2019 Italian F4 Championship

The 2019 Italian F4 Championship Powered by Abarth was the sixth season of the Italian F4 Championship. Norwegian driver Dennis Hauger dominated the championship, winning twelve out of the 21 races, helping his team Van Amersfoort Racing to become teams' champions. The rookie championship was won by Mercedes junior Paul Aron, who won two races in the overall championship. Hauger's closest challenger Gianluca Petecof won four races, and Roman Staněk, Joshua Dürksen and Giorgio Carrara won one race each.

Teams and Drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
BWT Mücke Motorsport^[1]	2	Nico Göhler^[2]		3–4
	25	William Alatalo^[3]		All
	26	Joshua Dürksen^[3]		All
	99	Erwin Zanotti^[3]		All
Van Amersfoort Racing^[1]	4	Niklas Krütten^[4]		1–4
	6	Ido Cohen^[5]		All
	8	Lucas Alecco Roy^[2]		All
	61	Sebastian Estner^[6]		5
	62	Dennis Hauger^[7]		All
Prema Powerteam^[1]	5	Gianluca Petecof^[8]		All
	7	Paul Aron^[9]		All
	10	Oliver Rasmussen^[10]		All
	11	Alessandro Famularo^[11]		All
BVM Racing^[1]	12	Filip Ugran^[12]		All
	31	Pietro Delli Guanti^[12]		2–4
	31	Marzio Moretti^[13]		6
Bhai Tech Racing^[1]	14	Nicola Marinangeli^[14]		All
	22	Umberto Laganella^[15]		1–6
	33	Jesse Salmenautio^[16]		7
	57	Michael Belov^[17]		All
Jenzer Motorsport	16	Giorgio Carrara^[18]		1–4
	16	Stefan Fürtbauer^[19]		7
	17	Jonny Edgar^[20]		All
	18	Emidio Pesce^[21]		All
	21	Axel Gnos^[22]		All
DRZ Benelli^[1]	20	Ivan Berets^[23]		All
	33	Jesse Salmenautio^[24]		1–6
	45	Ian Rodríguez^[19]		7
R-ace GP^[25]	23	Grégoire Saucy^[26]		1, 3–4
R-ace GP^[25]	24	László Tóth^[26]		1, 3–4
AS Motorsport	28	Sebastian Freymuth^[27]		All
Cram Motorsport^[1]	29	Emilio Cipriani^[28]		All
	38	Zezinho Muggiati^[19]		7
	55	Roee Meyuhas^[29]		All
	84	Francesco Simonazzi^[30]		1–5
	94	Daniel Vebster^[31]		All
Antonelli Motorsport^[1]	36	Lorenzo Ferrari^[32]		1–3, 5–7
Antonelli Motorsport^[1]	77	Andrea Rosso^[32]		1–3, 5
DR Formula by RP Motorsport	68	Santiago Ramos^[33]		5–7
Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema	78	Hamda Al Qubaisi^[34]	W	4, 7
Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema	88	Amna Al Qubaisi^[2]	W	All
DF Corse by Corbetta^[1]	81	Fabio Venditti^[35]		1–3
US Racing^[36]^[1]	97	Roman Staněk		1, 3–7

Icon	Class
	Rookie Trophy
W	Woman Trophy

Race calendar and results

The calendar was revealed on 1 December 2018.^[37]^[38] Adria International Raceway and Circuit Paul Ricard were replaced in the series schedule by circuits in Hungary and Austria, Hungaroring and Red Bull Ring respectively. The cancelled race from Misano World Circuit was rescheduled to run at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Round 5 as a fourth race.^[39] Hungaroring round supporting Euroformula Open and Red Bull Ring round supporting International GT Open. Misano World Circuit other all rounds supporting Formula Regional European Championship

