2019 F4 Spanish Championship

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The 2019 F4 Spanish Championship was the fourth 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 MOL Racing[1] 3 Spain Javier Sagrera[1] R G 7
Spain Drivex School 5 Russia Irina Sidorkova[2] R F 1–6
Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo[1] R G 7
11 Russia Artem Lobanenko[3] All
12 Lebanon Rashed Ghanem[4] 1–5
Denmark Oliver Goethe[1] R G 7
20 Russia Ivan Nosov[5] R All
43 Argentina Franco Colapinto[6] R All
57 Portugal Frederico Alfonso Peters R 4
Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport[7] 6 Argentina Giorgio Carrara[7] 2
France Paul-Adrien Pallot[1] R G 7
17 United Kingdom Jonny Edgar[7] R 2
Romania Filip Ugran[1] G 7
18 Italy Emidio Pesce[7] R 2, 7
Switzerland G4 Racing[8] 7 Switzerland Axel Gnos[8] R All
Netherlands MP Motorsport 8 Belgium Nicolas Baert[9] R All
13 Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm[10] R All
16 Netherlands Glenn van Berlo[11] R All
19 Denmark Sebastian Øgaard[1] R G 7
26 Spain Rafael Villanueva Jr.[9] All
United Arab Emirates Xcel Motorsport 15 Italy Matteo Nannini[12] 1
34 Oman Shihab Al Habsi[13] 1–4
Spain Global Racing Service 22 Spain Belén García[14] R F All
Spain Fórmula de Campeones Praga F4 27 Spain Nerea Martí[15] R F All
33 Spain Carles Martínez[15] R All
44 Spain Kilian Meyer[15] R All
Icon Legend
R Rookie
F Female Trophy
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race calendar[edit]

The series competed at Circuit Paul Ricard for the first time. The schedule consisted of seven rounds.[16]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1 Spain Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos 6 April Argentina Franco Colapinto Argentina Franco Colapinto Argentina Franco Colapinto Spain Drivex School GT-CER
TCR-CER
R2 7 April Argentina Franco Colapinto Italy Matteo Nannini Spain Belén García Spain Global Racing Service
R3 Argentina Franco Colapinto Russia Artem Lobanenko Lebanon Rashed Ghanem Spain Drivex School
2 R1 France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 27 April Spain Kilian Meyer Argentina Giorgio Carrara Argentina Giorgio Carrara Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport International GT Open
Euroformula Open Championship
R2 United Kingdom Jonny Edgar Spain Killian Meyer Argentina Giorgio Carrara Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport
R3 28 April United Kingdom Jonny Edgar Argentina Franco Colapinto Argentina Giorgio Carrara Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport
3 R1 Spain Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz 25 May Oman Shihab Al Habsi Spain Kilian Meyer Argentina Franco Colapinto Spain Drivex School GT-CER
TCR-CER
R2 26 May Oman Shihab Al Habsi Switzerland Axel Gnos Oman Shihab Al Habsi United Arab Emirates Xcel Motorsport
R3 Spain Kilian Meyer Argentina Franco Colapinto Spain Kilian Meyer Spain Fórmula de Campeones Praga F4
4 R1 Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste 22 June Argentina Franco Colapinto Argentina Franco Colapinto Argentina Franco Colapinto Spain Drivex School TCR-CER
R2 23 June Netherlands Glenn van Berlo Argentina Franco Colapinto Argentina Franco Colapinto Spain Drivex School
R3 Netherlands Glenn van Berlo Argentina Franco Colapinto Argentina Franco Colapinto Spain Drivex School
5 R1 Spain Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 14 September Netherlands Glenn van Berlo Netherlands Glenn van Berlo Netherlands Glenn van Berlo Netherlands MP Motorsport Iberian Historic Endurance
Super seven by Toyo tires
Kia Picanto Cup
R2 15 September Netherlands Glenn van Berlo Netherlands Glenn van Berlo Netherlands Glenn van Berlo Netherlands MP Motorsport
R3 Argentina Franco Colapinto Argentina Franco Colapinto Argentina Franco Colapinto Spain Drivex School
6 R1 Portugal Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão 26 October Argentina Franco Colapinto Argentina Franco Colapinto Argentina Franco Colapinto Spain Drivex School TCR Ibérico Touring Car Series
R2 Argentina Franco Colapinto Switzerland Axel Gnos Argentina Franco Colapinto Spain Drivex School
R3 27 October Argentina Franco Colapinto Argentina Franco Colapinto Netherlands Glenn van Berlo Netherlands MP Motorsport
7 R1 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 9 November Argentina Franco Colapinto Switzerland Axel Gnos Argentina Franco Colapinto Spain Drivex School GT-CER
R2 10 November Argentina Franco Colapinto Russia Artem Lobanenko Argentina Franco Colapinto Spain Drivex School
R3 Netherlands Glenn van Berlo Argentina Franco Colapinto Argentina Franco Colapinto Spain Drivex School

