2019 Italian F4 Championship

The 2019 Italian F4 Championship Powered by Abarth is the sixth season of the Italian F4 Championship. Norwegian driver Dennis Hauger dominated the championship, helping his team Van Amersfoort Racing to become teams' champions.

2019 Italian F4 Championship
Drivers' Champion: Dennis Hauger
Teams' Champion: Van Amersfoort Racing
Previous: 2018 Next: 2020
Parent series:
Formula Regional European Championship

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 Mikhael 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 has been 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 Mikhael 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 are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are 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
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 Mikhael 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 DNS 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 DNS 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 DNS 20 23 26 24 29 19 0
42 Hamda Al Qubaisi 28 22 26 25 26 21 0
Pos Driver VLL MIS HUN RBR IMO MUG MNZ Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookies' standings
Pos Driver VLL MIS HUN RBR IMO MUG MNZ Pts
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
Pos Driver VLL MIS HUN RBR IMO MUG MNZ Pts

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.

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