Press Release Number 22 / 2016
The clouds started to cover the Adria circuit for the final race of the second round but the temperature was almost 10 degrees higher than Race 3 earlier in the day. Simone Cunati was the winner of the Rookie Trophy, Ian Rodriguez second and Kush Maini 3rd. Fabienne Wohlwend winning the Women's Trophy.
The closing race of the weekend at Adria saw a full field of 30 drivers with the grid decided by points accumulated in the first 3 races. From pole position Mauricio Baiz made a faultless start to maintain a lead that he would not relinquish for the entire race. Behind him however was anything but clear cut.
• It was eventually the Chinese driver Yi Yifei (Kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport) who won the battle for second but not until the 16th lap when he finally got by the Argentine Marcos Siebert of Jenzer Motorsport who himself finished in third place. A great recovery from seveth on the grid for Yifei. Fourth place for Joao Vieria (Antonelli Motorsport) who for much of the middle of the race withstood the immense pressure of Siebert. Fifth place for the Mexican Raul Guzman (DR Racing) who slid from fifth to seventh after the opening few corners. However Guzman drove a strong race to recover the positions he lost earlier on. Richard Verschoor (Bhaitech) finished in sixth ahead of Simone Cunati (Vincenzo Sospiri Racing), Marino Sato (Vincenzo Sospiri Racing), Yan Shlom (RB Racing) and Kush Maini (BVM Racing).
• As he did in Race 3, Simone Cunati took out the Rookie Trophy from Kush Maini and Federico Malvestiti (Antonelli Motorsport). Fabienne Wohlwend won the Women's Trophy.![]()
• The race finished behind the Safety Car which entered the circuit on the 20th lap after contact between the Brazilian Giuliano Raucci (Diegi Motorsport) and the Russian driver Artem Petrov of DR Formula.
• Earlier on in the day the Chinese driver Ye Yifei was excluded from Race 3 for being underweight in post race scruiteneering elevating Dutchman Richard Verschoor into 3rd.
• The next round of the 2016 Italian F4 Championship powered by Abarth will be the third appointment of the season and will be held at Imola on May 29th, the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari.
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