2018 Italian F4 Championship

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

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Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing 2 Denmark Frederik Vesti[2] 2
21 Belgium Charles Weerts[2] 2
23 Germany Lucas Alecco Roy[2] 2, 7
32 Germany Andreas Estner[3] 7
33 Germany Sebastian Estner[3] 7
Portugal DR Formula 3 Italy Edoardo Morricone[4] R 1, 3–6
52 Hungary László Tóth[4] R 1–3
Germany BWT Mücke Motorsport 4 Germany Niklas Krütten[5] R All
6 Israel Ido Cohen[4] R All
25 Finland William Alatalo[6] All
34 Belgium Amaury Cordeel[7] 3–4
Italy Prema Theodore Racing 5 Brazil Gianluca Petecof[8] R 1–2, 4–7
33 Australia Jack Doohan[9] R 2–3
64 United Kingdom Olli Caldwell[10] All
74 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi[11] All
88 United Arab Emirates Amna Al Qubaisi[4] R 1, 3–7
Slovenia AS Motorsport 7 Switzerland Axel Gnos[2] R 2, 5
69 Finland Jesse Salmenautio[3] 7
France R-ace GP 8 Switzerland Grégoire Saucy[3] 7
21 Italy Lorenzo Colombo[3] 7
Italy Bhaitech 9 Czech Republic Petr Ptáček[12] R All
10 Venezuela Alessandro Famularo[12] R All
11 Italy Leonardo Lorandi[12] All
12 Venezuela Anthony Famularo[12] R 1–4
14 Russia Ilya Morozov[13] R 7
Switzerland KDC Racing[14] 13 United Kingdom Aaron di Comberti[15] 1–2
14 Russia Ilya Morozov[15] R 1–2
20 United Kingdom Toby Sowery[4] 1–2
Italy Cram Motorsport 14 Russia Ilya Morozov R 4–6
22 Italy Umberto Laganella[16] R All
24 Italy Andrea Dell'Accio[17] All
29 Venezuela Emilio Cipriani[18] R All
37 Italy Francesco Garisto[19] R 1, 3
94 Sweden Daniel Vebster R 6–7
Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport 15 Argentina Giorgio Carrara[20] All
16 Switzerland Grégoire Saucy[20] 1–6
17 Malaysia Nazim Azman[20] All
18 Mexico Javier González[20] 1–5
19 Denmark Oliver Rasmussen[20] R All
27 Italy Federico Malvestiti[20] All
Italy BVM Racing 31 Italy Marzio Moretti[4] R 1–5, 7
36 Italy Gastone Sampieri[4] R 1–2, 4–5
Italy DRZ Benelli 45 Guatemala Ian Rodríguez[21] 1–6
Italy Technorace 49 Italy Alessio Deledda[22] R All
Italy Alma Racing 77 Italy Diego Bertonelli[23] 5
78 Finland Amaury Cordeel[3][note 1] 7
Portugal DR Formula/Curv Motorsport 77 Italy Nicola Marinangeli[3] R 7
Italy Corbetta Competizioni 81 Italy Fabio Venditti[4] R All

