2015 SMP F4 Championship
{{Motorsport season
| series = SMP F4 Championship
| year = 2015
| previous = none
|subheader={{small|Drivers' Champion:}} Niko Kari
}}
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{{cite news|url=http://smpf4championship.com/calendar/|title=SMP F4 CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON 2015 PROVISIONAL CALENDAR|date=10 December 2014|publisher=SMP F4 Championship|accessdate=3 February 2015}} and finished on 3 October at the auto24ring in Estonia,{{cite news|url=http://smpf4championship.com/news-post/the-smp-f4-championship-closes-in-auto24ring-estonia/|title=The SMP F4 Championship closes in Auto24ring, Estonia|date=1 October 2015|work=SMP F4 Championship|publisher=SMP Racing|accessdate=1 October 2015}} after seven triple header rounds.
The series' inaugural champion was Finnish driver Niko Kari in his first season of car racing.{{cite news|url=http://smpf4championship.com/news-post/niko-kari-claims-the-first-smp-f4-championship-title/|title=Niko Kari claims the SMP F4 Championship title|date=6 September 2015|work=SMP F4 Championship|publisher=SMP Racing|accessdate=15 November 2015}} 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
Race calendar and results
The round at Moscow Raceway, held over 5–7 June, was a support event to the FIA WTCC Race of Russia. The original scheduled final meeting was scheduled to be held over 18–20 September at Sochi Autodrom,{{cite news|url=http://smpf4championship.com/news-post/sochi-round-7-to-be-postponned-to-the-2-3-of-october/|title=Sochi Round 7 to be postponed to the 2-3 of October|date=8 September 2015|work=SMP F4 Championship|publisher=SMP Racing|accessdate=15 November 2015}} but was first postponed to 2–3 October and later moved to the Auto24ring.
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!colspan=2| Round ! Circuit, Location ! Date ! Pole Position ! Fastest Lap ! Winning Driver |
| rowspan=3| 1
! R1 |rowspan=3| {{flagicon|FIN}} Ahvenisto Race Circuit, Hämeenlinna | 16 May | {{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Atoev | {{flagicon|FIN}} Niko Kari | {{flagicon|FIN}} Aleksanteri Huovinen |
|---|
| R2
|rowspan=2| 17 May | | {{flagicon|FIN}} Aleksanteri Huovinen | {{flagicon|FIN}} Aleksanteri Huovinen |
| R3
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Atoev | {{flagicon|FIN}} Niko Kari | {{flagicon|RUS}} Nikita Troitskiy |
| rowspan=3| 2
! R4 |rowspan=3| {{flagicon|RUS}} Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk | 6 June | {{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksey Korneev | {{flagicon|FIN}} Aleksanteri Huovinen | {{flagicon|FIN}} Aleksanteri Huovinen |
| R5
|rowspan=2| 7 June | | {{flagicon|FIN}} Niko Kari | {{flagicon|FIN}} Niko Kari |
| R6
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksey Korneev | {{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksey Korneev | {{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksey Korneev |
| rowspan=3| 3
! R7 |rowspan=3| {{flagicon|RUS}} Sochi Autodrom, Sochi | 20 June | {{flagicon|FIN}} Niko Kari | {{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Atoev | {{flagicon|FIN}} Niko Kari |
| R8
|rowspan=2| 21 June | | {{flagicon|FIN}} Niko Kari | {{flagicon|FIN}} Niko Kari |
| R9
| {{flagicon|FIN}} Niko Kari | {{flagicon|FIN}} Niko Kari | {{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksey Korneev |
| rowspan=3| 4
! R10 |rowspan=3| {{flagicon|FIN}} Alastaro Circuit, Loimaa | 15 August | {{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Atoev | {{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Atoev | {{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Atoev |
| R11
|rowspan=2| 16 August | | {{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Atoev | {{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Atoev |
| R12
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Atoev | {{flagicon|RUS}} Nerses Isaakyan | {{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Atoev |
| rowspan=3| 5
! R13 |rowspan=3| {{flagicon|EST}} Auto24ring, Audru |rowspan=3| 29 August | {{flagicon|FIN}} Niko Kari | {{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Atoev | {{flagicon|GBR}} Enaam Ahmed |
| R14
| | {{flagicon|FIN}} Niclas Nylund | {{flagicon|GBR}} Enaam Ahmed |
| R15
| {{flagicon|FIN}} Niko Kari | {{flagicon|RUS}} Nerses Isaakyan | {{flagicon|FIN}} Niko Kari |
| rowspan=3| 6
! R16 |rowspan=3| {{flagicon|RUS}} Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk | 5 September | {{flagicon|RUS}} Nerses Isaakyan | {{flagicon|FIN}} Niko Kari | {{flagicon|FIN}} Niko Kari |
| R17
|rowspan=2| 6 September | | {{flagicon|FIN}} Niko Kari | {{flagicon|FIN}} Niko Kari |
| R18
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Nerses Isaakyan | {{flagicon|FIN}} Niko Kari | {{flagicon|FIN}} Niko Kari |
| rowspan=3| 7
! R19 |rowspan=3| {{flagicon|EST}} Auto24ring, Audru |rowspan=3| 3 October | {{flagicon|GBR}} Enaam Ahmed | {{flagicon|FIN}} Niko Kari | {{flagicon|GBR}} Enaam Ahmed |
| R20
| | {{flagicon|RUS}} Nikita Troitskiy | {{flagicon|GBR}} Enaam Ahmed |
| R21
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Enaam Ahmed | {{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Atoev | {{flagicon|GBR}} Enaam Ahmed |
Championship standings