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Secondary Class winner
1	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	4 May	Gianluca Petecof	Emilio Cipriani	Gianluca Petecof	Prema Powerteam	R: Roman Staněk W: Amna Al Qubaisi
	R2		5 May	Roman Staněk	Ido Cohen	Joshua Dürksen^{[N 1]}	BWT Mücke Motorsport	R: Joshua Dürksen W: Amna Al Qubaisi
	R3		5 May	Lucas Alecco Roy^{[N 2]}	Gianluca Petecof	Gianluca Petecof	Prema Powerteam	R: Joshua Dürksen W: Amna Al Qubaisi
2	R1	Misano World Circuit	18 May	Gianluca Petecof	William Alatalo	Gianluca Petecof	Prema Powerteam	R: Paul Aron W: Amna Al Qubaisi
	R2		19 May	Paul Aron	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Roee Meyuhas W: Amna Al Qubaisi
	R3		19 May	Oliver Rasmussen	The race was cancelled due to heavy rain
3	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	6 July	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Paul Aron W: no finishers
	R2		7 July	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Paul Aron W: Amna Al Qubaisi
	R3		7 July	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Gianluca Petecof	Prema Powerteam	R: Joshua Dürksen W: Amna Al Qubaisi
4	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	13 July	Roman Staněk	Giorgio Carrara	Paul Aron	Prema Powerteam	R: Paul Aron W: Amna Al Qubaisi
	R2		14 July	Niklas Krütten	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Jonny Edgar W: Amna Al Qubaisi
	R3		14 July	Roman Staněk	Gianluca Petecof	Giorgio Carrara	Jenzer Motorsport	R: Paul Aron W: Amna Al Qubaisi
5	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	31 August	Roman Staněk	Jonny Edgar	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Jonny Edgar W: Amna Al Qubaisi
	R2		31 August	Roman Staněk	Roman Staněk	Roman Staněk	US Racing	R: Roman Staněk W: Amna Al Qubaisi
	R3		1 September	Roman Staněk	Michael Belov	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Roman Staněk W: Amna Al Qubaisi
	R4		1 September	Oliver Rasmussen	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Paul Aron W: Amna Al Qubaisi
6	R1	Mugello Circuit	5 October	Dennis Hauger	Jonny Edgar	Paul Aron	Prema Powerteam	R: Paul Aron W: Amna Al Qubaisi
	R2		5 October	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Roman Staněk W: Amna Al Qubaisi
	R3		6 October	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Paul Aron W: Amna Al Qubaisi
7	R1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	19 October	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Joshua Dürksen W: Hamda Al Qubaisi
	R2		20 October	Jonny Edgar	William Alatalo	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Paul Aron W: Hamda Al Qubaisi
	R3		20 October	Jonny Edgar	Oliver Rasmussen	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Roman Staněk W: Hamda Al Qubaisi

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.^[40]

