2025 F2000 Italian Formula Trophy

Teams and drivers competing in the F2000 Trophy were divided into six classes: the Super Formula Class was open to Dallara F320 cars, while the Platinum, Gold and Silver Classes were open to other older F3 cars. The Bronze class was discontinued, while a new Formula Regional Class for cars conforming to these regulations was introduced. The Formula Entry Class lastly was open to Formula 4 cars.^[2] For competition in the F2.0 Cup, the field was divided into Pro and Light Class entries.^[3]

Team	No.	Driver	Car	Engine	Status	Rounds
Super Formula Class entries
Franz Wöss Racing	1	Benjámin Berta	Dallara F320	Mercedes		All
	20	Stig Larsen		Mercedes HWA		All
	21	Ludwig Kronawitter				5
	32	Victor Smialek				7
Puresport	8	Dino Rasero		Mercedes HWA		All
Formula Regional Class entries
Neri Autosport	10	Luca Iannacone	Formula Regional			5–7
	30	Sebastien Banchereau		Renault		1–2, 6
	95	Arthur Fouche				4
Puresport	12	Christof Ledermann		Alfa Romeo		1–3, 5–6
	16	Sara Fruncillo		Alfa Romeo		1
	25	Mattia Bagioni		Alfa Romeo		1, 7
Alpha Team Racing	33	Sandro de Virgilis		Renault		1
ASD Ruote Scoperte M.	38	Andrea Masci		Renault		1
STAC	91	Jérémy Clavaud		Renault		1–4, 6
Platinum Class entries
Viola Formula Racing	2	Laurence Balestrini	Dallara F317	Volkswagen		1–2, 4
	14	Andrea Benalli	Dallara F317	Mercedes HWA		All
Jo Zeller Racing	44	Sandro Zeller	Dallara F312	Mercedes HWA		All
Perego Racing	46	Riccardo Perego	Dallara F317	Volkswagen		1
One Competition	70	Enzo Stentella	Dallara F317	Volkswagen		All
Facondini Racing	88	Francesco Solfaroli	Dallara F317	Toyota		3, 6–7
Gold Class entries
Jo Zeller Racing	4	Urs Rüttimann	Dallara F306			4
Facondini Racing	6	Enrico Milani	Dallara F308	Fiat FTP		3, 5–7
Team Hoffmann Racing	22	Andre Petropoulos	Dallara F316	Opel Spiess		2, 5–7
ASD Autodromos - Nannini Racing	42	Davide Pedetti	Dallara F317	Toyota		1–3, 6–7
		Giancarlo Pedetti	Dallara F316			4
Chabr Motorsport	54	Tomas Chabr	Dallara F317			7
privateer	90	Antonio Marco Rinaldi	Dallara F393			6
Team Perodi	92	Romano Cataldo	Dallara F316	Toyota		1–3, 6
Corbetta Racing	93	Antonio Montruccoli	Dallara F312	Mercedes HWA		1–3
Antonino Racing	777	Antonino Pellegrino	Dallara F312			6–7
Silver Class entries
privateer	5	Michael Aberer	Dallara F308			7
Neri Autosport	10	Luca Iannacone	Dallara F311	Fiat FTP		1–2
Twister Corse	13	Sergio Terrini	Dallara F308	Fiat FTP		1
Giordano Motorsport	21	Umberto Vaglio	Dallara F308	Fiat FTP		1, 4, 6–7
Sud Motorsport	22	Giuseppe Marinaro	Dallara F310			6
One Competition	23	Federico Porri	Dallara F308			3, 7
Bellspeed	27	Patrick Bellezza	Dallara F300	Fiat Novamotor		1, 7
Facondini Racing	96	Oliver Kratsch	Dallara F308	Toyota		1, 3–7
Formula Entry Class entries
Scuderia Buell	27	Rafał Wołosz	Tatuus F4-T014			4
G Motorsport	31	Federico Antonioli	Tatuus F4-T014			3
ASD Ruote Scoperte M.	34	Sergio Conti	Tatuus F4-T014	Abarth		1
Henry Morrogh Drivers School	37	Matteo Zoccali	Tatuus F4-T014			6–7
Sources: [4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

All drivers competed driving Tatuus FFR.0 cars with Renault engines.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Light Class entries
G Motorsport	19	Vito di Bello	7
Neri Autosport	23	Bruno Mottez	2, 6–7
Derva Corse	24	Marco de Toffol	1
Neri Autosport		Wilfried Leroy	4
Valdelsa Classic Motor Club	59	Riccardo Rossi	1, 7
ASD Ruote Scoperte M.	79	Fabio Turchetto	1, 7
Franz Wöss Racing	95	Nicolas Löffler	5, 7
Open Class entries
Geier Racing	4	Alexander Geier	7
Speed Motor	7	Karim Sartori	1–4, 6–7
GTM Motorsport	18	Domenico Terron	1–4
Team Perodi	19	Vincenzo Siciliano	1–2
Morel Auto Racing	24	Tristan Morel	2
Viola Formula Racing	26	Luis Aguiar	1–4
Team Ziffel	31	Sarene Ziffel	5, 7
Jo Zeller Racing	717	Roger Bucher	4
Sources: [4][5][6][7][9][10]

The 2025 calendar was announced in late 2024.^[11] The series again only held a single round abroad, but that venue will change from the Red Bull Ring to the Brno Circuit.

