The 2016 SMP F4 Championship season is the second season of the SMP F4 Championship. It began on 29 April at Sochi and finished on 10 September at Ahvenisto after 20 races held across seven rounds.

This season saw the F4 debut of the Dutch team MP Motorsport, which joined Koiranen GP and SMP Racing in fielding cars and drivers. The series also expanded to the Netherlands, hosting some races as well as a parallel championship to the SMP F4 championship, called the Dutch F4 Trophy.

The series is a FIA North-European Zone (NEZ) championship as in 2015. NEZ Council agreed in its meeting in 20 March to allow KNAF licence holders to score points in the championship. The FIA World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) had already accepted KNAF into the NEZ F4 championship earlier in 4 March. The exception is valid for 2016 season only, and only after NEZ receives full payment of membership fees. Dutch drivers aren't eligible to any other NEZ cups or championships. Spanish Xavier Lloveras scored points in the series as he was an AKK Motorsports (FIN) license holder. Richard Verschoor take 11 wins as another Dutch driver Jarno Opmeer wins 7 races, as Thomas Tujula and Aleksandr Vartanyan win 1 race.

Drivers

Driver Class Rounds 1 Aleksey Korneev 1, 4–5 2 Ivan Matveev 4 3 Henri Kauppi 1–2, 7 4 Tuomas Tujula All 5 Nikita Sitnikov 1–2, 4–7 7 Nikita Volegov 2–7 10 Zakhar Slutskiy 1–3 11 Gleb Zotov 1–5 14 Juho Valtanen All 15 Artem Petrov 1–5 16 Jarno Opmeer All 17 Nerses Isaakyan 5, 7 21 Xavier Lloveras All 22 Richard Verschoor All 25 Artem Slutskiy 1–3 32 Roman Lebedev All 38 Danny Kroes 1–3 40 Vladimiros Tziortzis All 41 Aleksandr Vartanyan All 50 Tuomas Haapalainen All 64 Rasmus Markkanen All 65 Roope Markkanen All 77 Aleksandr Maslennikov All Icon Class Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race calendar and results The final calendar was announced on 7 March 2016.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Supporting 1 R1 Sochi Autodrom, Sochi 30 April Richard Verschoor Jarno Opmeer Richard Verschoor Russian Grand Prix R2 1 May Jarno Opmeer Jarno Opmeer Jarno Opmeer 2 R3 Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort 14 May Richard Verschoor Jarno Opmeer Tuomas Tujula Pinksterraces R4 15 May Aleksandr Vartanyan Jarno Opmeer R5 Richard Verschoor Tuomas Tujula Jarno Opmeer 3 R6 Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort 4 June Richard Verschoor Jarno Opmeer Jarno Opmeer Max Verstappen Fan Days R7 5 June Juho Valtanen Jarno Opmeer R8 Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor 4 R9 Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 23 July Richard Verschoor Aleksey Korneev Richard Verschoor Russian Circuit Racing Series R10 24 July Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor R11 Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor 5 R12 Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 20 August Richard Verschoor Xavier Lloveras Richard VerschoorDeutsche Tourenwagen Masters R13 21 August Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor R14 Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor 6 R15 Anderstorp Raceway, Anderstorp 3 September Jarno Opmeer Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor R16 4 September Jarno Opmeer Richard Verschoor R17 Jarno Opmeer Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor 7 R18 Ahvenisto Race Circuit, Hämeenlinna 10 September Jarno Opmeer Aleksandr Vartanyan Jarno Opmeer Rata-SM R19 11 September Richard Verschoor Jarno Opmeer R20 Richard Verschoor Richard Verschoor Aleksandr Vartanyan

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap. At Sochi, only two races were held, and full points were awarded for Race 2.

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

Pos Driver SOC ZAN1 ZAN2 MSC1 MSC2 AND AHV Pts 1 Richard Verschoor 1 Ret 2 7 12 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 339 2 Jarno Opmeer 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 5 2 3 10 16 2 5 9 12 1 1 4 270 3 Aleksandr Vartanyan 4 4 5 6 3 7 3 2 4 4 9 4 4 13 6 Ret 2 8 9 1 198 4 Rasmus Markkanen Ret 5 16 5 Ret 3 6 5 11 9 12 5 3 Ret 10 12 3 4 6 3 124 5 Tuomas Tujula Ret EX 1 3 2 6 8 Ret 12 10 7 7 7 4 8 Ret 4 7 8 Ret 120 6 Roope Markkanen 3 Ret 8 Ret 6 4 2 6 14 12 5 13 10 3 7 11 Ret 6 5 6 118 7 Nikita Sitnikov 5 3 9 Ret 4 2 3 2 Ret 13 15 4 4 10 13 Ret 8 113 8 Tuomas Haapalainen Ret 6 12 13 Ret Ret 15 9 7 5 16 2 5 5 2 2 8 9 11 5 110 9 Juho Valtanen Ret Ret 4 2 5 8 7 4 10 6 10 12 8 11 3 3 Ret 5 4 Ret 108 10 Xavier Lloveras 8 7 Ret 15 11 5 5 7 8 7 6 11 9 6 Ret 6 9 10 7 7 80 11 Nikita Volegov 11 10 Ret 10 10 10 6 13 8 9 12 9 9 10 5 14 14 Ret 38 12 Danny Kroes 6 8 6 4 Ret 9 11 11 32 13 Vladimiros Tziortzis 14 11 7 14 10 13 12 12 13 15 13 6 6 16 Ret 7 7 12 13 Ret 32 14 9 Ret 15 12 9 15 18 Ret 9 8 11 Ret 15 12 11 8 6 11 10 Ret 20 15 Artem Petrov 10 EX 14 9 7 Ret 13 Ret Ret DNS Ret 8 11 10 14 16 Henri Kauppi 7 14 18 17 13 16 15 9 8 17 Zakhar Slutskiy Ret 9 13 11 8 11 9 13 8 18 Roman Lebedev 13 10 17 16 Ret 14 14 8 15 14 17 12 5 11 15 12 Ret 6 19 Artem Slutskiy 12 13 10 8 Ret 12 17 Ret 220 Gleb Zotov 11 12 Ret 18 Ret 16 16 14 17 Ret 15 14 Ret 14 0 Drivers ineligible to score points- Nerses Isaakyan 3 2 8 2 3 Ret 0- Aleksey Korneev Ret 2 3 16 4 DSQ 14 7 0- Ivan Matveev 16 11 14 0 Pos Driver SOC ZAN1 ZAN2 MSC1 MSC2 AND AHV PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

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