Photo: ACI Sport
French driver Brandon Maisano topped the timesheets in a shakedown session on Saturday morning ahead of the 2014 Italian F4 season opener at the Adria.
The 21-year-old former Ferrari junior pipped his teammate and current Ferrari Driver Academy member Lance Stroll. The 15-year-old Canadian had been faster in the initial stages, but a late lap from Maisano put him at the front by just 0.017 seconds.
Mattia Drudi ended up third fastest for Cram, the Italian being the only driver to get within 0.5s of the Prema duo. Swiss driver Alain Valente ended up being the top Jenzer driver in fourth, completing the most number of laps in the session.
Belgian driver Max Defourny was the second best Cram driver in fifth, ahead of Euronova’s ?Leonardo Pulcini. Matteo Cairoli, a podium finisher in German F3 last year, ended up seventh quickest and the lone Antonelli Motorsport driver in the top ten.
Diegi Motorsport’s sole entrant Andrea Russo popped into the top ten with his final effort, finishing the session in eighth place, ahead of Jenzer’s Lucas Ayrton Mauron in ninth. Ukyo Sasahara, a late replacement at Euronova for the hospitalised?Andrea Fontana,? completed the top ten.
Two free practice sessions follow before qualifying.
Session results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Brandon Maisano | Prema Powerteam | 1:15.999 | 13 | |
| 2 | Lance Stroll | Prema Powerteam | 1:16.016 | +0.017 | 12 |
| 3 | Mattia Drudi | Cram Motorsport | 1:16.131 | +0.132 | 14 |
| 4 | Alain Valente | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:16.584 | +0.585 | 16 |
| 5 | Max Defourny | Cram Motorsport | 1:16.697 | +0.698 | 14 |
| 6 | Leonardo Pulcini | Euronova Racing | 1:16.863 | +0.864 | 12 |
| 7 | Matteo Cairoli | Antonelli Motorsport | 1:16.918 | +0.919 | 11 |
| 8 | Andrea Russo | Diegi Motorsport | 1:17.125 | +1.138 | 13 |
| 9 | Lucas Ayrton Mauron | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:17.437 | +1.436 | 15 |
| 10 | Andrea Fontana | Euronova Racing | 1:17.445 | +1.448 | 11 |
| 11 | Keith Camilleri | Malta Formula Racing | 1:17.647 | +1.648 | 9 |
| 12 | Ivan Matveev | SMP Racing by Euronova | 1:17.725 | +1.726 | 12 |
| 13 | Ali Al-Khalifa | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:17.858 | +1.859 | 14 |
| 14 | Bar Baruch | Israel F4 | 1:17.880 | +1.881 | 13 |
| 15 | Takashi Kasai | Prema Powerteam | 1:17.901 | +1.902 | 13 |
| 16 | Joao Vieira | Antonelli Motorsport | 1:17.920 | +1.921 | 13 |
| 17 | Jonathan Giudice | Antonelli Motorsport | 1:18.196 | +2.197 | 12 |
| 18 | Nico Rindlisbacher | Jenzer Motorsport | 1:18.336 | +2.337 | 12 |
| 19 | Gustavo Bandeira | DAV Racing | 1:18.464 | +2.465 | 14 |
| 20 | Zack Dante | Malta Formula Racing | 1:19.696 | +3.697 | 14 |
| 21 | Giovanni Altoe | Cram Motorsport | 1:19.807 | +3.808 | 12 |
| 22 | Edi Haxhiu | Cram Motorsport | 1:48.298 | +32.299 | 5 |