2016–17 NACAM Formula 4 Championship explained

The 2016–17 NACAM Formula 4 Championship season was the second season of the NACAM Formula 4 Championship. It began on 24 September 2016 at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas and ended on 18 June 2017 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City after eight triple-header rounds.^[1]

Teams and drivers

Team Driver Class Rounds Telcel RPL Racing^[2] 2 José Sierra All 33 Facundo Garese 6 Ricardo Pérez 7–8 Luis Alfonso Pérez 1–5 79 Santiago Lozano 1–5, 8 Ram Racing 4 Calvin Ming All 7 Andrés Gutiérrez 2 8 Manuel Sulaimán 1, 3–6 Pipo Villa 7 10 Jorge Herrera 1–3, 8 17 Michael Santos 8 MomoF4 Team 5 Alexandra Mohnhaupt All 6 Moisés de la Vara 1 7 Andrés Gutiérrez 1 45 Baltazar Leguizamón 2 57 Giancarlo Vecchi 2–3 Charlie Eastwood 5 66 Gustavo Jiménez Pons 4, 8 88 Juan José Díaz 8 Scuderia Martiga EG 6 Moisés de la Vara 2–8 11 Kory Enders 8 16 Alejandro Berumen 1–5 18 Alexis Carreño All 21 Marcelo García 6 David Martínez 7 Easy-Shop.com Racing 9 Daniel Forcadell 1, 3–8 17 José Manuel Vilalta 2 Marespi Racing 20 Sergio Martínez 2, 5 J Bernal Racing 26 Luis Leeds 2 31 Marcus Vario 1 57 Giancarlo Vecchi 6 APYCSA Racing 35 Jorge Abed 1–2 74 Enzo Fittipaldi 2 Álex Servín 3–8 CEDVA Racing 55 Jorge Contreras 2 Rached Racing 71 Samira Rached 8

Icon Class Rookie Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race calendar and results

The calendar was published on 28 July 2015.^[1] For the first time, the series expanded outside Mexico, hosting its opening round at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin. The series also hosted a full-championship round in support of the 2016 Mexican GP round, as opposed to the exhibition round held the previous season, and also extended its territory to Southeastern Mexico by holding two back-to-back rounds in the states of Yucatán and Quintana Roo.^[3]

A mid-season revision of the calendar was made after the Southeastern events had taken place.^[4]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
2016
1	R1	Circuit of the Americas (Austin, Texas)	25 September	José Sierra	Andrés Gutiérrez	José Sierra	Telcel RPL Racing	Jorge Herrera
	R2			Manuel Sulaimán	Andrés Gutiérrez	MomoF4 Team	Jorge Herrera
	R3		Alexis Carreño	Andrés Gutiérrez	Andrés Gutiérrez	MomoF4 Team	Manuel Sulaimán
2	R1	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (Mexico City)	29 October	Andrés Gutiérrez	Alexis Carreño	Alexis Carreño	Scuderia Martiga EG	Alejandro Berumen
	R2		30 October		José Sierra	Calvin Ming	Ram Racing	Enzo Fittipaldi
3	R1	Autódromo Miguel E. Abed (Amozoc, Puebla)	3 December	José Sierra	José Sierra	José Sierra	Telcel RPL Racing	Manuel Sulaimán
	R2		4 December		José Sierra	nowrap	Luis Alfonso Pérez	nowrap	Telcel RPL Racing	Manuel Sulaimán
	R3			José Sierra	Giancarlo Vecchi	Giancarlo Vecchi	MomoF4 Team	Manuel Sulaimán
2017
4	R1	(Mérida, Yucatán)	28 January	Calvin Ming	Calvin Ming	Calvin Ming	Ram Racing	Manuel Sulaimán
	R2		29 January		Moisés de la Vara	Calvin Ming	Ram Racing	Manuel Sulaimán
	R3			Calvin Ming	nowrap	Luis Alfonso Pérez	José Sierra	Telcel RPL Racing	nowrap	Alejandro Berumen
5	R1	(Cancún, Quintana Roo)	4 February	Calvin Ming	Calvin Ming	Calvin Ming	Ram Racing	nowrap	Manuel Sulaimán
	R2	5 February		nowrap	Manuel Sulaimán	José Sierra	Telcel RPL Racing	Manuel Sulaimán
	R3		Calvin Ming	Calvin Ming	nowrap	Moisés de la Vara	Scuderia Martiga EG	Manuel Sulaimán
6	R1	Autódromo de Monterrey (Apodaca, Nuevo León)	6 May	nowrap	Moisés de la Vara	nowrap	Moisés de la Vara	Calvin Ming	Ram Racing	Manuel Sulaimán
	R2		7 May		Facundo Garese	Facundo Garese	Telcel RPL Racing	no finishers
	R3			nowrap	Moisés de la Vara	José Sierra	nowrap	Moisés de la Vara	Scuderia Martiga EG	Manuel Sulaimán
7	R1	Parque Tangamanga (San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí)	20 May	Calvin Ming	Calvin Ming	Calvin Ming	Ram Racing	Álex Servín
	R2	21 May		Alexis Carreño	Alexis Carreño	Scuderia Martiga EG	no finishers
	R3		Calvin Ming	Calvin Ming	Calvin Ming	Ram Racing	Álex Servín
8	R1	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (Mexico City)	17 June	José Sierra	Moisés de la Vara	Moisés de la Vara	nowrap	Scuderia Martiga EG	Juan José Díaz
	R2	18 June		Santiago Lozano	Calvin Ming	Ram Racing	Michael Santos
	R3		Moisés de la Vara	Moisés de la Vara	José Sierra	Telcel RPL Racing	nowrap	Juan José Díaz