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	VLL			MIS			HUN			RBR			IMO				MUG			MNZ			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Dennis Hauger	21	10	11	2	1	C	1	1	2	5	1	2	1	3	1	1	11	1	1	1	1	1	369
2	Gianluca Petecof	1	5	1	1	3	C	2	4	1	11	9	4	Ret	2	14	3	23	6	4	10	5	Ret	233
3	Paul Aron	5	12	Ret	4	Ret	C	3	3	26	1	23	3	4	6	4	2	1	4	2	8	3	5	226
4	Michael Belov	2	3	28	9	7	C	7	2	18	Ret	11	10	3	4	2	5	5	9	5	2	2	Ret	179
5	Roman Staněk	4	4	6				19	7	Ret	Ret	12	5	25	1	3	^{[N 3]}	7	2	7	26	6	2	144
6	Ido Cohen	Ret	2	12	8	5	C	6	11	3	7	6	30	5	7	6	Ret	6	3	11	7	9	6	132
7	Oliver Rasmussen	6	14	7	5	4	C	30	6	6	10	Ret	11	Ret	8	11	4	4	10	6	3	7	3	126
8	Joshua Dürksen	Ret	1	3	11	8	C	5	9	4	3	Ret	8	12	17	16	19	24	5	3	5	22	Ret	122
9	William Alatalo	8	6	Ret	6	9	C	4	13	5	4	5	6	6	Ret	Ret	14	9	7	8	4	4	22	118
10	Jonny Edgar	7	19	Ret	19	10	C	21	5	7	9	7	14	2	5	5	9	3	8	10	Ret	8	9	97
11	Niklas Krütten	27	8	30	3	2	C	Ret	8	10	2	2	27											78
12	Alessandro Famularo	3	Ret	21	7	24	C	20	Ret	9	6	10	7	Ret	9	8	8	8	16	12	9	13	24	54
13	Giorgio Carrara	11	15	8	15	19	C	8	15	11	19	8	1											37
14	Lucas Alecco Roy	Ret	16	2	14	20	C	9	Ret	12	12	13	28	10	23	23	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	6	12	7	35
15	Grégoire Saucy	20	Ret	5				31	14	14	8	4	9											28
16	Ivan Berets	Ret	Ret	4	18	Ret	C	10	23	13	Ret	15	21	7	11	10	6	22	15	15	15	17	12	28
17	Lorenzo Ferrari	14	9	10	29	15	C	Ret	DNS	DNS				17	14	9	23	2	13	9	13	11	Ret	25
18	Jesse Salmenautio	10	20	29	20	26	C	11	12	25	15	3	16	14	16	15	12	12	18	18	11	20	8	20
19	Umberto Laganella	23	7	14	12	11	C	Ret	10	8	14	Ret	15	Ret	10	7	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS				18
20	Roee Meyuhas	22	21	23	10	6	C	29	16	15	16	Ret	22	16	19	18	7	16	14	24	18	16	11	15
21	Ian Rodríguez																				16	10	4	13
22	Francesco Simonazzi	13	Ret	15	13	14	C	17	30	22	WD	WD	WD	8	12	27	13							4
23	Axel Gnos	9	22	16	24	22	C	23	25	DNS	18	16	13	22	13	20	10	10	11	27	19	Ret	13	4
24	Sebastian Estner													9	Ret	13	^{[N 3]}							2
25	Andrea Rosso	18	Ret	9	25	23	C	22	31	Ret				19	24	Ret	16							2
26	Filip Ugran	26	18	18	16	27	C	24	18	17	27	18	18	13	26	17	11	Ret	21	22	12	18	10	1
27	Daniel Vebster	12	11	13	17	12	C	12	17	20	13	21	12	11	15	12	24	14	17	23	17	14	DNS	0
28	Marzio Moretti																	15	12	14				0
29	Nicola Marinangeli	16	13	27	22	29	C	14	Ret	19	24	24	Ret	15	27	21	17	Ret	25	13	14	27	20	0
30	Emilio Cipriani	25	23	20	21	13	C	13	27	Ret	25	Ret	31	24	18	25	21	18	20	25	22	19	23	0
31	Amna Al Qubaisi	19	27	22	26	17	C	Ret	21	29	22	17	23	18	25	26	15	13	26	16	28	28	Ret	0
32	Emidio Pesce	15	26	19	27	25	C	28	22	16	26	Ret	25	20	20	22	18	17	19	21	21	25	14	0
33	Nico Göhler							16	19	23	21	14	24											0
34	Erwin Zanotti	24	Ret	24	30	28	C	25	24	27	20	Ret	29	21	21	19	20	21	22	19	20	15	15	0
35	Pietro Delli Guanti				28	21	C	15	20	24	17	19	17											0
36	Sebastian Freymuth	17	17	17	23	16	C	26	28	21	23	20	20	23	Ret	24	22	19	24	20	Ret	21	16	0
37	Stefan Fürtbauer																				23	24	17	0
38	László Tóth	Ret	24	25				18	26	28	Ret	Ret	19											0
39	Zezinho Muggiati																				27	23	18	0
40	Fabio Venditti	Ret	25	26	Ret	18	C	27	29	30														0
41	Santiago Ramos													Ret	22	28	^{[N 3]}	20	23	26	24	29	19	0
42	Hamda Al Qubaisi										28	22	26								25	26	21	0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	VLL			MIS			HUN			RBR			IMO				MUG			MNZ			Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Secondary Classes' standings

