2018 F4 Spanish Championship Explained

The 2018 F4 Spanish Championship was the third season of the Spanish F4 Championship. It was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations, taking place in Spain. The championship featured drivers competing in 1.4 litre Tatuus-Abarth single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. The series was organised by RFEDA.

Entry list

Team		Driver	Class	Rounds
Drivex School	8	Javier González		2–6
	17	Nazim Azman^[1]		1
	21	Rui Andrade		2–6
	26	nowrap nowrap	Rafael Villanueva Jr.^[2]		1–4
	30	Filip Kaminiarz		2–6
	43	Franco Colapinto		6
	96	nowrap	Benjamin Goethe		All
Fórmula de Campeones - Praga F4	9	Petr Ptáček^[3]		1–3
10	Kilian Meyer		4–6
26	nowrap	Rafael Villanueva Jr.^[4]		5–6
MP Motorsport	12	Patrick Schott^[5]		All
	17	Nazim Azman		2–6
	52	László Tóth		2–6
	64	Isac Blomqvist^[6]		1
	888	Amaury Cordeel		All
FA Racing	18	Guillem Pujeu^[7]		All
NMRT Global Racing Service	72	Xavier Lloveras		6

Race calendar

The provisional calendar was announced on 23 November 2017.^[8] An updated version of the calendar was released on 23 January 2018, with changes applied to Jerez round date.^[9]

On 1 June, it was announced the organizers cancelled round 2 at the Circuito del Jarama in Madrid due to lack of entries.^[10]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Supporting
1	R1	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	19 May	nowrap	Isac Blomqvist	nowrap	Isac Blomqvist	Guillem Pujeu	FA Racing	GT-CER
	R2		20 May	Isac Blomqvist	Guillem Pujeu	Guillem Pujeu	FA Racing
	R3		20 May	Amaury Cordeel	Guillem Pujeu	Guillem Pujeu	FA Racing
2	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste	23 June	Amaury Cordeel	Amaury Cordeel	Javier González	Drivex School	Clio Cup Spain
	R2		24 June	Petr Ptáček	Amaury Cordeel	Javier González	Drivex School
	R3		24 June	Petr Ptáček	Petr Ptáček	Petr Ptáček	nowrap	Fórmula de Campeones - Praga F4
3	R1	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão	6 July	Javier González	Amaury Cordeel	Amaury Cordeel	MP Motorsport	24H Series
	R2	8 July	Javier González	Amaury Cordeel	Javier González	Drivex School
	R3	8 July	Javier González	Amaury Cordeel	Javier González	Drivex School
4	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	7 September	Race cancelled due to weather conditions	24H Series
4	R2	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	8 September	Amaury Cordeel	24H Series	Amaury Cordeel	Javier González	Drivex School
5	R1	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	nowrap	22 September	Guillem Pujeu	Guillem Pujeu	Guillem Pujeu	FA Racing	La leyenda
	R2		23 September	Amaury Cordeel	Guillem Pujeu	Guillem Pujeu	FA Racing
	R3		nowrap	Amaury Cordeel	nowrap	Amaury Cordeel	nowrap	Amaury Cordeel		MP Motorsport
6	R1	Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos	3 November	Xavier Lloveras	Amaury Cordeel	Guillem Pujeu	FA Racing
	R2		3 November	Amaury Cordeel	Guillem Pujeu	Amaury Cordeel	MP Motorsport
	R3		4 November	Javier González	Amaury Cordeel	Javier González	Drivex School
	R4		4 November	Javier González	Xavier Lloveras	nowrap	Franco Colapinto		Drivex School

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in races 1 and 3 and for the top eight classified finishers in race 2. No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap.

