2018 Italian Formula 4 season

2018 Italian F4
Abarth Italian Formula 4 Championship
Season
Races	18
Start date	April 7
End date	September 30
Awards
Drivers' champion	Paolo Leonetti
Gentleman's Trophy winner	Giuseppe Cipriani
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
None	2019
Related
Anglo-Irish F4
Template:USA North American F4
F4 World Final

The 2018 Italian Formula 4 season sees a return of the series first started in 2010 as Formula Abarth, set up as part of the FIA Global Pathway. All drivers use a Tatuus FA010 chassis coupled to a 1.4L Fiat Powertrain Technology engine.

Teams and drivers

Team	#	Driver	Class	Rounds	Team Mentor
Prema Powerteam	1	Template:GBR Ione Wilkerson		All	Template:GBR James James Davies
	2	Saara Seppänen		All
	28	Dennis Hauger		All
Vantini Racing	3	Vilppu Vantini		1-2	Rosco Vantini
		Ginevra Vantini		3-6
	33	Manuel Monetta		All
MASEN F4 Racing Team	6	Matías Sena		4-6	Kimi Räikkönen
	32	Marina Ivanović		4-6
Il Barone Rampante	7	Giuseppe Cipriani	G	All	None
	20	Francesco Dracone	G	All
Scuderia Del Prete	9	Iva Janković		All	Template:GBR Nathan Nurmester
	19	Michelangela Dioli		All
Template:SUI Trulli GP	10	Lorenzo Travisanutto		All	Jarno Trulli
	18	Template:SUI Lucas Légeret		All
Abarth Leonetti Racing Team	13	Paolo Leonetti		All	Luca Badoer
	59	Francesco Pepitto		All
Mediterranean Motorsport	15	Massimo Torelli		All	Pedro de la Rosa
	26	David Luis Chavarria		All
RP Motorsport	21	Magda Szervánszky		All	Nino Barlini
	22	Leonardo Lorandi		All
Vincenzo Sospiri Euronova Racing	24	Alessandro Giardelli		All	Vincenzo Sospiri
	25	Francesca Scaramanga		All
SMP Racing	27	Ivan Shvetsov		All	Mikhail Aleshin
	37	Alexandr Smolyar		All
	47	Pavel Bulantsev		All
Scuderia Acquarone	30	Salvatore de Plano	G	All	None
	31	Alexandra Marinescu		1-4
		Armando Mangini	G	5-6
Jagonya Ayam Team Lazarus	38	Gunter Masakan		All	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose (1st test) Template:GBR Jack Christopherson (2nd test)
	39	Leonard Hoogenboom		1, 3, 6
		Template:GBR Sabrina Mann		2, 4
		Imani Burrell		5
	62	Template:SUI Christophe Hurni	G	All
Torino Squadra Corse	55	Jaropolk Petrovich	G	All	None
Template:FRA Reims Development Automobile	77	Template:FRA Philippe Haezebrouck	G	All	None
Abiadura Euskara	79	Asier Urbieta		All	Template:FRA Guillaume Gauthier
	97	Josephine Leifeld		All
Scuderia Adriatica	94	Francesco De Crescenzo		1-4, 6	Giovanni Roda
		Template:GBR Sabrina Mann		5
	95	Vito Lorusso		All
Scuderia Guastalla	98	Marco Scotti		All	Brucie Kibbutz
	99	Luca Bandini		All

