2026 Italian F4 Championship

The 2026 F4 Italian Championship powered by Abarth is the thirteenth season of the Italian F4 Championship.

Teams and drivers

Team No. Driver Class Rounds
Prema Racing 1 Christian Costoya[1] R 1–3
4 Roman Kamyab R 2–3
10 Alp Aksoy[2] R 1–3
19 Niccolò Maccagnani[3] 1–3
27 Oleksandr Bondarev[4] 1–3
69 Kingsley Zheng[5][a] R 1–3
98 David Cosma Cristofor[7] 1–3
Van Amersfoort Racing 3 Aleksander Ruta[8] 1–3
53 Pedro Lima[9] 1–3
87 Thomas Bearman[10] 1–3
PHM Racing 6 Oscar Repetto[b] R 1–3
28 Iacopo Martinese R 1–3
47 Roland Kuklane R 1–3
60 Emma Felbermayr W 1, 3
81 Alexander Chartier[c] R 1, 3
US Racing 7 Luka Sammalisto 1–3
9 Edu Robinson 1–3
13 Noah Killion[11] 1–3
17 Oleksandr Savinkov[11][d] 1–3
29 Ludovico Busso 1–3
46 Ary Bansal[11] 1–3
62 Arjen Kräling 1–3
Alpha 54 Racing[12] 11 Thiago Palotini[13] R 1–2
54 Federico Díaz[13] 1–3
55 Ignacio Díaz 3
Trident Motorsport 16 Bernardo Bernoldi[e] R 1–3
50 Florentin Hattemer[14] R 1–3
51 Augustus Toniolo[15] R 1–3
67 Dominik Šimek[16] R 1–3
73 Lyuboslav Ruykov[17] R 1–3
Jenzer Motorsport 21 Levi Arn R 1–3
22 Elia Weiss 1–3
23 Artem Severiukhin[f] 2
24 Nicolás Cortés 1–3
25 Georgiy Zasov R 1
26 Bader Al Sulaiti 1–3
R-ace GP 30 Andy Consani[18] 1–3
33 Tamás Gender R 1–3
34 Kenzo Craigie[18] R 1–3
35 Payton Westcott W 1, 3
42 Emily Cotty[19] W 1–3
Cram Motorsport 36 Simon Rechenmacher R 3
38 Rafaela Ferreira W 1, 3
40 Andre Rodriguez 1–3
Real Racing 41 Knud Nielsen R 1–3
AKM Motorsport 44 Evan Michelini R 1–3
66 George Proudford-Nalder R 3
88 Vittorio Orsini R 1–3
99 Fabricio Fogaça R 1–3
PA Racing[6] 64 Ginevra Panzeri W 1–2
Maffi Racing 80 Rosanne den Drijver R W 3
83 David Walther 1–3
86 Igor Polak R 1–2
Zengő Motorsport 85 Benett Gáspár 3
Source: [20]
Icon Legend
R Rookie
W Woman Trophy

