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Dennis Hauger takes cool Italian F4 win in hot Hungary

by Ida Wood

Photo: ACI Sport

Dennis Hauger took a second straight Italian Formula 4 win in the opening Hungaroring race, beating championship leader Gianluca Petecof.

After briefly challenging at the start, Petecof was gradually gapped by Hauger – who mastered several safety car restarts.

A clash at the beginning of the race between Prema’s Oliver Rasmussen and Van Amersfoort Racing’s Nicklas Krutten put the latter out of the race immediately, and coincided with the first safety car period.

Beyond that, the positions in the top half of the 35-car field remained fairly constant, with Paul Aron (Prema) and Roman Stanek (US Racing) briefly swapping places in their battle for third. Aron prevailed, but finished almost 10 seconds behind winner Hauger.

Alessandro Famularo came under pressure for fifth at the end by Mucke Motorsport’s William Alatalo, who after clearing his team-mate Joshua Duerksen in a side-by-side battle quickly made ground on the Prema driver.

A train of cars followed behind them, with VAR’s Ido Cohen leading Bhaitech’s Mikhael Belov, Jenzer Motorsport duo Giorgio Carrara and Jonny Edgar, and the third VAR car of Lucas Alecco Roy.

 

Race results (17 laps)
Pos Driver Team Time/Gap
1 Dennis Hauger Van Amersfoort Racing 32m45.915s
2 Gianluca Petecof Prema +3.306s
3 Paul Aron Prema +9.872s
4 Roman Stanek US Racing +10.884s
5 Alessandro Famularo Prema +13.946s
6 William Alatalo Mucke Motorsport +14.457s
7 Joshua Duerksen Mucke Motorsport +14.989s
8 Ido Cohen Van Amersfoort Racing +15.829s
9 Mikhael Belov Bhaitech +16.219s
10 Giorgio Carrara Jenzer Motorsport +16.759s
11 Jonny Edgar Jenzer Motorsport +17.055s
12 Lucas Alecco Roy Van Amersfoort Racing +18.056s
13 Ivan Berets DRZ Benelli +21.546s
14 Jesse Salmenautio DRZ Benelli +22.542s
15 Daniel Vebster Cram Motorsport +23.478s
16 Andrea Rosso Antonelli Motorsport +26.995s
17 Axel Gnos Jenzer Motorsport +27.558s
18 Filip Ugran BVM Racing +28.183s
19 Emilio Cipriani Cram Motorsport +28.744s
20 Nicola Marinangeli Bhaitech +30.814s
21 Pietro Delli Guanti BVM Racing +31.074s
22 Nico Gohler Mucke Motorsport +33.602s
23 Francesco Simonazzi Cram Motorsport +33.960s
24 Laszlo Toth R-ace GP +35.924s
25 Erwin Zanotti Mucke Motorsport +36.507s
26 Sebastian Freymuth AS Motorsport +43.077s
27 Fabio Venditti Corbetta Racing +45.330s
28 Emidio Pesce Jenzer Motorsport +45.730s
29 Roee Meyuhaas Cram Motorsport +3 laps
30 Oliver Rasmussen Prema +3 laps
Ret Gregoire Saucy R-ace GP
Ret Lorenzo Ferrari Antonelli Motorsport
Ret Umberto Laganella Bhaitech
Ret Amna Al Qubaisi Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema
Ret Nicklas Krutten Van Amersfoort Racing
Fastest lap: Hauger, 1m44.687s

Championship standings
1
?Petecof 118? ?2 Hauger 69? ?3 Duerksen 50? ?4?Stanek 44? ?5?Belov 43? ?6?Krutten 37? ?7?Aron 37? ?8?Rasmussen 36? ?9?Cohen 36? ?10?Famularo 31