On a dry circuit with the temperature just under 30 degrees, the first race of the 4th round of the championship saw Mick Schumacher and Giuliano Raucci on the podium together with Correa
In fine weather conditions after the rain of Friday, the Italian F4 Championship powered by Abarth came to life in Race 1, an extremely competitive race yet without major incident. Best off the line was the American – the Rookie – driving for the Prema Power Team, Juan Correa, who led away from pole position and drove a perfect race, despite constant pressure from his team mate Mick Schumacher. Lap after lap, Correa gradually increased his lead, only easing up slightly at the race end to win with an advantage of 1.7 seconds.
The third placed driver, the Brazilian Giuliano Raucci of Diegi Motorsport, finishing almost 13 seconds behind the race winner, but having driven a great race, having recovered from dropping back to sixth on the first lap (from grid 5), but regaining his rhythm to recover. Finishing in fourth was the Mexican Raul Guzman (DR Racing), after a great battle with the Argentine – and leader of the championship at this point – Marcos Siebert (Jenzer Motorsport), who retired from this race after losing his front wing whilst trying to pass Guzman.
Victory again for Fabienne Wohlwend in the Women’s Trophy, meanwhile the Rookie podium saw Correa on top joined by Simone Cunati and Juri Vips.
Race 2 (over 28 minutes + 1 lap) of the Italian F4 Championship powered by Abarth will be held at 9:00am. The complete results of Race 1 are available on acisportitalia.it/F4.