Press release no.15 / 2016 Mick Schumacher's leads the Championship, Juri Vips is in first place in the Rookie Trophy and the Prema Power Team is the leader among the teams. Drivers of 10 different nationalities in the first 10 places

After the four rounds of the first championship weekend held in Misano, the Italian F.4 Championship already has a very international slant. It’s a hard fought championship by both the drivers and the teams

Misano 15/04/2016 Ð It’s Mick Schumacher, with 62 points (the result of two wins and a fourth place) who is leading the Championship after the first round of the Italian Championship F.4 powered by Abarth, which was held from 8 to 10 April at the Misano World Circuit that bears Marco Simoncelli’s name.

• Behind him is the Mexican Raul Guzman, of DR Racing, who won Race 3 (A-C), finished second in Race 1 and third in the Final Race, for a total of 58 points. Third with 53 points is the Argentine Marcos Siebert of , winning the Final Race and always a contender, thanks to his second place in Race 3 and fifth place, after starting from pole position, in Race 1.

• Next is Siebert’s teammate, Dutchman Job Van Uitert, with 43 points, and then Estonian Juri Vips (Prema Power Team) with 34 points, who leads the Rookie Trophy. Returning to the overall ranking, behind Vips we find his teammate, the American Juan Manuel Correa (27 points), the Russian Yan Shlom (RB Racing, 18 points), Frenchman Valentin Hasse Clot (Kiteviola Motorsport, 16), the Venezuelean Mauricio Baiz (Kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport, 16) and Brazilian Joao Vieira (Antonelli Motorsport, 16), who is second in the Rookie Trophy. There are ten different nationalities in the first ten places.

• In the Rookie Trophy, behind the already mentioned Juri Vips (65 points) and Joao Correa (50) are Giacomo Altoè (, 41), Kush Maini (BVM Racing, 40) and Federico Malvestiti (Antonelli Motorsport, 26).

• The Woman Trophy is led by the only lady who has so far raced, Fabienne Wohlwend, of Aragon Racing.

• As for the teams, the Italian Prema Power Team leads with 117 points, followed by Jenzer Motorsport with 98 points, DR Formula (58), RB Racing (35) and Kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport (19). Also in the top 10 are Kiteviola Motorsport, Antonelli Motorsport, Vincenzo Sospiri Racing, Racing and BVM Bhaitech.

• The complete rankings are available on this page

• See you on 8 May in Adria, on the Adria International Raceway, for the second racing event of the season.

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