2023 F2000 Italian Formula Trophy

The 2023 Zinox Laser F2000 Italian Formula Trophy is a multi-event open-wheel single seater motor racing championship. This is the tenth season of the series, featuring a mix of professional and amateur drivers competing in different classes and using multiple kinds of Formula 3- and Formula Renault-level machinery.[1] For the 2023 season, the title sponsor of the championship changed from TopJet to Zinox Laser.[2]

The championship has a cooperation with the Drexler-Automotive Formula Cup, with the two series sharing grids and race slots on multiple race weekends.[2]

Teams and drivers

Teams and drivers competing in the F2000 Trophy are divided into four classes: Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze rank the field based on the cars' age and technical characteristics as well as the drivers' experience.[3] For competition in the F2.0 Cup, the field is divided into Pro and Light entries.[4]

F2000 Trophy entries

Team	No.	Driver	Car	Engine	Status	Rounds
Super Formula Class entries
Puresport	8	Dino Rasero	Dallara 320	Mercedes HWA		1–3
Noda Racing	10	Juju Noda		Volkswagen		1–3
TVS Motorsport	23	Enzo Stentella		Mercedes		1–3
HT Powertrain	51	Bernardo Pellegrini		Mercedes HWA		1–3
BVM Racing	84	Francesco Simonazzi		Volkswagen	G	1
G Motorsport	131	Francesco Galli		Volkswagen		1–3
NV Racing	212	Paolo Brajnik		Volkswagen		1, 3
Platinum Class entries
Franz Wöss Racing	1	Benjamin Berta	Dallara F317	Mercedes		1–3
HT Powertrain	20	Stig Larsen	Dallara F317	Volkswagen		1–3
One Sport Performance	21	Alessandro Bracalente	Dallara F317	Volkswagen		1
Facondini Racing	36	Francesco Solfaroli	Dallara F317	Toyota		1–2
privateer	41	Franco Cimarelli	Dallara F312	Volkswagen		1
Jo Zeller Racing	44	Sandro Zeller	Dallara F316	Mercedes HWA		1–3
Team Perego	46	Riccardo Perego	Dallara F317	Volkswagen		1–3
Racing in Italy	75	Mei Shibi	Dallara F308	Volkswagen		2–3
Nannini Racing	81	Marco Falci	Dallara F317	Toyota		1–2
Emotion Motorsport	83	Daniele Radrizzani	Dallara F317	Toyota		1–2
Gold Class entries
Facondini Racing	6	Enrico Milani	Dallara F308			2
Puresport	14	Andrea Benalli	Dallara F309	Power Engine		1–3
Neri Autosport	18	Victor Neumann	Dallara F311			2
Neri Autosport	30	Sebastien Banchereau	Dallara F310			2
Team Automobile Tricolore	39	Edoardo Bonanomi	Dallara F312	Mercedes		1–3
Nannini Racing	42	Davide Pedetti	Dallara F317	Toyota		1–3
Sud Motorsport	90	Antonino Marco Rinaldi	Dallara F302			2
Silver Class entries
Living KC	12	Umberto Vaglio	Dallara F308			2
Twister Italia	13	Sergio Terrini	Dallara F308	Fiat FTP		1–3
Bellspeed	27	Patrick Bellezza	Dallara F300	Fiat Novamotor		1–2
BMG Racing	28	Giorgio Berto	Dallara F308	Fiat		1–2
Sud Motorsport	33	Salvatore Marinaro	Dallara F310	Fiat		1–2
Bronze Class entries
Franz Wöss Racing	9	Luca Iannacone	Dallara F308	Toyota		1, 3
Team Tramonti Corse	11	Carmine Tancredi	Dallara F308	Toyota		1–2
Sud Motorsport	85	Daniele Siano	Dallara F308	Fiat		1
Formula Entry Class entries
privateer	34	Sergio Conti	Tatuus F4	Abarth		1–2
Class TBD
Jo Zeller Racing	3	Marcel Tobler	Dallara F308	Mercedes HWA		3
Jo Zeller Racing	18	Urs Rüttimann	Dallara F306	Volkswagen		3
Franz Wöss Racing	4	Thomas Amweg	Dallara F309	Volkswagen		3
Sape Motorsport	6	Vaclav Lausmann	Dallara F317	Toyota		3
Puresport	12	Christof Ledermann	Dallara F309	Power Engine		3
Vogtland Racing	22	Danny Luderer	Dallara F308	Toyota		3
Team Automobile Tricolore	48	Enrico Garbelli	Mygale F3	Fiat		3
Chabr Motorsport	54	Tomas Chabr	Dallara F308	Mugen		3
Team Hoffmann Racing	64	Szymon Urbaniak	Dallara F312	Toyota		3
Magyar Racing Team	104	Janos Magyar	Tatuus FM	Honda		3
Sources: [5][6][7]

