2016 Italian F4 Championship

2016 Italian Formula 4 Championship
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The 2016 Italian F4 Championship Powered by Abarth season will be the third season of the Italian F4 Championship. It will begin on 9 April in Misano and will finish on 30 October in Monza after seven triple header rounds.[1]

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Italy Vincenzo Sospiri Racing[2] 3 Italy Simone Cunati[3] R 1–2
6 United States Jaden Conwright[4] R 1–2
33 Japan Marino Sato[2] 1–2
Italy Prema Powerteam[5] 5 Germany Mick Schumacher[3] 1
44 Estonia Jüri Vips[5] R 1
68 United States Juan Manuel Correa[6] R 1
Switzerland RB Racing[7] 7 Venezuela Sebastián Fernández[7] R 1–2
9 Italy Diego Bertonelli[3] 1–2
99 Russia Yan Leon Shlom[8] 1–2
Italy Bhaitech Engineering[9] 10 Italy Giacomo Altoè[3] R 1–2
11 United Kingdom Aaron di Comberti[3] R 1
Netherlands Richard Verschoor R 2
Italy DieGi Motorsport[9] 12 Brazil Giuliano Raucci[3] 1–2
Austria Lechner Racing[9] 13 Germany Yannik Brandt[3] R 1
14 Austria Thomas Preining[3] 1
Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport[10] 15 Estonia Jan-Erik Meikup[3] 1
16 Netherlands Job van Uitert[11] 1
17 Argentina Diego Ciantini[12] 1–2
18 Argentina Marcos Siebert[10] 1–2
19 Switzerland Giacomo Bianchi[12] R 1–2
20 Germany Kevin Kratz[13] 1–2
21 Switzerland Fabio Scherer[3] R 1–2
Germany Kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport[9] 22 China Ye Yifei[14] 1–2
24 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco[14] 1
25 Venezuela Mauricio Baiz[14] 1–2
51 Italy Aldo Festante[14] R 1–2
Italy Antonelli Motorsport[9] 27 Italy Federico Malvestiti[3] R 1–2
32 Romania Kikko Galbiati[3] 1–2
97 Brazil João Vieira[3] 1–2
Slovenia AS Motorsport[9] 31 Poland Alex Karkosik[3] R TBA
Italy GSK Grand Prix[9] 35 Belgium Amaury Bonduel[3] 1
Italy BVM Racing[3] 37 Italy Lorenzo Colombo[3] R 1–2
38 India Kush Maini[3] R 1–2
Portugal DR Formula[9] 41 Mexico Raúl Guzmán[3] 1–2
42 Russia Artem Petrov[3] R 1–2
Italy DRZ Benelli[9] 45 Guatemala Ian Geoffrey Rodríguez[3] R 1–2
Germany Aragon Racing[9] 46 Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend[3] R W 1–2
Italy Torino Squadra Corse[9] 55 Argentina Federico Iribarne[3] 1–2
Italy Kiteviola Motorsport[9] 69 France Valentin Hasse-Clot[3] 1–2
Italy Teramo Racing Team[9] 71 Italy Riccardo Ponzio[3] 1–2
Italy Cram Motorsport[9] 82 Netherlands Leonard Hoogenboom[3] R 1–2
83 Venezuela Manuel Maldonado[3] R 1–2
84 Russia Alexander Vartanyan[3] 1
Italy Audi Sport Italia[9] TBA TBA
Italy Foco Racing Team[9] TBA TBA
Israel Israel F4[9] TBA TBA
Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing[9] TBA TBA

Race calendar

The calendar was published on 23 November 2015.[15][1]

Due to the large number of inscriptions for the season, the race format has been changed radically. Drivers will be placed in three groups (A, B and C) depending on their qualifying placement. Each group will then contest two qualifying races, facing one of the other groups in each race. After the three qualifying races, the 36 (32 in Adria) drivers having scored the most points will contest the final race. All four races are 25 minutes plus one lap in length and yield the same amount of points.[16]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Rookie Winner Woman Winner
1 QR1 Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli 9 April Argentina Marcos Siebert Mexico Raúl Guzmán Germany Mick Schumacher Italy Prema Powerteam United States Juan Manuel Correa no competitors
QR2 Germany Mick Schumacher Netherlands Job van Uitert Germany Mick Schumacher Italy Prema Powerteam United States Juan Manuel Correa Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend
QR3 10 April Argentina Marcos Siebert Estonia Jüri Vips Mexico Raúl Guzmán Portugal DR Formula Estonia Jüri Vips Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend
FR Germany Mick Schumacher Germany Mick Schumacher Argentina Marcos Siebert Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport Estonia Jüri Vips no competitors
2 QR1 Adria International Raceway 7 May
QR2
QR3 8 May
FR
3 QR1 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 28–29 May
QR2
QR3
FR
4 QR1 Mugello Circuit 16–17 July
QR2
QR3
FR
5 QR1 Vallelunga Circuit 10–11 September
QR2
QR3
FR
6 QR1 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 24–25 September
QR2
QR3
FR
7 QR1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 29–30 October
QR2
QR3
FR

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.[16]

