2025 Italian F4 Championship

The 2025 Italian F4 Championship is the twelfth season of the Italian F4 Championship.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Van Amersfoort Racing 3 Maksimilian Popov[a][2] 1–4
38 Aleksander Ruta[3] R 1–4
66 Dante Vinci[4] R 1–4
67 Marcus Sæter[5] R 1–4
94 Payton Westcott[6] R W 1–4
US Racing 4 Andrija Kostić[7] 1–4
7 Luka Sammalisto[8] 1–4
19 Kabir Anurag[9] 1–4
50 Jan Koller[10] 1–3
71 Maxim Rehm[11] 1–4
78 Gabriel Gomez[12] 1–4
PHM Racing 5 Andrea Dupé[b][13] R 1–3
13 David Cosma Cristofor[14] R 1–4
69 Reno Francot 4
Prema Racing 5 Andrea Dupé[b][15] R 4
27 Oleksandr Bondarev[16] R 1–4
28 Newman Chi[c][17] R 1–4
33 Tomass Štolcermanis[13] 1–2
51 Kean Nakamura-Berta[18] 1–4
88 Salim Hanna[19] R 1–4
98 Sebastian Wheldon[20] 1–4
Real Racing 11 Luca Viișoreanu[21] 1–4
81 Andrei Dună[21] 1
Jenzer Motorsport 20 Enea Frey[13] 1–4
21 Teo Schropp[22] 1–4
23 Artem Severiukhin[a][13] R 1–4
24 Javier Herrera R 3
26 Bader Al Sulaiti[13] R 1–4
77 Bart Harrison[13] 1–4
Maffi Racing 22 Nathanaël Berreby[23] 1–4
31 Kirill Kutskov[a][23] [d] 1–4
45 David Walther[24] R 1–4
91 Kornelia Olkucka[25] R W 1–4
Viola Formula Racing 29 Ludovico Busso[26] R 1–4
30 Emir Tanju[26] 1–2
35 Arthur Lorimier[27] R 1–4
Cram Motorsport 37 Andre Rodriguez R 3
39 Elia Weiss[28] R 1–4
R-ace GP 41 Alex Powell[e][29][30] 1–4
42 Emily Cotty[30] R W 1–4
44 Guy Albag[30] R 1–4
52 Oleksandr Savinkov[30] 1–4
68 Emanuele Olivieri[31] 1–4
Technorace 87 Francesco Coppola[23] 1–4
AS Motorsport 95 Phil Colin Strenge[13] R 1–4
TBA Nasser Al Thani[32] R TBC
Icon Legend
R Rookie
W Woman Trophy
  • Andrea Dupé was scheduled to compete for AS Motorsport,[33] but switched to PHM Racing prior to the start of the season.[13]

