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.

2018 ADAC Formula 4

Drivers' Champion: Lirim Zendeli
Teams' Champion: US Racing-CHRS
Rookies' Champion: David Schumacher

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2017

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2019

Parent series:
ADAC GT Masters
ADAC support series:
ADAC TCR German Series
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany

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

Team No. Driver Status Rounds Van Amersfoort Racing 2 Frederik Vesti[4] All 21 Charles Weerts[5] All 22 Lucas Alecco Roy[6] All 23 Joey Alders[7] R All 30 Liam Lawson[8] All Prema Theodore Racing 3 Caio Collet[9] R 7 5 Gianluca Petecof[10] R All 33 Jack Doohan[11] R 2, 5–6 64 Olli Caldwell[12] All 74 Enzo Fittipaldi[13] All ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 4 Niklas Krütten[14] R All 6 Ido Cohen[15] R 1–6 26 Leon Köhler[16] R All 34 Amaury Cordeel R 4–5 US Racing– CHRS 9 Petr Ptáček[17] G 7 27 David Schumacher[18] R All 28 Mick Wishofer[4] All 44 Lirim Zendeli[4] All 95 Tom Beckhäuser[4] All KIC Driving Academy 10 Konsta Lappalainen[19] 1, 3, 5–6 69 Jesse Salmenautio[19] G 1, 5 Jenzer Motorsport 11 Giorgio Carrara[20] G 5 12 Federico Malvestiti[20] G 5 16 Grégoire Saucy[20] G 5 KDC Racing[21] 13 Aaron di Comberti[22] 1–3 14 Leonardo Lorandi[23] 1–3 Neuhauser Racing 80 Andreas Estner[4] 1–5 81 Sebastian Estner[4] R 1–5 Václav Šafář 98 Václav Šafář[20] G 5

Icon Legend R Rookie G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race calendar

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
1	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben	14 April	Lirim Zendeli	Mick Wishofer	Lirim Zendeli	US Racing– CHRS	David Schumacher
	R2			Lirim Zendeli	Lirim Zendeli	Lirim Zendeli	US Racing– CHRS	Gianluca Petecof
	R3		15 April		Mick Wishofer	Olli Caldwell	Prema Theodore Racing	Niklas Krütten
2	R1	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	5 May	Lirim Zendeli	Lirim Zendeli	Lirim Zendeli	US Racing– CHRS	David Schumacher
	R2			Lirim Zendeli	Lirim Zendeli	Lirim Zendeli	US Racing– CHRS	Joey Alders
	R3		6 May		Mick Wishofer	Mick Wishofer	US Racing– CHRS	Niklas Krütten
3	R1	Lausitzring, Klettwitz	19 May	Lirim Zendeli	Enzo Fittipaldi	Liam Lawson	Van Amersfoort Racing	Ido Cohen
	R2			Lirim Zendeli	Charles Weerts	Lirim Zendeli	US Racing – CHRS	David Schumacher
	R3		20 May		Frederik Vesti	Liam Lawson	Van Amersfoort Racing	Niklas Krütten
4	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	9 June	Enzo Fittipaldi	Charles Weerts	Enzo Fittipaldi	Prema Theodore Racing	David Schumacher
	R2			Enzo Fittipaldi	Enzo Fittipaldi	Lirim Zendeli	US Racing– CHRS	Niklas Krütten
	R3		10 June		Enzo Fittipaldi	Liam Lawson	Van Amersfoort Racing	Niklas Krütten
5	R1	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	21 July	Frederik Vesti	Lirim Zendeli	Frederik Vesti	Van Amersfoort Racing	David Schumacher
	R2		22 July	Liam Lawson	Lirim Zendeli	Lirim Zendeli	US Racing– CHRS	Jack Doohan
6	R1	Nürburgring, Nürburg	4 August	Lirim Zendeli	Frederik Vesti	Lirim Zendeli	US Racing– CHRS	David Schumacher
	R2			Lirim Zendeli	Frederik Vesti	Frederik Vesti	Van Amersfoort Racing	David Schumacher
	R3		5 August		Jack Doohan	Niklas Krütten	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	Niklas Krütten
7	R1	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	22 September	Liam Lawson	Lirim Zendeli	Charles Weerts	Van Amersfoort Racing	David Schumacher
	R2			Liam Lawson	Lirim Zendeli	Lirim Zendeli	US Racing– CHRS	Caio Collet
	R3		23 September		Lirim Zendeli	Lirim Zendeli	US Racing– CHRS	Leon Köhler

Championship standings

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
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' Cup

