RACE IN IMOLA SHIFTED TO THE 1° OF SEPTEMBER AS FIFTH APPOINTMENT OF THE 2019 CHAMPIONSHIP A new date for the racing weekend in Imola as fifth Italian F4 Championship Powered by Abarth racing weekend in 2019 calendar, which will be complete of 3 appointments on F1 circuits Rome, Friday 30 November 2018 – When the fantastic 2018 season has been recently closed, where success has been underlined by the great participation of drivers and teams, the Italian F4 Championship Powered by Abarth moves fast towards fine tuning of 2019 season, the 6° since 2014, year in which ACI Sport and WSK Promotion organized as first at an international level the F4 Championship. Since a successful Championship can, anyway, always be improved, the 2019 calendar is made of 7 racing weekends of which 3* will be held on F1 circuits, one more than in 2018, to permit to the young talents of the F4, many coming directly from karting and at their first experience in a championship raced with single-seaters, to experience and feel the emotion to race in the same circuits as their F1 idols. The fifth appointment of the 2019 championship has been updated from the 9° of June to the weekend of the 1° of September. The first racing weekend will be held in Vallelunga the 4-5 of May, followed the 18-19 of the same month by Misano, the only appointment on the calendar non matching with Formula Regional. The third racing weekend will be the 6-7 of July in Hungary, on the F1 circuit of the Hungaroring*, followed on the 13-14 July by another F1 circuit, the Red Bull Ring. The fifth appointment will be held in Imola, with the new date of the 31 August – 1° September, to then move on the F1 circuit of Monza the 5-6 of October, and closing the season on the Mugello circuit on the 19-20 of the same month. The championship – Even more competition The duration of the Italian F4 Championship Powered by Abarth races increses from 28’ to 30’ plus one lap, to offer the young drivers even more time to grow their experience, and also increase competition and show, aligning with the format of the new Formula Regional European Championship certified by FIA. The 7 racing weekends of the 2019 calendar will so take place with the traditional program that sees 2 free practice sessions of 40’ each on Friday, 2 official qualifying sessions of 15’ on Saturday, and 3 30’ minutes races plus one lap, that will take place one on Saturday afternoon, and two on Sunday. CALENDARIO 2019 4-5 May Vallelunga 18-19 May Misano 6-7 July Hungaroring* 13-14 July Red Bull Ring 31 August – 1° September Imola 5-6 October Monza 19-20 October Mugello *pending approval by FIA Details on www.acisport.it/it/F4/home. Carlo Forni Press Office - Ufficio Stampa Italian F4 Championship Powered by Abarth [email protected] www.acisport.it/it/F4/home www.f4championship.com/ Social www.facebook.com/italianf4championship/ www.instagram.com/italianf4championship/ www.youtube.com/user/CsaiTV/featured www.twitter.com/CIFormula4 .