2014 Italian Formula 4 Championship

2014 Italian Formula 4 Championship
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The 2014 Italian Formula 4 Championship season was the inaugural season of the Italian Formula 4 Championship, as it replaces Formula Abarth. It began on 8 June in Adria and finished on 12 October in Imola after seven triple header rounds.

The championship was won by Canadian driver Lance Stroll, a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy, taking 7 overall victories and 3 further class victories from 18 races contested – he missed the final round at Imola due to injury. Stroll, driving for Prema Powerteam, finished 94 points clear of his closest championship rival, Mattia Drudi of the F & M team. Drudi won four races overall, including a hat-trick at Monza, as well as a class victory in the final race of the season. Third in the championship went to Diegi Motorsport driver Andrea Russo, taking an overall victory at Adria, as well as a class victory at Mugello. Euronova Racing by Fortec's Ukyo Sasahara, and his replacement, Andrea Fontana were the only other eligible drivers to take an overall victory, with wins at Adria and Magione respectively. Fontana also achieved a class victory at Imola, while the third Imola class win was taken by SMP Racing by Euronova and Ivan Matveev. Prema Powerteam won the teams' championship, 58 points clear of Euronova Racing by Fortec.

In the concurrent Italian F4 Trophy for drivers over the age of 18, the championship was dominated by Prema Powerteam's Brandon Maïsano. Maïsano won the first 10 races of the season, and ultimately finished the season with 17 class wins and 19 podiums from the 21 races. Maïsano also achieved six overall victories during the season, but was ineligible to score points towards the main championship. He finished 176 points clear of his next closest rival, Ali Al-Khalifa, who took a single class win at Magione. Keith Camilleri finished third in class with nine second place finishes, while Sennan Fielding was the only other driver to take part in the class; he achieved three class wins, including an overall win at Imola, from his six starts.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Class Rounds SMP Racing by Euronova[1] 2 Ivan Matveev[1] All Euronova Racing by Fortec 3 Ukyo Sasahara[2] 1 Andrea Fontana[3] 2–7 4 Leonardo Pulcini[3] 1–5 5 Shinji Sawada[4] 7 85 Sennan Fielding[5] T 6–7 DAV Racing[6] 4 Leonardo Pulcini 6–7 24 Gustavo Bandeira[7] 1–4 Jenzer Motorsport[6] 6 Ali Al-Khalifa[8] T 1 86 2–7 7 Alain Valente[8] All 8 Lucas Mauron[8] All 9 Nico Rindlisbacher[8] All Malta Formula Racing[6] 10 Zackary Dante[9] 1–5 11 Keith Camilleri[9] T 1 82 2–3, 5, 7 Antonelli Motorsport[6] 12 Andrea Russo[10] 5–7 27 Matteo Cairoli[9] 1–2 28 João Vieira[9] All 29 Jonathan Giudice[9] 1–4 44 Matteo Desideri[11] 4–7 F & M[12] 15 Mahaveer Raghunathan[12] 2–7 21 Mattia Drudi[12] 2–7 23 Giovanni Altoè[12] 2–5 Diegi Motorsport[6] 12 Andrea Russo[9] 1–4 29 Jonathan Giudice[10] 6–7 Cram Motorsport[6] 16 Max Defourny[9] 1 19 Edi Haxhiu[9] All 21 Mattia Drudi[9] 1 23 Giovanni Altoè[9] 1 26 Robert Shwartzman[13] 6–7 Prema Powerteam[6] 18 Lance Stroll[9] All 22 Takashi Kasai[14] 1–6 81 Brandon Maïsano[9] T All Israel F4[9] 55 Bar Baruch[9] All

