Northern European Formula 4 Championship 2015

The 2015 Northern European Formula 4 Championship (officially F4 NEZ Championship 2015 or SMP F4 Championship 2015 ) was the first season of the Northern European Formula 4 Championship . The championship took place in Estonia , Finland and Russia . There were 21 races. The season started on May 16 at Ahveniston Moottorirata in Hämeenlinna and ended on October 4 at Audru Ring in Sauga . Niko Kari won the driver's championship title.

Starting field

All teams and drivers used the Tatuus F4-T014 chassis . The Abarth 1.4L T-Jet was used as the engine. The tires came from Hankook Tire . Drivers who did not use a license from the Northern European Zone (NEZ) competed as guest starters and were not counted in the championship.

team	No.	driver	Race weekend
Koiranen GP	02	Ivan Matveev	1-7
	03	Joel Eriksson	1
	05	Niko Kari	1-7
	07th	Nikita Troitckii	1-4, 6, 7
	10	Vladimir Atoyev	1-7
	12	Aleksanteri Huovinen	1-7
	14th	Simo Laaksonen	3, 4, 6, 7
	17th	Nerses Issaakjan	1-7
	21st	Alexei Korneev	1-7
	23	Niklas Nylund	1-7
	29	Denis Mawlanov	1-5, 7
	32	Roman Lebedev	6th
	34	Nikita Sitnikov	1-7
	41	Alexander Vartanyan	4-6
	65	Enaam Ahmed	1, 3–5, 7
	71	Semyon Yevstigneyev	1, 3-7
	77	Alexander Maslennikov	1-7
	96	Artyom Kabakov	1-3

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} guest starter

Racing calendar

There were seven events on five routes. There were three races each.

No.	date	Racetrack	winner	Second	Third
01.	May 16	Hämeenlinna	Aleksanteri Huovinen	Niko Kari	Vladimir Atoyev
02.	17th of May		Aleksanteri Huovinen	Vladimir Atoyev	Joel Eriksson
03.			Nikita Troitckii	Niko Kari	Joel Eriksson
04th	06th of June	Volokolamsk	Aleksanteri Huovinen	Niko Kari	Vladimir Atoyev
05.	0June 7th		Niko Kari	Aleksanteri Huovinen	Nikita Sitnikov
06th			Alexei Korneev	Niko Kari	Aleksanteri Huovinen
07th	20th June	Sochi	Niko Kari	Alexei Korneev	Vladimir Atoyev
08th.	June 21st		Niko Kari	Alexei Korneev	Vladimir Atoyev
09.			Alexei Korneev	Nikita Troitckii	Nerses Issaakjan
10.	15th of August	Alastaro	Vladimir Atoyev	Niko Kari	Nerses Issaakjan
11.	August 16		Vladimir Atoyev	Niko Kari	Alexei Korneev
12.			Vladimir Atoyev	Niko Kari	Nerses Issaakjan
13.	29th August	Sauga	Niko Kari	Niklas Nylund	Ivan Matveev
14th			Niko Kari	Vladimir Atoyev	Aleksanteri Huovinen
15th			Niko Kari	Vladimir Atoyev	Ivan Matveev
16.	05th September	Volokolamsk	Niko Kari	Nerses Issaakjan	Niklas Nylund
17th	0September 6th		Niko Kari	Nerses Issaakjan	Nikita Troitckii
18th			Niko Kari	Nerses Issaakjan	Nikita Troitckii
19th	0October 3	Sauga	Niko Kari	Nerses Issaakjan	Vladimir Atoyev
20th			Niko Kari	Vladimir Atoyev	Nikita Troitckii
21st			Niko Kari	Nerses Issaakjan	Nikita Sitnikov

Remarks

1. ↑ Enaam Ahmed finished in third place. Since he was a guest starter, Joel Eriksson was classified as third.
2. ↑ Enaam Ahmed finished in third place. Since he was a guest starter, Nerses Issaakjan was classified as third.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Enaam Ahmed finished in first place. Since he was a guest starter, Niko Kari was classified as the winner, Niklas Nylund as second and Iwan Matwejew as third.
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Enaam Ahmed finished in first place. Since he was a guest starter, Niko Kari was classified as the winner, Vladimir Atojew as second and Aleksanteri Huovinen as third.
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Enaam Ahmed finished in first place. Since he was a guest starter, Niko Kari was classified as the winner, Nerses Issaakjan as second and Vladimir Atojew as third.
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Enaam Ahmed finished in first place. Since he was a guest starter, Niko Kari was classified as the winner, Vladimir Atojew as second and Nikita Troitckii as third.
7. ↑ ^{a b c} Enaam Ahmed finished in first place. Since he was a guest starter, Niko Kari was classified as the winner, Nerses Issaakjan as second and Nikita Sitnikow as third.

