Photo: Prema
Formula Regional European Championship and Italian Formula 4’s pre-season testing has begun at Mugello, with the surprise addition of Jamie Chadwick at Prema.
The W Series and MRF Challenge champion was the slowest of the six FREC cars on day one of the test, lapping 2.614 seconds off the pace set by team-mate and F4 graduate Gianluca Petecof. She took the place of the absent Roman Stanek.
In second place was FIA F3 Championship-bound Matteo Nannini, who joined DR Formula and was 0.320s from the front.
Petecof’s Prema F4 team-mate Oliver Rasmussen and fellow Ferrari junior Arthur Leclerc were both within a second of his best lap, and sandwiched DR’s Emidio Pesce in fourth place.
In the 16-strong Italian F4 continent, Prema was on top again with Nicolas Todt protege Gabriele Mini. He was almost half a second up on Cram Motorsport’s Andrea Rosso, with Jenzer Motorsport’s Filip Ugran and Prema’s Ferrari junior Dino Beganovic not far behind.
Lorenzo Patrese, the 14-year-old son of 1992 Formula 1 world championship runner-up Riccardo, was 10th fastest for the Kart Republic-linked AKM Motorsport team.
He notably beat Bhaitech’s Formula Renault Eurocup racer Nicola Marinangeli, standing in for Jesse Salmenautio, and Sauber-linked karting graduate Dexter Patterson.
Test results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gianluca Petecof | Prema | 1m42.309s | F3R | |
| 2 | Matteo Nannini | DR Formula | 1m42.629s | +0.320s | F3R |
| 3 | Oliver Rasmussen | Prema | 1m43.194s | +0.885s | F3R |
| 4 | Emidio Pesce | DR Formula | 1m43.206s | +0.897s | F3R |
| 5 | Arthur Leclerc | Prema | 1m43.252s | +0.943s | F3R |
| 6 | Jamie Chadwick | Prema | 1m44.923s | +2.614s | F3R |
| 1 | Gabriele Mini | Prema | 1m47.844s | F4 | |
| 2 | Andrea Rosso | Cram Motorsport | 1m48.316s | +0.472s | F4 |
| 3 | Filip Ugran | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m48.355s | +0.511s | F4 |
| 4 | Dino Beganovic | Prema | 1m48.358s | +0.514s | F4 |
| 5 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Prema | 1m48.537s | +0.693s | F4 |
| 6 | Francesco Simonazzi | DRZ Benelli | 1m48.593s | +0.749s | F4 |
| 7 | Zdenek Chovanec | Bhaitech | 1m48.946s | +1.102s | F4 |
| 8 | Sebastian Ogaard | Bhaitech | 1m49.074s | +1.230s | F4 |
| 9 | Leonardo Fornaroli | Iron Lynx | 1m49.126s | +1.282s | F4 |
| 10 | Lorenzo Patrese | AKM Motorsport | 1m49.376s | +1.532s | F4 |
| 11 | Nicola Marinangeli | Bhaitech | 1m49.499s | +1.655s | F4 |
| 12 | Jasin Ferati | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m49.659s | +1.815s | F4 |
| 13 | Dexter Patterson | Bhaitech | 1m50.054s | +2.210s | F4 |
| 14 | Francesco Braschi | AS Motorsport | 1m50.268s | +2.424s | F4 |
| 15 | Pietro Negra | AKM Motorsport | 1m51.164s | +3.320s | F4 |
| 16 | Samir Ben | Jenzer Motorsport | 1m52.879s | +5.035s | F4 |