2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship
The 2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship was the fourth season of the ADAC Formula 4, an open-wheel motor racing series. It was a multi-event motor racing championship that featured drivers competing in 1.4 litre Tatuus-Abarth single seat race cars that conformed to the technical regulations for the championship. It began on 14 April at Oschersleben and finished on 23 September at Hockenheim after seven triple header rounds.
The championship was dominated by US Racing – CHRS driver Lirim Zendeli, who secured the title after race three at the Nürburgring.[1] He extended his wins tally to ten with victory in the season finale at Hockenheim.[2] His success was key for US Racing – CHRS teams' title. Van Amersfoort Racing driver Liam Lawson lost to Zendeli by 114 points with wins at Lausitzring and Spielberg. Prema Theodore Racing driver Enzo Fittipaldi was third with just one win, at Spielberg. Lawson's teammates Frederik Vesti and Charles Weerts were victorious at Hockenheim and Nürburgring, completing the top five in the standings. David Schumacher won the rookie title, defeating fellow German driver Niklas Krütten by 31 points.[3]
Teams and drivers
[edit | edit source]Race calendar
[edit | edit source]Venues for the 2018 season were announced on 19 December 2017 with the first Hockenheim round and the Lausitzring round as 2018 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters support events, while other event were scheduled to support 2018 ADAC GT Masters.[24] The calendar was altered on 26 March 2018, filling the slot in the 2018 German Grand Prix support package, making a debut for ADAC Formula 4 in the Formula One weekend programme and becoming the first FIA Formula 4 race in the Formula One weekend slot in Europe.[25]
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Rookie winner | |
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| 1 | R1 | Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben | 14 April | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Austria Mick Wishofer | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Germany US Racing– CHRS | Germany David Schumacher |
| R2 | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Germany US Racing– CHRS | Brazil Gianluca Petecof | |||
| R3 | 15 April | Austria Mick Wishofer | United Kingdom Olli Caldwell | Italy Prema Theodore Racing | Germany Niklas Krütten | |||
| 2 | R1 | Germany Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 5 May | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Germany US Racing– CHRS | Germany David Schumacher |
| R2 | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Germany US Racing– CHRS | Netherlands Joey Alders | |||
| R3 | 6 May | Austria Mick Wishofer | Austria Mick Wishofer | Germany US Racing– CHRS | Germany Niklas Krütten | |||
| 3 | R1 | Germany Lausitzring, Klettwitz | 19 May | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi | New Zealand Liam Lawson | Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing | |
| R2 | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Belgium Charles Weerts | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Germany US Racing – CHRS | Germany David Schumacher | |||
| R3 | 20 May | Denmark Frederik Vesti | New Zealand Liam Lawson | Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing | Germany Niklas Krütten | |||
| 4 | R1 | Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg | 9 June | Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi | Belgium Charles Weerts | Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi | Italy Prema Theodore Racing | Germany David Schumacher |
| R2 | Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi | Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Germany US Racing– CHRS | Germany Niklas Krütten | |||
| R3 | 10 June | Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi | New Zealand Liam Lawson | Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing | Germany Niklas Krütten | |||
| 5 | R1 | Germany Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 21 July | Denmark Frederik Vesti | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Denmark Frederik Vesti | Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing | Germany David Schumacher |
| R2 | 22 July | New Zealand Liam Lawson | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Germany US Racing– CHRS | Australia Jack Doohan | ||
| 6 | R1 | Germany Nürburgring, Nürburg | 4 August | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Denmark Frederik Vesti | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Germany US Racing– CHRS | Germany David Schumacher |
| R2 | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Denmark Frederik Vesti | Denmark Frederik Vesti | Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing | Germany David Schumacher | |||
| R3 | 5 August | Australia Jack Doohan | Germany Niklas Krütten | Germany ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg | Germany Niklas Krütten | |||
| 7 | R1 | Germany Hockenheimring, Hockenheim | 22 September | New Zealand Liam Lawson | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Belgium Charles Weerts | Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing | Germany David Schumacher |
| R2 | New Zealand Liam Lawson | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Germany US Racing– CHRS | Brazil Caio Collet | |||
| R3 | 23 September | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Germany Lirim Zendeli | Germany US Racing– CHRS | Germany Leon Köhler | |||
Championship standings
[edit | edit source]Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' Cup
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Notes:
- † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Rookies' Cup
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Driver | OSC Germany |
HOC1 Germany |
LAU Germany |
RBR Austria |
HOC2 Germany |
NÜR Germany |
HOC3 Germany |
Pts | |||||||||||||
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| 1 | Germany David Schumacher | 5 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 332 |
| 2 | Germany Niklas Krütten | 9 | 9 | 5 | Ret | 8 | 2 | Ret | 12 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | Ret | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 301 |
| 3 | Brazil Gianluca Petecof | 8 | 6 | 15 | Ret | 18 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 7 | Ret | 17 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 2 | Ret | 7 | 4 | 232 |
| 4 | Netherlands Joey Alders | Ret | 11 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 11 | Ret | 8 | 14 | 11 | Ret | 10 | 9 | 6 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 15 | 202 |
| 5 | Germany Leon Köhler | 12 | 10 | 16 | Ret | 12 | 16 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 17 | Ret | 10 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 3 | 196 |
| 6 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 14 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 160 | ||||
| 7 | Germany Sebastian Estner | 15 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 17 | Ret | 13 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 118 | ||||||
| 8 | Australia Jack Doohan | 8 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 101 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Brazil Caio Collet | 14 | 5 | 6 | 49 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Belgium Amaury Cordeel | Ret | Ret | 15 | 21 | 17 | 14 | |||||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | OSC Germany |
HOC1 Germany |
LAU Germany |
RBR Austria |
HOC2 Germany |
NÜR Germany |
HOC3 Germany |
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Teams' Cup
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | Points |
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| 1 | Germany US Racing– CHRS | 562 |
| 2 | Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing | 521 |
| 3 | Italy Prema Theodore Racing | 416 |
| 4 | Germany ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg | 275 |
| 5 | Austria Neuhauser Racing | 104 |
| 6 | Finland KIC Driving Academy | 51 |
| 7 | Switzerland KDC Racing | 49 |
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