2023 F2000 Italian Formula Trophy

The 2023 Zinox Laser F2000 Italian Formula Trophy was a multi-event open-wheel single seater motor racing championship. This was 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 had 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 were divided into four classes: Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze ranked 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 was 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, 5
Noda Racing 10 Juju Noda Volkswagen All
TVS Motorsport 23 Enzo Stentella Mercedes All
HT Powertrain 51 Bernardo Pellegrini Mercedes HWA All
BVM Racing 84 Francesco Simonazzi Volkswagen G 1
G Motorsport 131 Francesco Galli Volkswagen All
NV Racing 212 Paolo Brajnik Volkswagen 1
Platinum Class entries
Franz Wöss Racing 1 Benjamin Berta Dallara F317 Mercedes All
Racing in Italy 75 Mei Shibi Dallara F308 Volkswagen 2–3, 5–7
HT Powertrain 20 Stig Larsen Dallara F317 Volkswagen All
One Sport Performance 21 Alessandro Bracalente Dallara F317 Volkswagen 1
Renato Papaleo Dallara F317 4, 6–7
Facondini Racing 36 Francesco Solfaroli Dallara F317 Toyota 1–2, 4–7
privateer 41 Franco Cimarelli Dallara F312 Volkswagen 1, 6–7
Jo Zeller Racing 44 Sandro Zeller Dallara F316 Mercedes HWA All
Team Perego 46 Riccardo Perego Dallara F317 Volkswagen 1–5
Antonino Racing 77 Antonio Pellegrini Dallara F308 7
Nannini Racing 81 Marco Falci Dallara F317 Toyota 1–2
Emotion Motorsport 83 Daniele Radrizzani Dallara F317 Toyota 1–2, 4
Gold Class entries
Facondini Racing 6 Enrico Milani Dallara F308 2, 4–5, 7
Puresport 14 Andrea Benalli Dallara F309 Power Engine 1–3, 5–7
Neri Autosport 18 Victor Neumann Dallara F311 2
30 Sebastien Banchereau Dallara F310 2, 6
Rennsport Wachter 22 Victor Smialek Dallara F308 7
One Sport Performance 23 Marco Marotta Dallara F312 Volkswagen 5
Team Automobile Tricolore 39 Edoardo Bonanomi Dallara F312 Mercedes 1–3, 5, 7
Nannini Racing 42 Davide Pedetti Dallara F317 Toyota All
81 Giancarlo Pedetti Dallara F317 4–7
Chabr Motorsport 54 Tomas Chabr Dallara F308 7
Sud Motorsport 90 Antonino Marco Rinaldi Dallara F302 2
Franz Wöss Racing 98 Maximilian Malinowski Dallara F309 7
Silver Class entries
Team Tramonti Corse 11 Carmine Tancredi[a] Dallara F308 Toyota 3–4
Living KC 12 Umberto Vaglio Dallara F308 2, 5
Twister Italia 13 Sergio Terrini Dallara F308 Fiat FTP 1–3
Bellspeed 27 Patrick Bellezza Dallara F300 Fiat Novamotor 1–2, 5–7
BMG Racing 28 Giorgio Berto Dallara F308 Fiat 1–2, 7
Sud Motorsport 33 Salvatore Marinaro Dallara F310 Fiat 1–2, 4, 6–7
2F Motorsport 35 Ferruccio Fontanella Dallara F308 4
Puresport 76 Christof Ledermann Dallara F309 Power Engine 3, 5
Bronze Class entries
Valentino Racing Team 4 Valentino Carofano Lola F3 Dome 7
Sud Motorsport 7 Armando Stola Dallara 6
85 Daniele Siano Dallara F308 Fiat 1
Franz Wöss Racing 9 Luca Iannacone Dallara F308 Toyota 1, 3, 6
Team Tramonti Corse 11 Carmine Tancredi[b] Dallara F308 Toyota 1–2
Formula Entry Class entries
privateer 34 Sergio Conti Tatuus F4-T014 Abarth 1–2, 5–6
Sources: [5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

