The ACI is pleased to announce that the series that started the F4 phenomenon is back for another season. Up to 40 competitors will be taking part in this year's championship.
Entry Rules
Your team must be based in Europe. Each team may have between 1-3 cars, but 3 car entries are limited and their acceptance is entirely at my personal discretion, based on realism of the attempted entry.
Drivers must also be from Europe or North Africa. Exceptions may be made if a good enough case for it is argued.
The usual experience rules apply - if they've done anything higher than F4 before, forget about it! There are exceptions though - a handful of gentlemen over-35 drivers, who have achieved notability (or rather, notoriety) either in canon or in real life are permitted.
Team Mentor
This F4 series does have one feature the others do no - driver mentors. The idea is to sign an experienced, top level driver to help tutor and mould your youngster into better racing drivers. This crucially means a driver who starts off bad may not necessarily stay bad - there is a chance you'd be better off waiting for the various mid-season tests and see if they improve, rather than just impluse-sacking a struggling driver.
The quality of team mentor you recruit will affect the likelihood and degree of improvement for your youngsters. They will have no effect on any gentlemen racers in your team - so if your team is a single-car gentlemen entry for example, you don't need one. In fact, it is an optional feature, but it doesn't cost anything, so it's just a case of whether you wish to go to the effort of signing someone or not.
Real-life drivers can be signed in this role, but are subject to a tough RNG. You won't manage better than a 50% chance, unless said RL driver is intrinsically linked to that team in some manner (to cite a historical example, the percentage chance for Mark Webber at MW Arden would be higher than 50%). There is no RNG for fictional drivers - just go negotiate a deal with their DEC holder.
Races
Two heats with an equal split of cars will take place, with the Top 10 from each heat graduating to the weekend finale. All 3 races will use the standardised F4 points system, with races being approximately 60km long each for all races. Two very brief jaunts out of Italy will occur; once just across the Piedmont border into Monaco, and the other sailing across to Bastia, on the island of Corsica - one with a very strong historical connection to Italy.
The following forms the provisional calendar;
1. Autodromo Nazionale Monza - April 7-8*
2. Autodromo di Pergusa - April 28-29**
T. Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello - May 20
3. Vallelunga Circuit - June 2-3
4. Autodromo Riccardo Paletti - July 14-15
T. Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello - July 31
5. Circuit de Monte-Carlo - September 8-9***
6. Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari - September 29-30
* Supporting ARWS, AR 3.5 & AR 2.0
** Supporting F1 & PC
*** Supporting ARWS
Liveries
As this series is running in rFactor, I am hoping to do some short clips, maybe 2 minutes per race or so, with the most important moments of the races. Therefore, liveries will be featured. You can either design your own, or request some help from someone. For those who wish to design their own car, a PSD template of the Tatuus FA010 is included below.
>LINK TO F4 TEMPLATE<
Entry Form
So after all that, you should be caught up on the requirements. Now fill out the following form to complete your entry!
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Team Name:
Team Base:
Car Numbers (1-99):
Livery:
Driver 1 Name:
Driver 1 Nationality:
Real or Fictional:
(If Fictional) DEC Holder:
*Driver 2 Name:
*Driver 2 Nationality:
*Real or Fictional:
*(If Fictional) DEC Holder:
*Driver 3 Name:
*Driver 3 Nationality:
*Real or Fictional:
*(If Fictional) DEC Holder:
*Team Mentor:
*Real or Fictional:
*(If Fictional) DEC Holder:An asterisk (*) indicated an optional field.
The deadline for entries is Aug 27 @ 1200 BST / 1300 CET, assuming that all 40 places have not been filled by then.
Penalty Points
Michelangela Dioli - 20 (20 @ R6 2018) - Banned for from the first round of all FIA sanctioned series in 2019.
Magda Szervanszky - 13 (3 @ R5 2018, 10 @ R6 2018)
Ivan Shvetsov - 10 (10 @ R4 2018)
Leonardo Lorandi - 10 (10 @ R6 2018)
Massimo Torelli - 6 (3 @ R4 2018, 3 @ R5 2018)
Manuel Monetta - 5 (5 @ R4 2018)
Asier Urbieta - 5 (5 @ R4 2018)
Phillippe Haezebrouck - 5 (5 @ R4 2018)
Alessandro Giardelli - 5 (5 @ R4 2018)
Pavel Bulantsev - 3 (3 @ R5 2018)
David Luis Chavarria (3 @ R4 2018)
20 penalty points leads to a one weekend suspension. 40 leads to a one calendar year ban across all Formula 4 series.
Results
R1 // MONZA
Heat A | Heat B | Final
R2 // PERGUSA
Heat A | Heat B | Final
R3 // VALLELUNGA
Heat A | Heat B | Final
R4 // VARANO
Heat A | Heat B | Final
R5 // MONACO
Heat A | Heat B | Final
R6 // IMOLA
Heat A | Heat B | Final
