2014 Italian F4 Championship

The 2014 Italian F4 Championship was the inaugural season of the Italian F4 Championship, as it replaces Formula Abarth. It began on 8 June in Adria and finished on 12 October in Imola after seven triple header rounds.

2014 Italian F4 Championship
Previous: 2013
(Formula Abarth)		 Next: 2015

The championship was won by Canadian driver Lance Stroll, a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy, taking 7 overall victories and 3 further class victories from 18 races contested – he missed the final round at Imola due to injury. Stroll, driving for Prema Powerteam, finished 94 points clear of his closest championship rival, Mattia Drudi of the F & M team. Drudi won four races overall, including a hat-trick at Monza, as well as a class victory in the final race of the season. Third in the championship went to Diegi Motorsport driver Andrea Russo, taking an overall victory at Adria, as well as a class victory at Mugello. Euronova Racing by Fortec's Ukyo Sasahara, and his replacement, Andrea Fontana were the only other eligible drivers to take an overall victory, with wins at Adria and Magione respectively. Fontana also achieved a class victory at Imola, while the third Imola class win was taken by SMP Racing by Euronova and Ivan Matveev. Prema Powerteam won the teams' championship, 58 points clear of Euronova Racing by Fortec.

In the concurrent Italian F4 Trophy for drivers over the age of 18, the championship was dominated by Prema Powerteam's Brandon Maïsano. Maïsano won the first 10 races of the season, and ultimately finished the season with 17 class wins and 19 podiums from the 21 races. Maïsano also achieved six overall victories during the season, but was ineligible to score points towards the main championship. He finished 176 points clear of his next closest rival, Ali Al-Khalifa, who took a single class win at Magione. Keith Camilleri finished third in class with nine second place finishes, while Sennan Fielding was the only other driver to take part in the class; he achieved three class wins, including an overall win at Imola, from his six starts.

Teams and drivers
Team No. Driver Class Rounds
SMP Racing by Euronova[1] 2 Ivan Matveev[1] All
Euronova Racing by Fortec 3 Ukyo Sasahara[2] 1
Andrea Fontana[3] 2–7
4 Leonardo Pulcini[3] 1–5
5 Shinji Sawada[4] 7
85 Sennan Fielding[5] T 6–7
DAV Racing[6] 4 Leonardo Pulcini 6–7
24 Gustavo Bandeira[7] 1–4
Jenzer Motorsport[6] 7 Alain Valente[8] All
8 Lucas Mauron[8] All
9 Nico Rindlisbacher[8] All
86 Ali Al-Khalifa[8] T All
Malta Formula Racing[6] 10 Zackary Dante[9] 1–5
82 Keith Camilleri[9] T 1–3, 5, 7
Antonelli Motorsport[6] 12 Andrea Russo[10] 5–7
27 Matteo Cairoli[9] 1–2
28 João Vieira[9] All
29 Jonathan Giudice[9] 1–4
44 Matteo Desideri[11] 4–7
F & M[12] 15 Mahaveer Raghunathan[12] 2–7
21 Mattia Drudi[12] 2–7
23 Giovanni Altoè[12] 2–5
Diegi Motorsport[6] 12 Andrea Russo[9] 1–4
29 Jonathan Giudice[10] 6–7
Cram Motorsport[6] 16 Max Defourny[9] 1
19 Edi Haxhiu[9] All
21 Mattia Drudi[9] 1
23 Giovanni Altoè[9] 1
26 Robert Shwartzman[13] 6–7
Prema Powerteam[6] 18 Lance Stroll[9] All
22 Takashi Kasai[14] 1–6
81 Brandon Maïsano[9] T All
Israel F4[9] 55 Bar Baruch[9] All
Icon Meaning
T Trophy class