F2.0 Cup entries

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

Team No. Driver Rounds
Light Class entries
Alpha Team Racing 3 Sandro de Virgilis 7
Derva Corse ASD 24 Marco de Toffol 2–4
A.S.D. Ruote Scoperte M. 79 Fabio Turchetto 1–4, 6
80 Andrea Masci 6–7
222 Stefano Pezzoni 7
Valdelsa CLA 59 Riccardo Rossi 6–7
Team Hars 71 Luca Guolo 6–7
Padoviani Corse ASD 89 Simone Padoviani 1–2, 4, 6–7
Open Class entries
Viola Formula Racing 2 Laurence Balestrini 1–3
Speed Motor 5 Karim Sartori 1–4, 6–7
Derva Corse ASD 16 Matteo Immordino 1–4, 6–7
95 Christian Caramuscia 1–4, 6–7
PLMRACING 29 Stefano Palummieri 1–4, 6–7
Sources: [5][6][7][8][10][11]

Race calendar

The 2023 calendar was first announced on 21 January 2023.[12]

  Race weekend held races of the FR2.0 Cup
Round Circuit Date Support bill Map of circuit locations
1 R1 Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero 25 March 24H Series (12 Hours of Mugello)
Drexler-Automotive Formula Cup
R2
2 R1 Imola Circuit, Imola 22 April TCR Italian Series
Formula Regional European Championship
R2 23 April
3 R1 Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 21 May ESET Cup
TCR Eastern Europe
R2
4 R1 Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma 10 June TCR World Tour
TCR Italian Festival
R2 11 June
5 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 8 July Spa Summer Classics
Spa 3 Hours
R2 9 July
6 R1 Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero 8 October BOSS GP Series
Drexler-Automotive Formula Cup
R2
7 R1 Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico 5 November Coppa Italia Turismo
National GT Challenge
R2

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[c] Juju Noda[d] Benjamin Berta Andrea Benalli Patrick Bellezza Daniele Siano Sergio Conti
R2 Juju Noda[e] 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
R2 Bernardo Pellegrini Benjamin Berta Andrea Benalli Patrick Bellezza Carmine Tancredi Sergio Conti
3 R1 Red Bull Ring Benjamin Berta Juju Noda Benjamin Berta Davide Pedetti no finishers Luca Iannacone no entries
R2 Francesco Galli Benjamin Berta Andrea Benalli Christof Ledermann Luca Iannacone
4 R1 Vallelunga Circuit Juju Noda Bernardo Pellegrini Sandro Zeller Enrico Milani Salvatore Marinaro no entries
R2 Juju Noda Sandro Zeller Enrico Milani Ferruccio Fontanella
5 R1 Spa-Francorchamps Juju Noda Juju Noda Benjamin Berta Andrea Benalli Patrick Bellezza Sergio Conti
R2 Juju Noda Benjamin Berta Andrea Benalli Patrick Bellezza Sergio Conti
6 R1 Mugello Circuit Francesco Galli Francesco Galli Benjamin Berta Andrea Benalli Salvatore Marinaro Luca Iannacone Sergio Conti
R2 Juju Noda Benjamin Berta Andrea Benalli Patrick Bellezza Luca Iannacone Sergio Conti
7 R1 Misano Circuit Juju Noda Juju Noda Benjamin Berta Victor Smialek Salvatore Marinaro Valentino Carofano no entries
R2 Francesco Galli Sandro Zeller Victor Smialek Patrick Bellezza Valentino Carofano

F2.0 Cup results

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

Standings

Scoring system

Drivers scored points in the overall standings, as well as in separate standings per class. Five points were awarded to each driver attending an event. Claiming the fastest lap per race per class awarded a point if at least three cars took part in a class. Entrants counted 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

