2019 Italian F4 Championship

2019 Italian F4 Championship

Drivers' Champion: Dennis Hauger
Teams' Champion: Van Amersfoort Racing
Rookies' Champion: Paul Aron
Women's Champion: Amna Al Qubaisi

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Formula Regional European Championship

The 2019 Italian F4 Championship Powered by Abarth was the sixth season of the Italian F4 Championship. Norwegian driver Dennis Hauger dominated the championship, winning twelve out of the 21 races, helping his team Van Amersfoort Racing to become teams' champions. The rookie championship was won by Mercedes junior Paul Aron, who won two races in the overall championship. Hauger's closest challenger Gianluca Petecof won four races, and Roman Staněk, Joshua Dürksen and Giorgio Carrara won one race each.

Teams and Drivers

Team No. Driver Class Rounds BWT Mücke Motorsport [1] 2 Nico Göhler [2] R 3–4 25 William Alatalo [3] All 26 Joshua Dürksen [3] R All 99 Erwin Zanotti [3] R All Van Amersfoort Racing [1] 4 Niklas Krütten [4] 1–4 6 Ido Cohen [5] All 8 Lucas Alecco Roy [2] All 61 Sebastian Estner [6] 5 62 Dennis Hauger [7] All Prema Powerteam [1] 5 Gianluca Petecof [8] All 7 Paul Aron [9] R All 10 Oliver Rasmussen [10] All 11 Alessandro Famularo [11] All BVM Racing [1] 12 Filip Ugran [12] R All 31 Pietro Delli Guanti [12] R 2–4 Marzio Moretti [13] 6 Bhai Tech Racing [1] 14 Nicola Marinangeli [14] R All 22 Umberto Laganella [15] 1–6 33 Jesse Salmenautio [16] 7 57 Michael Belov [17] All Jenzer Motorsport 16 Giorgio Carrara [18] 1–4 Stefan Fürtbauer [19] R 7 17 Jonny Edgar [20] R All 18 Emidio Pesce [21] R All 21 Axel Gnos [22] R All DRZ Benelli [1] 20 Ivan Berets [23] All 33 Jesse Salmenautio [24] 1–6 45 Ian Rodríguez [19] 7 R-ace GP [25] 23 Grégoire Saucy [26] 1, 3–4 24 László Tóth [26] 1, 3–4 AS Motorsport 28 Sebastian Freymuth [27] R All Cram Motorsport [1] 29 Emilio Cipriani [28] All 38 José Muggiati [19] R 7 55 Roee Meyuhas [29] R All 84 Francesco Simonazzi [30] R 1–5 94 Daniel Vebster [31] R All Antonelli Motorsport [1] 36 Lorenzo Ferrari [32] R 1–3, 5–7 77 Andrea Rosso [32] R 1–3, 5 DR Formula by RP Motorsport 68 Santiago Ramos [33] R 5–7 Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 78 Hamda Al Qubaisi [34] W 4, 7 88 Amna Al Qubaisi [2] W All DF Corse by Corbetta [1] 81 Fabio Venditti [35] 1–3 US Racing [36] [1] 97 Roman Staněk R 1, 3–7

Icon Class R Rookie Trophy W Woman Trophy

Race calendar and results

The calendar was revealed on 1 December 2018. ^{[37] [38]} Adria International Raceway and Circuit Paul Ricard were replaced in the series schedule by circuits in Hungary and Austria, Hungaroring and Red Bull Ring respectively. The cancelled race from Misano World Circuit was rescheduled to run at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Round 5 as a fourth race. ^[39] Hungaroring round supporting Euroformula Open and Red Bull Ring round supporting International GT Open. Misano World Circuit other all rounds supporting Formula Regional European Championship

