The 2018 SMP F4 Championship was the fourth season of the SMP F4 Championship. The series is also known as the FIA North-European Zone (NEZ) championship. Koiranen GP, despite creating Formula Academy Finland,[1] continued as the promoter.[2] The season started in Smolensk Ring on 5 May and finished in Assen Circuit on 21 October.[3]
Champion Konsta Lappalainen won seven races, with runner-up Michael Belov and third-placed Isac Blomqvist taking five and three victories respectively.
Team | Driver | Rounds | |
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MP Motorsport | 1 | Freek Schothorst[4] | 1 |
12 | Patrick Schott[5] | 1–4 | |
52 | László Tóth | 7 | |
64 | Isac Blomqvist | All | |
888 | Amaury Cordeel | 3–5, 7 | |
SMP Racing | 2 | Pavel Bulantsev | All |
7 | Nikita Volegov[6] | 2 | |
11 | Aleksandr Vilaev | All | |
16 | Nikita Aleksandrov[7] | All | |
20 | Ivan Berets | All | |
21 | Artem Lobanenko | All | |
27 | Ivan Shvetsov | All | |
41 | Aleksandr Vartanyan | 3 | |
Denis Bulatov | 4 | ||
Irina Sidorkova | 7 | ||
57 | Michael Belov[8] | All | |
Formula Academy | 3 | Noah Watt | 7 |
Kart In Club Driving Academy | 10 | Konsta Lappalainen[9] | All |
69 | Jesse Salmenautio | All | |
Jimi Hannus Racing | 12 | Jimi Hannus | 6 |
Koiranen GP | 32 | Tuomas Haapalainen[10] | 3–5 |
Mi Maijala | 6 | ||
56 | Markus Laitala | 3–6 |
On 27 April 2018 the calendar was announced. For the first time of the existence of the championship Sochi Autodrom hadn't received a slot in the schedule. Circuit Zandvoort was replaced with a round at the Assen Circuit, whilst Autodrom Moscow and NRING Circuit were included to the calendar for the first time.[3] Round 6 was originally scheduled to be held at Auto24ring on 15–16 September, but was rescheduled to take place at Alastaro Circuit on 22–23 September.[11]
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap.
Races | Position, points per race | ||||||||||
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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 |
| Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap |