F4 Spanish Championship Explained

F4 Spanish Championship
Category:	FIA Formula 4
Country:	Spain
Inaugural2:	2016
Constructors:	Tatuus
Engines:	Abarth
Tyres:	Hankook
Champion Driver:	Théophile Naël
Champion Team:	MP Motorsport
Current Season:	F4 Spanish Championship
Website:	Official website

The F4 Spanish Championship (Spanish; Castilian: Campeonato de España de Fórmula 4) is an FIA Formula 4 racing series. The championship was planned to launch in 2015, though the inaugural season was cancelled and delayed until 2016.^[1] Koiranen GP was the promoter of the championship for the first two seasons.^[2] The current promoter is Agrupación Deportiva F4 Spain.^{[3] [4]}

History

Gerhard Berger and the FIA Singleseater Commission launched the FIA Formula 4 in March 2013.^[5] The goal of the Formula 4 is to make the ladder to Formula 1 more transparent. Besides sporting and technical regulations, costs are regulated too. A car to compete in this category may not exceed €30.000 in purchase. A single season in Formula 4 may not exceed €100.000 in costs. The Spanish F4 will be the one of the second phase Formula 4 championship to be launched. The first phase championships was the Italian F4 Championship and the Formula 4 Sudamericana which started in 2014. The Spanish championship was launched by the RFEDA on 14 November 2014.^[6] French race car constructor Mygale was contracted to design and build all the cars.^[6] Ultimately the whole idea was abandoned.^[1]

With the announcement that Koiranen as the promoter of the championship, the Spanish F4 championship started in 2016. Due to this partnership, the championship made use of Tatuus cars, Abarth turbocharged engines and Hankook tyres, employing the same technical regulations as the SMP F4 Championship, which Koiranen also promoted.^[7]

Car

The championship features Tatuus designed and built cars. The cars are constructed out of carbon fibre and feature a monocoque chassis. From 2016 season to 2021, the series used model F4-T014. From the 2022 onwards, the series will use F4-T-421.^[8] The engine is a 1.4 turbo Abarth.

Champions

Drivers'

scope=col	Season	scope=col	Driver	scope=col	Team	scope=col	Poles	scope=col	Wins	scope=col	Podiums	scope=col width="40"	Fastest laps	scope=col	Points	scope=col	Clinched	scope=col width="50"	Margin
2016	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	9	17	19	16		Race 17 of 20	124
2017	Christian Lundgaard	MP Motorsport	7	7	17	7	330	Race 17 of 20	64
2018	Amaury Cordeel	MP Motorsport	6	3	13	9	208	Race 18 of 18	4
2019	Franco Colapinto	Drivex School	10	11	13	10	325	Race 19 of 21	103
2020	Kas Haverkort	MP Motorsport	12	13	17	9	383	Race 18 of 21	111
2021	Dilano van 't Hoff	MP Motorsport	13	10	16	6	361	Race 17 of 21	130
2022	Nikola Tsolov	Campos Racing	15	13	18	17	400	Race 18 of 21	116
2023	Théophile Naël	Saintéloc Racing	5	8	14	5	314	Race 21 of 21	23

Teams'

scope=col	Season	scope=col	Team	scope=col	Poles	scope=col	Wins	scope=col	Podiums	scope=col width="40"	Fastest laps	scope=col	Points	scope=col	Clinched	scope=col width="50"	Margin
2016	MP Motorsport	10	18	19	30	616	Race 17 of 20	164
2017	MP Motorsport	7	7	17	7	619	Race 18 of 20	133
2018	MP Motorsport	8	3	27	10	277	Race 17 of 18	20
2019	Drivex School	10	12	16	12	398	Race 21 of 21	30
2020	MP Motorsport	18	18	53	20	745	Race 12 of 21	506
2021	MP Motorsport	14	11	26	11	581	Race 18 of 21	163
2022	Campos Racing	20	19	36	22	687	Race 18 of 21	193
2023	MP Motorsport	6	4	29	5	468	Race 21 of 21	2

