2024 F2000 Italian Formula Trophy Explained

The 2024 Zinox Laser F2000 Italian Formula Trophy is a multi-event open-wheel single seater motor racing championship. This is the eleventh season of the series, featuring a mix of professional and amateur drivers competing in different classes and using multiple kinds of Formula 3- and Formula Renault-level machinery.^[1] The championship continues its cooperation with the Drexler-Automotive Formula Cup, with the two series sharing grids and race slots on multiple race weekends.^[2]

Teams and drivers

Teams and drivers competing in the F2000 Trophy are divided into four classes: Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze rank the field based on the cars' age and technical characteristics as well as the drivers' experience.^[3] For competition in the F2.0 Cup, the field is divided into Pro and Light entries.^[4]

F2000 Trophy entries

Team	No.	Driver	Car	Engine	Rounds
Super Formula Class entries
Franz Wöss Racing	1	Benjámin Berta	Dallara F320	Mercedes	1–4
	20	Stig Larsen		Mercedes HWA	1–4
Puresport	8	Dino Rasero		Mercedes HWA	1, 3–4
TVS Motorsport	69	Enzo Stentella		BMW	1
G Motorsport	131	Francesco Galli		Volkswagen	1–4
Platinum Class entries
One Competition	9	Enzo Stentella	Dallara F317		4
Puresport	12	Christof Ledermann	Dallara F309	Power Engine	1
	14	Andrea Benalli	Dallara F317	Mercedes HWA	1–3
Team Hoffmann Racing	22	André Petropoulos	Dallara F316	Opel Spiess	2
Franz Wöss Racing	32	Victor Smialek	Dallara F316	Mercedes HWA	1–4
Facondini Racing	41	Franco Cimarelli	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	1, 3
	88	Francesco Solfaroli	Dallara F317	Toyota	1, 3–4
Jo Zeller Racing	44	Sandro Zeller	Dallara F316	Mercedes HWA	1–4
Team Automobile Tricolore	46	Riccardo Perego	Dallara F317	Volkswagen	1–4
Racing in Italy	75	Mei Shibi	Dallara F308	Volkswagen	1–3
Emotion Motorsport	83	Daniele Radrizzani	Dallara F317	Toyota	2–3
Gold Class entries
Jo Zeller Racing	2	Urs Rüttimann	Dallara F308		4
Puresport	5	Giorgio Venica	Dallara F308	Power Engine	3
	12	Christof Ledermann	Tatuus F3 T-318	Alfa Romeo	2–4
	33	Ahmad Shaheen Al Muhannadi	Dallara F312	Volkswagen	1–4
Facondini Racing	6	Enrico Milani	Dallara F308	Fiat FTP	1, 3–4
Neri Autosport	10	Luca Iannacone	Dallara F312	Toyota	3
Team Automobile Tricolore	39	Edoardo Bonanomi	Dallara F312	Mercedes HWA	1–4
ASD Autodromos - Nannini Racing	42	Davide Pedetti	Dallara F317	Toyota	1–4
	43	Giancarlo Pedetti	Dallara F317	Toyota	1–4
TVS Motorsport	69	Enzo Stentella	Dallara F302	BMW	2–3
Sud Motorsport	90	Antonio Rinaldi	Dallara F302		3
Silver Class entries
Giordano Motorsport	9	Giovanni Giordano	Dallara F308	Fiat FTP	1–4
ASD Living KC	21	Umberto Vaglio	Dallara F308	Toyota	3
One Competition	23	Federico Porri	Dallara F308		4
Derva Corse ASD	24	Marco de Toffol	Dallara F308	Fiat FTP	1–2
Bellspeed	27	Patrick Bellezza	Dallara F300	Fiat Novamotor	1, 3
BMG Racing	28	Giorgio Berto	Dallara F308	Fiat FTP	1
Sud Motorsport	66	Salvatore Marinaro	Dallara F310		4
Facondini Racing	96	Oliver Kratsch	Dallara F308	Toyota	1–4
Bronze Class entries
Neri Autosport	10	Luca Iannacone	Dallara F312	Toyota	2
Formula Entry Class entries
Scuderia Cirelli	17	Tony di Giulio	Tatuus F4-T014	Abarth	1
privateer	34	Sergio Conti			2–3
Source: ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]

