Team Report
2017 Formula 4 Italian Championship
Tuesday
09
May 2017

Ferrari Junior Armstrong takes two podiums for Prema Theodore Racing in Italian F4

Round 2 of the 2017 Italian Formula 4 Championship got underway at Adria Raceway with Prema Theodore Racing’s Marcus Armstrong taking two podium finishes meanwhile rookie teammate Enzo Fittipaldi claimed second in the Rookie Championship.

The weekend started in good stead with Ferrari Driver Academy member Marcus Armstrong qualifying on the front row for Race 1 whilst teammate and fellow Ferrari Junior Enzo Fittipaldi qualified in the top 10. With poor weather conditions forcing a safety car start for Race 1, Armstrong drove wisely to finish in P3 ahead of Brazil’s Fittipaldi who narrowly missed out on the top-five with P6 and P2 in the rookie competition.

Race 2 saw Fittipaldi finish P2 in the rookie competition once more with P7 overall meanwhile New Zealand’s Armstrong was forced to retire with car damage.

Sunday’s Race 3 saw a fine return to form for Armstrong as he claimed a second podium finish with P3 whilst rookie Fittipaldi did well to come through the field to take P11 overall and P3 among the rookies.

Armstrong jumps two places in the Championship Standings to P4 ahead of Fittipaldi in P8 who also sits P2 in the Rookie Championship. Prema Theodore Racing sits third in the Team Standings.

# 9 – Marcus Armstrong

“A reasonably good weekend here in Adria. Two podiums and a DNF in Race 2 in which we were fighting for the lead. Ultimately it’s unsatisfying to not be on the top step but we showed the fundamentals of having a championship fight. Thank you to Prema Theodore Racing for a successful weekend.”

# 74 – Enzo Fittipaldi

“This weekend was decent. Qualifying is critical at Adria because it is a very small track and as well difficult to overtake. We did not have a great qualifying (Q1-P8, Q2-P8, Q3-P11) because I suffered a lot in sector two. In Race 1 it was full rain, it was a good race finishing P6 at the end. Race 2 was damp conditions, during the race we had really good pace setting best lap time by two tenths, I ended up finishing P7. In Race 3 we did not have a great first lap because I got pushed out by another driver in turn one causing me to go all the way back to P19, the whole race I went working my way back up to finish in P11. I am really looking forward for the next round at Vallelunga and hoping to have a great weekend with Prema Theodore Racing!”

Adria
5/5/2017
 — 
7/5/2017
Timezone   
CEST (UTC+2)
Length   
1.679 mi
Turns   
First Race  
Lap Record  
2017 Formula 4 Italian Championship
 STANDINGS
Updated 
19/1/2021

1

st
Races   
21
Laps   
380
mi.   
1076.83
Points   
283
Podiums   
14
Wins   
4
RACE 1
Saturday
 
1:20 am

1

2

3

4

5

Job VAN UITERT 

Lorenzo COLOMBO

Marcus ARMSTRONG

Kush MAINI

 Leonardo LORANDI

Jenzer Motorsport

Bhaitech

PREMA

Jenzer Motorsport

Bhaitech

+5.480

+9.918

+17.456

+24.177

30:46.375

30:51.855

30:56.293

31:03.831

31:10.552

RACE 2
Saturday
 
5:40 pm

1

2

3

4

5

 Leonardo LORANDI

Job VAN UITERT 

Lirim ZENDELI 

Aldo FESTANTE 

Marcus ARMSTRONG

Bhaitech

Jenzer Motorsport

BWT Mucke Motorsport

DR Formula

PREMA

+1.498

+2.310

+6.414

+3 Laps

29:23.557

29:25.055

29:25.867

29:29.971

25:41.628

RACE 3
Saturday
 
11:30 pm

1

2

3

4

5

Lorenzo COLOMBO

Job VAN UITERT 

Marcus ARMSTRONG

Lirim ZENDELI 

Sophia FLOERSCH

Bhaitech

Jenzer Motorsport

PREMA

BWT Mucke Motorsport

BWT Mucke Motorsport

+2.433

+3.331

+9.783

+10.525

30:22.525

30:24.958

30:25.856

30:32.308

30:33.050

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