2016 Italian F4 Championship

The 2016 Italian F4 Championship Powered by Abarth was the third season of the Italian F4 Championship. It began on 9 April in Misano and finished on 30 October in Monza after seven triple header rounds.[1]

2016 Italian F4 Championship
Previous:	2015	Next:	2017

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Class Rounds Vincenzo Sospiri Racing[2] 3 Simone Cunati[3] R 1–6 6 Jaden Conwright[4] R All 33 Marino Sato[2] All Prema Powerteam[5] 5 Mick Schumacher[3] 1, 3–7 44 Jüri Vips[5] R 1, 3–7 68 Juan Manuel Correa[6] R 1, 3–7 RB Racing[7] 7 Sebastián Fernández[7] R 1–6 9 Diego Bertonelli[3] 1–2 25 Mauricio Baiz 7 98 Václav Šafář 7 99 Yan Leon Shlom[8] All Kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport[9] 7 Sebastián Fernández R 7 22 Ye Yifei[10] 1–4, 6–7 24 Devlin DeFrancesco[10] 1, 3–7 25 Mauricio Baiz[10] 1–4 26 Ricardo Feller R 5 51 Aldo Festante[10] R All ADM Motorsport[11] 8 Mauro Auricchio[11] 5–7 Bhaitech Engineering[9] 9 Diego Bertonelli[12] 3–7 10 Giacomo Altoè[3] R All 11 Aaron di Comberti[3] R 1 31 Richard Verschoor R 2 37 Lorenzo Colombo[3] R 5–7 76 Antolín González R 4 DieGi Motorsport[9] 12 Giuliano Raucci[3] All Lechner Racing[9] 13 Yannik Brandt[3] R 1 14 Thomas Preining[3] 1 Jenzer Motorsport[13] 15 Jan-Erik Meikup[3] 1 16 Job van Uitert[14] 1, 3–7 17 Diego Ciantini[15] All 18 Marcos Siebert[13] All 19 Giacomo Bianchi[15] R All 20 Kevin Kratz[16] 1–2, 4–5 21 Fabio Scherer[3] R 1–3 Antonelli Motorsport[9] 27 Federico Malvestiti[3] R All 32 Kikko Galbiati[3] 1–3 97 João Vieira[3] 1–5 GSK Grand Prix[9] 35 Amaury Bonduel[3] 1 36 Mariano Lavigna R 4 BVM Racing[3] 37 Lorenzo Colombo[3] R 1–4 38 Kush Maini[3] R All DR Formula[9] 41 Raúl Guzmán[3] All 42 Artem Petrov[3] R G All 46 Fabienne Wohlwend[3] R W 2–7 DRZ Benelli[9] 45 Ian Rodríguez[3] R 1–4, 6–7 Aragon Racing[9] 46 Fabienne Wohlwend[3] R W 1 Torino Squadra Corse[9] 55 Federico Iribarne[3] 1–3 Kiteviola Motorsport[9] 69 Valentin Hasse-Clot[3] 1–2 Teramo Racing Team[9] 71 Riccardo Ponzio[3] 1–3, 5, 7 Cram Motorsport[9] 81 Ahmad Al-Muhanadi[17] 6 82 Leonard Hoogenboom[3] R All 83 Manuel Maldonado[3] R All 84 Aleksandr Vartanyan[3] 1

Icon Class R Rookie W Women Trophy G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race calendar

The calendar was published on 23 November 2015.[1][18]

Due to the large number of entries for the season, the race format was radically changed. Drivers were placed in three groups (A, B and C) depending on their qualifying placement. Each group contested two qualifying races, facing one of the other groups in each race. After the three qualifying races, the 36 (32 in Adria) drivers having scored the most points contested the final race. All four races were 25 minutes plus one lap in length and yield the same number of points.[19]

