# 2019 SMP F4 Championship

The 2019 SMP F4 Championship was the first season of the SMP F4 Championship, following the closure of the preceding F4 North European Zone Championship at the end of 2018. The 7 round-provisional calendar gets all circuits in Russia. The series is situated with Russian Circuit Racing Series. But addition to the calendar was made after the scheduled 7th round in Sochi was cancelled. 7th round rescheduled return in Finland and Formula Academy Finland races at Alastaro, where the grid was joined by the final round of Formula 4 SMP.

## Drivers

All cars are run by Russian team SMP Racing. All drivers use the Tatuus-Abarth F4-T014 chassis.
| No. | Driver | Round |
| 2 | Ivan Matveev | 3 |
| 5 | Irina Sidorkova | 1−2, 4−7 |
| 11 | Aleksandr Vilaev | All |
| 16 | Nikita Aleksandrov | All |
| 17 | Pavel Bulantsev | All |
| 20 | Ivan Nosov | 1−2, 4−7 |
| 21 | Artem Lobanenko | 1−2, 4−7 |
| 33 | Aleksey Nesov | All |
| 41 | Aleksandr Vartanyan | 3 |
| Foreign drivers not eligible to score points |||
| 10 | Max Salo | All |
| 12 | Jimi Hannus | 2, 7 |
| 56 | Markus Laitala | 2, 7 |
| 58 | Elias Seppänen | 7 |
| 28 | Virtala Nestori | 7 |

## Calendar

1 to 6 rounds scheduled to support 2019 Russian Circuit Racing Series. An addition to the calendar was made after the scheduled 7th round in Sochi was cancelled. 7th round rescheduled return in Finland.
| Rnd. | Rnd. | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver |
| 1 | 1 | Fort Grozny Autodrom, Grozny | 21 April | Pavel Bulantsev | Pavel Bulantsev | Pavel Bulantsev |
| 2 | 2 | NRING Circuit, Bogorodsk | 18 May | Artem Lobanenko | Artem Lobanenko | Artem Lobanenko |
| 2 | 3 | NRING Circuit, Bogorodsk | 19 May | Artem Lobanenko | Artem Lobanenko | Alexey Nesov |
| 3 | 4 | Smolensk Ring, Smolensk | 22 June | Pavel Bulantsev | Aleksandr Vartanyan | Pavel Bulantsev |
| 3 | 5 | Smolensk Ring, Smolensk | 23 June | Pavel Bulantsev | Aleksandr Vartanyan | Aleksandr Vartanyan |
| 4 | 6 | Kazan Ring, Kazan | 13 July | Artem Lobanenko | Artem Lobanenko | Artem Lobanenko |
| 4 | 7 | Kazan Ring, Kazan | 14 July | Artem Lobanenko | Artem Lobanenko | Artem Lobanenko |
| 5 | 8 | ADM Raceway, Moscow | 3 August | Pavel Bulantsev | Pavel Bulantsev | Pavel Bulantsev |
| 5 | 9 | ADM Raceway, Moscow | 4 August | Pavel Bulantsev | Pavel Bulantsev | Pavel Bulantsev |
| 6 | 10 | Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk | 17 August | Pavel Bulantsev | Pavel Bulantsev | Pavel Bulantsev |
| 6 | 11 | Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk | 18 August | Pavel Bulantsev | Artem Lobanenko | Artem Lobanenko |
| 7 | 12 | Alastaro Circuit, Loimaa | 21 September | Markus Laitala | Markus Laitala | Markus Laitala |
| 7 | 13 | Alastaro Circuit, Loimaa | 22 September | Markus Laitala | Nikita Aleksandrov | Markus Laitala |

## Championship standings
### Points system

Points are awarded as follows:
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | PP | FL |
| Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Drivers standings

| Pos | Driver | FGA | NRG | NRG | SMO | SMO | KZR | KZR | ADM | ADM | MSC | MSC | ALA | ALA | Pts |
| 1 | Pavel Bulantsev | 1 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 254 |
| 2 | Artem Lobanenko | 7 | 1 | 3 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 224 |
| 3 | Aleksey Nesov | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 204 |
| 4 | Nikita Aleksandrov | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 151 |
| 5 | Aleksandr Vilaev | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 147 |
| 6 | Irina Sidorkova | Ret | 6 | 6 | | | 3 | Ret | 4 | 3 | Ret | 6 | 9 | 7 | 96 |
| 7 | Ivan Nosov | 2 | 4 | 7 | | | Ret | 4 | DNS | Ret | 5 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 94 |
| 8 | Aleksandr Vartanyan | | | | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | 47 |
| 9 | Ivan Matveev | | | | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | 22 |
| Foreign drivers not eligible to score points ||||||||||||||||
| – | Markus Laitala | | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | - |
| – | Jimi Hannus | | 5 | Ret | | | | | | | | | Ret | 10 | - |
| – | Max Salo | 6 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | - |
| – | Elias Seppänen | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | 9 | - |
| – | Nestori Virtala | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 12 | - |
| Pos | Driver | FGA | NRG | NRG | SMO | SMO | KZR | KZR | ADM | ADM | MSC | MSC | ALA | ALA | Pts |