Race calendar and results

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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 Italy Adria International Raceway 22 April Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Italy Prema Theodore Racing Brazil Gianluca Petecof
R2 Italy Leonardo Lorandi Italy Leonardo Lorandi Italy Leonardo Lorandi Italy Bhaitech Brazil Gianluca Petecof
R3 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Italy Leonardo Lorandi Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Italy Prema Theodore Racing Brazil Gianluca Petecof
2 R1 France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 12 May Denmark Frederik Vesti Denmark Frederik Vesti United Kingdom Olli Caldwell Italy Prema Theodore Racing Czech Republic Petr Ptáček
R2 13 May United Kingdom Olli Caldwell Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Denmark Frederik Vesti Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing Brazil Gianluca Petecof
R3 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Italy Leonardo Lorandi Denmark Frederik Vesti Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing Brazil Gianluca Petecof
3 R1 Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 June Switzerland Grégoire Saucy Italy Federico Malvestiti Italy Leonardo Lorandi Italy Bhaitech Australia Jack Doohan
R2 3 June Italy Leonardo Lorandi United Kingdom Olli Caldwell Finland William Alatalo Germany BWT Mücke Motorsport Czech Republic Petr Ptáček
R3 Switzerland Grégoire Saucy Czech Republic Petr Ptáček Italy Leonardo Lorandi Italy Bhaitech Czech Republic Petr Ptáček
4 R1 Italy Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli 16 June Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Italy Prema Theodore Racing Czech Republic Petr Ptáček
R2 17 June Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Czech Republic Petr Ptáček Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Italy Prema Theodore Racing Czech Republic Petr Ptáček
R3 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Brazil Gianluca Petecof Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Italy Prema Theodore Racing Czech Republic Petr Ptáček
5 R1 Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 28 July Italy Federico Malvestiti Czech Republic Petr Ptáček Italy Leonardo Lorandi Italy Bhaitech Czech Republic Petr Ptáček
R2 29 July Italy Leonardo Lorandi Italy Leonardo Lorandi Italy Leonardo Lorandi Italy Bhaitech Czech Republic Petr Ptáček
R3 Italy Federico Malvestiti Switzerland Grégoire Saucy Italy Federico Malvestiti Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport Czech Republic Petr Ptáček
6 R1 Italy ACI Vallelunga Circuit 15 September United Kingdom Olli Caldwell United Kingdom Olli Caldwell United Kingdom Olli Caldwell Italy Prema Theodore Racing Brazil Gianluca Petecof
R2 16 September United Kingdom Olli Caldwell Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi United Kingdom Olli Caldwell Italy Prema Theodore Racing Czech Republic Petr Ptáček
R3 United Kingdom Olli Caldwell Czech Republic Petr Ptáček United Kingdom Olli Caldwell Italy Prema Theodore Racing Czech Republic Petr Ptáček
7 R1 Italy Mugello Circuit 27 October Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Italy Federico Malvestiti Brazil Gianluca Petecof Italy Prema Theodore Racing Brazil Gianluca Petecof
R2 28 October Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Italy Leonardo Lorandi Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Italy Prema Theodore Racing Brazil Gianluca Petecof
R3 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Italy Prema Theodore Racing Brazil Gianluca Petecof

Championship standings

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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.[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

