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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
  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] R 1, 3–6
52   László Tóth[4] R 1–3
  BWT Mücke Motorsport 4   Niklas Krütten[5] R All
6   Ido Cohen[4] R All
25   William Alatalo[6] All
34   Amaury Cordeel[7] 3–4
  Prema Theodore Racing 5   Gianluca Petecof[8] R 1–2, 4–7
33   Jack Doohan[9] R 2–3
64   Olli Caldwell[10] All
74   Enzo Fittipaldi[11] All
88   Amna Al Qubaisi[4] R 1, 3–7
  AS Motorsport 7   Axel Gnos[2] R 2, 5
69   Jesse Salmenautio[3] 7
  R-ace GP 8   Grégoire Saucy[3] 7
21   Lorenzo Colombo[3] 7
  Bhaitech 9   Petr Ptáček[12] R All
10   Alessandro Famularo[12] R All
11   Leonardo Lorandi[12] All
12   Anthony Famularo[12] R 1–4
14   Ilya Morozov[13] R 7
  KDC Racing[14] 13   Aaron di Comberti[15] 1–2
14   Ilya Morozov[15] R 1–2
20   Toby Sowery[4] 1–2
  Cram Motorsport 14   Ilya Morozov R 4–6
22   Umberto Laganella[16] R All
24   Andrea Dell'Accio[17] All
29   Emilio Cipriani[18] R All
37   Francesco Garisto[19] R 1, 3
94   Daniel Vebster R 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] R All
27   Federico Malvestiti[20] All
  BVM Racing 31   Marzio Moretti[4] R 1–5, 7
36   Gastone Sampieri[4] R 1–2, 4–5
  DRZ Benelli 45   Ian Rodríguez[21] 1–6
  Technorace 49   Alessio Deledda[22] R All
  Alma Racing 77   Diego Bertonelli[23] 5
78   Amaury Cordeel[3][note 1] 7
  DR Formula/Curv Motorsport 77   Nicola Marinangeli[3] R 7
  Corbetta Competizioni 81   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   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   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   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   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   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   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   Enzo Fittipaldi   Enzo Fittipaldi   Enzo Fittipaldi   Prema Theodore Racing   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
  		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
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
  		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
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   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

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

References

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