F2.0 Cup entries

All drivers compete driving Tatuus FR2.0 cars with Renault engines.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Light Class entries
Alpha Team Racing	3	Giancarlo de Virgilis	3
Sud Motorsport	22	Bruno Mottez	3
Team HARS	71	Luca Guolo	3
ASD Ruote Scoperte M.	79	Fabio Turchetto	3
Open Class entries
Speed Motor	5	Karim Sartori	1–3
Morel Auto Racing	22	Tristan Morel	2
Viola Formula Racing	25	Valentin Andreiux	1–3
	26	Emir Tanju	1–3
Derva Corse ASD	40	Andrea Cavigioli	3
	95	Stefano Noal	3
STAC	91	Jérémy Clavaud	3
Team Perodi	92	Romano Cataldo	1
Source:

Race calendar

The 2024 calendar was announced in early 2024.^[8] The round at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps was replaced by a round at Monza Circuit, leaving the championship with only a single round abroad Italy.

Round		Circuit	Date	Support bill	Map of circuit locations
1	R1	Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	21 April	TCR World Tour TCR Europe Touring Car Series
	R2
2	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	18 May	Eurocup-3 TCR Eastern Europe Trophy
	R2		19 May
3	R1	Imola Circuit, Imola	1 June	Italian GT Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
	R2		2 June
4	R1	Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	15 June	Italian GT Championship Italian Sport Prototype Championship
	R2		16 June
5	R1	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero	24 August	Euro 4 Championship Italian GT Championship
	R2		25 August
6	R1	Monza Circuit, Monza	6 October	Euro 4 Championship Drexler-Automotive Formula Cup
	R2
7	R1	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	3 November	BOSS GP Mitjet Italia Racing Series
	R2

Race results

F2000 Trophy results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Super Formula winner	Platinum winner	Gold winner	Silver winner	Bronze winner	Formula Entry winner
1	R1	Vallelunga Circuit	Francesco Galli	Francesco Galli	Sandro Zeller	Davide Pedetti	Giovanni Giordano	no entries	no finishers
	R2			Francesco Galli	Riccardo Perego	Davide Pedetti	Oliver Kratsch
2	R1	Red Bull Ring	Benjámin Berta	Francesco Galli	Sandro Zeller	Ahmad Shaheen Al Muhannadi	Oliver Kratsch	no starters	Sergio Conti
	R2			Benjámin Berta	Sandro Zeller	Ahmad Shaheen Al Muhannadi	Marco de Toffol		Sergio Conti
3	R1	Imola Circuit	Benjámin Berta	Benjámin Berta	Sandro Zeller	Ahmad Shaheen Al Muhannadi	Giovanni Giordano	no entries	Sergio Conti
	R2			Francesco Galli	Sandro Zeller	Ahmad Shaheen Al Muhannadi	Giovanni Giordano		Sergio Conti
4	R1	Vallelunga Circuit	Francesco Galli	Francesco Galli	Victor Smialek	Ahmad Shaheen Al Muhannadi	Giovanni Giordano		no entries
	R2			Francesco Galli	Sandro Zeller	Ahmad Shaheen Al Muhannadi	Oliver Kratsch
5	R1	Mugello Circuit
	R2
6	R1	Monza Circuit
	R2
7	R1	Misano Circuit
	R2

F2.0 Cup results

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Light Class winner	Open Class winner
1	R1	Vallelunga Circuit	Emir Tanju	no entries	Emir Tanju
	R2				Emir Tanju
2	R1	Red Bull Ring	Karim Sartori		Valentin Andreiux
	R2				Karim Sartori
3	R1	Imola Circuit	Karim Sartori	Fabio Turchetto	Karim Sartori
	R2			Fabio Turchetto	Karim Sartori
4	R1	Mugello Circuit
	R2
5	R1	Monza Circuit
	R2
6	R1	Misano Circuit
	R2

Standings

Scoring system

Drivers score points in the overall standings, as well as in separate standings per class. Five points are awarded to each driver attending an event. Claiming the fastest lap per race per class awards a point if at least three cars took part in a class. Entrants will count the best eleven race results of their campaign, as well as the attendance points for all race weekends.

