The 2018 SMP F4 Championship was the fourth season of the SMP F4 Championship. The series is also known as the FIA North-European Zone (NEZ) championship. Koiranen GP, despite creating Formula Academy Finland, continued as the promoter.F4 NEZ CHAMPIONSHIP certified by FIA SPORTING REGULATIONS 2018 Art.8, page 4 The season started in Smolensk Ring on 5 May and finished in Assen Circuit on 21 October.
Champion Konsta Lappalainen won seven races, with runner-up Michael Belov and third-placed Isac Blomqvist taking five and three victories respectively.
Drivers
Team Driver Rounds MP Motorsport 1 Freek Schothorst 1 12 Patrick Schott 1–4 52 László Tóth 7 64 Isac Blomqvist All 888 Amaury Cordeel 3–5, 7 SMP Racing 2 Pavel Bulantsev All 7 Nikita Volegov 2 11 Aleksandr Vilaev All 16 Nikita Aleksandrov All 20 Ivan Berets All 21 Artem Lobanenko All 27 Ivan Shvetsov All 41 Aleksandr Vartanyan 3 Denis Bulatov 4 Irina Sidorkova 7 57 Michael Belov All Formula Academy 3 Noah Watt 7 Kart In Club Driving Academy 10 Konsta Lappalainen All 69 Jesse Salmenautio All Jimi Hannus Racing 12 Jimi Hannus 6 Koiranen GP 32 Tuomas Haapalainen 3–5 Mi Maijala 6 56 Markus Laitala 3–6
Race calendar On 27 April 2018 the calendar was announced. For the first time of the existence of the championship Sochi Autodrom hadn't received a slot in the schedule. Circuit Zandvoort was replaced with a round at the Assen Circuit, whilst Autodrom Moscow and NRING Circuit were included to the calendar for the first time. Round 6 was originally scheduled to be held at Auto24ring on 15–16 September, but was rescheduled to take place at Alastaro Circuit on 22–23 September. Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Supporting 1 R1 Smolensk Ring, Verhnedneprovsky 5 May Isac Blomqvist Isac Blomqvist Isac Blomqvist MP Motorsport 2018 Russian Circuit Racing Series R2 Konsta Lappalainen Isac Blomqvist MP Motorsport R3 6 May Ivan Berets Freek Schothorst Ivan Berets SMP Racing 2 R4 NRING Circuit, Bogorodsk 2 June Konsta Lappalainen Michael Belov Michael Belov SMP Racing R5 Isac Blomqvist Pavel Bulantsev SMP Racing R6 3 June Michael Belov Michael Belov Michael Belov SMP Racing 3 R7 Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 11 August Konsta Lappalainen Tuomas Haapalainen Konsta Lappalainen Kart In Club Driving Academy R8 Isac Blomqvist Isac Blomqvist MP Motorsport R9 12 August Konsta Lappalainen Aleksandr Vartanyan Konsta Lappalainen Kart In Club Driving Academy 4 R10 Autodrom Moscow, Myachkovo Airport 18 August Konsta Lappalainen Konsta Lappalainen Konsta Lappalainen Kart In Club Driving Academy Mitjet Russian Cup IV R11 Konsta Lappalainen Konsta Lappalainen Kart In Club Driving Academy R12 19 August Amaury Cordeel Amaury Cordeel Amaury Cordeel MP Motorsport 5 R13 Ahvenisto Race Circuit, Hämeenlinna 1 September Michael Belov Konsta Lappalainen Konsta Lappalainen Kart In Club Driving Academy Rata-SM R14 Pavel Bulantsev Tuomas Haapalainen Koiranen GP R15 2 September Michael Belov Michael Belov Michael Belov SMP Racing 6 R16 Alastaro Circuit, Loimaa 22 September Pavel Bulantsev Michael Belov Konsta Lappalainen Kart In Club Driving Academy Rata-SM R17 Ivan Berets Michael Belov SMP Racing R18 23 September Michael Belov Michael Belov Konsta Lappalainen Kart In Club Driving Academy 7 R19 Assen Circuit, Assen 20 October Ivan Berets Michael Belov Michael Belov SMP Racing Hankook Finaleraces R20 Amaury Cordeel Amaury Cordeel MP Motorsport R21 21 October Ivan Berets Michael Belov Ivan Berets SMP Racing
Championship standings
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
Drivers' championship Pos Driver SMO NRG MSC ADM AHV ALA ASS Pts 1 Konsta Lappalainen 6 2 2 5 Ret 5 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 4 3 1 2 1 Ret 2 2 316 2 Michael Belov 5 4 4 1 Ret 1 4 7 7 3 2 3 2 5 1 2 1 2 1 4 Ret 275 3 Isac Blomqvist 1 1 5 2 2 2 DSQ 1 3 6 7 5 Ret 7 5 7 3 Ret 3 Ret 5 201 4 Ivan Berets 2 12 1 4 5 6 3 6 5 9 9 6 Ret 6 6 3 6 3 7 3 1 195 5 Jesse Salmenautio 4 3 6 Ret 6 7 5 5 8 2 4 4 4 2 2 6 4 4 4 5 9 188 6 Ivan Shvetsov 7 7 Ret 3 3 4 7 8 4 8 8 7 7 10 7 4 5 5 6 7 6 133 7 Pavel Bulantsev 9 6 8 6 1 3 8 DNS 10 5 5 8 3 3 8 5 Ret Ret 8 6 4 132 8 Amaury Cordeel 6 9 6 4 6 1 Ret 9 9 2 1 3 107 9 Tuomas Haapalainen 14 4 2 7 3 10 8 1 4 74 10 Freek Schothorst 3 5 3 36 11 Aleksandr Vartanyan 2 2 9 32 12 Patrick Schott 8 8 7 7 4 9 9 12 11 12 11 9 31 13 Artem Lobanenko 10 9 9 9 9 8 10 10 13 Ret 14 Ret 10† Ret 10 9 10 6 9 9 12 24 14 Markus Laitala 12 11 12 11 13 12 5 8 13 8 7 7 23 15 Aleksandr Vilaev 12 10 10 11 10 11 13 14 15 Ret 12 11 6 11 11 12 8 8 10 10 8 19 16 Noah Watt 5 8 7 17 17 Nikita Aleksandrov 11 11 11 10 7 10 11 13 14 Ret 15 Ret 9 12 12 13 11 9 11 12 10 9 18 Nikita Volegov 8 8 Ret 5 19 Mi Maijala 10 12 10 2 20 Denis Bulatov 10 10 DNS 1 21 Jimi Hannus 11 9 11 0 22 László Tóth 12 11 11 0 23 Irina Sidorkova 13 13 13 0 Pos Driver SMO NRG MSC ADM AHV ALA ASS PtsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap Notes: † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
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