2016–17 NACAM Formula 4 Championship

The 2016–17 NACAM Formula 4 Championship season was the second season of the NACAM Formula 4 Championship. It began on 24 September 2016 at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas and ended on 18 June 2017 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City after eight triple-header rounds.[1]

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Mexico Telcel RPL Racing[2] 2 Mexico José Sierra All
33 Uruguay Facundo Garese 6
Mexico Ricardo Pérez 7–8
58 Mexico Luis Alfonso Pérez 1–5
79 Colombia Santiago Lozano 1–5, 8
Mexico Ram Racing[2] 4 Guyana Calvin Ming All
7 Mexico Andrés Gutiérrez 2
8 Mexico Manuel Sulaimán R 1, 3–6
Mexico Pipo Villa 7
10 Mexico Jorge Herrera R 1–3, 8
17 Dominican Republic Michael Santos R 8
Mexico MomoF4 Team[2] 5 Mexico Alexandra Mohnhaupt All
6 Mexico Moisés de la Vara 1
7 Mexico Andrés Gutiérrez 1
45 Argentina Baltazar Leguizamón 2
57 Mexico Giancarlo Vecchi 2–3
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood G 5
66 Mexico Gustavo Jiménez Pons 4, 8
88 Colombia Juan José Díaz R 8
Mexico Scuderia Martiga EG[2] 6 Mexico Moisés de la Vara 2–8
11 United States Kory Enders 8
16 Mexico Alejandro Berumen R 1–5
18 Mexico Alexis Carreño All
21 Mexico Marcelo García R 6
Mexico David Martínez 7
Mexico Easy-Shop.com Racing[2] 9 Mexico Daniel Forcadell 1, 3–8
17 Mexico José Manuel Vilalta 2
Mexico Marespi Racing 20 Mexico Sergio Martínez 2, 5
Panama J Bernal Racing[2] 26 Australia Luis Leeds 2
31 Panama Marcus Vario R 1
57 Mexico Giancarlo Vecchi 6
Mexico APYCSA Racing[2] 35 Mexico Jorge Abed 1–2
74 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi R 2
85 Mexico Álex Servín R 3–8
Mexico CEDVA Racing 55 Mexico Jorge Contreras 2
Mexico Rached Racing 71 Mexico Samira Rached 8
Icon Class
R Rookie
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race calendar and results

The calendar was published on 28 July 2015.[1] For the first time, the series expanded outside Mexico, hosting its opening round at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin. The series also hosted a full-championship round in support of the 2016 Mexican GP round, as opposed to the exhibition round held the previous season, and also extended its territory to Southeastern Mexico by holding two back-to-back rounds in the states of Yucatán and Quintana Roo.[3]

