Team Report
2017 Formula 4 Italian Championship
Thursday
07
September 2017

Imola - Race Preview

As all the major national and international championships are finally resuming after their summer breaks, Prema is ready to line-up for the fifth round of the Italian Formula 4 Championship, scheduled on the fascinating ups and downs of Imola.

The Italian squad will be lining-up at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari with three cars including the one driven by series regular and championship leader Marcus Armstrong. The young New Zealander, supported by the Ferrari Driver Academy, has secured one win and one second place in the previous round at Mugello and has a 12-point advantage over his closest contender. 

The other Prema full-time runner in the Italian series, Enzo Fittipaldi, will be back battling his way at the top of the rookie category. The Brazilian has two rookie wins to his name so far.  Last but not least, Jüri Vips is back in the series for the third run of his part-time program. Despite having the German championship as his primary commitment, the 17-year-old Estonian got one win and two second places in Tuscany. He is currently eighth overall in standings despite having competed in only two rounds in 2017. 

Angelo Rosin - Team Principal:
“It’s finally time for our Formula 4 operation to go back on-track and it will be at one of the closest venues to our headquarters, Imola. In the previous round of the Italian Championship at Mugello we showed great potential by grabbing two wins and three second places. The major stars on this year’s Formula 4 scene are definitely Marcus and Jüri. The way they are fighting among the frontrunners of both the Italian and the German series is really promising and definitely proves their value. We are confident for Enzo’s performance too as he showed huge consistency and he is now ready to aim for the front end of the overall charts too.”
Imola
8/9/2017
 — 
10/9/2017
Timezone   
CEST (UTC+2)
Length   
3.050 mi
Turns   
17
First Race  
1973
Lap Record  
1:23.49
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
 
6:05 am

1

2

3

4

5

Marcus ARMSTRONG

Job VAN UITERT 

Lirim ZENDELI

Kush MAINI

Lorenzo COLOMBO

PREMA

Jenzer Motorsport

BWT Mucke Motorsport

Jenzer Motorsport

Bhaitech

+0.144

+4.919

+5.434

+5.535

30:41.238

30:41.382

30:46.157

30:46.672

30:46.773

RACE 2
Sunday
 
2:15 am

1

2

3

4

5

Job VAN UITERT 

Jüri VIPS

Kush MAINI

Marcus ARMSTRONG

Lorenzo COLOMBO

Jenzer Motorsport

PREMA

Jenzer Motorsport

PREMA

Bhaitech

+7.442

+8.172

+11.261

+16.451

24:30.083

24:37.525

24:38.255

24:41.344

24:46.534

RACE 3
Sunday
 
11:00 am

1

2

3

4

5

Job VAN UITERT 

Leonardo LORANDI

Marcus ARMSTRONG

Lirim ZENDELI

Jüri VIPS

Jenzer Motorsport

Bhaitech

PREMA

BWT Mucke Motorsport

PREMA

+0.152

+0.676

+0.945

+1.211

24:01.163

24:01.315

 24:01.839

24:02.108 

24:02.374

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