2020 F4 Spanish Championship Explained

The 2020 F4 Spanish Championship was the fifth 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	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Drivex School	5	Manuel Silva^[1]		4
	6	Ivan Nosov^[2]		1–5, 7
	15	Léna Bühler	F	All
	18	nowrap	Maksim Arkhangelskiy		7
	22	Paul-Adrien Pallot		All
	26	Augustin Collinot^[3]		1–5
	44	Guilherme Oliveira		6
	75	Nicolás Baptiste		6
FA Racing by Drivex^[4]	85	Valdemar Eriksen		1–5
Global Racing Service	7	Lorenzo Fluxá^[5]		All
	10	nowrap	Eloy Sebastián López		1–6
	31	Alex García		All
	52	Suleiman Zanfari		All
MOL Racing	8	Javier Sagrera		1–5
MP Motorsport	11	Enzo Joulié		All
	13	Joshua Dufek^[6]		All
	23	Thomas ten Brinke		3–7
	27	Kas Haverkort		All
	38	Ignacio Montenegro^[7]		3–4
	64	Mari Boya^[8]		All
	96	Oliver Goethe^[9]		All
Jenzer Motorsport^[10]	14	Filip Ugran		2
	16	Jasin Ferati		2
	84	Francesco Simonazzi		2
M2 Competition	17	Émilien Denner^[11]		7
Fórmula de Campeones - Praga F4	33	Carles Martínez		All
34	Quique Bordás^[12]		All
Xcel Motorsport	88	Mehrbod Shameli		All

Icon	Legend
	Rookie
F	Female Trophy

Race calendar

The series posted the original schedule on 4 December 2019.^[13] After the start of the season was delayed due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic, the series released a new calendar on 1 June 2020.^[14]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Rookie Winner	Supporting
1	R1	Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos	18 July	nowrap	Kas Haverkort	nowrap	Kas Haverkort	nowrap	Kas Haverkort	nowrap	MP Motorsport	nowrap	Kas Haverkort	GT-CER
	R2		19 July	Kas Haverkort	Kas Haverkort	Kas Haverkort	MP Motorsport	Kas Haverkort
	R3		19 July	Joshua Dufek	Oliver Goethe	Kas Haverkort	MP Motorsport	Kas Haverkort
2	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	22 August	Filip Ugran	Filip Ugran	Filip Ugran	Jenzer Motorsport	Kas Haverkort	International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship TCR Europe Touring Car Series
	R2		23 August	Filip Ugran	Kas Haverkort	Filip Ugran	Jenzer Motorsport	Mari Boya
	R3		23 August	Mari Boya	Mari Boya	Oliver Goethe	MP Motorsport	Oliver Goethe
3	R1	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	nowrap	19 September	Enzo Joulié	nowrap	Thomas ten Brinke	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	Mari Boya	TCR-CER
	R2	20 September	Suleiman Zanfari	Kas Haverkort	Valdemar Eriksen	nowrap	FA Racing by Drivex	Oliver Goethe
	R3	Kas Haverkort	Thomas ten Brinke	Kas Haverkort	MP Motorsport	Kas Haverkort
4	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste	26 September	Kas Haverkort	Thomas ten Brinke	Kas Haverkort	MP Motorsport	Kas Haverkort	Renault Clio Cup Spain
	R2		27 September	Kas Haverkort	Joshua Dufek	Kas Haverkort	MP Motorsport	Kas Haverkort
	R3		27 September	Kas Haverkort	Mari Boya	Kas Haverkort	MP Motorsport	Kas Haverkort
5	R1	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	31 October		Kas Haverkort	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	Mari Boya	FIA WTCR Race of Spain Renault Clio Cup Spain
	R2		1 November	Mari Boya	Kas Haverkort	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	Mari Boya
	R3		1 November	Kas Haverkort	Kas Haverkort	Kas Haverkort	MP Motorsport	Kas Haverkort
6	R1	Circuito del Jarama, Madrid	7 November	Kas Haverkort	Kas Haverkort	Kas Haverkort	MP Motorsport	Kas Haverkort	TCR Europe Touring Car Series
	R2			Kas Haverkort	Kas Haverkort	Kas Haverkort	MP Motorsport	Kas Haverkort
	R3			Kas Haverkort	Kas Haverkort	Kas Haverkort	MP Motorsport	Kas Haverkort
7	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	14 November	Kas Haverkort	Thomas ten Brinke	Kas Haverkort	MP Motorsport	Kas Haverkort	GT-CER Renault Clio Cup Spain
	R2		15 November	Kas Haverkort	Mari Boya	Kas Haverkort	MP Motorsport	Kas Haverkort
	R3		15 November	nowrap	Thomas ten Brinke	Mari Boya	nowrap	Thomas ten Brinke		MP Motorsport	nowrap	Thomas ten Brinke

Championship

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in races 1 and 3 and for the top eight classified finishers in race 2.^[15] For Round 2 at Paul Ricard only Race 1 awarded full points.^[16]

Races	Position, points per race
Races	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole	FL
Races 1 & 3	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	2	1
Race 2	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1				1

