2018 F4 Spanish Championship

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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
Spain Drivex School 8 Mexico Javier González 2–6
17 Malaysia Nazim Azman[1] 1
21 Portugal Rui Andrade[a] R 2–6
26 Spain Rafael Villanueva Jr.[2] R 1–4
30 Poland Filip Kaminiarz R 2–6
43 Argentina Franco Colapinto 6
96 Denmark Benjamin Goethe[1] R All
Spain Fórmula de Campeones - Praga F4 9 Czech Republic Petr Ptáček[3] R 1–3
10 Spain Kilian Meyer R 4–6
26 Spain Rafael Villanueva Jr.[4] R 5–6
Netherlands MP Motorsport 12 Switzerland Patrick Schott[5] R All
17 Malaysia Nazim Azman 2–6
52 Hungary László Tóth R 2–6
64 Sweden Isac Blomqvist[6] R 1
888 Belgium Amaury Cordeel[3] R All
Spain FA Racing 18 Spain Guillem Pujeu[7] All
Spain NMRT Global Racing Service 72 Spain 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 Spain Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz 19 May Sweden Isac Blomqvist Sweden Isac Blomqvist Spain Guillem Pujeu Spain FA Racing GT-CER
R2 20 May Sweden Isac Blomqvist Spain Guillem Pujeu Spain Guillem Pujeu Spain FA Racing
R3 Belgium Amaury Cordeel Spain Guillem Pujeu Spain Guillem Pujeu Spain FA Racing
2 R1 Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste 23 June Belgium Amaury Cordeel Belgium Amaury Cordeel Mexico Javier González Spain Drivex School Clio Cup Spain
R2 24 June Czech Republic Petr Ptáček Belgium Amaury Cordeel Mexico Javier González Spain Drivex School
R3 Czech Republic Petr Ptáček Czech Republic Petr Ptáček Czech Republic Petr Ptáček Spain Fórmula de Campeones - Praga F4
3 R1 Portugal Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão 6 July Mexico Javier González Belgium Amaury Cordeel Belgium Amaury Cordeel Netherlands MP Motorsport 24H Series
R2 8 July Mexico Javier González Belgium Amaury Cordeel Mexico Javier González Spain Drivex School
R3 Mexico Javier González Belgium Amaury Cordeel Mexico Javier González Spain Drivex School
4 R1 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 7 September Race cancelled due to weather conditions 24H Series
R2 8 September Belgium Amaury Cordeel Belgium Amaury Cordeel Mexico Javier González Spain Drivex School
5 R1 Spain Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 22 September Spain Guillem Pujeu Spain Guillem Pujeu Spain Guillem Pujeu Spain FA Racing La leyenda
R2 23 September Belgium Amaury Cordeel Spain Guillem Pujeu Spain Guillem Pujeu Spain FA Racing
R3 Belgium Amaury Cordeel Belgium Amaury Cordeel Belgium Amaury Cordeel Netherlands MP Motorsport
6 R1 Spain Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos 3 November Spain Xavier Lloveras Belgium Amaury Cordeel Spain Guillem Pujeu Spain FA Racing
R2 Belgium Amaury Cordeel Spain Guillem Pujeu Belgium Amaury Cordeel Netherlands MP Motorsport
R3 4 November Mexico Javier González Belgium Amaury Cordeel Mexico Javier González Spain Drivex School
R4 Mexico Javier González Spain Xavier Lloveras Argentina Franco Colapinto Spain 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
Spain
CRT
Spain
ALG
Portugal
CAT
Spain
JER
Spain
NAV
Spain
Pts
1 Belgium Amaury Cordeel R DSQ 3 6 3 11† 3 1 2 3 C 2 2 2 1 2 1 11 7 208
2 Spain Guillem Pujeu 1 1 1 6 4 Ret 4 Ret 4 C Ret 1 1 2 1 4 Ret 6 200
3 Mexico Javier González 1 1 2 5 1 1 C 1 4 Ret 7 4 3 1 5 196
4 Malaysia Nazim Azman 3 4 3 2 3 4 3 4 2 C 3 6 10 5 8 6 3 4 179
5 Switzerland Patrick Schott R 4 7 4 4 9 5 6 5 Ret C 7 5 3 6 3 11 9 3 119
6 Spain Rafael Villanueva Jr. R 5 6 5 8 5 6 7 7 5 C 9 9 6 4 11 7 6 8 90
7 Czech Republic Petr Ptáček R 6 5 7 Ret 2 1 2 3 Ret 79
8 Spain Kilian Meyer R C 4 3 4 3 7 10 4 11 62
9 Argentina Franco Colapinto 5 5 2 1 49
10 Sweden Isac Blomqvist R 2 2 2 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 48
11 Hungary László Tóth R 000 000 000 5 6 7 8 6 7 C 8 10 9 8 12 9 8 12 47
12 Portugal Rui Andrade R 9 8 9 10 8 6 C 5 8 8 9 13 8 5 10 43
13 Denmark Benjamin Goethe R Ret 8 Ret 7 10 8 11 Ret Ret C 6 7 5 11 9 Ret 7 9 39
14 Spain Xavier Lloveras 6 2 Ret 2 20
15 Poland Filip Kaminiarz 10 7 Ret 9 Ret 8 C Ret Ret 7 10 10 Ret 10 13 14
Pos Driver ARA
Spain
CRT
Spain
ALG
Portugal
CAT
Spain
JER
Spain
NAV
Spain
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
Spain
CRT
Spain
ALG
Portugal
CAT
Spain
JER
Spain
NAV
Spain
Pts
1 Netherlands MP Motorsport 2 2 2 2 3 3 1 2 2 C 2 2 2 1 2 1 3 3 277
2 Spain Drivex School 3 4 3 1 1 2 5 1 1 C 1 4 5 7 4 3 1 1 257
3 Spain FA Racing 1 1 1 6 4 Ret 4 Ret 4 C Ret 1 1 2 1 4 Ret 6 200
4 Spain 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 Belgium Amaury Cordeel 9
2 Spain Guillem Pujeu 5
3 Sweden Isaac Blomqvist 1
Czech Republic Petr Ptáček 1
Spain 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.

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