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]

2018 Italian F4 Championship

Drivers' Champion: Enzo Fittipaldi
Rookies' Champion: Petr Ptáček
Teams' Champion: Prema Theodore Racing

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The title was clinched by Enzo Fittipaldi, who won the season finale.

Teams and drivers

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

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

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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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

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 classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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

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

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