A mid-season revision of the calendar was made after the Southeastern events had taken place.[4]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Rookie Winner
2016
1 R1 United States Circuit of the Americas
(Austin, Texas) 		25 September Mexico José Sierra Mexico Andrés Gutiérrez Mexico José Sierra Mexico Telcel RPL Racing Mexico Jorge Herrera
R2 Mexico Manuel Sulaimán Mexico Andrés Gutiérrez Mexico MomoF4 Team Mexico Jorge Herrera
R3 Mexico Alexis Carreño Mexico Andrés Gutiérrez Mexico Andrés Gutiérrez Mexico MomoF4 Team Mexico Manuel Sulaimán
2 R1 Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
(Mexico City) 		29 October Mexico Andrés Gutiérrez Mexico Alexis Carreño Mexico Alexis Carreño Mexico Scuderia Martiga EG Mexico Alejandro Berumen
R2 30 October Mexico José Sierra Guyana Calvin Ming Mexico Ram Racing Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi
3 R1 Mexico Autódromo Miguel E. Abed
(Amozoc, Puebla) 		3 December Mexico José Sierra Mexico José Sierra Mexico José Sierra Mexico Telcel RPL Racing Mexico Manuel Sulaimán
R2 4 December Mexico José Sierra Mexico Luis Alfonso Pérez Mexico Telcel RPL Racing Mexico Manuel Sulaimán
R3 Mexico José Sierra Mexico Giancarlo Vecchi Mexico Giancarlo Vecchi Mexico MomoF4 Team Mexico Manuel Sulaimán
2017
4 R1 Mexico Autódromo Emerson Fittipaldi [es]
(Mérida, Yucatán) 		28 January Guyana Calvin Ming Guyana Calvin Ming Guyana Calvin Ming Mexico Ram Racing Mexico Manuel Sulaimán
R2 29 January Mexico Moisés de la Vara Guyana Calvin Ming Mexico Ram Racing Mexico Manuel Sulaimán
R3 Guyana Calvin Ming Mexico Luis Alfonso Pérez Mexico José Sierra Mexico Telcel RPL Racing Mexico Alejandro Berumen
5 R1 Mexico Autódromo Internacional de Cancún [es]
(Cancún, Quintana Roo) 		4 February Guyana Calvin Ming Guyana Calvin Ming Guyana Calvin Ming Mexico Ram Racing Mexico Manuel Sulaimán
R2 5 February Mexico Manuel Sulaimán Mexico José Sierra Mexico Telcel RPL Racing Mexico Manuel Sulaimán
R3 Guyana Calvin Ming Guyana Calvin Ming Mexico Moisés de la Vara Mexico Scuderia Martiga EG Mexico Manuel Sulaimán
6 R1 Mexico Autódromo de Monterrey
(Apodaca, Nuevo León) 		6 May Mexico Moisés de la Vara Mexico Moisés de la Vara Guyana Calvin Ming Mexico Ram Racing Mexico Manuel Sulaimán
R2 7 May Uruguay Facundo Garese Uruguay Facundo Garese Mexico Telcel RPL Racing no finishers
R3 Mexico Moisés de la Vara Mexico José Sierra Mexico Moisés de la Vara Mexico Scuderia Martiga EG Mexico Manuel Sulaimán
7 R1 Mexico Parque Tangamanga
(San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí) 		20 May Guyana Calvin Ming Guyana Calvin Ming Guyana Calvin Ming Mexico Ram Racing Mexico Álex Servín
R2 21 May Mexico Alexis Carreño Mexico Alexis Carreño Mexico Scuderia Martiga EG no finishers
R3 Guyana Calvin Ming Guyana Calvin Ming Guyana Calvin Ming Mexico Ram Racing Mexico Álex Servín
8 R1 Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
(Mexico City) 		17 June Mexico José Sierra Mexico Moisés de la Vara Mexico Moisés de la Vara Mexico Scuderia Martiga EG Colombia Juan José Díaz
R2 18 June Colombia Santiago Lozano Guyana Calvin Ming Mexico Ram Racing Dominican Republic Michael Santos
R3 Mexico Moisés de la Vara Mexico Moisés de la Vara Mexico José Sierra Mexico Telcel RPL Racing Colombia Juan José Díaz

