2017 Italian F4 Championship Explained

The 2017 Italian F4 Championship Powered by Abarth was the fourth season of the Italian F4 Championship. It began on 2 April at Misano and finished on 22 October at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza after seven triple header rounds.^[1]

The championship title was clinched by and Prema Powerteam driver and Ferrari Driver Academy protegé Marcus Armstrong.^[2] Job van Uitert, Lorenzo Colombo, Sebastián Fernández and Artem Petrov were the other drivers who won more than one race, all of them completed the top-five in the driver standings. Leonardo Lorandi won the rookies' championship.^[3] Sophia Flörsch was the only woman to compete in the series, but because she did not compete in at least five events, the Woman trophy wasn't given.^[4]

Teams and drivers

On 11 March 2017 was announced that 14 teams and more than 30 drivers were scheduled to compete in the 2017 season.^[5]

Team Driver Class Rounds Van Amersfoort Racing 3 Louis Gachot 1, 3 80 Felipe Drugovich^[6] 1 3 83 Kami Laliberté 1 BWT Mücke Motorsport 4 Sophia Flörsch W 1–3 5 Lirim Zendeli^[7] 1–6 8 Oliver Söderström 1 64 Olli Caldwell 3–7 Bhaitech 6 Lorenzo Colombo^[8] All 7 Sebastián Fernández^[9] All 11 Leonardo Lorandi^[10] All Prema Powerteam 9 Marcus Armstrong^[11] All 44 Jüri Vips^[12] 1, 4–5 68 Juan Manuel Correa^[13] 1, 4 74 Enzo Fittipaldi All 77 Lukas Dunner^[14] 6 Jenzer Motorsport 15 Kush Maini^[15] All 16 Job van Uitert All 17 Grégoire Saucy^[16] 5–6 18 Giorgio Carrara^[17] All 19 Giacomo Bianchi^[18] All 27 Federico Malvestiti All ADM Motorsport 22 Andreas Estner^[19] 3 23 Diego Bertonelli 3 46 Mauro Auricchio^[20] 1 nowrap Henry Morrogh Racing D.S. 24 nowrap Andrea Dall'Accio^[21] 1–5 Cram Motorsport 24 Andrea Dall'Accio^[22] 6–7 36 Mariano Lavigna 1 87 Christian Cobellini 3 88 nowrap Leonard Hoogenboom 1, 3 89 Tom Beckhäuser 3–7 Corbetta Competizioni 26 Mickael Grosso 2–4 82 Davide Venditti^[23] 7 BDL Motorsport 28 Alessandro Ghiretti 1–2 Diegi Motorsport 33 Facundo Garese 7 82 Davide Venditti 1–6 DR Formula 42 Artem Petrov All 51 Aldo Festante 1–4, 6 55 Felipe Branquinho All DRZ Benelli 45 Ian Rodríguez All Vigo GP-BU 78 Federico Casoli 7

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

Race calendar

The calendar was published on 29 October 2016.^[1] All rounds were held in Italy.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Secondary Class winner
1	R1	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	2 April	nowrap	Sebastián Fernández	nowrap	Sebastián Fernández	nowrap	Sebastián Fernández	Bhaitech	nowrap	Leonardo Lorandi : Sophia Flörsch
	R2	3 April	Sebastián Fernández	Lorenzo Colombo	Sebastián Fernández	Bhaitech	R: Enzo Fittipaldi W: Sophia Flörsch
	R3		Lorenzo Colombo	Lorenzo Colombo	Sebastián Fernández	Bhaitech	R: Enzo Fittipaldi W: no finishers
2	R1	Adria International Raceway, Adria	6 May	Lorenzo Colombo	Job van Uitert	Job van Uitert	Jenzer Motorsport	R: Leonardo Lorandi W: Sophia Flörsch
	R2		7 May	Lorenzo Colombo	Enzo Fittipaldi	Leonardo Lorandi	Bhaitech	R: Leonardo Lorandi W: Sophia Flörsch
	R3			Lorenzo Colombo	Leonardo Lorandi	Lorenzo Colombo	Bhaitech	R: Leonardo Lorandi W: Sophia Flörsch
3	R1	Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	24 June	Artem Petrov	Leonardo Lorandi	Ian Rodríguez	DRZ Benelli	R: Leonardo Lorandi W: no finishers
	R2		25 June	Marcus Armstrong	Artem Petrov	Marcus Armstrong	Prema Powerteam	R: Leonardo Lorandi W: Sophia Flörsch
	R3			Aldo Festante	Felipe Drugovich	Felipe Drugovich	nowrap	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Leonardo Lorandi W: Sophia Flörsch
4	R1	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero	15 July	Marcus Armstrong	Lorenzo Colombo	Marcus Armstrong	Prema Powerteam	R: Leonardo Lorandi W: no entrants
	R2		16 July	Jüri Vips	Artem Petrov	Jüri Vips	Prema Powerteam	R: Leonardo Lorandi W: no entrants
	R3			Jüri Vips	Job van Uitert	Job van Uitert	Jenzer Motorsport	R: Leonardo Lorandi W: no entrants
5	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	9 September	Marcus Armstrong	Job van Uitert	Marcus Armstrong	Prema Powerteam	R: Leonardo Lorandi W: no entrants
	R2		10 September	Job van Uitert	Jüri Vips	Job van Uitert	Jenzer Motorsport	R: Leonardo Lorandi W: no entrants
	R3		Job van Uitert	Jüri Vips	Job van Uitert	Jenzer Motorsport	R: Leonardo Lorandi W: no entrants
6	R1	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero	7 October	Sebastián Fernández	Sebastián Fernández	Sebastián Fernández	Bhaitech	R: Leonardo Lorandi W: no entrants
	R2		8 October	Marcus Armstrong	Lirim Zendeli	Marcus Armstrong	Prema Powerteam	R: Leonardo Lorandi W: no entrants
	R3			Marcus Armstrong	Artem Petrov	Sebastián Fernández	Bhaitech	R: Leonardo Lorandi W: no entrants
7	R1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	21 October	Marcus Armstrong	Artem Petrov	Artem Petrov	DR Formula	R: Leonardo Lorandi W: no entrants
	R2		22 October	Lorenzo Colombo	Artem Petrov	Artem Petrov	DR Formula	R: Leonardo Lorandi W: no entrants
	R3			Lorenzo Colombo	Job van Uitert	Lorenzo Colombo	Bhaitech	R: Leonardo Lorandi W: no entrants

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap. Only the best sixteen results were counted towards the championship. To be able to compete in the main classification, drivers were obliged to compete in at least five rounds, one of these rounds should be the finale in Monza.^[24]