Drivers' standings

Overall standings

Pos Driver MUG1
IMO
RBR
VLL
SPA
MUG2
MIS
Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Juju Noda (5) 2 3 (4) 2 (Ret) 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 275
2 Benjamin Berta 2 7 1 1 1 1 (Ret) (DNS) 2 2 2 3 2 (Ret) 261
3 Sandro Zeller 4 (5) 4 2 3 2 1 4 3 3 (5) (5) 4 3 209
4 Francesco Galli (Ret) 6 5 (23) (22) 3 5 2 4 5 1 2 3 1 204
5 Bernardo Pellegrini (11) 4 2 3 4 (Ret) 2 3 (5) 4 4 4 5 4 186
6 Riccardo Perego 7 (10) 7 5 (Ret) 4 4 5 (7) 7 6 7 7 5 129
7 Andrea Benalli 9 12 8 6 (Ret) 5 6 6 7 6 12 Ret 92
8 Davide Pedetti 12 13 9 8 5 7 9 10 12 13 11 11 17 8 64
9 Enzo Stentella 10 11 (28) 15 8 23 (Ret) 7 (Ret) 9 10 8 13 7 61
10 Dino Rasero 8 9 6 Ret Ret 6 14 DNS 51
11 Marco Falci 3 3 Ret DNS 48
12 Stig Larsen 19 18 13 (Ret) 7 (22) 10 11 16 16 8 14 21 (Ret) 47
13 Francesco Solfaroli (30) 15 16 13 8 9 8 11 14 12 16 13 41
14 Enrico Milani Ret 7 7 8 9 19 18 24 40
15 Mei Shibi 12 Ret 6 Ret 15 14 9 17 14 9 37
16 Stefano Palummieri 18 23 21 16 15 8 12 14 18 18 34 (DNS) 37
17 Renato Papaleo 6 6 Ret 9 10 16 34
18 Karim Sartori 13 28† 11 17 Ret 9 (DNS) 15 16 16 20 NC 34
19 Christian Caramuscia 15 21 20 21 9 11 14 16 (25) 23 25 17 34
20 Patrick Bellezza 16 20 18 11 17 12 17 19 32 14 33
21 Matteo Immordino 21† 26 Ret 26 10 14 17 18 21 20 23 18 32
22 Salvatore Marinaro 26† 31† 19 28 11 17 12 Ret 22 15 28
23 Fabio Turchetto 24 27 23 19 14 10 16 19 27 21 27
24 Simone Padoviani 25 30 27 27 19 21 24 25 26 Ret 25
25 Edoardo Bonanomi 28† 17 14 10 DNS DNS 10 20 19 11 22
26 Alessandro Bracalente 6 8 21
27 Giancarlo Pedetti 13 13 13 10 15 15 Ret DNS 21
28 Victor Smialek 9 6 20
29 Franco Cimarelli 32 14 Ret 10 8 Ret 20
30 Daniele Radrizzani 29† 19 15 14 Ret 22 20
31 Sergio Conti 27 33 29 29 19 18 28 27 20
32 Marco de Toffol 26 22 11 15 18 20 15
33 Laurence Balestrini 22 24 Ret 18 12 13 15
34 Carmine Tancredi 17 25 17 12 DNS DNS 15 Ret 15
35 Luca Iannacone 23 29 13 16 19 22 15
36 Sergio Terrini Ret 16 24 DNS Ret DNS 15
37 Giorgio Berto 20 32† 25 25 24 Ret 15
38 Antonio Pellegrini 6 DNS 13
39 Sebastien Banchereau 10 9 13 13 13
40 Christof Ledermann Ret 12 18 15 10
41 Umberto Vaglio 22 20 Ret 17 10
42 Andrea Masci 22 DNS 27 19 10
43 Luca Guolo 23 24 30 21 10
44 Riccardo Rossi 26 26 31 EX 10
45 Marco Marotta 11 8 9
46 Tomas Chabr 15 10 6
47 Maximilian Malinowski 11 12 5
48 Ferruccio Fontanella Ret 12 5
49 Armando Stola 20 28 35 DNS 5
50 Daniele Siano 14 22 5
51 Sandro de Virgilis 33 20 5
52 Stefano Pezzoni 28 22 5
53 Valentino Carofano 29 23 5
54 Antonino Marco Rinaldi 31 24 5
55 Paolo Brajnik DNS DNS 5
56 Victor Neumann DNS DNS 5
guest drivers ineligible to score points
Francesco Simonazzi 1 1
Pos Driver MUG1
IMO
RBR
VLL
SPA
MUG2
MIS
Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2

