2019 F4 Spanish Championship

4th season of the Spanish F4 Championship

The 2019 F4 Spanish Championship was the fourth 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
MOL Racing^[1]	3	Javier Sagrera^[1]	R G	7
Drivex School	5	Irina Sidorkova^[2]	R F	1–6
	5	Manuel Espírito Santo^[1]	R G	7
	11	Artem Lobanenko^[3]		All
	12	Rashed Ghanem^[4]		1–5
	12	Oliver Goethe^[1]	R G	7
	20	Ivan Nosov^[5]	R	All
	43	Franco Colapinto^[6]	R	All
	57	Frederico Alfonso Peters	R	4
Jenzer Motorsport^[7]	6	Giorgio Carrara^[7]		2
	6	Paul-Adrien Pallot^[1]	R G	7
	17	Jonny Edgar^[7]	R	2
	17	Filip Ugran^[1]	G	7
	18	Emidio Pesce^[7]	R	2, 7
G4 Racing^[8]	7	Axel Gnos^[8]	R	All
MP Motorsport	8	Nicolas Baert^[9]	R	All
	13	Tijmen van der Helm^[10]	R	All
	16	Glenn van Berlo^[11]	R	All
	19	Sebastian Øgaard^[1]	R G	7
	26	Rafael Villanueva Jr.^[9]		All
Xcel Motorsport	15	Matteo Nannini^[12]		1
Xcel Motorsport	34	Shihab Al Habsi^[13]		1–4
Global Racing Service	22	Belén García^[14]	R F	All
Fórmula de Campeones Praga F4	27	Nerea Martí^[15]	R F	All
	33	Carles Martínez^[15]	R	All
	44	Kilian Meyer^[15]	R	All

Icon	Legend
R	Rookie
F	Female Trophy
G	Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race calendar

The series competed at Circuit Paul Ricard for the first time. The schedule consisted of seven rounds.^[16]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	R1	Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos	6 April	Franco Colapinto	Franco Colapinto	Franco Colapinto	Drivex School	GT-CER TCR-CER
	R2		7 April	Franco Colapinto	Matteo Nannini	Belén García	Global Racing Service
	R3		7 April	Franco Colapinto	Artem Lobanenko	Rashed Ghanem	Drivex School
2	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	27 April	Kilian Meyer	Giorgio Carrara	Giorgio Carrara	Jenzer Motorsport	International GT Open Euroformula Open Championship
	R2		27 April	Jonny Edgar	Killian Meyer	Giorgio Carrara	Jenzer Motorsport
	R3		28 April	Jonny Edgar	Franco Colapinto	Giorgio Carrara	Jenzer Motorsport
3	R1	Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz	25 May	Shihab Al Habsi	Kilian Meyer	Franco Colapinto	Drivex School	GT-CER TCR-CER
	R2		26 May	Shihab Al Habsi	Axel Gnos	Shihab Al Habsi	Xcel Motorsport
	R3		26 May	Kilian Meyer	Franco Colapinto	Kilian Meyer	Fórmula de Campeones Praga F4
4	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste	22 June	Franco Colapinto	Franco Colapinto	Franco Colapinto	Drivex School	TCR-CER
	R2		23 June	Glenn van Berlo	Franco Colapinto	Franco Colapinto	Drivex School
	R3		23 June	Glenn van Berlo	Franco Colapinto	Franco Colapinto	Drivex School
5	R1	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	14 September	Glenn van Berlo	Glenn van Berlo	Glenn van Berlo	MP Motorsport	Iberian Historic Endurance Super seven by Toyo tires Kia Picanto Cup
	R2		15 September	Glenn van Berlo	Glenn van Berlo	Glenn van Berlo	MP Motorsport
	R3		15 September	Franco Colapinto	Franco Colapinto	Franco Colapinto	Drivex School
6	R1	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão	26 October	Franco Colapinto	Franco Colapinto	Franco Colapinto	Drivex School	TCR Ibérico Touring Car Series
	R2		26 October	Franco Colapinto	Axel Gnos	Franco Colapinto	Drivex School
	R3		27 October	Franco Colapinto	Franco Colapinto	Glenn van Berlo	MP Motorsport
7	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	9 November	Franco Colapinto	Axel Gnos	Franco Colapinto	Drivex School	GT-CER
	R2		10 November	Franco Colapinto	Artem Lobanenko	Franco Colapinto	Drivex School
	R3		10 November	Glenn van Berlo	Franco Colapinto	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. Race 1 at Paul Ricard only awarded points to the top eight finishers. For Round 6 at Algarve Race 3 was the shorter race, awarding points to the top eight finishers.^[17]

