Italian F4 Championship

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.

Italian Formula 4 Championship
CategoryFIA Formula 4
CountryItaly
RegionEurope
Inaugural season2014
ConstructorsTatuus
Engine suppliersAbarth
Tyre suppliersPirelli
Drivers' championPoland Kacper Sztuka
Teams' championItaly Prema Racing
Official websiteOfficial website
Current season

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]

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

Cars
See also: Tatuus F4-T014
See also: Tatuus F4-T-421

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 160 hp (120 kW), down from the original 180 hp (130 kW).

Starting from 2022, Tatuus F4-T-421 have been used instead of Tatuus F4-T014.

Champions

Drivers
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

Teams
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

Winter Trophy
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

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
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

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

Drivers graduated to F2
  • 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
  • Bold denotes a circuit will be used in the 2023 season.
Number Circuits Rounds Years
1 Italy Imola Circuit 12[lower-alpha 1] 2014–present
2 Italy Mugello Circuit 10[lower-alpha 2] 2014–present
3 Italy ACI Vallelunga Circuit 9 2014–present
Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 9 2014–present
5 Italy Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli 8 2015–present
6 Italy Adria International Raceway 5 2014–2018
7 Austria Red Bull Ring 4 2019–2022
8 France Circuit Paul Ricard 2 2018, 2021, 2023
9 Italy Autodromo dell'Umbria 1 2014
Hungary Hungaroring 1 2019
Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 2022–present

Notes
  1. Imola Circuit hosted 2 rounds in 2014–2016 and 2020.
  2. Mugello Circuit hosted 2 rounds in 2017.

References
  1. "FIA reveals Formula 4 plan". Autosport. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  2. "The Italian Formula 4 Championship at the starting blocks". ACI-CSAI. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  3. "WSK to promote the Italian F4 Championship". Italian Formula 4 Championship. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  4. "Formula 4 to feature a Tatuus chassis". Italian Formula 4 Championship. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  5. "Formula 4 powered by Abarth". Italian Formula 4 Championship. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
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