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Secondary Class winner
1	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	4 May	Gianluca Petecof	Emilio Cipriani	Gianluca Petecof	Prema Powerteam	R: Roman Staněk W: Amna Al Qubaisi
	R2		5 May	Roman Staněk	Ido Cohen	Joshua Dürksen [N 1]	BWT Mücke Motorsport	R: Joshua Dürksen W: Amna Al Qubaisi
	R3			Lucas Alecco Roy [N 2]	Gianluca Petecof	Gianluca Petecof	Prema Powerteam	R: Joshua Dürksen W: Amna Al Qubaisi
2	R1	Misano World Circuit	18 May	Gianluca Petecof	William Alatalo	Gianluca Petecof	Prema Powerteam	R: Paul Aron W: Amna Al Qubaisi
	R2		19 May	Paul Aron	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Roee Meyuhas W: Amna Al Qubaisi
	R3			Oliver Rasmussen	The race was cancelled due to heavy rain
3	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	6 July	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Paul Aron W: no finishers
	R2		7 July	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Paul Aron W: Amna Al Qubaisi
	R3			Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Gianluca Petecof	Prema Powerteam	R: Joshua Dürksen W: Amna Al Qubaisi
4	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	13 July	Roman Staněk	Giorgio Carrara	Paul Aron	Prema Powerteam	R: Paul Aron W: Amna Al Qubaisi
	R2		14 July	Niklas Krütten	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Jonny Edgar W: Amna Al Qubaisi
	R3			Roman Staněk	Gianluca Petecof	Giorgio Carrara	Jenzer Motorsport	R: Paul Aron W: Amna Al Qubaisi
5	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	31 August	Roman Staněk	Jonny Edgar	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Jonny Edgar W: Amna Al Qubaisi
	R2			Roman Staněk	Roman Staněk	Roman Staněk	US Racing	R: Roman Staněk W: Amna Al Qubaisi
	R3		1 September	Roman Staněk	Michael Belov	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Roman Staněk W: Amna Al Qubaisi
	R4			Oliver Rasmussen	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Paul Aron W: Amna Al Qubaisi
6	R1	Mugello Circuit	5 October	Dennis Hauger	Jonny Edgar	Paul Aron	Prema Powerteam	R: Paul Aron W: Amna Al Qubaisi
	R2			Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Roman Staněk W: Amna Al Qubaisi
	R3		6 October	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Paul Aron W: Amna Al Qubaisi
7	R1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	19 October	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Joshua Dürksen W: Hamda Al Qubaisi
	R2		20 October	Jonny Edgar	William Alatalo	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Paul Aron W: Hamda Al Qubaisi
	R3			Jonny Edgar	Oliver Rasmussen	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Roman Staněk W: Hamda Al Qubaisi

Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap. Only the best sixteen results were counted towards the championship. ^[40]

