2015 Italian F4 Championship

The 2015 Italian F4 Championship was the second season of the Italian Formula 4 Championship. It began on 3 May in Vallelunga and finished on 4 October in Misano after seven triple header rounds.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
Prema Powerteam[1]	2	Tim Zimmermann[2]		2
	25	Giuliano Raucci[3]		All
	33	Guanyu Zhou[4]		All
	99	Ralf Aron[5]		All
Malta Formula Racing[1]	3	Yan Leon Shlom[6]	T	1–4
	11	Raúl Guzmán[7]	T	All
	77	Kevin Kanayet[8]	T	All
Kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport[9]	4	Robert Shwartzman[6]		All
	5	David Beckmann[6]		1–6
	6	Lando Norris[2]		2, 4, 6
	12	Thomas Preining[10]	T	1
		Mike Ortmann[2]	T	2–3
	63	Yan Leon Shlom[11]	T	5–6
Jenzer Motorsport[12]	7	Marcos Siebert[6]		All
	8	Lucas Mauron[12]		All
	9	Nico Rindlisbacher[12]		1–2, 4–7
	10	Ali Al-Khalifa[10]		1
		Arlind Hoti[2]		2–3
	16	Moritz Müller-Crepon[13]		3, 5–6
	18	Ali Al-Khalifa[10]		2
DieGi Motorsport	12	Riccardo Pollastri	T	7
Vincenzo Sospiri Racing[1][14]	14	Mauricio Baíz[15]		All
	15	Marino Sato[15]		All
	18	Simone Cunati		7
RB Racing[1]	20	Yifei Ye[13]		3–7
	21	Diego Bertonelli[6]		All
	22	Julia Pankiewicz[16]	W	All
	88	Wiktoria Pankiewicz[16]	W	1–6
DRZ Benelli	23	Ian Rodríguez[9]		6
Torino Squadra Corse[10]	27	Alex Peroni[17]		All
Antonelli Motorsport[1]	28	Federico Malvestiti[11]		5, 7
	32	Kikko Galbiati[18]		All
	44	Matteo Desideri[18]		1–4
	45	Mattia Ferrari[18]		1–4
	50	João Vieira[19]		All
Israel F4[10]	55	Bar Baruch[10]		All
Team Costa Rica[1]TCR Motorsport[9]	56	Fernando Madera Jr.[10]		1–6
Teramo Racing Team[10]	71	Riccardo Ponzio[10]		All

