2021 F4 Argentina Championship

The 2021 F4 Argentina Championship was the first and only season of the F4 Argentina Championship. It was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The championship uses Mygale M14-F4 chassis.[1] The season commenced on 16 April at Autódromo Ciudad de Concordia and concluded on 4 December at Autódromo Oscar Cabalén.[2][3]

Gerhard Berger and the FIA Singleseater Commission launched Formula 4 in March 2013.[4] The goal of the Formula 4 was to make the ladder to Formula 1 more transparent. Besides sporting and technical regulations, costs are also regulated. A car to compete in this category may not exceed €30,000 and a single season in Formula 4 may not exceed €100,000.

The 2019 F4 Argentina Championship season was originally slated to begin at Buenos Aires in July and conclude at the same circuit on December 1.[5] The start of the season was postponed to October 18-19, then delayed again before being completely cancelled.[6][7] The new Argentinian Formula 4 Championship has had its first season delayed once again, with a start date planned for 2020, however the season was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. The series started in 2021.[8]

Each round consisted of two practice sessions, one qualifying session that determines the grid for Race 1. The grid for Race 2 was set by the fastest lap in the first race.[9]

The championship featured cars that were designed and built by French race car constructor Mygale. The cars were made up of carbon fiber and had monocoque chassis. The engine was made up of 2.0 Geely G-Power JLD-4G20.

No.	Driver	Rounds
7	Ignacio Grippo[10]	2
	Mateo Nuñez[11]	3
28		4–6
10	Thiago Martínez[12]	1
11	Pablo Grippo[12]	1
12	Federico Hermida[12]	All
13	Bautista Dose[13]	1
14	Pablo Collazo[12]	All
15	Ramiro Alcaine[12]	1
16	Luciano Martínez[12]	1–3
17	Figgo Bessone[12]	All
20	Gerónimo Nuñez[14]	5–6
21	Lucas Bohdanowicz[15]	2–5
22	Tomás Pellandino[16]	4
23	Lucas Yerobi[16]	4
27	Cristobal Riestra[11]	3
42	Joaquín Bonnet[16]	4
71	Rodrigo Gutiérrez[17]	5
77	Braian Quevedo[18]	2–3, 5–6
88	Valentino Miní[19]	6
99	Bautista Damiani[18]	2, 4
111	Ayrton Chorne[20]	5

All rounds were held in Argentina. Initially, the series planned to support the entire inaugural season of TCR South America[21] but the idea was dropped later on due to travel restrictions and the limit of two abroad rounds.[22] The first four rounds supported Turismo Pista. The planned second round at Autódromo de Concepción del Uruguay was postponed and the circuit was chosen to be the host of the third round.[23][24] After the cancellation of the round at Autódromo Municipal Juan Manuel Fangio on 9–10 September, the next two events were expanded to three races.[25] All rounds but the fifth one supported Turismo Pista. The championship raced alongside the TCR series for the last two rounds.[26]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver
1	R1	Autódromo Ciudad de Concordia, Concordia	17 April	Federico Hermida	Federico Hermida	Federico Hermida
	R2		18 April		Pablo Collazo	Federico Hermida
2	R1	Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez, Buenos Aires (Circuit N° 8)	19 June	Lucas Bohdanowicz	Luciano Martínez	Lucas Bohdanowicz
	R2				Lucas Bohdanowicz	Lucas Bohdanowicz
3	R1	Autódromo de Concepción del Uruguay, Concepción del Uruguay	31 July	Federico Hermida	Federico Hermida	Federico Hermida
	R2				Federico Hermida	Federico Hermida
4	R1	Autódromo de Concepción del Uruguay, Concepción del Uruguay	2 October	Federico Hermida	Federico Hermida	Federico Hermida
	R2				Federico Hermida	Federico Hermida
	R3		3 October		Federico Hermida	Federico Hermida
5	R1	Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez, Buenos Aires (Circuit N° 8)	12 November	Federico Hermida	Federico Hermida	Federico Hermida
	R2		13 November		Braian Quevedo	Federico Hermida
	R3				Federico Hermida	Gerónimo Nuñez[a]
6	R1	Autódromo Oscar Cabalén, Alta Gracia	4 December	Valentino Mini	Braian Quevedo	Braian Quevedo
	R2				Valentino Mini	Braian Quevedo

Points were awarded as follows:[27]

Pos Driver CON BUA1 CDU1 CDU2 BUA2 AGR EE Pts 1 Federico Hermida 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 5 3 6 373 2 Figgo Bessone 2 4 3 5 5 4 2 4 4 5 4 2 3 6 6 241 3 Braian Quevedo 4 2 2 2 2 2 7 1 1 4 212 4 Mateo Nuñez 3 3 3 3 2 3 6 5 4 Ret 4 139 5 Pablo Collazo 3 2 Ret 7 Ret 7 WD WD WD Ret DNS Ret 6 4 6 124 6 Lucas Bohdanowicz 1 1 4 5 5 Ret 6 7 DNS DNS 4 101 7 Gerónimo Nuñez 4 5 1 7 5 2 81 8 Valentino Mini 2 2 1 74 9 Luciano Martínez Ret 7† 7† 3 6 6 3 52 10 Thiago Martínez 5 3 1 51 11 Joaquín Bonnet 4 2 5 1 41 12 Pablo Grippo 4 6 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 1 41 13 Rodrigo Gutiérrez 6 3 3 1 39 14 Tomás Pellandino 6 5 3 1 34 15 Bautista Damiani 000 000 5 6 7 6 Ret 2 34 16 Bautista Dose DNP 5 1 21 17 Ayrton Chorne 8 Ret 4 1 17 18 Ramiro Alcaine 6 Ret 1 17 19 Lucas Yerobi 8 7 7 1 17 20 Ignacio Grippo 6 8 1 13 21 Cristobal Riestra 7† DNS 1 7

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 † — Did not finish but classified

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