2016 Italian F4 Championship Explained

The 2016 Italian F4 Championship (commercially titled 2016 Italian F4 Championship Powered by Abarth) was the third season of the Italian F4 Championship. It began on 9 April in Misano and finished on 30 October in Monza after seven rounds.^[1]

Calendar

The calendar was published on 23 November 2015, with all events held in Italy.^{[1] [2]}

Round	Circuit	Date	Supporting	Map of circuit locations
1	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	April 8–10	GT Series Sprint Cup
2	Adria International Raceway, Adria	May 6–8	Auto GP
3	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	May 27–29	Italian Touring Car Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Italy
4	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero	July 15–17
5	ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	September 9–11
6	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	September 23–25
7	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	October 28–30	Italian Touring Car Championship

Teams and drivers

Team Driver Class Rounds Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 3 Simone Cunati^[3] 1–6 6 Jaden Conwright^[4] All 33 Marino Sato^[5] All Prema Powerteam 5 Mick Schumacher 1, 3–7 44 Jüri Vips^[6] 1, 3–7 68 Juan Manuel Correa^[7] 1, 3–7 RB Racing 7 Sebastián Fernández^[8] 1–6 9 Diego Bertonelli 1–2 25 Mauricio Baiz 7 98 Václav Šafář 7 99 Yan Leon Shlom^[9] All Mücke Motorsport 7 Sebastián Fernández 7 22 Yifei Ye nowrap 1–4, 6–7 24 Devlin DeFrancesco 1, 3–7 25 Mauricio Baiz^[10] 1–4 26 Ricardo Feller 5 51 Aldo Festante 1–6 ADM Motorsport^[11] 8 Mauro Auricchio 5–7 Bhaitech Engineering 9 Diego Bertonelli^[12] 3–7 10 Giacomo Altoè All 11 Aaron di Comberti 1 31 Richard Verschoor 2 37 Lorenzo Colombo 5–7 76 Antolín González 4 Diegi Motorsport 12 Giuliano Raucci All Lechner Racing 13 Yannik Brandt 1 14 Thomas Preining 1 Jenzer Motorsport 15 Jan-Erik Meikup 1 16 Job van Uitert^[13] 1, 3–7 17 Diego Ciantini^[14] All 18 Marcos Siebert^[15] All 19 Giacomo Bianchi All 20 Kevin Kratz^[16] 1–2, 4–5 21 Fabio Scherer 1–3 Antonelli Motorsport^[17] 27 Federico Malvestiti All 32 Emilian Galbiati 1–3 97 João Vieira 1–5 GSK Grand Prix 35 Amaury Bonduel 1 36 Mariano Lavigna 4 BVM Racing 37 Lorenzo Colombo 1–4 38 Kush Maini All DR Formula 41 Raúl Guzmán All 42 Artem Petrov All 46 Fabienne Wohlwend W 2–7 DRZ Benelli 45 Ian Rodríguez 1–4, 6–7 Aragon Racing 46 Fabienne Wohlwend W 1 Torino Squadra Corse 55 Federico Iribarne 1–3 Kiteviola Motorsport 69 Valentin Hasse-Clot 1–2 Teramo Racing Team 71 Riccardo Ponzio 1–3, 5, 7 Cram Motorsport 81 Ahmad Al-Muhanadi^[18] 6 82 nowrap Leonard Hoogenboom All 83 Manuel Maldonado All 84 Aleksandr Vartanyan 1

Icon Class Rookie W Women Trophy Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Season summary

A Formula 4 record of 41 cars entered the first round of the season at Misano, highlighting the Italian series' popularity as it competed against the German championship for the most talented drivers. Due to the large number of entries and lack of circuit space, the race format was radically changed. Drivers were placed in three groups (A, B and C) depending on their qualifying placement. Each group contested two qualifying races, facing one of the other groups in each race. After the three qualifying races, the 36 drivers having scored the most points contested the final race. All four races were 25 minutes plus one lap in length and yielded the same number of points.^[19] The first group race proved largely uneventful, however the second was held in wet conditions with a safety car start – Mick Schumacher claiming both Saturday race wins. The final group race saw a four-car pile-up at the start involving Diego Bertonelli, Leonard Hoogenboom, Ye Yifei and Aaron di Comberti, requiring a complete restart; the race ended under red flags after Jaden Conwright spun into the barrier at the last corner, with Raúl Guzmán awarded victory. In the 36-car final, Mauricio Baiz stalled at the start and was collected by Thomas Preining, whilst rookie Juan Manuel Correa terminally damaged his suspension in a coming together with Simone Cunati. Marcos Siebert won the final race of the weekend, followed by Jüri Vips and Guzmán.^[20]

