ITALIAN F4 CHAMPIONSHIP POWERED BY ABARTH (RD4) > MUGELLO

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ITALIAN F4 CHAMPIONSHIP POWERED BY ABARTH (RD5) > IMOLA

ITALIAN F.4

AUTODROMO P. TARUFFI

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RACE 1

START TIME : 24/06 - 13:59:00 BEST LAP : NO.11 LORANDI LEONARDO ® 1:36.140 152.964 KPH WEATHER : CLOUDY AIR : 37°C TRACK : DRY

RNK NO. TEAM NAT DRIVER NAT LAPS TIME /GAP BEST LAP

1 45 DRZ BENELLI ASD ITA RODRIGUEZ IAN GTM 19 30’43.302 1:36.210 2 9 PREMA POWER TEAM ITA ARMSTRONG MARCUS NZL 19 2.441 1:36.326 3 42 DR FORMULA PRT PETROV ARTEM RUS 19 8.847 1:36.202 4 80 VAN AMERSFOORT RACING NLD DRUGOVICH RONCATO FELIPE BRA 19 9.106 1:36.440 5 16 JENZER MOTORSPORT CHE VAN UITERT JOB NLD 19 9.533 1:36.388 6 11 BHAITECH SRL ITA LORANDI LEONARDO ® ITA 19 10.063 1:36.140 7 15 JENZER MOTORSPORT CHE MAINI KUSH IND 19 10.541 1:36.543 8 5 BWT MÜCKE MOTORSPORT DEU ZENDELI LIRIM DEU 19 17.957 1:36.899 9 23 ADM MOTORSPORT ITA BERTONELLI DIEGO ITA 19 27.003 1:37.180 10 88 CRAM MOTORSPORT ITA HOGENBOOM LEONARD NLD 19 28.957 1:37.111 11 19 JENZER MOTORSPORT CHE BIANCHI GIACOMO CHE 19 29.397 1:37.078 12 22 ADM MOTORSPORT ITA ESTNER ANDREAS DEU 19 30.545 1:37.313 13 55 DR FORMULA PRT BRANQUINHO FELIPE ® BRA 19 32.010 1:37.185 14 26 GROSSO MICKAEL ITA GROSSO MICKAEL ® CHE 19 32.421 1:37.171 15 18 JENZER MOTORSPORT CHE CARRARA GIORGIO ® ARG 19 33.831 1:37.370 16 27 JENZER MOTORSPORT CHE MALVESTITI FEDERICO ITA 19 40.254 1:37.149 17 24 HENRY MORROGH RACING D.S. ITA DELL’ACCIO ANDREA ® ITA 19 44.935 1:37.766 18 64 BWT MÜCKE MOTORSPORT DEU CALDWELL OLLI ® GBR 19 54.950 1:36.734 19 87 CRAM MOTORSPORT ITA COBELLINI CHRISTIAN ® ITA 19 57.886 1:37.484 20 89 CRAM MOTORSPORT ITA BECKHAUSER TOM ® CZE 19 1:06.554 1:38.847 21 82 DIEGI MOTORSPORT ITA VENDITTI DAVIDE ® ITA 15 4 LAPS 1:38.036 22 4 BWT MÜCHE MOTORSPORT DEU FLOERSCH SOPHIA DEU 13 6 LAPS 1:36.250

NOT CLASSIFIED NO. 7 FERNANDEZ W.S. BHAITECH SRL NO. 51 FESTANTE A. DR FORMULA NO. 6 COLOMBO L. BHAITECH SRL NO. 3 GACHOT L.R. VAN AMERSFOORT RACING NO. 74 FITTIPALDI E. PREMA POWER TEAM

