2026 SMP F4 Championship

The 2026 SMP F4 Championship will be the second season of the relaunched SMP F4 Championship and seventh season overall after a five-year break. The season will start at the Moscow Raceway on 16 May and will finish at the same track on 11 October.[1]

The second season of SMP Formula 4's winter series will take place at Sirius Autodrom from December 4, 2026, to January 25, 2027.

Main series

Drivers

Team No. Driver Rounds
ITECO Racing 11 Maksim Orlov 1–2
27 Timur Shagaliev 1–2
50 Ivan Pigaev 1–2
97 Ivan Ovsienko 1–2
Formula K Russia 17 Ilya Dunin 1–2
33 Andrey Sizov 1–2
74 Vladimir Verkholantsev 1–2
78 Tatiana Alekseeva 1–2
Ilya Muromets 18 Maksim Arkhangelskiy 1–2
79 Platon Kostin 1–2
Dronov Motorsport 19 Egor Stepanov-Kim 1–2
73 Marko Markozov 1–2
NI racing 21 Mikhail Yushenkov 1–2
77 Pavel Abrosimov 1–2
Texol Racing 22 Lev Guba 1–2
45 Yaroslav Karpov 1–2
Dronov Motorsport Junior 34 Ivan Bauer 1–2
38 Amir Sabirov 1–2

Race calendar

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 Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 16 May Ivan Pigaev Ivan Pigaev Ivan Pigaev ITECO Racing
R2 16 May Vladimir Verkholantsev Timur Shagaliev[N 1] ITECO Racing
R3 17 May Timur Shagaliev Maksim Orlov Maksim Orlov ITECO Racing
R4 17 May Platon Kostin Platon Kostin Ilya Muromets
2 R5 Kazan Ring, Kazan 13 June Vladimir Verkholantsev Vladimir Verkholantsev Platon Kostin Ilya Muromets
R6 13 June Maksim Orlov Maksim Orlov ITECO Racing Team
R7 14 June Vladimir Verkholantsev Vladimir Verkholantsev Platon Kostin[N 2] Ilya Muromets
R8 14 June Platon Kostin Platon Kostin Ilya Muromets
3 R9 Igora Drive, Priozersk 8 August
R10 8 August
R11 9 August
R12 9 August
4 R13 NRING Circuit, Bogorodsk 29 August
R14 29 August
R15 30 August
R16 30 August
5 R17 Fort Grozny Autodrom, Grozny 12 September
R18 12 September
R19 13 September
R20 13 September
6 R21 Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 10 October
R22 10 October
R23 11 October
R24 11 October

Championship standings

Qualifying points

Points are awarded to the top six fastest drivers in qualifying.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th 
Points 6 5 4 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. The final classifications is obtained by summing up the scores on the 5 best results obtained during each of points sessions (Q1, Q2, R1, R2, R3 and R4 (10 qualifying and 20 races total). Sessions where driver was disqualified are not eligible for exclusion.[2]

Races Position, points per race
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
Races 1 & 3 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Races 2 & 4 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers' Championship

Winter series

Race calendar

All rounds will be held as part of the Winter Circuit Series weekends at Sirius Autodrom.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team F4 Masters winner
1 R1 Sirius Autodrom, Sochi 4 December
R2 5 December
R3 6 December
2 R4 Sirius Autodrom, Sochi 24 December
R5 26 December
R6 27 December
3 R7 Sirius Autodrom, Sochi 22 January
R8 23 January
R9 24 January
R10 25 January

Footnotes

  1. ^ Maksim Orlov was the initial winner but was given a 10 second time penalty for false start.
  2. ^ Vladimir Verkholantsev was the initial winner but was given a 3 second time penalty for changing lines during defence.
  3. ^ The final classifications is obtained by summing up the scores on the 5 best results obtained during each of points sessions (Q1, Q2, R1, R2, R3 and R4 (10 qualifying and 20 races total). Numbers without parentheses are championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

References

  1. ^ a b "Official Formula 4 competitions". smpkarting.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 24 April 2026.
  2. ^ "Official regulations of SMP F4" (PDF). smpcarting.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 14 May 2026.