2015 SMP F4 Championship
The 2015 SMP F4 Championship season in motorsport, was the inaugural season of the SMP F4 Championship, a racing series regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. It was a motor racing series for the North European Zone (NEZ) held in Estonia, Finland and Russia. The 2015 season began on 16 May at Ahvenisto in Finland[1] and finished on 3 October at the auto24ring in Estonia,[2] after seven triple header rounds.
The series' inaugural champion was Finnish driver Niko Kari in his first season of car racing.[3] Kari took seven overall wins (including a weekend sweep at Moscow Raceway) during the 2015 season, but also added five class victories behind British driver Enaam Ahmed – who was ineligible to score championship points – for a total of twelve during the season. Kari finished over 150 points clear of his next closest rival, Vladimir Atoev; Atoev won three races, all coming on the same weekend at Alastaro. Third place in the championship was settled in the final race in Estonia; Nerses Isaakyan took five runner-up positions in six races which allowed him to overhaul Aleksanteri Huovinen in the championship standings. Huovinen was another three-time race winner; winning twice at Ahvenisto and once at Moscow Raceway. Two other drivers won races in 2015 as Aleksey Korneev won races at Moscow Raceway and Sochi, while Nikita Troitskiy won the third race at Ahvenisto; the drivers finished fifth and sixth in the drivers' championship.
Drivers
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3 | ![]() |
1 |
5 | ![]() |
All |
7 | ![]() |
1–4, 6–7 |
10 | ![]() |
All |
12 | ![]() |
All |
14 | ![]() |
3–4, 6–7 |
17 | ![]() |
All |
21 | ![]() |
All |
23 | ![]() |
All |
29 | ![]() |
1–5, 7 |
32 | ![]() |
6 |
34 | ![]() |
All |
41 | ![]() |
5–6 |
65 | ![]() |
1, 3–5, 7 |
71 | ![]() |
1, 3–7 |
77 | ![]() |
All |
96 | ![]() |
1–3 |
Race calendar and results
[edit]The round at Moscow Raceway, held over 5–7 June, was a support event to the FIA WTCC Race of Russia.[1] The original scheduled final meeting was scheduled to be held over 18–20 September at Sochi Autodrom,[12] but was first postponed to 2–3 October and later moved to the Auto24ring.[2]
Championship standings
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Bold – Pole |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "SMP F4 CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON 2015 PROVISIONAL CALENDAR". SMP F4 Championship. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ a b "The SMP F4 Championship closes in Auto24ring, Estonia". SMP F4 Championship. SMP Racing. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ "Niko Kari claims the SMP F4 Championship title". SMP F4 Championship. SMP Racing. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Five drivers join the 2015 SMP F4 Championship". SMP F4 Championship. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ "Joel Eriksson". SMP F4 Championship. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ Allen, Peter (10 January 2015). "Top Finnish karter Kari is first driver for Koiranen's F4 series". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "IT'S TIME FOR THE SMP F4 DRIVERS TO TAKE ON THE SOCHI AUTODROM". SMP F4 Championship. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "FIVE NEW DRIVERS SIGNED TODAY FOR THE SMP F4". SMP F4 Championship. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (22 April 2015). "Niclas Nylund makes SMP F4 switch". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ David, Gruz (24 April 2015). "Ahmed adds part-time SMP F4 campaign to 2015 programme". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "SEMYON EVSTIGNEEV, THE TENTH RUSSIAN DRIVER ANNOUNCED FOR SMP F4". SMP F4 Championship. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ^ "Sochi Round 7 to be postponed to the 2-3 of October". SMP F4 Championship. SMP Racing. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
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