RACE 2

START TIME : 25/06 - 09:02:00 BEST LAP : PETROV Artem 1:35.423 154.113 KPH WEATHER : CLOUDY AIR : 24°C TRACK : DRY

RNK NO. TEAM NAT DRIVER NAT LAPS TIME /GAP BEST LAP

1 9 PREMA POWER TEAM ITA ARMSTRONG MARCUS NZL 16 29’56.020 1:35.460 2 42 DR FORMULA PRT PETROV ARTEM RUS 16 1.430 1:35.423 3 80 VAN AMERSFOORT RACING NLD DRUGOVICH RONCATO FELIPE BRA 16 5.445 1:35.739 4 51 DR FORMULA PRT FESTANTE ALDO ITA 16 6.891 1:35.943 5 7 BHAITECH SRL ITA FERNANDEZ SEBASTIAN VEN 16 7.309 1:35.904 6 6 BHAITECH SRL ITA COLOMBO LORENZO ITA 16 8.508 1:35.888 7 4 BWT MÜCHE MOTORSPORT DEU FLOERSCH SOPHIA DEU 16 11.090 1:35.837 8 45 DRZ BENELLI ASD ITA RODRIGUEZ IAN GTM 16 11.616 1:35.982 9 15 JENZER MOTORSPORT CHE MAINI KUSH IND 16 14.167 1:36.130 10 11 BHAITECH SRL ITA LORANDI LEONARDO ® ITA 16 14.594 1:35.994 11 88 CRAM MOTORSPORT ITA HOGENBOOM LEONARD NLD 16 17.142 1:36.157 12 74 PREMA POWER TEAM ITA FITTIPALDI ENZO ® BRA 16 19.371 1:36.650 13 23 ADM MOTORSPORT ITA BERTONELLI DIEGO ITA 16 19.933 1:36.110 14 64 BWT MÜCKE MOTORSPORT DEU CALDWELL OLLI ® GBR 16 20.248 1:36.248 15 18 JENZER MOTORSPORT CHE CARRARA GIORGIO ® ARG 16 22.078 1:36.573 16 27 JENZER MOTORSPORT CHE MALVESTITI FEDERICO ITA 16 22.551 1:36.380 17 55 DR FORMULA PRT BRANQUINHO FELIPE ® BRA 16 22.970 1:36.259 18 19 JENZER MOTORSPORT CHE BIANCHI GIACOMO CHE 16 26.072 1:36.997 19 26 GROSSO MICKAEL ITA GROSSO MICKAEL ® CHE 16 27.190 1’36.575 20 22 ADM MOTORSPORT ITA ESTNER ANDREAS DEU 16 28.582 1:36.716 21 87 CRAM MOTORSPORT ITA COBELLINI CHRISTIAN ® ITA 16 29.101 1:36.623 22 24 HENRY MORROGH RACING D.S. ITA DELL’ACCIO ANDREA ® ITA 16 29.543 1’36.626 23 82 DIEGI MOTORSPORT ITA VENDITTI DAVIDE ® ITA 16 42.171 1:37.555 24 89 CRAM MOTORSPORT ITA BECKHAUSER TOM ® CZE 16 44.065 1:38.224 25 3 VAN AMERSFOORT RACING NLD GACHOT LOUIS ROBERT GBR 14 2 LAPS 1:35.788

NOT CLASSIFIED NO. 16 VAN UITERT J. JENZER MOTORSPORT NO. 5 ZENDELI L. BWT MUCKE MOTORSPORT

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RACE 3

START TIME : 25/06 - 16:24:00 BEST LAP : DRUGOVICH RONCATO FELIPE 1’36.130 152.980 KPH WEATHER : CLOUDY AIR : 32°C TRACK : DRY

RNK NO. TEAM NAT DRIVER NAT LAPS TIME /GAP BEST LAP

1 80 VAN AMERSFOORT RACING NLD DRUGOVICH RONCATO FELIPE BRA 19 30:43.911 1:36.130 2 42 DR FORMULA PRT PETROV ARTEM RUS 19 5.740 1:36.196 3 51 DR FORMULA PRT FESTANTE ALDO ITA 19 7.302 1:36.327 4 9 PREMA POWER TEAM ITA ARMSTRONG MARCUS NZL 19 7.938 1:36.445 5 6 BHAITECH SRL ITA COLOMBO LORENZO ITA 19 8.236 1:36.406 6 45 DRZ BENELLI ASD ITA RODRIGUEZ IAN GTM 19 13.006 1:36.910 7 11 BHAITECH SRL ITA LORANDI LEONARDO ® ITA 19 13.413 1:36.191 8 4 BWT MÜCHE MOTORSPORT DEU FLOERSCH SOPHIA DEU 19 14.568 1:36.642 9 5 BWT MÜCKE MOTORSPORT DEU ZENDELI LIRIM DEU 19 15.514 1:36.567 10 3 VAN AMERSFOORT RACING NLD GACHOT LOUIS ROBERT GBR 19 20.225 1:36.989 11 7 BHAITECH SRL ITA FERNANDEZ SEBASTIAN VEN 19 21.565 1:36.976 12 23 ADM MOTORSPORT ITA BERTONELLI DIEGO ITA 19 25.566 1:37.215 13 64 BWT MÜCKE MOTORSPORT DEU CALDWELL OLLI ® GBR 19 25.855 1:36.786 14 74 PREMA POWER TEAM ITA FITTIPALDI ENZO ® BRA 19 26.345 1:37.075 15 15 JENZER MOTORSPORT CHE MAINI KUSH IND 19 26.764 1:37.284 16 19 JENZER MOTORSPORT CHE BIANCHI GIACOMO CHE 19 28.323 1:37.295 17 18 JENZER MOTORSPORT CHE CARRARA GIORGIO ® ARG 19 29.264 1:37.482 18 27 JENZER MOTORSPORT CHE MALVESTITI FEDERICO ITA 19 33.218 1:37.557 19 87 CRAM MOTORSPORT ITA COBELLINI CHRISTIAN ® ITA 19 35.248 1:37.588 20 24 HENRY MORROGH RACING D.S. ITA DELL’ACCIO ANDREA ® ITA 19 36.163 1:37.678 21 89 CRAM MOTORSPORT ITA BECKHAUSER TOM ® CZE 19 56.619 1’38.531 22 26 GROSSO MICKAEL ITA GROSSO MICKAEL ® CHE 18 1 LAP 1:37.490 23 55 DR FORMULA PRT BRANQUINHO FELIPE ® BRA 18 1 LAP 1:37.113

