2016 Formula 4 Sudamericana season

Facundo Garese (left), 2016 South American Formula 4 champion
Gran Premio Coronación, final round of the 2016 Fórmula 4 Sudamericana

The 2016 Fórmula 4 Sudamericana Championship season is the third season of the Formula 4 Sudamericana. It began on 3 April at the Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini in Uruguay, and finished on 4 December at the same venue, after ten rounds at three venues in Uruguay.[1]

Drivers

No. Driver Rounds
7 Argentina Hernán Bueno 2–5
8 Chile Pedro Devaud 9–10
10 Brazil Leandro Guedes 3, 5, 8–9
12 Costa Rica Richard Vargas 1
20 Peru Rodrigo Pflucker 9–10
28 Uruguay Santiago Aguiar 1–5, 10
30 Chile Max Soto Zurita 1
33 Uruguay Facundo Garese All
34 Brazil Juan Vieira 2–3
36 Argentina Gianfranco Collino 3
Uruguay Nicolás Collazo 8
42 Chile Lorenzo Mauriziano 1–2
45 Argentina Baltazar Leguizamón 1–3
52 Brazil Pedro Caland 1
54 Costa Rica Fernando Mora 1–4
60 Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella All
62 Uruguay Marcelo Bresciani 4–7, 9–10
63 Uruguay Sebastián Cabarcos 8
69 Argentina Nicolás Dezzuto 7
78 Argentina Mateo Maffioly 6–7
80 Uruguay Facundo Ferra 4–10
84 Uruguay Andrés de Araujo 1–2, 4–6, 9
86 Uruguay Federico Moreira 4–7
87 Uruguay Diego Guggiari 2–4
92 Uruguay Pablo Falchi 5–10
97 Brazil Bruna Tomaselli All
99 Uruguay Leonardo Esmerode 1–5
115 Argentina Sami Mendaña 3–5
122 Argentina Andrés Jakos 7
144 Uruguay Agustín Cejas 2–6, 8–10
162 Uruguay Nicolás Martínez 4–10

Race calendar and results

The calendar was made public on 21 March. As opposed to the previous season, where races were held in Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil, the 2016 season was consisted of ten races held solely in Uruguay to reduce costs.[1] The grid for race 2 is determined by the finishing order of race 1, but with the top 6 reversed. Double points were awarded for both round 10 races.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver
1 R1 Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar
(No. 3 layout)
3 April Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella
R2 Uruguay Facundo Garese Argentina Baltazar Leguizamón
2 R1 Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar[N 1]
(No. 3 layout)
24 April Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella Uruguay Facundo Garese Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella
R2 Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella
3 R1 Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar
(No. 7 layout)
22 May Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella Uruguay Facundo Garese Uruguay Facundo Garese
R2 Argentina Hernán Bueno Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella
4 R1 Polideportivo Ciudad de Mercedes, Mercedes[N 1] 19 June Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella
R2 Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella
5 R1 Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar
(No. 3 layout)
24 July Uruguay Facundo Garese Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella Uruguay Facundo Garese
R2 Uruguay Facundo Garese Uruguay Facundo Garese
6 R1 Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar
(No. 6 layout)
21 August Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella Uruguay Agustín Cejas Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella
R2 Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella Uruguay Facundo Garese
7 R1 Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar
(No. 7 layout)
11 September Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella Uruguay Pablo Falchi Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella
R2 Uruguay Facundo Garese Uruguay Facundo Garese
8 R1 Autódromo Eduardo Prudêncio Cabrera, Rivera 2 October Uruguay Nicolás Collazo Uruguay Facundo Ferra Uruguay Nicolás Collazo
R2 Uruguay Nicolás Collazo Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella
9 R1 Polideportivo Ciudad de Mercedes, Mercedes 6 November Peru Rodrigo Pflucker Peru Rodrigo Pflucker Peru Rodrigo Pflucker
R2 Peru Rodrigo Pflucker Uruguay Facundo Ferra
10 R1 Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, El Pinar
(No. 3 layout)
4 December Uruguay Pablo Falchi Peru Rodrigo Pflucker Peru Rodrigo Pflucker
R2 Peru Rodrigo Pflucker Peru Rodrigo Pflucker
  1. ^ a b The second round of the championship was scheduled to be held at the Polideportivo Ciudad de Mercedes, but due to a tornado that devastated the nearby city of Dolores, it was held instead at the Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini. It was later announced that Mercedes would held its round at the fourth event.

