The 2017 F4 Spanish Championship was the second 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, France and Portugal. 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 Koiranen GP and RFEDA.
MP Motorsport driver Christian Lundgaard won the drivers' championship after winning in the finale at Estoril. While his team successfully defended teams' title. Aleksandr Smolyar finished as runner-up to Lundgaard, winning more races than him, but Smolyar wasn't consistent as Lundgaard and lost by 36 points. The only other winner was another MP driver Bent Viscaal, who was victorious at Nogaro and Estoril and completed the top-three in the driver standings. Javier González, Guillem Pujeu, Tuomas Haapalainen and Lukas Dunner visited a podium step and shared places in top-eight in the driver standings. While Marta García, who finished ninth, was the only woman in the championship and the only competitor in the Female driver trophy, which she received at the end of the season.
Entry list Team Driver Rounds Drivex School 4 Javier Cobián 1 58 Javier González 2–7 88 Ivan Berets 1–5 99 Jakes Caouette All MP Motorsport 5 Christian Lundgaard All 8 Lukas Dunner All 12 Bent Viscaal All 17 Nazim Azman 2–7 19 Marta García F All SMP Racing 7 Nikita Volegov All 10 Aleksandr Smolyar All 22 Sami-Matti Trogen 1–5 32 Tuomas Haapalainen 1–2, 4–7 50 Juuso Puhakka 1 77 Konsta Lappalainen 4 FA Racing Team 18 Guillem Pujeu All 21 Xavier Lloveras 1 Kart in Club Driving Academy 50 Juuso Puhakka 5 69 Jesse Salmenautio 5, 7 77 Konsta Lappalainen 5–7
Race calendar and results
The provisional calendar was announced on 17 April 2017 and officially confirmed the 24 May 2017. The opening round in Alcañiz was in the support of the 2017 World Series Formula V8 3.5 while other round were stand-alone.
Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz 24 June Xavier Lloveras Christian Lundgaard Christian Lundgaard MP Motorsport R2 Xavier Lloveras Christian Lundgaard Christian Lundgaard MP Motorsport R3 25 June Tuomas Haapalainen Christian Lundgaard Christian Lundgaard MP Motorsport 2 R1 Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos 2 September Christian Lundgaard Bent Viscaal Aleksandr Smolyar SMP Racing R2 3 September Christian Lundgaard Bent Viscaal Christian Lundgaard MP Motorsport R3 Christian Lundgaard Bent Viscaal Bent Viscaal MP Motorsport 3 R1 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 17 September Aleksandr Smolyar Bent Viscaal Bent Viscaal MP Motorsport R2 Aleksandr Smolyar Bent Viscaal Aleksandr Smolyar SMP Racing 4 R1 Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 23 September Aleksandr Smolyar Aleksandr Smolyar Aleksandr Smolyar SMP Racing R2 Aleksandr Smolyar Aleksandr Smolyar Aleksandr Smolyar SMP Racing R3 24 September Aleksandr Smolyar Aleksandr Smolyar Aleksandr Smolyar SMP Racing 5 R1 Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos 14 October Christian Lundgaard Guillem Pujeu Christian Lundgaard MP Motorsport R2 15 October Guillem Pujeu Guillem Pujeu Guillem Pujeu FA Racing Team R3 Aleksandr Smolyar Christian Lundgaard Aleksandr Smolyar SMP Racing 6 R1 Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro 28 October Bent Viscaal Christian Lundgaard Bent Viscaal MP Motorsport R2 29 October Bent Viscaal Christian Lundgaard Bent Viscaal MP Motorsport R3 Christian Lundgaard Bent Viscaal Aleksandr Smolyar SMP Racing 7 R1 Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril 11 November Christian Lundgaard Bent Viscaal Bent Viscaal MP Motorsport R2 Christian Lundgaard Bent Viscaal Christian Lundgaard MP Motorsport R3 12 November Bent Viscaal Christian Lundgaard Christian Lundgaard MP Motorsport
Championship standings Drivers' championship Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. 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
Female Trophy F Pos Driver ALC NAV1 CAT JER NAV2 NOG EST Pts 1 Christian Lundgaard 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 5 3 4 3 1 2 3 2 3 4 2 1 1 330 2 Bent Viscaal Ret 3 8 6 2 1 1 2 7 7 4 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 2 DNS 266 3 Aleksandr Smolyar 2 Ret 11 1 3 10 3 1 1 1 1 DSQ DSQ 1 3 2 1 3 4 9 263 4 Nikita Volegov 4 2 3 10 6 Ret 5 3 5 6 7 4 7 5 4 7 11 6 8 3 152 5 Javier González 8 7 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 7 Ret 4 8 8 7 2 146 6 Guillem Pujeu 6 7 5 DSQ 9 3 6 7 4 3 14† 10 1 10 7 8 5 7 3 4 135 7 Tuomas Haapalainen 3 Ret 2 3 4 8 8 DNS 12† 11 5 4 5 6 6 5 6 5 130 8 Lukas Dunner 7 Ret 4 4 5 Ret 11 6 11 8 6 3 4 8 6 5 3 4 5 Ret 129 9 Marta García F 10 6 6 9 12 7 8 9 6 5 13† 7 10 6 8 10 7 11 9 8 70 10 Ivan Berets 8 5 14† 12 13† 6 7 10 10 12 9 5 8 9 41 11 Nazim Azman 5 10 5 9 11 14 11 10 8 12 13 Ret 11 10 10 12 7 35 12 Sami-Matti Trogen Ret 10 12† 7 8 11 12 8 9 Ret 5 14 9 16 23 13 Konsta Lappalainen 12 9 8 13 11 12 Ret 9 9 9 10 6 16 14 Juuso Puhakka Ret 4 10 9 13 14 11 15 Xavier Lloveras 5 Ret 13† 10 16 Jakes Caouette 9 9 9 11 11 9 10 12 13 10 11 12 15 11 9 12 12 13 Ret 11 9 17 Javier Cobián Ret 8 7 7 18 Jesse Salmenautio 15 14 15 12 11 10 1 Pos Driver ALC NAV1 CAT JER NAV2 NOG EST PtsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
Teams' championship Points were awarded to the best 2 classified of each team.
Pos Driver ALC NAV1 CAT JER NAV2 NOG EST Pts 1 MP Motorsport 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 4 3 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 619 7 3 4 5 2 2 2 5 6 5 4 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 7 2 SMP Racing 2 2 2 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 4 5 1 3 2 1 3 4 3 486 3 4 3 3 4 5 5 3 5 6 5 11 7 4 4 6 6 5 6 5 3 Drivex School 8 5 7 8 7 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 6 7 9 4 8 8 7 2 198 9 8 9 11 11 6 7 10 10 10 9 6 8 9 Ret 12 12 13 Ret 11 4 FA Racing 5 7 5 DSQ 9 3 6 7 4 3 14† 10 1 10 7 8 5 7 3 4 140 6 Ret 13† 5 Kart in Club Driving Academy 9 11 12 Ret 9 9 9 10 6 16 13 13 14 12 11 10
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