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=== Qualified participants ===
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! rowspan=8| FIA
! rowspan=8| FIA
! rowspan=4| F1
! rowspan=4| <span style="padding:4px 4px; color:white; background-color:#2c0042;">F1</span>
! 1st
! 1st
|bgcolor=silver align=center| '''5'''
| {{GER}} Sebastian Vettel
| {{GER}} Sebastian Vettel
|-
|-
! 2nd
! 2nd
|bgcolor=#49aaff align=center| <font color="white">'''17'''</font>
| {{FRA}} Jules Bianchi
| {{FRA}} Jules Bianchi
|-
|-
! 3rd
! 3rd
|bgcolor=#004225 align=center| <font color="white">'''44'''</font>
| {{GBR}} Lewis Hamilton
| {{GBR}} Lewis Hamilton
|-
|-
! 5th
! 5th
|bgcolor=#D40000 align=center| <font color="white">'''13'''</font>
| {{ITA}} [[Salvatore Miccoli]]
| {{ITA}} [[Salvatore Miccoli]]
|-
|-
! rowspan=3| PC
! rowspan=3| <span style="padding:4px 4px; color:black; background-color:white;">PC</span>
! 2nd
! 2nd
|bgcolor=#DC143C align=center| <font color="white">'''6'''</font>
| {{NEP}} [[Asim Adhikari]]
| {{NEP}} [[Asim Adhikari]]
|-
|-
! 3rd
! 3rd
|bgcolor=white align=center| <font color="red">'''23'''</font>
| {{JPN}} [[Hagane Shizuka]]
| {{JPN}} [[Hagane Shizuka]]
|-
|-
! 5th
! 5th
|bgcolor=#00205d align=center| <font color="white">'''8'''</font>
| {{USA}} [[Jordan McKenna]]
| {{USA}} [[Jordan McKenna]]
|-
|-
! F2
! <span style="padding:4px 4px; color:white; background-color:#000347;">F2</span>
! 1st
! 1st
|bgcolor=silver align=center| '''12'''
| {{GER}} Marvin Kirchhöfer
| {{GER}} Marvin Kirchhöfer
|-
|-
! rowspan=5| AutoReject
! rowspan=5| AutoReject
! rowspan=4| ARWS
! rowspan=4| <span style="padding:4px 4px; color:white; background-color:#b58d39;">ARWS</span>
! 1st
! 1st
|bgcolor=#004225 align=center| <font color="white">'''26'''</font>
| {{GBR}} [[Terry Hawkin]]
| {{GBR}} [[Terry Hawkin]]
|-
|-
! 3rd
! 3rd
|bgcolor=#49aaff align=center| <font color="white">'''90'''</font>
| {{FRA}} [[Phillippe Nicolas]]
| {{FRA}} [[Phillippe Nicolas]]
|-
|-
! 4th
! 4th
|bgcolor=orange align=center| <font color="white">'''33'''</font>
| {{NED}} [[Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen]]
| {{NED}} [[Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen]]
|-
|-
! 5th
! 5th
|bgcolor=#004225 align=center| <font color="white">'''98'''</font>
| {{GBR}} [[Mark Dagnall]]
| {{GBR}} [[Mark Dagnall]]
|-
|-
! AR 3.5
! <span style="padding:4px 4px; color:white; background-color:#db1b21;">AR 3.5</span>
! 1st
! 1st
|bgcolor=#004225 align=center| <font color="white">'''60'''</font>
| {{GBR}} [[Nathanael Cameron]]
| {{GBR}} [[Nathanael Cameron]]
|-
|-
! rowspan=4| TC
! rowspan=4| TC
! rowspan=3| IPC
! rowspan=3| <span style="padding:4px 4px; color:white; background-color:#3fc870;">IPC</span>
! 1st
! 1st
|bgcolor=#49aaff align=center| <font color="white">'''89'''</font>
| {{FRA}} [[Sylvain Fabron]]
| {{FRA}} [[Sylvain Fabron]]
|-
|-
! 2nd
! 2nd
|bgcolor=#00205d align=center| <font color="white">'''18'''</font>
| {{USA}} [[Sandra Cessler]]
| {{USA}} [[Sandra Cessler]]
|-
|-
! 4th
! 4th
|bgcolor=#D40000 align=center| <font color="white">'''99'''</font>
| {{SMR}} [[Adolfo Moretti]]
| {{SMR}} [[Adolfo Moretti]]
|-
|-
! SEAT
! <span style="padding:4px 4px; color:black; background-color:#ecdf00;">SEAT</span>
! 1st
! 1st
|bgcolor=#49aaff align=center| <font color="red">'''27'''</font>
| {{TAH}} [[Manuarii Vahirua]]
| {{TAH}} [[Manuarii Vahirua]]
|-
|-
! colspan=2| SANDWICH
! colspan=2| <span style="padding:4px 4px; color:red; background-color:white;">FNippon</span>
! 2nd
! 2nd
|bgcolor=#49aaff align=center| <font color="white">'''10'''</font>
| {{FRA}} [[Aimée Gauthier]]
| {{FRA}} [[Aimée Gauthier]]
|-
|-
! colspan=2| F5000
! colspan=2| <span style="padding:4px 4px; color:white; background-color:#003068;">F5000</span>
! 1st
! 1st
| {{AUS}} [[Matt Grove]]
|bgcolor=#FCD116 align=center| <font color="#008751">'''50'''</font>
| {{AUS}} [[Matt Grove]]  
|-
|-
! colspan=2| GBRC
! colspan=2| <span style="padding:4px 4px; color:white; background-color:#7b19b5;">GBRC</span>
! 1st
! 1st
|bgcolor=white align=center| <font color="#002f6c">'''7'''</font>
| {{FIN}} [[Markus-Petteri Pykälistö]]
| {{FIN}} [[Markus-Petteri Pykälistö]]
|}
|}

