# 2015 SMP F4 Championship

The 2015 SMP F4 Championship season in motorsport, was the inaugural season of the SMP F4 Championship, a racing series regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. It was a motor racing series for the North European Zone (NEZ) held in Estonia, Finland and Russia. The 2015 season began on 16 May at Ahvenisto in Finland and finished on 3 October at the auto24ring in Estonia, after seven triple header rounds.
The series' inaugural champion was Finnish driver Niko Kari in his first season of car racing. Kari took seven overall wins (including a weekend sweep at Moscow Raceway) during the 2015 season, but also added five class victories behind British driver Enaam Ahmed – who was ineligible to score championship points – for a total of twelve during the season. Kari finished over 150 points clear of his next closest rival, Vladimir Atoev; Atoev won three races, all coming on the same weekend at Alastaro. Third place in the championship was settled in the final race in Estonia; Nerses Isaakyan took five runner-up positions in six races which allowed him to overhaul Aleksanteri Huovinen in the championship standings. Huovinen was another three-time race winner; winning twice at Ahvenisto and once at Moscow Raceway. Two other drivers won races in 2015 as Aleksey Korneev won races at Moscow Raceway and Sochi, while Nikita Troitskiy won the third race at Ahvenisto; the drivers finished fifth and sixth in the drivers' championship.

## Drivers

| No. | Driver | Rounds |
| 2 | Ivan Matveev | All |
| 3 | Joel Eriksson | 1 |
| 5 | Niko Kari | All |
| 7 | Nikita Troitskiy | 1–4, 6–7 |
| 10 | Vladimir Atoev | All |
| 12 | Aleksanteri Huovinen | All |
| 14 | Simo Laaksonen | 3–4, 6–7 |
| 17 | Nerses Isaakyan | All |
| 21 | Aleksey Korneev | All |
| 23 | Niclas Nylund | All |
| 29 | Denis Mavlanov | 1–5, 7 |
| 32 | Roman Lebedev | 6 |
| 34 | Nikita Sitnikov | All |
| 41 | Aleksandr Vartanyan | 5–6 |
| 65 | Enaam Ahmed | 1, 3–5, 7 |
| 71 | Semen Evstigneev | 1, 3–7 |
| 77 | Aleksandr Maslennikov | All |
| 96 | Artem Kabakov | 1–3 |

## Race calendar and results

The round at Moscow Raceway, held over 5–7 June, was a support event to the FIA WTCC Race of Russia. The original scheduled final meeting was scheduled to be held over 18–20 September at Sochi Autodrom, but was first postponed to 2–3 October and later moved to the Auto24ring.
| Round | Round | Circuit, Location | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver |
| 1 | R1 | Ahvenisto Race Circuit, Hämeenlinna | 16 May | Vladimir Atoev | Niko Kari | Aleksanteri Huovinen |
| 1 | R2 | Ahvenisto Race Circuit, Hämeenlinna | 17 May | | Aleksanteri Huovinen | Aleksanteri Huovinen |
| 1 | R3 | Ahvenisto Race Circuit, Hämeenlinna | 17 May | Vladimir Atoev | Niko Kari | Nikita Troitskiy |
| 2 | R4 | Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk | 6 June | Aleksey Korneev | Aleksanteri Huovinen | Aleksanteri Huovinen |
| 2 | R5 | Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk | 7 June | | Niko Kari | Niko Kari |
| 2 | R6 | Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk | 7 June | Aleksey Korneev | Aleksey Korneev | Aleksey Korneev |
| 3 | R7 | Sochi Autodrom, Sochi | 20 June | Niko Kari | Vladimir Atoev | Niko Kari |
| 3 | R8 | Sochi Autodrom, Sochi | 21 June | | Niko Kari | Niko Kari |
| 3 | R9 | Sochi Autodrom, Sochi | 21 June | Niko Kari | Niko Kari | Aleksey Korneev |
| 4 | R10 | Alastaro Circuit, Loimaa | 15 August | Vladimir Atoev | Vladimir Atoev | Vladimir Atoev |
| 4 | R11 | Alastaro Circuit, Loimaa | 16 August | | Vladimir Atoev | Vladimir Atoev |
| 4 | R12 | Alastaro Circuit, Loimaa | 16 August | Vladimir Atoev | Nerses Isaakyan | Vladimir Atoev |
| 5 | R13 | Auto24ring, Audru | 29 August | Niko Kari | Vladimir Atoev | Enaam Ahmed |
| 5 | R14 | Auto24ring, Audru | 29 August | | Niclas Nylund | Enaam Ahmed |
| 5 | R15 | Auto24ring, Audru | 29 August | Niko Kari | Nerses Isaakyan | Niko Kari |
| 6 | R16 | Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk | 5 September | Nerses Isaakyan | Niko Kari | Niko Kari |
| 6 | R17 | Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk | 6 September | | Niko Kari | Niko Kari |
| 6 | R18 | Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk | 6 September | Nerses Isaakyan | Niko Kari | Niko Kari |
| 7 | R19 | Auto24ring, Audru | 3 October | Enaam Ahmed | Niko Kari | Enaam Ahmed |
| 7 | R20 | Auto24ring, Audru | 3 October | | Nikita Troitskiy | Enaam Ahmed |
| 7 | R21 | Auto24ring, Audru | 3 October | Enaam Ahmed | Vladimir Atoev | Enaam Ahmed |