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

Drivers' standings

Overall standings

Pos Driver VLL1 RBR IMO VLL2 MUG MNZ MIS Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Francesco Galli 1 1 1 Ret Ret 2 1 1 169 2 Benjámin Berta 2 2 2 2 1 3 8 2 156 3 Sandro Zeller 3 23 3 1 2 1 10 3 134 4 Victor Smialek 13 4 4 3 3 5 2 4 114 5 Riccardo Perego 4 3 15 5 4 4 3 Ret 96 6 Stig Larsen 8 12 5 6 6 7 5 5 76 7 Andrea Benalli 5 5 17 4 5 6 76 8 Ahmad Shaheen Al Muhannadi 18 24 6 7 7 8 6 7 59 9 Enzo Stentella 7 6 16 15 17 28 9 6 44 10 Dino Rasero 6 20 8 9 4 12 41 11 Davide Pedetti 10 8 Ret 8 Ret 27 7 8 39 12 Oliver Kratsch 20 10 8 12 13 24 Ret 9 28 13 Francesco Solfaroli 9 7 10 10 11 10 26 14 Mei Shibi 19 Ret 7 9 9 11 25 15 Edoardo Bonanomi 16 9 Ret DNS 28 32 12 Ret 22 16 Giovanni Giordano 11 19 Ret 11 12 17 14 17 20 17 Giancarlo Pedetti Ret 17 11 DNS 19 19 17 14 20 18 Christof Ledermann 15 15 13 13 Ret 21 16 18 20 19 Valentin Andreiux Ret 16 9 DNS Ret 14 19 20 Emir Tanju 14 14 10 16 15 12 17 21 Enrico Milani 12 13 21 16 15 13 15 22 Karim Sartori 17 18 12 14 14 13 15 23 Marco de Toffol Ret 11 Ret 10 12 24 Sergio Conti 18 17 26 31 10 25 Luca Iannacone DNS DNS Ret Ret 10 26 Daniele Radrizzani 19 DNS DNS WD 10 27 Urs Rüttimann 13 11 5 28 Giorgio Venica 11 15 5 29 Tristan Morel 14 16 5 30 Salvatore Marinaro 19 15 5 =31 Umberto Vaglio 16 18 5 =31 Federico Porri 18 16 5 32 Fabio Turchetto 18 20 5 33 Stefano Noal 20 23 5 34 Giorgio Berto Ret 21 5 35 Jérémy Clavaud 22 22 5 36 Romano Cataldo Ret 22 5 37 Luca Guolo 23 26 5 38 Bruno Mottez 24 29 5 39 Giancarlo de Virgilis 25 30 5 40 Andrea Cavigioli Ret 25 5 41 Franco Cimarelli WD WD 27 DNS 5 42 Patrick Bellezza WD WD DNS WD 5 43 Tony di Giulio Ret DNS 5 — André Petropoulos WD WD 0 — Antonio Rinaldi WD WD 0 Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts VLL1 RBR IMO VLL2 MUG MNZ MIS

F2000 standings per class

Pos	Driver	VLL1		RBR		IMO		VLL2		MUG		MNZ		MIS		Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
Super Formula Class
1	Francesco Galli	1	1	1	Ret	Ret	1	1	1							176
2	Benjámin Berta	2	2	2	1	1	2	4	2							173
3	Stig Larsen	5	4	3	2	2	3	3	3							143
4	Dino Rasero	3	5			3	4	2	5							72
5	Enzo Stentella	4	3													32
Platinum Class
1	Sandro Zeller	1	6	1	1	1	1	4	1							201
2	Victor Smialek	5	1	2	1	2	3	1	2							161
3	Riccardo Perego	2	2	4	4	3	2	2	Ret							136
4	Andrea Benalli	3	3	5	3	4	4									92
5	Francesco Solfaroli	4	4			6	5	5	4							82
6	Mei Shibi	7	Ret	3	5	5	6									66
7	Enzo Stentella							3	3							35
8	Christof Ledermann	6	5													17
9	Franco Cimarelli	WD	WD			7	DNS									16
10	Daniele Radrizzani			6	DNS	DNS	WD									5
—	André Petropoulos			WD	WD											0
Gold Class
1	Ahmad Shaheen Al Muhannadi	4	5	1	1	1	1	1	1							195
2	Davide Pedetti	1	1	Ret	2	Ret	6	2	2							132
3	Enrico Milani	2	3			5	3	5	4							96
4	Giancarlo Pedetti	Ret	4	2	DNS	4	4	7	5							96
5	Edoardo Bonanomi	3	2	Ret	DNS	6	8	3	Ret							89
6	Christof Ledermann			3	3	Ret	5	6	6							68
7	Enzo Stentella			4	4	3	7									61
8	Giorgio Venica					2	2									41
9	Urs Rüttimann							4	3							32
10	Luca Iannacone					Ret	Ret									5
—	Antonio Rinaldi					WD	WD									0
Silver Class
1	Oliver Kratsch	2	1	1	3	2	3	Ret	1							167
2	Giovanni Giordano	1	3	Ret	2	1	1	1	4							166
3	Marco de Toffol	Ret	2	Ret	1											54
=4	Umberto Vaglio					3	2									38
=4	Federico Porri							2	3							38
=4	Salvatore Marinaro							3	2							38
7	Giorgio Berto	Ret	4													17
8	Patrick Bellezza	WD	WD			DNS	WD									5
Bronze Class
1	Luca Iannacone			DNS	DNS											5
Formula Entry Class
1	Sergio Conti			1	1	1	1									110
2	Tony di Giulio	Ret	DNS													5
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
		VLL1		RBR		IMO		VLL2		MUG		MNZ		MIS