Race calendar and results

The calendar was published on 8 February 2014.[15] The series was scheduled to be a part of the ACI Racing Weekends for five rounds during the 2014 season, with the rounds in Monza and Montmeló being held in support of International GT Open. However, the final round at Montmeló was replaced by another Imola round, and thus, all rounds were held in Italy.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Trophy Winner
1 R1 Adria International Raceway, Adria 8 June Lance Stroll Lance Stroll Lance Stroll Prema Powerteam Brandon Maïsano
R2 Lance Stroll Ukyo Sasahara Euronova Racing by Fortec Brandon Maïsano
R3 Lance Stroll Andrea Russo Andrea Russo Diegi Motorsport Brandon Maïsano
2 R1 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 28 June Lance Stroll Lance Stroll[N 1] Lance Stroll Prema Powerteam Brandon Maïsano
R2 29 June Lance Stroll Mattia Drudi F & M Brandon Maïsano
R3 Lance Stroll Mattia Drudi Lance Stroll Prema Powerteam Brandon Maïsano
3 R1 Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero 12 July Brandon Maïsano Lance Stroll[N 1] Brandon Maïsano Prema Powerteam Brandon Maïsano
R2 13 July Lance Stroll[N 1] Lance Stroll Prema Powerteam Brandon Maïsano
R3 Brandon Maïsano Lance Stroll[N 1] Brandon Maïsano Prema Powerteam Brandon Maïsano
4 R1 Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione 3 August Lance Stroll Lance Stroll Lance Stroll Prema Powerteam Brandon Maïsano
R2 Andrea Fontana Andrea Fontana Euronova Racing by Fortec Ali Al-Khalifa
R3 Brandon Maïsano Lance Stroll Brandon Maïsano Prema Powerteam Brandon Maïsano
5 R1 Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma 13 September Brandon Maïsano Lance Stroll Brandon Maïsano Prema Powerteam Brandon Maïsano
R2 14 September Lance Stroll Lance Stroll Prema Powerteam Brandon Maïsano
R3 Brandon Maïsano Mattia Drudi Lance Stroll Prema Powerteam Brandon Maïsano
6 R1 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza 27 September Mattia Drudi Lucas Mauron[N 1] Mattia Drudi F & M Sennan Fielding
R2 28 September Mattia Drudi[N 2] Mattia Drudi F & M Sennan Fielding
R3 Brandon Maïsano Mattia Drudi Mattia Drudi F & M Brandon Maïsano
7 R1 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 11 October Brandon Maïsano Mattia Drudi[N 1] Brandon Maïsano Prema Powerteam Brandon Maïsano
R2 João Vieira Sennan Fielding Euronova Racing by Fortec Sennan Fielding
R3 12 October Brandon Maïsano João Vieira[N 1] Brandon Maïsano Prema Powerteam Brandon Maïsano
Notes
  1. Fastest lap recorded by Brandon Maïsano, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.
  2. Fastest lap recorded by Sennan Fielding, but he was ineligible to score the fastest lap point.

Championship standings
  • Points were awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 FT FL
Race 1 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 5 1
Race 3 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1
Race 2 13 11 9 6 5 4 2 1 1

The Trophy Class had the same point system but without points for the fastest time in the qualifying sessions and fastest laps.