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

Rookie Trophy R Female Trophy F

Pos	Driver	NAV			LEC			ARA			CRT			JER			ALG			CAT			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Franco Colapinto R	1	3	6	4	7	4	1	14	11	1	1	1	4	3	1	1	1	4	1	1	1	325
2	Kilian Meyer R	4	Ret	Ret	5	4	2	2	3	1	2	2	3	3	2	4	Ret	4	2	6	4	11	227
3	Glenn van Berlo R	3	5	Ret	3	5	5	4	Ret	12	5	Ret	2	1	1	2	Ret	2	1	3	5	2	222
4	Tijmen van der Helm R	7	8	2	13	17	14	7	2	13	4	3	4	2	4	7	10	3	5	17	3	4	158
5	Carles Martínez R	11	Ret	Ret	7	10	9	5	6	4	3	4	6	10	9	6	3	5	10	10	14	6	111
6	Axel Gnos R	12	10	4	Ret	12	8	6	5	7	9	9	11	6	6	3	Ret	6	3	5	6	9	105
7	Nicolas Baert R	9	6	Ret	Ret	6	17	8	7	8	6	5	5	7	5	9	4	12	6	4	7	5	105
8	Shihab Al Habsi	2	Ret	DSQ	8	3	6	3	1	2	11	6	Ret										89
9	Artem Lobanenko	8	9	5	6	8	7	9	8	3	7	7	15	9	Ret	11	2	11	13	9	19	18	77
10	Rashed Ghanem	10	12	1	15	Ret	11	10	4	5	8	15	9	Ret	11	5							61
11	Giorgio Carrara				1	1	1																55
12	Rafael Villanueva Jr.	6	7	3	14	9	10	11	10	14	10	10	8	Ret	8	8	6	8	11	11	15	13	51
13	Ivan Nosov R	14	Ret	DNS	Ret	13	12	12	9	Ret	12	8	7	5	7	12	5	9	7	7	8	10	47
14	Jonny Edgar R				2	2	3																39
15	Belén García R F	15	1	7	10	15	13	15	13	10	14	11	10	8	12	10	7	13	8	18	12	14	35
16	Nerea Martí R F	16	2	9	12	16	16	14	12	9	13	13	12	Ret	10	13	8	7	9	15	9	7	35
17	Matteo Nannini	5	4	Ret																			18
18	Irina Sidorkova R F	13	11	8	11	14	15	13	11	6	16	14	14	11	13	14	9	10	12				15
19	Emidio Pesce R				9	11	Ret													12	17	16	1
20	Frederico Alfonso Peters R										15	12	13										0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
	Filip Ugran																			2	2	3	0
	Javier Sagrera R																			16	11	8	0
	Manuel Espírito Santo R																			8	18	15	0
	Paul-Adrien Pallot																			19	10	Ret	0
	Sebastian Øgaard R																			14	13	12	0
	Oliver Goethe R																			13	16	17	0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	NAV			LEC			ARA			CRT			JER			ALG			CAT			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Drivex School	398
2	MP Motorsport	368
3	Fórmula de Campeones Praga F4	301
4	Xcel Motorsport	107
5	Jenzer Motorsport	94
6	G4 Racing	82
7	Global Racing Service	36
8	MOL Racing	0