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!valign="middle"| Pos !valign="middle"| Driver !colspan=3| AHV !colspan=3| MSC !colspan=3| SOC !colspan=3| ALA !colspan=3| AUD !colspan=3| MSC !colspan=3| AUD !valign="middle"| Pts |
| 1
|align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Niko Kari |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 2 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 2 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 2 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 2 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 2 ! 449 |
|---|
| 2
|align=left| {{flagicon|RUS}} Vladimir Atoev |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 4 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 ! 296 |
| 3
|align=left| {{flagicon|RUS}} Nerses Isaakyan |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13† |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 ! 234 |
| 4
|align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Aleksanteri Huovinen |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 ! 229 |
| 5
|align=left| {{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksey Korneev |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 ! 191 |
| 6
|align=left| {{flagicon|RUS}} Nikita Troitskiy |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DNS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12 | | | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9 ! 149 |
| 7
|align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Niclas Nylund |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8 |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13† |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret ! 136 |
| 8
|align=left| {{flagicon|RUS}} Ivan Matveev |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13† |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret ! 131 |
| 9
|align=left| {{flagicon|RUS}} Nikita Sitnikov |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14† |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 4 ! 104 |
| 10
|align=left nowrap| {{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksandr Maslennikov |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12† |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8 ! 66 |
| 11
|align=left| {{flagicon|FIN}} Simo Laaksonen | | | | | | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 6 | | | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7 ! 60 |
| 12
|align=left| {{flagicon|SWE}} Joel Eriksson |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 4 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! 30 |
| 13
|align=left| {{flagicon|RUS}} Artem Kabakov |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 7 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11† |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | ! 21 |
| 14
|align=left| {{flagicon|RUS}} Denis Mavlanov |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11 |style="background:#000000; color:#ffffff"| DSQ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10 ! 20 |
| 15
|align=left| {{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksandr Vartanyan | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 4 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 10 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11 | | | ! 17 |
| 16
|align=left| {{flagicon|RUS}} Semen Evstigneev |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 11 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 8 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 9 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 11 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13† |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| Ret |style="background:#000000; color:#ffffff"| DSQ ! 13 |
| colspan=24| Drivers with non-NEZ licence ineligible for championship points |
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|align=left| {{flagicon|GBR}} Enaam Ahmed |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 5 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 3 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9 | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 4 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 5 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 9† |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 3 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 1 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 1 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 6 | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 1 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 1 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 1 ! 0 |
| -
|align=left| {{flagicon|GEO}} Roman Lebedev | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 14 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12 | | | ! 0 |
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!valign="middle"| Pos !valign="middle"| Driver !colspan=3| AHV !colspan=3| MSC !colspan=3| SOC !colspan=3| ALA !colspan=3| AUD !colspan=3| MSC !colspan=3| AUD !valign="middle"| Pts |
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{{F1 driver results legend}}
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
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References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://smpf4championship.com/}}
{{FIA F4 Championships}}