F2.0 Cup entries

All drivers compete driving Tatuus FR2.0 cars with Renault engines.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Light Class entries
A.S.D. Ruote Scoperte M.	79	Fabio Turchetto	1–3
Padoviani Corse ASD	89	Simone Padoviani	1–2
Open Class entries
Viola Formula Racing	2	Laurence Balestrini	1–3
Speed Motor	5	Karim Sartori	1–3
Derva Corse ASD	16	Matteo Immordino	1–3
	24	Marco de Toffol	2–3
	95	Christian Caramuscia	1–3
PLM Racing	29	Stefano Palummieri	1–3
Class TBD
Magyar Racing Team	104	Adam Kovacs	3
HF Racing Team	114	Victor Volenter	3
Team Hoffmann Racing	122	Dr. Norbert Groer	3
Source: [5][6][7]

Race calendar

The 2023 calendar was first announced on 21 January 2023.[8]

Race weekend holds races of the FR2.0 Cup

Round		Circuit	Date	Support bill
1	R1	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero	25 March	24H Series (12 Hours of Mugello) Funyo Sport Proto Sprint Cup
1	R2	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero	25 March
2	R1	Imola Circuit, Imola	22 April	TCR Italian Series Formula Regional European Championship Drexler-Automotive Formula Cup
2	R2	Imola Circuit, Imola	23 April
3	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	21 May	ESET Cup TCR Eastern Europe
3	R2	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	21 May	ESET Cup TCR Eastern Europe
4	R1	Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	11 June	TCR World Tour TCR Italian Series Porsche Carrera Cup Italy
4	R2	Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	11 June	TCR World Tour TCR Italian Series Porsche Carrera Cup Italy
5	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	9 July	Drexler-Automotive Formula Cup Spa Summer Classics Spa 3 Hours
5	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	9 July
6	R1	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero	8 October	BOSS GP Series Drexler-Automotive Formula Cup
6	R2	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero	8 October	BOSS GP Series Drexler-Automotive Formula Cup
7	R1	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	5 November
7	R2	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	5 November

Race results

F2000 Trophy results

Round			Pole position	Super Formula winner	Platinum winner	Gold winner	Silver winner	Bronze winner	Formula Entry winner
1	R1	Mugello Circuit	Juju Noda[lower-alpha 1]	Juju Noda[lower-alpha 2]	Benjamin Berta	Andrea Benalli	Patrick Bellezza	Daniele Siano	Sergio Conti
1	R2	Mugello Circuit		Juju Noda[lower-alpha 3]	Marco Falci	Andrea Benalli	Sergio Terrini	Daniele Siano	Sergio Conti
2	R1	Imola Circuit	Benjamin Berta	Bernardo Pellegrini	Benjamin Berta	Andrea Benalli	Patrick Bellezza	Carmine Tancredi	Sergio Conti
2	R2	Imola Circuit		Bernardo Pellegrini	Benjamin Berta	Andrea Benalli	Patrick Bellezza	Carmine Tancredi	Sergio Conti
3	R1	Red Bull Ring
3	R2	Red Bull Ring
4	R1	Vallelunga Circuit
4	R2	Vallelunga Circuit
5	R1	Spa-Francorchamps
5	R2	Spa-Francorchamps
6	R1	Mugello Circuit
6	R2	Mugello Circuit
7	R1	Misano Circuit
7	R2	Misano Circuit

F2.0 Cup results

Round			Pole position	Light Class winner	Open Class winner
1	R1	Mugello Circuit	Christian Caramuscia	Fabio Turchetto	Karim Sartori
1	R2	Mugello Circuit		Fabio Turchetto	Christian Caramuscia
2	R1	Imola Circuit	Stefano Palummieri	Fabio Turchetto	Karim Sartori
2	R2	Imola Circuit		Fabio Turchetto	Stefano Palummieri
3	R1	Red Bull Ring
3	R2	Red Bull Ring
4	R1	Vallelunga Circuit
4	R2	Vallelunga Circuit
5	R1	Mugello Circuit
5	R2	Mugello Circuit
6	R1	Misano Circuit
6	R2	Misano Circuit

Standings

Scoring system

Drivers score points in the overall standings, as well as in separate standings per class. Five points are awarded to each driver attending an event. Claiming the fastest lap per race per class awards a point if at least three cars take part in a class. Entrants count the best eleven race results of their campaign, as well as the attendance points for all race weekends.

