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2016 Italian F4 Championship

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The 2016 Italian F4 Championship (commercially titled 2016 Italian F4 Championship Powered by Abarth) was the third season of the Italian F4 Championship. It began on 9 April in Misano and finished on 30 October in Monza after seven rounds.[1]

Calendar

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The calendar was published on 23 November 2015, with all events held in Italy.[1][2]

Round Circuit Date Supporting Map of circuit locations
1 Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico April 8–10 GT Series Sprint Cup
2 Adria International Raceway, Adria May 6–8 Italian Touring Car Championship
Auto GP
3 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola May 27–29 Italian Touring Car Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Italy
4 Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero July 15–17
5 ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma September 9–11
6 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola September 23–25
7 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza October 28–30 Italian Touring Car Championship

Teams and drivers

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Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Italy Vincenzo Sospiri Racing[3] 3 Italy Simone Cunati[4] R 1–6
6 United States Jaden Conwright[5] R All
33 Japan Marino Sato[3] All
Italy Prema Powerteam[6] 5 Germany Mick Schumacher[4] 1, 3–7
44 Estonia Jüri Vips[6] R 1, 3–7
68 Ecuador Juan Manuel Correa[7] R 1, 3–7
Switzerland RB Racing[8] 7 Venezuela Sebastián Fernández[8] R 1–6
9 Italy Diego Bertonelli[4] 1–2
25 Venezuela Mauricio Baiz 7
98 Czech Republic Václav Šafář 7
99 Russia Yan Leon Shlom[9] All
Germany Mücke Motorsport[10] 7 Venezuela Sebastián Fernández R 7
22 China Yifei Ye[11] 1–4, 6–7
24 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco[11] 1, 3–7
25 Venezuela Mauricio Baiz[11] 1–4
26 Switzerland Ricardo Feller R 5
51 Italy Aldo Festante[11] R 1–6
Italy ADM Motorsport[12] 8 Brazil Mauro Auricchio[12] 5–7
Italy Bhaitech Engineering[10] 9 Italy Diego Bertonelli[13] 3–7
10 Italy Giacomo Altoè[4] R All
11 United Kingdom Aaron di Comberti[4] R 1
31 Netherlands Richard Verschoor R 2
37 Italy Lorenzo Colombo[4] R 5–7
76 Spain Antolín González R 4
Italy Diegi Motorsport[10] 12 Brazil Giuliano Raucci[4] All
Austria Lechner Racing[10] 13 Switzerland Yannik Brandt[4] R 1
14 Austria Thomas Preining[4] 1
Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport[14] 15 Estonia Jan-Erik Meikup[4] 1
16 Netherlands Job van Uitert[15] 1, 3–7
17 Argentina Diego Ciantini[16] All
18 Argentina Marcos Siebert[14] All
19 Switzerland Giacomo Bianchi[16] R All
20 Germany Kevin Kratz[17] 1–2, 4–5
21 Switzerland Fabio Scherer[4] R 1–3
Italy Antonelli Motorsport[10] 27 Italy Federico Malvestiti[4] R All
32 Romania Emilian Galbiati[4] 1–3
97 Brazil João Vieira[4] 1–5
Italy GSK Grand Prix[10] 35 Belgium Amaury Bonduel[4] 1
36 Italy Mariano Lavigna R 4
Italy BVM Racing[4] 37 Italy Lorenzo Colombo[4] R 1–4
38 India Kush Maini[4] R All
Portugal DR Formula[10] 41 Mexico Raúl Guzmán[4] All
42 Russia Artem Petrov[4] R G All
46 Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend[4] R W 2–7
Italy DRZ Benelli[10] 45 Guatemala Ian Rodríguez[4] R 1–4, 6–7
Germany Aragon Racing[10] 46 Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend[4] R W 1
Italy Torino Squadra Corse[10] 55 Argentina Federico Iribarne[4] 1–3
Italy Kiteviola Motorsport[10] 69 France Valentin Hasse-Clot[4] 1–2
Italy Teramo Racing Team[10] 71 Italy Riccardo Ponzio[4] 1–3, 5, 7
Italy Cram Motorsport[10] 81 Qatar Ahmad Al-Muhanadi[18] 6
82 Netherlands Leonard Hoogenboom[4] R All
83 Venezuela Manuel Maldonado[4] R All
84 Russia Aleksandr Vartanyan[4] 1
Icon Class
R Rookie
W Women Trophy
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Season summary

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Mick Schumacher was labelled the championship favourite, however Prema Powerteam's non-appearance at Adria cost the German the title to Marcos Siebert.