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Pos Driver ADR
Italy 		LEC
France 		MNZ
Italy 		MIS
Italy 		IMO
Italy 		VLL
Italy 		MUG
Italy 		Pts
1 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi 1 3 1 Ret 2 5 Ret 18 5 1 1 1 4 3 2 8 2 4 Ret 1 1 303
2 Italy Leonardo Lorandi 2 1 2 Ret 6 4 1 4 1 8 4 2 1 1 4 Ret 4 3 24 2 5 282
3 United Kingdom Olli Caldwell 7 4 8 1 8 2 2 2 3 6 10 9 9 2 9 1 1 1 2 4 3 262
4 Brazil Gianluca Petecof 5 2 7 13 4 6 4 24 DSQ 6 6 6 2 5 5 1 3 2 186
5 Czech Republic 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 Italy Federico Malvestiti 3 7 9 5 16 14 5 5 6 5 5 12 2 4 1 3 9 7 27 7 6 173
7 Argentina Giorgio Carrara 11 9 6 9 3 9 3 22 10 7 Ret 4 3 10 10 7 10 13 5 5 7 112
8 Finland 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 Guatemala Ian Rodríguez 6 6 Ret 6 7 DNS 15 3 Ret 3 3 Ret 10 9 12 WD WD WD 78
10 Denmark Frederik Vesti 2 1 1 68
11 Switzerland 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 United Kingdom Toby Sowery 4 21 4 3 12 3 54
13 Germany 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 Mexico Javier González 8 10 3 7 11 26 Ret 21 8 11 11 22 14 7 8 40
15 Italy 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 Germany Andreas Estner 3 8 9 21
17 Malaysia 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 Belgium Charles Weerts 10 5 8 15
19 Russia Ilya Morozov 21 20 Ret 11 21 22 10 6 8 16 13 Ret 10 13 10 16 17 27 15
20 Australia Jack Doohan Ret 10 12 6 11 19 9
21 Venezuela 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 Italy Marzio Moretti 14 15 14 12 18 20 20 9 12 16 16 13 23 17 11 9 11 8 8
23 Italy Edoardo Morricone 20 13 23 12 7 Ret 14 15 Ret Ret 14 15 Ret 14 11 6
24 Denmark 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 Italy Lorenzo Colombo 14 9 10 3
26 Italy Gastone Sampieri Ret Ret 19 19 20 23 25 14 10 Ret 18 13 1
27 Germany Sebastian Estner 10 15 26 1
28 Italy Diego Bertonelli 12 11 17 0
29 Venezuela Anthony Famularo Ret 14 15 17 23 32 18 Ret 13 13 22 11 0
30 Israel 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 Belgium Amaury Cordeel 14 13 14 15 Ret 16 23 12 13 0
32 Sweden Daniel Vebster 12 20 20 20 16 14 0
33 Germany Lucas Alecco Roy 18 14 19 12 Ret 24 0
34 United Arab Emirates Amna Al Qubaisi Ret 12 16 24 16 17 20 23 Ret 20 20 23 Ret 16 15 19 21 21 0
35 Italy 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 Venezuela 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 United Kingdom Aaron di Comberti 15 19 Ret Ret 24 21 0
38 Switzerland Axel Gnos 25 27 30 22 24 16 0
39 Italy 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 Finland Jesse Salmenautio 17 19 18 0
41 Hungary László Tóth 23 18 20 22 26 28 Ret 20 Ret 0
42 Italy 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 Italy Nicola Marinangeli 22 Ret 29 0
44 Italy Francesco Garisto 24 Ret Ret 23 23 Ret 0
Pos Driver ADR
Italy 		LEC
France 		MNZ
Italy 		MIS
Italy 		IMO
Italy 		VLL
Italy 		MUG
Italy 		Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookies' standings

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Pos Driver ADR
Italy 		LEC
France 		MNZ
Italy 		MIS
Italy 		IMO
Italy 		VLL
Italy 		MUG
Italy 		Pts
1 Czech Republic Petr Ptáček 2 2 7 1 3 2 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 2 Ret 2 365
2 Brazil Gianluca Petecof 1 1 1 5 1 1 2 13 DSQ 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 343
3 Germany 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 Italy 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 Italy Marzio Moretti 4 6 5 4 5 8 10 4 4 6 7 6 11 8 4 5 2 3 161
6 Russia Ilya Morozov 8 9 Ret 3 8 9 3 2 3 5 5 Ret 4 5 3 10 7 12 139
7 Venezuela 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 Italy Edoardo Morricone 7 4 13 5 2 Ret 5 6 Ret Ret 6 6 Ret 6 4 100
9 Israel 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 Denmark 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 Australia Jack Doohan Ret 2 4 1 5 8 69
12 Italy Gastone Sampieri Ret Ret 9 8 7 10 12 5 4 Ret 9 5 47
13 Venezuela Anthony Famularo Ret 5 6 11 10 17 8 Ret 10 4 12 5 46
14 Venezuela 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 Sweden Daniel Vebster 6 10 10 11 6 5 28
16 Italy 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 Germany Sebastian Estner 6 5 11 18
18 Italy 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 Hungary László Tóth 10 8 10 10 12 13 Ret 9 Ret 9
20 Switzerland Axel Gnos 14 13 15 10 12 7 7
21 Italy Francesco Garisto 11 Ret Ret 13 10 Ret 1
22 Italy Nicola Marinangeli 13 Ret 14 0
Pos Driver ADR
Italy 		LEC
France 		MNZ
Italy 		MIS
Italy 		IMO
Italy 		VLL
Italy 		MUG
Italy 		Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Teams' championship

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

Notes

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  1. ^ Cordeel is a Belgian driver who entered Monza round under Finnish racing license.

References

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