2017 F4 Spanish Championship
# 2017 F4 Spanish Championship

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 | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - |
| Drivex School | 4 | Javier Cobián | 1 |
| Drivex School | 58 | Javier González | 2–7 |
| Drivex School | 88 | Ivan Berets | 1–5 |
| Drivex School | 99 | Jakes Caouette | All |
| MP Motorsport | 5 | Christian Lundgaard | All |
| MP Motorsport | 8 | Lukas Dunner | All |
| MP Motorsport | 12 | Bent Viscaal | All |
| MP Motorsport | 17 | Nazim Azman | 2–7 |
| MP Motorsport | 19 | Marta García F | All |
| SMP Racing | 7 | Nikita Volegov | All |
| SMP Racing | 10 | Aleksandr Smolyar | All |
| SMP Racing | 22 | Sami-Matti Trogen | 1–5 |
| SMP Racing | 32 | Tuomas Haapalainen | 1–2, 4–7 |
| SMP Racing | 50 | Juuso Puhakka | 1 |
| SMP Racing | 77 | Konsta Lappalainen | 4 |
| FA Racing Team | 18 | Guillem Pujeu | All |
| FA Racing Team | 21 | Xavier Lloveras | 1 |
| Kart in Club Driving Academy | 50 | Juuso Puhakka | 5 |
| Kart in Club Driving Academy | 69 | Jesse Salmenautio | 5, 7 |
| Kart in Club Driving Academy | 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 | 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 |
| 1 | R2 | Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz | 24 June | Xavier Lloveras | Christian Lundgaard | Christian Lundgaard | MP Motorsport |
| 1 | R3 | Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz | 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 |
| 2 | R2 | Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos | 3 September | Christian Lundgaard | Bent Viscaal | Christian Lundgaard | MP Motorsport |
| 2 | R3 | Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos | 3 September | 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 |
| 3 | R2 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló | 17 September | 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 |
| 4 | R2 | Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera | 23 September | Aleksandr Smolyar | Aleksandr Smolyar | Aleksandr Smolyar | SMP Racing |
| 4 | R3 | Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera | 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 |
| 5 | R2 | Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos | 15 October | Guillem Pujeu | Guillem Pujeu | Guillem Pujeu | FA Racing Team |
| 5 | R3 | Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos | 15 October | Aleksandr Smolyar | Christian Lundgaard | Aleksandr Smolyar | SMP Racing |
| 6 | R1 | Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro | 28 October | Bent Viscaal | Christian Lundgaard | Bent Viscaal | MP Motorsport |
| 6 | R2 | Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro | 29 October | Bent Viscaal | Christian Lundgaard | Bent Viscaal | MP Motorsport |
| 6 | R3 | Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro | 29 October | Christian Lundgaard | Bent Viscaal | Aleksandr Smolyar | SMP Racing |
| 7 | R1 | Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril | 11 November | Christian Lundgaard | Bent Viscaal | Bent Viscaal | MP Motorsport |
| 7 | R2 | Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril | 11 November | Christian Lundgaard | Bent Viscaal | Christian Lundgaard | MP Motorsport |
| 7 | R3 | Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril | 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 | Position, points per race | Position, points per race | Position, points per race | Position, points per race | Position, points per race | Position, points per race | Position, points per race | Position, points per race | Position, points per race |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Races | 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 | ALC | ALC | NAV1 | NAV1 | NAV1 | CAT | CAT | JER | JER | JER | NAV2 | NAV2 | NAV2 | NOG | NOG | NOG | EST | EST | 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 | ALC | ALC | NAV1 | NAV1 | NAV1 | CAT | CAT | JER | JER | JER | NAV2 | NAV2 | NAV2 | NOG | NOG | NOG | EST | EST | EST | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### Teams' championship

Points were awarded to the best 2 classified of each team.

| Pos | Driver | ALC | ALC | ALC | NAV1 | NAV1 | NAV1 | CAT | CAT | JER | JER | JER | NAV2 | NAV2 | NAV2 | NOG | NOG | NOG | EST | EST | 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 |
| 1 | MP Motorsport | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 619 |
| 2 | SMP Racing | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 486 |
| 2 | SMP Racing | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 486 |
| 3 | Drivex School | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 198 |
| 3 | Drivex School | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 12 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 11 | 198 |
| 4 | FA Racing | 5 | 7 | 5 | DSQ | 9 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14† | 10 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 140 |
| 4 | FA Racing | 6 | Ret | 13† | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 140 |
| 5 | Kart in Club Driving Academy | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 11 | 12 | Ret | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Kart in Club Driving Academy | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 | 13 | 14 | | | | 12 | 11 | 10 | 16 |
