2023 Italian F4 Championship
The 2023 Italian F4 Championship Powered by Abarth was the tenth season of the Italian F4 Championship.
Teams and drivers
- Aurelia Nobels was initially confirmed to be racing for Iron Dames, but was later placed in its sister team Prema Racing.[44][6]
Race calendar and results
The calendar was revealed on 24 October 2022.[45] The four race format was used when the number of the entrants exceeded the circuit's capacity.
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Secondary class winner | Supporting | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R1 | Imola Circuit | 22 April | Kacper Sztuka | Brando Badoer | Kacper Sztuka | US Racing | R: Nicola Lacorte W: Tina Hausmann |
Formula Regional European Championship TCR Italy Touring Car Championship Italian Prototype Championship Drexler-Automotive Formula Cup F2000 Italian Formula Trophy |
| R2 | Ugo Ugochukwu | Ugo Ugochukwu | Ugo Ugochukwu | Prema Racing | R: Arvid Lindblad W: Aurelia Nobels | ||||
| R3 | 23 April | Ugo Ugochukwu | James Wharton | Nicola Lacorte | Prema Racing | R: Nicola Lacorte W: no participants | |||
| R4 | Nicola Lacorte | Brando Badoer | Arvid Lindblad | Prema Racing | R: Arvid Lindblad W: Aurelia Nobels | ||||
| 2 | R1 | Misano World Circuit | 6 May | Tuukka Taponen | Kacper Sztuka | Tuukka Taponen | Prema Racing | R: Tuukka Taponen W: Victoria Blokhina |
Italian GT Championship TCR Italy Touring Car Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Italy |
| R2 | Arvid Lindblad | Arvid Lindblad | Arvid Lindblad | Prema Racing | R: Arvid Lindblad W: Victoria Blokhina | ||||
| R3 | 7 May | Arvid Lindblad | Zachary David | Arvid Lindblad | Prema Racing | R: Arvid Lindblad W: Victoria Blokhina | |||
| 3 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 27 May | James Wharton | Arvid Lindblad | James Wharton | Prema Racing | R: Zachary David W: Tina Hausmann |
International GT Open Euroformula Open GT Cup Open Europe TCR World Tour TCR Europe Touring Car Series |
| R2 | 28 May | James Wharton | James Wharton | James Wharton | Prema Racing | R: Arvid Lindblad W: Bianca Bustamante | |||
| R3 | Kacper Sztuka | Zachary David | Ugo Ugochukwu | Prema Racing | R: Zachary David W: Bianca Bustamante | ||||
| 4 | R1 | Monza Circuit | 24 June | Brando Badoer | Ugo Ugochukwu | Arvid Lindblad[j] | Prema Racing | R: Arvid Lindblad W: Tina Hausmann |
Italian GT Championship Italian Prototype Championship |
| R2 | 25 June | Arvid Lindblad | Ugo Ugochukwu | Arvid Lindblad | Prema Racing | R: Arvid Lindblad W: Victoria Blokhina | |||
| R3 | Arvid Lindblad | Arvid Lindblad | Arvid Lindblad | Prema Racing | R: Arvid Lindblad W: Aurelia Nobels | ||||
| 5 | R1 | Circuit Paul Ricard | 22 July | Ugo Ugochukwu | Kacper Sztuka | Kacper Sztuka | US Racing | R: Tuukka Taponen W: Aurelia Nobels |
International GT Open Euroformula Open GT Cup Open Europe Formula Regional European Championship TCR Europe Touring Car Series |
| R2 | 23 July | Kacper Sztuka | Ugo Ugochukwu | Kacper Sztuka | US Racing | R: Tuukka Taponen W: Tina Hausmann | |||
| R3 | James Wharton | Kacper Sztuka | Kacper Sztuka | US Racing | R: Tuukka Taponen W: Aurelia Nobels | ||||
| 6 | R1 | Mugello Circuit | 30 September | Kacper Sztuka | Kacper Sztuka | Kacper Sztuka | US Racing | R: Gianmarco Pradel W: Tina Hausmann |
Italian GT Championship Italian Prototype Championship Euroformula Open Championship |
| R2 | 1 October | Kacper Sztuka | Kacper Sztuka | Kacper Sztuka | US Racing | R: Akshay Bohra W: Tina Hausmann | |||
| R3 | Kacper Sztuka | Kacper Sztuka | Kacper Sztuka | US Racing | R: Akshay Bohra W: Tina Hausmann | ||||
| 7 | R1 | Vallelunga Circuit | 14 October | Kacper Sztuka | Brando Badoer | Ugo Ugochukwu | Prema Racing | R: Tuukka Taponen W: Aurelia Nobels |
Italian GT Championship TCR Italy Touring Car Championship Italian Prototype Championship |
| R2 | Kacper Sztuka | Kacper Sztuka | Kacper Sztuka | US Racing | R: Tuukka Taponen W: Aurelia Nobels | ||||
| R3 | 15 October | Kacper Sztuka | Kacper Sztuka | Kacper Sztuka | US Racing | R: Tuukka Taponen W: Aurelia Nobels | |||
Championship standings
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap. The final classifications for the individual standings was obtained by summing up the scores on the 16 best results obtained during the races held.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers' championship
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Secondary classes standings
| Pos | Driver | IMO |
MIS |
SPA |
MNZ |
LEC |
MUG |
VLL |
Pts | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2[k] | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||
| Rookies' championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Arvid Lindblad | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 20† | 5 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 322.5 | |
| 2 | Tuukka Taponen | 6 | 5 | 17† | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 15† | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 307 | |
| 3 | Zachary David | 3 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12† | 6 | 4 | 19† | 3 | 8 | Ret | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 236.5 | |
| 4 | Akshay Bohra | 2 | 10 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14† | 2 | Ret | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 215 | |