Pos	Driver	VLL			MIS			HUN			RBR			IMO				MUG			MNZ			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Rookies' championship
1	Paul Aron	2	5	Ret	1	Ret	C	1	1	12	1	9	1	2	3	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	348
2	Roman Staněk	1	2	2				8	3	Ret	Ret	2	2	15	1	1		4	1	3	13	2	1	261
3	Jonny Edgar	3	9	Ret	7	3	C	9	2	2	3	1	6	1	2	3	3	3	4	5	Ret	3	3	254
4	Joshua Dürksen	Ret	1	1	3	2	C	2	4	1	2	Ret	3	5	8	6	10	12	3	2	1	10	Ret	252
5	Daniel Vebster	5	4	5	6	4	C	3	6	8	4	7	4	4	7	5	14	6	8	11	6	5	DNS	159
6	Roee Meyuhas	12	10	11	2	1	C	16	5	3	5	Ret	10	8	9	8	2	7	7	12	7	7	5	142
7	Lorenzo Ferrari	7	3	4	14	6	C	Ret	DNS	DNS				9	6	4	13	2	6	4	4	4	Ret	125
8	Axel Gnos	4	11	7	10	9	C	11	12	DNS	7	4	5	13	5	10	4	5	5	14	8	Ret	6	104
9	Filip Ugran	14	8	9	5	12	C	12	7	5	13	5	8	6	14	7	5	Ret	10	10	3	8	4	103
10	Francesco Simonazzi	6	Ret	6	4	5	C	7	14	9	WD	WD	WD	3	4	14	6							81
11	Nicola Marinangeli	9	6	13	8	14	C	4	Ret	6	11	10	Ret	7	15	11	8	Ret	14	6	5	14	13	63
12	Sebastian Freymuth	10	7	8	9	7	C	14	13	8	10	7	9	14	Ret	13	12	9	13	8	Ret	9	9	42
13	Pietro Delli Guanti				13	8	C	5	9	11	6	6	7											38
14	Emidio Pesce	8	12	10	12	11	C	15	10	4	12	Ret	12	11	10	12	9	8	9	9	10	13	7	36
15	Nico Göhler							6	8	10	9	3	11											30
16	Erwin Zanotti	13	Ret	12	15	13	C	13	11	13	8	Ret	13	12	11	9	11	11	11	7	9	6	8	26
17	Andrea Rosso	11	Ret	3	11	10	C	10	15	Ret				10	13	Ret	7							24
18	Stefan Fürtbauer																				11	12	10	1
19	Santiago Ramos													Ret	12	15		10	12	13	12	15	12	1
20	Zezinho Muggiati																				14	11	11	0
Women's championship
1	Amna Al Qubaisi	1	1	1	1	1	C	Ret	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	Ret	400
2	Hamda Al Qubaisi										2	2	2								1	1	1	129
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	VLL			MIS			HUN			RBR			IMO				MUG			MNZ			Pts

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	Points
1	Van Amersfoort Racing	576
2	Prema Powerteam	548
3	BWT Mücke Motorsport	234
4	Bhai Tech Racing	199
5	US Racing	144
6	Jenzer Motorsport	136
7	DRZ Benelli	56
8	R-ace GP	28
9	Antonelli Motorsport	26
10	Cram Motorsport	19
11	BVM Racing	1

Footnotes

^ Roman Staněk won the race but was penalised for overtaking under the safety car.
^ Niklas Krütten set the fastest time but was excluded for qualifying infringement.
^ An extra race was run at Imola to compensate for Race 3 at Misano being cancelled. The grid for Race 4 at Imola was based on the grid for the aforementioned cancelled Misano race, and drivers who did not participate at Misano were not entered into this extra race.

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External links

Official website