NOT CLASSIFIED NO. 16 VAN UITERT J. JENZER MOTORSPORT NO. 88 HOOGENBOOM L. CRAM MOTORSPORT NO. 82 VENDITTI D. DIEGI MOTORSPORT NO. 22 ESTNER A. ADM MOTORSPORT

14/16.07.2017

AUTODROMO INT.LE DEL MUGELLO

E’ estate piena quando i piloti dell’Italian F.4 Championship powered by Abarth scendono in pista per il quarto round stagionale. Ma nessuno di loro pensa ad andare in vacanza: prima c’è da spendere tutte le proprie energie per affrontare un tracciato impegnativo come quello del Mugello, che racconta le gesta di tanti campioni. Questo round rappresenta esattamente il giro di boa: tre round sono già stati disputati e dopo questo altrettanti se ne dovranno correre prima della fine della stagione.

C’è un volto nuovo in vetta alla classifica: è Marcus Armstrong del Prema Power Team. A Vallelunga il neozelandese ha colto la sua prima vittoria nell’Italian F.4 Championship powered by Abarth, che insieme ad un terzo e un quarto posto gli valgono la leadership, con un punto di vantaggio su Lorenzo Colombo, ritirato in Gara-1, poi sesto e quinto. Con un quinto posto l’olandese Job Van Uitert è scivolato in terza posizione, ma è ancora in piena lotta per il titolo. Nei giorni precedenti il weekend di gare al Mugello si è disputata la prima sessione di test ufficiali e il più veloce della giornata è stato Lorenzo Colombo.

Drivers of the Italian F.4 Championship powered by Abarth got on track for the fourth round of the season as summer was in its full swing. No one of them had even thought of summer holidays though: all energies were focused on the challenging track of Mugello, that has witnessed the deeds of a lot of champions in its history. This round has been the turning point of the season: three rounds gone and three more to go.

A new name was on top of the charts: Prema Power Team’s Marcus Armstrong. The New Zealander claimed his maiden win in the Italian F.4 Championship powered by Abarth in Vallelunga and, a third and fourth place earned him the classification lead one point clear of Lorenzo Colombo. The latter suffered a retirement in Race-1, before scoring a sixth and fifth place in Vallelunga. A fifth place made the Dutch Job Van Uitert slip down to P3, but the title quest was still wide open. The first official test session held during the days leading to the weekend of Mugello saw Lorenzo Colombo being the quickest.

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MUGELLO, SORPRESE

E CONFERME MUGELLO, SURPRISES AND CONFIRMATIONS

Il neozelandese Marcus Armstrong inizia bene il weekend in Toscana con il miglior tempo nel primo turno di qualifiche davanti al proprio compagno di squadra, l’estone Juri Vips. Nel secondo turno, invece, il più veloce di tutti all’Autodromo del Mugello è Juri Vips, davanti al rookie Leonardo Lorandi.

In Gara-1 al via scatta bene dalla pole Marcus Armstrong, davanti a Juri Vips, seguiti dai due italiani del team Bhaitech, Lorenzo Colombo e Leonardo Lorandi. Continua invece la serie sfortunata per l’olandese Job Van Uitert: il portacolori del Jenzer Motorsport incappa alla prima staccata in un contatto con il venezuelano del Team Bhaitech, Sebastian Fernandez, ed entrambi sono costretti al ritiro. Si tratta di due uscite importanti in ottica Campionato, perché al momento del via i due occupavano rispettivamente il terzo e quarto posto in classifica assoluta. Dopo qualche giro in regime di Safety Car, Gara-1 riprende regolarmente e i primi quattro della griglia comandati da Armstrong chiudono a posizioni invariate. Lorandi mette a segno un’altra vittoria fra i Rookie, davanti al brasiliano Enzo Fittipaldi, e Olli Caldwell, che transitano al sesto e all’undicesimo posto sotto la bandiera a scacchi.