A Formula 4 record of 41 cars entered the first round of the season at Misano, highlighting the Italian series' popularity as it competed against the German championship for the most talented drivers. Due to the large number of entries and lack of circuit space, the race format was radically changed. Drivers were placed in three groups (A, B and C) depending on their qualifying placement. Each group contested two qualifying races, facing one of the other groups in each race. After the three qualifying races, the 36 drivers having scored the most points contested the final race. All four races were 25 minutes plus one lap in length and yielded the same number of points.[19] The first group race proved largely uneventful, however the second was held in wet conditions with a safety car start – Mick Schumacher claiming both Saturday race wins. The final group race saw a four-car pile-up at the start involving Diego Bertonelli, Leonard Hoogenboom, Ye Yifei and Aaron di Comberti, requiring a complete restart; the race ended under red flags after Jaden Conwright spun into the barrier at the last corner, with Raúl Guzmán awarded victory. In the 36-car final, Mauricio Baiz stalled at the start and was collected by Thomas Preining, whilst rookie Juan Manuel Correa terminally damaged his suspension in a coming together with Simone Cunati. Marcos Siebert won the final race of the weekend, followed by Jüri Vips and Guzmán.[20]

The unique format was retained for the second round at Adria International Raceway, however a major drop to 31 entries made it an ultimately unnecessary precaution as the circuit had a 32-car limit. Amongst the absentees were Lechner Racing, who elected to focus on the German series, and Prema Powerteam. Kevin Kratz suffered a major crash in practice and was ruled out of the weekend. Baiz claimed his first Italian F4 victory in Race 1, and backed it up with second in Race 2 behind Guzmán after Baiz's team-mate Ye was disqualified.[21][22] Siebert went from fourth to first in Race 3 after a clash between Federico Iribarne, Giacomo Bianchi and Fabienne Wohlwend brought out the safety car, before Baiz capped off his breakout weekend with a lights-to-flag win in a chaotic final after a safety car in the closing stages caught the wrong driver, resulting in a 30-second gap between the top eight and the rest of the field.[23][24]

Following the massive decline in entries for the second round, the series reverted to the three-race format used in 2015 from the third round at Imola onwards. A carnage-filled opening race saw Siebert win from pole amidst two safety cars and a red-flag finish – Prema team-mates Correa and Vips crashed at pit entry, followed by a rollover for Federico Malvestiti having crossed the circuit at Rivazza 1 and then Diego Ciantini beaching himself in the gravel at Tamburello.[25] Schumacher triumphed on his return to the series in a damp Race 2 run mostly under safety car, before Correa claimed his first-ever race win in cars in a reverse-grid sprint race truncated by a race-ending airborne crash for Ciantini on the main straight – despite the incident, the Argentine was classified third on count-back having been involved in a podium battle with Yan Leon Shlom.[26][27]

Correa continued where he left off in the fourth round at Mugello, scoring a grand chelem in the first heat having dominated qualifying, led every lap and claimed the fastest lap in Race 1.[28] Race 2 was marred by a major start-line crash in which João Vieira stalled at the front of the grid, with Conwright and Mariano Lavigna, unsighted from the back of the field, careening into the Brazilian – leaving débutant Lavigna with a foot injury. Having conducted a full-race restart, Correa's run of good form came to a sudden end when team-mate Schumacher crashed into him at San Donato on the second lap whilst fighting for the lead, putting the German out with terminal damage and gifting a maiden win to Giuliano Raucci for the privateer Diegi Motorsport team.[29] Siebert jumped from third to first at the start of Race 3 and maintained his lead to the end of an uneventful heat to put himself 39 points clear of Schumacher at the top of the standings; Schumacher not helped by another non-score in the last race despite setting the fastest lap.[30]