The unique format was retained for the second round at Adria International Raceway, however a major drop to 31 entries made it an ultimately unnecessary precaution as the circuit had a 32-car limit. Amongst the absentees were Lechner Racing, who elected to focus on the German series, and Prema Powerteam. Kevin Kratz suffered a major crash in practice and was ruled out of the weekend. Baiz claimed his first Italian F4 victory in Race 1, and backed it up with second in Race 2 behind Guzmán after Baiz's team-mate Ye was disqualified.^{[21] [22]} Siebert went from fourth to first in Race 3 after a clash between Federico Iribarne, Giacomo Bianchi and Fabienne Wohlwend brought out the safety car, before Baiz capped off his breakout weekend with a lights-to-flag win in a chaotic final after a safety car in the closing stages caught the wrong driver, resulting in a 30-second gap between the top eight and the rest of the field.^{[23] [24]}

Following the massive decline in entries for the second round, the series reverted to the three-race format used in 2015 from the third round at Imola onwards. A carnage-filled opening race saw Siebert win from pole amidst two safety cars and a red-flag finish – Prema team-mates Correa and Vips crashed at pit entry, followed by a rollover for Federico Malvestiti having crossed the circuit at Rivazza 1 and then Diego Ciantini beaching himself in the gravel at Tamburello.^[25] Schumacher triumphed on his return to the series in a damp Race 2 run mostly under safety car, before Correa claimed his first-ever race win in cars in a reverse-grid sprint race truncated by a race-ending airborne crash for Ciantini on the main straight – despite the incident, the Argentine was classified third on count-back having been involved in a podium battle with Yan Leon Shlom.^{[26] [27]}

Correa continued where he left off in the fourth round at Mugello, scoring a grand chelem in the first heat having dominated qualifying, led every lap and claimed the fastest lap in Race 1.^[28] Race 2 was marred by a major start-line crash in which João Vieira stalled at the front of the grid, with Conwright and Mariano Lavigna, unsighted from the back of the field, careening into the Brazilian – leaving débutant Lavigna with a foot injury. Having conducted a full-race restart, Correa's run of good form came to a sudden end when team-mate Schumacher crashed into him at San Donato on the second lap whilst fighting for the lead, putting the German out with terminal damage and gifting a maiden win to Giuliano Raucci for the privateer Diegi Motorsport team.^[29] Siebert jumped from third to first at the start of Race 3 and maintained his lead to the end of an uneventful heat to put himself 39 points clear of Schumacher at the top of the standings; Schumacher not helped by another non-score in the last race despite setting the fastest lap.^[30]

DR Formula had a dream start to the Vallelunga weekend, with Gúzman and team-mate Artem Petrov finishing the opening race 1–2 in mixed conditions that led to Kratz aquaplaning off at Cimini 1 at high speed.^[31] The weather cleared for Race 2, but the grass was still slippery as Ricardo Feller (replacing Ye for the round) discovered having slid off the circuit and launching off the kerb at Campagnano – Schumacher won the race having jumped Vips at the start.^[32] Correa won Race 3, which was mostly run under safety car due to debris from another start-line incident (this time between Gúzman, Vieira and Marino Sato); but with Schumacher second and Siebert having finished no higher than 5th all weekend, the German had closed the championship gap to 10 points.^[33]

Returning to Imola for the penultimate round, the title race looked like a guaranteed two-way fight between Marcos Siebert of Jenzer Motorsport and Mick Schumacher of Prema Powerteam – however, having beaten his rival to pole position, Schumacher squandered his run of momentum with a drive-through penalty for a jump-start in the opening race, resulting in no points despite a fightback to 13th; but the German was saved by a post-race penalty for Siebert, voiding the Argentine's podium finish, as Job van Uitert took his first win.^[34] Schumacher's weekend went from bad to worse in Race 2 when he was crashed into at the first corner by a false-starting Bertonelli; Van Uitert claimed back-to-back wins having fended off Lorenzo Colombo through a multitude of safety car restarts.^[35] Sato claimed his first win after a track-limits penalty was imposed on Shlom in the reverse-grid sprint, as both championship contenders failed to score – Schumacher starting at the back and Siebert spinning at Tamburello on the final lap. Gúzman also failed to make inroads on the top two in the standings having collided with Correa in the final race, leaving a 25-point margin at the top with one round remaining.^[36]