Pos Driver OSC HOC1 LAU RBR HOC2 NÜR HOC3 Pts 1 Lirim Zendeli 1 1 Ret 1 1 3 11 1 4 4 1 5 3 1 1 2 5 7 1 1 348 2 Liam Lawson 3 17 17 2 2 6 1 2 1 3 6 1 2 18 6 15 14 2 3 16 234 3 Enzo Fittipaldi 4 3 2 5 Ret 7 2 6 6 1 2 18 4 3 2 3 3 5 Ret 14 223 4 Frederik Vesti 6 2 4 6 3 8 Ret Ret 5 2 5 2 1 11 3 1 6 3 Ret 13 211 5 Charles Weerts Ret 4 3 7 4 4 10 5 2 5 Ret 8 8 8 7 5 4 1 4 2 195 6 Mick Wishofer 2 Ret 7 Ret 7 1 3 4 3 9 3 6 14 Ret 8 16 Ret 4 2 8 160 7 Olli Caldwell 10 8 1 3 15 10 Ret 3 7 8 4 4 Ret 2 Ret 9 7 10 12 9 125 8 Niklas Krütten 9 9 5 Ret 8 2 Ret 12 8 12 7 3 Ret 9 9 7 1 12 8 7 108 9 David Schumacher 5 13 13 4 9 15 9 7 18 6 Ret 7 5 12 4 4 8 6 14 5 103 10 Gianluca Petecof 8 6 15 Ret 18 9 Ret Ret 9 7 Ret 17 6 7 5 6 2 Ret 7 4 92 11 Joey Alders Ret 11 6 Ret 5 11 Ret 8 14 11 Ret 10 9 6 Ret 10 Ret 9 10 15 44 12 Jack Doohan 8 6 5 12 4 Ret Ret 12 35 13 Leon Köhler 12 10 16 Ret 12 16 Ret 10 10 14 9 11 17 Ret 10 8 Ret Ret 6 3 33 14 Andreas Estner 13 5 Ret 9 16 Ret 5 Ret 19 17 8 9 16 14 28 15 Konsta Lappalainen 7 DSQ 11 4 15 11 20 22† 12 13 11 19 16 Caio Collet 14 5 6 18 17 Leonardo Lorandi Ret 7 14 11 Ret 18 6 11 Ret 14 18 Lucas Alecco Roy 16 12 8 Ret 11 12 Ret 9 15 10 Ret 16 10 21† 13 12 10 13 13 11 11 19 Ido Cohen Ret 16 Ret 14 13 14 8 14 13 13 10 14 18 13 14 11 9 7 20 Aaron di Comberti 14 Ret Ret 13 17 19 7 17 17 6 21 Tom Beckhäuser 11 14 12 10 10 13 Ret 16 16 15 12 12 13 20 11 14 13 11 11 12 4 22 Sebastian Estner 15 18 10 12 14 17 Ret 13 12 16 11 13 19 15 2 23 Amaury Cordeel Ret Ret 15 21 17 0 Drivers ineligible to score points - Grégoire Saucy 11 5 - - Federico Malvestiti 7 10 - - Petr Ptáček 8 9 10 - - Jesse Salmenautio DNS 15 9 23 19 - - Giorgio Carrara 15 23† - - Václav Šafář 22 16 - Pos Driver OSC HOC1 LAU RBR HOC2 NÜR HOC3 Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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

Notes:

• † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Rookies' Cup

Pos	Driver	OSC			HOC1			LAU			RBR			HOC2		NÜR			HOC3			Pts
1	David Schumacher	5	13	13	4	9	15	9	7	18	6	Ret	7	5	12	4	4	8	5	14	5	332
2	Niklas Krütten	9	9	5	Ret	8	2	Ret	12	8	12	7	3	Ret	9	9	7	1	12	8	7	301
3	Gianluca Petecof	8	6	15	Ret	18	12	Ret	Ret	9	7	Ret	17	6	7	5	6	2	Ret	7	4	232
4	Joey Alders	Ret	11	6	Ret	5	11	Ret	8	14	11	Ret	10	9	6	Ret	10	Ret	9	10	15	202
5	Leon Köhler	12	10	16	Ret	12	16	Ret	10	10	14	9	11	17	Ret	10	8	Ret	Ret	6	3	196
6	Ido Cohen	Ret	16	Ret	14	13	14	8	14	13	13	10	14	18	13	14	11	9				160
7	Sebastian Estner	15	18	10	12	14	17	Ret	13	12	16	11	13	19	15							118
8	Jack Doohan				8	6	5							12	4	Ret	Ret	12				101
9	Caio Collet																		14	5	6	49
10	Amaury Cordeel										Ret	Ret	15	21	17							14
Pos	Driver	OSC			HOC1			LAU			RBR			HOC2		NÜR			HOC3			Pts

Teams' Cup

Pos	Team	Points
1	US Racing– CHRS	562
2	Van Amersfoort Racing	521
3	Prema Theodore Racing	416
4	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	275
5	Neuhauser Racing	104
6	KIC Driving Academy	51
7	KDC Racing	49