Rating

Point system

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
Race 1-3	25th	18th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	2	1

The points were awarded to the first ten drivers in all races according to the usual FIA system. The fastest driver in the first qualifying received a bonus point for pole position. There was also a bonus point for the fastest lap in each race.

Driver ranking

Item driver AHV MSC SOC ALA AUD MSC AUD Points 01  N. Kari 2 DNF 2 2 1 2 1 1 4th 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 449 02  W. Atoyev 3 2 4th 3 5 8th 3 3 8th 1 1 1 5 3 2 10 5 10 4th 3 5 296 03  N. Issaakjan 4th 13 * 5 5 4th 6th 7th 8th 3 3 DNF 4th 6th DNF 5 2 2 2 3 5 3 234 04th  A. Huovinen 1 1 6th 1 2 3 4th DNF 12 7th 6th 9 7th 4th 8th 6th 4th 5 5 8th 11 229 05  A. Korneev 10 DNF 7th DNF 7th 1 2 2 1 4th 3 7th 8th 5 4th 9 DNF 6th 11 9 6th 191 06th  N. Troitski DNF 6th 1 DNF 6th 5 DNS 6th 2 8th DNF 12 5 3 3 10 4th 9 149 07th  N. Nylund DNF 9 8th 9 12 * 4th 5 5 6th 6th 4th 8th 3 7th DNF 3 13 * 4th 13 10 DNF 136 08th  I. Matveev 6th 5 13 * 10 10 10 8th 7th 5 9 DNF 5 4th 6th 3 13 9 7th 6th 6th DNF 131 09  N. Sitnikov 8th 7th 14 * 4th 3 7th 12 DNF 7th 13 DNF 10 10 10 7th 12 6th 9 9 7th 4th 104 10  A. Maslennikov 9 8th 10 6th 9 9 10 DNF DNF 10 7th DNF 9 9 12 * 7th 7th DNF 8th DNF 8th 66 11  S. Laaksonen 6th 10 DNF 11 5 6th 8th 8th 8th 7th 11 7th 60 12  J. Eriksson 12 4th 3 30th 13  A. Kabakov 7th 10 DNF 7th 8th 11 14th 11 * DNF 21st 14th  D. Mawlanov 11 12 12 8th 11 DNF 11 9 10 14th 8th 11 12 12 11 12 12 10 20th 15th  A. Vartanyan WD WD WD 11 11 10 4th 10 11 17th 16  S. Yevstigneyev DNF 11 11 13 DNF 11 12 DNF DNF 13 8th 9 11 11 13 14th DNF DSQ 13 Guest starters -  E. Ahmed 5 3 9 9 4th 9 5 9 3 1 1 6th 1 1 1 - -  R. Lebedev 14th 12 12 - Item driver AHV MSC SOC ALA AUD MSC AUD Points

colour meaning gold winner silver 2nd place bronze 3rd place green Placement in the points blue Classified outside the point ranks violet Race not finished (DNF) not classified (NC) red not qualified (DNQ) black disqualified (DSQ) White not at the start (DNS) withdrawn (WD) Race canceled (C) Blank not participated injured or sick (INJ) excluded (EX) other formats and characters P / bold Pole position italic Fastest racing lap (in the GP2 series / FIA Formula 2 championship from 2008 for the fastest racing lap of the ten best drivers) * not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered underlined Leader in the overall standings

Individual evidence

1. ^ Car. smpf4championship.com, accessed September 18, 2015 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Gruz David: SMP F4 add five drivers to 2015 grid. paddockscout.com, January 10, 2015, accessed September 18, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Peter Allen: Top Finnish karter Kari is first driver for Koiranen's F4 series. paddockscout.com, January 10, 2015, accessed September 18, 2015 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Gruz David: Five more drivers added to SMP F4 roster. paddockscout.com, September 18, 2015, accessed September 18, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Niclas Nylund makes SMP F4 switch. paddockscout.com, April 22, 2015, accessed September 18, 2015 . 

Web links

• Official website