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

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver VLL MIS HUN RBR IMO MUG MNZ Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Dennis Hauger 21 10 11 2 1 C 1 1 2 5 1 2 1 3 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 369 2 Gianluca Petecof 1 5 1 1 3 C 2 4 1 11 9 4 Ret 2 14 3 23 6 4 10 5 Ret 233 3 Paul Aron 5 12 Ret 4 Ret C 3 3 26 1 23 3 4 6 4 2 1 4 2 8 3 5 226 4 Michael Belov 2 3 28 9 7 C 7 2 18 Ret 11 10 3 4 2 5 5 9 5 2 2 Ret 179 5 Roman Staněk 4 4 6 19 7 Ret Ret 12 5 25 1 3 [N 3] 7 2 7 26 6 2 144 6 Ido Cohen Ret 2 12 8 5 C 6 11 3 7 6 30 5 7 6 Ret 6 3 11 7 9 6 132 7 Oliver Rasmussen 6 14 7 5 4 C 30 6 6 10 Ret 11 Ret 8 11 4 4 10 6 3 7 3 126 8 Joshua Dürksen Ret 1 3 11 8 C 5 9 4 3 Ret 8 12 17 16 19 24 5 3 5 22 Ret 122 9 William Alatalo 8 6 Ret 6 9 C 4 13 5 4 5 6 6 Ret Ret 14 9 7 8 4 4 22 118 10 Jonny Edgar 7 19 Ret 19 10 C 21 5 7 9 7 14 2 5 5 9 3 8 10 Ret 8 9 97 11 Niklas Krütten 27 8 30 3 2 C Ret 8 10 2 2 27 78 12 Alessandro Famularo 3 Ret 21 7 24 C 20 Ret 9 6 10 7 Ret 9 8 8 8 16 12 9 13 24 54 13 Giorgio Carrara 11 15 8 15 19 C 8 15 11 19 8 1 37 14 Lucas Alecco Roy Ret 16 2 14 20 C 9 Ret 12 12 13 28 10 23 23 Ret Ret Ret 17 6 12 7 35 15 Grégoire Saucy 20 Ret 5 31 14 14 8 4 9 28 16 Ivan Berets Ret Ret 4 18 Ret C 10 23 13 Ret 15 21 7 11 10 6 22 15 15 15 17 12 28 17 Lorenzo Ferrari 14 9 10 29 15 C Ret DNS DNS 17 14 9 23 2 13 9 13 11 Ret 25 18 Jesse Salmenautio 10 20 29 20 26 C 11 12 25 15 3 16 14 16 15 12 12 18 18 11 20 8 20 19 Umberto Laganella 23 7 14 12 11 C Ret 10 8 14 Ret 15 Ret 10 7 Ret Ret DNS DNS 18 20 Roee Meyuhas 22 21 23 10 6 C 29 16 15 16 Ret 22 16 19 18 7 16 14 24 18 16 11 15 21 Ian Rodríguez 16 10 4 13 22 Francesco Simonazzi 13 Ret 15 13 14 C 17 30 22 WD WD WD 8 12 27 13 4 23 Axel Gnos 9 22 16 24 22 C 23 25 DNS 18 16 13 22 13 20 10 10 11 27 19 Ret 13 4 24 Sebastian Estner 9 Ret 13 [N 3] 2 25 Andrea Rosso 18 Ret 9 25 23 C 22 31 Ret 19 24 Ret 16 2 26 Filip Ugran 26 18 18 16 27 C 24 18 17 27 18 18 13 26 17 11 Ret 21 22 12 18 10 1 27 Daniel Vebster 12 11 13 17 12 C 12 17 20 13 21 12 11 15 12 24 14 17 23 17 14 DNS 0 28 Marzio Moretti 15 12 14 0 29 Nicola Marinangeli 16 13 27 22 29 C 14 Ret 19 24 24 Ret 15 27 21 17 Ret 25 13 14 27 20 0 30 Emilio Cipriani 25 23 20 21 13 C 13 27 Ret 25 Ret 31 24 18 25 21 18 20 25 22 19 23 0 31 Amna Al Qubaisi 19 27 22 26 17 C Ret 21 29 22 17 23 18 25 26 15 13 26 16 28 28 Ret 0 32 Emidio Pesce 15 26 19 27 25 C 28 22 16 26 Ret 25 20 20 22 18 17 19 21 21 25 14 0 33 Nico Göhler 16 19 23 21 14 24 0 34 Erwin Zanotti 24 Ret 24 30 28 C 25 24 27 20 Ret 29 21 21 19 20 21 22 19 20 15 15 0 35 Pietro Delli Guanti 28 21 C 15 20 24 17 19 17 0 36 Sebastian Freymuth 17 17 17 23 16 C 26 28 21 23 20 20 23 Ret 24 22 19 24 20 Ret 21 16 0 37 Stefan Fürtbauer 23 24 17 0 38 László Tóth Ret 24 25 18 26 28 Ret Ret 19 0 39 José Muggiati 27 23 18 0 40 Fabio Venditti Ret 25 26 Ret 18 C 27 29 30 0 41 Santiago Ramos Ret 22 28 [N 3] 20 23 26 24 29 19 0 42 Hamda Al Qubaisi 28 22 26 25 26 21 0 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts VLL MIS HUN RBR IMO MUG MNZ