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. For this season, the series changed its scoring system following the unified FIA F4 rulebook.[5]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver COTA
United States 		AHR1
Mexico 		PUE
Mexico 		MER
Mexico 		CAN
Mexico 		MTY
Mexico 		SLP
Mexico 		AHR2
Mexico 		Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Guyana Calvin Ming 3 3 6 3 1 3 3 2 1 1 Ret 1 2 2 1 2 9 1 2 1 4 1 4 399
2 Mexico José Sierra 1 Ret 3 2 2 1 10 5 4 2 1 2 1 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 3 10 1 336
3 Mexico Alexis Carreño 6 8 2 1 3 7 5 6 7 3 9 6 9 9 3 6 2 3 1 3 5 2 10 254
4 Mexico Moisés de la Vara 7 6 4 8 Ret 4 9 9 5 5 2 7 7 1 8 7 1 2 3 2 1 4 8 248
5 Mexico Luis Alfonso Pérez 9 Ret 9 4 4 5 1 3 6 4 3 3 4 3 155
6 Mexico Manuel Sulaimán 10 5 5 6 2 4 2 6 Ret 4 5 5 2 8 4 151
7 Mexico Alexandra Mohnhaupt 8 7 8 6 Ret 8 7 Ret Ret 9 5 8 6 7 9 4 7 6 5 5 6 3 7 141
8 Colombia Santiago Lozano 5 2 Ret Ret Ret 9 DNS 8 3 8 4 9 3 6 2 5 3 133
9 Mexico Giancarlo Vecchi Ret 5 2 4 1 5 5 6 93
10 Mexico Andrés Gutiérrez 2 1 1 Ret 10 69
11 Mexico Jorge Herrera 4 4 7 Ret Ret 10 6 7 Ret 11 9 47
12 Mexico Daniel Forcadell 11 9 11 12 8 10 8 10 7 10 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 5 7 7 8 8 NC 47
13 Mexico Alejandro Berumen 12 10 Ret 9 7 11 Ret DNS 9 7 6 5 8 8 43
14 Mexico Alex Servín Ret 11 DNS Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 10 10 10 7 8 6 10 9 Ret 28
15 Colombia Juan José Díaz 7 7 5 22
16 Mexico Sergio Martínez 5 6 Ret 10 10 20
17 Dominican Republic Michael Santos 9 6 6 18
18 Mexico Marcelo García 7 9 8 12
19 Mexico José Manuel Vilalta 7 11 6
20 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Ret 8 4
21 Mexico Jorge Contreras 10 9 3
22 Mexico Gustavo Jiménez Pons 10 11 10 Ret 12 NC 2
23 Mexico Jorge Abed Ret 11 10 Ret Ret 1
Panama Marcus Vario Ret NC NC 0
Mexico Samira Rached DNS Ret NC 0
Mexico Ricardo Pérez DNS DNS DNS Ret Ret Ret 0
Argentina Baltazar Leguizamón DNS DNS 0
Drivers ineligible for championship points
Uruguay Facundo Garese 6 1 3 0
United States Kory Enders DNS Ret 2 0
Mexico Pipo Villa DNS Ret Ret 0
Mexico David Martínez DNS Ret Ret 0
Australia Luis Leeds Ret Ret 0
Republic of Ireland Charlie Eastwood DNS Ret DNS 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
COTA
United States 		AHR1
Mexico 		PUE
Mexico 		CAN
Mexico 		MER
Mexico 		MTY
Mexico 		SLP
Mexico 		AHR2
Mexico
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookie Cup

Pos Driver COTA
United States 		AHR1
Mexico 		PUE
Mexico 		CAN
Mexico 		MER
Mexico 		MTY
Mexico 		SLP
Mexico 		AHR2
Mexico 		Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Mexico Manuel Sulaimán 10 5 5 6 2 4 2 6 Ret 4 5 5 2 8 4 336
2 Mexico Alejandro Berumen 12 10 Ret 9 8 11 Ret DNS 9 7 6 5 8 8 203
3 Mexico Alex Servin Ret 11 DNS Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 10 10 10 7 8 6 10 9 Ret 183
4 Mexico Jorge Herrera 4 4 7 Ret Ret 8 6 8 Ret 11 9 149
5 Colombia Juan José Díaz 7 7 5 68
6 Dominican Republic Michael Santos 9 6 6 61
7 Mexico Marcelo García 7 9 8 54
8 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Ret 6 25
9 Panama Marcus Vario Ret NC NC 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
COTA
United States 		AHR1
Mexico 		PUE
Mexico 		CAN
Mexico 		MER
Mexico 		MTY
Mexico 		SLP
Mexico 		AHR2
Mexico

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Calendario 2016–2017 FIA Fórmula 4 NACAM". NACAM Formula 4 Championship (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Los equipos ya se encuentran instalados en el Circuito de las Américas" [The teams are already located at the Circuit of the Americas]. Sportcar.mx (in Spanish). 23 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Fórmula 4 NACAM arranca en Austin y será la primera vez puntuable en el GP México F1" [NACAM Formula 4 starts in Austin and will give championship points at the F1 Mexican GP]. Sportcar.mx (in Spanish). 27 July 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Calendario FIA F4 Nacam 2016/2017" [2016/2017 Nacam FIA F4 calendar] (in Spanish). FIA F4 Nacam. Archived from the original on 2017-02-22. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  5. ^ "2016 FIA Formula 4 Sporting Regulation (Applicable to the 2016-2017 FIA Formula 4 NACAM Championship)" (PDF). OMDAI. Retrieved 24 September 2016.