DR Formula had a dream start to the Vallelunga weekend, with Gúzman and team-mate Artem Petrov finishing the opening race 1–2 in mixed conditions that led to Kratz aquaplaning off at Cimini 1 at high speed.[31] The weather cleared for Race 2, but the grass was still slippery as Ricardo Feller (replacing Ye for the round) discovered having slid off the circuit and launching off the kerb at Campagnano – Schumacher won the race having jumped Vips at the start.[32] Correa won Race 3, which was mostly run under safety car due to debris from another start-line incident (this time between Gúzman, Vieira and Marino Sato); but with Schumacher second and Siebert having finished no higher than 5th all weekend, the German had closed the championship gap to 10 points.[33]

Returning to Imola for the penultimate round, the title race looked like a guaranteed two-way fight between Marcos Siebert of Jenzer Motorsport and Mick Schumacher of Prema Powerteam – however, having beaten his rival to pole position, Schumacher squandered his run of momentum with a drive-through penalty for a jump-start in the opening race, resulting in no points despite a fightback to 13th; but the German was saved by a post-race penalty for Siebert, voiding the Argentine's podium finish, as Job van Uitert took his first win.[34] Schumacher's weekend went from bad to worse in Race 2 when he was crashed into at the first corner by a false-starting Bertonelli; Van Uitert claimed back-to-back wins having fended off Lorenzo Colombo through a multitude of safety car restarts.[35] Sato claimed his first win after a track-limits penalty was imposed on Shlom in the reverse-grid sprint, as both championship contenders failed to score – Schumacher starting at the back and Siebert spinning at Tamburello on the final lap. Gúzman also failed to make inroads on the top two in the standings having collided with Correa in the final race, leaving a 25-point margin at the top with one round remaining.[36]

Schumacher started the final weekend at Monza in the best possible way, jumping Sebastián Fernández at the start and taking a commanding victory, whilst rival Siebert made an ultimately crucial drive from 11th to 2nd to maintain a comfortable points lead – aided by a collision between Vips, Fernández and Bertonelli at Lesmo 1.[37] This meant Schumacher had to beat Siebert in Race 2 to keep his championship hopes alive – but light contact with eventual race-winner Fernández at Variante della Roggia broke the German's front wing, necessitating a pit-stop and allowing Siebert to cruise home in fifth to take the title.[38] Vips claimed the last race win of the year, as well as the rookie championship, in comfortable fashion after a first-corner collision between Bertonelli, Kush Maini and Siebert beached the new champion on a kerb, whilst Sato and Ye collided in a battle for second and an energised 10-car battle took place for the minor points.[39]

Despite the clear intentions of the FIA Global Pathway to make Formula 4 the starting point on the road to Formula One, and the regulations being in their third year of usage, a lack of cost control saw the record-breaking entry numbers seen at the start of the season fall away as competitors ultimately voted with their feet. Whilst Italian F4 maintained its reputation as the most competitive Formula 4 championship internationally, it would take another six years before 40+ car fields returned to the series.

