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24 F4 Spanish Championship A year to remember The Spanish Formula 4 Championship ended its best‐ever season in terms of general quality and car count. The championship went to Dutchman Haverkort, while Boja and Ten Brinke impressed too by Mattia Tremolada T ehe 2020 season was with no doubt the most positive since its 2016 inception for the Spanish Formula 4 Championship. The positive notes came in terms of car counts, with eighteen cars on average at the start, and overall quality with several interesting prospects entering the international single‐seater panorama. One above all, champion Kas Haverkort, was the real dominator with MP Motorsport, which was once again the leading team with five drivers in the top five positions of the final standings. It was clear and undisputed domination, which only Jenzer and Drivex managed to break, scoring two and one wins out of twenty‐one races respectively. Haverkort made his superiority clear from the first round of the season, delivering a hat‐trick in Navarra. At Valencia, the Dutch driver ended up with three more wins, then concluded the season with six consecutive wins between Alcaniz, Jarama and Barcelona, which brought his tally to 13 wins. Boja is the best Spaniard Ten Brinke surprises There was nothing else to do for Spaniard Mari Boya, the best of the local drivers with three wins and 14 podiums. On the other hand, Thomas Ten Brinke emerged as one of the most promising prospects. The junior kart world champion in 2019 and second‐generation racer is the son of Bernard Ten Brinke, the first Dutchman to win a stage of the Dakar Rally. Despite starting the season later than his contenders, he immediately surprised by finishing second on his debut. Despite the eight podiums achieved, Ten Brinke had to wait for the last race of the season to finally break through to victory. The win was key to prevail Joshua Dufek at a tiebreaker in the standings, as the Swiss driver never stood on the top step of the podium. Rounding out the five MP drivers was Oliver Goethe, who started the season in brilliant fashion despite his rookie status. The Dane took two podium finishes and a win at Le Castellet, where he was the only one able to stop