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FIRST BULLSEYE FOR TAPONEN
RD.2 / RACE 1
11. Spina - 12. Egozi - 13. Bhirombhakdi - 14. Larini - 15. Blokhina
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16. Quondamcarlo - 17. Beeton - 18. Akhmedkhodjaev - 19. Quintarelli
20. Elkin - 21. Frassineti - 22. Ischer - 23. Domingues - 24. Luchetti
25. Hwarang - 26. Ferreira - 27. Nobels - 28. Liu - NC. Bohra NC. Narac - NC. Hausmann - NC. Lund - NC. David
Pole Position: Taponen Tuukka [ 1’34.870 ]
Best lap: Sztuka Kacper [ 1’35.281 ]
Everyone with TATUUS F4-T421 chassis, ABARTH engine, PIRELLI tires.
Tuukka Taponen (Prema Racing) won for the first time in the Italian F4 Championship certified by FIA. The Finn started perfectly from pole position, obtained during Friday’s qualifying and maintained his position ahead of Arvid Lindblad (Prema Racing), James Wharton (Prema Racing) and Ugo Ugochukwu (Prema Racing). After just a few minutes, the safety car intervened on the track to momentarily interrupt the competition, due to an accident at the rear. At the subsequent restart, Taponen tried to gain ground on his direct pursuers, but Lindblad didn’t give in and, on the contrary, remained glued to the leader of the race. The Prema Racing driver kept his nerve and crossed the chequered flag first, 0.413 seconds ahead of Lindblad. Wharton took the lowest step of the podium, while Kacper Sztuka (US Racing) and Brando Badoer (Van Amersfoort Racing) overtook Ugochukwu and finished fourth and fifth respectively, with the American coming sixth.
Arriva la prima vittoria di Tuukka Taponen (Prema Racing) nell’Italian F4 Championship certified by FIA. Il finlandese scatta perfettamente dalla pole position, ottenuta nel corso delle qualifiche di venerdì, e mantiene la propria posizione davanti ad Arvid Lindblad (Prema Racing), James Wharton (Prema Racing) e Ugo Ugochukwu (Prema Racing). Già dopo pochi minuti, interviene in pista la safety car a interrompere momentaneamente le ostilità, a causa di un incidente nelle retrovie. Nella successiva ripartenza, Taponen prova ad allungare sui diretti inseguitori, però Lindblad non cede e, anzi, rimane incollato al leader della gara. Il pilota Prema Racing mantiene i nervi saldi e transita per primo sotto la bandiera a scacchi, con 0.413 secondi di vantaggio su Lindblad. Wharton conquista il gradino più basso del podio, mentre Kacper Sztuka (US Racing) e Brando Badoer (Van Amersfoort Racing) scavalcano Ugochukwu e chiudono rispettivamente quarto e quinto, con lo statunitense sesto.
