Italian F4

Prema’s Sebastian Montoya set the pace on day of Italian Formula 4 testing at Imola, as rival Leonardo Fornaroli ended the day in the gravel

Joshua Duerksen followed up his impressive Euroformula debut with a return to Formula 4 at Imola and a test-topping pace

Junior single-seater outfits Prema Powerteam and Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab will join forces next year under Swiss company DC Racing Solutions

Charlie Wurz, son of former F1 driver Alex, made a surprise single-seater debut in Italian Formula 4 last weekend and was a frontrunner

Ollie Bearman won his fifth successive Italian Formula 4 race as team-mate Cenyu Han had a spectacular accident that caused a red flag at Vallelunga

Oliver Bearman won his second Italian Formula 4 race of the day at Vallelunga, this time inheriting the lead after a penalty for Sebastian Montoya

Van Amersfoort Racing’s Oliver Bearman won the opening Italian Formula 4 race of the weekend at Vallelunga, beating Prema’s Sebastian Montoya on a late restart

Ollie Bearman and Sebastian Montoya shared the Italian Formula 4 pole positions at Vallelunga, although Bearman brought qualifying to an early end with a red flag

Italian Formula 4 points leader Ollie Bearman got the third round of the season off to a good start by topping both free practice sessions

Mucke Motorsport’s Jonas Ried was the surprise pacesetter in Italian Formula 4’s pre-event test at Vallelunga on Friday

Charlie Wurz, son of former F1 driver and Le Mans 24 Hours winner Alex Wurz, was the fastest driver in Italian F4’s in-season Vallelunga test this week

Mucke Motorsport’s Joshua Duerksen set the pace on the opening day of Italian Formula 4’s in-season test at Vallelunga

Van Amersfoort Racing’s Ollie Bearman won the final Italian F4 race of the weekend at Misano

Van Amersfoort Racing’s Ollie Bearman moved into the Italian Formula 4 points lead with victory in the second race at Misano

Leonardo Fornaroli won the first Italian Formula 4 race of the weekend at Misano, while Prema’s Hamda Al Qubaisi took a historic podium.

Kirill Smal and Oliver Bearman topped qualifying for the second Italian Formula 4 round of the season at Misano

Victor Bernier and Kirill Smal set identical laptimes to sit atop the leaderboard in the second Italian Formula 4 free practice session at Misano

Cram is without two of its full-time entrants for Italian F4 this weekend, while Francesco Simonazzi is not driving for BVM Racing due to injury

The second racing weekend of the Italian F4 season got underway at Misano on Thursday with a four-hour test session, which was topped by Ollie Bearman

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