The SMP F4 Championship (also known as the F4 NEZ Championship by SMP Racing) was a racing series regulated according to
FIA
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Formula 4
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regulations. It was based in the FIA's North European Zone and the Netherlands, and was only open to drivers from these countries. The inaugural season was the
2015 SMP F4 Championship.
After the 2019 season SMP Formula 4 Championship lost FIA certification. The series was relocated to Russia as a support series for the
Russian Circuit Racing Series. The drivers competes for Cup of Russian Automobile Federation.
History
Gerhard Berger
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and the FIA Singleseater Commission launched the FIA Formula 4 in March 2013. The goal of the Formula 4 is to make the ladder to
Formula One
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more transparent. Besides sporting and technical regulations, costs are regulated too. A car to compete in this category may not exceed €30,000 in purchase. A single season in Formula 4 may not exceed €100,000 in costs. The SMP F4 was the one of the second phase Formula 4 championship to be launched. The first phase championships was the
Italian F4 Championship and the
Formula 4 Sudamericana which started in 2014. The SMP championship was launched by
SMP Racing
SMP Racing is the motor sport endurance racing team and also motorsport management created in 2013 by Boris Rotenberg, founder of the SMP Bank of Russia.
Description
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, the Russian Automobile Federation,
Koiranen GP
Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport, formerly also known as Koiranen bros. Motorsport and Koiranen GP, is a Finnish auto racing team based in Lahti, Finland. The team currently fields a one car entry in the LMP3 class of Asian Le Mans Series and Prototype ...
and
AKK-Motorsport
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The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA; en, Inter ...
on 22 July 2014. Italian race car constructor
Tatuus
Tatuus is an Italian chassis manufacturer for a series of formula racing series, being first founded in 1980. The company is known for its association with Renault Sport for its production of the Formula Renault chassis.
History
The Tatuus c ...
was contracted to design and build all the cars.
The championship expanded out of the FIA North European Zone for its second season. Following the failure to establish a separate Formula 4 championship in the Benelux region, it incorporated two rounds in the Netherlands, and awarded a Dutch Formula 4 Trophy for these two rounds plus a standalone Formula 4 Festival.
MP Motorsport
MP Motorsport (previously Marcel Peters Motorsport) is a Dutch auto racing team currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship. The team has also participated in Auto GP, Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 Northern Europea ...
also operated cars alongside
Koiranen GP
Koiranen Kemppi Motorsport, formerly also known as Koiranen bros. Motorsport and Koiranen GP, is a Finnish auto racing team based in Lahti, Finland. The team currently fields a one car entry in the LMP3 class of Asian Le Mans Series and Prototype ...
, which ran all drivers in the inaugural season. The championship split, with Koiranen GP leaving from 2019. Koiranen GP creating Formula Academy Finland in 2018,
continues as the promoter Formula Academy Finland. SMP F4 Championship continue operate
SMP Racing
SMP Racing is the motor sport endurance racing team and also motorsport management created in 2013 by Boris Rotenberg, founder of the SMP Bank of Russia.
Description
The goal of SMP Racing is to train and unveil new talents. The team's training ...
, the Russian Automobile Federation.
Car
The championship featured
Tatuus
Tatuus is an Italian chassis manufacturer for a series of formula racing series, being first founded in 1980. The company is known for its association with Renault Sport for its production of the Formula Renault chassis.
History
The Tatuus c ...
-designed and built cars. The cars were constructed out of
carbon fibre
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and featured a
monocoque
Monocoque ( ), also called structural skin, is a structural system in which loads are supported by an object's external skin, in a manner similar to an egg shell. The word ''monocoque'' is a French term for "single shell".
First used for boats, ...
chassis. The engine was a 1.4 turbo
Abarth
Abarth & C. S.p.A. () is an Italian racing and road car maker and Car tuning, performance division founded by Italo-Austrian Carlo Abarth in 1949. Abarth & C. S.p.A. is owned by Stellantis through its FCA Italy, Italian subsidiary. Its logo is a ...
. This is the same engine as in the
Italian F4 Championship.
Champions
Notes
Circuits
Notes
References
External links
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Formula racing series
Recurring sporting events established in 2015
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2019
Formula 4 series
2015 establishments in Europe
2019 disestablishments in Europe