Drivers' standings
Pos Driver ADR IMO MUG MAG VAL MNZ IMO Pts
1 Lance Stroll 1 2 7 1 2 1 2 1 6 1 Ret 2 2 1 1 4 3 Ret WD WD WD 331
2 Mattia Drudi 6 11 Ret 8 1 14 4 5 18 4 4 4 4 9 3 1 1 1 5 Ret 2 237
3 Andrea Russo 3 3 1 4 10 Ret 6 2 2 7 2 5 Ret 14 7 5 Ret 5 DSQ 7 4 200
4 Leonardo Pulcini 8 4 2 3 5 5 3 10 14 3 7 3 6 5 5 Ret Ret 9 4 17 3 187
5 Alain Valente 7 20 4 6 4 7 7 8 3 5 12 7 5 3 8 8 4 4 18 12 Ret 159
6 Andrea Fontana 11 9 11 17 9 5 10 1 6 8 2 10 7 13 17 2 4 7 116
7 João Vieira 14 9 Ret 17 14 12 5 6 4 6 Ret 13 7 6 6 Ret 7 3 19 9 12 93
8 Takashi Kasai 12 6 5 9 7 Ret 10 4 19 12 6 8 3 10 4 Ret DNS DNS 83
9 Ivan Matveev 10 Ret 6 13 6 4 14 15 12 19 9 17 12 Ret 9 10 12 8 9 2 5 76
10 Lucas Mauron 15 8 8 12 Ret 9 11 14 11 11 8 14 13 17 13 6 Ret 11 7 5 15 49
11 Matteo Desideri 9 3 Ret Ret 11 12 9 Ret 6 3 Ret Ret 48
12 Mahaveer Raghunathan 14 17 8 19 13 8 20 18 19 14 12 15 11 6 12 6 6 6 45
13 Matteo Cairoli 4 Ret DNS 21 16 3 33
14 Edi Haxhiu 16 15 10 18 18 6 16 16 13 15 14 10 9 8 16 Ret 8 10 14 8 9 32
15 Bar Baruch 17 10 15 Ret 12 10 15 11 7 8 5 9 11 7 Ret 15 Ret 13 16 10 13 32
16 Robert Shwartzman Ret 5 7 8 11 8 26
17 Ukyo Sasahara 5 1 Ret 25
18 Gustavo Bandeira 9 13 Ret 10 8 15 8 7 9 14 11 Ret 24
19 Zackary Dante 21 18 14 7 Ret Ret 13 19 10 16 15 12 16 15 17 12
20 Max Defourny 11 7 9 9
21 Nico Rindlisbacher 13 14 11 16 Ret 13 12 12 15 13 10 15 15 16 15 12 9 14 13 Ret 14 4
22 Shinji Sawada 11 16 10 2
23 Jonathan Giudice 20 17 Ret 20 15 Ret Ret Ret 20 17 16 16 14 10 16 12 15 Ret 1
24 Giovanni Altoè 19 19 16 19 13 Ret 18 18 16 Ret 13 11 Ret Ret 14 1
Italian F4 Trophy
1 Brandon Maïsano 2 5 3 2 3 2 1 3 1 2 Ret 1 1 4 2 3 Ret 2 1 3 1 406
2 Ali Al-Khalifa 22 16 12 15 11 Ret DNS 20 17 18 17 18 17 18 Ret 13 11 15 15 14 Ret 230
3 Keith Camilleri 18 12 13 5 Ret DSQ 9 17 Ret 10 13 11 17 13 11 177
4 Sennan Fielding 2 2 Ret 10 1 Ret 69
Pos Driver ADR IMO MUG MAG VAL MNZ IMO Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' standings
Pos Driver ADR IMO MUG MAG VAL MNZ IMO Pts
1 Prema Powerteam 1 2 5 1 2 1 2 1 6 1 6 2 2 1 1 4 3 Ret WD WD WD 303
2 Euronova Racing by Fortec 5 1 2 3 5 5 3 9 5 3 1 3 6 2 5 7 13 9 2 4 7 245
3 F & M 6 11 16 8 1 8 4 5 8 4 4 4 4 9 3 1 1 1 5 6 2 234
4 Jenzer Motorsport 7 8 4 6 4 7 7 8 3 5 8 7 5 3 8 6 4 4 7 5 14 183
5 Antonelli Motorsport 4 9 Ret 17 14 3 5 6 4 6 3 13 7 6 6 5 7 3 3 7 4 183
6 Diegi Motorsport 3 3 1 4 10 Ret 6 2 2 7 2 5 14 10 16 12 15 Ret 148
7 SMP Racing by Euronova 10 Ret 6 13 6 4 14 15 12 19 9 17 12 Ret 9 10 12 8 9 2 5 76
8 Cram Motorsport 11 7 9 18 18 6 16 16 13 15 14 10 9 8 16 Ret 5 7 8 8 8 59
9 DAV Racing 9 13 Ret 10 8 15 8 7 9 14 11 Ret Ret Ret 9 4 17 3 53
10 Israel F4 17 10 15 Ret 12 10 15 11 7 8 5 9 11 7 Ret 15 Ret 13 16 10 13 34
11 Malta Formula Racing 21 18 14 7 Ret Ret 13 19 10 16 15 12 16 15 17 12
Pos Driver ADR IMO MUG MAG VAL MNZ IMO Pts

Italian F4 Winter Trophy

Teams and drivers
Team Driver[16]
Adria Motorsport Giovanni Altoè
Jonathan Cecotto
Gianluca Gabbiani
Antonelli Motorsport João Vieira
Matteo Desideri
Diegi Motorsport Jan Delgard
Israel F4 Bar Baruch
Luis Breuer
Prema Powerteam Ralf Aron
Guanyu Zhou

Race calendar and results

All races were held at Adria International Raceway in Italy.[16]

Circuit Date Race Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
Adria International Raceway 2 November R1 Ralf Aron João Vieira Ralf Aron Prema Powerteam
R2 Ralf Aron Ralf Aron João Vieira Antonelli Motorsport

Results
Driver ADR
Ralf Aron 1 2
João Vieira 2 1
Guanyu Zhou 3 3
Matteo Desideri 4 5
Jan Delgard 6 4
Luis Breuer 5 6
Bar Baruch 7 7
Jonathan Cecotto 8 8
Gianluca Gabbiani 10 9
Giovanni Altoè 9 10

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