2023 Italian F4 Championship

The 2023 Italian F4 Championship Powered by Abarth is the tenth season of the Italian F4 Championship.

Teams and drivers
Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Italy Prema Racing 3 United States Ugo Ugochukwu[1] 1–2
8 Finland Tuukka Taponen[2] R 1–2
13 Australia James Wharton[3] 1–2
14 United Arab Emirates Rashid Al Dhaheri[4] R 1–2
16 Brazil Aurelia Nobels[lower-alpha 1][6] W 1–2
23 United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad[7] R 1–2
47 Italy Nicola Lacorte[8] R 1–2
San Marino AKM Motorsport 5 Italy Davide Larini[9] R 1–2
21 Switzerland Tina Hausmann[9] R W 1–2
22 Spain Enzo Deligny[lower-alpha 2][9] R 1
87 Denmark Frederik Lund[10] 2
88 Italy Griffin Peebles[lower-alpha 3][9] R 1
Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing 7 Brazil Matheus Ferreira[11] R 1–2
11 Uzbekistan Ismoilkhuja Akhmedkhodjaev[12] 1–2
15 Italy Brando Badoer[13] 1–2
17 Portugal Ivan Domingues[14] 1–2
45 Australia Jack Beeton[15] R 1–2
Italy BVM Racing 9 Italy Alfio Spina[16] 1–2
18 Italy Andrea Frassineti[16] 1–2
19 Mexico Jesse Carrasquedo Jr.[16] 1
Germany PHM Racing 10 Germany Valentin Kluss[17] 1–2
48 United States James Egozi[18] R 1–2
57 Thailand Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi[19] 1–2
78 Italy Victoria Blokhina[lower-alpha 4][21] W 1–2
Germany US Racing 12 Australia Gianmarco Pradel[22] R 1–2
20 Malta Zachary David[23] R 1–2
31 Singapore Akshay Bohra[24] R 1–2
37 Poland Kacper Sztuka[25] 1–2
66 China Ruiqi Liu[26] R 1–2
Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport 26 South Korea Hwarang Kim[27] 1–2
27 Switzerland Ethan Ischer[28] 1–2
29 Israel Ariel Elkin[29] R 1–2
Slovenia AS Motorsport 61 Germany Finn Wiebelhaus[5] R 1
62 Italy Manuel Quondamcarlo[30] R 1–2
Italy Airflow Racing 63 Italy Guido Luchetti[31] R 1–2
France R-ace GP 76 France Raphaël Narac[32] 1–2
85 Italy Matteo de Palo[5] R 1
93 United Arab Emirates Matteo Quintarelli[lower-alpha 5][32] R 1–2
Icon Legend
R Rookie
W Woman Trophy
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race calendar and results

