Italian F4 Championship

Italian Formula 4 Championship

Category	FIA Formula 4
Country	Italy
Region	Europe
Inaugural season	2014
Constructors	Tatuus
Engine suppliers	Abarth
Tyre suppliers	Pirelli
Drivers' champion	Freddie Slater
Teams' champion	Prema Racing
Official website	Official website
Current season

Italian Formula 4 Championship is the first formula racing series regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations. The inaugural season was the 2014 Italian F4 Championship, effectively replacing the Formula Abarth.

The Italian F4 championship is regarded as amongst the most competitive of the national/regional F4 championships. ^[1] Lance Stroll, Lando Norris, Mick Schumacher, Jack Doohan, and Zhou Guanyu have since driven in Formula One, and numerous Italian F4 drivers have had professional careers in other series.

History

Gerhard Berger and the FIA Singleseater Commission launched the FIA Formula 4 in March 2013. ^[2] The goal of the Formula 4 is to make the ladder to Formula 1 more transparent.

The Italian Formula 4 was the first FIA Formula 4 championship to be launched. The Italian championship was launched by the ACI-CSAI on December 12, 2013. ^[3]

WSK Promotions, well known for its kart races in the WSK Euro Series e.a., was contracted to promote the championship. ^[4]

Cars

See also: Tatuus F4-T014

See also: Tatuus F4-T421

Italian race car constructor Tatuus was contracted to design and build all the cars. ^[5] Tatuus had also built all the cars for the Formula Abarth. The chassis is a monocoque made of carbon fibre.

The engine is a 1400cc Fiat-FPT. ^[6] This is the same engine used in the Formula Abarth between 2010 and 2013. It is detuned to fit the FIA Formula 4 regulations to 160 hp (120 kW), down from the original 180 hp (130 kW).

Starting from 2022, Tatuus F4-T421 have been used instead of Tatuus F4-T014.

Costs

The original goal of Formula 4 was to keep total costs for competitors under 100,000€ (in 2014) per season, but as of 2024 typical costs in the Italian championship far exceed this figure. One 2022 estimate put the season cost of competition at "upwards of 250,000€", one of the most expensive F4 series globally. ^[7]

The costs of competition in feeder series are typically met by either competitors families or wealthy benefactors, without an immediate commercial return for any funds provided. ^[8]

Champions

Drivers

Season	Driver	Team	Poles	Wins	Podiums	Fastest laps	Points	Clinched	Margin
2014	Lance Stroll	Prema Powerteam	5	7	13	11	331	Race 15 of 21	94
2015	Ralf Aron	Prema Powerteam	7	9	13	6	331	Race 18 of 21	108
2016	Marcos Siebert	Jenzer Motorsport	4	4	9	1	231	Race 20 of 21	15
2017	Marcus Armstrong	Prema Powerteam	5	4	13	1	283	Race 19 of 21	36
2018	Enzo Fittipaldi	Prema Theodore Racing	9	7	10	5	303	Race 21 of 21	21
2019	Dennis Hauger	Van Amersfoort Racing	7	12	16	9	369	Race 18 of 21	136
2020	Gabriele Minì	Prema Powerteam	8	4	12	2	284	Race 18 of 21	76
2021	Oliver Bearman	Van Amersfoort Racing	8	11	15	2	343	Race 18 of 21	111
2022	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Powerteam	14	13	15	14	362	Race 18 of 20	104
2023	Kacper Sztuka	US Racing	9	9	12	8	315	Race 20 of 21	35
2024	Freddie Slater	Prema Powerteam	11	15	16	10	383	Race 17 of 21	161

Teams

Season	Team	Poles	Wins	Podiums	Fastest laps	Points	Clinched	Margin
2014	Prema Powerteam	13	13	11	31	303	Race 15 of 21	58
2015	Prema Powerteam	9	12	22	7	339	Race 19 of 21	35
2016	Prema Powerteam	7	9	21	9	439.5	Race 19 of 21	43.5
2017	Bhaitech	9	8	17	6	565	Race 18 of 21	89
2018	Prema Theodore Racing	13	12	28	8	667	Race 19 of 21	187
2019	Van Amersfoort Racing	9	12	24	10	576	Race 21 of 21	28
2020	Prema Powerteam	15	6	24	8	596	Race 21 of 21	101
2021	Van Amersfoort Racing	11	13	23	4	585	Race 18 of 21	102
2022	Prema Powerteam	19	16	38	19	800	Race 18 of 21	289
2023	Prema Powerteam	10	12	40	9	791	Race 17 of 21	245
2024	Prema Powerteam	12	16	30	12	763	Race 17 of 21	221

Winter Trophy

Season	Driver	Team	Poles	Wins (Trophy)	Podiums	Fastest laps	Points	Clinched	Margin
2014	Ralf Aron	Prema Powerteam	2	1 (2)	2	1	38	Race 1 of 2	0

Trophy

In the concurrent Italian F4 Trophy for drivers over the age of 18.

