2016 ADAC Formula 4 Championship

The 2016 ADAC Formula 4 season was the second season of the ADAC Formula 4. It began on 16 April at Oschersleben and finished on 2 October at Hockenheim after seven triple header rounds.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Status Rounds
Germany US Racing 2 Germany Jannes Fittje All
3 Germany Carrie Schreiner All
27 United Kingdom Louis Gachot All
28 Germany Kim-Luis Schramm All
Germany ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 4 Venezuela Mauricio Baiz 3
5 Germany Lirim Zendeli R All
6 Germany Mike David Ortmann All
7 Sweden Oliver Söderström All
9 Switzerland Ricardo Feller R 1–4, 8
97 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco 7
Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler 8 Germany Luca Engstler All
21 Germany Michelle Halder 1–2, 5–8
Denmark RS Competition 10 Germany Andreas Estner R 1–6, 8
40 Netherlands Leonard Hoogenboom R 1
71 Germany Philip Hamprecht 2
Austria Lechner Racing 13 Switzerland Yannik Brandt R All
14 Austria Thomas Preining All
15 Germany Michael Waldherr 1–5
55 Switzerland Marylin Niederhauser 8
Germany Motopark 15 Germany Michael Waldherr 8
22 Netherlands Richard Verschoor R 4, 6
33 South Africa Jonathan Aberdein R All
66 Finland Simo Laaksonen All
99 Germany Sophia Flörsch All
Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport 17 Argentina Diego Ciantini 3, 5, 8
18 Estonia Jan-Erik Meikup 1–7
19 Switzerland Fabio Scherer R All
20 Germany Kevin Kratz 1–3, 5–8
69 Switzerland Giacomo Bianchi 6, 8
77 Netherlands Job van Uitert All
Germany Team Timo Scheider 23 Germany Julian Hanses R All
30 Norway Kenneth Gulbrandsen R 1–3
46 Brazil Mauro Auricchio 1–3
75 Netherlands Janneau Esmeijer 5–8
Germany Robin Brezina 24 Germany Robin Brezina 1, 3
Germany Rennsport Rössler 24 Germany Robin Brezina 8
55 Switzerland Marylin Niederhauser 1–4
Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing 25 Switzerland Moritz Müller-Crepon All
35 Canada Kami Moreira-Laliberté All
40 Netherlands Leonard Hoogenboom R 2–8
96 Australia Joey Mawson All
Italy Prema Powerteam 29 Germany Mick Schumacher All
44 Estonia Jüri Vips R All
68 United States Juan Manuel Correa R All
Germany KUG-Motorsport 45 Germany Toni Wolf All
91 Venezuela Sebastián Fernández R 6
Germany SMC Schwärzler Motorsport Concepts 79 Australia Jordan Love R 8
Austria Neuhauser Racing 80 Brazil Felipe Drugovich R All
81 Denmark Nicklas Nielsen R All
Germany Team Piro Sport Interdental 90 Germany Cedric Piro 1, 3–8
Switzerland RB Racing 91 Venezuela Sebastián Fernández R 5
Icon Legend
R Rookie

Race calendar

All rounds were part of the ADAC GT Masters weekends, with the exception of round 4 which supported the TCR International Series.

