2020 Italian F4 Championship

The 2020 Italian F4 Championship Powered by Abarth was the seventh season of the Italian F4 Championship. Gabriele Minì won the drivers' championship in his rookie season while his team Prema Powerteam won the teams' championship for the fifth time.

Teams and drivers

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Team	No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
R-ace GP	3	Kirill Smal^[1]	R	3
R-ace GP	4	Victor Bernier^[2]		3
Prema Powerteam	3	Kirill Smal^[3]	R	4, 6–7
	6	Sebastian Montoya^[4]	R	All
	7	Dino Beganovic^[5]	R	All
	46	Gabriele Minì^[6]	R	All
	85	Gabriel Bortoleto^[7]	R	All
AKM Motorsport^[8]	8	Cenyu Han^[9]	R	1
	9	Lorenzo Patrese^[10]	R	4–5
	31	Taylor Barnard^[10]	R	4–5, 7
	32	Lorenzo Fluxá^[11]	R	5
Van Amersfoort Racing	8	Cenyu Han^[12]	R	2–7
	17	Jonny Edgar^[13]		2–4, 6–7
	51	Francesco Pizzi^[14]^[15]	R	All
	52	Jak Crawford^[16]		2–4, 6–7
	86	Bence Válint^[17]	R	2–7
Bhaitech	11	Dexter Patterson^[18]^[19]	R	All
	19	Sebastian Øgaard^[20]	R	All
	20	Tikhon Kharitonov^[21]	R	6–7
	48	Jesse Salmenautio^[22]		All
	66	Zdeněk Chovanec^[23]	R	1–5
Jenzer Motorsport	13	Jasin Ferati^[24]	R	All^[a]
	14	Filip Ugran^[25]		All^[b]
	15	Piotr Wiśnicki^[1]	R	1–5
	28	Francesco Braschi^[10]	R	4–7
	68	Santiago Ramos^[10]	R	4–7
	84	Francesco Simonazzi^[17]	R	2–3
G4 Racing	21	Axel Gnos^[27]		All
AS Motorsport	27	Sebastian Freymuth^[28]		1–6
BWT Mücke Motorsport	29	Joshua Dürksen^[1]^[c]		3, 6–7
	71	Josef Knopp^[1]	R	3
	86	Bence Válint^[29]	R	1
	97	Diego Contecha^[21]		6–7
BVM Racing	35	Pietro Delli Guanti^[27]	R	1–6
	36	Pietro Armanni^[21]	R	6–7
	84	Francesco Simonazzi	R	4–7
DR Formula RP Motorsport	57	Pedro Perino^[30]		7
US Racing	70	Tim Tramnitz^[30]	R	7
	87	Oliver Bearman^[1]	R	3, 6–7
	95	Vladislav Lomko^[31]	R	3, 6
Iron Lynx	72	Leonardo Fornaroli^[32]	R	All
Iron Lynx	73	Yaroslav Shevyrtalov^[21]	R	6–7
Cram Motorsport	75	Nicolás Baptiste^[21]	R	6–7
	76	Vittorio Catino^[10]	R	4, 6–7
	77	Andrea Rosso^[33]	R	All
	78	Mateusz Kaprzyk^[34]	R	1–4, 6^[d]
	79	Georgis Markogiannis^[36]	R	3, 5
DRZ Benelli	84	Francesco Simonazzi^[37]	R	1
Abu Dhabi Racing	88	Hamda Al Qubaisi^[27]	R W	All

Icon	Legend
R	Rookie
W	Woman Trophy

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Race calendar and results

The calendar was revealed on 16 September 2019.^[38]^[39] Following a delayed start to the season due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic, a new calendar was announced on 19 May 2020.^[40] On 3 June 2020 it was announced that the season opener at Hungaroring was pushed back 2 weeks.^[41] The final calendar was released on 11 June 2020, with Hungaroring no longer on the schedule.^[42]