Results and standings

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Season summary

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Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Secondary Class winner
1 R1 Misano Argentina Marcos Siebert Mexico Raúl Guzmán Germany Mick Schumacher Italy Prema Powerteam R: Ecuador Juan Manuel Correa
R2 Germany Mick Schumacher Netherlands Job van Uitert Germany Mick Schumacher Italy Prema Powerteam R: Ecuador Juan Manuel Correa
W: Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend
R3 Argentina Marcos Siebert Estonia Jüri Vips Mexico Raúl Guzmán Portugal DR Formula R: Estonia Jüri Vips
W: Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend
R4 Germany Mick Schumacher Germany Mick Schumacher Argentina Marcos Siebert Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport R: Estonia Jüri Vips
2 R1 Adria Venezuela Mauricio Baiz Italy Simone Cunati Venezuela Mauricio Baiz Germany Mücke Motorsport R: Italy Simone Cunati
W: Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend
R2 Mexico Raúl Guzmán China Yifei Ye Mexico Raúl Guzmán Portugal DR Formula R: Guatemala Ian Rodríguez
R3 Mexico Raúl Guzmán Argentina Marcos Siebert Argentina Marcos Siebert Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport R: Italy Simone Cunati
R4 Venezuela Mauricio Baiz China Yifei Ye Venezuela Mauricio Baiz Germany Mücke Motorsport R: Italy Simone Cunati
W: Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend
3 R1 Imola Argentina Marcos Siebert Germany Mick Schumacher Argentina Marcos Siebert Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport R: Italy Lorenzo Colombo
W: Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend
R2 Germany Mick Schumacher Netherlands Job van Uitert Germany Mick Schumacher Italy Prema Powerteam R: Italy Lorenzo Colombo
W: Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend
R3 Guatemala Ian Rodríguez Ecuador Juan Manuel Correa Italy Prema Powerteam R: Ecuador Juan Manuel Correa
W: Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend
4 R1 Mugello Ecuador Juan Manuel Correa Ecuador Juan Manuel Correa Ecuador Juan Manuel Correa Italy Prema Powerteam R: Ecuador Juan Manuel Correa
W: Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend
R2 Ecuador Juan Manuel Correa Italy Diego Bertonelli Brazil Giuliano Raucci Italy Diegi Motorsport R: Estonia Jüri Vips
W: Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend
R3 Germany Mick Schumacher Argentina Marcos Siebert Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport R: Estonia Jüri Vips
W: Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend
5 R1 Vallelunga Estonia Jüri Vips Germany Mick Schumacher Mexico Raúl Guzmán Portugal DR Formula R: Estonia Jüri Vips
W: Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend
R2 Estonia Jüri Vips Germany Mick Schumacher Germany Mick Schumacher Italy Prema Powerteam R: Estonia Jüri Vips
W: Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend
R3 Germany Mick Schumacher Ecuador Juan Manuel Correa Italy Prema Powerteam R: Ecuador Juan Manuel Correa
W: Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend
6 R1 Imola Germany Mick Schumacher Estonia Jüri Vips Netherlands Job van Uitert Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport R: Estonia Jüri Vips
W: Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend
R2 Argentina Marcos Siebert Estonia Jüri Vips Netherlands Job van Uitert Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport R: Italy Lorenzo Colombo
R3 Netherlands Job van Uitert Japan Marino Sato Italy Vincenzo Sospiri Racing R: Netherlands Leonard Hoogenboom
W: Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend
7 R1 Monza Venezuela Sebastián Fernández Italy Diego Bertonelli Germany Mick Schumacher Italy Prema Powerteam R: Italy Lorenzo Colombo
W: Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend
R2 Venezuela Sebastián Fernandez Venezuela Sebastián Fernandez Venezuela Sebastián Fernandez Germany Mücke Motorsport R: Venezuela Sebastián Fernandez
W: Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend
R3 Russia Artem Petrov Estonia Jüri Vips Italy Prema Powerteam R: Estonia Jüri Vips
W: Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend

Championship standings

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Points system

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap.[19] Only the best sixteen results were counted towards the championship. Race 3 of the first meeting at Imola Circuit was stopped after five laps, and half points were awarded.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Points 13 11 9 6 5 4 2 1