The calendar was revealed on 24 October 2022.[34] The four race format is used when the number of the entrants exceeds the circuit's capacity.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Secondary Class Winner Supporting
1 R1 Italy Imola Circuit 22 April Poland Kacper Sztuka Italy Brando Badoer Poland Kacper Sztuka Germany US Racing R: Italy Nicola Lacorte
W: Switzerland Tina Hausmann		 Formula Regional European Championship
TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
Italian Prototype Championship
Drexler-Automotive Formula Cup
F2000 Italian Formula Trophy
R2 United States Ugo Ugochukwu United States Ugo Ugochukwu United States Ugo Ugochukwu Italy Prema Racing R: United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad
W: Brazil Aurelia Nobels
R3 23 April United States Ugo Ugochukwu Australia James Wharton Italy Nicola Lacorte Italy Prema Racing R: Italy Nicola Lacorte
W: no participants
R4 Italy Nicola Lacorte Italy Brando Badoer United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad Italy Prema Racing R: United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad
W: Brazil Aurelia Nobels
2 R1 Italy Misano World Circuit 6 May Finland Tuukka Taponen Poland Kacper Sztuka Finland Tuukka Taponen Italy Prema Racing R: Finland Tuukka Taponen
W: Italy Victoria Blokhina		 Italian GT Championship
TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Italy
R2 United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad Italy Prema Racing R: United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad
W: Italy Victoria Blokhina
R3 7 May United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad Malta Zachary David United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad Italy Prema Racing R: United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad
W: Italy Victoria Blokhina
3 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 26–28 May R:
W:		 International GT Open
Euroformula Open
GT Cup Open Europe
TCR World Tour
TCR Europe Touring Car Series
R2 R:
W:
R3 R:
W:
4 R1 Italy Monza Circuit 23–25 June R:
W:		 Italian GT Championship
Italian Prototype Championship
R2 R:
W:
R3 R:
W:
5 R1 France Circuit Paul Ricard 21–23 July R:
W:		 International GT Open
Euroformula Open
GT Cup Open Europe
Formula Regional European Championship
TCR Europe Touring Car Series
R2 R:
W:
R3 R:
W:
6 R1 Italy Mugello Circuit 29 September–1 October R:
W:		 Italian GT Championship
Italian Prototype Championship
Euroformula Open Championship
R2 R:
W:
R3 R:
W:
7 R1 Italy Vallelunga Circuit 13–15 October R:
W:		 Italian GT Championship
Italian Prototype Championship
R2 R:
W:
R3 R:
W:

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap. The final classifications for the individual standings is obtained by summing up the scores on the 16 best results obtained during the races held.

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

Drivers' championship
Pos Driver IMO
Italy		 MIS
Italy		 SPA
Belgium		 MNZ
Italy		 LEC
France		 MUG
Italy		 VLL
Italy		 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad 2 2 1 2 1 1 129
2 United States Ugo Ugochukwu 1 DNS 3 6 3 2 81
3 Italy Nicola Lacorte 3 1 4 8 11 8 60
4 Malta Zachary David 6 3 5 Ret 6 3 56
5 Finland Tuukka Taponen 9 9 28† 1 4 5 51
6 Poland Kacper Sztuka 1 Ret Ret 4 Ret 4 49
7 Italy Brando Badoer 2 4 27† 5 8 Ret 44
8 Australia James Wharton 23† 5 12 3 2 28 43
9 Portugal Ivan Domingues 4 3 24 23 5 7 43
10 Italy Alfio Spina 5 5 2 11 9 9 42
11 United Arab Emirates Rashid Al Dhaheri 7 7 30† 7 DNS 6 26
12 Singapore Akshay Bohra 4 19 7 Ret 7 10 25
13 Germany Valentin Kluss 6 6 6 10 18 17 25
14 Italy Matteo De Palo 24† 7 8 10
15 United States James Egozi 8 9 11 12 12 11 6
16 France Enzo Deligny 10 8 10 6
17 Australia Gianmarco Pradel Ret 11 9 9 10 12 5
18 Thailand Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi 18 8 29† 13 16 18 4
19 Australia Jack Beeton 13 10 26 17 17 Ret 1
20 Mexico Jesse Carrasquedo Jr. 10 14 Ret 1
21 Israel Ariel Elkin 11 Ret 13 20 14 Ret 0
22 Brazil Aurelia Nobels 21 11 17 27† DNS WD 0
23 South Korea Hwarang Kim 12 12 31† 25† 20 21 0
24 Brazil Matheus Ferreira 12 DSQ Ret 26† Ret 14 0
25 Switzerland Ethan Ischer 20 18 14 22 13 16 0
26 United Arab Emirates Matteo Quintarelli 16 13 15 19 24 22 0
27 France Raphaël Narac 13 15 18 Ret 25† 19 0
28 China Ruiqi Liu 18 Ret Ret 28† 15 13 0
29 Italy Davide Larini 17 17 25 14 Ret 15 0
30 Italy Griffin Peebles 14 16 20 0
31 Italy Andrea Frassineti 14 DNS WD 21 19 27 0
32 Italy Victoria Blokhina 22 15 19 15 21 26 0
33 Germany Finn Wiebelhaus 15 19 16 0
34 Italy Manuel Quondamcarlo 17 21 21 16 22 20 0
35 Uzbekistan Ismoilkhuja Akhmedkhodjaev 16 22 22 18 Ret 25 0
36 Switzerland Tina Hausmann 19 20 Ret Ret WD WD 0
37 Italy Guido Luchetti 23 20 23 24 23 23 0
38 Denmark Frederik Lund Ret Ret 24 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
IMO
Italy		 MIS
Italy		 SPA
Belgium		 MNZ
Italy		 LEC
France		 MUG
Italy		 VLL
Italy
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