Season	Driver	Team	Poles	Wins (Trophy)	Podiums	Fastest laps	Points	Clinched	Margin
2014	Brandon Maïsano	Prema Powerteam	8	6 (17)	17	6	406	Race 12 of 21	176
2015	Kevin Kanayet	Malta Formula Racing	0	9 (21)	17	1	337	Race 17 of 21	28

Woman Trophy

Season	Driver	Team	Poles	Wins (Trophy)	Podiums	Fastest laps	Points	Clinched	Margin
2015	Julia Pankiewicz	RB Racing	0	11	17	0	343	Race 17 of 21	112
2016	Fabienne Wohlwend	Aragon Racing DR Formula	0	18	18	0	400	Race 11 of 21	N/A
2019	Amna Al Qubaisi	Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema	0	17	19	0	400	Race 13 of 21	271
2020	Hamda Al Qubaisi	Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema	0	15	15	0	375	Race 12 of 21	N/A
2021	Maya Weug	Iron Lynx	0	11	20	0	437	Race 21 of 21	43
2022	Maya Weug	Iron Lynx	0	18	20	0	400	Race 20 of 20	91
2023	Tina Hausmann	AKM Motorsport	0	7	15	0	310	Race 20 of 20	9

Rookie Class

The result of the championship was decided by different standings. Wins and points of the rookie standings are present in brackets.

Season	Driver	Team	Poles	Wins (rookie)	Podiums	Fastest laps	Points (rookie)	Clinched	Margin
2016	Jüri Vips	Prema Powerteam	2	1 (8)	7	3	140 (247.5)	Race 20 of 21	40
2017	Leonardo Lorandi	Bhaitech	0	1 (19)	2	4	185 (400)	Race 16 of 21	107
2018	Petr Ptáček	Bhaitech	0	0 (11)	6	3	182 (365)	Race 18 of 21	22
2019	Paul Aron	Prema Powerteam	1	2 (9)	8	0	226 (348)	Race 18 of 21	87
2020	Gabriele Minì	Prema Powerteam	8	4 (6)	12	2	284 (318)	Race 19 of 21	67
2021	Nikita Bedrin	Van Amersfoort Racing	0	1 (6)	4	0	103 (240)	Race 21 of 21	1
2022	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Prema Powerteam	14	13 (14)	15	14	362 (378)	Race 18 of 20	97
2023	Arvid Lindblad	Prema Powerteam	4	6 (8)	10	3	263.5 (322.5)	Race 18 of 20	15.5
2024	Alex Powell	Prema Powerteam	1	0 (10)	6	0	176 (343)	Race 21 of 21	15

Drivers graduated to Formula One

• Bold denotes an active Formula One driver.
• Gold background denotes Italian F4 champion.

Driver	Italian F4
	Seasons	Races	Wins	Podiums
Lando Norris	2015	9	0	1
Zhou Guanyu	2015	21	3	9
Mick Schumacher	2016	18	5	10
Jack Doohan	2018	6	0	0
Oliver Bearman	2020-2021	29	7	14
Andrea Kimi Antonelli	2021-2022	29	13	18

Circuits

• Bold denotes a circuit will be used in the 2025 season.

Number	Circuits	Rounds	Years
1	Imola Circuit	15 [a]	2014–present
2	Mugello Circuit	12 [b]	2014–present
3	Vallelunga Circuit	11	2014–present
	Monza Circuit	11	2014–present
5	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	10 [c]	2015–present
6	Adria International Raceway	5	2014–2018
7	Red Bull Ring	4	2019–2022
	Circuit Paul Ricard	4	2018, 2021, 2023–2024
9	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	2	2022–2023
10	Autodromo dell'Umbria	1	2014
	Hungaroring	1	2019
	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	1	2024

Notes

1. Imola Circuit hosted 2 rounds in 2014–2016 and 2020.
2. Mugello Circuit hosted 2 rounds in 2017.
3. Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli will host 2 rounds in 2025.

References

1. Series, Feeder (2023-02-25). "From F4 to F1: The feeder series ladder explained". Feeder Series. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
2. "FIA reveals Formula 4 plan". Autosport . Retrieved 13 January 2014.
3. "The Italian Formula 4 Championship at the starting blocks". ACI-CSAI. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
4. "WSK to promote the Italian F4 Championship". Italian Formula 4 Championship. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
5. "Formula 4 to feature a Tatuus chassis". Italian Formula 4 Championship. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
6. "Formula 4 powered by Abarth". Italian Formula 4 Championship. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
7. Gascoigne, Roger (2022-01-07). "The new F4 series aiming to boost single-seater racing in central Europe". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
8. Series, Feeder (2022-03-15). "Scholarship solution for broken feeder series ladder? Prema and Trident bosses answer". Feeder Series. Retrieved 2024-12-11.

External links

• Official website
• ACI Sport website
• Italian F4 Championship on Twitter