2016 Formula 4 Sudamericana season explained

The 2016 Fórmula 4 Sudamericana Championship season is the third season of the Formula 4 Sudamericana. It began on 3 April at the Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini in Uruguay, and finished on 4 December at the same venue, after ten rounds at three venues in Uruguay.^[1]

Drivers

	Driver	Rounds
7	Hernán Bueno	2–5
8	Pedro Devaud	9–10
10	Leandro Guedes	3, 5, 8–9
12	Richard Vargas	1
20	Rodrigo Pflucker	9–10
28	Santiago Aguiar	1–5, 10
30	Max Soto Zurita	1
33	Facundo Garese	All
34	Juan Vieira	2–3
36	Gianfranco Collino	3
36	Nicolás Collazo	8
42	Lorenzo Mauriziano	1–2
45	Baltazar Leguizamón	1–3
52	Pedro Caland	1
54	Fernando Mora	1–4
60	Juan Manuel Casella	All
62	Marcelo Bresciani	4–7, 9–10
63	Sebastián Cabarcos	8
69	Nicolás Dezzuto	7
78	Mateo Maffioly	6–7
80	Facundo Ferra	4–10
84	Andrés de Araujo	1–2, 4–6, 9
86	Federico Moreira	4–7
87	Diego Guggiari	2–4
92	Pablo Falchi	5–10
97	Bruna Tomaselli	All
99	Leonardo Esmerode	1–5
115	Sami Mendaña	3–5
122	Andrés Jakos	7
144	Agustín Cejas	2–6, 8–10
162	Nicolás Martínez	4–10

Race calendar and results

The calendar was made public on 21 March. As opposed to the previous season, where races were held in Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil, the 2016 season was consisted of ten races held solely in Uruguay to reduce costs.^[1] The grid for race 2 is determined by the finishing order of race 1, but with the top 6 reversed. Double points were awarded for both round 10 races.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver
1	R1	Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar (No. 3 layout)	3 April	Juan Manuel Casella	Juan Manuel Casella	Juan Manuel Casella
1	R2	Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar (No. 3 layout)	3 April		Facundo Garese	Baltazar Leguizamón
2	R1	Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar (No. 3 layout)	24 April	Juan Manuel Casella	Facundo Garese	Juan Manuel Casella
2	R2	Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar (No. 3 layout)	24 April		Juan Manuel Casella	Juan Manuel Casella
3	R1	Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar (No. 7 layout)	22 May	Juan Manuel Casella	Facundo Garese	Facundo Garese
3	R2	Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar (No. 7 layout)	22 May		Hernán Bueno	Juan Manuel Casella
4	R1	Polideportivo Ciudad de Mercedes, Mercedes	19 June	Juan Manuel Casella	Juan Manuel Casella	Juan Manuel Casella
4	R2	Polideportivo Ciudad de Mercedes, Mercedes	19 June		Juan Manuel Casella	Juan Manuel Casella
5	R1	Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar (No. 3 layout)	24 July	Facundo Garese	Juan Manuel Casella	Facundo Garese
5	R2	Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar (No. 3 layout)	24 July		Facundo Garese	Facundo Garese
6	R1	Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar (No. 6 layout)	21 August	Juan Manuel Casella	Agustín Cejas	Juan Manuel Casella
6	R2	Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar (No. 6 layout)	21 August		Juan Manuel Casella	Facundo Garese
7	R1	Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar (No. 7 layout)	11 September	Juan Manuel Casella	Pablo Falchi	Juan Manuel Casella
7	R2	Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar (No. 7 layout)	11 September		Facundo Garese	Facundo Garese
8	R1	Autódromo Eduardo Prudêncio Cabrera, Rivera	2 October	Nicolás Collazo	Facundo Ferra	Nicolás Collazo
8	R2	Autódromo Eduardo Prudêncio Cabrera, Rivera	2 October		Nicolás Collazo	Juan Manuel Casella
9	R1	Polideportivo Ciudad de Mercedes, Mercedes	6 November	Rodrigo Pflucker	Rodrigo Pflucker	Rodrigo Pflucker
9	R2	Polideportivo Ciudad de Mercedes, Mercedes	6 November		Rodrigo Pflucker	Facundo Ferra
10	R1	Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar (No. 3 layout)	4 December	Pablo Falchi	Rodrigo Pflucker	Rodrigo Pflucker
10	R2	Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar (No. 3 layout)	4 December		Rodrigo Pflucker	Rodrigo Pflucker

Championship standings

Points systemPoints were awarded as follows:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Races 1–18	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1	1
Races 19–20	50	36	30	24	20	16	12	8	4	2	1	1

Fórmula 4 Sudamericana

Pos	Driver	ELP1		ELP2		ELP3		MRC1		ELP4		ELP5		ELP6		RIV		MRC2		ELP7		Pts
1	Facundo Garese	4	2	2	2	1	Ret	2	3	1	1	2	1	5	1	5	2	3	3	Ret	8	324
2	Juan Manuel Casella	1	Ret	1	1	DNS	1	1	1	8	4	1	7	1	10	Ret	1	2	2	Ret	4	320
3	Facundo Ferra							Ret	5	Ret	Ret	4	2	2	2	3	7	5	1	4	7	169
4	Bruna Tomaselli	6	3	3	6	3	7	6	4	10	Ret	8	3	7	8	2	6	11	10	6	9	164
5	Pablo Falchi									3	2	5	5	3	6	6	8	4	9	8	2	148
6	Rodrigo Pflucker																	1	4	1	1	142
7	Nicolás Martínez							8	7	2	10	7	DSQ	9	3	8	4	9	7	5	3	116
8	Agustín Cejas			Ret	7	8	5	11	Ret	Ret	5	3	DSQ			4	5	7	DSQ	2	10	112
9	Sami Mendaña					4	4	3	2	6	3											80
10	Baltazar Leguizamón	2	1	4	3	Ret	9															72
11	Marcelo Bresciani							9	10	Ret	Ret	6	6	Ret	7			10	5	Ret	5	56
12	Santiago Aguiar	Ret	8	Ret	10	11	6	WD	WD	9	7									7	6	51
13	Pedro Devaud																	6	6	3	Ret	46
14	Nicolás Collazo															1	3					42
15	Leandro Guedes					6	3			Ret	8					7	10	8	8			42
16	Hernán Bueno			Ret	Ret	7	2	7	8	7	Ret											41
17	Diego Guggiari			7	8	5	Ret	5	6													38
18	Andrés de Araujo	7	6	5	Ret			4	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret					12	11			37
19	Federico Moreira							10	9	4	6	DSQ	EX	6	11							31
20	Lorenzo Mauriziano	3	4	Ret	Ret																	27
21	Fernando Mora	Ret	5	8	4	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret													26
22	Andrés Jakos													4	4							24
23	Juan Vieira			6	5	9	8															24
24	Gianfranco Collino					2	Ret															18
25	Mateo Maffioly											9	4	Ret	9							16
26	Richard Vargas	5	7																			16
27	Leonardo Esmerode	DNS	Ret	Ret	9	10	Ret	WD	WD	5	9											15
28	Nicolás Dezzuto													8	5							14
29	Sebastián Cabarcos																	9	9			4
-	Max Soto Zurita	WD	WD																			-
-	Pedro Caland	WD	WD																			-
Pos	Driver	ELP1		ELP2		ELP3		MRC1		ELP4		ELP5		ELP6		RIV		MRC2		ELP7		Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes and References

News: La F4 Sudamericana da a conocer el calendario de la temporada 2016. Spanish. F4 Sudamericana announces 2016 season calendar. 21 March 2016. 3 April 2016.