| 5 | Nicola Lacorte | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 17† | 7 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 169 | |
| 6 | Rashid Al Dhaheri | 4 | 3 | 18† | 3 | DNS | 4 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 14† | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 154 | |
| 7 | James Egozi | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | Ret | 12 | 2 | 5 | Ret | 7 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 148 | |
| 8 | Gianmarco Pradel | Ret | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 142 | |
| 9 | Matheus Ferreira | 6 | DSQ | Ret | 13† | Ret | 10 | 6 | Ret | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 92 | |
| 10 | Ariel Elkin | 8 | Ret | 9 | 11 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 4 | Ret | 6 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 90 | |
| 11 | Freddie Slater | 5 | 4 | 17† | 11 | 2 | 4 | 52 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Jack Beeton | 7 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 10 | Ret | 12 | DSQ | EX | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 19† | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 48 | |
| 13 | Enzo Deligny | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 40 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Ruiqi Liu | 12 | Ret | Ret | 14† | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 13† | 9 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 15 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 23 | 9 | 15 | 26 | |
| 15 | Matteo De Palo | 14† | 3 | 5 | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Raphaël Narac[h] | Ret | 15 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 18† | 12 | 7 | 23 | 24 | |||||||||||||
| 17 | Matteo Quintarelli | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 11 | Ret | 12 | 10 | 12 | Ret | 18 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 15 | Ret | 9 | 16 | |
| 18 | Davide Larini | 9 | 9 | 15 | 7 | Ret | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | WD | WD | WD | 14 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 15 | ||||
| 19 | Alex Powell | 16 | 13 | Ret | 10 | 13 | 6 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Griffin Peebles | 9 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Manuel Quondamcarlo | 11 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Finn Wiebelhaus | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 21 | Ret | 13 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 23 | Tina Hausmann | 13 | 11 | Ret | Ret | WD | WD | 14 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 18 | Ret | 19 | 1 | |
| 24 | Guido Luchetti | 13 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 22 | Ret | 21 | 1 | |
| 25 | Kabir Anurag | 13 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 16 | Ret | 19 | Ret | 20 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 26 | Alvise Rodella | 11 | Ret | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | Giacomo Pedrini | Ret | 15 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 22 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 28 | Shimo Zhang | 16 | Ret | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | Gabriel Holguin | 16 | 17 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | Tom Kalender | 20 | Ret | 18 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Women's championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Tina Hausmann | 1 | 3 | Ret | Ret | WD | WD | 1 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 310 | |
| 2 | Victoria Blokhina | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | WD | WD | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 301 | |
| 3 | Aurelia Nobels | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2† | DNS | WD | 2 | Ret | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 290 | ||||
| 4 | Bianca Bustamante | 2 | 1 | 1 | 55.5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2[k] | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| IMO |
MIS |
SPA |
MNZ |
LEC |
MUG |
VLL | ||||||||||||||||||
Teams' championship
Each team acquired the points earned by their two best drivers in each race.
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See also
Notes
- ^ Nobels is a Belgian-Brazilian driver competing under a Brazilian licence.[5]
- ^ Egozi is an American driver competing under an Italian licence.[5]
- ^ Blokhina is Russian, but she competes under an Italian licence as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]
- ^ Deligny is a French-Chinese driver competing under a Spanish licence in the first round and under a French licence in the fifth round.[5]
- ^ Lund is a Danish-Nicaraguan driver competing under a Costa Rican licence.[27]
- ^ Peebles is an Australian driver who competed under an Italian licence in the first round.[5]
- ^ Bohra is an American-Indian driver competing under a British licence.[5]
- ^ a b Narac was not registered as a rookie until Round 5.
- ^ Quintarelli is an Italian-Emirati driver competing under an Emirati licence.[5]
- ^ Ugochukwu finished first but received multiple time penalties for overtakes over the track limits and dangerous behavior on the track. Lindblad inherited the win.
- ^ a b c d e f Half points were awarded as less than 75% of the race distance was completed.
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