2017 F4 Danish Championship Explained

The 2017 F4 Danish Championship season was the first season of the F4 Danish Championship. The season began at Jyllandsringen in April and concluded at the same circuit in October.^[1]

Teams and drivers

All teams were Danish-registered.

Team		Drivers	Rounds
Formula 4 entries
Lundgaard Racing^[2]	1	Daniel Lundgaard	All
	20	Christian Lundgaard^[3]	2
	20	Lars Solheim^[4]	4
Magnussen Racing Experience^[5]	2	Christian Rasmussen	All
	6	Noah Watt^[6]	1–6
	6	Matteo Ferrer^[7]	7
FSP^[8]	5	Casper Pilgaard	All
Vesti Motorsport^[9]	7	Frederik Vesti	1, 3–5, 7
	8	Mikkel Cahnbley Henriksen^[10]	All
	9	Nicolas Beer	2, 5, 7
		Danial Frost^[11]	4
		Benjamin Bailly^[12]	6
M-Racing^[13]	15	Mikkel Sjødahl Dam	1–5
Profil Racing	18	Jacob Emil Lassen	1–2, 4, 6
Formula 5 entries
FSP^[14]	41	Aske Nygaard Bramming	All
	44	Casper Tobias Hansen^[15]	All
	67	Jonas Lindhard Nielsen	All
Mads Hoe Motorsport^[16]	47	Mads Hoe	6–7
GO BIG Promotion	48	Martin Harritz Nielsen	All
Rytteriet	49	Niels Ejnar Rytter	1–2, 4, 6
Sønderskov Motorsport	59	Line Sønderskov Abildgaard	All
CF Racing	69	Alexander Müller	1–2, 4, 6–7
CF Racing	120	Marcus Mose	1, 7
CK Motorsport	83	Dennis Dybro Christensen	1–2
CK Motorsport	84	Emil Baand Kristensen	1–2, 4–7
Magnussen Racing Experience^[17]	85	Valdemar Eriksen	1, 3–5
SRT-Motorsport^[18]	94	Jesper Nyvang Pedersen	1–2

Calendar and results

All rounds were held in Denmark.

		Circuit/Location	Date	Supporting
1	R1	Jyllandsringen, Silkeborg	22 April	Danish Thundersport Championship
	R2		23 April
	R3		23 April
2	R1	Ring Djursland, Pederstrup	10 June
	R2		11 June
	R3		11 June
3	R1	Padborg Park, Padborg	24 June	Danish Endurance Championship
	R2		25 June
	R3		25 June
4	R1	Jyllandsringen, Silkeborg	19 August	Danish Thundersport Championship
	R2		19 August
	R3		20 August
5	R1	Padborg Park, Padborg	2 September	Danish Supertourisme Turbo
	R2
	R3
6	R1	Ring Djursland, Pederstrup	16 September
	R2		17 September
	R3		17 September
7	R1	Jyllandsringen, Silkeborg	30 September	Danish Thundersport Championship
	R2		1 October
	R3		1 October