After the number of entries declined from 41 to 31 for the second round, the series reverted to the classical three-race format used in 2015 from the third round onwards.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Secondary Class winner
1	R1	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	9 April	Marcos Siebert	Raúl Guzmán	Mick Schumacher	Prema Powerteam	R: Juan Manuel Correa
	R2			Mick Schumacher	Job van Uitert	Mick Schumacher	Prema Powerteam	R: Juan Manuel Correa W: Fabienne Wohlwend
	R3		10 April	Marcos Siebert	Jüri Vips	Raúl Guzmán	DR Formula	R: Jüri Vips W: Fabienne Wohlwend
	R4			Mick Schumacher	Mick Schumacher	Marcos Siebert	Jenzer Motorsport	R: Jüri Vips
2	R1	Adria International Raceway, Adria	7 May	Mauricio Baiz	Simone Cunati	Mauricio Baiz	Mücke Motorsport	R: Simone Cunati W: Fabienne Wohlwend
	R2			Raúl Guzmán	Ye Yifei	Raúl Guzmán	DR Formula	R: Ian Rodríguez
	R3		8 May	Raúl Guzmán	Marcos Siebert	Marcos Siebert	Jenzer Motorsport	R: Simone Cunati
	R4			Mauricio Baiz	Ye Yifei	Mauricio Baiz	Mücke Motorsport	R: Simone Cunati W: Fabienne Wohlwend
3	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	28 May	Marcos Siebert	Mick Schumacher	Marcos Siebert	Jenzer Motorsport	R: Lorenzo Colombo W: Fabienne Wohlwend
	R2		29 May	Mick Schumacher	Job van Uitert	Mick Schumacher	Prema Powerteam	R: Lorenzo Colombo W: Fabienne Wohlwend
	R3				Ian Rodríguez	Juan Manuel Correa	Prema Powerteam	R: Juan Manuel Correa W: Fabienne Wohlwend
4	R1	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero	16 July	Juan Manuel Correa	Juan Manuel Correa	Juan Manuel Correa	Prema Powerteam	R: Juan Manuel Correa W: Fabienne Wohlwend
	R2		17 July	Juan Manuel Correa	Diego Bertonelli	Giuliano Raucci	DieGi Motorsport	R: Jüri Vips W: Fabienne Wohlwend
	R3				Mick Schumacher	Marcos Siebert	Jenzer Motorsport	R: Jüri Vips W: Fabienne Wohlwend
5	R1	Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	10 September	Jüri Vips	Mick Schumacher	Raúl Guzmán	DR Formula	R: Jüri Vips W: Fabienne Wohlwend
	R2		11 September	Jüri Vips	Mick Schumacher	Mick Schumacher	Prema Powerteam	R: Jüri Vips W: Fabienne Wohlwend
	R3				Mick Schumacher	Juan Manuel Correa	Prema Powerteam	R: Juan Manuel Correa W: Fabienne Wohlwend
6	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	24 September	Mick Schumacher	Jüri Vips	Job van Uitert	Jenzer Motorsport	R: Jüri Vips W: Fabienne Wohlwend
	R2		25 September	Marcos Siebert	Jüri Vips	Job van Uitert	Jenzer Motorsport	R: Lorenzo Colombo
	R3				Job van Uitert	Marino Sato	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	R: Leonard Hoogenboom W: Fabienne Wohlwend
7	R1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	30 October	Sebastián Fernández	Diego Bertonelli	Mick Schumacher	Prema Powerteam	R: Lorenzo Colombo W: Fabienne Wohlwend
	R2			Sebastián Fernandez	Sebastián Fernandez	Sebastián Fernandez	Mücke Motorsport	R: Sebastián Fernandez W: Fabienne Wohlwend
	R3				Artem Petrov	Jüri Vips	Prema Powerteam	R: Jüri Vips W: Fabienne Wohlwend

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap.[19] Only the best sixteen results were counted towards the championship. Race 3 of the first meeting at Imola was stopped after five laps, and half points were awarded.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
Points	13	11	9	6	5	4	2	1