Schumacher started the final weekend at Monza in the best possible way, jumping Sebastián Fernández at the start and taking a commanding victory, whilst rival Siebert made an ultimately crucial drive from 11th to 2nd to maintain a comfortable points lead – aided by a collision between Vips, Fernández and Bertonelli at Lesmo 1.^[37] This meant Schumacher had to beat Siebert in Race 2 to keep his championship hopes alive – but light contact with eventual race-winner Fernández at Variante della Roggia broke the German's front wing, necessitating a pit-stop and allowing Siebert to cruise home in fifth to take the title.^[38] Vips claimed the last race win of the year, as well as the rookie championship, in comfortable fashion after a first-corner collision between Bertonelli, Kush Maini and Siebert beached the new champion on a kerb, whilst Sato and Ye collided in a battle for second and an energised 10-car battle took place for the minor points.^[39]

Despite the clear intentions of the FIA Global Pathway to make Formula 4 the starting point on the road to Formula One, and the regulations being in their third year of usage, a lack of cost control saw the record-breaking entry numbers seen at the start of the season fall away as competitors ultimately voted with their feet. Whilst Italian F4 maintained its reputation as the most competitive Formula 4 championship internationally, it would take another six years before 40+ car fields returned to the series.

Results and standings

Season summary

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Secondary Class winner
1		Misano	Marcos Siebert	Raúl Guzmán	Mick Schumacher	Prema Powerteam	nowrap	Juan Manuel Correa
		Mick Schumacher	Job van Uitert	Mick Schumacher	Prema Powerteam	nowrap	R: Juan Manuel Correa : Fabienne Wohlwend
		Marcos Siebert	Jüri Vips	Raúl Guzmán	DR Formula	R: Jüri Vips W: Fabienne Wohlwend
	R4	Mick Schumacher	Mick Schumacher	Marcos Siebert	Jenzer Motorsport	R: Jüri Vips
2	R1	Adria	Mauricio Baiz	Simone Cunati	Mauricio Baiz	Mücke Motorsport	R: Simone Cunati W: Fabienne Wohlwend
	R2		Raúl Guzmán	Yifei Ye	Raúl Guzmán	DR Formula	R: Ian Rodríguez
	R3		Raúl Guzmán	Marcos Siebert	Marcos Siebert	Jenzer Motorsport	R: Simone Cunati
	R4		Mauricio Baiz	Yifei Ye	Mauricio Baiz	Mücke Motorsport	R: Simone Cunati W: Fabienne Wohlwend
3	R1	Imola	Marcos Siebert	Mick Schumacher	Marcos Siebert	Jenzer Motorsport	R: Lorenzo Colombo W: Fabienne Wohlwend
	R2		Mick Schumacher	Job van Uitert	Mick Schumacher		R: Lorenzo Colombo W: Fabienne Wohlwend
	R3			Ian Rodríguez		Prema Powerteam	R: Juan Manuel Correa W: Fabienne Wohlwend
4	R1	Mugello	nowrap	Juan Manuel Correa	nowrap	Juan Manuel Correa	nowrap	Juan Manuel Correa	Prema Powerteam	R: Juan Manuel Correa W: Fabienne Wohlwend
	R2		Juan Manuel Correa	Diego Bertonelli	Giuliano Raucci	Diegi Motorsport	R: Jüri Vips W: Fabienne Wohlwend
	R3			Mick Schumacher	Marcos Siebert	Jenzer Motorsport	R: Jüri Vips W: Fabienne Wohlwend
5	R1	Vallelunga	Jüri Vips	Mick Schumacher	Raúl Guzmán	DR Formula	R: Jüri Vips W: Fabienne Wohlwend
	R2		Jüri Vips	Mick Schumacher	Mick Schumacher	Prema Powerteam	R: Jüri Vips W: Fabienne Wohlwend
	R3			Mick Schumacher	Juan Manuel Correa	Prema Powerteam	R: Juan Manuel Correa W: Fabienne Wohlwend
6	R1	Imola	Mick Schumacher	Jüri Vips	Job van Uitert	Jenzer Motorsport	R: Jüri Vips W: Fabienne Wohlwend
	R2		Marcos Siebert	Jüri Vips	Job van Uitert	Jenzer Motorsport	R: Lorenzo Colombo
	R3			Job van Uitert	Marino Sato	nowrap	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	nowrap	R: Leonard Hoogenboom W: Fabienne Wohlwend
7	R1	Monza	Sebastián Fernández	Diego Bertonelli	Mick Schumacher	Prema Powerteam	R: Lorenzo Colombo W: Fabienne Wohlwend
	R2		nowrap	Sebastián Fernandez	nowrap	Sebastián Fernandez	nowrap	Sebastián Fernandez	Mücke Motorsport	nowrap	R: Sebastián Fernandez W: Fabienne Wohlwend
	R3			Artem Petrov	Jüri Vips	Prema Powerteam	R: Jüri Vips W: Fabienne Wohlwend

