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[HistoryFan]

The first driver of the ADAC Formula 4 is confirmed:

 

David Schumacher will race for US Racing, the team his father Ralf owned.

So the next Schumacher...

 

And: If Mick and David make it to F1, they would be the first cousins in F1!

[HistoryFan]

Jack Doohan and Dennis Hauger to drive British F4 in 2018 with Arden

[sopa]

Well, one thing is sure. The sons of former racers (whatever discipline) can always get drives if they are bothered to have a racing career. That's why racing series are flooded with them.

[HistoryFan]

Petr Ptacek will drive for BaiTech in 2018 in Italian Formula 4.

 

https://www.italiara...d=230268&cat=79

[HistoryFan]

Seb Priaulx, son of Andy Priaulx, is entering British Formula 4 with Arden in 2018:

 

http://www.formulasc...ith-arden/38575

[HistoryFan]

BaiTech signed twins for Italian F4: Alexander and Anthony Famularo:

 

https://www.italiara...d=230283&cat=79

[HistoryFan]

Mücke signes Niklas Krütten for 2018 Italian, German and UAE Formula 4.

[ezequiel]

Giorgio Carrara is supposed to stay with Jenzer in Italian F4. Ian Reutemann has tested for Prema and could be aiming at the ADAC championship.

[HistoryFan]

Ah that's nice. Didn't heard of Ian Reutemann before...

[HistoryFan]

French Formula 4

Ulysee De Pauw wil drive in French F4 next season

 

http://www.formulasc...acb-prize/39159

[HistoryFan]

Umberto Laganella for Cram for Italian F4.

https://www.italiara...d=231652&cat=79

 

Bhaitech: Alessandro Famularo, Anthony Famularo, Petr Ptáček

Mücke: Niklas Kutten

Cram: Umberto Laganella

Edited by HistoryFan, 14 December 2017 - 15:02.

[HistoryFan]

Cram with Andrea Dell'Accio:

https://www.italiara...d=231697&cat=79

 

Bhaitech: Alessandro Famularo, Anthony Famularo, Petr Ptáček

Mücke: Niklas Kutten

Cram: Umberto Laganella, Andrea Dell'Accio

[efuloni]

Enzo Fittipaldi said himself he will race for Prema in both Italian F4 and ADAC Formel F4.

Also, his fellow countryman Gianluca Petecof will race alongside him for Prema in Italian F4.

[HistoryFan]

Italian Formula 4

 

3rd driver for Cram: Emilio Cipriani:

https://www.italiara...d=231712&cat=79

 

Bhaitech: Alessandro Famularo, Anthony Famularo, Petr Ptáček

Prema: Enzo Fittipaldi (?), Gianluca Petecof (?)

Mücke: Niklas Kutten

Cram: Umberto Laganella, Andrea Dell'Accio, Emilio Cipriani

[statman]

is he related to the old guy Cipriani who drove in Formula 3.5 V8?

[HistoryFan]

No, Emilio is Venezuelan, Giuseppe is Italian.

[HistoryFan]

Italian F4

 

And the next one for Cram:

 

https://www.italiara...d=231719&cat=79

 

Bhaitech: Alessandro Famularo, Anthony Famularo, Petr Ptáček

Prema: Enzo Fittipaldi (?), Gianluca Petecof (?)

Mücke: Niklas Kutten

Cram: Umberto Laganella, Andrea Dell'Accio, Emilio Cipriani, Francesco Garisto

[HistoryFan]

What I understand is that Kaltenborn will lead a Monegasque Formula 3 team in Germany in 2018.

[HistoryFan]

David Schumacher makes his Formula racing debüt this weekend in Formula UAE for US Racing.

Edited by HistoryFan, 17 January 2018 - 20:28.

[HistoryFan]

Arthur Leclerc, younger brother of Charles Leclerc, will drive French F4 in 2018

[HistoryFan]

German Formula 4

Prema: Enzo Fittipaldi

Mücke: Ido Crohen, Niklas Kutten

US: David Schumacher

[HistoryFan]

Italian Formula 4

 

Bhaitech: Alessandro Famularo, Anthony Famularo, Petr Ptáček

Prema: Enzo Fittipaldi, Gianluca Petecof (?)

Mücke: Niklas Kutten, William Alatalo

Cram: Umberto Laganella, Andrea Dell'Accio, Emilio Cipriani, Francesco Garisto

[midgrid]

Carlin will take a sabbatical from British F4 this season as they expand into other series.

