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 – 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 – 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,…