Race calendar and results

The calendar was initially revealed in early October 2025. For the first time since the 2017 season, all rounds will be held in Italy as part of ACI Racing Weekend events. On 9 January 2026, the final round at Mugello was moved back a week.[23][24][25]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Secondary class winner Supporting
1 R1 Misano World Circuit 9 May Alp Aksoy Alp Aksoy Alp Aksoy Prema Racing R: Alp Aksoy
W: Emily Cotty 		TCR World Tour
Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup
Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
GT4 Italian Series
R2 Luka Sammalisto Luka Sammalisto Luka Sammalisto US Racing R: Alp Aksoy
W: Payton Westcott
R3 10 May Luka Sammalisto Luka Sammalisto Niccolò Maccagnani Prema Racing R: Oscar Repetto
W: Emma Felbermayr
R4 Alp Aksoy Luka Sammalisto Alp Aksoy Prema Racing R: Alp Aksoy
W: Payton Westcott
2 R1 Vallelunga Circuit 23 May David Cosma Cristofor Luka Sammalisto Luka Sammalisto US Racing R: Alp Aksoy
W: Emily Cotty 		Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup
TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
R2 Edu Robinson Arjen Kräling Edu Robinson US Racing R: Alp Aksoy
W: Emily Cotty
R3 24 May Edu Robinson Kenzo Craigie Luka Sammalisto US Racing R: Kenzo Craigie
W: Ginevra Panzeri
R4 Luka Sammalisto Luka Sammalisto Luka Sammalisto US Racing R: Alp Aksoy
W: Ginevra Panzeri
3 R1 Monza Circuit 19–21 June R:
W: 		Formula Regional European Championship
Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup
TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
R2 R:
W:
R3 R:
W:
4 R1 Mugello Circuit 24–26 July R:
W: 		Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup
TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
GT4 Italian Series
R2 R:
W:
R3 R:
W:
5 R1 Imola Circuit 4–6 September R:
W: 		Formula Regional European Championship
Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup
GT4 Italian Series
R2 R:
W:
R3 R:
W:
6 R1 Misano World Circuit 18–20 September R:
W: 		TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
R2 R:
W:
R3 R:
W:
7 R1 Mugello Circuit 30 October – 1 November R:
W: 		Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup
TCR Italy Touring Car Championship
Porsche Carrera Cup Italia
R2 R:
W:
R3 R:
W:

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the top 15 classified finishers in each race. No points are awarded for pole position or fastest lap. The final classifications for the individual standings is obtained by summing up the scores on the 16 best results obtained during the races held.

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 
Points 30 26 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' championship

Pos Driver MIS1
 VLL
 MNZ
 MUG1
 IMO
 MIS2
 MUG2
 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Alp Aksoy 1 3 1 3 4 4 144
2 Luka Sammalisto 1 29† 5 1 1 1 138
3 David Cosma Cristofor 2 2 10 8 2 3 121
4 Edu Robinson 12 4 14 1 2 2 110
5 David Walther 7 3 3 12 3 6 102
6 Oleksandr Savinkov 9 4 4 2 11 5 102
7 Ary Bansal 3 8 2 10 6 9 95
8 Arjen Kräling 5 6 8 3 22 10 77
9 Oleksandr Bondarev 2 5 9 11 9 Ret 72
10 Niccolò Maccagnani 4 1 6 24† Ret DNQ 66
11 Thomas Bearman 7 9 Ret 9 5 7 66
12 Ludovico Busso 8 6 25 10 7 11 59
13 Oscar Repetto 11 10 20 6 8 12 51
14 Bader Al Sulaiti 6 10 12 6 22 Ret 47
15 Florentin Hattemer 8 12 31 7 8 14 46
16 Kenzo Craigie 24† 13 13 20 5 8 38
17 Noah Killion 26 7 29 4 Ret 25 34
18 Andy Consani Ret 5 7 21 21 DNQ 32
19 Knud Nielsen 10 19 19 9 12 15 26
20 Roman Kamyab 5 Ret 13 22
21 Artem Severiukhin 18 4 Ret 20
22 Kingsley Zheng Ret 14 18 27† 7 19 16
23 Pedro Lima 12 9 30 Ret Ret DNQ 16
24 Aleksander Ruta 19 11 11 16 Ret 20 16
25 Levi Arn 18 13 16 12 23 18 10
26 Elia Weiss WD WD WD 19 10 Ret 9
27 Roland Kuklane 11 17 28 15 24 29 9
28 Lyuboslav Ruykov Ret 18 17 11 16 21 8
29 Nicolás Cortés 14 16 Ret 26 13 16 6
30 Bernardo Bernoldi 13 20 24 18 15 23 5
31 Dominik Šimek 28 23 DNQ 13 20 17 4
32 Federico Díaz Ret 22 DNQ 25 13 Ret 4
33 Iacopo Martinese 21 20 22 14 14 22 4
34 Christian Costoya 14 18 15 Ret Ret DNQ 3
35 Tamás Gender 27 25 DNQ 22 14 26 2
36 Emily Cotty 15 22 23 19 16 30 1
37 Augustus Toniolo Ret 15 Ret Ret 25 DNQ 1
38 Emma Felbermayr 22 15 Ret 1
39 Evan Michelini 21 27 DNQ 15 17 Ret 1
40 Fabricio Fogaça 16 30† 27 Ret 20 DNQ 0
41 Payton Westcott 17 16 21 0
42 Andre Rodriguez 17 28 Ret 17 18 24 0
43 Igor Polak 19 26 26 23 17 27 0
44 Ginevra Panzeri 20 29 DNQ 24 19 28 0
45 Georgiy Zasov Ret 21 DNQ 0
46 Rafaela Ferreira 23 23 DNQ 0
47 Vittorio Orsini 24 Ret DNQ 23† 21 DNQ 0
48 Thiago Palotini 25 24 DNQ WD 0
– Alexander Chartier Ret WD DNQ –
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
MIS1
 VLL
 MNZ
 MUG1
 IMO
 MIS2
 MUG2
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

