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Italian F4 Championship

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Italian Formula 4 Championship
CategoryFIA Formula 4
CountryItaly
RegionEurope
Inaugural season2014
ConstructorsTatuus
Engine suppliersAbarth
Tyre suppliersPirelli
Drivers' championUnited Kingdom Freddie Slater
Teams' championItaly Prema Racing
Official websiteOfficial website
Current season

Italian Formula 4 Championship is the first formula racing series regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The inaugural season was the 2014 Italian F4 Championship, effectively replacing the Formula Abarth.

The Italian F4 championship is regarded as amongst the most competitive of the national/regional F4 championships. [1]. Lance Stroll, Lando Norris, Mick Schumacher, Jack Doohan, and Zhou Guanyu have since driven in Formula One, and numerous Italian F4 drivers have had professional careers in other series.

History

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Gerhard Berger and the FIA Singleseater Commission launched the FIA Formula 4 in March 2013.[2] The goal of the Formula 4 is to make the ladder to Formula 1 more transparent.

The Italian Formula 4 was the first FIA Formula 4 championship to be launched. The Italian championship was launched by the ACI-CSAI on December 12, 2013.[3]

WSK Promotions, well known for its kart races in the WSK Euro Series e.a., was contracted to promote the championship.[4]

Cars

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See also: Tatuus F4-T014
See also: Tatuus F4-T421

Italian race car constructor Tatuus was contracted to design and build all the cars.[5] Tatuus had also built all the cars for the Formula Abarth. The chassis is a monocoque made of carbon fibre.

The engine is a 1400cc Fiat-FPT.[6] This is the same engine used in the Formula Abarth between 2010 and 2013. It is detuned to fit the FIA Formula 4 regulations to 160 hp (120 kW), down from the original 180 hp (130 kW).

Starting from 2022, Tatuus F4-T421 have been used instead of Tatuus F4-T014.

Costs

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The original goal of Formula 4 was to keep total costs for competitors under 100,000€ (in 2014) per season, but as of 2024 typical costs in the Italian championship far exceed this figure. One 2022 estimate put the season cost of competition at "upwards of 250,000€", one of the most expensive F4 series globally [7].

Champions

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Drivers

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Season Driver Team Poles Wins Podiums Fastest laps Points Clinched Margin
2014 Canada Lance Stroll Italy Prema Powerteam 5 7 13 11 331 Race 15 of 21 94
2015 Estonia Ralf Aron Italy Prema Powerteam 7 9 13 6 331 Race 18 of 21 108
2016 Argentina Marcos Siebert Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport 4 4 9 1 231 Race 20 of 21 15
2017 New Zealand Marcus Armstrong Italy Prema Powerteam 5 4 13 1 283 Race 19 of 21 36
2018 Brazil Enzo Fittipaldi Italy Prema Theodore Racing 9 7 10 5 303 Race 21 of 21 21
2019 Norway Dennis Hauger Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing 7 12 16 9 369 Race 18 of 21 136
2020 Italy Gabriele Minì Italy Prema Powerteam 8 4 12 2 284 Race 18 of 21 76
2021 United Kingdom Oliver Bearman Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing 8 11 15 2 343 Race 18 of 21 111
2022 Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli Italy Prema Powerteam 14 13 15 14 362 Race 18 of 20 104
2023 Poland Kacper Sztuka Germany US Racing 9 9 12 8 315 Race 20 of 21 35
2024 United Kingdom Freddie Slater Italy Prema Powerteam 11 15 16 10 383 Race 17 of 21 161

Teams

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Season Team Poles Wins Podiums Fastest laps Points Clinched Margin
2014 Italy Prema Powerteam 13 13 11 31 303 Race 15 of 21 58
2015 Italy Prema Powerteam 9 12 22 7 339 Race 19 of 21 35
2016 Italy Prema Powerteam 7 9 21 9 439.5 Race 19 of 21 43.5
2017 Italy Bhaitech 9 8 17 6 565 Race 18 of 21 89
2018 Italy Prema Theodore Racing 13 12 28 8 667 Race 19 of 21 187
2019 Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing 9 12 24 10 576 Race 21 of 21 28
2020 Italy Prema Powerteam 15 6 24 8 596 Race 21 of 21 101
2021 Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing 11 13 23 4 585 Race 18 of 21 102
2022 Italy Prema Powerteam 19 16 38 19 800 Race 18 of 21 289
2023 Italy Prema Powerteam 10 12 40 9 791 Race 17 of 21 245
2024 Italy Prema Powerteam 12 16 30 12 763 Race 17 of 21 221

Winter Trophy

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Season Driver Team Poles Wins (Trophy) Podiums Fastest laps Points Clinched Margin
2014 Estonia Ralf Aron Italy Prema Powerteam 2 1 (2) 2 1 38 Race 1 of 2 0

Trophy

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In the concurrent Italian F4 Trophy for drivers over the age of 18.

Season Driver Team Poles Wins (Trophy) Podiums Fastest laps Points Clinched Margin
2014 France Brandon Maïsano Italy Prema Powerteam 8 6 (17) 17 6 406 Race 12 of 21 176
2015 Colombia Kevin Kanayet Malta Malta Formula Racing 0 9 (21) 17 1 337 Race 17 of 21 28

Woman Trophy

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Season Driver Team Poles Wins (Trophy) Podiums Fastest laps Points Clinched Margin
2015 Poland Julia Pankiewicz Switzerland RB Racing 0 11 17 0 343 Race 17 of 21 112
2016 Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend Germany Aragon Racing
Portugal DR Formula 		0 18 18 0 400 Race 11 of 21 N/A
2019 United Arab Emirates Amna Al Qubaisi United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 0 17 19 0 400 Race 13 of 21 271
2020 United Arab Emirates Hamda Al Qubaisi United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 0 15 15 0 375 Race 12 of 21 N/A
2021 Spain Maya Weug Italy Iron Lynx 0 11 20 0 437 Race 21 of 21 43
2022 Spain Maya Weug Italy Iron Lynx 0 18 20 0 400 Race 20 of 20 91
2023 Switzerland Tina Hausmann San Marino AKM Motorsport 0 7 15 0 310 Race 20 of 20 9

Rookie Class

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The result of the championship was decided by different standings. Wins and points of the rookie standings are present in brackets.