## Championship standings

| Pos | Driver | AHV | AHV | AHV | MSC | MSC | MSC | SOC | SOC | SOC | ALA | ALA | ALA | AUD | AUD | AUD | MSC | MSC | MSC | AUD | AUD | AUD | Pts |
| 1 | Niko Kari | 2 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 449 |
| 2 | Vladimir Atoev | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 296 |
| 3 | Nerses Isaakyan | 4 | 13† | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 234 |
| 4 | Aleksanteri Huovinen | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 12 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 229 |
| 5 | Aleksey Korneev | 10 | Ret | 7 | NC | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | Ret | 6 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 191 |
| 6 | Nikita Troitskiy | Ret | 6 | 1 | Ret | 6 | 5 | DNS | 6 | 2 | 8 | Ret | 12 | | | | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 149 |
| 7 | Niclas Nylund | Ret | 9 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 7 | Ret | 3 | 13† | 4 | 13 | 10 | Ret | 136 |
| 8 | Ivan Matveev | 6 | 5 | 13† | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 9 | Ret | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 131 |
| 9 | Nikita Sitnikov | 8 | 7 | 14† | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | Ret | 7 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 104 |
| 10 | Aleksandr Maslennikov | 9 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 9 | 12† | 7 | 7 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 8 | 66 |
| 11 | Simo Laaksonen | | | | | | | 6 | 10 | Ret | 11 | 5 | 6 | | | | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 60 |
| 12 | Joel Eriksson | 12 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30 |
| 13 | Artem Kabakov | 7 | 10 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 11† | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21 |
| 14 | Denis Mavlanov | 11 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 11 | DSQ | 11 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | | | | 12 | 12 | 10 | 20 |
| 15 | Aleksandr Vartanyan | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 11 | | | | 17 |
| 16 | Semen Evstigneev | Ret | 11 | 11 | | | | 13 | Ret | 11 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13† | 14 | Ret | DSQ | 13 |
| Drivers with non-NEZ licence ineligible for championship points ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | Enaam Ahmed | 5 | 3 | 9 | | | | 9 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 9† | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| - | Roman Lebedev | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | 12 | 12 | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | AHV | AHV | AHV | MSC | MSC | MSC | SOC | SOC | SOC | ALA | ALA | ALA | AUD | AUD | AUD | MSC | MSC | MSC | AUD | AUD | AUD | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |