2018 Italian F4 Championship Explained

The 2018 Italian F4 Championship Powered by Abarth was the fifth season of the Italian F4 Championship. It began on 29 April in Adria and finished on 28 October in Mugello after seven triple header rounds.^[1]

The title was clinched by Enzo Fittipaldi, who won the season finale.

Teams and drivers

Team		Driver	Class	Rounds
Van Amersfoort Racing	2	Frederik Vesti^[2]		2
	21	Charles Weerts		2
	23	Lucas Alecco Roy		2, 7
	32	Andreas Estner^[3]		7
	33	Sebastian Estner		7
DR Formula	3	Edoardo Morricone^[4]		1, 3–6
	52	László Tóth		1–3
BWT Mücke Motorsport	4	Niklas Krütten^[5]		All
	6	Ido Cohen		All
	25	William Alatalo^[6]		All
	34	Amaury Cordeel^[7]		3–4
Prema Theodore Racing	5	Gianluca Petecof^[8]		1–2, 4–7
	33	Jack Doohan^[9]		2–3
	64	Olli Caldwell^[10]		All
	74	Enzo Fittipaldi^[11]		All
	88	Amna Al Qubaisi		1, 3–7
AS Motorsport	7	Axel Gnos		2, 5
	69	Jesse Salmenautio		7
R-ace GP	8	Grégoire Saucy		7
	21	Lorenzo Colombo		7
Bhaitech	9	Petr Ptáček		All
	10	Alessandro Famularo^[12]		All
	11	Leonardo Lorandi		All
	12	Anthony Famularo		1–4
	14	Ilya Morozov^[13]		7
KDC Racing^[14]	13	Aaron di Comberti^[15]		1–2
	14	Ilya Morozov^[16]		1–2
	20	Toby Sowery		1–2
Cram Motorsport	14	Ilya Morozov		4–6
	22	Umberto Laganella^[17]		All
	24	Andrea Dell'Accio^[18]		All
	29	Emilio Cipriani^[19]		All
	37	Francesco Garisto^[20]		1, 3
	94	Daniel Vebster		6–7
Jenzer Motorsport	15			All
	16	Grégoire Saucy		1–6
	17	Nazim Azman^[21]		All
	18	Javier González		1–5
	19			All
	27	Federico Malvestiti		All
BVM Racing	31	Marzio Moretti		1–5, 7
	36	Gastone Sampieri		1–2, 4–5
DRZ Benelli	45	Ian Rodríguez^[22]		1–6
Technorace	49	Alessio Deledda^[23]		All
Alma Racing	77	Diego Bertonelli^[24]		5
	78	nowrap	Amaury Cordeel		7
nowrap	DR Formula/Curv Motorsport	77	Nicola Marinangeli		7
Corbetta Competizioni	81	Fabio Venditti		All

Race calendar and results

The calendar was published on 22 October 2017.^[1] For the first time in the history of the championship, it included a circuit outside of Italy with a round being held at Circuit Paul Ricard in Southern France.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie winner
1	R1	Adria International Raceway	22 April	Enzo Fittipaldi	Enzo Fittipaldi	Enzo Fittipaldi	nowrap	Prema Theodore Racing	nowrap	Gianluca Petecof
	R2			nowrap	Leonardo Lorandi	nowrap	Leonardo Lorandi	nowrap	Leonardo Lorandi	Bhaitech	Gianluca Petecof
	R3			Enzo Fittipaldi	Leonardo Lorandi	Enzo Fittipaldi	Prema Theodore Racing	Gianluca Petecof
2	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	12 May	Frederik Vesti	Frederik Vesti	Olli Caldwell	Prema Theodore Racing	Petr Ptáček
	R2		13 May	Olli Caldwell	Enzo Fittipaldi	Frederik Vesti	Van Amersfoort Racing	Gianluca Petecof
	R3			Enzo Fittipaldi	Leonardo Lorandi	Frederik Vesti	Van Amersfoort Racing	Gianluca Petecof
3	R1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	2 June	Grégoire Saucy	nowrap	Federico Malvestiti	Leonardo Lorandi	Bhaitech	Jack Doohan
	R2		3 June	Leonardo Lorandi	Olli Caldwell	William Alatalo	BWT Mücke Motorsport	Petr Ptáček
	R3			Grégoire Saucy	Petr Ptáček	Leonardo Lorandi	Bhaitech	Petr Ptáček
4	R1	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	16 June	Enzo Fittipaldi			Prema Theodore Racing	Petr Ptáček
	R2	17 June		Petr Ptáček		Prema Theodore Racing	Petr Ptáček
	R3			Gianluca Petecof		Prema Theodore Racing	Petr Ptáček
5	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	28 July	nowrap	Federico Malvestiti	Petr Ptáček	Leonardo Lorandi	Bhaitech	Petr Ptáček
	R2		29 July	Leonardo Lorandi	Leonardo Lorandi	Leonardo Lorandi	Bhaitech	Petr Ptáček
	R3			Federico Malvestiti	Grégoire Saucy	nowrap	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	Petr Ptáček
6	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	nowrap	15 September	Olli Caldwell		Olli Caldwell	Prema Theodore Racing	Gianluca Petecof
	R2		16 September	Olli Caldwell	Enzo Fittipaldi	Olli Caldwell	Prema Theodore Racing	Petr Ptáček
	R3			Olli Caldwell	Petr Ptáček	Olli Caldwell	Prema Theodore Racing	Petr Ptáček
7	R1	Mugello Circuit	27 October		Federico Malvestiti	Gianluca Petecof	Prema Theodore Racing	Gianluca Petecof
	R2		28 October	Enzo Fittipaldi	Leonardo Lorandi	Enzo Fittipaldi	Prema Theodore Racing	Gianluca Petecof
	R3			Enzo Fittipaldi	Enzo Fittipaldi	Enzo Fittipaldi	Prema Theodore Racing	Gianluca Petecof

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.^[25]

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 ADR LEC MNZ MIS IMO VLL MUG Pts 1 Enzo Fittipaldi 1 3 1 Ret 2 5 Ret 18 5 1 1 1 4 3 2 8 2 4 Ret 1 1 2 Leonardo Lorandi 2 1 2 Ret 6 4 1 4 1 8 4 2 1 1 4 Ret 4 3 24 2 5 3 Olli Caldwell 7 4 8 1 8 2 2 2 3 6 10 9 9 2 9 1 1 1 2 4 3 4 Gianluca Petecof 5 2 7 13 4 6 4 24 DSQ 6 6 6 2 5 5 1 3 2 186 5 Petr Ptáček 10 8 17 4 13 7 Ret 6 4 2 2 3 5 5 3 Ret 3 2 6 Ret 4 182 6 Federico Malvestiti 3 7 9 5 16 14 5 5 6 5 5 12 2 4 1 3 9 7 27 7 6 7 Giorgio Carrara 11 9 6 9 3 9 3 22 10 7 Ret 4 3 10 10 7 10 13 5 5 7 8 William Alatalo 9 Ret Ret 26 32 13 4 1 2 12 13 6 8 19 Ret 5 7 6 4 10 12 106 9 Ian Rodríguez 6 6 Ret 6 7 DNS 15 3 Ret 3 3 Ret 10 9 12 WD WD WD 78 10 Frederik Vesti 2 1 1 68 11 Grégoire Saucy 12 5 5 Ret 9 10 9 19 Ret 9 7 23 11 27 5 13 6 8 Ret 6 22 63 12 Toby Sowery 4 21 4 3 12 3 54 13 Niklas Krütten 22 Ret 11 8 29 16 10 Ret 7 Ret 9 21 7 8 7 6 15 12 7 Ret 11 43 14 Javier González 8 10 3 7 11 26 Ret 21 8 11 11 22 14 7 8 40 15 Umberto Laganella 13 Ret 10 24 22 11 7 8 11 21 25 5 17 12 22 4 11 21 11 Ret DNS 33 16 Andreas Estner 3 8 9 21 17 Nazim Azman 17 Ret 12 15 17 15 8 10 9 24 12 7 15 15 14 9 12 9 18 Ret 19 17 18 Charles Weerts 10 5 8 15 19 Ilya Morozov 21 20 Ret 11 21 22 10 6 8 16 13 Ret 10 13 10 16 17 27 15 20 Jack Doohan Ret 10 12 6 11 19 9 21 Alessandro Famularo Ret 17 13 20 25 25 22 14 13 17 19 14 13 26 Ret 11 8 18 8 13 15 8 22 Marzio Moretti 14 15 14 12 18 20 20 9 12 16 16 13 23 17 11 9 11 8 8 23 Edoardo Morricone 20 13 23 12 7 Ret 14 15 Ret Ret 14 15 Ret 14 11 6 24 Oliver Rasmussen 18 Ret 18 14 19 17 11 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 18 Ret 20 14 19 14 13 Ret 25 4 25 Lorenzo Colombo 14 9 10 3 26 Gastone Sampieri Ret Ret 19 19 20 23 25 14 10 Ret 18 13 1 27 Sebastian Estner 10 15 26 1 28 Diego Bertonelli 12 11 17 0 29 Anthony Famularo Ret 14 15 17 23 32 18 Ret 13 13 22 11 0 30 Ido Cohen 16 11 Ret 16 15 18 13 Ret Ret Ret 18 15 26 16 Ret 15 17 Ret 15 14 16 0 31 Amaury Cordeel 14 13 14 15 Ret 16 23 12 13 0 32 Daniel Vebster 12 20 20 20 16 14 0 33 Lucas Alecco Roy 18 14 19 12 Ret 24 0 34 Amna Al Qubaisi Ret 12 16 24 16 17 20 23 Ret 20 20 23 Ret 16 15 19 21 21 0 35 Andrea Dell'Accio 19 16 Ret 21 28 27 16 12 16 18 17 18 25 22 18 16 18 17 26 18 23 0 36 Emilio Cipriani 25 22 21 23 Ret 24 17 15 15 19 20 17 19 21 Ret 17 22 16 25 Ret 17 0 37 Aaron di Comberti 15 19 Ret Ret 24 21 0 38 Axel Gnos 25 27 30 22 24 16 0 39 Alessio Deledda 26 Ret 22 27 30 29 19 17 18 22 Ret 19 21 23 19 18 21 19 21 Ret 28 0 40 Jesse Salmenautio 17 19 18 0 41 László Tóth 23 18 20 22 26 28 Ret 20 Ret 0 42 Fabio Venditti 27 23 24 28 31 31 21 Ret 20 23 21 20 24 25 21 19 Ret Ret 28 20 20 0 43 Nicola Marinangeli 22 Ret 29 0 44 Francesco Garisto 24 Ret Ret 23 23 Ret 0 Pos Driver ADR LEC MNZ MIS IMO VLL MUG Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookies' standings

Pos Driver ADR LEC MNZ MIS IMO VLL MUG Pts 1 Petr Ptáček 2 2 7 1 3 2 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 2 Ret 2 2 Gianluca Petecof 1 1 1 5 1 1 2 13 DSQ 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 343 3 Niklas Krütten 9 Ret 3 2 14 5 3 Ret 2 Ret 4 12 3 3 3 3 7 5 3 Ret 4 193 4 Umberto Laganella 3 Ret 2 13 9 3 2 3 3 9 11 2 6 4 11 2 4 11 7 Ret DNS 174 5 Marzio Moretti 4 6 5 4 5 8 10 4 4 6 7 6 11 8 4 5 2 3 6 Ilya Morozov 8 9 Ret 3 8 9 3 2 3 5 5 Ret 4 5 3 10 7 12 139 7 Alessandro Famularo Ret 7 4 9 11 12 12 6 5 7 9 7 4 14 Ret 5 3 8 4 3 6 128 8 Edoardo Morricone 7 4 13 5 2 Ret 5 6 Ret Ret 6 6 Ret 6 4 100 9 Ido Cohen 5 3 Ret 7 4 7 6 Ret Ret Ret 8 8 13 7 Ret 8 8 Ret 9 4 7 99 10 Oliver Rasmussen 6 Ret 8 6 6 6 4 Ret Ret Ret 3 Ret 7 Ret 9 7 9 6 8 Ret 10 92 11 Jack Doohan Ret 2 4 1 5 8 69 12 Gastone Sampieri Ret Ret 9 8 7 10 12 5 4 Ret 9 5 47 13 Anthony Famularo Ret 5 6 11 10 17 8 Ret 10 4 12 5 46 14 Emilio Cipriani 12 10 11 12 Ret 11 7 7 6 8 10 9 8 10 Ret 9 12 7 14 Ret 8 41 15 Daniel Vebster 6 10 10 11 6 5 28 16 Alessio Deledda 14 Ret 12 15 15 14 9 8 7 10 Ret 10 9 11 8 10 11 9 12 Ret 13 23 17 Sebastian Estner 6 5 11 18 18 Fabio Venditti 15 11 14 16 16 16 11 Ret 9 11 11 11 12 13 10 11 Ret Ret 15 8 9 9 19 László Tóth 10 8 10 10 12 13 Ret 9 Ret 9 20 Axel Gnos 14 13 15 10 12 7 7 21 Francesco Garisto 11 Ret Ret 13 10 Ret 1 22 Nicola Marinangeli 13 Ret 14 0 Pos Driver ADR LEC MNZ MIS IMO VLL MUG Pts