Season Driver Team Poles Wins (rookie) Podiums Fastest laps Points (rookie) Clinched Margin
2016 Estonia Jüri Vips Italy Prema Powerteam 2 1 (8) 7 3 140 (247.5) Race 20 of 21 40
2017 Italy Leonardo Lorandi Italy Bhaitech 0 1 (19) 2 4 185 (400) Race 16 of 21 107
2018 Czech Republic Petr Ptáček Italy Bhaitech 0 0 (11) 6 3 182 (365) Race 18 of 21 22
2019 Estonia Paul Aron Italy Prema Powerteam 1 2 (9) 8 0 226 (348) Race 18 of 21 87
2020 Italy Gabriele Minì Italy Prema Powerteam 8 4 (6) 12 2 284 (318) Race 19 of 21 67
2021 Russia Nikita Bedrin Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing 0 1 (6) 4 0 103 (240) Race 21 of 21 1
2022 Italy Andrea Kimi Antonelli Italy Prema Powerteam 14 13 (14) 15 14 362 (378) Race 18 of 20 97
2023 United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad Italy Prema Powerteam 4 6 (8) 10 3 263.5 (322.5) Race 18 of 20 15.5
2024 United States Alex Powell Italy Prema Powerteam 1 0 (10) 6 0 176 (343) Race 21 of 21 15

Drivers graduated to F2

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  • Bold denotes an active Formula 2 driver.
  • Gold background denotes Italian F4 champion.
Driver Italian F4 FIA Formula 2 Current series
Seasons Races Wins Podiums Seasons First team Races Wins Podiums
New Zealand Marcus Armstrong 2017 21 3 11 2020–2022 ART Grand Prix 27 0 2 IndyCar Series
Germany David Beckmann 2015 20 1 4 2021-2022 Charouz Racing System 3 0 1 Formula E
United States Juan Manuel Correa 2016–2017 24 3 4 2019, Present Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 16 0 2 FIA Formula 2 Championship
Italy Alessio Deledda 2018 20 0 0 2021 HWA Racelab 3 0 0 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Brazil Felipe Drugovich 2017 6 1 2 2020–2022 MP Motorsport 27 3 4 Formula One reserve
United Kingdom Lando Norris 2015 9 0 1 2017–2018 Campos Racing 26 1 9 Formula One
Brazil Gianluca Petecof 2018–2019 38 5 13 2021 Campos Racing 3 0 0 Stock Car Pro Series
India Mahaveer Raghunathan 2014 18 0 0 2019 MP Motorsport 20 0 0 Italian GT Championship
Japan Marino Sato 2015–2016 42 1 2 2019–2022 Campos Racing 33 0 0 European Le Mans Series
Germany Mick Schumacher 2016 18 5 10 2019–2020 Prema Racing 46 3 11 Formula One reserve
Russia Robert Shwartzman 2014–2015 27 2 8 2020–2021 Prema Racing 27 4 6 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
Netherlands Richard Verschoor 2016 3 0 1 2021-Present MP Motorsport 3 0 0 FIA Formula 2 Championship
Estonia Jüri Vips 2016–2017 27 2 13 2020–2022 DAMS 11 0 1 ?
Germany Lirim Zendeli 2017 18 0 2 2021 MP Motorsport 3 0 0 USF Pro 2000 Championship
China Guanyu Zhou 2015 21 3 9 2019–2021 UNI-Virtuosi Racing 49 2 13 Formula One

Circuits

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  • Bold denotes a circuit will be used in the 2024 season.
Number Circuits Rounds Years
1 Italy Imola Circuit 15[a] 2014–present
2 Italy Mugello Circuit 12[b] 2014–present
3 Italy ACI Vallelunga Circuit 11 2014–present
Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 11 2014–present
5 Italy Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli 10[c] 2015–present
6 Italy Adria International Raceway 5 2014–2018
7 Austria Red Bull Ring 4 2019–2022
France Circuit Paul Ricard 4 2018, 2021, 2023–2024
9 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2 2022–2023
10 Italy Autodromo dell'Umbria 1 2014
Hungary Hungaroring 1 2019
Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 1 2024

Notes

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  1. ^ Imola Circuit hosted 2 rounds in 2014–2016 and 2020.
  2. ^ Mugello Circuit hosted 2 rounds in 2017.
  3. ^ Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli will host 2 rounds in 2025.

References

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  1. ^ Series, Feeder (2023-02-25). "From F4 to F1: The feeder series ladder explained". Feeder Series. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  2. ^ "FIA reveals Formula 4 plan". Autosport. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  3. ^ "The Italian Formula 4 Championship at the starting blocks". ACI-CSAI. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  4. ^ "WSK to promote the Italian F4 Championship". Italian Formula 4 Championship. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Formula 4 to feature a Tatuus chassis". Italian Formula 4 Championship. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Formula 4 powered by Abarth". Italian Formula 4 Championship. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  7. ^ Gascoigne, Roger (2022-01-07). "The new F4 series aiming to boost single-seater racing in central Europe". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
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