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Home Formula 4ADAC F4 Antonelli leads Prema 1-2-3-4 in ADAC F4 opener at revised Spa

Antonelli leads Prema 1-2-3-4 in ADAC F4 opener at revised Spa

by Craig Woollard

Photo: ADAC

Andrea Kimi Antonelli came out on top of the ADAC Formula 4 season opener in Spa-Francorchamps’ first junior single-seater race on its revised layout.

Mercedes-AMG Formula 1 junior Antonelli got a good start from pole position, while Prema team-mate Rafael Camara struggled a bit off the line. The pair went four-wide with team-mate Charlie Wurz and US Racing’s Marcus Amand.

It was Amand who came out on top, and he began to head the Prema quintet in the early stages as Camara looked to regain the positions he lost – including with a side-by-side moment with Wurz through Eau Rouge and Raidillon.

However, it was only a matter of laps before he was swarmed by the Italian team.

Antonelli led Camara when both got past Amand, with Camara having to pass Wurz too, and the pair began to pull away from their team-mate in third.

In the closing stages, Antonelli was able to pull away from Camara and came through for a relatively comfortable victory.

Wurz rounded out the podium ahead of team-mate Conrad Laursen, as Amand dropped to fifth.

PHM Racing’s Taylor Barnard took sixth after a scrap with team-mate Nikita Bedrin, who fell back slightly after contact and subsequent damage.

The fifth Prema entry of James Wharton was running in sixth but had a puncture about halfway through the race, which ended his morning. It may have been picked up at La Source, where he had contact with Bedrin.

US’s Nikhil Bohra was seventh ahead of Bedrin, with PHM’s Jonas Ried and US’s Pedro Perino rounding out the top 10.

Further back, BWR Motorsports’ Alfio Spina and R-ace GP’s Marcos Flack had contact down the Kemmel Straight that ruined both of their races, while Sauter Engineering’s Michael Sauter and Iron Dames’ Maya Weug had an incident that is to be investigated. US’s Kacper Sztuka failed to start the race, leaving 20 cars on the grid.

Race result (13 laps)
Pos Driver Team Time
1 Andrea Kimi Antonelli Prema 31m22.908s
2 Rafael Camara Prema +3.341s
3 Charlie Wurz Prema +10.279s
4 Conrad Laursen Prema +10.845s
5 Marcus Amand US Racing +11.598s
6 Taylor Barnard PHM Racing +17.201s
7 Nikhil Bohra US Racing +18.930s
8 Nikita Bedrin PHM Racing +21.123s
9 Jonas Ried PHM Racing +21.687s
10 Pedro Perino US Racing +23.412s
11 Ramus Joutsimies Jenzer Motorsport +29.007s
12 Frederik Lund R-ace GP +30.001s
13 Ethan Ischer Jenzer Motorsport +30.068s
14 Michael Sauter Sauter Engineering+Design +33.506s
15 Nadhavud Bhirombhakdi Jenzer Motorsport +42.214s
16 Maya Weug Iron Lynx +42.678s
17 Chris Rosenkranz BWR Motorsports +48.548s
Ret Alfio Spina BWR Motorsports
Ret James Wharton Prema
Ret Marcos Flack R-ace GP
DNS Kacper Sztuka US Racing
Fastest lap: Camara, 2m23.730s