Saturday 10th June, 2017 – Hämeenlinna/Ahvenisto, Finland Saturday saw us mostly at the race track and mostly inside as it was extremely cold out there. We did emerge from the cafe for the SMP F4 NEZ babies, and for the Porsches, once we realised that the son of someone we used to watch race was…
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Food/Travel 2017 – Day 1, Hämeenlinna/Ahvenisto, Finland
Friday June 9th, 2017 – Hämeenlinna, Finland We learned quite a lot on our most recent trip to Finland, starting with “just because it’s June, don’t expect it to be warm!” and rounding up to “there is absolutely sod all to do in Hämeenlinna on a Sunday night after 9pm”! It was probably the latter…
2017 F4 SMP NEZ Championship – Hat Trick for Lundgaard
Brilliant Drive Rewards Lundgaard with Third Win of 2017 If Saturday was twisty and turbulent, Sunday was much easier for the teams and drivers. There were no significant incidents during the day as the drivers finished off the third round of the season of the SMP F4 NEZ Championship certified by FIA in Ahvenisto. …
2017 F4 SMP NEZ Championship – Excitement the Order of the Day in Ahvenisto
Hectic Saturday in Ahvenisto Saturday saw one qualifying and two races taking place. Sunshine welcomed the teams and drivers in Ahvenisto as Q1 started as early as 9.00. Qualifying 1 The first qualifying session of the weekend started in chilly but sunny conditions. The lap times dropped every lap until the end of Q1…
2017 F4 SMP NEZ Championship – Ahvenisto Off to a Cold Start
Freezing Start to the Weekend After a sunny and quite warm weekend in Smolensk, the weather was cold and rainy when the SMP F4 NEZ Championship arrived in Finland. Temperatures were under 10 degrees as the drivers started their preparations for Round 3. With a gap of four points only, the championship leader can change…
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 – Smolensk, Races 2 and 3
Volegov and Haapalainen Victorious in Smolensk It was under very cloudy skies and a damp track, that Sunday started in Smolensk, for the last day of competition. Drivers were still able to start Race 2 on Hankook slick tires, which made the race really interesting. Race 2 Nikita Volegov, SMP Racing: “It was such…
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…
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