Round		Circuit	Date	Support bill	Map of circuit locations
1	SR	Monza Circuit, Monza	12 April	Monza Historic Campionato Italiano Auto Storiche	Mugello Imola Brno Vallelunga Monza Misano
	FR		13 April
2	SR	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero	10 May	Campionato Italiano Auto Storiche AvD Sports Car Challenge
	FR		11 May
3	SR	Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	7 June	Porsche Carrera Cup Italy Italian Sport Prototype Championship
	FR		8 June
4	SR	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero	12 July	Italian GT Championship Italian F4 Championship
	FR		13 July
5	SR	Brno Circuit, Brno	6 September	ESET Cup Series Formula 4 CEZ Championship
	FR		7 September
6	SR	Imola Circuit, Imola	27 September	Porsche Carrera Cup Italy Italian GT Championship
	FR		28 September
7	SR	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	26 October	Campionato Italiano Auto Storiche Historic Grand Prix Car Association
	FR

The 2025 season began at Monza with defending champion Benjámin Berta claiming pole position for Franz Wöss Racing in qualifying.^[12] That saw him start eighth for the opening sprint race, in which he quickly rose to second place, but found no way past Jo Zeller Racing's Sandro Zeller. Viola Formula's Andrea Benalli took third as his teammate Luis Aguiar claimed the win in F2.0 on his debut in the series.^[13] Berta bounced back in the feature race, delivering a commanding performance in wet conditions to lead Zeller and STAC's Jérémy Clavaud lights-to-flag and take the championship lead. Aguiar took another win in the F2.0 Cup to cement an early lead over Speed Motor's Karim Sartori.^[14]

Qualifying for round two at Mugello saw Berta on top once again.^[15] He only needed one lap to claim the lead from eighth on the grid in the reversed-grid sprint race, leading Zeller and teammate Stig Larsen to an unchallenged victory as Aguiar also extended his winning streak in the F2.0 Cup.^[16] The feature race began with contact between Berta and Zeller, with the former retiring and the latter penalized. That left Benalli leading Nannini's Davide Pedetti and Team Hoffmann's Andre Petropoulos, taking the win in a race further interrupted by a red flag after multiple collisions. The picture in the F2.0 Cup was untroubled by the shake-up in the overall order, with Aguiar claiming his fourth win in a row.^[17]

Vallelunga hosted round three, and Berta continued his unbeaten streak in qualifying.^[18] His rise to the front in the sprint race was interrupted by a safety car, but when it was withdrawn, Berta and Zeller both attacked race leader Clavaud. Berta claimed the victory ahead of Zeller, with Larsen third. In F2.0, a qualifying accident for Aguiar forced him to miss the race, with Sartori claiming the win.^[19] The feature race brought a race-long battle between Zeller and Berta, with both leading at different stages before the Swiss came out in front to shorten the Hungarian's championship lead to only seven points. Petropoulos took third, while Sartori led Aguiar in F2.0, closing up further to the Portuguese.^[20]

The series returned to Mugello four round four, and Berta claimed another pole position.^[21] Zeller got a brilliant start to the sprint race to take the lead right away, with Berta taking longer to move through the field. That allowed Zeller to build a gap, and Berta was unable to challenge him for the victory. Larsen took another podium in third as the title battle in F2.0 heated up when Aguiar retired in the gravel and Sartori won the race.^[22] Zeller took the lead of the feature race for a single corner, before Berta got back in front and controlled the rest of the race as Benalli completed the podium. Sartori led Aguiar in F2.0 to take his fourth win in a row and with it the championship lead in the F2.0 Cup.^[23]

Round five saw the series' debut at Brno Circuit. Contrary to the other events, a separate qualifying session was held for the sprint race, in which Berta continued his pole position streak.^[24] Wet conditions saw the sprint race start under safety car conditions, but when racing got underway, Berta managed the race ahead of Zeller and Benalli to take a largely unchallenged victory.^[25] Berta doubled up in the second qualifying session to take another pole position,^[26] followed by an equally dominant display in the feature race. Leading Zeller and Benalli once again, untroubled by a mid-race safety car, Berta was able to sweep the weekend and significantly bolster his championship lead.^[27]

The penultimate round was held at Imola Circuit, where Berta claimed his seventh pole position of the season.^[28] The sprint race began with a multi-car crash that caused a safety car, and Zeller pounced on the restart to take a race lead he would not relinquish, despite Berta's best efforts. Benalli continued his podium streak in third, while the F2.0 Cup was back in action, albeit with only two cars, and Sartori won the race.^[29] Zeller doubled down in the feature race, taking a hard-fought win after a race-long battle with Berta to keep the title fight close heading into the final round. Sartori was victorious once again in F2.0 and the absence of his closest rival Aguiar saw him seal the title a round early.^[30]

The Misano Circuit hosted the season final, where Franz Wöss Racing's Victor Smialek denied Berta a full-season qualifying sweep.^[31] Berta started the sprint race in usual fashion by rising from seventh to the lead in one lap, but then slowed with a technical issue. He was classified 27th at the finish, while Zeller won ahead of Smialek and Benalli to set up a championship-deciding final race.^[32] That decision would not come on track, however, as Berta again had car issues and was forced to retire. Zeller was therefore able to finish second behind Smialek to claim the title as Facondini Racing's Oliver Kratsch took third. F2.0 Champion Sartori meanwhile ended his season with two more wins.^[33]

Almost nothing separated Zeller and Berta for much of the season. Both were in a league of their own, often dispatching the other cars put in front of them by the newly created reversed-grid sprint races in a matter of a few corners. They took six victories each, but a crucial final round saw Zeller come out on top in the end. With Berta denied back-to-back championship titles by no fault of his own, Zeller claimed his inaugural F2000 Italian Formula Trophy title without an on-track battle in the final, a matter which he regretted afterwards, before highlighting the consistency of both drivers that played part in the close year-long championship fight.^[33]