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Rookie winner
1 R1 Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben 16 April Australia Joey Mawson Germany Jannes Fittje Australia Joey Mawson Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing Estonia Jüri Vips
R2 17 April Australia Joey Mawson Germany Kim-Luis Schramm Australia Joey Mawson Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing United States Juan Manuel Correa
R3 Australia Joey Mawson Germany Mick Schumacher Italy Prema Powerteam Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
2 R1 Germany Sachsenring, Chemnitz 30 April Germany Kim-Luis Schramm Germany Kim-Luis Schramm Germany Mike David Ortmann Germany ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg United States Juan Manuel Correa
R2 1 May Germany Mick Schumacher Germany Mike David Ortmann Germany Mike David Ortmann Germany ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
R3 Denmark Nicklas Nielsen Australia Joey Mawson Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
3 R1 Germany Lausitzring, Klettwitz 4 June Germany Mick Schumacher Germany Lirim Zendeli Germany Mick Schumacher Italy Prema Powerteam Brazil Felipe Drugovich
R2 Germany Mick Schumacher Germany Kim-Luis Schramm Germany Mick Schumacher Italy Prema Powerteam Germany Lirim Zendeli
R3 5 June Canada Kami Laliberté Switzerland Fabio Scherer Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport Switzerland Fabio Scherer
4 R1 Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben 18 June Austria Thomas Preining Australia Joey Mawson Australia Joey Mawson Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing Brazil Felipe Drugovich
R2 19 June Australia Joey Mawson Australia Joey Mawson Australia Joey Mawson Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing Germany Lirim Zendeli
R3 Germany Kim-Luis Schramm Germany Kim-Luis Schramm Germany US Racing Netherlands Leonard Hoogenboom
5 R1 Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 23 July Austria Thomas Preining Denmark Nicklas Nielsen Austria Thomas Preining Austria Lechner Racing Estonia Jüri Vips
R2 24 July Australia Joey Mawson United States Juan Manuel Correa Australia Joey Mawson Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
R3 Canada Kami Laliberté Finland Simo Laaksonen Germany Motopark Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
6 R1 Germany Nürburgring, Nürburg 6 August Germany Mick Schumacher Germany Mick Schumacher Germany Mick Schumacher Italy Prema Powerteam Denmark Nicklas Nielsen
R2 7 August Australia Joey Mawson United States Juan Manuel Correa Australia Joey Mawson Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing Estonia Jüri Vips
R3 Germany Mike David Ortmann Austria Thomas Preining Austria Lechner Racing Estonia Jüri Vips
7 R1 Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort 20 August Australia Joey Mawson Australia Joey Mawson Australia Joey Mawson Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing Germany Lirim Zendeli
R2 Germany Mike David Ortmann Germany Lirim Zendeli Germany Mike David Ortmann Germany ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg Germany Lirim Zendeli
R3 21 August Germany Sophia Flörsch Canada Kami Laliberté Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing South Africa Jonathan Aberdein
8 R1 Germany Hockenheimring, Hockenheim 1 October Germany Mike David Ortmann Australia Joey Mawson Australia Joey Mawson Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing Estonia Jüri Vips
R2 Australia Joey Mawson Australia Joey Mawson Australia Joey Mawson Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing Germany Lirim Zendeli
R3 2 October Germany Mick Schumacher Germany Mick Schumacher Italy Prema Powerteam Estonia Jüri Vips

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap.

For the third race in Zandvoort, only half points were awarded because of a premature crash.

