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2017 F4 SMP NEZ Championship – Third Weekend of Racing in a Row as Teams Head to Ahvenisto

Ahvenisto Round 3 Starts Tomorrow Round 3 of the 2017 SMP F4 NEZ Championship starts tomorrow in Ahvenisto, Finland. It has been a packed beginning of the season as the Series is heading back to Europe after two back-to-back rounds in Russia. Xavier Lloveras, Christian Lundgaard, Juuso Puhakka, Nikita Volegov and Tuomas Haapalainen are the…

2017 F4 SMP NEZ Championship – Victory to Puhakka

Juuso Puhakka Flies to Victory in Race 1 Qualifying 2 and Race 1 took place in sunny Smolensk on Saturday. Yesterday’s sessions showed much smaller gaps than in Sochi on this short 3,357 kilometer track. Lukas Dunner had to withdraw from the rest of the weekend when he hurt his knee after his crash in…

2017 F4 SMP NEZ Championship – Lloveras Continues to Set the Pace

Lloveras Takes Second Pole of the Season The second round of the 2017 SMP F4 NEZ season started with sunny weather at the Smolensk Ring. After almost all the sessions in Sochi were run in rainy conditions, the drivers were happy to see rain staying away from Smolensk. Free Practice 1 Bent Viscaal, MP…

2017 F4 SMP NEZ Championship – Championship Makes First Appearance in Smolensk

Debut at the Smolensk Ring for the FIA SMP F4 NEZ Series After a successful Round 1 in Sochi Autodrom last weekend, which rewarded Xavier Lloveras for Race 1 and Renault Sport F1 Junior Driver Christian Lundgaard for Race 2 and Race 3, the second round of the 2017 SMP F4 NEZ Championship certified by…

2017 F4 SMP NEZ Championship – FIA F4 NEZ and SMP Racing Partnership Continues

FIA F4 NEZ and SMP Racing Renew Contract Until 2019 The FIA F4 NEZ Championship certified by FIA and the Russian motorsport development program SMP Racing renewed their contract to continue their cooperation in the development of Russian young drivers and the extension of the title-partner status until 2019. The main goal of the Series,…

2017 F4 SMP NEZ Championship – Sochi Day 2 Dominated by Lundgaard

Lundgaard Dominates Day 2 in Sochi The second and final day of SMP F4 NEZ season first round started the way the first ended. After Day 1 which saw Xavier Lloveras taking pole position and race win, the whole field was waiting for Qualifying 2 to fight again. The rain was even harder than yesterday…

2017 F4 SMP NEZ Championship – Lundgaard Does it Again!

Sochi, Round 1 Race 3 1st – No. 5, Christian Lundgaard, DEN, 12 laps, 29:41.288 2nd – Bent Viscaal, NED, Gap: 21.062 3rd – No. 7, Nikita Volegov. RUS, Gap: 22.037 4th – No. 21, Xavier Lloveras, ESP, Gap: 22.315 5th – No. 32, Tuomas Haapalainen, FIN, Gap: 23.190 6th – No. 76, Elias Niskanen,…

2017 F4 SMP NEZ Championship – Lundgaard Wins in the Wet at Sochi

Sochi, Round 1 Race 2 1st – No. 5, Christian Lundgard, DEN, 7 laps, 21:11.286 2nd – No. 21, Xavier Lloveras, ESP, Gap: 5.823 3rd – No. 10, Alexander Smolyar, RUS, Gap: 9.755 4th – No. 6, Vladimir Tziortzis, RUS, Gap: 10.212 5th – No. 32, Tuomas Haapalainen, FIN, Gap: 11.617 6th – No. 14,…

2017 F4 SMP NEZ Championship – Smolyar Splashes to Race 2 Pole

Sochi, Round 1 Race 2, Qualifying 1st – No. 10, Alexander Smolyar, RUS, 2:38.864 2nd – No. 5, Christian Lundgard, DEN, 2:38.924 3rd – No. 21, Xavier Lloveras, ESP, 2:38.948 4th – Bent Viscaal, NED, 2:39.652 5th – No. 76, Elias Niskanen, FIN, 2:40.464 6th – No. 2, John Peters, NED, 2:40.714 7th – No….

2017 F4 SMP NEZ Championship – First Win to Lloveras

Exciting Start to the New Season The new season of SMP F4 NEZ Championship certified by FIA started with very tricky conditions for FP1. Overnight rain continued to pour over Sochi Autodrom in the morning at the start of first Free Practice of the season, but it fortunately eased up towards the end of the…