F2000 standings per class

Pos Driver MUG1
IMO
RBR
VLL
SPA
MUG2
MIS
Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
Super Formula Class
1 Juju Noda 2 2 (2) (2) 1 (Ret) 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 301
2 Francesco Galli (Ret) 4 3 (4) (4) 1 3 2 2 3 1 2 2 1 243
3 Bernardo Pellegrini (5) 3 1 1 2 (Ret) 1 (3) 3 2 3 3 3 3 233
4 Enzo Stentella 4 (6) 5 3 3 3 (Ret) 4 (Ret) 4 4 4 4 4 177
5 Dino Rasero 3 5 4 Ret Ret 2 4 DNS 97
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 1 1 (Ret) (DNS) 1 1 1 1 1 (Ret) 309
2 Sandro Zeller (3) (2) (2) 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 257
3 Riccardo Perego (5) (5) 3 3 (Ret) 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 2 206
4 Stig Larsen 6 8 5 (Ret) 4 4 5 5 6 6 4 7 (9) (Ret) 139
5 Francesco Solfaroli (8) 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 8 4 122
6 Mei Shibi 4 Ret 3 Ret 5 5 5 8 7 3 107
7 Renato Papaleo 3 3 Ret 4 6 5 75
8 Marco Falci 2 1 Ret DNS 55
9 Daniele Radrizzani 7† 9 6 5 Ret 6 54
10 Franco Cimarelli 9 6 Ret 5 5 Ret 43
11 Alessandro Bracalente 4 4 29
12 Antonio Pellegrini 3 DNS 20
Gold Class
1 Andrea Benalli 1 1 1 1 (Ret) 1 1 1 1 1 3 Ret 278
2 Davide Pedetti 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 (5) (4) 2 2 (5) 2 234
3 Enrico Milani Ret 2 1 1 2 5 6 6 134
4 Edoardo Bonanomi 3† 3 4 5 DNS DNS 3 6 7 4 113
5 Giancarlo Pedetti 3 3 6 3 4 4 Ret DNS 97
6 Sebastien Banchereau 3 4 3 3 67
7 Victor Smialek 1 1 57
8 Maximilian Malinowski 2 5 41
9 Marco Marotta 4 2 35
10 Tomas Chabr 4 3 34
11 Antonino Marco Rinaldi 5 6 23
12 Victor Neumann DNS DNS 5
Silver Class
1 Patrick Bellezza 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 260
2 Salvatore Marinaro 3† 3† 2 4 1 2 1 Ret 1 2 201
3 Giorgio Berto 2 4† 5 3 2 Ret 88
4 Christof Ledermann Ret 1 2 2 71
5 Umberto Vaglio 3 2 Ret 3 58
6 Sergio Terrini Ret 1 4 DNS Ret DNS 53
7 Ferruccio Fontanella Ret 1 31
8 Carmine Tancredi DNS DNS 2 Ret 23
Bronze Class
1 Luca Iannacone 3 3 1 1 1 1 145
2 Carmine Tancredi 2 2 1 1 97
3 Armando Stola 2 2 2 DNS 64
4 Daniele Siano 1 1 56
5 Valentino Carofano 1 1 55
Formula Entry Class
1 Sergio Conti 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 220
Pos Driver MUG1
IMO
RBR
VLL
SPA
MUG2
MIS
Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2