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

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver OSC1
Germany		 SAC
Germany		 LAU
Germany		 OSC2
Germany		 RBR
Austria		 NÜR
Germany		 ZAN
Netherlands		 HOC
Germany		 Pts
1 Australia Joey Mawson 1 1 2 2 3 1 6 2 23 1 1 Ret 4 1 3 2 1 28 1 27 8 1 1 Ret 374
2 Germany Mick Schumacher 4 4 1 4 2 4 1 1 6 3 2 26 6 11 2 1 15 2 3 3 6 6 8 1 322
3 Germany Mike David Ortmann Ret 3 16 1 1 7 9 4 3 6 3 Ret 7 2 5 3 Ret 6 2 1 11 2 22 7 247
4 Austria Thomas Preining 6 14 3 28 18 13 3 7 8 2 DSQ 5 1 Ret 16 8 7 1 14 7 10 5 2 5 180.5
5 Germany Kim-Luis Schramm 2 2 6 3 Ret 5 8 5 4 10 8 1 3 5 Ret 13 8 8 11 Ret 5 10 31 4 176
6 Estonia Jüri Vips 9 Ret 25 Ret 8 Ret 7 11 22 26 21 Ret 2 4 6 5 2 3 5 8 9 3 16 3 138
7 Germany Jannes Fittje 3 5 7 5 4 Ret 4 3 2 11 7 20 Ret 6 20 10 13 4 15 17 14 12 7 13 133
8 Denmark Nicklas Nielsen 10 9 8 7 5 3 Ret 15 17 Ret 15 25 5 3 4 4 3 17 16 11 15 16 27 8 106
9 Canada Kami Moreira-Laliberté 24 8 Ret 9 6 21 2 28 24 Ret 22 19 28 19 26 15 Ret 10 8 6 1 8 3 2 94.5
10 United States Juan Manuel Correa Ret 6 20 6 9 6 12 9 11 5 9 3 Ret 18 11 6 4 30 6 9 4 Ret Ret 30 91
11 Finland Simo Laaksonen Ret 7 22 8 12 2 Ret 16 14 7 4 Ret 10 17 1 9 Ret 12 Ret 12 30 9 4 34 88
12 Brazil Felipe Drugovich 12 10 9 17 10 28 5 8 7 4 6 Ret 8 Ret 28 Ret 6 18 9 4 3 26 9 14 79.5
13 Germany Lirim Zendeli Ret 16 Ret 18 11 11 21 6 5 25 5 13 27 10 14 Ret 12 31 4 2 7 4 5 24 74
14 South Africa Jonathan Aberdein 15 24 11 10 Ret 8 Ret 13 13 8 13 4 26 9 21 14 9 15 7 10 2 23 6 27 49
15 Netherlands Richard Verschoor 12 24 6 7 5 5 34
16 Germany Michael Waldherr 7 12 4 13 28 9 16 Ret 19 Ret Ret 21 9 16 7 Ret 29 16 28
17 Switzerland Fabio Scherer 14 17 18 21 15 22 14 10 1 Ret 16 14 Ret 20 15 21 16 16 17 16 16 24 Ret 33 26
18 Netherlands Leonard Hoogenboom 13 23 13 25 21 25 10 14 12 9 12 2 11 24 8 16 17 11 25 28 23 27 17 15 25
19 Germany Sophia Flörsch 8 Ret 5 14 7 10 13 20 27 14 20 10 16 27 10 12 14 9 Ret Ret 29 28 12 18 25
20 Netherlands Job van Uitert DSQ 13 31 20 Ret 29 Ret 12 9 13 10 9 31 23 17 30 19 23 13 Ret 13 7 14 6 19
21 Netherlands Janneau Esmeijer 30 7 19 18 18 29 10 5 32 20 19 12 17
22 Switzerland Moritz Müller-Crepon 5 Ret 15 16 Ret 26 23 Ret Ret Ret 11 18 20 13 30 11 29 7 20 13 17 17 32 20 16
23 Estonia Jan-Erik Meikup 21 22 27 15 17 30 Ret 27 21 18 14 7 25 31 27 26 Ret 24 28 24 28 6
24 Germany Cedric Piro 17 11 12 11 Ret 16 17 17 8 21 21 Ret 29 10 20 21 19 20 11 30 11 5
25 Venezuela Sebastián Fernández 12 8 25 17 24 19 4
26 Germany Luca Engstler 26 29 17 19 Ret 12 Ret 17 25 21 Ret 11 15 Ret 9 Ret 23 27 18 18 19 14 34 32 2
27 Germany Toni Wolf 27 19 14 Ret 14 20 Ret 26 DNQ Ret 19 15 14 32 13 31 20 Ret 22 21 22 13 11 9 2
28 Sweden Oliver Söderström DNQ DNQ DNQ 12 Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret 19 23 Ret 18 12 31 Ret 22 22 29 15 27 Ret 10 Ret 1
29 United Kingdom Louis Gachot 20 Ret Ret 23 16 19 Ret Ret Ret Ret 26 16 19 22 12 19 30 14 24 23 21 18 28 10 1
30 Venezuela Mauricio Baíz 15 22 10 1
31 Norway Kenneth Gulbrandsen 16 20 10 Ret 22 18 DNQ DNQ DNQ 1
32 Switzerland Yannik Brandt 30 Ret DNS 27 24 27 Ret Ret 20 15 18 12 17 14 Ret 20 11 13 23 20 24 Ret 15 22 0
33 Germany Kevin Kratz 19 15 Ret 11 13 14 Ret Ret Ret 22 15 29 22 21 Ret 19 22 18 Ret 33 31 0
34 Brazil Mauro Auricchio 11 18 30 26 20 23 17 21 15 0
35 Germany Julian Hanses 29 21 23 29 19 24 Ret 23 Ret 16 27 17 23 26 18 27 26 Ret 12 Ret 12 29 26 21 0
36 Argentina Diego Ciantini 20 24 18 13 30 Ret 15 23 28 0
37 Germany Robin Brezina 18 25 19 18 25 DNQ Ret 13 Ret 0
38 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco 30 14 25 0
39 Switzerland Ricardo Feller 27 26 26 22 23 15 22 18 26 20 25 Ret Ret 20 25 0
40 Germany Philip Hamprecht Ret 29 16 0
41 Germany Andreas Estner 22 28 21 24 26 17 19 Ret DNQ 24 28 22 24 25 22 23 28 21 21 Ret 17 0
42 Australia Jordan Love Ret 18 23 0
43 Germany Carrie Schreiner 23 30 Ret 31 25 31 DNQ DNQ DNQ 23 Ret 23 Ret 29 24 24 25 Ret 26 25 26 22 21 19 0
44 Switzerland Giacomo Bianchi 25 Ret 25 19 24 29 0
45 Switzerland Marylin Niederhauser DNQ DNQ 28 30 27 Ret DNQ DNQ Ret 22 29 24 DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
46 Germany Michelle Halder 25 27 24 DNQ DNQ DNQ 29 28 23 28 27 26 27 26 31 25 25 26 0
Pos Driver OSC1
Germany		 SAC
Germany		 LAU
Germany		 OSC2
Germany		 RBR
Austria		 NÜR
Germany		 ZAN
Netherlands		 HOC
Germany		 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookies' championship