Race calendar and results

The calendar was revealed on 27 September 2024.[34]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Secondary Class Winner Supporting
1 R1 Misano World Circuit 3 May Salim Hanna Sebastian Wheldon Sebastian Wheldon Prema Racing R: Salim Hanna
W: Emily Cotty
Formula Regional European Championship
Italian GT Championship
TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
R2 Kean Nakamura-Berta Alex Powell Kean Nakamura-Berta Prema Racing R: Salim Hanna
W: Payton Westcott
R3 4 May Kean Nakamura-Berta Sebastian Wheldon Kean Nakamura-Berta Prema Racing R: Oleksandr Bondarev
W: Kornelia Olkucka
R4 Kean Nakamura-Berta Kean Nakamura-Berta Kean Nakamura-Berta Prema Racing R: Salim Hanna
W: Emily Cotty
2 R1 Vallelunga Circuit 24 May Kean Nakamura-Berta Luka Sammalisto Kean Nakamura-Berta Prema Racing R: Salim Hanna
W: no finishers
Italian GT Championship
TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
R2 David Cosma Cristofor Emanuele Olivieri Kean Nakamura-Berta Prema Racing R: Artem Severiukhin
W: Emily Cotty
R3 25 May David Cosma Cristofor Sebastian Wheldon Sebastian Wheldon Prema Racing R: Marcus Sæter
W: Emily Cotty
R4 Kean Nakamura-Berta Gabriel Gomez Gabriel Gomez US Racing R: Salim Hanna
W: Emily Cotty
3 R1 Monza Circuit 21 June Sebastian Wheldon Luka Sammalisto Sebastian Wheldon Prema Racing R: Salim Hanna
W: Payton Westcott
TCR World Tour
TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
Italian GT Championship
R2 Kean Nakamura-Berta Maksimilian Popov Kean Nakamura-Berta Prema Racing R: Marcus Sæter
W: Payton Westcott
R3 22 June Kean Nakamura-Berta Oleksandr Bondarev Newman Chi Prema Racing R: Newman Chi
W: Emily Cotty
4 R1 Mugello Circuit 12 July R:
W:
Italian GT Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
R2 R:
W:
R3 13 July R:
W:
5 R1 Imola Circuit 1–3 August R:
W:
Formula Regional European Championship
Italian GT Championship
TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
R2 R:
W:
R3 R:
W:
6 R1 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 19–21 September R:
W:
International GT Open
Euroformula Open Championship
GT Cup Open Europe
Formula Regional European Championship
R2 R:
W:
R3 R:
W:
7 R1 Misano World Circuit 10–12 October R:
W:
TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
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 MIS1
VLL
MNZ
MUG
IMO
CAT
MIS2
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Kean Nakamura-Berta 1 1 1 1 1 11 3 1 16 165
2 Sebastian Wheldon 1 2 5 2 1 25 1 3 28 136
3 Gabriel Gomez 3 6 35 3 3 1 2 2 Ret 114
4 Salim Hanna 2 4 3 5 13 3 4 Ret 30 82
5 Emanuele Olivieri 3 3 4 5 20 2 9 34† 5 82
6 Maksimilian Popov 2 4 2 6 3 22 17 29 15 71
7 Tomass Štolcermanis 4 5 6 2 4 Ret 60
8 Luka Sammalisto 7 Ret 28 22 11 9 5 4 2 48
9 Alex Powell 11 8 11 7 2 4 16 6 18 48
10 Newman Chi 5 7 9 9 9 28 28 17 1 47
11 Marcus Sæter 13 15 18 7 4 5 13 7 21 34
12 Artem Severiukhin 9 8 13 6 8 7 27 35† 6 32
13 Bart Harrison 9 13 10 Ret 8 6 Ret 33† 3 30
14 Kabir Anurag 7 5 7 Ret 18 31 8 32† Ret 26
15 Andrija Kostić 8 10 14 15 12 Ret 7 5 8 25
16 Enea Frey 6 10 12 8 Ret 17 Ret 8 7 23
17 Maxim Rehm 10 9 15 4 Ret 18 Ret 9 13 17
18 Luca Viișoreanu 21 Ret DNQ 17 9 21 12 14 4 14
19 Oleksandr Bondarev 22 6 8 17 10 12 33† Ret Ret 13
20 Teo Schropp 24 14 30 11 5 10 15 36† 19 11
21 Aleksander Ruta 23 12 31 18 7 8 Ret 11 33† 10
22 Dante Vinci 12 11 16 10 19 Ret 6 Ret 34† 9
23 Kirill Kutskov 18 19 23 10 6 13 24 13 17 9
24 David Cosma Cristofor 14 22 22 11 14 14 10 12 9 3
25 Oleksandr Savinkov 16 12 17 14 24† 26 14 10 Ret 1
26 Javier Herrera 29 19 10 1
27 Bader Al Sulaiti 13 16 21 21 12 29 11 27 11 0
28 Francesco Coppola 11 17 33 21 17 19 Ret 16 12 0
29 Andrea Dupé 14 23 DNS 12 21 30 Ret 21 Ret 0
30 Jan Koller 15 25 20 15 13 Ret 20 Ret 26 0
31 David Walther 25 Ret DNQ 13 Ret 15 19 18 32 0
32 Ludovico Busso 15 16 19 20 19 23 18 24 14 0
33 Guy Albag 18 21 34 14 Ret 20 25 20 29 0
34 Elia Weiss 26 17 32 25 15 16 Ret 28 Ret 0
35 Phil Colin Strenge 19 23 27 20 16 24 21 15 22 0
36 Emily Cotty 17 Ret 24 16 18 27 23 30 24 0
37 Arthur Lorimier DNS 24 DNQ 16 23 32 26 31 31 0
38 Nathanaël Berreby 19 18 29 Ret 24 DNQ 32 25 20 0
39 Emir Tanju 20 20 25 19 Ret DNQ 0
40 Payton Westcott 20 Ret 26 22 23 DNQ 22 22 25 0
41 Andrei Dună 22 21 DNQ 0
42 Kornelia Olkucka 27 26 DNQ Ret 22 DNQ 30 26 27 0
43 Andre Rodriguez 31 23 23 0
Reno Francot
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
MIS1
VLL
MNZ
MUG
IMO
CAT
MIS2
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did 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 MIS1
VLL
MNZ
MUG
IMO
CAT
MIS2
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
Rookies' championship
1 Salim Hanna 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 Ret 14 160
2 Marcus Sæter 3 5 6 3 1 2 5 1 7 132
3 Artem Severiukhin 3 2 4 2 1 3 13 18† 2 121
4 Newman Chi 2 2 3 4 2 13 14 5 1 116
5 David Cosma Cristofor 4 7 9 4 5 6 3 3 3 95
6 Dante Vinci 4 3 5 3 9 Ret 2 Ret 18† 72
7 Oleksandr Bondarev 11 1 2 9 3 5 18† Ret Ret 70
8 Aleksander Ruta 12 4 13 10 2 4 Ret 2 17† 61
9 Bader Al Sulaiti 5 5 8 12 4 14 4 14 5 58
10 Ludovico Busso 7 6 7 11 7 10 6 12 6 43
11 Phil Colin Strenge 10 9 12 8 7 11 8 4 8 33
12 David Walther 13 Ret DNQ 6 Ret 7 7 6 16 28
13 Andrea Dupé 6 8 DNS 5 10 15 Ret 9 Ret 25
14 Elia Weiss 14 6 14 11 6 8 Ret 15 Ret 20
15 Emily Cotty 8 Ret 10 6 8 12 10 16 10 19
16 Javier Herrera 15 7 4 18
17 Guy Albag 9 8 15 7 Ret 9 11 8 13 18
18 Payton Westcott 7 Ret 11 9 12 DNQ 9 10 11 11
19 Arthur Lorimier DNS 9 DNQ 8 10 16 12 17 15 7
20 Andre Rodriguez 17 11 9 2
21 Kornelia Olkucka 15 10 DNQ Ret 11 DNQ 16 13 12 1
Women's championship
1 Emily Cotty 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 183
2 Payton Westcott 1 Ret 2 2 3 DNQ 1 1 2 144
3 Kornelia Olkucka 2 1 DNQ Ret 2 DNQ 3 2 3 109
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
MIS1
VLL
MNZ
MUG
IMO
CAT
MIS2