Races	Position, points per race
Races	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

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	ARA			CRT			ALG			CAT		JER			NAV				Pts
1		DSQ	3	6	3	11†	3	1	2	3	C	2	2	2	1	2	1	11	7	208
2	Guillem Pujeu	1	1	1	6	4	Ret	4	Ret	4	C	Ret	1	1	2	1	4	Ret	6	200
3	Javier González				1	1	2	5	1	1	C	1	4	Ret	7	4	3	1	5	196
4	Nazim Azman	3	4	3	2	3	4	3	4	2	C	3	6	10	5	8	6	3	4	179
5	Patrick Schott	4	7	4	4	9	5	6	5	Ret	C	7	5	3	6	3	11	9	3	119
6	Rafael Villanueva Jr.	5	6	5	8	5	6	7	7	5	C	9	9	6	4	11	7	6	8	90
7		6	5	7	Ret	2	1	2	3	Ret										79
8	Kilian Meyer										C	4	3	4	3	7	10	4	11	62
9	Franco Colapinto															5	5	2	1	49
10	Isac Blomqvist	2	2	2																48
11					5	6	7	8	6	7	C	8	10	9	8	12	9	8	12	47
12					9	8	9	10	8	6	C	5	8	8	9	13	8	5	10	43
13		Ret	8	Ret	7	10	8	11	Ret	Ret	C	6	7	5	11	9	Ret	7	9	39
14	Xavier Lloveras															6	2	Ret	2	20
15	Filip Kaminiarz				10	7	Ret	9	Ret	8	C	Ret	Ret	7	10	10	Ret	10	13	14
Pos	Driver	ARA			CRT			ALG			CAT		JER			NAV				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	ARA			CRT			ALG			CAT		JER			NAV				Pts
1	MP Motorsport	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	2	2	C	2	2	2	1	2	1	3	3	277
2	Drivex School	3	4	3	1	1	2	5	1	1	C	1	4	5	7	4	3	1	1	257
3	FA Racing	1	1	1	6	4	Ret	4	Ret	4	C	Ret	1	1	2	1	4	Ret	6	200
4	Fórmula de Campeones Praga F4	6	5	7	Ret	2	1	2	3	Ret	C	4	5	4	3	7	7	4	8	151

Galfer Trophy

Trophy for the fastest laps during the race.

Pos	Driver	Pts.
1	Amaury Cordeel	9
2	Guillem Pujeu	5
3	Isaac Blomqvist	1
	Petr Ptáček	1
	Xavier Lloveras	1

Notes and References

Web site: DRIVEX CON TRES JÓVENES PROMESAS EN LA NUEVA TEMPORADA DE F4 SPAIN. 15 May 2018. 16 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180516175514/https://drivex.net/drivex-con-tres-jovenes-promesas-en-la-nueva-temporada-de-f4-spain/. 16 May 2018. dead.
News: EXCLUSIVA: Rafael Villanueva debutará en la F4 Española con Drivex. 7 February 2018. formularapida.net. 6 February 2018. Spanish.
Web site: ENTRY LIST. motorlandaragon.com. Ciudad del Motor de Aragón. 19 May 2018.
Web site: DOS PODIOS PARA KILIAN MEYER EN SU SEGUNDA CITA EN LA FÓRMULA 4.. formuladecampeones.com. 23 September 2018.
Web site: MP MOTORSPORT LINES UP PATRICK SCHOTT FOR NEZ AND SPANISH F4. 19 March 2018. 20 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180320230831/http://mpmotorsport.com/en/news/407/mp-motorsport-lines-up-patrick-schott-for-nez-and-spanish-f4. 20 March 2018. dead.
News: MP Motorsport contracteert Isac Blomqvist voor debuutseizoen in Formule 4. 7 February 2018. autosport.nl. 6 February 2018. Dutch.
News: Guillem Pujeu con la vista puesta en el título de la F4 española. 30 April 2018. formularapida.net. 28 April 2018. Guillem Pujeu with an eye on the title of the F4.
News: Rubino. Jacopo. La F4 spagnola 2018 Sette round, partenza da Estoril. 24 November 2017. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. 23 November 2017. Italian.
News: 2018 FIA F4 Spain entries are opened. 23 January 2018. f4spain.com. F4 Spain. 23 January 2018. English. https://web.archive.org/web/20180126071057/http://f4spain.com/news-post/2018-fia-f4-spain-entries-are-opened/. 26 January 2018. dead.
News: El circuito del Jarama se queda sin su ronda de la Fórmula 4 Espanola . 2 June 2018 . formularapida.net . 1 June 2018 . Spanish.