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

Overall standings

Pos	Driver	MUG1		IMO		RBR		VLL		SPA		MUG2		MIS		Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
1	Benjamin Berta	2	7	1	1											95
2	Juju Noda	5	2	3	4											78
3	Sandro Zeller	4	5	4	2											67
4	Bernardo Pellegrini	11	4	2	3											59
5	Marco Falci	3	3	Ret	DNS											48
6	Riccardo Perego	7	10	7	5											36
7	Francesco Galli	Ret	6	5	23											30
8	Andrea Benalli	9	12	8	6											30
9	Dino Rasero	8	9	6	Ret											28
10	Alessandro Bracalente	6	8													21
11	Davide Pedetti	12	13	9	8											16
12	Enzo Stentella	10	11	28	15											13
13	Salvatore Marinaro	26†	31†	19	28											12
14	Enrico Milani			Ret	7											11
15	Edoardo Bonanomi	28†	17	14	10											11
16	Patrick Bellezza	16	20	18	11											11
17	Carmine Tancredi	17	25	17	12											11
18	Sergio Terrini	Ret	16	24	DNS											11
19	Karim Sartori	13	28†	11	17											10
20	Francesco Solfaroli	30	15	16	13											10
21	Stig Larsen	19	18	13	Ret											10
22	Daniele Radrizzani	29†	19	15	14											10
23	Christian Caramuscia	15	21	20	21											10
24	Stefano Palummieri	18	23	21	16											10
25	Laurence Balestrini	22	24	Ret	18											10
26	Fabio Turchetto	24	27	23	19											10
27	Giorgio Berto	20	32†	25	25											10
28	Matteo Immordino	21†	26	Ret	26											10
29	Simone Padoviani	25	30	27	27											10
30	Sergio Conti	27	33	29	29											10
31	Sebastien Banchereau			10	9											8
32	Daniele Siano	14	22													6
33	Mei Shibi			12	Ret											5
34	Franco Cimarelli	32	14													5
35	Umberto Vaglio			22	20											5
36	Marco de Toffol			26	22											5
37	Luca Iannacone	23	29													5
38	Antonino Marco Rinaldi			31	24											5
39	Paolo Brajnik	DNS	DNS													5
40	Victor Neumann			DNS	DNS											5
guest drivers inelegible to score points
—	Francesco Simonazzi	1	1													—
Pos	Driver	MUG1		IMO		RBR		VLL		SPA		MUG2		MIS		Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts

F2000 standings per class

Pos	Driver	MUG1		IMO		RBR		VLL		SPA		MUG2		MIS		Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
Super Formula Class
1	Juju Noda	2	2	2	2											99
2	Bernardo Pellegrini	5	3	1	1											91
3	Enzo Stentella	4	6	5	3											60
4	Dino Rasero	3	5	4	Ret											52
5	Francesco Galli	Ret	4	3	4											52
6	Paolo Brajnik	DNS	DNS													5
guest drivers inelegible to score points
—	Francesco Simonazzi	1	1													—
Platinum Class
1	Benjamin Berta	1	3	1	1											102
2	Sandro Zeller	3	2	2	2											79
3	Riccardo Perego	5	5	3	3											60
4	Marco Falci	2	1	Ret	DNS											55
5	Francesco Solfaroli	8	7	7	4											38
6	Daniele Radrizzani	7†	9	6	5											36
7	Stig Larsen	6	8	5	Ret											32
8	Alessandro Bracalente	4	4													29
9	Mei Shibi			4	Ret											17
10	Franco Cimarelli	9	6													13
Gold Class
1	Andrea Benalli	1	1	1	1											114
2	Davide Pedetti	2	2	2	3											79
3	Edoardo Bonanomi	3†	3	4	5											62
4	Sebastien Banchereau			3	4											32
5	Enrico Milani			Ret	2											23
6	Antonino Marco Rinaldi			5	6											23
7	Victor Neumann			DNS	DNS											5
Silver Class
1	Patrick Bellezza	1	2	1	1											104
2	Salvatore Marinaro	3†	3†	2	4											72
3	Giorgio Berto	2	4†	5	3											65
4	Sergio Terrini	Ret	1	4	DNS											48
5	Umberto Vaglio			3	2											38
Bronze Class
1	Carmine Tancredi	2	2	1	1											97
2	Daniele Siano	1	1													56
3	Luca Iannacone	3	3													35
Formula Entry Class
1	Sergio Conti	1	1	1	1											110
Pos	Driver	MUG1		IMO		RBR		VLL		SPA		MUG2		MIS		Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts

F2.0 Cup standings per class

Pos	Driver	MUG1		IMO		RBR		VLL		MUG2		MIS		Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts
Overall
1	Karim Sartori	1	6†	1	2									87
2	Stefano Palummieri	3	2	3	1									84
3	Christian Caramuscia	2	1	2	5									83
4	Fabio Turchetto	6	5	4	4									53
5	Laurence Balestrini	5	3	Ret	3									50
6	Matteo Immordino	4†	4	Ret	7									40
7	Simone Padoviani	7	7	6	8									34
8	Marco de Toffol			5	6									23
Light Class
1	Fabio Turchetto	1	1	1	1									112
2	Simone Padoviani	2	2	3	3									76
3	Marco de Toffol			2	2									41
Open Class
1	Karim Sartori	1	5†	1	2									89
2	Christian Caramuscia	2	1	2	4									85
3	Stefano Palummieri	3	2	3	1									84
4	Laurence Balestrini	5	3	Ret	3									50
5	Matteo Immordino	4†	4	Ret	5									44
Pos	Driver	MUG1		IMO		HUN		RBR		HOC		BRN		Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pts

F2000 Trophy

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Franz Wöss Racing	100
2	Noda Racing	81
3	HT Powertrain	69
4	Jo Zeller Racing	67
5	Nannini Racing	64
6	Puresport	58
7	Team Perego	36
8	G Motorsport	30
9	One Sport Performance	21
10	Derva Corse ASD	20
11	Sud Motorsport	15
12	Facondini Racing	15
13	A.S.D. Ruote Scoperte M.	15
14	TVS Motorsport	13
15	Neri Autosport	13
16	Twister Italia	11
17	Bellspeed	11
18	Team Automobile Tricolore	10
19	Viola Formula Racing	10
20	PLM Racing	10
21	Speed Motor	10
22	Team Tramonti Corse	10
23	BMG Racing	10
24	Padoviani Corse ASD	10
25	Emotion Motorsport	10
26	NV Racing	10
27	Racing in Italy	5
28	Living KC	5

F2.0 Cup

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Derva Corse ASD	123
2	Speed Motor	87
3	PLM Racing	84
4	A.S.D. Ruote Scoperte M.	53
5	Viola Formula Racing	50
6	Padoviani Corse ASD	34

Notes

Francesco Simonazzi was fastest in qualifying, but competed as a guest driver
Francesco Simonazzi crossed the line as the first of the Super Formula Class drivers, but competed as a guest driver
Francesco Simonazzi crossed the line as the first of the Super Formula Class drivers, but competed as a guest driver

References

"Regulamento Generale - 2022 TopJet F2000 Formula Trophy" (PDF).
"TopJet becomes Zinox Laser". www.drexler-formel-cup.com. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
"La Formula 2000 e la F 2.0 Cup puntano in alto". Erregi Media. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
"IL CAMPIONATO | ZINOX F2000 Formula Trophy" (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-01-22.
"9th Hankook 12H MUGELLO 2023 - Zinox F2000 Trophy - Provisional Result Qualifying" (PDF).
"ACI Racing Weekend Imola, 22-23 Aprile 2023 - Zinox F2000 Formula Trophy - Classifica Qualifiche".
"RACING WEEK-END - ZINOX F2000 TROPHY - F2.0 CUP - DREXLER - RED BULL RING 2023 - ELENCO ISCRITTI - ENTRY LIST" (PDF).
"Zinox F2000 Formula Trophy - Stagione 2023" (PDF).

External links

Official website (in Italian)

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[9] Francesco Simonazzi was fastest in qualifying, but competed as a guest driver

[10] Francesco Simonazzi crossed the line as the first of the Super Formula Class drivers, but competed as a guest driver

[11] Francesco Simonazzi crossed the line as the first of the Super Formula Class drivers, but competed as a guest driver

[1] "Regulamento Generale - 2022 TopJet F2000 Formula Trophy" (PDF).

[:0-2] "TopJet becomes Zinox Laser". www.drexler-formel-cup.com. Retrieved 2023-01-22.

[3] "La Formula 2000 e la F 2.0 Cup puntano in alto". Erregi Media. Retrieved 2023-01-24.

[4] "IL CAMPIONATO | ZINOX F2000 Formula Trophy" (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-01-22.

[:1-5] "9th Hankook 12H MUGELLO 2023 - Zinox F2000 Trophy - Provisional Result Qualifying" (PDF).

[:2-6] "ACI Racing Weekend Imola, 22-23 Aprile 2023 - Zinox F2000 Formula Trophy - Classifica Qualifiche".

[:3-7] "RACING WEEK-END - ZINOX F2000 TROPHY - F2.0 CUP - DREXLER - RED BULL RING 2023 - ELENCO ISCRITTI - ENTRY LIST" (PDF).

[8] "Zinox F2000 Formula Trophy - Stagione 2023" (PDF).