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Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Secondary Class winner
1	R1	Misano World Circuit	1 August	Gabriele Minì	Francesco Pizzi	Gabriele Minì	Prema Powerteam	R: Gabriele Minì W: no finishers
	R2		2 August	Gabriele Minì	Filip Ugran	Andrea Rosso	Cram Motorsport	R: Andrea Rosso W: Hamda Al Qubaisi
	R3		2 August	Gabriele Minì	Filip Ugran	Francesco Pizzi	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Francesco Pizzi W: Hamda Al Qubaisi
2	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	29 August	Dino Beganovic	Jonny Edgar	Filip Ugran	Jenzer Motorsport	R: Dino Beganovic W: Hamda Al Qubaisi
	R2		30 August	Jonny Edgar	Jonny Edgar	Jonny Edgar	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Andrea Rosso W: Hamda Al Qubaisi
	R3		30 August	Jak Crawford	Francesco Pizzi	Andrea Rosso	Cram Motorsport	R: Andrea Rosso W: Hamda Al Qubaisi
3	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	12 September	Joshua Dürksen	Joshua Dürksen	Joshua Dürksen	BWT Mücke Motorsport	R: Gabriele Minì W: Hamda Al Qubaisi
	R2		13 September	Gabriele Minì	Dino Beganovic	Jak Crawford	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Oliver Bearman W: Hamda Al Qubaisi
	R3		13 September	Gabriele Minì	Joshua Dürksen	Gabriele Minì	Prema Powerteam	R: Gabriele Minì W: no finishers
4	R1	Mugello Circuit	3 October	Andrea Rosso	Gabriel Bortoleto	Andrea Rosso	Cram Motorsport	R: Andrea Rosso W: Hamda Al Qubaisi
	R2		4 October	Gabriel Bortoleto	Andrea Rosso	Gabriel Bortoleto	Prema Powerteam	R: Gabriel Bortoleto W: Hamda Al Qubaisi
	R3		4 October	Gabriel Bortoleto	Gabriele Minì	Gabriele Minì	Prema Powerteam	R: Gabriele Minì W: Hamda Al Qubaisi
5	R1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	17 October	Francesco Pizzi	Sebastián Montoya	Francesco Pizzi^[e]	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Francesco Pizzi W: no finishers
	R2		18 October	Andrea Rosso^[f]	Leonardo Fornaroli	Francesco Pizzi	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Francesco Pizzi W: no finishers
	R3		18 October	Gabriele Minì	Dino Beganovic	Pietro Delli Guanti	BVM Racing	R: Pietro Delli Guanti W: Hamda Al Qubaisi
6	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	21 November	Gabriele Minì	Dino Beganovic	Gabriele Minì	Prema Powerteam	R: Gabriele Minì W: Hamda Al Qubaisi
	R2		22 November	Dino Beganovic	Dino Beganovic	Dino Beganovic	Prema Powerteam	R: Dino Beganovic W: no finishers
	R3		22 November	Gabriele Minì	Gabriele Minì	Jak Crawford	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Gabriele Minì W: Hamda Al Qubaisi
7	R1	Vallelunga Circuit	5 December	Gabriele Minì	Oliver Bearman	Oliver Bearman	US Racing	R: Oliver Bearman W: Hamda Al Qubaisi
	R2		6 December	Gabriel Bortoleto	Cancelled due to heavy rain
	R3		6 December	Gabriel Bortoleto	Jonny Edgar	Jonny Edgar	Van Amersfoort Racing	R: Kirill Smal W: Hamda Al Qubaisi

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Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race. No points were awarded for pole position or fastest lap. The final classifications for the drivers' and rookies' standings were obtained by summing up the scores on the 16 best results obtained during the races held.^[44]

