R 9 11 Ret 12 17 16 1
20   Frederico Alfonso Peters R 15 12 13 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
  Filip Ugran 2 2 3 0
  Javier Sagrera R 16 11 8 0
  Manuel Espírito Santo R 8 18 15 0
  Paul-Adrien Pallot 19 10 Ret 0
  Sebastian Øgaard R 14 13 12 0
  Oliver Goethe R 13 16 17 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
NAV
 
LEC
 
ARA
 
CRT
 
JER
 
ALG
 
CAT
 
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 edit

Pos Team Pts
1   Drivex School 398
2   MP Motorsport 368
3   Fórmula de Campeones Praga F4 301
4   Xcel Motorsport 107
5   Jenzer Motorsport 94
6   G4 Racing 82
7   Global Racing Service 36
8   MOL Racing 0

References edit

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  15. ^ a b c "Carles Martínez, Kilian Meyer y Nerea Martí serán los pilotos del equipo Fórmula de Campeones Praga". yosoynoticia.es. 12 March 2019.
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