2015–16 NACAM Formula 4 Championship

The 2015–16 NACAM Formula 4 Championship season was the inaugural season of the NACAM Formula 4 Championship. It began on 1 November 2015 with a non-championship round at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, and finished on 25 June 2016 at the same venue after seven triple-header rounds.[1][2]

Teams and drivers

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Team[3] No. Driver Class Rounds
  Telcel RPL Racing 2   José Sierra All *
24   Fernando Urrutia All *
79   Santiago Lozano All *
  Martiga EG[4] 3   Patricio O'Ward 3–6 *
16   Hugo Becerra, Jr. 1–2, 7
18   Alexis Carreño All *
  Ming Guyana 4   Calvin Ming 1–2 *
  Ram Racing 3–4, 7
8   Axel Matus All *
26   Luis Leeds *
35   Jorge Abed All
  MomoF4 5   Alexandra Mohnhaupt R All *
6   Moisés de la Vara R All *
7   Andrés Gutiérrez R 6–7
  Easy-Shop.com Racing     9   Daniel Forcadell 1, 3–7 *
  Vecchi Racing 57   Giancarlo Vecchi *
  Del Campo Motorsport 15 1
  Luis Urbina *
85   Luis Alfonso Pérez 3, 6–7
  Marespi Racing 20   Sergio "Marespi" Martínez 7 *
88   Luis Alfonso Pérez 1–2
  Rodríguez Racing 22   José Carlos Sandoval 1–5, 7
  J Bernal Racing 31   Nil Montserrat G 3, 5
  JV Motorsports 46   Irwin Vences *
  TCR Motorsport   Frankie Zack Boodram R 1–4
  IBC Racing 53   Alex Servín R 7
  CEDVA Motorsport 55   Jorge Contreras, Jr. 1–5 *
  Moreno Racing 58   Alejandro Moreno 1 *
Icon Class
R Rookie
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Drivers with an asterisk on their "Rounds" column took part in the non-championship opening round.

Race calendar and results

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The calendar was published on 19 July 2015.[1] All rounds were held in Mexico. The initially scheduled first round was held as a non-championship race in support of the Formula One World Championship. An updated version of the calendar was published on 22 November.[2] A more updated version was presented two days later during the official presentation of the first round.[5] In December 2015, the calendar was remade again, this time with seven official dates.[6] It was revised for a fourth time in February 2016,[7] and for a fifth time later in April.[8]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Rookie Winner
2015
NC Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
(Mexico City)
1 November   Luis Leeds   Patricio O'Ward   Luis Leeds   Ram Racing not awarded
1 R1 Autódromo Miguel E. Abed
(Amozoc, Puebla)
5 December   Axel Matus   José Sierra   Axel Matus   Ram Racing   Moisés de la Vara
R2 6 December   Giancarlo Vecchi   Giancarlo Vecchi   Del Campo Motorsport   Moisés de la Vara
R3   Axel Matus   José Sierra   Axel Matus   Ram Racing   Alexandra Mohnhaupt
2016
2 R1 Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes
(Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes)
30 January   Axel Matus   José Carlos Sandoval   Axel Matus   Ram Racing   Moisés de la Vara
R2 31 January   Axel Matus   Axel Matus   Ram Racing   Frankie Zack Boodram
R3   Axel Matus   José Sierra   Axel Matus   Ram Racing   Frankie Zack Boodram
3 R1 Parque Tangamanga
(San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí)
27 February   Axel Matus   Axel Matus   Axel Matus   Ram Racing   Moisés de la Vara
R2 28 February   José Carlos Sandoval   Moisés de la Vara   MomoF4   Moisés de la Vara
R3   Axel Matus   Axel Matus   Patricio O'Ward   Martiga EG   Alexandra Mohnhaupt
4 R1 Centro Dinámico Pegaso
(Toluca, Estado de México)
2 April   Patricio O'Ward   Patricio O'Ward   Patricio O'Ward   Martiga EG   Moisés de la Vara
R2 3 April   Patricio O'Ward   Patricio O'Ward   Martiga EG   Moisés de la Vara
R3   Patricio O'Ward   Patricio O'Ward   Patricio O'Ward   Martiga EG   Moisés de la Vara
5 R1 Autódromo Miguel E. Abed
(Amozoc, Puebla)
6 May   Axel Matus   Axel Matus   Axel Matus   Ram Racing   Moisés de la Vara
R2 8 May   Patricio O'Ward   Fernando Urrutia   Telcel RPL Racing   Alexandra Mohnhaupt
R3   Axel Matus   Fernando Urrutia   Axel Matus   Ram Racing   Moisés de la Vara
6 R1 Autódromo de Monterrey
(Apodaca, Nuevo León)
11 June   Axel Matus   Axel Matus   Patricio O'Ward   Martiga EG   Andrés Gutiérrez
R2 12 June   Patricio O'Ward   Patricio O'Ward   Martiga EG   Andrés Gutiérrez
R3   Axel Matus   Andrés Gutiérrez   Axel Matus   Ram Racing   Andrés Gutiérrez
7 R1 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
(Mexico City)
24 June   Andrés Gutiérrez   Axel Matus   Axel Matus   Ram Racing   Andrés Gutiérrez
R2 25 June   Axel Matus   Axel Matus   Ram Racing   Andrés Gutiérrez
R3   Andrés Gutiérrez   Axel Matus   Axel Matus   Ram Racing   Andrés Gutiérrez

Championship standings

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Points were awarded to every classified finisher in each race. Five points were awarded to the driver with the fastest time in qualifying. One point was awarded for fastest lap. The championship followed the same scoring rules as MSA Formula did in 2015.[9]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th+  R1 PP FL
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 5 1