Icon Meaning T Trophy class

Race calendar and results

The calendar was published on 8 February 2014.^[15] The series was scheduled to be a part of the ACI Racing Weekends for five rounds during the 2014 season, with the rounds at Monza and Barcelona being held in support of International GT Open. However, the final round at Barcelona was replaced by another Imola round, and thus, all rounds were held in Italy.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Trophy Winner
1	R1	Adria International Raceway, Adria	8 June	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Brandon Maïsano
	R2				Lance Stroll	Ukyo Sasahara	Euronova Racing by Fortec	Brandon Maïsano
	R3			Lance Stroll	Andrea Russo	Andrea Russo	Diegi Motorsport	Brandon Maïsano
2	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	28 June	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll[N 1]	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Brandon Maïsano
	R2		29 June		Lance Stroll	Mattia Drudi	F & M	Brandon Maïsano
	R3			Lance Stroll	Mattia Drudi	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Brandon Maïsano
3	R1	Mugello Circuit, Mugello	12 July	Brandon Maïsano	Lance Stroll[N 1]	Brandon Maïsano	Prema Powerteam	Brandon Maïsano
	R2		13 July		Lance Stroll[N 1]	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Brandon Maïsano
	R3			Brandon Maïsano	Lance Stroll[N 1]	Brandon Maïsano	Prema Powerteam	Brandon Maïsano
4	R1	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione	3 August	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Brandon Maïsano
	R2				Andrea Fontana	Andrea Fontana	Euronova Racing by Fortec	Ali Al-Khalifa
	R3			Brandon Maïsano	Lance Stroll	Brandon Maïsano	Prema Powerteam	Brandon Maïsano
5	R1	Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	13 September	Brandon Maïsano	Lance Stroll	Brandon Maïsano	Prema Powerteam	Brandon Maïsano
	R2		14 September		Lance Stroll	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Brandon Maïsano
	R3			Brandon Maïsano	Mattia Drudi	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	Brandon Maïsano
6	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	27 September	Mattia Drudi	Lucas Mauron[N 1]	Mattia Drudi	F & M	Sennan Fielding
	R2		28 September		Mattia Drudi[N 2]	Mattia Drudi	F & M	Sennan Fielding
	R3			Brandon Maïsano	Mattia Drudi	Mattia Drudi	F & M	Brandon Maïsano
7	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	11 October	Brandon Maïsano	Mattia Drudi[N 1]	Brandon Maïsano	Prema Powerteam	Brandon Maïsano
	R2				João Vieira	Sennan Fielding	Euronova Racing by Fortec	Sennan Fielding
	R3		12 October	Brandon Maïsano	João Vieira[N 1]	Brandon Maïsano	Prema Powerteam	Brandon Maïsano

Notes

1. Fastest lap recorded by Brandon Maïsano, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.
2. Fastest lap recorded by Sennan Fielding, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.

Championship standings

• Points were awarded as follows:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	FT	FL
Race 1	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	5	1
Race 3	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1		1
Race 2	13	11	9	6	5	4	2	1				1

The Trophy Class had the same point system but without points for the fastest time in the qualifying sessions and fastest laps.

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver ADR IMO MUG MAG VAL MNZ IMO Pts 1 Lance Stroll 1 2 7 1 2 1 2 1 6 1 Ret 2 2 1 1 4 3 Ret WD WD WD 331 2 Mattia Drudi 6 11 Ret 8 1 14 4 5 18 4 4 4 4 9 3 1 1 1 5 Ret 2 237 3 Andrea Russo 3 3 1 4 10 Ret 6 2 2 7 2 5 Ret 14 7 5 Ret 5 DSQ 7 4 200 4 Leonardo Pulcini 8 4 2 3 5 5 3 10 14 3 7 3 6 5 5 Ret Ret 9 4 17 3 187 5 Alain Valente 7 20 4 6 4 7 7 8 3 5 12 7 5 3 8 8 4 4 18 12 Ret 159 6 Andrea Fontana 11 9 11 17 9 5 10 1 6 8 2 10 7 13 17 2 4 7 116 7 João Vieira 14 9 Ret 17 14 12 5 6 4 6 Ret 13 7 6 6 Ret 7 3 19 9 12 93 8 Takashi Kasai 12 6 5 9 7 Ret 10 4 19 12 6 8 3 10 4 Ret DNS DNS 83 9 Ivan Matveev 10 Ret 6 13 6 4 14 15 12 19 9 17 12 Ret 9 10 12 8 9 2 5 76 10 Lucas Mauron 15 8 8 12 Ret 9 11 14 11 11 8 14 13 17 13 6 Ret 11 7 5 15 49 11 Matteo Desideri 9 3 Ret Ret 11 12 9 Ret 6 3 Ret Ret 48 12 Mahaveer Raghunathan 14 17 8 19 13 8 20 18 19 14 12 15 11 6 12 6 6 6 45 13 Matteo Cairoli 4 Ret DNS 21 16 3 33 14 Edi Haxhiu 16 15 10 18 18 6 16 16 13 15 14 10 9 8 16 Ret 8 10 14 8 9 32 15 Bar Baruch 17 10 15 Ret 12 10 15 11 7 8 5 9 11 7 Ret 15 Ret 13 16 10 13 32 16 Robert Shwartzman Ret 5 7 8 11 8 26 17 Ukyo Sasahara 5 1 Ret 25 18 Gustavo Bandeira 9 13 Ret 10 8 15 8 7 9 14 11 Ret 24 19 Zackary Dante 21 18 14 7 Ret Ret 13 19 10 16 15 12 16 15 17 12 20 Max Defourny 11 7 9 9 21 Nico Rindlisbacher 13 14 11 16 Ret 13 12 12 15 13 10 15 15 16 15 12 9 14 13 Ret 14 4 22 Shinji Sawada 11 16 10 2 23 Jonathan Giudice 20 17 Ret 20 15 Ret Ret Ret 20 17 16 16 14 10 16 12 15 Ret 1 24 Giovanni Altoè 19 19 16 19 13 Ret 18 18 16 Ret 13 11 Ret Ret 14 1 Italian F4 Trophy 1 Brandon Maïsano 2 5 3 2 3 2 1 3 1 2 Ret 1 1 4 2 3 Ret 2 1 3 1 406 2 Ali Al-Khalifa 22 16 12 15 11 Ret DNS 20 17 18 17 18 17 18 Ret 13 11 15 15 14 Ret 230 3 Keith Camilleri 18 12 13 5 Ret DSQ 9 17 Ret 10 13 11 17 13 11 177 4 Sennan Fielding 2 2 Ret 10 1 Ret 69 Pos Driver ADR IMO MUG MAG VAL MNZ IMO Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' standings

