2025 SMP F4 Championship
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The 2025 SMP F4 Championship was the first season of the relaunched SMP F4 Championship and sixth season overall after a five-year break. The season started at the Moscow Raceway on 15 May and finished at the Fort Grozny Autodrom on the 12 October.[1]
Originally run from 2015 to 2019, with its 2017 and 2018 seasons recognised as the FIA-certified F4 North European Zone championship, SMP F4 was brought back by ex-Formula 1 drivers Vitaly Petrov and Sergey Sirotkin as a centrally-run one-off event the G-Drive SMP F4 Cup in Sirius on 30 November 2024.[2]
In the main season, Kirill Kutskov initially took the championship lead. But the main battle unfolded between Artem Severiukhin and Yaroslav Shevyrtalov, Shevyrtalov was crowned SMP Formula 4 champion in the final round at Fort Grozny Autodrom.[3][4][5][6][7]
The inaugural season of SMP Formula 4’s winter series took place at Sirius Autodrom from November 15, 2025 to January 25, 2026.[8][9][10][11]
Main series
[edit source]Drivers
[edit source]| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 1 | ||
| 17 | 2–5 | ||
| 24 | 6 | ||
| 37 | 2–6 | ||
| 16 | 3, 6 | ||
| 23 | All | ||
| 28 | 1–2, 4–5 | ||
| 18 | All | ||
| 54 | 5 | ||
| 99 | 1–4 | ||
| 5 | |||
| 73 | 1–4, 6 | ||
| 74 | All | ||
| 19 | All | ||
| 33 | All | ||
| 21 | All | ||
| 97 | All | ||
| 27 | 4–6 | ||
| 50 | All | ||
| 86 | 2–3 | ||
| 31 | 1–2, 4–5 | ||
| 66 | 3 | ||
| 79 | 1 | ||
| 87 | 2–5 | ||
Race calendar
[edit source]On 8 October 2024 the calendar was announced. All rounds are held on Russian tracks as part of the Russian Circuit Racing Series weekends.[1]
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | 16 May | |||||
| R2 | 17 May | ||||||
| R3 | 18 May | ||||||
| 2 | R4 | 14 June | |||||
| R5 | 14 June | ||||||
| R6 | 15 June | ||||||
| 3 | R7 | 12 July | |||||
| R8 | 12 July | ||||||
| R9 | 13 July | ||||||
| 4 | R10 | 16 August | |||||
| R11 | 16 August | ||||||
| R12 | 17 August | ||||||
| 5 | R13 | 12 September | |||||
| R14 | 13 September | ||||||
| R15 | 14 September | ||||||
| 6 | R16 | 10 October | |||||
| R17 | 11 October | ||||||
| R18 | 12 October | ||||||
Championship standings
[edit source]- Qualifying points
Points are awarded to the top five fastest drivers in qualifying.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
- Race points
Points are awarded to the top fifteen classified finishers. Driver has to complete at least 75% of the race distance to be classified. Bonus point is awarded to the driver who set the fastest lap. The final classifications is obtained by summing up the scores on the 5 best results obtained during each of R1, R2 and R3 (15 races total). Races where driver was disqualified are not eligible for exclusion. [13]
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Drivers' Championship
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Winter series
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Race calendar
[edit source]On 16 September 2025 the calendar for the inaugural Winter Series was announced. All rounds are held as part of the Winter Circuit Series weekends at Sirius Autodrom which include events of Formula 4, Midjet and Shortcut race classes.
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | F4 Masters winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | 15 November | no participants | |||||
| R2 | 16 November | no participants | ||||||
| 2 | R3 | 5 December | ||||||
| R4 | 5 December | |||||||
| R5 | 6 December | |||||||
| R6 | 6 December | |||||||
| 3 | R7 | 24 January | no participants | |||||
| R8 | 24 January | no participants | ||||||
| R9 | 25 January | no finishers | ||||||
| R10 | 25 January | no finishers | ||||||
Championship standings
[edit source]- Qualifying points
Points are awarded to the top five fastest drivers in qualifying.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
- Race points
Points are awarded to the top fifteen classified finishers. Driver has to complete at least 75% of the race distance to be classified. Bonus point is awarded to the driver who set the fastest lap. All results except two worst ones are counted towards the championship. Races where driver was disqualified are not eligible for exclusion.
Race 1
[edit source]| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | FL |
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| Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Race 2
[edit source]| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | FL |
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| Points | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Drivers' Championship
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Sirotkin finished sixth in his only race.[14]
Footnotes
[edit source]- ↑ Platon Kostin and NI racing were the initial winners but were disqualified for not meeting minimum fuel limit.
- ↑ Artem Severiukhin and LADA Sport were the initial winners but were given a 30 second time penalty for false start.
- ↑ Kirill Kutskov and Prima Racing were the initial winners but were given a 1 second time penalty for forcing another driver off the track.
- ↑ Egor Nosov and SMP Racing were the initial winners but were given a 30 second time penalty for false start.
- ↑ The final classifications is obtained by summing up the scores on the 5 best results obtained during each of R1, R2 and R3 (15 races total). Numbers without parentheses are championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
- ↑ Egor Stepanov-Kim and Formula K Russia were the initial winners but were given a 10 second time penalty for false start.
- ↑ Sergey Sirotkin was highest finisher among F4 Masters participants but was not declared as a winner since he competed as a guest.
- ↑ Egor Stepanov-Kim and Formula K Russia were the initial winners but were given a 30 second time penalty for pre-start procedure infringement.
- ↑ Vladimir Verkholantsev and Formula K Russia were the initial winners but were given a 10 second time penalty for false start.
- ↑ All results except two worst ones are counted towards the championship. Numbers without parentheses are championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
References
[edit source]- 1 2 "Official Formula 4 competitions". smpkarting.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ↑ Wood, Ida (2025-06-17). "Severiukhin leads revived SMP F4 series after first two rounds". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2026-01-13.
- ↑ Wood, Ida (2025-06-17). "Severiukhin leads revived SMP F4 series after first two rounds". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
- ↑ Wood, Ida (2025-07-14). "Shevyrtalov stars at the NRing to take SMP F4 points lead". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
- ↑ Wood, Ida (2025-08-18). "Artem Severiukhin unbeaten on SMP F4's second Moscow Raceway visit". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
- ↑ Wood, Ida (2025-09-16). "Severiukhin back in SMP F4 lead at Kazan Ring, winter series launched". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
- ↑ Wood, Ida (2025-10-13). "Yaroslav Shevyrtalov claims SMP F4 title in Fort Grozny finale". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
- ↑ "Шаг вперед. На Сириус Автодроме возьмет старт новый гоночный проект – Зимняя кольцевая серия". SMP Karting (in Russian). Retrieved 2026-02-19.
- ↑ Wood, Ida (2025-11-17). "SMP F4's winter series kicks off at Russia's ex-F1 track in Sochi". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
- ↑ Wood, Ida (2025-12-08). "Ex-F1 driver and USFP2000 runner-up cameo in SMP F4 winter series". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
- ↑ "Яркий финал завершил дебютный сезон Зимней кольцевой серии!". SMP Karting (in Russian). Retrieved 2026-02-20.
- ↑ "1-й этап SMP Formula 4. Moscow Raceway" [1st stage of SMP Formula 4. Moscow Raceway]. Ящер Motorsport (in Russian). Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ↑ "Official regulations of SMP F4" (PDF). smpcarting.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ↑ Wood, Ida (2025-12-08). "Ex-F1 driver and USFP2000 runner-up cameo in SMP F4 winter series". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2026-02-20.