Secondary classes standings

Pos Driver MIS1
 VLL
 MNZ
 MUG1
 IMO
 MIS2
 MUG2
 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
Rookies' championship
1 Alp Aksoy 1 1 1 1 1 1 180
2 Oscar Repetto 2 1 8 2 2 3 142
3 Kenzo Craigie 11† 3 2 8 1 2 124
4 Florentin Hattemer 2 2 14 3 4 5 114
5 Knud Nielsen 3 7 7 5 3 6 106
6 Levi Arn 8 3 4 4 10 8 95
7 Bernardo Bernoldi 5 6 10 10 5 12 78
8 Lyuboslav Ruykov Ret 5 5 6 6 10 77
9 Iacopo Martinese 10 8 9 6 4 11 75
10 Kingsley Zheng Ret 4 6 11 3 9 76
11 Roland Kuklane 4 5 13 8 11 15 63
12 Christian Costoya 6 6 3 Ret Ret DNQ 54
13 Igor Polak 9 13 11 10 7 14 47
14 Dominik Šimek 11 10 DNQ 5 11 7 58
15 Evan Michelini 7 14 DNQ 7 9 Ret 40
16 Tamás Gender 10 12 DNQ 9 7 13 43
17 Fabricio Fogaça 7 12 12 Ret 8 DNQ 38
18 Vittorio Orsini 8 Ret DNQ 12 9 DNQ 28
19 Roman Kamyab 2 Ret 4 46
20 Augustus Toniolo Ret 4 Ret Ret 12 DNQ 26
21 Thiago Palotini 9 11 DNQ WD 18
22 Georgiy Zasov Ret 9 DNQ 10
– Alexander Chartier Ret WD DNQ –
Women's championship
1 Emily Cotty 1 2 2 1 1 142
2 Ginevra Panzeri 3 4 DNQ 2 1 98
3 Payton Westcott 2 1 1 86
4 Emma Felbermayr 4 1 Ret 50
5 Rafaela Ferreira 5 3 DNQ 40
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
MIS1
 VLL
 MNZ
 MUG1
 IMO
 MIS2
 MUG2

Teams' championship

Each team acquired the points earned by their two best drivers in each race.

Pos Team MIS1
 VLL
 MNZ
 MUG1
 IMO
 MIS2
 MUG2
 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 US Racing 3 1 4 2 1 1 1 336
5 4 6 4 2 3 2
2 Prema Racing 1 2 1 1 3 2 9 302
2 3 2 6 5 4 Ret
3 Jenzer Motorsport 6 10 13 12 6 19 4 88
18 14 16 16 12 22 10
4 Maffi Racing 19 7 3 3 23 12 3 86
26 26 17
5 Van Amersfoort Racing 7 9 9 11 9 5 Ret 84
12 11 30 16 Ret
6 Trident Motorsport 8 15 12 17 7 8 15 62
13 18 23 24 13 11 16
7 R-ace GP 15 13 5 7 19 14 5 61
17 16 25 13 20 16
8 PHM Racing 11 11 11 20 14 6 8 59
21 15 22 15 14
9 Real Racing 10 19 19 9 12 25
10 Alpha 54 Racing Ret 25 22 DNQ 25 13 4
24 DNQ
11 AKM Motorsport 16 21 27 27 15 17 20 1
24 Ret DNQ 23 21
12 Cram Motorsport 23 17 28 Ret 17 18 0
23 DNQ
13 PA Racing 20 29 DNQ 24 19 0
Pos Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R4 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
MIS1
 VLL
 MNZ
 MUG1
 IMO
 MIS2
 MUG2
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish, but classified