Championship standings

Points systemPoints were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap.^[19] Only the best sixteen results were counted towards the championship. Race 3 of the first meeting at Imola Circuit was stopped after five laps, and half points were awarded.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
	13	11	9	6	5	4	2	1

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver MIS ADR IMO1 MUG VAL IMO2 MNZ Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Marcos Siebert 5 2 1 5 1 3 1 2 6 Ret 8 1 6 5 6 25 3 20 2 5 Ret 2 Mick Schumacher 1 1 4 2 1 4 2 Ret 11 3 1 2 12 Ret 22 1 25 2 216 3 Raúl Guzmán 2 1 3 1 Ret 5 27 6 9 4 4 8 1 6 Ret 9 7 Ret 3 2 16 202 4 Job van Uitert 2 3 5 3 3 5 10 9 4 12 13 10 1 1 25 6 13 9 143.5 5 Jüri Vips 7 5 2 Ret 16 11 9 3 3 4 2 14 2 19 9 Ret 3 1 140 6 3 4 Ret Ret 9 1 1 16 9 5 10 1 Ret 4 5 11 23 19 105.5 7 Simone Cunati 4 23 Ret 3 2 7 9 26 18 7 12 23 10 Ret 21 3 5 4 95 8 Giuliano Raucci 26 12 11 7 5 26 6 25 15 3 1 15 8 3 9 Ret Ret DNS 13 15 Ret 86 9 Mauricio Baiz 6 6 Ret 1 3 1 8 14 14 Ret 11 13 DNS DNS DNS 85 10 Yifei Ye 20 Ret DNQ 2 DSQ 2 7 4 7 28 7 7 8 22 17 5 9 Ret 79 11 Diego Bertonelli 3 Ret 13 14 13 20 25 24 21 6 2 10 7 4 7 15 15 10 19 4 Ret 77 12 Lorenzo Colombo 17 14 Ret 9 12 15 5 5 8 20 22 19 13 19 13 4 2 6 4 22 7 73.5 13 João Vieira 6 12 6 2 4 4 16 11 10 5 DNS 30 23 11 Ret 69 14 Yan Leon Shlom 7 4 12 4 11 9 Ret 10 2 11 10 2 15 23 15 22 10 7 DSQ DSQ DNS 56.5 15 Sebastián Fernández Ret 9 16 19 11 19 22 22 29 12 6 6 Ret 9 4 14 13 26 20 1 5 55 16 Kush Maini 8 10 8 7 6 10 15 12 13 18 Ret 16 26 8 3 6 Ret 13 Ret 7 21 53 17 22 8 25 6 5 14 14 Ret 22 Ret Ret 21 24 Ret 12 8 6 3 43 18 Marino Sato 27 11 22 13 4 8 11 21 16 15 17 12 19 15 Ret 7 8 1 Ret 10 Ret 42 19 Devlin DeFrancesco 23 9 10 Ret 7 Ret 8 5 5 9 Ret DNS Ret 11 8 Ret 12 6 40 20 Diego Ciantini 11 10 Ret 16 9 12 4 8 3 Ret 13 18 Ret 16 12 5 Ret 15 Ret 20 DNS 33.5 21 Richard Verschoor 6 3 6 31 22 Giacomo Altoè 22 7 14 8 10 17 19 19 27 23 20 20 25 12 8 17 12 11 7 14 8 21 23 Leonard Hoogenboom 19 Ret 23 Ret 10 16 24 13 30 16 15 14 14 Ret 17 11 9 3 17 8 Ret 20 24 Valentin Hasse-Clot 5 18 7 11 DSQ Ret 16 25 Federico Malvestiti 17 15 18 8 7 11 Ret DNS DNS 22 24 25 24 17 18 20 14 23 14 Ret 10 10 26 Amaury Bonduel 14 8 20 4 27 Emilian Galbiati 15 16 21 17 8 Ret 18 29 23 4 28 Federico Iribarne 9 11 9 15 15 Ret 17 17 19 4 29 Fabio Scherer 25 13 26 18 9 13 10 Ret 25 3 30 Jaden Conwright 19 22 Ret 16 Ret 24 12 18 17 14 DNS 29 20 22 16 21 17 14 9 11 14 2 31 Mauro Auricchio 21 18 11 10 21 16 10 17 13 2 32 Aldo Festante 24 17 19 10 13 18 21 23 28 17 21 Ret 18 14 26 16 18 21 1 33 Kevin Kratz 10 21 17 DNS DNS WD 13 18 17 Ret Ret 20 1 34 Giacomo Bianchi 18 23 24 Ret 14 23 22 27 26 25 25 27 11 21 25 18 Ret 19 18 24 12 1 35 Fabienne Wohlwend 21 20 DNQ 17 Ret 22 26 20 20 24 23 26 17 24 19 19 Ret 24 12 16 11 0 36 Manuel Maldonado 20 Ret DNQ 18 12 21 23 28 24 27 19 24 Ret Ret 23 13 16 18 16 21 17 0 37 Thomas Preining 12 16 Ret 0 38 Riccardo Ponzio 15 13 Ret 14 19 25 WD WD WD 16 20 24 Ret 19 15 0 39 Aleksandr Vartanyan 13 18 15 0 40 Jan-Erik Meikup 16 Ret Ret 0 41 Václav Šafář DSQ DSQ 18 0 42 Yannik Brandt Ret 19 DNQ 0 43 Ahmad Al-Muhanadi 23 20 Ret 0 44 Mariano Lavigna 21 DNS DNS 0 45 Ricardo Feller 22 Ret 22 0 46 Aaron di Comberti 24 Ret DNQ 0 47 Antolín González 26 26 28 0 Drivers ineligible to score points Artem Petrov 21 14 Ret 12 15 27 13 15 12 19 14 22 2 7 5 Ret 6 2 Ret Ret 4 0 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts MIS ADR IMO1 MUG VAL IMO2 MNZ

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Secondary Classes' standings