Race calendar and results

The calendar was published on 27 November 2014.^[20] On 15 May 2015, it was announced that the round scheduled for Franciacorta (13–14 June) would be moved to Imola, to be held over the weekend of 27–28 June.^[21]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Secondary Class winner
1	R1	Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	2 May	Ralf Aron	Ralf Aron	Ralf Aron	Prema Powerteam	T: Kevin Kanayet W: Julia Pankiewicz
	R2		3 May		David Beckmann	David Beckmann	Kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport	T: Kevin Kanayet W: Wiktoria Pankiewicz
	R3			Guanyu Zhou	Robert Shwartzman	Ralf Aron	Prema Powerteam	T: Kevin Kanayet W: Wiktoria Pankiewicz
2	R1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	30 May	Robert Shwartzman	David Beckmann	Guanyu Zhou	Prema Powerteam	T: Mike Ortmann W: Wiktoria Pankiewicz
	R2		31 May		Lando Norris	Guanyu Zhou	Prema Powerteam	T: Yan Leon Shlom W: Wiktoria Pankiewicz
	R3			Guanyu Zhou	Mauricio Baíz	Guanyu Zhou	Prema Powerteam	T: Mike Ortmann W: Wiktoria Pankiewicz
3	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	27 June	Ralf Aron	Ralf Aron	Ralf Aron	Prema Powerteam	T: Raúl Guzmán W: Julia Pankiewicz
	R2		28 June		Marcos Siebert	David Beckmann	Kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport	T: Yan Leon Shlom W: Wiktoria Pankiewicz
	R3			Ralf Aron	Ralf Aron	Ralf Aron	Prema Powerteam	T: Mike Ortmann W: Julia Pankiewicz
4	R1	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero	12 July	Ralf Aron	Ralf Aron	Ralf Aron	Prema Powerteam	T: Raúl Guzmán W: Wiktoria Pankiewicz
	R2		13 July		Marcos Siebert	Marcos Siebert	Jenzer Motorsport	T: Raúl Guzmán W: Wiktoria Pankiewicz
	R3			Ralf Aron	Ralf Aron	Ralf Aron	Prema Powerteam	T: Kevin Kanayet W: Julia Pankiewicz
5	R1	Adria International Raceway, Adria	6 September	David Beckmann	David Beckmann	David Beckmann	Kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport	T: Kevin Kanayet W: Julia Pankiewicz
	R2				Robert Shwartzman	Robert Shwartzman	Kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport	T: Yan Leon Shlom
	R3			Robert Shwartzman	David Beckmann	Robert Shwartzman	Kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport	T: Kevin Kanayet W: Julia Pankiewicz
6	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	19 September	Ralf Aron	Lando Norris	Ralf Aron	Prema Powerteam	T: Kevin Kanayet W: no finishers
	R2		20 September		Giuliano Raucci	Kevin Kanayet	Malta Formula Racing	T: Kevin Kanayet W: Julia Pankiewicz
	R3			Ralf Aron	Lando Norris	Ralf Aron	Prema Powerteam	T: Kevin Kanayet W: Julia Pankiewicz
7	R1	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano	3 October	Robert Shwartzman	Ralf Aron	Ralf Aron	Prema Powerteam	T: Raúl Guzmán W: Julia Pankiewicz
	R2				Robert Shwartzman	Robert Shwartzman	Kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport	T: Raúl Guzmán W: Julia Pankiewicz
	R3		4 October	Robert Shwartzman	Marino Sato	Marcos Siebert	Jenzer Motorsport	T: Raúl Guzmán W: Julia Pankiewicz

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	FT	FL
Race 1, 3	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	5	1
Race 2	13	11	9	6	5	4	2	1				1