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. For this season, the series changed its scoring system following the unified FIA F4 rulebook.^[5]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver COTA AHR1 PUE MER CAN MTY SLP AHR2 Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Calvin Ming 3 3 6 3 1 3 3 2 1 1 Ret 1 2 2 1 2 9 1 2 1 4 1 4 399 2 José Sierra 1 Ret 3 2 2 1 10 5 4 2 1 2 1 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 3 10 1 336 3 Alexis Carreño 6 8 2 1 3 7 5 6 7 3 9 6 9 9 3 6 2 3 1 3 5 2 10 254 4 Moisés de la Vara 7 6 4 8 Ret 4 9 9 5 5 2 7 7 1 8 7 1 2 3 2 1 4 8 248 5 Luis Alfonso Pérez 9 Ret 9 4 4 5 1 3 6 4 3 3 4 3 155 6 Manuel Sulaimán 10 5 5 6 2 4 2 6 Ret 4 5 5 2 8 4 151 7 Alexandra Mohnhaupt 8 7 8 6 Ret 8 7 Ret Ret 9 5 8 6 7 9 4 7 6 5 5 6 3 7 141 8 Santiago Lozano 5 2 Ret Ret Ret 9 DNS 8 3 8 4 9 3 6 2 5 3 133 9 Giancarlo Vecchi Ret 5 2 4 1 5 5 6 93 10 Andrés Gutiérrez 2 1 1 Ret 10 69 11 Jorge Herrera 4 4 7 Ret Ret 10 6 7 Ret 11 9 47 12 Daniel Forcadell 11 9 11 12 8 10 8 10 7 10 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 5 7 7 8 8 NC 47 13 Alejandro Berumen 12 10 Ret 9 7 11 Ret DNS 9 7 6 5 8 8 43 14 Alex Servín Ret 11 DNS Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 10 10 10 7 8 6 10 9 Ret 28 15 Juan José Díaz 7 7 5 22 16 Sergio Martínez 5 6 Ret 10 10 20 17 Michael Santos 9 6 6 18 18 Marcelo García 7 9 8 12 19 José Manuel Vilalta 7 11 6 20 Enzo Fittipaldi Ret 8 4 21 Jorge Contreras 10 9 3 22 10 11 10 Ret 12 NC 2 23 Jorge Abed Ret 11 10 Ret Ret 1 Marcus Vario Ret NC NC 0 Samira Rached DNS Ret NC 0 Ricardo Pérez DNS DNS DNS Ret Ret Ret 0 Baltazar Leguizamón DNS DNS 0 Drivers ineligible for championship points Facundo Garese 6 1 3 0 Kory Enders DNS Ret 2 0 Pipo Villa DNS Ret Ret 0 David Martínez DNS Ret Ret 0 Luis Leeds Ret Ret 0 Charlie Eastwood DNS Ret DNS 0 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts COTA AHR1 PUE CAN MER MTY SLP AHR2

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookie Cup

Pos	Driver	COTA			AHR1		PUE			CAN			MER			MTY			SLP			AHR2			Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
1	Manuel Sulaimán	10	5	5			6	2	4	2	6	Ret	4	5	5	2	8	4							336
2	Alejandro Berumen	12	10	Ret	9	8	11	Ret	DNS	9	7	6	5	8	8										203
3	Alex Servin						Ret	11	DNS	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	10	10	7	8	6	10	9	Ret	183
4	Jorge Herrera	4	4	7	Ret	Ret	8	6	8													Ret	11	9	149
5	Juan José Díaz																					7	7	5	68
6	Michael Santos																					9	6	6	61
7	Marcelo García															7	9	8							54
8	Enzo Fittipaldi				Ret	6																			25
9	Marcus Vario	Ret	NC	NC																					0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
		COTA			AHR1		PUE			CAN			MER			MTY			SLP			AHR2

See also

• Panam GP Series
• LATAM Challenge Series

Notes and References

1. News: Calendario 2016–2017 FIA Fórmula 4 NACAM. NACAM Formula 4 Championship. Spanish. 24 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160924181858/http://www.fiaf4.mx/calendario-f4-2016/. 24 September 2016. dead.
2. News: Los equipos ya se encuentran instalados en el Circuito de las Américas. Sportcar.mx. Spanish. The teams are already located at the Circuit of the Americas. 23 September 2016. 24 September 2016.
3. News: Fórmula 4 NACAM arranca en Austin y será la primera vez puntuable en el GP México F1. Sportcar.mx. Spanish. NACAM Formula 4 starts in Austin and will give championship points at the F1 Mexican GP. 27 July 2016. 24 September 2016.
4. News: Calendario FIA F4 Nacam 2016/2017. FIA F4 Nacam. Spanish. 20 February 2017. 2016/2017 Nacam FIA F4 calendar. https://web.archive.org/web/20170222061904/http://www.fiaf4.mx/calendario-f4-2016/. 2017-02-22. dead.
5. Web site: 2016 FIA Formula 4 Sporting Regulation (Applicable to the 2016-2017 FIA Formula 4 NACAM Championship). OMDAI. 24 September 2016.