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Secondary Classes' standings

Pos	Driver	VLL			MIS			HUN			RBR			IMO				MUG			MNZ			Pts
		R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3
Rookies' championship
1	Paul Aron	2	5	Ret	1	Ret	C	1	1	12	1	9	1	2	3	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	348
2	Roman Staněk	1	2	2				8	3	Ret	Ret	2	2	15	1	1		4	1	3	13	2	1	261
3	Jonny Edgar	3	9	Ret	7	3	C	9	2	2	3	1	6	1	2	3	3	3	4	5	Ret	3	3	254
4	Joshua Dürksen	Ret	1	1	3	2	C	2	4	1	2	Ret	3	5	8	6	10	12	3	2	1	10	Ret	252
5	Daniel Vebster	5	4	5	6	4	C	3	6	8	4	7	4	4	7	5	14	6	8	11	6	5	DNS	159
6	Roee Meyuhas	12	10	11	2	1	C	16	5	3	5	Ret	10	8	9	8	2	7	7	12	7	7	5	142
7	Lorenzo Ferrari	7	3	4	14	6	C	Ret	DNS	DNS				9	6	4	13	2	6	4	4	4	Ret	125
8	Axel Gnos	4	11	7	10	9	C	11	12	DNS	7	4	5	13	5	10	4	5	5	14	8	Ret	6	104
9	Filip Ugran	14	8	9	5	12	C	12	7	5	13	5	8	6	14	7	5	Ret	10	10	3	8	4	103
10	Francesco Simonazzi	6	Ret	6	4	5	C	7	14	9	WD	WD	WD	3	4	14	6							81
11	Nicola Marinangeli	9	6	13	8	14	C	4	Ret	6	11	10	Ret	7	15	11	8	Ret	14	6	5	14	13	63
12	Sebastian Freymuth	10	7	8	9	7	C	14	13	8	10	7	9	14	Ret	13	12	9	13	8	Ret	9	9	42
13	Pietro Delli Guanti				13	8	C	5	9	11	6	6	7											38
14	Emidio Pesce	8	12	10	12	11	C	15	10	4	12	Ret	12	11	10	12	9	8	9	9	10	13	7	36
15	Nico Göhler							6	8	10	9	3	11											30
16	Erwin Zanotti	13	Ret	12	15	13	C	13	11	13	8	Ret	13	12	11	9	11	11	11	7	9	6	8	26
17	Andrea Rosso	11	Ret	3	11	10	C	10	15	Ret				10	13	Ret	7							24
18	Stefan Fürtbauer																				11	12	10	1
19	Santiago Ramos													Ret	12	15		10	12	13	12	15	12	1
20	José Muggiati																				14	11	11	0
Women's championship
1	Amna Al Qubaisi	1	1	1	1	1	C	Ret	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	Ret	400
2	Hamda Al Qubaisi										2	2	2								1	1	1	129
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R4	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
		VLL			MIS			HUN			RBR			IMO				MUG			MNZ

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	Points
1	Van Amersfoort Racing	576
2	Prema Powerteam	548
3	BWT Mücke Motorsport	234
4	Bhai Tech Racing	199
5	US Racing	144
6	Jenzer Motorsport	136
7	DRZ Benelli	56
8	R-ace GP	28
9	Antonelli Motorsport	26
10	Cram Motorsport	19
11	BVM Racing	1

Footnotes

1. Roman Staněk won the race but was penalised for overtaking under the safety car.
2. Niklas Krütten set the fastest time but was excluded for qualifying infringement.
3. An extra race was run at Imola to compensate for Race 3 at Misano being cancelled. The grid for Race 4 at Imola was based on the grid for the aforementioned cancelled Misano race, and drivers who did not participate at Misano were not entered into this extra race.

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External links

• Official website