Pos Driver OSC1
Germany		 SAC
Germany		 LAU
Germany		 OSC2
Germany		 RBR
Austria		 NÜR
Germany		 ZAN
Netherlands		 HOC
Germany		 Pts
1 Denmark Nicklas Nielsen 10 9 8 7 5 3 Ret 15 17 Ret 15 25 5 3 4 4 3 17 16 11 15 16 27 8 317
2 Estonia Jüri Vips 9 Ret 25 Ret 8 Ret 7 11 22 26 21 Ret 2 4 6 5 2 3 5 8 9 3 16 3 305
3 United States Juan Manuel Correa Ret 6 20 6 9 6 12 9 11 5 9 3 Ret 18 11 6 4 30 6 9 4 Ret Ret 30 261.5
4 Brazil Felipe Drugovich 12 10 9 17 10 28 5 8 7 4 6 Ret 8 Ret 28 Ret 6 18 9 4 3 26 9 14 259
5 Germany Lirim Zendeli Ret 16 Ret 18 11 11 21 6 5 25 5 13 27 10 14 Ret 12 31 4 2 7 4 5 24 255
6 South Africa Jonathan Aberdein 15 24 11 10 Ret 8 Ret 13 13 8 13 4 26 9 21 14 9 15 7 10 2 23 6 27 215.5
7 Netherlands Leonard Hoogenboom 13 23 13 25 21 25 10 14 12 9 12 2 11 24 8 16 17 11 25 28 23 27 17 15 194
8 Switzerland Fabio Scherer 14 17 18 21 15 22 14 10 1 Ret 16 14 Ret 20 15 21 16 16 17 16 16 24 Ret 33 149
9 Switzerland Yannik Brandt 30 Ret DNS 27 24 27 Ret Ret 20 15 18 12 17 14 Ret 20 11 13 23 20 24 Ret 15 22 92.5
10 Netherlands Richard Verschoor 12 24 6 7 5 5 65
11 Germany Julian Hanses 29 21 23 29 19 24 Ret 23 Ret 16 27 17 23 26 18 27 26 Ret 12 Ret 12 29 26 21 65
12 Germany Andreas Estner 22 28 21 24 26 17 19 Ret DNQ 24 28 22 24 25 22 23 28 21 21 Ret 17 61
13 Switzerland Ricardo Feller 27 26 26 22 23 15 22 18 26 20 25 Ret Ret 20 25 41
14 Norway Kenneth Gulbrandsen 16 20 10 Ret 22 18 DNQ DNQ DNQ 37
15 Venezuela Sebastián Fernández 12 8 25 17 24 19 34
16 Switzerland Giacomo Bianchi 25 Ret 25 19 24 29 18
Pos Driver OSC1
Germany		 SAC
Germany		 LAU
Germany		 OSC2
Germany		 RBR
Austria		 NÜR
Germany		 ZAN
Netherlands		 HOC
Germany		 Pts

Teams' championship

Pos Team Points
1 Italy Prema Powerteam 459.5
2 Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing 455
3 Germany ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 356
4 Germany US Racing 351
5 Austria Lechner Racing 240
6 Austria Neuhauser Racing 220
7 Germany Motopark 183.5
8 Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport 34
9 Germany Team Timo Scheider 29.5
10 Germany Team Piro Sport Interdental 18
11 Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler 13
12 Germany KUG-Motorsport 11
13 Switzerland RB Racing 7
14 Germany Rennsport Rössler 2
14 Denmark RS Competition 1

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