[HistoryFan]

German Formula 4

Prema: Enzo Fittipaldi, Gianluca Petecof

Mücke: Ido Crohen, Niklas Kutten

US: David Schumacher

[HistoryFan]

French Formula 4

Gavin Aimable

Pierre-Louis Chovet

Caio Collet

Reshad de Gerus

Ulysse de Pauw

Adam Eteki

Mateo Herrero

Arthur Leclerc

Sacha Lehmann

Baptiste Moulin

Theo Nouet

Theo Pouchaire

Noah Watt

[Prost1997T]

https://en.wikipedia...4_Championships

 

There's a template at the base of that page with quick links to the current seasons of virtually all of them (except for the Japanese and SMP series, which haven't announced 2018 calendars yet).

[HistoryFan]

Italian Formula 4

 

Bhaitech: Alessandro Famularo, Anthony Famularo, Petr Ptáček

Prema: Enzo Fittipaldi, Gianluca Petecof

Mücke: Niklas Kutten, William Alatalo

DRZ Benelli: Ian Rodriguez

Cram: Umberto Laganella, Andrea Dell'Accio, Emilio Cipriani, Francesco Garisto

[GazChed]

Any news regarding the British Formula 4 championship ? I had a quick look on their website but I could only find four drivers signed up . Have there been any more ?

[HistoryFan]

no, so far we just have 4 confirmed drivers. Carlin pulls out:

 

TRS Arden: Jack Doohan, Dennis Hauger, Seb Praulx

Fortec: Lucca Allen

 

At least: Doohan and Hauger are good karters, Priaulx is the son of Andy Priaulx. So the quality looks good so far. Hope for more quantity.

[HistoryFan]

and 11 drivers tested this week at Brands Hatch for British Formula: http://www.formulasc...nds-hatch/40675

including Hampus Ericsson, brother of F1 driver Marcus Ericsson

 

British Formula 4

TRS Arden: Jack Doohan, Dennis Hauger, Seb Praulx, Patrik Pasma

Double R: Kiern Jewis, Paavo Tonteri, Sebastian Alvarez

Fortec: Lucca Allen, Hampus Ericsson, Jonathan Hoggard

Sharp: Jamie Sharp

[HistoryFan]

Van Amersfoort signs Joey Alders:

 

German Formula 4

Prema: Enzo Fittipaldi, Gianluca Petecof

Van Amersfoort: Jory Alders

Mücke: Ido Crohen, Niklas Kutten

US: David Schumacher

[HistoryFan]

What I understand is that Kaltenborn will lead a Monegasque Formula 3 team in Germany in 2018.

stay tuned tomorrow...

[HistoryFan]

British Formula 4

TRS Arden: Jack Doohan, Dennis Hauger, Seb Praulx, Patrik Pasma

Double R: Kiern Jewis, Paavo Tonteri, Sebastian Alvarez

Fortec: Lucca Allen, Hampus Ericsson, Jonathan Hoggard

Sharp: Jamie Sharp

[GazChed]

Worrying times for British Formula 4 I would have thought , seventeen at last years Brands Hatch test down to just eleven this year . How are entries in other countries Formula 4 series holding up compared to previous years ?

[HistoryFan]

That's very difficult to say as most of the seasons starts in April or something like that.

 

The current running Formula 4 series (last race compared to last race the season before):

Formula 4 UAE: 13 (11)

NACAM Formula 4: 11 (15)

South East Asia Formula 4: 12 (8)

=> 36 compared to 34 the season before (a bit more)

 

The upcoming Formula 4 seasons:

US Formula 4: 4 (31)

German Formula 4: 6 (24)

Italian Formula 4: 12 (19)

British Formula 4: 5 (19)

French Formula 4: 13 (15)

Spanish Formula 4: 1 (13)

Australian Formula 4: 1 (12)

Danish Formula 4: 2 (7)

 

No details yet:

Japanese Formula 4, SMP Formula 4, Chinese Formula 4.

SMP could see also less starters than last season as there will also be a Finnish Formula 4 championship.

 

I think we have too much Formula 4 series.

Do we really need a Danish F4 series? Spanish AND French F4?

 

I would also love to see a European F4 championship.

[GazChed]

Thanks for posting all that info HistoryFan , I was surprised to see only a couple of the national Formula 4 series broke the 20 entry barrier ( U.S. and German . )

I have often thought that there should be another Formula between karting and Formula 4 ( FJ1600 in Japan and the new National Formula Ford 1600 series in the U.K. fit the bill ) . This may allow more impecunious drivers to catch a backers eye and help them to progress further .

[HistoryFan]

no additional series is necessary. That would be too much.

[GazChed]

I don't agree . The British single seater ladder was until recently , Formula Ford/Vauxhall Junior , Formula Ford 2000/Vauxhall/Renault before moving onto Formula 3 and then progressing to Formula 2/3000/GP2 on an International stage .

Given that Formula 4 is supposedly the first step up from karting , I was surprised to see how low the entries were . It will be interesting to see if they increase this year . For the record the British Formula Ford 1600 championship regularly attracted fields of well over twenty and sometimes over thirty . Whether this series is attracts career minded young drivers remains to be seen .

