2016 Italian F4 Championship
The 2016 Italian F4 Championship Powered by Abarth is the third season of the Italian F4 Championship. It began on 9 April in Misano and finished on 30 October in Monza after seven triple header rounds.[1]
Teams and drivers
Team |
No. |
Driver |
Class |
Rounds |
Vincenzo Sospiri Racing[2] |
3 |
Simone Cunati[3] |
R |
1–6 |
6 |
Jaden Conwright[4] |
R |
All |
33 |
Marino Sato[2] |
|
All |
Prema Powerteam[5] |
5 |
Mick Schumacher[3] |
|
1, 3–7 |
44 |
Jüri Vips[5] |
R |
1, 3–7 |
68 |
Juan Manuel Correa[6] |
R |
1, 3–7 |
RB Racing[7] |
7 |
Sebastián Fernandez[7] |
R |
1–6 |
9 |
Diego Bertonelli[3] |
|
1–2 |
25 |
Mauricio Baiz |
|
7 |
98 |
Václav Šafář |
|
7 |
99 |
Yan Leon Shlom[8] |
|
All |
Kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport[9] |
7 |
Sebastián Fernandez |
R |
7 |
22 |
Ye Yifei[10] |
|
1–4, 6–7 |
24 |
Devlin DeFrancesco[10] |
|
1, 3–7 |
25 |
Mauricio Baiz[10] |
|
1–4 |
26 |
Ricardo Feller |
R |
5 |
51 |
Aldo Festante[10] |
R |
All |
ADM Motorsport[11] |
8 |
Mauro Auricchio[11] |
|
5–7 |
Bhaitech Engineering[9] |
9 |
Diego Bertonelli[12] |
|
3–7 |
10 |
Giacomo Altoè[3] |
R |
All |
11 |
Aaron di Comberti[3] |
R |
1 |
31 |
Richard Verschoor |
R |
2 |
37 |
Lorenzo Colombo[3] |
R |
5–7 |
76 |
Antolín González |
R |
4 |
DieGi Motorsport[9] |
12 |
Giuliano Raucci[3] |
|
All |
Lechner Racing[9] |
13 |
Yannik Brandt[3] |
R |
1 |
14 |
Thomas Preining[3] |
|
1 |
Jenzer Motorsport[13] |
15 |
Jan-Erik Meikup[3] |
|
1 |
16 |
Job van Uitert[14] |
|
1, 3–7 |
17 |
Diego Ciantini[15] |
|
All |
18 |
Marcos Siebert[13] |
|
All |
19 |
Giacomo Bianchi[15] |
R |
All |
20 |
Kevin Kratz[16] |
|
1–2, 4–5 |
21 |
Fabio Scherer[3] |
R |
1–3 |
Antonelli Motorsport[9] |
27 |
Federico Malvestiti[3] |
R |
All |
32 |
Kikko Galbiati[3] |
|
1–3 |
97 |
João Vieira[3] |
|
1–5 |
GSK Grand Prix[9] |
35 |
Amaury Bonduel[3] |
|
1 |
36 |
Mariano Lavigna |
R |
4 |
BVM Racing[3] |
37 |
Lorenzo Colombo[3] |
R |
1–4 |
38 |
Kush Maini[3] |
R |
All |
DR Formula[9] |
41 |
Raúl Guzman[3] |
|
All |
42 |
Artem Petrov[3] |
R G |
All |
46 |
Fabienne Wohlwend[3] |
R W |
4–7 |
DRZ Benelli[9] |
45 |
Ian Rodríguez[3] |
R |
1–4, 6–7 |
Aragon Racing[9] |
46 |
Fabienne Wohlwend[3] |
R W |
1–3 |
Torino Squadra Corse[9] |
55 |
Federico Iribarne[3] |
|
1–3 |
Kiteviola Motorsport[9] |
69 |
Valentin Hasse-Clot[3] |
|
1–2 |
Teramo Racing Team[9] |
71 |
Riccardo Ponzio[3] |
|
1–3, 5, 7 |
Cram Motorsport[9] |
81 |
Ahmad Al-Muhanadi[17] |
|
6 |
82 |
Leonard Hoogenboom[3] |
R |
All |
83 |
Manuel Maldonado[3] |
R |
All |
84 |
Aleksandr Vartanyan[3] |
|
1 |
|
Icon |
Class |
R |
Rookie |
W |
Women Trophy |
G |
Guest drivers ineligible to score points |
|
Race calendar
The calendar was published on 23 November 2015.[1][18]
Due to the large number of inscriptions for the season, 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 (32 in Adria) drivers having scored the most points contested the final race. All four races were 25 minutes plus one lap in length and yield the same amount of points.[19]
After the number of entries declined from 41 to 31 for the second round, the series reverted to the classical three-race format used in 2015 from the third round onwards.
Championship standings
Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are 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 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
Rookies' standings
Teams' championship
Footnotes
- ↑ Auricchio was considered as Rookie only in the first race at Imola.
References
- 1 2 "2016 Sporting Regulations" (PDF). Italian F4 Championship. ACI Sport. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- 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.
- 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 29 Allen, Peter (7 April 2016). "Italian and German F4 series get 40+ cars, qualifying races". PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ David, Gruz (18 January 2016). "American Jaden Conwright makes European debut in Italian F4". PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- 1 2 David, Gruz (12 January 2016). "Prema sign latest Estonian karting star Vips for F4 campaign". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ↑ "Juan Manuel Correa with Prema in the 2016 Formula 4 Championship". Prema Powerteam. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- 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.
- ↑ "Yan Shlom new RB Racing F4 driver". RB Racing. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "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.
- 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.
- 1 2 "Il team ADM Motorsport entra a far parte dell'Italian F4 Championship powered by Abarth per gli ultimi tre appuntamenti stagionali". ACI Sport. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ↑ "Entry list Imola" (PDF). 24 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- 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.
- ↑ 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.
- 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Penultimo weekend della stagione, a Imola, per l'Italian F4 Championship powered by Abarth". ACI Sport. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ↑ "NEW RACING CALENDAR 2016". Italian F4 Championship. ACI Sport. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- 1 2 "2016 Sporting Regulations" (PDF). Italian F4 Championship. ACI Sport. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
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