Busso pips Maccagnani in Italian F4 test at Misano

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US Racing’s Ludovico Busso pipped Prema’s Niccolo Maccagnani to top spot in this week’s Italian Formula 4 test at Misano.

The 30-car field was split into two groups for the two-day test, and Prema’s Sasha Bondarev was usually the driver to beat in group A which headed out first on Monday.

In session one he set a 1m37.678s to edge Maccagnani by 0.04 seconds, with PHM Racing’s Iacopo Martinese 0.874s off in third. Bondarev improved to 1m37.004s in session two, this time leading Maccagnani and Martinese by 0.147s and 0.77s respectively.

Busso was on top in group B’s two Monday morning sessions, setting a 1m37.608s to lead two of his team-mates by just 0.044s in session one, then improving to 1m36.934s in session two to grow his advantage to 0.142s as a second split the group’s top 11.

Maccagnani got within 0.06s of Busso by topping group A’s third session, having his own 0.203s gap to Bondarev while Martinese trailed 0.92s behind.

Laptimes were slower thereon due to rain. R-ace GP’s Kenzo Craigie led group B’s remaining Monday sessions, and Maccagnani beat Martinese by 0.142s when group A headed back out.

All personal bests were set in the second sessions, with the exceptions of Maffi Racing’s Igor Polak, who only did the last session, Maccagnani and PHM’s Alex Chartier.

Nobody lapped sub-1m51s in the wet on Tuesday. Jenzer Motorsport’s Florentin Hattemer, Bondarev, Craigie and Maccagnani were among the group of drivers who topped session timesheets, and the day’s fastest laps came at the very end. Maccagnani set a 1m51.472s, edging Bondarev by 0.024s and Martinese by 0.577s.

Test results