[HistoryFan]

German Formula 4

Prema: Enzo Fittipaldi, Gianluca Petecof

Van Amersfoort: Jory Alders

Mücke: Ido Crohen, Niklas Kutten

US: David Schumacher

KDC: Alexandra Monhaupt?, Aaron di Comberti?, Sophia Flörsch?

[HistoryFan]

Mohnhaupt is the first female Formula 4 winner (in NACAM Formula 4):

 

http://www.formulasc...f4-winner/40764

[Sterzo]

I don't agree . The British single seater ladder was until recently , Formula Ford/Vauxhall Junior , Formula Ford 2000/Vauxhall/Renault before moving onto Formula 3 and then progressing to Formula 2/3000/GP2 on an International stage .

Given that Formula 4 is supposedly the first step up from karting , I was surprised to see how low the entries were . It will be interesting to see if they increase this year . For the record the British Formula Ford 1600 championship regularly attracted fields of well over twenty and sometimes over thirty . Whether this series is attracts career minded young drivers remains to be seen .

We in the UK used to benefit from the fact that young drivers came here from all over the world. Years ago British FF and British F3 were the place to be. Perhaps inevitably there are more series elsewhere now, so the fields in Britain are going to be smaller. Also, the "ladder" used to be a bit of a mess, and the Karting - F4 - F3 - F2 rationalisation is intended to make it much clearer.

[HistoryFan]

Hoggard confirmed at Fortec:

 

British Formula 4

TRS Arden: Jack Doohan, Dennis Hauger, Seb Praulx, Patrik Pasma

Double R: Kiern Jewis, Paavo Tonteri, Sebastian Alvarez

Fortec: Lucca Allen, Hampus Ericsson, Jonathan Hoggard

Sharp: Jamie Sharp

[HistoryFan]

Charles Weerts to Van Amersfoort:

 

German Formula 4

Prema: Enzo Fittipaldi, Gianluca Petecof

Van Amersfoort: Jory Alders, Charles Weerts

Mücke: Ido Crohen, Niklas Kutten

US: David Schumacher

KDC: Aaron di Comberti?, Sophia Flörsch?

 

It's possible there will be just about 15 drivers...

Edited by HistoryFan, 23 February 2018 - 14:07.

[HistoryFan]

Olli Caldwell to Prema:

 

German Formula 4

Prema: Enzo Fittipaldi, Gianluca Petecof, Olli Caldwell

Van Amersfoort: Jory Alders, Charles Weerts

Mücke: Ido Crohen, Niklas Kutten

US: David Schumacher

KDC: Aaron di Comberti?, Sophia Flörsch?

[HistoryFan]

More drivers for

 

Italian Formula 4

Bhaitech: Alessandro Famularo, Anthony Famularo, Petr Ptáček, Leonardo, Lorandi

Prema: Enzo Fittipaldi, Gianluca Petecof, Olli Caldwell

Mücke: Niklas Kutten, William Alatalo

DRZ Benelli: Ian Rodriguez

Cram: Umberto Laganella, Andrea Dell'Accio, Emilio Cipriani, Francesco Garisto

Technorace: Alessio Deledda

[GazChed]

Jamie Sharp has become the seventh confirmed driver in British Formula Four driving for his father's Sharp Motorsport team . In the meantime twelve drivers confirmed in BRDC British Formula Three only two of which are British . Be interesting to see how large the field is and how many karting graduates choose British Formula Ford this season .

[HistoryFan]

British Formula 4

TRS Arden: Jack Doohan, Dennis Hauger, Seb Praulx, Patrik Pasma

Double R: Kiern Jewis, Paavo Tonteri, Sebastian Alvarez

Fortec: Lucca Allen, Hampus Ericsson, Jonathan Hoggard

Sharp: Jamie Sharp

[HistoryFan]

Jack Doohan will do selected races in German F4 with Prema:

 

German Formula 4

Prema: Enzo Fittipaldi, Gianluca Petecof, Olli Caldwell, Jack Doohan

Van Amersfoort: Jory Alders, Charles Weerts

Mücke: Ido Crohen, Niklas Kutten

US: David Schumacher

KDC: Aaron di Comberti?, Sophia Flörsch?

[HistoryFan]

More drivers confirmed in British Formula 4:

 

British Formula 4

TRS Arden: Jack Doohan, Dennis Hauger, Seb Praulx, Patrik Pasma

Double R: Kiern Jewis, Paavo Tonteri, Sebastian Alvarez, Karl Massaad, Daniel Cao

Fortec: Lucca Allen, Hampus Ericsson, Jonathan Hoggard

Sharp: Jamie Sharp

[GazChed]

Ginetta Junior rookie champion Kiern Jewiss has been confirmed at Double R making ten drivers signed up for this season in British F4 .

Edited by GazChed, 07 March 2018 - 12:32.