Revision as of 08:51, 30 September 2017

2018 Grand Finale at the Valley
Grand Finale at the Valley.png
Grand Valley Speedway.png
Date 8-9 December
Race of Champions
Pole position
Fastest lap
Race winner
FIA Formula 4 World Final
Pole position Template:USA Ed Howitzer
Fastest lap Flag of Italy svg.png Massimo Torelli
Race Winner Flag of Italy svg.png Luca Bandini


The 2018 Grand Finale at the Valley was a motorsport event featuring two non-championship finale events. The first saw a return to the circuit racing format for the well known Race of Champions event, whilst the weekend also saw the debut of the FIA Formula 4 World Final format. Practise and qualifying for both events were held on Saturday, while the feature races were on Sunday.

XXIX Race of Champions

25 participants were selected to compete in an event that would crown 2018's Champion of Champions. 20 of these were assigned by invites for placing as series champions, or championship podium finishers amongst the top series in the world. The remaining five slots, referred to as All Star Invites, are high-profile wildcards who did not earn an invitation based on the required criteria, but were voted in by fans for their popularity and ability.

Qualified participants

Category Series Pos No. Driver
FIA F1 1st 5 Flag of Germany svg.png Sebastian Vettel
2nd 17 Template:FRA Jules Bianchi
3rd 44 Template:GBR Lewis Hamilton
5th 13 Flag of Italy svg.png Salvatore Miccoli
PC 2nd 6 Flag of Nepal svg.png Asim Adhikari
3rd 23 Flag of Japan svg.png Hagane Shizuka
5th 8 Template:USA Jordan McKenna
F2 1st 12 Flag of Germany svg.png Marvin Kirchhöfer
AutoReject ARWS 1st 26 Template:GBR Terry Hawkin
3rd 90 Template:FRA Phillippe Nicolas
4th 33 Flag of the Netherlands svg.png Bastiaan van Nieuwenhuijzen
5th 98 Template:GBR Mark Dagnall
AR 3.5 1st 60 Template:GBR Nathanael Cameron
TC IPC 1st 89 Template:FRA Sylvain Fabron
2nd 18 Template:USA Sandra Cessler
4th 99 Flag of San Marino svg.png Adolfo Moretti
SEAT 1st 27 Flag of Tahiti svg.png Manuarii Vahirua
FNippon 2nd 10 Template:FRA Aimée Gauthier
F5000 1st 50 Template:AUS Matt Grove
GBRC 1st 7 Flag of Finland svg.png Markus-Petteri Pykälistö

