Press Release Number 36 / 2016 At Mugello the polesitter Juan Correa wins Race 1 also taking out the Rookie Trophy On a dry circuit with the temperature just under 30 degrees, the first race of the 4th round of the championship saw and Giuliano Raucci on the podium together with Correa

Borgo S.Lorenzo (FI) 16/07/2016 – In fine weather conditions after the rain of Friday, the 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 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.

• Further back was the rest of the field. 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 (), who retired from this race after losing his front wing whilst trying to pass Guzman.

• Fifth for Joao Vieira (Antonelli Motorsport), followed by Diego Bertonelli (), Simone Cunati (Vincenzo Sospiri Racing), Devlin De Francesco (Kfzteile24 Mucke Motorsport), Juri Vips (Prema Power Team) and rounding out the top ten.

• Victory again for 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.

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