F2.0 Cup standings per class

Pos	Driver	VLL		RBR		IMO		MUG		MNZ		MIS		Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
Overall
1	Emir Tanju	1	1	2	2	2	1							150
2	Karim Sartori	2	2	3	1	1	2							131
3	Valentin Andreiux	Ret	3	1	DNS	Ret	3							85
4	Fabio Turchetto					3	4							33
5	Tristan Morel			4	3									32
6	Stefano Noal					4	6							25
7	Jérémy Clavaud					5	5							25
8	Romano Cataldo	Ret	4											17
9	Luca Guolo					6	8							17
10	Bruno Mottez					7	9							13
11	Andrea Cavigioli					Ret	7							11
12	Giancarlo de Virgilis					8	10							10
Light Class
1	Fabio Turchetto					1	1							57
2	Luca Guolo					2	2							41
3	Bruno Mottez					3	3							35
4	Giancarlo de Virgilis					4	4							29
Open Class
1	Emir Tanju	1	1	2	2	2	1							150
2	Karim Sartori	2	2	3	1	1	2							131
3	Valentin Andreiux	Ret	3	1	DNS	Ret	3							85
4	Tristan Morel			4	3									32
5	Stefano Noal					3	5							30
6	Jérémy Clavaud					4	4							29
7	Romano Cataldo	Ret	4											17
8	Andrea Cavigioli					Ret	6							13
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
		VLL		RBR		IMO		MUG		MNZ		MIS

Teams' standings

F2000 Trophy

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Franz Wöss Racing	287
2	G Motorsport	169
3	Puresport	149
4	Jo Zeller Racing	139
5	Team Automobile Tricolore	103
6	Facondini Racing	59
7	ASD Autodromos - Nannini Racing	59
8	Viola Formula Racing	36
9	TVS Motorsport	29
10	Racing in Italy	25
11	Derva Corse ASD	22
12	Neri Autosport	20
13	Giordano Motorsport	20
14	ASD Ruote Scoperte M.	15
15	Speed Motor	15
16	One Competition	15
17	Bellspeed	5
18	BMG Racing	5
19	Team Perodi	5
20	Scuderia Cirelli	5
21	Alpha Team Racing	5
22	ASD Living KC	5
23	Team HARS	5
24	STAC	5
25	Sud Motorsport	5
—	Team Hoffmann Racing	0
—	Emotion Motorsport	0
—	Morel Auto Racing	0
Pos	Team	Pts

F2.0 Cup

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Viola Formula Racing	235
2	Speed Motor	131
3	Neri Autosport	45
4	Derva Corse ASD	36
5	ASD Ruote Scoperte M.	33
6	STAC	25
7	Team HARS	17
8	Team Perodi	17
9	Alpha Team Racing	10
—	Morel Auto Racing	0
—	Sud Motorsport	0
Pos	Team	Pts

Notes and References

1. Web site: Regulamento Generale - 2022 TopJet F2000 Formula Trophy .
2. Web site: TopJet becomes Zinox Laser . 2023-01-22 . www.drexler-formel-cup.com . en-gb.
3. Web site: La Formula 2000 e la F 2.0 Cup puntano in alto . 2023-01-24 . Erregi Media.
4. Web site: IL CAMPIONATO ZINOX F2000 Formula Trophy . 2023-01-22 . it-IT.
5. Web site: RACING WEEK-END - ZINOX F2000 TROPHY & F2.0 CUP - VALLELUNGA 2023 - ELENCO ISCRITTI / ENTRY LIST .
6. Web site: RUNDSTRECKENTROPHY am RED BULL RING - BG Sportpromotion - 16 - 19 May 2024 - Class- Result of Qualifying - Zinox F2000 Trophy .
7. Web site: Il Formula Trophy a Imola con l'Aci Racing weekend . 2024-05-31 . Erregi Media.
8. Web site: Zinox F2000 Formula Trophy - Stagione 2024 .