All Star Wildcards

Rank Driver Notability
1 Template:AUS Daniel Ricciardo 2015 Formula 1 World Drivers' Champion
2 Template:BEL Thomas De Bock 2017 AutoReject World Series Drivers' Champion
3 Template:AUS Daniel Melrose 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010 Formula 1 World Drivers' Champion
4 Template:FRA Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler 1988 Formula 1 World Drivers' Champion
5 Flag of Germany svg.png André Lotterer 2011, 2012 and 2014 Le Mans 24 Hours winner

Qualifying

Race

FIA Formula 4 World Final

2018 Formula 4 World Final
F4WorldFinal.png
Date 8 December
Venue Grand Valley Speedway
Length 20 laps (98.8km)
Prize FIA Rising Star Award
Participants 18
Pole position
Driver Template:USA Ed Howitzer
Time 2:09.869
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Italy svg.png Massimo Torelli
Time 2:09.426
Podium finishers
First Flag of Italy svg.png Luca Bandini
Second Flag of Gibraltar.svg.png John-Paul Casciaro
Third Template:USA Ed Howitzer


Six drivers from each of the three national F4 series from around the globe were invited to partake in an end-of-year battle royale, in which the winner would be handed the FIA Rising Star Award, as recognition of being the best driver in the lowest rung of single-seaters worldwide. The race was somewhat longer than a standard Formula 4 race at 100 kilometres, to reflect the finality of the event on the season's proceedings.

Eligible participants

Flag of the United Kingdom and Ireland.png Anglo-Irish F4 Flag of Italy svg.png Italian F4 Template:USA North American F4
Pos No. Driver Pos No. Driver Pos No. Driver
1st 2 Template:GBR Sabrina Mann 1st 3 Flag of Italy svg.png Paolo Leonetti 2nd 4 Template:USA Ed Howitzer
2nd 5 Flag of Gibraltar.svg.png John-Paul Casciaro 2nd 6 Flag of Italy svg.png Massimo Torelli 3rd 7 Flag of Mexico svg.png Alejandro de la Vega
3rd 8 Flag of Bermuda svg.png Imani Burrell 3rd 9 Flag of Italy svg.png Luca Bandini 4th 10 Flag of Canada svg.png Arienne Sorel
4th 11 Template:GBR Alex Smith 4th 12 Flag of Russia svg.png Ivan Shvetsov 5th 14 Template:USA Joey Bennett
5th 15 Flag of Jamaica svg.png Collin Daley, Jr 5th 16 Template:SUI Lucas Légeret 6th 17 Template:USA Mike Jones
6th 18 Template:GBR Will Tregurtha 6th 19 Flag of Hungary svg.png Magda Szervánszky 8th 20 Flag of Canada svg.png Bill Jones