Results

		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning F5
1	R1	Jyllandsringen	Frederik Vesti	Frederik Vesti	Frederik Vesti	Vesti Motorsport	Casper Tobias Hansen
	R2			Daniel Lundgaard	Frederik Vesti	Vesti Motorsport	Casper Tobias Hansen
	R3		Frederik Vesti	Frederik Vesti	Frederik Vesti	Vesti Motorsport	Casper Tobias Hansen
2	R1	Ring Djursland	Daniel Lundgaard	Christian Rasmussen	Daniel Lundgaard	Lundgaard Racing	Casper Tobias Hansen
	R2			Christian Lundgaard	Daniel Lundgaard	Lundgaard Racing	Casper Tobias Hansen
	R3		Daniel Lundgaard	Christian Lundgaard	Daniel Lundgaard	Lundgaard Racing	Casper Tobias Hansen
3	R1	Padborg Park	Frederik Vesti	Daniel Lundgaard	Daniel Lundgaard	Lundgaard Racing	Casper Tobias Hansen
	R2			Daniel Lundgaard	Daniel Lundgaard	Lundgaard Racing	Casper Tobias Hansen
	R3		Frederik Vesti	Daniel Lundgaard	Frederik Vesti	Vesti Motorsport	Casper Tobias Hansen
4	R1	Jyllandsringen	Daniel Lundgaard	Frederik Vesti	Daniel Lundgaard	Lundgaard Racing	Aske Nygaard Bramming
	R2			Daniel Lundgaard	Frederik Vesti	Vesti Motorsport	Aske Nygaard Bramming
	R3		Daniel Lundgaard	Christian Rasmussen	Christian Rasmussen	Magnussen Racing Experience	Aske Nygaard Bramming
5	R1	Padborg Park	Daniel Lundgaard	Nicolas Beer	Nicolas Beer	Vesti Motorsport	Casper Tobias Hansen
	R2			Frederik Vesti	Nicolas Beer	Vesti Motorsport	Jonas Lindhard Nielsen
	R3		nowrap	Daniel Lundgaard	Daniel Lundgaard	Frederik Vesti	Vesti Motorsport	Aske Nygaard Bramming
6	R1	Ring Djursland	Daniel Lundgaard	nowrap	Mikkel Cahnbley Henriksen	Casper Pilgaard	FSP	Casper Tobias Hansen
	R2		Benjamin Bailly	nowrap	Mikkel Cahnbley Henriksen	Vesti Motorsport	Casper Tobias Hansen
	R3	Daniel Lundgaard	Benjamin Bailly	Daniel Lundgaard	Lundgaard Racing	Aske Nygaard Bramming
7	R1	Jyllandsringen	Frederik Vesti	nowrap	Christian Rasmussen	Frederik Vesti	Vesti Motorsport	Aske Nygaard Bramming
	R2			Daniel Lundgaard	Frederik Vesti	Vesti Motorsport	Aske Nygaard Bramming
	R3		nowrap	Christian Rasmussen	Nicolas Beer	nowrap	Christian Rasmussen	nowrap	Magnussen Racing Experience	nowrap	Aske Nygaard Bramming

Footnotes

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap.

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

Drivers' standings

Pos	Driver	JYL1			DJU1			PAD1			JYL2			PAD2			DJU2			JYL3			Pts
Formula 4
1	Daniel Lundgaard	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	8	2	5	3	14†	4	1	6	2	Ret	368
2	Frederik Vesti	1	1	1				2	2	1	2	1	2	3	6	1				1	1	2	320
3	Christian Rasmussen	5	4	3	3	2	Ret	3	9	7	3	3	1	4	7	4	4	5	3	2	3	1	292
4	Mikkel Cahnbley Henriksen	6	5	5	6	9	5	4	3	6	Ret	7	3	5	9	7	3	1	5	4	4	5	229
5	Casper Pilgaard	3	3	7	Ret	8	6	5	7	8	14	4	Ret	7	Ret	5	1	2	6	5	5	3	204
6	Noah Watt	4	6	4	5	3	Ret	6	4	4	16†	6	Ret	6	8	6	6	12	4				160
7	Nicolas Beer				2	15†	3							1	1	2				3	DSQ	Ret	120
8	Mikkel Sjødahl Dam	8	7	10	11	11	Ret	7	11	Ret	4	8	4	DNS	DNS	DNS							70
9	Jacob Emil Lassen	10	10	13	15	Ret	DNS				8	11	12				12	15	DNS				45
10	Benjamin Bailly																8	3	2				43
11	Christian Lundgaard				4	4	2																42
12	Lars Solheim										7	9	7										22
13	Matteo Ferrer																			Ret	11	8	18
14	Danial Frost										13	5	Ret										16
Formula 5
1	Aske Nygaard Bramming	Ret	11	9	8	6	9	9	6	5	5	10	5	10	4	8	5	7	7	7	6	4	398
2	Casper Tobias Hansen	7	8	6	7	5	4	8	5	3	*Ret*	DNS	Ret	8	3	11	2	6	DNS	8	7	Ret	366
3	Jonas Lindhard Nielsen	9	9	8	12	7	12†	11	8	9	6	12	6	9	2	9	7	16	8	9	8	6	325
4	Martin Harritz Nielsen	11	20	14	9	Ret	7	10	10	10	11	14	Ret	12	10	DNS	9	9	10	11	10	9	207
5	Alexander Müller	15	13	15	14	10	10†				9	13	9				10	10	9	10	9	7	169
6	Line Sønderskov Abildgaard	17	19	19	16	13	8	13	13	12	12	16†	13†	Ret	12	12	13	13	13	NC	Ret	11	119
7	Valdemar Eriksen	16	18	18				12	12	11	15	DSQ	11	11	11	10							87
8	Emil Baand Kristensen	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	14	DNS				10	15	10	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS	14	12	DNS	13	Ret	64
9	Niels Ejnar Rytter	14	14	17	10	Ret	11†				DSQ	DNS	DNS				11	11	11				64
10	Marcus Mose	13	15	12																12	14	12	44
11	Dennis Dybro Christensen	12	12	16	Ret	10	DNS																38
12	Mads Hoe																DNS	8	14†	Ret	12	12†	33
13	Jesper Nyvang Pedersen	DNS	17	11	13	Ret	DNS																22
Pos	Driver	JYL1			DJU1			PAD1			JYL2			PAD2			DJU2			JYL3			Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	Points
align=center colspan=3	Formula 4
1	Vesti Motorsport	686
2	Magnussen Racing Experience	470
3	Lundgaard Racing	410
4	FSP	204
5	M-Racing	70
6	Profil Racing	45
align=center colspan=3	Formula 5
1	FSP	1089
2	CF Racing	213
3	GO BIG Promotion	207
4	Sønderskov Motorsport	119
5	CK Motorsport	102
6	Magnussen Racing Experience	87
7	Rytteriet	64
8	Mads Hoe Motorsport	33
9	SRT-Motorsport	22

