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

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

Race calendar and results

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

Championship standings

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

Pos	Driver	ADR			LEC			MNZ			MIS			IMO			VLL			MUG			Pts
1	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	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	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	Gianluca Petecof	5	2	7	13	4	6				4	24	DSQ	6	6	6	2	5	5	1	3	2	186
5	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	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	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	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	Ian Rodríguez	6	6	Ret	6	7	DNS	15	3	Ret	3	3	Ret	10	9	12	WD	WD	WD				78
10	Frederik Vesti				2	1	1																68
11	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	Toby Sowery	4	21	4	3	12	3																54
13	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	Javier González	8	10	3	7	11	26	Ret	21	8	11	11	22	14	7	8							40
15	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	Andreas Estner																			3	8	9	21
17	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	Charles Weerts				10	5	8																15
19	Ilya Morozov	21	20	Ret	11	21	22				10	6	8	16	13	Ret	10	13	10	16	17	27	15
20	Jack Doohan				Ret	10	12	6	11	19													9
21	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	Marzio Moretti	14	15	14	12	18	20	20	9	12	16	16	13	23	17	11				9	11	8	8
23	Edoardo Morricone	20	13	23				12	7	Ret	14	15	Ret	Ret	14	15	Ret	14	11				6
24	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	Lorenzo Colombo																			14	9	10	3
26	Gastone Sampieri	Ret	Ret	19	19	20	23				25	14	10	Ret	18	13							1
27	Sebastian Estner																			10	15	26	1
28	Diego Bertonelli													12	11	17							0
29	Anthony Famularo	Ret	14	15	17	23	32	18	Ret	13	13	22	11										0
30	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	Amaury Cordeel							14	13	14	15	Ret	16							23	12	13	0
32	Daniel Vebster																12	20	20	20	16	14	0
33	Lucas Alecco Roy				18	14	19													12	Ret	24	0
34	Amna Al Qubaisi	Ret	12	16				24	16	17	20	23	Ret	20	20	23	Ret	16	15	19	21	21	0
35	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	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	Aaron di Comberti	15	19	Ret	Ret	24	21																0
38	Axel Gnos				25	27	30							22	24	16							0
39	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	Jesse Salmenautio																			17	19	18	0
41	László Tóth	23	18	20	22	26	28	Ret	20	Ret													0
42	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	Nicola Marinangeli																			22	Ret	29	0
44	Francesco Garisto	24	Ret	Ret				23	23	Ret													0
Pos	Driver	ADR			LEC			MNZ			MIS			IMO			VLL			MUG			Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookies' standings

Pos	Driver	ADR			LEC			MNZ			MIS			IMO			VLL			MUG			Pts
1	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	Gianluca Petecof	1	1	1	5	1	1				2	13	DSQ	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	343
3	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	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	Marzio Moretti	4	6	5	4	5	8	10	4	4	6	7	6	11	8	4				5	2	3	161
6	Ilya Morozov	8	9	Ret	3	8	9				3	2	3	5	5	Ret	4	5	3	10	7	12	139
7	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	Edoardo Morricone	7	4	13				5	2	Ret	5	6	Ret	Ret	6	6	Ret	6	4				100
9	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	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	Jack Doohan				Ret	2	4	1	5	8													69
12	Gastone Sampieri	Ret	Ret	9	8	7	10				12	5	4	Ret	9	5							47
13	Anthony Famularo	Ret	5	6	11	10	17	8	Ret	10	4	12	5										46
14	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	Daniel Vebster																6	10	10	11	6	5	28
16	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	Sebastian Estner																			6	5	11	18
18	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	László Tóth	10	8	10	10	12	13	Ret	9	Ret													9
20	Axel Gnos				14	13	15							10	12	7							7
21	Francesco Garisto	11	Ret	Ret				13	10	Ret													1
22	Nicola Marinangeli																			13	Ret	14	0
Pos	Driver	ADR			LEC			MNZ			MIS			IMO			VLL			MUG			Pts

Teams' championship

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

Notes

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

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External links

Official website