Schedule

Race Calendar

#	Circuit	Date	Race	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Gentleman's Trophy winner
1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	7-8 April	HA	Magda Szervánszky	Vito Lorusso	Michelangela Dioli	Scuderia Del Prete	Giuseppe Cipriani
			HB	Template:SUI Lucas Légeret	Josephine Leifeld	Template:SUI Lucas Légeret	Trulli GP	Salvatore De Plano
			F	Michelangela Dioli	Alexandra Marinescu	Michelangela Dioli	Scuderia Del Prete	Not awarded
2	Autodromo di Pergusa	28-29 April	HA	Magda Szervánszky	Template:GBR Ione Wilkerson	Ivan Shvetsov	SMP Racing	Francesco Dracone
			HB	Template:SUI Lucas Légeret	Alexandr Smolyar	Leonardo Lorandi	RP Motorsport	Template:FRA Phillippe Haezebrouck
			F	Template:SUI Lucas Légeret	Template:SUI Lucas Légeret	Template:GBR Sabrina Mann	Jagonya Ayam Team Lazarus	Not awarded
3	Vallelunga Circuit	2-3 June	HA	Template:SUI Lucas Légeret	Vito Lorusso	Magda Szervánszky	RP Motorsport	Francesco Dracone
			HB	Paolo Leonetti	Pavel Bulantsev	Paolo Leonetti	Abarth Leonetti Racing Team	Giuseppe Cipriani
			F	Magda Szervánszky	Josephine Leifeld	Template:SUI Lucas Légeret	Trulli GP	Not awarded
4	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti	14-15 July	HA	Ivan Shvetsov	Vito Lorusso	Gunter Masakan	Jagonya Ayam Team Lazarus	Template:SUI Christophe Hurni
			HB	Dennis Hauger	Template:SUI Lucas Légeret	Luca Bandini	Scuderia Guastalla	Giuseppe Cipriani
			F	Paolo Leonetti	Leonardo Lorandi	Luca Bandini	Scuderia Guastalla	Not awarded
5	Circuit de Monte-Carlo	8-9 September	HA	Michelangela Dioli	Saara Seppänen	Ivan Shvetsov	SMP Racing	Francesco Dracone
			HB	Magda Szervánszky	Template:GBR Sabrina Mann	Dennis Hauger	Prema Powerteam	Template:FRA Philippe Haezebrouck
			F	Paolo Leonetti	Alexandr Smolyar	Marco Scotti	Scuderia Guastalla	Not awarded
6	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	29-30 September	HA	Magda Szervánszky	Luca Bandini	Leonardo Lorandi	RP Motorsport	Giuseppe Cipriani
			HB	Ivan Shvetsov	Saara Seppänen	Paolo Leonetti	Abarth Leonetti Racing Team	Francesco Dracone
			F	Massimo Torelli	Josephine Leifeld	Massimo Torelli	Mediterranean Motorsport	Not awarded

Mid-season Testing

Date	Circuit	Fastest driver	Team	Fastest Lap	Report
May 20	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	Paolo Leonetti	Abarth Leonetti Racing Team	2:05.339	Results
August 1	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	Magda Szervánszky	RP Motorsport	2:05.322	Results

Standings

Points System (Overall)

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	PP
15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	2