Female Driver Trophy

scope=col	Season	scope=col	Driver	scope=col	Team	scope=col	Poles	scope=col	Wins	scope=col	Podiums	scope=col width="40"	Fastest laps	scope=col	Points	scope=col	Clinched	scope=col width="50"	Margin
2017	Marta García	MP Motorsport	0	0	0	0	70	Race 17 of 20	N/A
2019	Belén García	Global Racing Service	0	1	1	0	36	Race 21 of 21	1
2020	Léna Bühler	Drivex School	0	0	0	0	23	Race 19 of 21	N/A
2021	Emely de Heus	MP Motorsport	0	0	0	0	23	Race 21 of 21	N/A
2022	Lola Lovinfosse	Teo Martín Motorsport	0	0	0	0	65	Race 12 of 12	17

Rookies'

scope=col	Season	scope=col	Driver	scope=col	Team	scope=col	Poles	scope=col	Wins	scope=col	Podiums	scope=col width="40"	Fastest laps	scope=col	Points	scope=col	Clinched	scope=col width="50"	Margin
2018	Amaury Cordeel	MP Motorsport	6	3	13	9	208	Race 11 of 18	117
2019	Franco Colapinto	Drivex School	10	11	13	10	325	Race 19 of 21	103
2020	Kas Haverkort	MP Motorsport	12	13	17	9	383	Race 18 of 21	111
2021	Dilano van 't Hoff	MP Motorsport	13	13	17	6	359	Race 16 of 21	133
2022	Nikola Tsolov	Campos Racing	15	17	21	17	417	Race 18 of 21	85
2023	Enzo Deligny	Campos Racing	0	2	12	2	240	Race 20 of 21	69

Galfer Trophy

scope=col	Season	scope=col	Driver	scope=col	Team	scope=col	Poles
2018	Amaury Cordeel	MP Motorsport	6

Drivers graduated to F2

• Bold denotes an active Formula 2 driver.
• Gold background denotes F4 Spanish champion.

Driver	F4 Spanish				FIA Formula 2
	Seasons	Races	Wins	Podiums	Seasons	First team	Races	Wins	Podiums
Christian Lundgaard	2017	20	7	17	2019–2021	Trident	50	2	9
Richard Verschoor	2016	20	17	19	2021	MP Motorsport	55	2	5
Bent Viscaal	2017	19	5	12	2021	Trident	23	0	2
Matteo Nannini	2019	3	0	0	2021	HWA Racelab	8	0	0

Circuits

• Bold denotes a circuit will be used in the 2024 season.

Number	Countries, Circuits	Rounds	Years
1	Circuito de Navarra	8	2016–2023
	MotorLand Aragón	8	2016–present
	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	8	2016–present
	Circuito de Jerez	8	2016–present
5	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	7	2016, 2018–present
6	Algarve International Circuit	5	2016, 2018–2019, 2021–2022, 2024
7	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	3	2021–2023
8	Circuito del Jarama	2	2016, 2020, 2024
	Circuito do Estoril	2	2017, 2023
	Circuit Paul Ricard	2	2019–2020, 2024
11	Circuit Paul Armagnac	1	2017

Notes and References

1. Web site: 18 February 2015. LA F4 SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIP NO SIGUE ADELANTE. Circuito de Navarra. es-ES.
2. News: KOIRANEN GP ANNOUNCED AS PROMOTERS OF NEW SPANISH F4 CHAMPIONSHIP. Jackson. Connor. 30 September 2015. The Checkered Flag. 30 September 2015.
3. Web site: Legal Notice. 12 July 2021. F4 Spain - Official Website.
4. Web site: Woollard . Craig . 2020-06-02 . Spanish F4 reveals new promoter and 2020 schedule . Formula Scout . en-US.
5. Web site: FIA reveals Formula 4 plan. Autosport. 13 January 2014.
6. News: Spanish F4 Championship launched. Allen. Peter. 14 November 2014. Paddock Scout. 14 November 2014.
7. Web site: 2016 Spanish F4 Championship Guidelines. F4 Spain. 10 January 2016. 10 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160221233338/http://f4spain.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Spanish-F4-Championship-Guidelines-2016_VDEF.pdf#. 2016-02-21. dead.
8. Web site: 20 July 2021. The Spanish Formula 4 Championship will run with the new TATUUS F4 T-021 in 2022. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210720090414/https://f4spain.org/en/2021/07/the-spanish-formula-4-championship-will-run-with-the-new-tatuus-f4-t-021-in-2022/. 20 July 2021. F4 Spanish Championship.