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 IMO1 MUG VAL IMO2 MNZ Pts
QR1 QR2 QR3 FR QR1 QR2 QR3 FR QR1 QR2 QR3 FR QR1 QR2 QR3 FR QR1 QR2 QR3 FR QR1 QR2 QR3 FR QR1 QR2 QR3 FR
1 Germany Mick Schumacher 1 1 4 62
2 Mexico Raúl Guzmán 2 1 3 58
3 Argentina Marcos Siebert 5 2 1 53
4 Netherlands Job van Uitert 2 3 5 43
5 Estonia Jüri Vips 7 5 2 34
6 United States Juan Manuel Correa 3 4 Ret 27
7 Russia Yan Leon Shlom 7 4 12 18
8 France Valentin Hasse-Clot 5 18 7 16
9 Brazil João Vieira 6 12 6 16
10 Venezuela Mauricio Baiz 6 6 Ret 16
11 Italy Diego Bertonelli 3 Ret 13 15
12 Italy Simone Cunati 4 23 Ret 12
13 India Kush Maini 8 10 8 9
14 Italy Giacomo Altoè 22 7 14 6
15 Belgium Amaury Bonduel 14 8 20 4
16 Guatemala Ian Geoffrey Rodríguez     22 8 25 4
17 Argentina Federico Iribarne 9 11 9 4
18 Canada Devlin de Francesco 23 9 10 3
19 Venezuela Sebastián Fernández Ret 9 16 2
20 Argentina Diego Ciantini 11 10 Ret 1
21 Germany Kevin Kratz 10 21 17 1
22 Brazil Giuliano Raucci 26 12 11 0
23 Japan Marino Sato 27 11 22 0
24 Austria Thomas Preining 12 16 Ret 0
25 Russia Alexander Vartanyan 13 18 15 0
26 Italy Riccardo Ponzio 15 13 Ret 0
27 Switzerland Fabio Scherer 25 13 26 0
28 Italy Lorenzo Colombo 17 14 Ret 0
29 Russia Artem Petrov 21 14 Ret 0
30 Romania Kikko Galbiati 15 16 21 0
31 Italy Federico Malvestiti 17 15 18 0
32 Estonia Jan-Erik Meikup 16 Ret Ret 0
33 Italy Aldo Festante 24 17 19 0
34 Switzerland Giacomo Bianchi 18 23 24 0
35 United States Jaden Conwright 19 22 Ret 0
36 Netherlands Leonard Hoogenboom 19 Ret 23 0
37 Germany Yannik Brandt Ret 19 DNQ 0
38 Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend 21 20 DNQ 0
39 Venezuela Manuel Maldonado 20 Ret DNQ 0
40 China Ye Yifei 20 Ret DNQ 0
41 United Kingdom Aaron di Comberti 24 Ret DNQ 0
Pos Driver QR1 QR2 QR3 FR QR1 QR2 QR3 FR QR1 QR2 QR3 FR QR1 QR2 QR3 FR QR1 QR2 QR3 FR QR1 QR2 QR3 FR QR1 QR2 QR3 FR Pts
MIS ADR IMO1 MUG VAL IMO2 MNZ
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

References

  1. 1 2 "2016 Sporting Regulations" (PDF). Italian F4 Championship (ACI Sport). 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 David, Gruz (15 January 2016). "Marino Sato to continue with VSR for second Italian F4 campaign". PaddockScout.com (Paddock Scout). Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Allen, Peter (7 April 2016). "Italian and German F4 series get 40+ cars, qualifying races". PaddockScout.com (Paddock Scout). Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  4. ↑ David, Gruz (18 January 2016). "American Jaden Conwright makes European debut in Italian F4". PaddockScout.com (Paddock Scout). Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  5. 1 2 David, Gruz (12 January 2016). "Prema sign latest Estonian karting star Vips for F4 campaign". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Juan Manuel Correa with Prema in the 2016 Formula 4 Championship". Prema Powerteam. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  7. 1 2 David, Gruz (19 January 2016). "Sebastian Fernandez to team up with RB Racing in Italian F4". PaddockScout.com (Paddock Scout). Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Yan Shlom new RB Racing F4 driver". RB Racing. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Sono 40 le monoposto e 22 i team finora iscritti all'Italian F.4 Championship powered by Abarth 2016". Italian F4 Championship (ACI Sport). 2 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  10. 1 2 Allen, Peter (15 October 2015). "Siebert to test in GP3 with Jenzer but remain in Italian F4". PaddockScout.com (Paddock Scout). Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  11. ↑ Kaligis, Bas (20 December 2015). "Job van Uitert in Duits Formule 4 met Jenzer Motorsport: "Lessen van 2015 meenemen"" (in Dutch). RaceXpress. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  12. 1 2 "DIEGO CIANTINI (ARG) and GIACOMO BIANCHI (CH) with Jenzer Motorsport in the F4 Italian Championship". Jenzer Motorsport. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "KEVIN KRATZ (D) and JAN-ERIK MEIKUP (EST) complete the driver line-up in the F4 ADAC German Championship!". Jenzer Motorsport. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  14. 1 2 3 4 "Il team Kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport Ufficializza i quattro piloti per l'Italian F.4 Championship powered by Abarth" (in Italian). Italian F4 Championship. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  15. ↑ "NEW RACING CALENDAR 2016". Italian F4 Championship (ACI Sport). 27 November 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  16. 1 2 "2016 Sporting Regulations" (PDF). Italian F4 Championship (ACI Sport). Retrieved 8 April 2016.

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