Notes and References

Web site: Løbsafviklingsmøde 2017 - kalender og afvikling. da. 2017 Danish motorsport calendars and championships. 9 February 2017.
News: Daniel Lundgaard klar til dansk Formel 4 sæson. da. Daniel Lundgaard ready for Danish Formula 4 season. 19 April 2017.
Web site: F4 Danish Championship Qualifying result. 10 June 2017. 10 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170817122242/http://raceresult.dk/pdf/tidliste-239-4.pdf. 17 August 2017. dead.
News: Nordmand debuterer i F4 i Danmark. da. Norwegian makes F4 debut in Denmark. 17 August 2017. 17 August 2017.
Web site: Magnussen Racing Experience stiller op i Formel 4 med ny, ung kører. da. Magnussen Racing Experience enters Formula 4 with new, young driver. 4 November 2016. 9 February 2017.
News: Noah Watt debuterer i Formel 4 med Magnussen Racing Experience. da. Noah Watt will make his Formula 4 debut with Magnussen Racing Experience. 18 April 2017.
News: Erfaren englænder erstatter Noah Watt. da. Experienced English replaces Noah Watt. 30 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170930132249/http://www.formel4.dk/erfaren-englaender-erstatter-noah-watt/. 30 September 2017. dead.
Web site: Casper Pilgaard i Formel 4. da. Casper Pilgaard in Formula 4. 1 February 2017. 9 February 2017.
Web site: Formel 4 - præsentation. da. Formula 4 - presentation. 6 November 2016. 9 February 2017.
Web site: Ny kører hos Vesti Motorsport. da. New driver at Vesti Motorsport. 22 January 2017. 9 February 2017.
News: Dansk-asiatisk topkører til Danmarks GP. da. Danish-Asian topdriver joins the Danish GP. 10 August 2017. 17 August 2017.
News: Belgisk racevinder til start på Ring Djursland. da. Belgian race winner to start at Ring Djursland. 14 September 2017. 14 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170914220302/http://www.formel4.dk/belgisk-racevinder-start-paa-ring-djursland/. 14 September 2017. dead.
Web site: Talenter sætter kurs mod Formel 1 på Jyllandsringen. da. Talents aiming towards Formula 1 at Jyllandsringen. 22 April 2017. 22 April 2017.
Web site: Aske Nygaard Bramming skifter til Formel 5. da. Aske Nygaard Bramming switches to Formula 5. 25 January 2017. 9 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170211145156/http://a-karting.com/aske-nygaard-bramming-formel-5/. 11 February 2017. dead.
Web site: F5 Danish Championship Qualifying result. 22 April 2017. 22 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170422214046/http://raceresult.dk/pdf/tidliste-233-11.pdf. 22 April 2017. dead.
Web site: F5 Danish Championship Qualifying result. 16 September 2017. 16 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170917032150/http://raceresult.dk/pdf/tidliste-245-5.pdf. 17 September 2017. dead.
Web site: Magnussen Racing Experience skal udvikle nyt dansk motorsportstalent. da. Magnussen Racing Experience will develop new danish motorsport talent. 25 January 2017. 9 February 2017.
Web site: F5 Danish Championship Practice result. 22 April 2017. 22 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170422214031/http://raceresult.dk/pdf/tidliste-233-6.pdf. 22 April 2017. dead.