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver VAL MNZ IMO1 MUG ADR IMO2 MIS Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 1 Ralf Aron 1 11 1 3 6 2 1 15 1 1 11 1 3 6 2 1 4 1 1 Ret 20 331 2 Guanyu Zhou 4 8 2 1 1 1 2 Ret 2 6 5 6 2 15 3 3 5 5 8 20 13 223 3 Robert Shwartzman 3 5 22 2 Ret 4 3 4 7 15 12 13 4 1 1 2 6 2 4 1 4 212 4 David Beckmann 10 1 5 4 2 Ret 8 1 9 3 15 2 1 4 5 4 17 3 176 5 Marcos Siebert Ret Ret EX 10 7 9 6 2 4 8 1 3 13 7 6 18 19 7 14 8 1 112 6 Diego Bertonelli Ret 24 10 14 11 16 10 8 10 9 3 5 Ret 10 17 6 3 16 3 2 3 83 7 Bar Baruch 9 2 11 5 4 6 5 3 8 7 4 17 19 17† 10 23† 12 17 7 6 16 83 8 João Vieira 2 4 12 Ret 3 5 9 Ret 3 2 8 Ret Ret 8 12 Ret Ret DNS 10 11 DNS 81 9 Nico Rindlisbacher 5 23 14 Ret DNS DNS 17 16 4 5 5 7 12 8 12 5 3 7 69 10 Marino Sato 7 7 9 13 9 8 4 Ret 13 14 18 16 6 2 14 13 21† 15 Ret 4 5 62 11 Lando Norris Ret 5 3 12 7 8 5 23 4 51 12 Mauricio Baíz Ret Ret 4 24† 24 11 17 14 14 5 6 9 7 3 16 15 9 14 9 13 9 48 13 Giuliano Raucci Ret 16 Ret 8 Ret 10 7 Ret Ret 4 10 7 Ret 11 4 9 NC 9 17 19 21 45 14 Alex Peroni 20 9 23† 19 16 Ret 14 7 Ret 22 19 12 12 Ret 11 8 2 6 2 18 15 43 15 Kevin Kanayet 6 6 7 17 Ret 19† 13 Ret 19 11 14 11 10 Ret 8 10 1 8 Ret 12 17 41 16 Lucas Mauron 8 3 6 11 8 Ret 23 9 6 13 9 15 8 13 13 17 13 21† 13 7 10 37 17 Raúl Guzmán Ret 15 8 Ret 12 15 11 10 12 10 2 14 11 19† 15 11 20† 10 6 5 12 30 18 Matteo Desideri Ret 13 3 6 Ret 7 18 Ret Ret 18 20 22 29 19 Simone Cunati 16 Ret 2 18 20 Mike Ortmann 7 21 14 Ret Ret 5 16 21 Yifei Ye 15 Ret 11 19 17 Ret 14 Ret 19 7 18 11 12 9 8 10 22 Riccardo Ponzio 13 17 15 16 13 13 21 17 21 20 22 Ret Ret EX EX 21 14 18 18 10 6 8 23 Yan Leon Shlom 12 12 13 Ret 10 Ret 12 5 Ret 16 13 21 15 17† 9 20 11 13 7 24 Arlind Hoti 12 23 12 16 6 Ret 4 25 Moritz Müller-Crepon Ret Ret 15 9 9 21 14 7 Ret 4 26 Tim Zimmermann 9 20 Ret 2 27 Kikko Galbiati 14 19 16 23† 15 Ret 20 11 20 23 26† 10 Ret 16 18 19 22† 20 11 15 11 1 28 Ian Rodríguez 16 10 22 0 29 Thomas Preining 19 10 Ret 0 30 Mattia Ferrari 11 14 17 15 17 17 19 12 16 21 21 20 0 31 Federico Malvestiti 16 12 20 20 17 19 0 32 Wiktoria Pankiewicz 17 21 20 21 19 18 Ret 13 22† 24 23 19 20 Ret 24 DNS DNS DNS 0 33 Julia Pankiewicz 16 22 21 22 22 Ret 22 Ret 18 25 24 18 18 Ret 23 Ret 16 19 15 14 14 0 34 Fernando Madera Jr. 15 18 19 20 18 Ret Ret 16 17 Ret 25 Ret 17 14 22 22 15 Ret 0 35 Ali Al-Khalifa 18 20 18 18 14 Ret 0 36 Riccardo Pollastri 19 16 18 0 F4 Woman Trophy 1 Julia Pankiewicz 16 22 21 22 22 Ret 22 Ret 18 25 24 18 18 Ret 23 Ret 16 19 15 14 14 343 2 Wiktoria Pankiewicz 17 21 20 21 19 18 Ret 13 22† 24 23 19 20 Ret 24 DNS DNS DNS 231 F4 Trophy 1 Kevin Kanayet 6 6 7 17 Ret 19† 13 Ret 19 11 14 11 10 Ret 8 10 1 8 Ret 12 17 337 2 Raúl Guzmán Ret 15 8 Ret 12 15 11 10 12 10 2 14 11 19† 15 11 20† 10 6 5 12 309 3 Yan Leon Shlom 12 12 13 Ret 10 Ret 12 5 Ret 16 13 21 15 17† 9 20 11 13 214 4 Mike Ortmann 7 21 14 Ret Ret 5 84 5 Riccardo Pollastri 19 16 18 42 6 Thomas Preining 19 10 Ret 26 Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts VAL MNZ IMO1 MUG ADR IMO2 MIS

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	Points
1	Prema Powerteam	339
2	Kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	304
3	Jenzer Motorsport	170
4	Antonelli Motorsport	119
5	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	97
6	Israel F4	83
7	RB Racing	80
8	Malta Formula Racing	71
9	Torino Squadra Corse	40
10	Teramo Racing Team	8

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External links

• Official website