Championship[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. Race 1 at Paul Ricard only awarded points to the top eight finishers. For Round 6 at Algarve Race 3 was the shorter race, awarding points to the top eight finishers.[17]

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]

Rookie Trophy R Female Trophy F

Pos Driver NAV
Spain
LEC
France
ARA
Spain
CRT
Spain
JER
Spain
ALG
Portugal
CAT
Spain
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Argentina Franco Colapinto R 1 3 6 4 7 4 1 14 11 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 325
2 Spain Kilian Meyer R 4 Ret Ret 5 4 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 3 2 4 Ret 4 2 6 4 11 227
3 Netherlands Glenn van Berlo R 3 5 Ret 3 5 5 4 Ret 12 5 Ret 2 1 1 2 Ret 2 1 3 5 2 222
4 Netherlands Tijmen van der Helm R 7 8 2 13 17 14 7 2 13 4 3 4 2 4 7 10 3 5 17 3 4 158
5 Spain Carles Martínez R 11 Ret Ret 7 10 9 5 6 4 3 4 6 10 9 6 3 5 10 10 14 6 111
6 Switzerland Axel Gnos R 12 10 4 Ret 12 8 6 5 7 9 9 11 6 6 3 Ret 6 3 5 6 9 105
7 Belgium Nicolas Baert R 9 6 Ret Ret 6 17 8 7 8 6 5 5 7 5 9 4 12 6 4 7 5 105
8 Oman Shihab Al Habsi 2 Ret DSQ 8 3 6 3 1 2 11 6 Ret 89
9 Russia Artem Lobanenko 8 9 5 6 8 7 9 8 3 7 7 15 9 Ret 11 2 11 13 9 19 18 77
10 Lebanon Rashed Ghanem 10 12 1 15 Ret 11 10 4 5 8 15 9 Ret 11 5 61
11 Argentina Giorgio Carrara 1 1 1 55
12 Spain Rafael Villanueva Jr. 6 7 3 14 9 10 11 10 14 10 10 8 Ret 8 8 6 8 11 11 15 13 51
13 Russia Ivan Nosov R 14 Ret DNS Ret 13 12 12 9 Ret 12 8 7 5 7 12 5 9 7 7 8 10 47
14 United Kingdom Jonny Edgar R 2 2 3 39
15 Spain Belén García R F 15 1 7 10 15 13 15 13 10 14 11 10 8 12 10 7 13 8 18 12 14 35
16 Spain Nerea Martí R F 16 2 9 12 16 16 14 12 9 13 13 12 Ret 10 13 8 7 9 15 9 7 35
17 Italy Matteo Nannini 5 4 Ret 18
18 Russia Irina Sidorkova R F 13 11 8 11 14 15 13 11 6 16 14 14 11 13 14 9 10 12 15
19 Italy Emidio Pesce R 9 11 Ret 12 17 16 1
20 Portugal Frederico Alfonso Peters R 15 12 13 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Romania Filip Ugran 2 2 3 0
Spain Javier Sagrera R 16 11 8 0
Portugal Manuel Espírito Santo R 8 18 15 0
France Paul-Adrien Pallot 19 10 Ret 0
Denmark Sebastian Øgaard R 14 13 12 0
Denmark Oliver Goethe R 13 16 17 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
NAV
Spain
LEC
France
ARA
Spain
CRT
Spain
JER
Spain
ALG
Portugal
CAT
Spain
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

Teams' championship[edit]

Pos Team Pts
1 Spain Drivex School 398
2 Netherlands MP Motorsport 368
3 Spain Fórmula de Campeones Praga F4 301
4 United Arab Emirates Xcel Motorsport 107
5 Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport 94
6 Switzerland G4 Racing 82
7 Spain Global Racing Service 36
8 Spain MOL Racing 0

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