References

^ a b c d e f g "Drivers record registration for Barcelona!". 5 November 2019. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^ Harris-Gardiner, Rachel. "Russian champion Irina Sidorkova to race in Spanish F4 with SMP backing". FormulaScout.
^ "Artem Lobanenko becomes new Drivexs driver for F4 Spain season". 28 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
^ Wood, Ida (3 April 2019). "Drivex's Franco Colapinto picks Spanish F4 over EF Open for 2019". FormulaScout. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^ "F4 Spain - Teams and Drivers". Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
^ "FA Racing by Drivex Bets on Young Talent Franco Colapinto for F4 Spain Programme". 2 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^ a b c d "Jenzer Motorsport will participate in the Paul Ricard event with three drivers". 23 April 2019. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
^ a b ""Yes, it's real. I will be doing a double championship in 2019, Italy with Jenzer Motorsport and Spain with G4 Racing"". 28 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
^ a b Wood, Ida (14 March 2019). "Global Racing Service makes first Eurocup and F4 signings". FormulaScout.
^ "Karting Revelation Tijmen Van Der Helm Makes F4 Debut with MP Motorsport". 6 March 2019. Archived from the original on 7 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
^ "Glenn Van Berlo Makes His Debut in Formula 4 as Driver of Knaf Talent Programme". 6 March 2019. Archived from the original on 7 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
^ "Matteo Nannini: special convocation by Xcel Motorsport in the Spanish F4 (in Italian)". 26 March 2019.
^ "Xcel Motorsport Expands F4 Program to Spanish F4 Championship in 2019". 6 March 2019. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
^ "Belén García, confirmada como primera piloto del equipo Global Racing Service en la F4 Española". TheBestF1.es.
^ a b c "Carles Martínez, Kilian Meyer y Nerea Martí serán los pilotos del equipo Fórmula de Campeones Praga". yosoynoticia.es. 12 March 2019.
^ "F4 Spanish Championship Calendar". F4 Spanish Championship. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
^ "F4 Spain Championship Driver´s Standings 2019" (PDF). F4 Spanish Championship. 28 October 2019.

External links

Official website

[Barcelona-1] "Drivers record registration for Barcelona!". 5 November 2019. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2019.

[2] Harris-Gardiner, Rachel. "Russian champion Irina Sidorkova to race in Spanish F4 with SMP backing". FormulaScout.

[3] "Artem Lobanenko becomes new Drivexs driver for F4 Spain season". 28 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.

[4] Wood, Ida (3 April 2019). "Drivex's Franco Colapinto picks Spanish F4 over EF Open for 2019". FormulaScout. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

[TeamsDrivers-5] "F4 Spain - Teams and Drivers". Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2019-03-02.

[6] "FA Racing by Drivex Bets on Young Talent Franco Colapinto for F4 Spain Programme". 2 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

[Jenzer-7] "Jenzer Motorsport will participate in the Paul Ricard event with three drivers". 23 April 2019. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.

[G4-8] ""Yes, it's real. I will be doing a double championship in 2019, Italy with Jenzer Motorsport and Spain with G4 Racing"". 28 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.

[F4_signings-9] Wood, Ida (14 March 2019). "Global Racing Service makes first Eurocup and F4 signings". FormulaScout.

[10] "Karting Revelation Tijmen Van Der Helm Makes F4 Debut with MP Motorsport". 6 March 2019. Archived from the original on 7 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.

[11] "Glenn Van Berlo Makes His Debut in Formula 4 as Driver of Knaf Talent Programme". 6 March 2019. Archived from the original on 7 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.

[Nannini-12] "Matteo Nannini: special convocation by Xcel Motorsport in the Spanish F4 (in Italian)". 26 March 2019.

[Xcel-13] "Xcel Motorsport Expands F4 Program to Spanish F4 Championship in 2019". 6 March 2019. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

[14] "Belén García, confirmada como primera piloto del equipo Global Racing Service en la F4 Española". TheBestF1.es.

[Campeones-15] "Carles Martínez, Kilian Meyer y Nerea Martí serán los pilotos del equipo Fórmula de Campeones Praga". yosoynoticia.es. 12 March 2019.

[16] "F4 Spanish Championship Calendar". F4 Spanish Championship. Retrieved 2 March 2019.

[17] "F4 Spain Championship Driver´s Standings 2019" (PDF). F4 Spanish Championship. 28 October 2019.