Drivers' standings

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Pos Driver MIS ADR IMO1 MUG VAL IMO2 MNZ Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Argentina Marcos Siebert 5 2 1 5 1 3 1 2 6 Ret 8 1 6 5 6 25 3 20 2 5 Ret 231
2 Germany Mick Schumacher 1 1 4 2 1 4 2 Ret 11 3 1 2 12 Ret 22 1 25 2 216
3 Mexico Raúl Guzmán 2 1 3 1 Ret 5 27 6 9 4 4 8 1 6 Ret 9 7 Ret 3 2 16 202
4 Netherlands Job van Uitert 2 3 5 3 3 5 10 9 4 12 13 10 1 1 25 6 13 9 143.5
5 Estonia Jüri Vips 7 5 2 Ret 16 11 9 3 3 4 2 14 2 19 9 Ret 3 1 140
6 Ecuador Juan Manuel Correa     3 4 Ret Ret 9 1 1 16 9 5 10 1 Ret 4 5 11 23 19 105.5
7 Italy Simone Cunati 4 23 Ret 3 2 7 9 26 18 7 12 23 10 Ret 21 3 5 4 95
8 Brazil Giuliano Raucci 26 12 11 7 5 26 6 25 15 3 1 15 8 3 9 Ret Ret DNS 13 15 Ret 86
9 Venezuela Mauricio Baiz 6 6 Ret 1 3 1 8 14 14 Ret 11 13 DNS DNS DNS 85
10 China Yifei Ye 20 Ret DNQ 2 DSQ 2 7 4 7 28 7 7 8 22 17 5 9 Ret 79
11 Italy Diego Bertonelli 3 Ret 13 14 13 20 25 24 21 6 2 10 7 4 7 15 15 10 19 4 Ret 77
12 Italy Lorenzo Colombo 17 14 Ret 9 12 15 5 5 8 20 22 19 13 19 13 4 2 6 4 22 7 73.5
13 Brazil João Vieira 6 12 6 2 4 4 16 11 10 5 DNS 30 23 11 Ret 69
14 Russia Yan Leon Shlom 7 4 12 4 11 9 Ret 10 2 11 10 2 15 23 15 22 10 7 DSQ DSQ DNS 56.5
15 Venezuela Sebastián Fernández Ret 9 16 19 11 19 22 22 29 12 6 6 Ret 9 4 14 13 26 20 1 5 55
16 India Kush Maini 8 10 8 7 6 10 15 12 13 18 Ret 16 26 8 3 6 Ret 13 Ret 7 21 53
17 Guatemala Ian Rodríguez 22 8 25 6 5 14 14 Ret 22 Ret Ret 21 24 Ret 12 8 6 3 43
18 Japan Marino Sato 27 11 22 13 4 8 11 21 16 15 17 12 19 15 Ret 7 8 1 Ret 10 Ret 42
19 Canada Devlin DeFrancesco 23 9 10 Ret 7 Ret 8 5 5 9 Ret DNS Ret 11 8 Ret 12 6 40
20 Argentina Diego Ciantini 11 10 Ret 16 9 12 4 8 3 Ret 13 18 Ret 16 12 5 Ret 15 Ret 20 DNS 33.5
21 Netherlands Richard Verschoor 6 3 6 31
22 Italy Giacomo Altoè 22 7 14 8 10 17 19 19 27 23 20 20 25 12 8 17 12 11 7 14 8 21
23 Netherlands Leonard Hoogenboom 19 Ret 23 Ret 10 16 24 13 30 16 15 14 14 Ret 17 11 9 3 17 8 Ret 20
24 France Valentin Hasse-Clot 5 18 7 11 DSQ Ret 16
25 Italy Federico Malvestiti 17 15 18 8 7 11 Ret DNS DNS 22 24 25 24 17 18 20 14 23 14 Ret 10 10
26 Belgium Amaury Bonduel 14 8 20 4
27 Romania Emilian Galbiati 15 16 21 17 8 Ret 18 29 23 4
28 Argentina Federico Iribarne 9 11 9 15 15 Ret 17 17 19 4
29 Switzerland Fabio Scherer 25 13 26 18 9 13 10 Ret 25 3
30 United States Jaden Conwright 19 22 Ret 16 Ret 24 12 18 17 14 DNS 29 20 22 16 21 17 14 9 11 14 2
31 Brazil Mauro Auricchio 21 18 11 10 21 16 10 17 13 2
32 Italy Aldo Festante 24 17 19 10 13 18 21 23 28 17 21 Ret 18 14 26 16 18 21 1
33 Germany Kevin Kratz 10 21 17 DNS DNS WD 13 18 17 Ret Ret 20 1
34 Switzerland Giacomo Bianchi 18 23 24 Ret 14 23 22 27 26 25 25 27 11 21 25 18 Ret 19 18 24 12 1
35 Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend 21 20 DNQ 17 Ret 22 26 20 20 24 23 26 17 24 19 19 Ret 24 12 16 11 0
36 Venezuela Manuel Maldonado 20 Ret DNQ 18 12 21 23 28 24 27 19 24 Ret Ret 23 13 16 18 16 21 17 0
37 Austria Thomas Preining 12 16 Ret 0
38 Italy Riccardo Ponzio 15 13 Ret 14 19 25 WD WD WD 16 20 24 Ret 19 15 0
39 Russia Aleksandr Vartanyan 13 18 15 0
40 Estonia Jan-Erik Meikup 16 Ret Ret 0
41 Czech Republic Václav Šafář DSQ DSQ 18 0
42 Switzerland Yannik Brandt Ret 19 DNQ 0
43 Qatar Ahmad Al-Muhanadi 23 20 Ret 0
44 Italy Mariano Lavigna 21 DNS DNS 0
45 Switzerland Ricardo Feller 22 Ret 22 0
46 United Kingdom Aaron di Comberti 24 Ret DNQ 0
47 Spain Antolín González 26 26 28 0
Drivers ineligible to score points
Russia Artem Petrov 21 14 Ret 12 15 27 13 15 12 19 14 22 2 7 5 Ret 6 2 Ret Ret 4 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
MIS ADR IMO1 MUG VAL IMO2 MNZ
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