In Gara-2 dalla pole position è molto veloce l’estone Juri Vips, mentre Leonardo Lorandi si difende dall’attacco di Marcus Armstrong. Nel frattempo il russo Artem Petrov, partito ottavo, inizia una bella rimonta e sorpassa Colombo e Fernandez. Al quinto giro entra in pista la Safety Car e alla ripartenza Armstrong riesce a passare Lorandi che poco dopo dovrà cedere la posizione anche a Petrov. Gara-2 si conclude in regime di Safety Car, con la vittoria di Vips. Lorandi è quarto e comunque vincitore della classifica Rookie. Con lui sul podio il brasiliano Felipe Branquinho e l’argentino Giorgio Carrara. Settimo al traguardo Lorenzo Colombo, mentre incappa nel quarto zero consecutivo l’olandese Job Van Uitert: la sua monoposto si è fermata in regime di Safety Car.

Gara-3 si corre con una temperatura di 30°C, al primo via c’è il contatto, sulla griglia di partenza, fra l’indiano Kush Maini e lo svizzero Mickael Grosso, che porta all’esposizione della bandiera rossa e ad una nuova procedura di start. A vincere è l’olandese Job Van Uitert, scattato dalla quinta posizione, che poco dopo metà gara riesce a sorpassare l’estone Juri Vips e gli rifila un distacco di quasi otto secondi. Terzo posto per Lorenzo Colombo, che negli ultimi giri tenta il sorpasso per conquistare la seconda piazza, ma alla fine decide di non correre troppi rischi in ottica Campionato. Quarto il venezuelano Sebastian Fernandez davanti a Leonardo Lorandi, che mette a segno ancora una volta una tripletta fra i Rookie. La seconda posizione fra gli esordienti spetta al brasiliano Enzo Fittipaldi, sesto assoluto, davanti al britannico Olli Caldwell, undicesimo. Marcus Armstrong had a good start to the Tuscany’s weekend and posted the quickest time in qualifying one, leading his Estonian team mate Juri Vips. The quickest in the second qualifying session in Mugello was Juri Vips, who led the rookie Leonardo Lorandi.

Marcus Armstrong got away well from the pole in Race-1, followed by Juri Vips and the Italians of team Bhaitech, Lorenzo Colombo and Leonardo Lorandi. The Dutch driver Job Van Uitert continued his negative momentum: the Jenzer Motorsport’s driver had in fact a contact with the Venezuelan of Team Bhaitech Sebastian Fernandez at turn one and both had to retire. These two DNFs were quite important classification-wise, as the two stood respectively third and fourth before the start. Race-1 got regularly underway after a few laps behind the Safety Car and the top 4 led by Armstrong closed their effort without any position change. Lorandi scored therefore another victory in the Rookie Trophy, leading the Brazilian Enzo Fittipaldi and Olli Caldwell, that respectively crossed the finish line in sixth and eleventh place.

The Estonian Juri Vips had a good jump from the pole position of Race-2, while Leonardo Lorandi had to fend off Marcus Armstrong. The Russian Artem Petrov, started from the eight spot of the grid and put in a good comeback finding his way past Colombo and Fernandez. The Safety Car was deployed on lap five and Armstrong managed to get past Lorandi at the restart. The latter also lost out his position to Petrov shortly after. Race-2 ended under the Safety Car regime with Vips taking the victory. Lorandi was fourth and first in the Rookie Trophy. The Brazilian Felipe Branquinho and the Argentine Giorgio Carrara joined him on the podium . Lorenzo Colombo was seventh at the flag, while the Dutch Job Van Uitert scored his fourth DNF in a row, as his car stopped during the Safety Car neutralization.

Race-3 has been very hot with temperatures around 30°C. The Indian Kush Maini and the Swiss Mickael Grosso clashed at the first start. The race was therefore red flagged and a new start followed later on. The victory went to the Dutch Job Van Uitert from P5. Just after half-way through he managed to find his way past Juri Vips and pulled away building an 8s lead on Vips. The third place went to Lorenzo Colombo, who tried to attack for P2, but in the end he decided to settle for second, thinking about the championship. The Venezuelan Sebastian Fernandez was fourth and proceeded Leonardo Lorandi, who scored another triple-win in the Rookie Trophy. The second place among the rookies went to Enzo Fittipaldi, who was sixth absolute, and the third to the British driver Olli Caldwell, who closed eleventh overall.