See also

  • 2026 E4 Championship

Notes

  1. ^ Zheng is a Chinese driver competing under an Italian licence.[6]
  2. ^ Repetto is a New Zealand and Monégasque driver competing under a Monégasque licence.[6]
  3. ^ Chartier is a Canadian driver competing under an Italian licence.[6]
  4. ^ Savinkov is a Russo-Ukrainian driver competing under an Italian licence.[6]
  5. ^ Bernoldi is a Brazilian driver competing under an Italian licence.[6]
  6. ^ Severiukhin is Russian, but he competes under a Kyrgyz licence as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

  1. ^ "Costoya to make full-time F4 debut with PREMA Racing". Prema Racing. 12 February 2026. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Former PREMA karting driver set for car racing debut". Prema Racing. 15 December 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  3. ^ "15-year-old Italian set for Italian F4, E4 efforts". Prema Racing. 2025-12-15. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  4. ^ "Ukrainian racer returns to F4 after learning year". Prema Racing. 17 December 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  5. ^ "PREMA, Zheng join forces for 2026 F4 season". Prema Racing. 19 December 2025. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "IF4C Elenco Verificati Misano 2026" (PDF). ACI Sport. 10 May 2026. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  7. ^ "Romanian racer stays with the team after positive UAE campaign". Prema Racing. 2026-04-02.
  8. ^ "Van Amersfoort Racing continues with Alex Ruta for 2026 Formula 4 programme". Van Amersfoort Racing. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
  9. ^ "Pedro Lima joins Van Amersfoort Racing for full Formula 4 Campaign". Van Amersfoort Racing. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  10. ^ "Van Amersfoort Racing welcomes Thomas Bearman to its Formula 4 programme". Van Amersfoort Racing. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
  11. ^ a b c Wood, Wood (22 December 2025). "US Racing signs GB4 and AU4 champions Bansal and Killion for 2026". Formula Scout. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  12. ^ "El ACA se suma a la temporada 2026 de la Fórmula 4 Italiana como sponsor del equipo Alpha 54". Parabrisas (in Spanish). 17 April 2026. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  13. ^ a b "El ACA será sponsor principal en la Fórmula 4 Italiana 2026 junto al equipo Alpha 54". MDZ Online (in Spanish). 17 April 2026. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  14. ^ MotorSport, Trident. "Hattemer named Trident driver in Formula 4". Trident (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  15. ^ "Trident announces brazilian Toniolo as the first driver for the F4 entry". Trident Motorsport. 2025-06-09.
  16. ^ MotorSport, Trident. "Triple commitment for Dominik Simek in F4 with Trident". Trident (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  17. ^ MotorSport, Trident. "Ruykov and Trident together in the 2026 Italian F4 Championship". Trident (in Italian). Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  18. ^ a b "Introducing our 2026 Junior Driver Line-Up!". Mercedes AMG F1 Team. 23 February 2026. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  19. ^ Albertini, Marco (9 January 2026). "Emily Cotty returns to R-Ace GP for Italian F4, UAE4 2026 campaigns". Racers Behind The Helmet. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
  20. ^ "Final Entry List - Round 1" (PDF). app-cdn.sportity.com. Race Control. 2026-05-09. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
  21. ^ "Young Brazilian racer moves up from PREMA karting team". Prema Racing. 13 December 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  22. ^ MotorSport, Trident. "Beco Bernoldi". Trident Motorsport (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-05-09.
  23. ^ Wood, Ida (14 October 2025). "Italian F4 to race exclusively in Italy for first time since 2017 next year". Formula Scout.
  24. ^ "Ecco il calendario degli ACI Racing Weekend 2026". ACI Sport (in Italian). 4 December 2025.
  25. ^ "ACI Racing Weekend: season finale date at Mugello rescheduled". ACI Sport. 16 January 2026.
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