Pos	Driver	ADR			IMO			MUG			MAG			VAL			MNZ			IMO			Pts
1	Prema Powerteam	1	2	5	1	2	1	2	1	6	1	6	2	2	1	1	4	3	Ret	WD	WD	WD	303
2	Euronova Racing by Fortec	5	1	2	3	5	5	3	9	5	3	1	3	6	2	5	7	13	9	2	4	7	245
3	F & M	6	11	16	8	1	8	4	5	8	4	4	4	4	9	3	1	1	1	5	6	2	234
4	Jenzer Motorsport	7	8	4	6	4	7	7	8	3	5	8	7	5	3	8	6	4	4	7	5	14	183
5	Antonelli Motorsport	4	9	Ret	17	14	3	5	6	4	6	3	13	7	6	6	5	7	3	3	7	4	183
6	Diegi Motorsport	3	3	1	4	10	Ret	6	2	2	7	2	5				14	10	16	12	15	Ret	148
7	SMP Racing by Euronova	10	Ret	6	13	6	4	14	15	12	19	9	17	12	Ret	9	10	12	8	9	2	5	76
8	Cram Motorsport	11	7	9	18	18	6	16	16	13	15	14	10	9	8	16	Ret	5	7	8	8	8	59
9	DAV Racing	9	13	Ret	10	8	15	8	7	9	14	11	Ret				Ret	Ret	9	4	17	3	53
10	Israel F4	17	10	15	Ret	12	10	15	11	7	8	5	9	11	7	Ret	15	Ret	13	16	10	13	34
11	Malta Formula Racing	21	18	14	7	Ret	Ret	13	19	10	16	15	12	16	15	17							12
Pos	Driver	ADR			IMO			MUG			MAG			VAL			MNZ			IMO			Pts

Italian F4 Winter Trophy

Teams and drivers

Team	Driver[16]
Adria Motorsport	Giovanni Altoè
	Jonathan Cecotto
	Gianluca Gabbiani
Antonelli Motorsport	João Vieira
	Matteo Desideri
Diegi Motorsport	Jan Delgard
Israel F4	Bar Baruch
	Luis Breuer
Prema Powerteam	Ralf Aron
	Guanyu Zhou

Race calendar and results

All races were held at Adria International Raceway in Italy.^[16]

Circuit	Date	Race	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
Adria International Raceway	2 November	R1	Ralf Aron	João Vieira	Ralf Aron	Prema Powerteam
		R2	Ralf Aron	Ralf Aron	João Vieira	Antonelli Motorsport

Results

Driver	ADR
Ralf Aron	1	2
João Vieira	2	1
Guanyu Zhou	3	3
Matteo Desideri	4	5
Jan Delgard	6	4
Luis Breuer	5	6
Bar Baruch	7	7
Jonathan Cecotto	8	8
Gianluca Gabbiani	10	9
Giovanni Altoè	9	10

References

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External links

• Official website