2016 F4 Spanish Championship

The 2016 F4 Spanish Championship was the inaugural season of the Spanish F4 Championship, a motor racing series regulated according to FIAFormula 4 regulations, taking place in Spain and Portugal. The championship featured drivers competing in 1.4 litre Tatuus-Abarth single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. The series was organised by Koiranen GP and RFEDA. It began on 11 June at the Circuito de Navarra and finished on 16 October at the Circuito del Jarama after 20 races held across seven rounds.^[1]

MP Motorsport driver Richard Verschoor dominated the season and sealed the title after taking hat-trick at Jarama.^[2] While his team won the teams' championship. Aleksandr Vartanyan finished as runner-up to Verschoor, despite missing a round, but Vartanyan wasn't able to win a race. Tuomas Tujula won a race at Navarra and completed the top-three in the driver standings. Verschoor's teammate Xavier Lloveras won a race at Barcelona and helped MP Motorsport to clinch their first teams' championship in their history. Nikita Volegov and Tuomas Haapalainen were the only other drivers who were eligible to score points due to obligation of competing in at least five rounds. Wildcard drivers Jarno Opmeer, Sebastián Fernández, Juuso Puhakka, Juho Valtanen, Roope Markkanen have visited a podium step (Markkanen won the second race at Navarra).

El calendario se anunció el 10 de marzo de 2016. ^{[ 1 ]} Se introdujo un cambio a mitad de temporada: la ronda de Jerez fue reemplazada por Montmeló y se disputó como una doble cita en apoyo del Campeonato Mundial de Rallycross . ^{[ 17 ]} Pero el 12 de julio el calendario se modificó de nuevo. La ronda de Estoril se cambió a Jerez, donde se celebraría en apoyo de la Fórmula V8 3.5 Series y el Campeonato Euroformula Open , mientras que la ronda de Barcelona se trasladó al 2 de octubre y se celebró en apoyo de la Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup . ^{[ 18 ]}

Se otorgaron puntos a los 10 primeros clasificados en cada carrera. No se otorgaron puntos por la pole position ni por la vuelta rápida. En Montmeló, solo se disputaron dos carreras, y se otorgaron todos los puntos por la Carrera 2. Solo los pilotos que habían participado en al menos cinco rondas podían optar a los puntos del campeonato.

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