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

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Drivers' championship

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Pos	Driver	MIS			IMO1			RBR			MUG			MNZ			IMO2			VLL			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Gabriele Minì	1	4	2	7	5	4	2	3	1	4	2	1	10	2	Ret	1	2	2	7	C	3	284
2	Francesco Pizzi	2	3	1	6	10	2	6	8	6	9	Ret	5	1	1	4	9	25†	5	2	C	Ret	208
3	Dino Beganovic	5	19	3	4	4	12	11	5	8	6	3	2	17	15	7	2	1	3	5	C	10	179
4	Jonny Edgar				2	1	3	3	4	4	Ret	5	26				5	11	4	3	C	1	169
5	Gabriel Bortoleto	7	7	11	8	7	Ret	7	7	13	2	1	3	18†	3	2	Ret	8	8	4	C	4	157
6	Jak Crawford				3	2	Ret	4	1	3	24	11	18				3	3	1	Ret	C	5	150
7	Andrea Rosso	12	1	8	10	3	1	Ret	9	18	1	4	4	2	DNS	Ret	11	19	14	10	C	20	140
8	Filip Ugran	3	2	4	1	6	Ret	DNA	DNA	DNA	3	6	11	3	Ret	8	12	7	10	14	C	7	133
9	Leonardo Fornaroli	4	15	9	17	17	5	13	26	10	5	12	14	4	4	3	4	5	6	8	C	16	108
10	Oliver Bearman							5	2	5							7	6	12	1	C	6	85
11	Sebastián Montoya	8	5	5	Ret	14	7	9	28	7	Ret	10	7	5	8	6	6	26†	7	25	C	13	81
12	Pietro Delli Guanti	6	6	7	12	9	8	12	6	25†	Ret	9	12	22†	Ret	1	30†	20	16				63
13	Joshua Dürksen							1	15	2							10	4	11	9	C	9	60
14	Jesse Salmenautio	9	9	6	Ret	8	6	8	11	26†	17	20	8	20†	7	10	28	10	19	13	C	14	40
15	Kirill Smal							18	25	DNS	7	13	17				8	Ret	9	11	C	2	30
16	Santiago Ramos										10	14	10	9	5	5	13	9	13	22	C	11	26
17	Zdeněk Chovanec	Ret	14	13	5	19	Ret	Ret	27	24†	18	27	6	14	Ret	13							18
18	Francesco Simonazzi	11	12	Ret	13	16	Ret	17	21	9	12	7	9	11	14	21	16	23	15	6	C	15	18
19	Piotr Wiśnicki	Ret	16	19	19	15	17	Ret	12	23†	20	16	19	8	6	22†							12
20	Sebastian Øgaard	Ret	10	21†	15	12	15	14	13	14	8	19	15	7	10	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	20	C	23	12
21	Bence Válint	17	20	18	18	23	Ret	20	24	22	22	26	25	6	12	18	21	Ret	20	29	C	18	8
22	Dexter Patterson	10	8	10	9	Ret	13	Ret	16	16	19	21	22	12	18	11	14	Ret	23	Ret	C	21	8
23	Axel Gnos	13	13	12	Ret	13	9	Ret	17	11	25	8	13	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	24	21	C	12	6
24	Tim Tramnitz																			12	C	8	4
25	Hamda Al Qubaisi	Ret	18	14	14	22	11	10	19	DNS	23	25	23	Ret	Ret	9	29†	Ret	22	24	C	27	3
26	Taylor Barnard										11	15	24	21†	9	17				17	C	29	2
27	Mateusz Kaprzyk	15	17	15	Ret	11	10	Ret	20	20	WD	WD	WD				17	24	30†				1
28	Victor Bernier							Ret	10	21													1
29	Jasin Ferati	14	11	16	11	18	Ret	16	22	15	15	22	20	WD	WD	WD	18	12	21	18	C	25	0
30	Sebastian Freymuth	18	Ret	20	Ret	20	16	Ret	18	Ret	13	18	21	15	11	20	24	16	25				0
31	Lorenzo Fluxá													19†	13	12							0
32	Josef Knopp							15	14	12													0
33	Cenyu Han	16	Ret	17	16	21	14	21	23	17	Ret	24	Ret	13	Ret	16	19	Ret	18	15	C	19	0
34	Vladislav Lomko							Ret	DNS	DNS							15	13	17				0
35	Francesco Braschi										14	Ret	16	DNS	16	14	31†	Ret	NC	16	C	32	0
36	Yaroslav Shevyrtalov																22	14	Ret	19	C	17	0
37	Nicolás Baptiste																27	15	31	Ret	C	26	0
38	Georgis Markogiannis							19	Ret	19				16	17	19							0
39	Lorenzo Patrese										16	17	Ret	Ret	19	DNS							0
40	Pietro Armanni																25	17	29	27	C	30	0
41	Diego Contecha																26	18	28	26	C	22	0
42	Vittorio Catino										21	23	Ret				20	22	26	Ret	C	28	0
43	Tikhon Kharitonov																23	21	27	23	C	24	0
44	Pedro Perino																			28	C	31	0
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	MIS			IMO1			RBR			MUG			MNZ			IMO2			VLL			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

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Secondary Classes' standings