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Region Time
1 4 Template:USA Ed Howitzer Template:USA North American F4 2:09.869
2 3 Flag of Italy svg.png Paolo Leonetti Flag of Italy svg.png Italian F4 +0.010
3 9 Flag of Italy svg.png Luca Bandini Flag of Italy svg.png Italian F4 +0.019
4 12 Flag of Russia svg.png Ivan Shvetsov Flag of Italy svg.png Italian F4 +0.048
5 7 Flag of Mexico svg.png Alejandro de la Vega Template:USA North American F4 +0.097
6 2 Template:GBR Sabrina Mann Flag of the United Kingdom and Ireland.png Anglo-Irish F4 +0.145
7 8 Flag of Bermuda svg.png Imani Burrell Flag of the United Kingdom and Ireland.png Anglo-Irish F4 +0.154
8 18 Template:GBR Will Tregurtha Flag of the United Kingdom and Ireland.png Anglo-Irish F4 +0.317
9 6 Flag of Italy svg.png Massimo Torelli Flag of Italy svg.png Italian F4 +0.339
10 5 Flag of Gibraltar.svg.png John-Paul Casciaro Flag of the United Kingdom and Ireland.png Anglo-Irish F4 +0.410
11 15 Flag of Jamaica svg.png Collin Daley, Jr Flag of the United Kingdom and Ireland.png Anglo-Irish F4 +0.593
12 10 Flag of Canada svg.png Arienne Sorel Template:USA North American F4 +0.631
13 14 Template:USA Joey Bennett Template:USA North American F4 +0.671
14 11 Template:GBR Alex Smith Flag of the United Kingdom and Ireland.png Anglo-Irish F4 +0.757
15 16 Template:SUI Lucas Légeret Flag of Italy svg.png Italian F4 +0.834
16 19 Flag of Hungary svg.png Magda Szervánszky Flag of Italy svg.png Italian F4 +1.083
17 17 Template:USA Mike Jones Template:USA North American F4 +1.174
18 20 Flag of Canada svg.png Bill Jones Template:USA North American F4 +2.329

Race

Third placed qualifier Luca Bandini won the race, with an overtake on the last lap on Sabrina Mann, who shared the joint most laps led with third placed Ed Howitzer. John-Paul Casciaro was the other podium finisher, in 2nd position, whose performance was notable for having the equal most positions gained from their starting position, an honour shared with Alex Smith in 6th position. Conversely, the worst performer was Will Tregurtha, who dropped 7 places from his starting position.

While the Italian series took the crown thanks to the success of Bandini, it was the Anglo-Irish series with the best success rate overall, with half of the top 10 occupied by drivers from the region. Despite having something of a home advantage with Grand Valley Speedway's US location, only two competitors from the North American series - Ed Howitzer and Alejandro de la Vega placed in the Top 10.

Pos No Driver Region Time
1 9 Flag of Italy svg.png Luca Bandini Flag of Italy svg.png Italian F4 45:54.7065
2 5 Flag of Gibraltar.svg.png John-Paul Casciaro Flag of the United Kingdom and Ireland.png Anglo-Irish F4 +0.195
3 4 Template:USA Ed Howitzer Template:USA North American F4 +0.336
4 2 Template:GBR Sabrina Mann Flag of the United Kingdom and Ireland.png Anglo-Irish F4 +1.872
5 3 Flag of Italy svg.png Paolo Leonetti Flag of Italy svg.png Italian F4 +2.562
6 11 Template:GBR Alex Smith Flag of the United Kingdom and Ireland.png Anglo-Irish F4 +2.734
7 12 Flag of Russia svg.png Ivan Shvetsov Flag of Italy svg.png Italian F4 +4.745
8 8 Flag of Bermuda svg.png Imani Burrell Flag of the United Kingdom and Ireland.png Anglo-Irish F4 +4.888
9 7 Flag of Mexico svg.png Alejandro de la Vega Template:USA North American F4 +5.028
10 15 Flag of Jamaica svg.png Collin Daley, Jr Flag of the United Kingdom and Ireland.png Anglo-Irish F4 +5.170
11 14 Template:USA Joey Bennett Template:USA North American F4 +5.310
12 6 Flag of Italy svg.png Massimo Torelli Flag of Italy svg.png Italian F4 +7.591
13 10 Flag of Canada svg.png Arienne Sorel Template:USA North American F4 +8.181
14 16 Template:SUI Lucas Légeret Flag of Italy svg.png Italian F4 +8.323
15 18 Template:GBR Will Tregurtha Flag of the United Kingdom and Ireland.png Anglo-Irish F4 +8.465
16 17 Template:USA Mike Jones Template:USA North American F4 +8.881
17 19 Flag of Hungary svg.png Magda Szervánszky Flag of Italy svg.png Italian F4 +9.024
18 20 Flag of Canada svg.png Bill Jones Template:USA North American F4 +9.166
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