Drivers' Championship

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Pos Driver PUE1 AGS SLP EDM PUE2 MTY MEX Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1   Axel Matus 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 11 2 9 DSQ 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 405
2   José Sierra 5 2 2 4 7 2 4 2 5 3 4 10 3 4 2 8 5 4 5 7 3 255
3   Patricio O'Ward 2 NC 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 247
4   Fernando Urrutia 2 15 11 2 3 5 3 4 3 5 2 2 6 1 4 5 Ret 5 6 6 7 239
5   José Carlos Sandoval 3 4 6 3 5 Ret 5 12 2 4 Ret 3 4 5 6 4 4 5 182
6   Santiago Lozano 9 8 10 5 2 3 7 Ret 6 7 Ret 7 Ret 10 5 4 4 6 7 5 6 144
7   Andrés Gutiérrez 3 3 3 2 2 2 105
8   Moisés de la Vara 10 7 Ret 6 12 10 8 1 Ret 6 5 4 7 11 8 9 7 9 10 9 Ret 100
9   Luis Alfonso Pérez 7 6 3 8 NC 6 6 3 10 6 Ret 7 8 3 9 100
10   Alexis Carreño 8 3 9 10 9 7 10 9 7 8 DNS Ret 5 6 7 7 6 10 Ret Ret 8 88
11   Calvin Ming 16 9 7 9 Ret 12 Ret 5 4 Ret 3 Ret 3 8 4 80
12   Jorge Contreras, Jr. 11 10 8 7 4 Ret 9 8 DSQ Ret 7 5 8 8 9 60
13   Alexandra Mohnhaupt 15 11 14 11 10 9 11 7 8 9 6 6 9 9 10 12 8 8 11 11 11 57
14   Hugo Becerra, Jr. 4 5 5 14 6 4 9 Ret DNS 55
15   Giancarlo Vecchi 6 1 4 46
16   Jorge Abed 12 13 13 13 11 11 12 10 9 10 8 8 10 12 12 11 10 12 12 12 14 29
17   Frankie Zack Boodram 17 14 15 12 8 8 Ret 11 DNS DNS DNS DNS 13
18   Daniel Forcadell 13 12 12 DSQ DSQ DSQ Ret Ret 9 DNS DSQ DSQ 10 9 11 13 Ret 10 11
19   Sergio Martínez 14 10 12 3
20   Alex Servín 15 13 13 3
21   Alejandro Moreno 14 DNS DNS 1
Drivers with non-American licence ineligible for championship points
  Nil Montserrat 13 6 12 Ret 7 11 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
PUE1 AGS SLP EDM PUE2 MTY MEX
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

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Pos Driver PUE1 AGS SLP EDM PUE2 MTY MEX Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1   Moisés de la Vara 10 7 Ret 6 12 10 8 1 Ret 6 5 4 7 11 8 9 7 9 10 9 Ret 423
2   Alexandra Mohnhaupt 15 11 14 11 10 9 11 7 8 9 6 6 9 9 10 12 8 8 11 11 11 388
3   Andrés Gutiérrez 3 3 3 2 2 2 166
4   Frankie Zack Boodram 16 14 15 12 8 8 Ret 11 DNS DNS DNS DNS 129
5   Alex Servín 15 13 13 39
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
PUE1 AGS SLP EDM PUE2 MTY MEX

Nations Cup

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Pos Nation PUE1 AGS SLP EDM PUE2 MTY MEX Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1   Colombia 9 8 10 5 2 3 7 Ret 6 7 Ret 7 Ret 10 5 4 4 6 7 5 6 422
2   Guyana 16 9 7 9 Ret 12 Ret 5 4 Ret 3 Ret 3 8 4 237
3   Trinidad and Tobago 16 14 15 12 8 8 Ret 11 DNS DNS DNS DNS 114
Pos Nation R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
PUE1 AGS SLP EDM PUE2 MTY MEX

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Calendario 2015–2016 FIA Fórmula 4 NACAM". NACAM Formula 4 Championship (in Spanish). 18 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Calendario 2015–2016 FIA Fórmula 4 NACAM". NACAM Formula 4 Championship (in Spanish). 22 November 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  3. ^ https://www.facebook.com/FIAF4Nacam/photos/pb.NC6083NC3752753NC30.-2207520000.NC446645962./NC63376NCNC80208387/?type=3&theater [dead link] [user-generated source]
  4. ^ Allen, Peter (2 November 2015). "Australian Luis Leeds wins Mexican Grand Prix F4 race". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Arranca el campeonato FIA Fórmula 4 Nacam en Amozoc" [FIA F4 Nacam Championship starts in Amozoc] (in Spanish). Infopits MX. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Circuitos FIA F4 Nacam para el primer semestre de 2016" [Nacam FIA F4 circuits for 2016's first semester] (in Spanish). FIA F4 Nacam. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  7. ^ "Revisión de los circuitos FIA F4 Nacam para el primer semestre de 2016" [Revised Nacam FIA F4 circuits for 2016's first semester] (in Spanish). FIA F4 Nacam. 12 February 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Revisión de los circuitos FIA F4 Nacam para el segundo trimestres de 2016" [Revised Nacam FIA F4 circuits for 2016's second trimester] (in Spanish). FIA F4 Nacam. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  9. ^ "Reglamento deportivo del campeonato FIA F4 Nacam 2015–16" [2015–16 FIA F4 Nacam Championship sporting regulations] (PDF) (in Spanish). OMDAI. 27 January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
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