Pos Driver MIS ADR IMO1 MUG VAL IMO2 MNZ Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Rookie Trophy 1 Jüri Vips 7 5 2 Ret 16 11 9 3 3 4 2 14 2 19 9 Ret 3 1 247.5 2 Lorenzo Colombo 17 14 Ret 9 12 15 5 5 8 20 22 19 13 19 13 4 2 6 4 22 7 3 Simone Cunati 4 23 Ret 3 2 7 9 26 18 7 12 23 10 Ret 21 3 5 4 205 4 Juan Manuel Correa 3 4 Ret Ret 9 1 1 16 9 5 10 1 Ret 4 5 11 23 19 198.5 5 Kush Maini 8 10 8 7 6 10 15 12 13 18 Ret 16 26 8 3 6 Ret 13 Ret 7 21 182 6 Sebastián Fernández Ret 9 16 19 11 19 22 22 29 12 6 6 Ret 9 4 14 13 26 20 1 5 156 7 Giacomo Altoè 22 7 14 8 10 17 19 19 27 23 20 20 25 12 8 17 12 11 7 14 8 150 8 Leonard Hoogenboom 19 Ret 23 Ret 10 16 24 13 30 16 15 14 14 Ret 17 11 9 3 17 8 Ret 131 9 Ian Rodríguez 22 8 25 6 5 14 14 Ret 22 Ret Ret 21 24 Ret 12 8 6 3 128.5 10 Federico Malvestiti 17 15 18 8 7 11 Ret DNS DNS 22 24 25 24 17 18 20 14 23 14 Ret 10 93 11 Jaden Conwright 19 22 Ret 16 Ret 24 12 18 17 14 DNS 29 20 22 16 21 17 14 9 11 14 74.5 12 Aldo Festante 24 17 19 10 13 18 21 23 28 17 21 Ret 18 14 26 16 18 21 71 13 Fabienne Wohlwend 21 20 DNQ 17 Ret 22 26 20 20 24 23 26 17 24 19 19 Ret 24 12 16 11 47 14 Fabio Scherer 25 13 26 18 9 13 10 Ret 25 45 15 Manuel Maldonado 20 Ret DNQ 18 12 21 23 28 24 27 19 24 Ret Ret 23 13 16 18 16 21 17 38 16 Giacomo Bianchi 18 23 24 Ret 14 23 22 27 26 25 25 27 11 21 25 18 Ret 19 18 24 12 37 17 Mauro Auricchio 21 18 11 10 21 16 10 17 13 10 18 Aaron di Comberti 24 Ret DNQ 4 19 Yannik Brandt Ret 19 DNQ 2 20 Mariano Lavigna 21 DNS DNS 1 21 Ricardo Feller 22 Ret 22 1 Drivers ineligible to score points Artem Petrov 21 14 Ret 12 15 27 13 15 12 19 14 22 2 7 5 Ret 6 2 Ret Ret 4 0 F4 Woman Trophy 1 Fabienne Wohlwend 21 20 DNQ 17 Ret 22 26 20 20 24 23 26 17 24 19 19 Ret 24 12 16 11 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts MIS ADR IMO1 MUG VAL IMO2 MNZ

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	Points
1	Prema Powerteam	439.5
2	Jenzer Motorsport	396
3	nowrap	Mücke Motorsport	236
4	DR Formula	202
5	Bhaitech	165
6	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	139
7	RB Racing	95.5
8	Diegi Motorsport	86
9	Antonelli Motorsport	83
10	BVM Racing	75.5
11	DRZ Benelli	43
12	Cram Motorsport	20
13	Kiteviola Motorsport	16
14	GSK Grand Prix	4
15	Torino Squadra Corse	4
16	ADM Motorsport	2