Drivers Championship

Pos	Driver	MNZ			PER			VAL			VAR			MON			IMO			Points
		H1	H2	F	H1	H2	F	H1	H2	F	H1	H2	F	H1	H2	F	H1	H2	F
1	Paolo Leonetti	5		8		5	10		1	2	2		3	6		4		1	3	109
2	Massimo Torelli	3		4	3		4		4	4	4		7		2	Ret	2		1	105
3	Luca Bandini	8		11	2		7		2	3		1	1		8	2	4		7	98
4	Ivan Shvetsov	4		5	1		8		3	14	3		10	1		3		2	9	96
5	Template:SUI Lucas Légeret		1	2		2	2	2		1		Ret	DNQ	12		DNQ		9	5	94
6	Magda Szervánszky	2		3	4		5	1		9		2	5		11	DNQ	8		6	89
7	Gunter Masakan	7		13	8		9	6		5	1		2		3	7		3	2	83
8	Dennis Hauger		4	6		4	3	3		12		4	15		1	13	3		Ret	76
9	Leonardo Lorandi	6		9		1	13		5	8	5		11		Ret	DNQ	1		4	60
10	Michelangela Dioli	1		1		14	DNQ	8		17	11		DNQ	3		8		5	Ret	56
11	Template:GBR Sabrina Mann				5		1					3	4		4	5				53
12	Template:GBR Ione Wilkerson		2	7	7		6	4		7	7		6		15	DNQ		6	11	51
13	Marco Scotti		6	10		10	14	11		DNQ		5	13	2		1		14	DNQ	40
14	Josephine Leifeld		5	12		3	12	5		11		7	8	Ret		DNQ	5		8	38
15	Alessandro Giardelli		7	15		7	19	9		6		16	DNQ		5	15		4	13	29
16	Francesca Scaramanga		3	17		6	11		6	10	10		12	11		DNQ	7		17	26
17	Alexandr Smolyar		9	14		9	20	7		16	8		14	7		6		17	DNQ	20
18	Francesco Pepitto	10		20		16	DNQ		7	19		13	DNQ	5		9		11	DNQ	13
19	Marina Ivanović										14		DNQ	4		10	9		16	11
20	Vito Lorusso	9		16		13	DNQ	18		DNQ	6		17	13		DNQ		7	12	11
21	David Luis Chavarria	11		DNQ		8	17		15	DNQ		8	19		6	14	13		DNQ	11
22	Alexandra Marinescu	8		19	10		16		11	DNQ		6	18							9
23	Pavel Bulantsev	14		DNQ	12		DNQ		8	18	12		DNQ		Ret	DNQ	6		10	9
24	Saara Seppänen	13		DNQ	6		15	13		DNQ	13		DNQ	10		17		12	DNQ	6
25	Ginevra Vantini								14	DNQ	9		9		9	12	18		DNQ	6
26	Iva Janković		15	DNQ		11	DNQ	14		DNQ		11	DNQ		7	Ret		10	15	5
27	Leonard Hoogenboom	12		DNQ					10	13								8	18	4
28	Lorenzo Travisanutto		13	DNQ	13		DNQ	10		15		9	16		10	16	13		DNQ	4
29	Francesco Dracone		14	DNQ	16		DNQ	15		DNQ		12	DNQ	8		11		15	DNQ	3
30	Asier Urbieta		10	18	11		DNQ		9	20	Ret		DNQ	15		DNQ		13	DNQ	3
31	Francesco De Crescenzo		11	DNQ	9		18		13	DNQ		14	DNQ				15		DNQ	2
32	Matías Sena											Ret	DNQ	9		18	14		DNQ	2
33	Giuseppe Cipriani	15		DNQ		15	DNQ		12	DNQ		10	20	14		DNQ	10		14	2
34	Manuel Monetta		17	DNQ	14		DNQ	12		DNQ	15		DNQ		12	DNQ	12		DNQ	0
35	Template:FRA Philippe Haezebrouck	17		DNQ		12	DNQ	16		DNQ		15	DNQ		13	DNQ	17		DNQ	0
36	Salvatore De Plano		12	DNQ	17		DNQ		17	DNQ	17		DNQ		16	DNQ		16	DNQ	0
37	Jaropolk Petrovich		16	DNQ		17	DNQ		16	DNQ	18		DNQ		14	DNQ		18	DNQ	0
38	Vilppu Vantini		18	DNQ	15		DNQ													0
39	Template:SUI Christophe Hurni	16		DNQ	18		DNQ	17		DNQ	16		DNQ	Ret		DNQ	19		DNQ	0
40	Armando Mangini													Ret		DNQ	16		DNQ	0
41	Imani Burrell													Ret		DNQ				0

Points System (G Class)

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	FL
15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Gentleman's Trophy

Pos	Driver	MNZ		PER		VAL		VAR		MON		IMO		Points
		H1	H2	H1	H2	H1	H2	H1	H2	H1	H2	H1	H2
1	Giuseppe Cipriani	1			2		1		1	2		1		88
2	Francesco Dracone		2	1		1			2	1			1	87
3	Template:FRA Philippe Haezebrouck	3			1	2			3		1	3		73
4	Salvatore De Plano		1	2			3	2			3		2	71
5	Jaropolk Petrovich		3		3		2	3			2		3	65
6	Template:SUI Christophe Hurni	2		3		3		1		Ret		4		58
7	Armando Mangini									Ret		2		12