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

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver MIS ADR VAL MUG1 IMO MUG2 MNZ Pts 1 Marcus Armstrong 5 3 23 3 Ret 3 2 1 4 1 2 8 1 4 3 2 1 3 2 4 10 2 Job van Uitert 6 7 6 1 2 2 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 2 1 1 8 2 15 3 2 Ret 247 3 Lorenzo Colombo 4 2 2 2 Ret 1 Ret 6 5 3 7 3 5 5 10 3 Ret 7 5 6 1 4 Sebastián Fernández 1 1 1 14 5 Ret Ret 5 11 Ret 6 4 7 16 5 1 16 1 7 5 11 197 5 Artem Petrov 2 Ret 3 Ret 6 19 3 2 2 12 3 7 10 9 20 6 Ret 2 1 1 Ret 192 6 Leonardo Lorandi 9 14 19 5 1 6 6 10 7 4 4 5 8 7 2 4 3 4 8 3 4 7 Ian Rodríguez 7 18 7 8 10 8 1 8 6 16 10 9 6 8 19 12 5 Ret 4 13 2 115 8 Kush Maini Ret 11 24 4 8 7 7 9 15 5 18 Ret 4 3 9 9 4 18 6 7 3 114 9 Enzo Fittipaldi 11 8 5 6 7 11 Ret 12 14 6 Ret 6 Ret 12 7 5 DSQ 5 9 Ret 5 89 10 Federico Malvestiti 14 Ret 11 11 11 10 16 16 18 10 Ret 10 Ret 13 8 14 Ret 11 Ret 8 7 19 11 Olli Caldwell 18 14 13 11 13 11 Ret 19 14 21 10 10 11 15 6 10 12 Giacomo Bianchi 13 12 12 10 16 14 11 18 16 13 14 16 9 10 17 13 15 13 10 10 Ret 8 13 Felipe Branquinho 20 16 Ret 13 13 9 13 17 23 14 11 Ret 13 14 12 16 8 14 Ret 11 Ret 6 14 Giorgio Carrara 16 20 21 9 12 13 15 15 17 15 12 Ret 11 11 11 15 12 9 Ret 9 Ret 6 15 Davide Venditti Ret 23 14 17 17 16 21 23 Ret 20 15 13 Ret 20 18 20 Ret DNS 13 18 8 4 16 Tom Beckhäuser 19 24 21 19 17 14 14 17 15 18 11 16 14 12 Ret 0 17 Andrea Dell'Accio 19 24 13 18 14 18 17 22 20 18 Ret 15 15 18 16 19 14 19 Ret 17 12 0 Drivers ineligible to take position in the championship^[25] NC Jüri Vips 3 4 Ret 2 1 2 Ret 2 6 114 NC Lirim Zendeli 21 9 8 12 3 5 8 Ret 9 7 5 12 3 6 4 7 6 8 114 NC Aldo Festante 12 15 10 19 4 12 Ret 4 3 8 9 17 11 13 6 57 NC Felipe Drugovich 23 6 4 4 3 1 52 NC Sophia Flörsch 18 21 Ret 7 9 4 Ret 7 8 28 NC Juan Manuel Correa Ret 10 20 9 8 18 10 NC Grégoire Saucy 12 15 13 10 7 12 7 NC Leonard Hoogenboom 8 25 18 10 11 Ret 5 NC Diego Bertonelli 9 13 12 2 NC Federico Casoli 12 16 9 2 NC Lukas Dunner 17 9 17 2 NC Louis Gachot 22 17 15 Ret Ret 10 1 NC Kami Laliberté 10 5 9 0 NC Andreas Estner 12 20 Ret 0 NC Facundo Garese 15 14 13 0 NC Oliver Söderström 15 13 16 0 NC Mickael Grosso 16 15 15 14 19 22 17 16 Ret 0 NC Alessandro Ghiretti 17 22 22 15 18 17 0 NC Mariano Lavigna Ret 19 17 0 NC Christian Cobellini 20 21 19 0 NC Mauro Auricchio WD WD WD 0 Pos Driver MIS ADR VAL MUG1 IMO MUG2 MNZ Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Secondary championship's standings

Pos	Driver	MIS			ADR			VAL			MUG1			IMO			MUG2			MNZ			Pts
Rookies' championship
1	Leonardo Lorandi	9	14	19	5	1	6	6	10	7	4	4	5	8	7	2	4	3	4	8	3	4
2	Enzo Fittipaldi	11	8	5	6	7	11	Ret	12	14	6	Ret	6	Ret	12	7	5	DSQ	5	9	Ret	5	293
3	Giorgio Carrara	16	20	21	9	12	13	15	15	17	15	12	Ret	11	11	11	15	13	9	Ret	9	Ret
4	Felipe Branquinho	20	16	Ret	13	13	9	13	17	23	14	11	Ret	13	14	12	16	8	14	Ret	11	Ret
5	Olli Caldwell							18	14	13	11	13	11	Ret	19	14	21	11	10	11	15	6	172
6	Andrea Dell'Accio	19	24	13	18	14	18	17	22	20	18	Ret	15	15	18	16	19	15	19	Ret	17	12
7	Davide Venditti	Ret	23	14	17	17	16	21	23	Ret	20	15	13	Ret	20	18	20	Ret	DNS	13	18	8	115
8	Tom Beckhäuser							19	24	21	19	17	14	14	17	15	18	12	16	14	12	Ret	113
Drivers ineligible to take position in the championship
NC	Mickael Grosso				16	15	15	14	19	22	17	16	Ret										69
NC	Alessandro Ghiretti	17	22	22	15	18	17																46
NC	Mariano Lavigna	Ret	19	17																			24
NC	Christian Cobellini							20	21	19													22
Woman trophy
NC	Sophia Flörsch	18	21	Ret	7	9	4	Ret	7	8													200
Pos	Driver	MIS			ADR			VAL			MUG1			IMO			MUG2			MNZ			Pts