Secondary Classes' standings

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Pos Driver MIS ADR IMO1 MUG VAL IMO2 MNZ Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
Rookie Trophy
1 Estonia Jüri Vips 7 5 2 Ret 16 11 9 3 3 4 2 14 2 19 9 Ret 3 1 247.5
2 Italy Lorenzo Colombo 17 14 Ret 9 12 15 5 5 8 20 22 19 13 19 13 4 2 6 4 22 7 207.5
3 Italy Simone Cunati 4 23 Ret 3 2 7 9 26 18 7 12 23 10 Ret 21 3 5 4 205
4 Ecuador Juan Manuel Correa 3 4 Ret Ret 9 1 1 16 9 5 10 1 Ret 4 5 11 23 19 198.5
5 India Kush Maini 8 10 8 7 6 10 15 12 13 18 Ret 16 26 8 3 6 Ret 13 Ret 7 21 182
6 Venezuela Sebastián Fernández Ret 9 16 19 11 19 22 22 29 12 6 6 Ret 9 4 14 13 26 20 1 5 156
7 Italy Giacomo Altoè 22 7 14 8 10 17 19 19 27 23 20 20 25 12 8 17 12 11 7 14 8 150
8 Netherlands Leonard Hoogenboom 19 Ret 23 Ret 10 16 24 13 30 16 15 14 14 Ret 17 11 9 3 17 8 Ret 131
9 Guatemala Ian Rodríguez 22 8 25 6 5 14 14 Ret 22 Ret Ret 21 24 Ret 12 8 6 3 128.5
10 Italy Federico Malvestiti 17 15 18 8 7 11 Ret DNS DNS 22 24 25 24 17 18 20 14 23 14 Ret 10 93
11 United States Jaden Conwright 19 22 Ret 16 Ret 24 12 18 17 14 DNS 29 20 22 16 21 17 14 9 11 14 74.5
12 Italy Aldo Festante 24 17 19 10 13 18 21 23 28 17 21 Ret 18 14 26 16 18 21 71
13 Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend 21 20 DNQ 17 Ret 22 26 20 20 24 23 26 17 24 19 19 Ret 24 12 16 11 47
14 Switzerland Fabio Scherer 25 13 26 18 9 13 10 Ret 25 45
15 Venezuela Manuel Maldonado 20 Ret DNQ 18 12 21 23 28 24 27 19 24 Ret Ret 23 13 16 18 16 21 17 38
16 Switzerland Giacomo Bianchi 18 23 24 Ret 14 23 22 27 26 25 25 27 11 21 25 18 Ret 19 18 24 12 37
17 Brazil Mauro Auricchio[N 1] 21 18 11 10 21 16 10 17 13 10
18 United Kingdom Aaron di Comberti 24 Ret DNQ 4
19 Switzerland Yannik Brandt Ret 19 DNQ 2
20 Italy Mariano Lavigna 21 DNS DNS 1
21 Switzerland Ricardo Feller 22 Ret 22 1
Drivers ineligible to score points
Russia Artem Petrov 21 14 Ret 12 15 27 13 15 12 19 14 22 2 7 5 Ret 6 2 Ret Ret 4 0
F4 Woman Trophy
1 Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend 21 20 DNQ 17 Ret 22 26 20 20 24 23 26 17 24 19 19 Ret 24 12 16 11 400
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
MIS ADR IMO1 MUG VAL IMO2 MNZ
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 Powerteam 439.5
2 Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport 396
3 Germany Mücke Motorsport 236
4 Portugal DR Formula 202
5 Italy Bhaitech 165
6 Italy Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 139
7 Switzerland RB Racing 95.5
8 Italy Diegi Motorsport 86
9 Italy Antonelli Motorsport 83
10 Italy BVM Racing 75.5
11 Italy DRZ Benelli 43
12 Italy Cram Motorsport 20
13 Italy Kiteviola Motorsport 16
14 Italy GSK Grand Prix 4
15 Italy Torino Squadra Corse 4
16 Italy ADM Motorsport 2

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Auricchio was considered as Rookie only in the first race at Imola.

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