2016 F4 Spanish Championship


The 2016 F4 Spanish Championship was the inaugural season of the Spanish F4 Championship, a motor racing series regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, taking place in Spain and Portugal. The championship featured drivers competing in 1.4 litre Tatuus-Abarth single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The series was organised by Koiranen GP and RFEDA. It began on 11 June at the Circuito de Navarra and finished on 16 October at the Circuito del Jarama after 20 races held across seven rounds.
MP Motorsport driver Richard Verschoor dominated the season and sealed the title after taking hat-trick at Jarama. While his team won the teams' championship. Aleksandr Vartanyan finished as runner-up to Verschoor, despite missing a round, but Vartanyan wasn't able to win a race. Tuomas Tujula won a race at Navarra and completed the top-three in the driver standings. Verschoor's teammate Xavier Lloveras won a race at Barcelona and helped MP Motorsport to clinch their first teams' championship in their history. Nikita Volegov and Tuomas Happalainen were the only other drivers who were eligible to score points due to obligation of competing in at least five rounds. Wildcard drivers Jarno Opmeer, Sebastián Fernández, Juuso Puhakka, Juho Valtanen, Roope Markkanen have visited a podium step.

Entry list

TeamDriverRounds
Double R Racing2 Elias Niskanen7
Double R Racing4 Tuomas TujulaAll
Double R Racing6 Konsta Lappalainen5, 7
Double R Racing10 Juuso Puhakka2, 7
Double R Racing14 Juho Valtanen1, 3
Double R Racing26 Harry Hayek1
Double R Racing50 Tuomas Haapalainen1–3, 6–7
Double R Racing64 Rasmus Markkanen1
Double R Racing65 Roope Markkanen1
Drivex7 Nikita VolegovAll
Drivex31 Antolín González4–6
Drivex41 Aleksandr Vartanyan1–4, 6–7
Drivex88 Marta García4–7
MP Motorsport10 Juuso Puhakka1
MP Motorsport16 Jarno Opmeer1–2
MP Motorsport21 Xavier LloverasAll
MP Motorsport22 Richard VerschoorAll
MP Motorsport38 Danny Kroes2, 4, 7
MP Motorsport44 Sebastián Fernández3, 5–6

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced on 10 March 2016. A mid-season change was introduced with the round in Jerez being replaced by Montmeló and run as a double-header in support of the World Rallycross Championship. But on 12 July calendar was amended again. Estoril round was changed to Jerez, where it will be in support of the Formula V8 3.5 Series and Euroformula Open Championship. While Barcelona round was moved to 2 October and will support Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup.

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap. At Montmeló, only two races were held, and full points were awarded for Race 2. Only drivers, who have competed at least in five rounds were eligible to score championship points.

Drivers' championship

Teams' championship