Secondary classes standings
Pos Driver IMO
Italy		 MIS
Italy		 SPA
Belgium		 MNZ
Italy		 LEC
France		 MUG
Italy		 VLL
Italy		 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
Rookies' championship
1 United Kingdom Arvid Lindblad 1 2 1 2 1 1 136
2 Italy Nicola Lacorte 1 1 2 4 6 5 98
3 Malta Zachary David 3 2 3 Ret 3 2 81
4 Finland Tuukka Taponen 6 5 17† 1 2 3 76
5 United Arab Emirates Rashid Al Dhaheri 4 3 18† 3 DNS 4 54
6 Singapore Akshay Bohra 2 10 4 Ret 4 6 51
7 United States James Egozi 5 4 8 6 7 7 46
8 Australia Gianmarco Pradel Ret 6 6 5 5 8 40
9 Italy Matteo De Palo 14† 3 5 25
10 Spain Enzo Deligny 7 4 7 24
11 Australia Jack Beeton 7 5 16 9 10 Ret 19
12 United Arab Emirates Matteo Quintarelli 8 7 10 10 13 13 12
13 Italy Davide Larini 9 9 15 7 Ret 11 10
14 Israel Ariel Elkin 8 Ret 9 11 8 Ret 10
15 Brazil Matheus Ferreira 6 DSQ Ret 13† Ret 10 9
16 Italy Griffin Peebles 9 8 12 6
17 Italy Manuel Quondamcarlo 11 12 13 8 11 12 4
18 China Ruiqi Liu 12 Ret Ret 14† 9 9 4
19 Germany Finn Wiebelhaus 10 10 11 2
20 Italy Guido Luchetti 13 11 14 12 12 14 0
21 Switzerland Tina Hausmann 13 11 Ret Ret WD WD 0
Women's championship
1 Italy Victoria Blokhina 3 2 2 1 1 1 126
2 Brazil Aurelia Nobels 2 1 1 2† DNS WD 86
3 Switzerland Tina Hausmann 1 3 Ret Ret WD WD 40
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
IMO
Italy		 MIS
Italy		 SPA
Belgium		 MNZ
Italy		 LEC
France		 MUG
Italy		 VLL
Italy

Teams' championship

Each team acquires the points earned by their two best drivers in each race.

Pos Team IMO
Italy		 MIS
Italy		 SPA
Belgium		 MNZ
Italy		 LEC
France		 MUG
Italy		 VLL
Italy		 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Italy Prema Racing 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 276
7 2 2 3 2 2 2
2 Germany US Racing 1 3 11 5 4 6 3 123
4 19 Ret 7 9 7 4
3 Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing 2 4 3 22 5 5 7 87
16 12 4 24 17 8 14
4 Italy BVM Racing 5 5 14 2 11 9 9 43
10 DNS Ret 21 19 27
5 Germany PHM Racing 8 6 6 6 10 12 11 33
22 15 8 11 12 16 17
6 France R-ace GP 13 16 7 8 19 24 19 10
24† 13 15 Ret 25† 22
7 San Marino AKM Motorsport 10 8 16 10 14 Ret 15 6
14 17 17 20 Ret Ret 24
8 Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport 11 12 13 20 13 16 0
12 18 14 22 14 21
9 Slovenia AS Motorsport 15 21 19 16 16 22 20 0
17 21
10 Italy Airflow Racing 22 20 23 24 23 23 0
Pos Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
IMO
Italy		 MIS
Italy		 SPA
Belgium		 MNZ
Italy		 LEC
France		 MUG
Italy		 VLL
Italy
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