External links

• • Italian F4 Championship section on the ACI Sport

Notes and References

1. News: 2016 Sporting Regulations. 16 March 2016. Italian F4 Championship. ACI Sport. 16 March 2016.
2. News: NEW RACING CALENDAR 2016. 27 November 2015. Italian F4 Championship. ACI Sport. 10 December 2015.
3. News: Italian and German F4 series get 40+ cars, qualifying races. Allen. Peter. PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. 7 April 2016. 8 April 2016.
4. News: American Jaden Conwright makes European debut in Italian F4. David. Gruz. PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. 18 January 2016. 19 January 2016.
5. News: Marino Sato to continue with VSR for second Italian F4 campaign. David. Gruz. PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. 15 January 2016. 15 January 2016.
6. News: Prema sign latest Estonian karting star Vips for F4 campaign. David. Gruz. Paddock Scout. 12 January 2016. 12 January 2016.
7. News: Juan Manuel Correa with Prema in the 2016 Formula 4 Championship. Prema Powerteam. 9 February 2016. 9 February 2016.
8. News: Sebastian Fernandez to team up with RB Racing in Italian F4. David. Gruz. PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. 19 January 2016. 20 January 2016.
9. News: Yan Shlom new RB Racing F4 driver. RB Racing. 27 January 2016. 8 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160828002636/http://rbracing.ch/en/yan-shlom-new-rb-racing-f4-driver/. 28 August 2016. dead.
10. News: Il team Kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport Ufficializza i quattro piloti per l'Italian F.4 Championship powered by Abarth. Italian. Italian F4 Championship. 7 March 2016. 7 March 2016.
11. News: Il team ADM Motorsport entra a far parte dell'Italian F4 Championship powered by Abarth per gli ultimi tre appuntamenti stagionali. ACI Sport. 23 August 2016. 9 September 2016.
12. News: Entry list Imola. 24 May 2016. 27 May 2016.
13. News: Job van Uitert in Duits Formule 4 met Jenzer Motorsport: "Lessen van 2015 meenemen". Kaligis. Bas. 20 December 2015. RaceXpress. Dutch. 26 December 2015.
14. News: DIEGO CIANTINI (ARG) and GIACOMO BIANCHI (CH) with Jenzer Motorsport in the F4 Italian Championship. Jenzer Motorsport. 19 February 2016. 8 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160308111157/http://www.jenzermotorsport.ch/en/17-fia-f4/top-news-fia-f4/824-press-release-02-2016. 8 March 2016. dead.
15. News: Siebert to test in GP3 with Jenzer but remain in Italian F4. Allen. Peter. PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. 15 October 2015. 24 December 2015.
16. News: KEVIN KRATZ (D) and JAN-ERIK MEIKUP (EST) complete the driver line-up in the F4 ADAC German Championship!. Jenzer Motorsport. 14 March 2016. 17 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160323014737/http://www.jenzermotorsport.ch/en/37-fia-f4-ger/top-news-fia-f4-ger/934-press-release-05-2016. 23 March 2016. dead.