Drivers' championship

Rookie Trophy Female Trophy

F
Pos Driver NAV
LEC
JER
CRT
ARA
JAR
CAT
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 1 1 1 2 Ret 4 Ret 17 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 383
2 2 9 4 3 2 3 1 18† 2 7 4 2 1 1 3 3 9 4 3 3 3 273
3 2 4 3 3 3 17 4 2 14† 4 3 2 2 4 1 187
4 11 7 3 Ret 6 5 3 3 5 2 2 Ret 3 4 10 2 2 5 4 6 4 187
5 3 2 2 5 4 1 8 2 10 9 7 15 Ret 9 4 10 13 3 11 8 7 136
6 4 3 6 7 15 6 5 5 12 6 6 7 6 14 Ret 11 7 Ret 6 11 6 103
7 Ivan Nosov Ret 6 11 8 8 7 4 16 4 20 8 3 Ret 10 9 5 2 5 85
8 Quique Bordás Ret 12 9 11 7 18 6 7 7 10 14 4 7 6 2 5 5 Ret 8 9 10 84
9 Carles Martínez 13 4 Ret 17 16 10 Ret 11 13 5 10 5 14 5 6 6 Ret 11 9 10 8 57
10 Filip Ugran 1 1 2 55
11 Valdemar Eriksen 5 10 5 10 9 15 Ret 1 6 8 16 13 10 7 13 51
12 Paul-Adrien Pallot 7 11 14 14 11 11 11 14 15 4 9 12 5 8 Ret 8 10 7 7 7 9 51
13 10 14 16 Ret 12 14 7 6 16 12 Ret 8 9 11 8 9 8 6 13 14 15 37
14 4 3 8 23
15 Léna Bühler F 12 8 8 Ret 13 17 Ret 8 14 18 15 16 Ret 15† 5 16† DNS Ret 10 5 12 23
16 14 16 13 12 19† 9 DSQ DSQ 9 16 5 19 11 13 7 12 6 10 15 12 16 22
17 Augustin Collinot 6 5 7 13 10 12 DNA DNA DNA 17 17 14 DNA DNA DNA 20
18 Mehrbod Shameli 9 15 15 16 18 20 13 15 19 13 Ret 6 8 12 Ret 15 Ret 8 14 13 13 18
19 6 5 13 14
20 8 13 10 9 Ret 21† 10 10 17 Ret 11 Ret DNA DNA DNA 8
21 Eloy Sebastián López 15 17 12 18 17 19 Ret 13 8 15 13 18 13 Ret 12 DNA DNA DNA 4
22 Alex García DSQ DSQ DSQ 15 14 16 9 9 11 11 12 9 12 16 11 13 12 Ret 12 17 11 4
23 Manuel Silva 14 19 10 1
24 12 12 18 19 18 11 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
– 7 4 9 –
– 14 11 12 –
– Maksim Arkhangelskiy 16 15 14 –
– Émilien Denner 17 16 17 –
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
NAV
LEC
JER
CRT
ARA
JAR
CAT
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	Pts
1	MP Motorsport	745
2	Drivex School	239
3	nowrap	Fórmula de Campeones Praga F4	142
4	Global Racing Service	125
5	Jenzer Motorsport	75
6	Xcel Motorsport	18
7	MOL Racing	7

Notes and References

@F4Spain. 1308784765332598784. Entry List And this is the list of registered for this appointment. 23 September 2020. 25 September 2020.
@F1FeederSeries1. 1280910549237317633. The provisional entry list for the 2020 Spanish F4 season is out! it kicks off at Navarra on July 18. At least fifteen drivers will take part, three drivers still have to confirm they can make it. 8 July 2020.
News: Drivex School reveals four-car Spanish F4 line-up. Wood. Elliot. 4 March 2020. 2 July 2020.
drivex_. 1278323381302067205. We are very proud of our driver @valdemar_eriksen_racing. 1 July 2020. 2 July 2020.
Web site: Santos. Adrià. 7 February 2020. Global Racing Service confirms their drivers line-up. https://web.archive.org/web/20200222111156/https://formularapida.net/global-racing-service-confirms-their-drivers-line-up/. 22 February 2020. FormulaRapida.net.
Web site: JOSH DUFEK TEAMS UP WITH MP MOTORSPORT FOR SPANISH FORMULA 4 ASSAULT. March 9, 2020. March 9, 2020. March 20, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200320225345/https://www.mpmotorsport.com/2020/03/09/josh-dufek-teams-up-with-mp-motorsport-for-spanish-formula-4-assault/. dead.
Web site: World junior kart champion Thomas ten Brinke debuts in Spanish F4. Allen. Peter. FormulaScout. September 16, 2020. September 16, 2020.
Web site: Mari Boya debutará en la F4 Española con MP Motorsport. Moreno. Guillermo. June 18, 2020. Formula Rapida.
Web site: Oliver Goethe joins MP Motorsport in Spanish F4. Wood. Elliot. FormulaScout. May 26, 2020. May 26, 2020.
F4Spain. 1293613072234446849. NOTICIA: Jenzer Motorsport estará en el Circuito Paul Ricard para participar en la 2ª cita del campeonato de F4 Spanish Championship. 12 August 2020.
Web site: M2 joins Spanish F4 with Emilien Denner for Barcelona finale. Allen. Peter. FormulaScout. November 10, 2020. November 11, 2020.
Web site: Carles Martínez y Quique Bordás correrán en F-4 con equipo del Ricardo Tormo. La Vanguardia. March 11, 2020. March 11, 2020.
Web site: Provisional calendar 2020 subject to approval of ASN!. F4 Spanish Championship. 4 December 2019. 7 March 2020.
Web site: New promoter of the championship and new schedule for 2020!. f4spain.org. 1 June 2020. 2 June 2020.
Web site: F4 Spanish Championship Team/Driver Presentation. 26 September 2020. 29 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210429213628/https://cn5.3e0.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Spanish-F4-2020.pdf. dead.
@F4Spain. 1296010071688716289. Schedules for the weekend Schedules for this weekend. 19 August 2020. 26 September 2020.