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver MIS ADR IMO1 MUG VAL IMO2 MNZ Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Marcos Siebert 5 2 1 5 1 3 1 2 6 Ret 8 1 6 5 6 25 3 20 2 5 Ret 231 2 Mick Schumacher 1 1 4 2 1 4 2 Ret 11 3 1 2 12 Ret 22 1 25 2 216 3 Raúl Guzmán 2 1 3 1 Ret 5 27 6 9 4 4 8 1 6 Ret 9 7 Ret 3 2 16 202 4 Job van Uitert 2 3 5 3 3 5 10 9 4 12 13 10 1 1 25 6 13 9 143.5 5 Jüri Vips 7 5 2 Ret 16 11 9 3 3 4 2 14 2 19 9 Ret 3 1 140 6 Juan Manuel Correa     3 4 Ret Ret 9 1 1 16 9 5 10 1 Ret 4 5 11 23 19 105.5 7 Simone Cunati 4 23 Ret 3 2 7 9 26 18 7 12 23 10 Ret 21 3 5 4 95 8 Giuliano Raucci 26 12 11 7 5 26 6 25 15 3 1 15 8 3 9 Ret Ret DNS 13 15 Ret 86 9 Mauricio Baiz 6 6 Ret 1 3 1 8 14 14 Ret 11 13 DNS DNS DNS 85 10 Ye Yifei 20 Ret DNQ 2 EX 2 7 4 7 28 7 7 8 22 17 5 9 Ret 79 11 Diego Bertonelli 3 Ret 13 14 13 20 25 24 21 6 2 10 7 4 7 15 15 10 19 4 Ret 77 12 Lorenzo Colombo 17 14 Ret 9 12 15 5 5 8 20 22 19 13 19 13 4 2 6 4 22 7 73.5 13 João Vieira 6 12 6 2 4 4 16 11 10 5 DNS 30 23 11 Ret 69 14 Yan Leon Shlom 7 4 12 4 11 9 Ret 10 2 11 10 2 15 23 15 22 10 7 EX EX DNS 56.5 15 Sebastián Fernández Ret 9 16 19 11 19 22 22 29 12 6 6 Ret 9 4 14 13 26 20 1 5 55 16 Kush Maini 8 10 8 7 6 10 15 12 13 18 Ret 16 26 8 3 6 Ret 13 Ret 7 21 53 17 Ian Rodríguez 22 8 25 6 5 14 14 Ret 22 Ret Ret 21 24 Ret 12 8 6 3 43 18 Marino Sato 27 11 22 13 4 8 11 21 16 15 17 12 19 15 Ret 7 8 1 Ret 10 Ret 42 19 Devlin DeFrancesco 23 9 10 Ret 7 Ret 8 5 5 9 Ret DNS Ret 11 8 Ret 12 6 40 20 Diego Ciantini 11 10 Ret 16 9 12 4 8 3 Ret 13 18 Ret 16 12 5 Ret 15 Ret 20 DNS 33.5 21 Richard Verschoor 6 3 6 31 22 Giacomo Altoè 22 7 14 8 10 17 19 19 27 23 20 20 25 12 8 17 12 11 7 14 8 21 23 Leonard Hoogenboom 19 Ret 23 Ret 10 16 24 13 30 16 15 14 14 Ret 17 11 9 3 17 8 Ret 20 24 Valentin Hasse-Clot 5 18 7 11 EX Ret 16 25 Federico Malvestiti 17 15 18 8 7 11 Ret DNS DNS 22 24 25 24 17 18 20 14 23 14 Ret 10 10 26 Amaury Bonduel 14 8 20 4 27 Kikko Galbiati 15 16 21 17 8 Ret 18 29 23 4 28 Federico Iribarne 9 11 9 15 15 Ret 17 17 19 4 29 Fabio Scherer 25 13 26 18 9 13 10 Ret 25 3 30 Jaden Conwright 19 22 Ret 16 Ret 24 12 18 17 14 DNS 29 20 22 16 21 17 14 9 11 14 2 31 Mauro Auricchio 21 18 11 10 21 16 10 17 13 2 32 Aldo Festante 24 17 19 10 13 18 21 23 28 17 21 Ret 18 14 26 16 18 21 1 33 Kevin Kratz 10 21 17 DNS DNS WD 13 18 17 Ret Ret 20 1 34 Giacomo Bianchi 18 23 24 Ret 14 23 22 27 26 25 25 27 11 21 25 18 Ret 19 18 24 12 1 35 Fabienne Wohlwend 21 20 DNQ 17 Ret 22 26 20 20 24 23 26 17 24 19 19 Ret 24 12 16 11 0 36 Manuel Maldonado 20 Ret DNQ 18 12 21 23 28 24 27 19 24 Ret Ret 23 13 16 18 16 21 17 0 37 Thomas Preining 12 16 Ret 0 38 Riccardo Ponzio 15 13 Ret 14 19 25 WD WD WD 16 20 24 Ret 19 15 0 39 Aleksandr Vartanyan 13 18 15 0 40 Jan-Erik Meikup 16 Ret Ret 0 41 Václav Šafář EX EX 18 0 42 Yannik Brandt Ret 19 DNQ 0 43 Ahmad Al-Muhanadi 23 20 Ret 0 44 Mariano Lavigna 21 DNS DNS 0 45 Ricardo Feller 22 Ret 22 0 46 Aaron di Comberti 24 Ret DNQ 0 47 Antolín González 26 26 28 0 Drivers ineligible to score points Artem Petrov 21 14 Ret 12 15 27 13 15 12 19 14 22 2 7 5 Ret 6 2 Ret Ret 4 0 F4 Woman Trophy 1 Fabienne Wohlwend 21 20 DNQ 17 Ret 22 26 20 20 24 23 26 17 24 19 19 Ret 24 12 16 11 400 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts MIS ADR IMO1 MUG VAL IMO2 MNZ