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Pos	Driver	MIS			IMO1			RBR			MUG			MNZ			IMO2			VLL			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Rookies' championship
1	Gabriele Minì	1	3	2	4	3	3	1	2	1	3	2	1	9	2	Ret	1	2	1	6	C	2	318
2	Francesco Pizzi	2	2	1	3	6	2	3	6	3	8	Ret	5	1	1	4	7	18†	3	2	C	Ret	251
3	Dino Beganovic	4	16	3	1	2	9	7	3	5	5	3	2	15	13	7	2	1	2	4	C	6	231
4	Gabriel Bortoleto	6	6	9	5	4	Ret	4	5	9	2	1	3	16†	3	2	Ret	5	6	3	C	3	199
5	Andrea Rosso	10	1	6	7	1	1	Ret	7	14	1	4	4	2	DNS	Ret	8	12	10	8	C	14	172
6	Leonardo Fornaroli	3	12	7	14	12	4	9	19	7	4	8	11	3	4	3	3	3	4	7	C	10	148
7	Sebastián Montoya	7	4	4	Ret	9	5	5	21	4	Ret	7	7	4	7	6	4	19†	5	20	C	8	128
8	Oliver Bearman							2	1	2							5	4	8	1	C	4	124
9	Pietro Delli Guanti	5	5	5	9	5	6	8	4	20†	Ret	6	10	19†	Ret	1	23†	13	12				100
10	Kirill Smal							14	18	DNS	6	9	14				6	Ret	7	9	C	1	51
11	Santiago Ramos										9	10	9	8	5	5	9	6	9	18	C	7	47
12	Francesco Simonazzi	9	10	Ret	10	11	Ret	13	14	6	11	5	8	10	12	18	12	16	11	5	C	9	39
13	Sebastian Øgaard	Ret	8	17†	12	8	12	10	9	10	7	14	12	6	9	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	C	16	28
14	Zdeněk Chovanec	Ret	11	10	2	14	Ret	Ret	20	19†	15	21	6	13	Ret	11							27
15	Dexter Patterson	8	7	8	6	Ret	10	Ret	11	12	16	15	17	11	16	9	10	Ret	18	Ret	C	15	26
16	Piotr Wiśnicki	Ret	13	16	16	10	13	Ret	8	18†	17	12	15	7	6	19							19
17	Hamda Al Qubaisi	Ret	15	11	11	16	8	6	12	DNS	20	19	18	Ret	Ret	8	22†	Ret	17	19	C	20	16
18	Mateusz Kaprzyk	12	14	12	Ret	7	7	Ret	13	16	WD	WD	WD				13	17	22†				12
19	Jasin Ferati	11	9	13	8	13	Ret	12	15	11	13	16	16	WD	WD	WD	14	7	16	14	C	18	12
20	Bence Válint	14	17	15	15	17	Ret	16	17	17†	19	20	20	5	10	16	17	Ret	15	22	C	12	11
21	Tim Tramnitz																			10	C	5	11
22	Taylor Barnard										10	11	19	18†	8	15				13	C	22	5
23	Josef Knopp							11	10	8													5
24	Vladislav Lomko							Ret	DNS	DNS							11	8	13				4
25	Yaroslav Shevyrtalov																18	9	Ret	15	C	11	2
26	Lorenzo Fluxá													17†	11	10							1
27	Nicolás Baptiste																21	10	23	Ret	C	19	1
28	Cenyu Han	13	Ret	14	13	15	11	17	16	13	Ret	18	Ret	12	Ret	14	15	Ret	14	11	C	13	0
29	Pietro Armanni																20	11	21	21	C	23	0
30	Francesco Braschi										12	Ret	13	DNS	14	12	24†	Ret	NC	12	C	24	0
31	Lorenzo Patrese										14	13	Ret	Ret	17	DNS							0
32	Georgis Markogiannis							15	Ret	15				14	15	17							0
33	Tikhon Kharitonov																19	14	20	18	C	17	0
34	Vittorio Catino										18	17	Ret				16	15	19	Ret	C	21	0
Women's championship
1	Hamda Al Qubaisi	Ret	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	DNS	1	1	1	Ret	Ret	1	1†	Ret	1	1	C	1	375
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	MIS			IMO1			RBR			MUG			MNZ			IMO2			VLL			Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

† — Did not finish, but classified

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Teams' championship

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

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Pos	Team	Points
1	Prema Powerteam	596
2	Van Amersfoort Racing	495
3	Jenzer Motorsport	168
4	Cram Motorsport	141
5	Iron Lynx	108
6	US Racing	89
7	BVM Racing	80
8	Bhaitech	77
9	BWT Mücke Motorsport	59
10	G4 Racing	6
11	Abu Dhabi Racing	3
12	AKM Motorsport	2
13	R-ace GP	1
14	DRZ Benelli	0
15	AS Motorsport	0
16	DR Formula RP Motorsport	0

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Notes

[a]
Jasin Ferati appeared on the entry list for Round 5 but did not participate in the races after injuring himself during qualifying.
[b]
Filip Ugran appeared on the entry list for Round 3 but could not make it to the track to compete due to travel restrictions.^[26]
[c]
Dürksen is a Paraguayan driver who entered under German racing license.
[d]
Mateusz Kaprzyk appeared on the entry list for Round 4 but did not participate in qualifying or the races after testing positive for COVID-19.^[35]
[e]
Gabriele Minì crossed the line first but was given a 5 second penalty for leaving the track and gaining a lasting advantage. Pizzi inherited the win.^[43]
[f]
Rosso did not start the race, leaving pole position to Gabriele Minì.

2020 Italian F4 Championship

Teams and drivers

Race calendar and results

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

Secondary Classes' standings

Teams' championship

Notes

References

External links

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