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	Points
1	Prema Theodore Racing	667
2	Bhaitech	480
3	Jenzer Motorsport	363
4	BWT Mücke Motorsport	148
5	Van Amersfoort Racing	103
6	DRZ Benelli	78
7	KDC Racing	54
8	Cram Motorsport	48
9	R-ace GP	11
10	BVM	9
11	DR Formula	6
–	Technorace	0
–	Corbetta Competizioni	0
–	AS Motorsport	0
–	Alma Racing	0
–	nowrap	DR Formula/Curv Motorsport	0

Notes and References

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3. Web site: Entry List . acisport.it . ACI Sport Italia . 26 October 2018.
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5. Web site: Mucke signs karter Niklas Krutten to F4 team ahead of 2018. 8 November 2017. 30 November 2017.
6. News: William Alatalo joins BWT Mücke Motorsport in F4 Italian Championship and F4 UAE. 27 January 2018. f4community.net. 24 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180128074624/https://www.f4community.net/2018/01/24/william-alatalo-joins-bwt-m%C3%BCcke-motorsport-in-f4-italian-championship-and-f4-uae/. 28 January 2018. dead.
7. Web site: Entry List . monzanet.it . 1 June 2018.
8. News: Allen. Peter. New Ferrari recruit Petecof to race in both Italian and German F4 for Prema. 5 February 2018. formulascout.com. 5 February 2018.
9. News: Jack Doohan joins Prema for selected rounds of ADAC & Italian F4 Championships. 6 March 2018. mailchi.mp. 6 March 2018.
10. News: Waring. Bethonie. Olli Caldwell picks Prema for dual ADAC and Italian Formula 4 campaigns. 26 February 2018. formulascout.com. Formula Scout. 26 February 2018.
11. Web site: ENZO FITTIPALDI RETURNS TO PREMA FOR ADAC & ITALIAN F4 TITLE ASSAULT. Jackson. Connor. The Checkered Flag. 30 January 2018. 30 January 2018.
12. News: Allen. Peter. Leonardo Lorandi remains with BhaiTech for second Italian F4 campaign. 3 March 2018. formulascout.com. Formula Scout. 2 March 2018. Lorandi completes a four-car line-up for BhaiTech alongside three rookies who were announced last October: Czech driver Petr Ptacek, who has taken part in three F4 UAE rounds this winter, and Venezuelan twins Alessandro and Anthony Famularo..
13. News: Costa . Massimo . Morozov raggiunge Bhaitech . 11 October 2018 . italiaracing.net/ . Inpagina . 10 October 2018 . it.
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20. News: Caruccio. Antonio. Christmas Poker for Cram Garisto is added for 2018. 27 December 2017. ItaliaRacing.Net. 24 December 2017. en.
21. News: Allen. Peter. Jenzer Motorsport to field six drivers in Italian F4. 5 April 2018. formulascout.com. Formula Scout. 4 April 2018.
22. News: DRZ Benelli conferma Rodriguez. 14 February 2018. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. 12 February 2018. it.
23. News: Costa. Massimo. Technorace porta al debutto il centauro Deledda. 28 February 2018. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. it. 28 February 2018.
24. Web site: Italian F.4 Championship Powered by Abarth Autodromo Int.le Enzo e Dino Ferrari – Imola-Bo – 27–29 Luglio 2018 (27–29 July 2018) Elenco Iscritti – Entry List. 27 July 2018. acisport.it. ACI Sport Italia. 27 July 2018.
25. Web site: Sporting Regulation 2017 Italian F.4 Championship powered by Abarth. acisport.it. ACI Sport Italia. 2 April 2017.