Teams' championship

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

Pos Team MIS1
VLL
MNZ
MUG
IMO
CAT
MIS2
Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Prema Racing 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 395
2 4 2 3 2 2 10 11 3 3 16
2 US Racing 3 6 5 7 3 3 11 1 2 2 2 202
7 7 9 14 4 12 13 9 5 4 8
3 R-ace GP 16 3 3 4 14 5 2 2 9 6 5 131
17 11 8 11 7 18 4 14 10 18
4 Van Amersfoort Racing 12 2 4 2 7 6 3 5 6 7 15 118
23 13 11 16 18 10 4 8 13 11 21
5 Jenzer Motorsport 6 8 13 10 6 8 5 6 11 8 3 88
9 9 14 12 8 Ret 8 7 15 19 6
6 Real Racing 21 22 21 DNQ 17 9 21 12 14 4 14
Ret DNQ
7 Maffi Racing 25 18 18 23 10 24 6 13 19 13 17 9
27 19 19 29 13 Ret 22 15 24 18 20
8 PHM Racing 14 14 22 22 12 11 14 14 10 12 9 3
23 DNS 21 30 Ret 21 Ret
9 Technorace 11 17 33 21 17 19 Ret 16 12 0
10 Viola Formula Racing 15 DNS 16 19 16 19 Ret 23 18 24 14 0
20 20 25 19 23 32 26 31 31
11 Cram Motorsport 26 17 32 25 15 16 31 23 23 0
Ret 28 Ret
12 AS Motorsport 20 23 27 20 16 24 21 15 22 0
Pos Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
MIS1
VLL
MNZ
MUG
IMO
CAT
MIS2
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did 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

See also

  • 2025 E4 Championship

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Kutskov and Severiukhin are Russian, but they compete under a Kyrgyz licence as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Popov, also a Russian, competes under an Italian licence for the same reason.[1]
  2. ^ a b Dupé is a French driver competing under an Italian licence.[1]
  3. ^ Chi is a Chinese driver competing under an Italian licence.[1]
  4. ^ Kutskov was being classified as a rookie until the Vallelunga race 2.
  5. ^ Powell is a Jamaican-American driver competing under an American licence.[1]

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