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	Points
1	Bhaitech	565
2	Prema Powerteam	476
3	Jenzer Motorsport	368
4	DR Formula	255
5	BWT Mücke Motorsport	152
6	DRZ Benelli	115
7	Cram Motorsport	5
Teams ineligible for place in the classification^[26]
NC	Van Amersfoort Racing	53
NC	Corbetta Competizioni	4
NC	Kite Viola Motorsport GP	2
NC	ADM Motorsport	2
-	BDL Motorsport	0
-	nowrap	Henry Morrogh Racing D.S.	0
-	Diegi Motorsport	0

Notes and References

1. News: Annunciato il calendario 2017. Rubino. Jacopo. 29 October 2016. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. it. 31 October 2016.
2. News: Allen. Peter. Marcus Armstrong seals Italian F4 title with second place in Monza opener. 14 February 2018. formulascout.com. Formula Scout. 21 October 2017.
3. Web site: Italian F4 Rookies' Championship. acisport.it. ACI Sport. 23 October 2017.
4. Web site: CLASSIFICA TROFEO NAZIONALE FEMMINILE 2017. acisport.it. ACI Sport Italia. 20 January 2018.
5. News: More than 30 Drivers already, and 14 Teams are ready for the 2017 Italian F4 Championship powered by Abarth. 11 March 2017. f4championship.com. WSK Promotion S.r.l.. 11 March 2017.
6. Web site: Three Drivers for Van Amersfoort at Misano. 18 March 2017. 18 March 2017.
7. News: Göcke. Annika. FOUR PINK PANTHERS WAITING FOR THEIR DRIVERS. 18 March 2017. drivetribe.com. 18 March 2017. 19 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170319112349/https://drivetribe.com/p/f4POKnv3SVGpd0XfCrOQsA?iid=GxxM0Y_1SSm9lrFi9zHAGw. dead.
8. Web site: Colombo continues with BhaiTech in Italian F4 for 2017. 24 January 2017. 24 January 2017.
9. Web site: Sebastian Fernandez makes BhaiTech move in Italian F4. 27 January 2017. 27 January 2017.
10. Web site: Leonardo Lorandi to debut in Italian F4 with BhaiTech. 30 January 2017. 30 January 2017.
11. News: Ferrari duo Fittipaldi and Armstrong get Prema F4 seats. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 20 February 2017. Motorsport.com. 20 February 2017.
12. News: Juri Vips continues in F4 with Prema for 2017. Allen. Peter. 20 December 2016. Paddock Scout. 20 December 2016.
13. Web site: Juan Manuel Correa stays with Prema for 2017 Formula 4 campaign. 6 January 2017. 6 January 2017.
14. News: Prema con Dunner al Mugello. 4 October 2017. italiaracing.net. Inpagina. 5 October 2017. it.
15. Web site: Arjun Maini stays with Jenzer in GP3. 28 February 2017. 28 February 2017.
16. News: Costa. Massimo. mola, libere 1: Vips apre il weekend. 8 September 2017. italiaracing.net. Inpagina. 8 September 2017. it.
17. Web site: Van Uitert (NL), Malvestiti (I) and Carrara (ARG) with Jenzer Motorsport in the F4 Italian Championship. 15 February 2017. 18 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170218233225/http://www.jenzermotorsport.ch/en/17-fia-f4/top-news-fia-f4/1015-press-release-01-2017. 18 February 2017. dead.
18. News: Bianchi continua con Jenzer. Caruccio. Antonio. 8 March 2017. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. it. 9 March 2017. Bianchi continues with Jenzer.
19. Web site: Entry List. acisport.it. ACI Sport. 23 June 2017.
20. Web site: Italian F.4 Championship Powered by Abarth Misano Adriatico 1/2 aprile 2017 Elenco Iscritti - Entry List. 28 March 2017. 28 March 2017.
21. News: Morrogh debutta con Dell'Accio. Costa. Massimo. 6 March 2017. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. it. 9 March 2017. Morrogh debuts Dell'Accio.
22. Web site: Elenco Iscritti - Entry List. acisport.it. ACI Sport. 5 October 2017.
23. Web site: Entry List. acisport.it. ACI Sport. 20 October 2017.
24. Web site: Sporting Regulation 2017 Italian F.4 Championship powered by Abarth. acisport.it. ACI Sport Italia. 2 April 2017.
25. Web site: Italian F4 Championship. acisport.it. ACI Sport. 23 October 2017.
26. Web site: ITALIAN F.4 CHAMPIONSHIP POWERED BY ABARTH. acisport.it. ACI Sport. 23 October 2017.