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
Russia ITECO Racing 11 Russia Maksim Orlov 1–3
14 Russia Tigran Bunatyan 4
27 Russia Timur Shagaliev 1–3
44 Russia Sofia Grinevich 4
50 Russia Ivan Pigaev 1–4
97 Russia Ivan Ovsienko 1–4
Russia Formula K Russia 17 Russia Ilya Dunin 1–4
33 Russia Andrey Sizov 1–4
74 Russia Vladimir Verkholantsev 1–4
78 Russia Tatiana Alekseeva 1–4
Russia Ilya Muromets 18 Russia Maksim Arkhangelskiy 1–4
79 Russia Platon Kostin 1–4
Russia Dronov Motorsport 19 Russia Egor Stepanov-Kim 1–4
73 Russia Marko Markozov 1–4
Russia NI racing 21 Russia Mikhail Yushenkov 1–4
77 Russia Pavel Abrosimov 1–4
Russia Texol Racing 22 Russia Lev Guba 1–4
45 Russia Yaroslav Karpov 1–4
Russia Dronov Motorsport Junior 34 Russia Ivan Bauer 1–4
38 Russia Amir Sabirov 1–4

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 Russia Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 16 May Russia Ivan Pigaev Russia Ivan Pigaev Russia Ivan Pigaev Russia ITECO Racing
R2 16 May Russia Vladimir Verkholantsev Russia Timur Shagaliev[N 1] Russia ITECO Racing
R3 17 May Russia Timur Shagaliev Russia Maksim Orlov Russia Maksim Orlov Russia ITECO Racing
R4 17 May Russia Platon Kostin Russia Platon Kostin Russia Ilya Muromets
2 R5 Russia Kazan Ring, Kazan 13 June Russia Vladimir Verkholantsev Russia Vladimir Verkholantsev Russia Platon Kostin Russia Ilya Muromets
R6 13 June Russia Maksim Orlov Russia Maksim Orlov Russia ITECO Racing Team
R7 14 June Russia Vladimir Verkholantsev Russia Vladimir Verkholantsev Russia Platon Kostin[N 2] Russia Ilya Muromets
R8 14 June Russia Platon Kostin Russia Platon Kostin Russia Ilya Muromets
3 R9 Russia Igora Drive, Priozersk 8 August Russia Ivan Pigaev Russia Ivan Pigaev Russia Vladimir Verkholantsev Russia Formula K Russia
R10 8 August Russia Ivan Pigaev Russia Ivan Pigaev Russia ITECO Racing
R11 9 August Russia Ivan Pigaev Russia Platon Kostin Russia Ivan Pigaev Russia ITECO Racing
R12 9 August Russia Ivan Pigaev Russia Egor Stepanov-Kim Russia Dronov Motorsport
4 R13 Russia NRING Circuit, Bogorodsk 29 August
R14 29 August
R15 30 August
R16 30 August
5 R17 Russia Fort Grozny Autodrom, Grozny 12 September
R18 12 September
R19 13 September
R20 13 September
6 R21 Russia 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 Russia Sirius Autodrom, Sochi 4 December
R2 5 December
R3 6 December
2 R4 Russia Sirius Autodrom, Sochi 24 December
R5 26 December
R6 27 December
3 R7 Russia 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. 1 2 "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.
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