Italian F4 Championship

Italian Formula 4 Championship

Category	FIA Formula 4
Country	Italy
Region	Europe
Inaugural season	2014
Constructors	Tatuus
Engine suppliers	Abarth
Tyre suppliers	Pirelli
Drivers' champion	Oliver Bearman
Teams' champion	Van Amersfoort Racing
Official website	Official 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.

History[]

Gerhard Berger and the FIA Singleseater Commission launched the FIA Formula 4 in March 2013.^[1] The goal of the Formula 4 is to make the ladder to Formula 1 more transparent. Besides sporting and technical regulations, costs are regulated too. A car to compete in this category may not exceed €30,000 in purchase. A single season in Formula 4 may not exceed €100,000 in costs. 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.^[2]

, well known for its kart races in the WSK Euro Series e.a., was contracted to promote the championship.^[3]

Car[]

Italian race car constructor Tatuus was contracted to design and build all the cars.^[4] 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.^[5] 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 160hp, down from the original 180 hp.

Champions[]

Drivers[]

Season	Driver	Team	Poles	Wins	Podiums	Fastest laps	Points	Clinched	Margin
2014	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	5	7	13	11	331	Race 15 of 21	94
2015	Ralf Aron	Prema Powerteam	7	9	13	6	331	Race 18 of 21	108
2016	Marcos Siebert	Jenzer Motorsport	4	4	9	1	231	Race 20 of 21	15
2017	Marcus Armstrong	Prema Powerteam	5	4	13	1	283	Race 19 of 21	36
2018	Enzo Fittipaldi	Prema Theodore Racing	9	7	10	5	303	Race 21 of 21	21
2019	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	7	12	16	9	369	Race 18 of 21	136
2020	Gabriele Minì	Prema Powerteam	8	4	12	2	284	Race 18 of 21	76
2021	Oliver Bearman	Van Amersfoort Racing	8	11	15	2	343	Race 18 of 21	111

Teams[]

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

Winter Trophy[]

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

Trophy[]

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	Brandon Maïsano	Prema Powerteam	8	6 (17)	17	6	406	Race 12 of 21	176
2015	Kevin Kanayet	Malta Formula Racing	0	9 (21)	17	1	337	Race 17 of 21	28

Woman Trophy[]

Season	Driver	Team	Poles	Wins (Trophy)	Podiums	Fastest laps	Points	Clinched	Margin
2015	Julia Pankiewicz	RB Racing	0	11	17	0	343	Race 17 of 21	112
2016	Fabienne Wohlwend	Aragon Racing DR Formula	0	18	18	0	400	Race 11 of 21	N/A
2019	Amna Al Qubaisi	Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema	0	17	19	0	400	Race 13 of 21	271
2020	Hamda Al Qubaisi	Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema	0	15	15	0	375	Race 12 of 21	N/A
2021	Maya Weug	Iron Lynx	0	11	20	0	437	Race 21 of 21	43

Rookie Class[]

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	Jüri Vips	Prema Powerteam	2	1 (8)	7	3	140 (247.5)	Race 20 of 21	40
2017	Leonardo Lorandi	Bhaitech	0	1 (19)	2	4	185 (400)	Race 16 of 21	107
2018	Petr Ptáček	Bhaitech	0	0 (11)	6	3	182 (365)	Race 18 of 21	22
2019	Paul Aron	Prema Powerteam	1	2 (9)	8	0	226 (348)	Race 18 of 21	87
2020	Gabriele Minì	Prema Powerteam	8	4 (6)	12	2	284 (318)	Race 19 of 21	67
2021	Nikita Bedrin	Van Amersfoort Racing	0	1 (6)	4	0	103 (240)	Race 21 of 21	1

Drivers graduated to F2[]

• Bold denotes an active Formula 2 driver.
• Gold background denotes Italian F4 champion.

Driver	Italian F4				FIA Formula 2
	Seasons	Races	Wins	Podiums	Seasons	First team	Races	Wins	Podiums
Marcus Armstrong	2017	21	3	11	2020–2021	ART Grand Prix	27	0	2
David Beckmann	2015	20	1	4	2021	Charouz Racing System	3	0	1
Juan Manuel Correa	2016–2017	24	3	4	2019	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	16	0	2
Alessio Deledda	2018	20	0	0	2021	HWA Racelab	3	0	0
Felipe Drugovich	2017	6	1	2	2020–2021	MP Motorsport	27	3	4
Lando Norris	2015	9	0	1	2017–2018	Campos Racing	26	1	9
Gianluca Petecof	2018–2019	38	5	13	2021	Campos Racing	3	0	0
Mahaveer Raghunathan	2014	18	0	0	2019	MP Motorsport	20	0	0
Marino Sato	2015–2016	42	1	2	2019–2021	Campos Racing	33	0	0
Mick Schumacher	2016	18	5	10	2019–2020	Prema Racing	46	3	11
Robert Shwartzman	2014–2015	27	2	8	2020–2021	Prema Racing	27	4	6
Richard Verschoor	2016	3	0	1	2021	MP Motorsport	3	0	0
Jüri Vips	2016–2017	27	2	13	2020–2021	DAMS	11	0	1
Lirim Zendeli	2017	18	0	2	2021	MP Motorsport	3	0	0
Guanyu Zhou	2015	21	3	9	2019–2021	UNI-Virtuosi Racing	49	2	13

Circuits[]

• Bold denotes a current Formula One Circuit.

• Italic denotes a former Formula One Circuit.

Number	Countries, Circuits	Years	Total
1	Imola Circuit	2014–⁠2021	8
	Mugello Circuit	2014–⁠2021	8
	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	2014–⁠2021	8
	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	2014–⁠2021	8
5	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	2015–⁠2021	7
6	Adria International Raceway	2014–⁠2018	5
7	Red Bull Ring	2019–⁠2021	3
8	Circuit Paul Ricard	2018, 2021	2
9	Autodromo dell'Umbria	2014	1
	Hungaroring	2019	1

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• ACI Sport website
• Italian F4 Championship on Twitter