Notes
    1. Nobels is a Belgian-Brazilian driver competing under a Brazilian licence.[5]
    2. Deligny is a French-Chinese driver competing under a Spanish licence.[5]
    3. Peebles is an Australian driver competing under an Italian licence.[5]
    4. Blokhina is Russian, but she competes under an Italian licence as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[20]
    5. Quintarelli is an Italian-Emirati driver competing under an Emirati licence.[5]

    References
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    2. "New Ferrari junior Tuukka Taponen joins Prema for Italian F4". Formula Scout. 19 December 2022.
    3. "Wharton set for second Formula 4 campaign with PREMA". Prema Team. 9 November 2022.
    4. "AL DHAHERI TO JOIN PREMA FOR 2023 FORMULA 4 SEASON". Prema Team. 28 December 2022.
    5. "Elenco Iscritti - Entry List" (PDF). ACI Sport. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
    6. Wood, Ida (17 February 2023). "New Ferrari junior Aurelia Nobels joins Prema in Italian F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
    7. "LINDBLAD TO RACE WITH PREMA IN 2023 FORMULA 4 SEASON". Prema Team. 12 November 2022.
    8. "Lacorte joins PREMA for 2023 Formula 4 programme". Prema Team. 9 December 2022.
    9. "AKM Motorsport announces in Italian F4 a poker of drivers for the opening round at Imola". ACI Sport. 11 April 2023.
    10. "The engines of the Tatuus cars of the Italian F.4 Championship roar at Misano World Circuit for the second round of the season". ACI Sport. 4 May 2023.
    11. Wood, Ida (14 February 2023). "Alpine expands Academy by promoting affiliates, adding Mini and Neate". Formula Scout.
    12. "Uzbek racing driver Ismail Akhmed joins VAR's F4 squad". Van Amersfoort Racing. 11 March 2023.
    13. "Brando Badoer stays with VAR for '23 F4 Campaign". Van Amersfoort Racing. 10 March 2023.
    14. "Ivan Domingues signs with VAR for '23 Italian F4". Van Amersfoort Racing. 10 March 2023.
    15. "Australian Jack Beeton joins VAR for the 2023 Italian F4 Championship". Van Amersfoort Racing. 23 February 2023.
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    23. "Zachary David will race for US Racing in the Formula 4 season 2023". ACI Sport. 9 March 2023.
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    26. "US Racing announces Ruiqi Liu". ACI Sport. 6 February 2023.
    27. "Hwarang Kim joins Jenzer Motorsport in F4". Jenzer Motorsport. 27 February 2023.
    28. "Ethan Ischer continues with Jenzer Motorsport in F4". Jenzer Motorsport. 10 February 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
    29. "Ariel Elkin starts with Jenzer Motorsport in F4". Jenzer Motorsport. 15 April 2023.
    30. "Manuel Quondamcarlo in Formula 4 with AS Motorsport". Minardi Management. 24 March 2023.
    31. "Il team Airflow Racing pronto all'esordio in Formula 4". Sevenpress.com (in Italian). 31 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
    32. Wood, Ida (23 March 2023). "R-ace GP signs Raphael Narac and Matteo Quintarelli for Italian F4". Formula Scout.
    33. "AURELIA NOBELS WINS THE THIRD EDITION OF FIA GIRLS ON TRACK RISING STARS". Ferrari. 1 December 2022.
    34. "Italian F.4 Championship 2023 race calendar". ACI Sport. 24 October 2022.
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