17. News: Sono 40 le monoposto e 22 i team finora iscritti all'Italian F.4 Championship powered by Abarth 2016. 2 February 2016. Italian F4 Championship. ACI Sport. 2 February 2016.
18. News: Penultimo weekend della stagione, a Imola, per l'Italian F4 Championship powered by Abarth. ACI Sport. 22 September 2016. 24 September 2016.
19. News: 2016 Sporting Regulations. Italian F4 Championship. ACI Sport. 8 April 2016.
20. News: MAGAZINE F4 ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 ROUND1 MISANO. WSKPROMOTION on YouTube. 18 May 2016.
21. News: F4 ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 ROUND2 ADRIA RACE1. WSKPROMOTIONS on YouTube. 18 May 2016.
22. News: F4 ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 ROUND2 ADRIA RACE2. WSKPROMOTIONS on YouTube. 18 May 2016.
23. News: F4 ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 ROUND2 ADRIA RACE3. WSKPROMOTIONS on YouTube. 18 May 2016.
24. News: F4 ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 ROUND2 ADRIA RACE4. WSKPROMOTIONS on YouTube. 18 May 2016.
25. News: F4 ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 ROUND3 IMOLA RACE1. WSKPROMOTIONS on YouTube. 5 September 2016.
26. News: F4 ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 ROUND3 IMOLA RACE2. WSKPROMOTIONS on YouTube. 5 September 2016.
27. News: F4 ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 ROUND3 IMOLA RACE3. WSKPROMOTIONS on YouTube. 5 September 2016.
28. News: F4 ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 ROUND4 MUGELLO RACE1. WSKPROMOTIONS on YouTube. 5 September 2016.
29. News: F4 ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 ROUND4 MUGELLO RACE2. WSKPROMOTIONS on YouTube. 5 September 2016.
30. News: F4 ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 ROUND4 MUGELLO RACE3. WSKPROMOTIONS on YouTube. 5 September 2016.
31. News: F4 ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 ROUND5 VALLELUNGA RACE1. WSKPROMOTIONS on YouTube. 12 October 2016.
32. News: F4 ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 ROUND5 VALLELUNGA RACE2. WSKPROMOTIONS on YouTube. 12 October 2016.
33. News: F4 ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 ROUND5 VALLELUNGA RACE3. WSKPROMOTIONS on YouTube. 12 October 2016.
34. News: F4 ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 ROUND6 IMOLA RACE1. WSKPROMOTIONS on YouTube. 13 October 2016.
35. News: F4 ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 ROUND6 IMOLA RACE2. WSKPROMOTIONS on YouTube. 13 October 2016.
36. News: F4 ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 ROUND6 IMOLA RACE3. WSKPROMOTIONS on YouTube. 13 October 2016.
37. News: ITALIAN F4 CHAMPIONSHIP - MONZA 30 OTTOBRE 2016 - HL RACE 1. ACI Sport on YouTube. 30 October 2016.
38. News: F4 ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 ROUND 7 MONZA RACE 2. WSKPROMOTIONS on YouTube. 6 December 2016.
39. News: F4 ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 ROUND 7 MONZA RACE 3. WSKPROMOTIONS on YouTube. 6 December 2016.