Championship standings

Points system

Points were awarded as follows:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R1 PP FL
Races 1–18 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1 1
Races 19–20 50 36 30 24 20 16 12 8 4 2 1 1

Fórmula 4 Sudamericana

Pos Driver ELP1 ELP2 ELP3 MRC1 ELP4 ELP5 ELP6 RIV MRC2 ELP7 Pts
1 Uruguay Facundo Garese 4 2 2 2 1 Ret 2 3 1 1 2 1 5 1 5 2 3 3 Ret 8 324
2 Uruguay Juan Manuel Casella 1 Ret 1 1 DNS 1 1 1 8 4 1 7 1 10 Ret 1 2 2 Ret 4 320
3 Uruguay Facundo Ferra Ret 5 Ret Ret 4 2 2 2 3 7 5 1 4 7 169
4 Brazil Bruna Tomaselli 6 3 3 6 3 7 6 4 10 Ret 8 3 7 8 2 6 11 10 6 9 164
5 Uruguay Pablo Falchi 3 2 5 5 3 6 6 8 4 9 8 2 148
6 Peru Rodrigo Pflucker 1 4 1 1 142
7 Uruguay Nicolás Martínez 8 7 2 10 7 DSQ 9 3 8 4 9 7 5 3 116
8 Uruguay Agustín Cejas Ret 7 8 5 11 Ret Ret 5 3 DSQ 4 5 7 DSQ 2 10 112
9 Argentina Sami Mendaña 4 4 3 2 6 3 80
10 Argentina Baltazar Leguizamón 2 1 4 3 Ret 9 72
11 Uruguay Marcelo Bresciani 9 10 Ret Ret 6 6 Ret 7 10 5 Ret 5 56
12 Uruguay Santiago Aguiar Ret 8 Ret 10 11 6 WD WD 9 7 7 6 51
13 Chile Pedro Devaud 6 6 3 Ret 46
14 Uruguay Nicolás Collazo 1 3 42
15 Brazil Leandro Guedes 6 3 Ret 8 7 10 8 8 42
16 Argentina Hernán Bueno Ret Ret 7 2 7 8 7 Ret 41
17 Uruguay Diego Guggiari 7 8 5 Ret 5 6 38
18 Uruguay Andrés de Araujo 7 6 5 Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 12 11 37
19 Uruguay Federico Moreira 10 9 4 6 DSQ EX 6 11 31
20 Chile Lorenzo Mauriziano 3 4 Ret Ret 27
21 Costa Rica Fernando Mora Ret 5 8 4 Ret DNS Ret Ret 26
22 Argentina Andrés Jakos 4 4 24
23 Brazil Juan Vieira 6 5 9 8 24
24 Argentina Gianfranco Collino 2 Ret 18
25 Argentina Mateo Maffioly 9 4 Ret 9 16
26 Costa Rica Richard Vargas 5 7 16
27 Uruguay Leonardo Esmerode DNS Ret Ret 9 10 Ret WD WD 5 9 15
28 Argentina Nicolás Dezzuto 8 5 14
29 Uruguay Sebastián Cabarcos 9 9 4
- Chile Max Soto Zurita WD WD -
- Brazil Pedro Caland WD WD -
Pos Driver ELP1 ELP2 ELP3 MRC1 ELP4 ELP5 ELP6 RIV MRC2 ELP7 Pts
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

References

  1. ^ a b "La F4 Sudamericana da a conocer el calendario de la temporada 2016" [F4 Sudamericana announces 2016 season calendar] (in Spanish). 21 March 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2016.