F2.0 Cup standings per class

Pos Driver MUG1
IMO
RBR
VLL
MUG2
MIS
Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
Overall
1 Stefano Palummieri 3 2 3 1 6 1 1 1 2 2 10 DNS 226
2 Karim Sartori 1 6† 1 2 Ret 2 DNS 2 1 1 1 NC 220
3 Christian Caramuscia 2 1 2 5 1 4 2 3 7 5 2 1 219
4 Matteo Immordino 4† 4 Ret 7 2 6 4 4 3 3 2 2 165
5 Fabio Turchetto 6 5 4 4 5 3 3 5 8 4 140
6 Simone Padoviani 7 7 6 8 6 7 5 7 4 Ret 91
7 Laurence Balestrini 5 3 Ret 3 4 5 77
8 Marco de Toffol 5 6 3 7 5 6 73
9 Andrea Masci 3 DNS 5 3 50
10 Luca Guolo 4 6 7 5 46
11 Riccardo Rossi 7 8 8 EX 24
12 Stefano Pezzoni 6 6 21
13 Sandro de Virgilis 9 4 19
Light Class
1 Fabio Turchetto 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 258
2 Simone Padoviani 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 Ret 177
3 Marco de Toffol 2 2 1 2 2 2 130
4 Andrea Masci 1 DNS 2 1 80
5 Luca Guolo 2 2 4 3 73
6 Riccardo Rossi 4 4 5 EX 44
7 Stefano Pezzoni 3 4 32
8 Sandro de Virgilis 6 2 31
Open Class
1 Stefano Palummieri 3 2 3 1 4 1 1 1 2 2 4 DNS 230
2 Karim Sartori 1 5† 1 2 Ret 2 DNS 2 1 1 1 NC 222
3 Christian Caramuscia 2 1 2 4 1 3 2 3 4 4 3 1 221
4 Matteo Immordino 4† 4 Ret 5 2 5 3 4 3 3 2 2 187
5 Laurence Balestrini 5 3 Ret 3 3 4 85
Pos Driver MUG1
IMO
HUN
RBR
HOC
BRN
Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2

Teams' standings

F2000 Trophy

Pos Team Pts
1 Franz Wöss Racing 210
2 Noda Racing 209
3 Jo Zeller Racing 184
4 HT Powertrain 173
5 Puresport 119
6 G Motorsport 111
7 Nannini Racing 108
8 Team Perego 97
9 Facondini Racing 60
10 One Sport Performance 51
11 Derva Corse ASD 43
12 TVS Motorsport 38
13 A.S.D. Ruote Scoperte M. 31
14 PLM Racing 24
15 Racing in Italy 23
16 Speed Motor 22
17 Sud Motorsport 22
18 Bellspeed 21
19 Rennsport Wachter 20
20 Emotion Motorsport 20
21 Twister Italia 16
22 Viola Formula Racing 15
23 Team Tramonti Corse 15
24 Padoviani Corse ASD 15
25 Team Automobile Tricolore 15
26 Antonino Racing 13
27 Neri Autosport 13
28 BMG Racing 10
29 Living KC 10
30 Valdelsa CLA 10
31 2F Motorsport 6
32 Chabr Motorsport 6
33 NV Racing 5
34 Valentino Racing Team 5
35 Alpha Team Racing 5

F2.0 Cup

Pos Team Pts
1 Derva Corse ASD 264
2 PLMRACING 180
3 Speed Motor 133
4 A.S.D. Ruote Scoperte M. 115
5 Viola Formula Racing 77
6 Padoviani Corse ASD 53
7 Valdelsa CLA 24
8 Alpha Team Racing 19

Notes

  1. ^ Carmine Tancredi entered rounds 1 and 2 competing in the Bronze class, and stepped up to the Silver class from round 3 onwards
  2. ^ Carmine Tancredi entered rounds 1 and 2 competing in the Bronze class, and stepped up to the Silver class from round 3 onwards
  3. ^ Francesco Simonazzi was fastest in qualifying, but competed as a guest driver
  4. ^ Francesco Simonazzi crossed the line as the first of the Super Formula Class drivers, but competed as a guest driver
  5. ^ Francesco Simonazzi crossed the line as the first of the Super Formula Class drivers, but competed as a guest driver

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