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookies' standings

Pos Driver MIS ADR IMO1 MUG VAL IMO2 MNZ Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Jüri Vips 7 5 2 Ret 16 11 9 3 3 4 2 14 2 19 9 Ret 3 1 247.5 2 Lorenzo Colombo 17 14 Ret 9 12 15 5 5 8 20 22 19 13 19 13 4 2 6 4 22 7 207.5 3 Simone Cunati 4 23 Ret 3 2 7 9 26 18 7 12 23 10 Ret 21 3 5 4 205 4 Juan Manuel Correa 3 4 Ret Ret 9 1 1 16 9 5 10 1 Ret 4 5 11 23 19 198.5 5 Kush Maini 8 10 8 7 6 10 15 12 13 18 Ret 16 26 8 3 6 Ret 13 Ret 7 21 182 6 Sebastián Fernández Ret 9 16 19 11 19 22 22 29 12 6 6 Ret 9 4 14 13 26 20 1 5 156 7 Giacomo Altoè 22 7 14 8 10 17 19 19 27 23 20 20 25 12 8 17 12 11 7 14 8 150 8 Leonard Hoogenboom 19 Ret 23 Ret 10 16 24 13 30 16 15 14 14 Ret 17 11 9 3 17 8 Ret 131 9 Ian Rodríguez 22 8 25 6 5 14 14 Ret 22 Ret Ret 21 24 Ret 12 8 6 3 128.5 10 Federico Malvestiti 17 15 18 8 7 11 Ret DNS DNS 22 24 25 24 17 18 20 14 23 14 Ret 10 93 11 Jaden Conwright 19 22 Ret 16 Ret 24 12 18 17 14 DNS 29 20 22 16 21 17 14 9 11 14 74.5 12 Aldo Festante 24 17 19 10 13 18 21 23 28 17 21 Ret 18 14 26 16 18 21 71 13 Fabienne Wohlwend 21 20 DNQ 17 Ret 22 26 20 20 24 23 26 17 24 19 19 Ret 24 12 16 11 47 14 Fabio Scherer 25 13 26 18 9 13 10 Ret 25 45 15 Manuel Maldonado 20 Ret DNQ 18 12 21 23 28 24 27 19 24 Ret Ret 23 13 16 18 16 21 17 38 16 Giacomo Bianchi 18 23 24 Ret 14 23 22 27 26 25 25 27 11 21 25 18 Ret 19 18 24 12 37 17 Mauro Auricchio[N 1] 21 18 11 10 21 16 10 17 13 10 18 Aaron di Comberti 24 Ret DNQ 4 19 Yannik Brandt Ret 19 DNQ 2 20 Mariano Lavigna 21 DNS DNS 1 21 Ricardo Feller 22 Ret 22 1 Drivers ineligible to score points Artem Petrov 21 14 Ret 12 15 27 13 15 12 19 14 22 2 7 5 Ret 6 2 Ret Ret 4 0 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts MIS ADR IMO1 MUG VAL IMO2 MNZ

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	Points
1	Prema Powerteam	439.5
2	Jenzer Motorsport	396
3	Kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	236
4	DR Formula	202
5	Bhaitech	165
6	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	139
7	RB Racing	95.5
8	Diegi Motorsport	86
9	Antonelli Motorsport	83
10	BVM Racing	75.5
11	DRZ Benelli	43
12	Cram Motorsport	20
13	Kiteviola Motorsport	16
14	GSK Grand Prix	4
15	Torino Squadra Corse	4
16	ADM Motorsport	2

Footnotes

1. Auricchio was considered as Rookie only in the first race at Imola.

References

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External links

• Official website
• Italian F4 Championship section on the ACI Sport