Race Report

FORMULA 4
EURO4 CHAMPIONSHIP, Rounds 7/8/9

Circuit: Monza (ITA), Length 5.793 km, 4^th-6^th October 2024
www.monzanet.it

JENZER MOTORSPORT 2024:
Ethan Ischer (CH), Enea Frey (CH), Reno Francot (NL)

Points for Ischer in Monza

The second of three race events for the Euro4 Championship took place at the “Temple of Speed” in Monza. 29 drivers were registered. The weather here was changeable and cool in autumn.

Qualifying

Saturday, 05/10/24, 08.30 – 08.45 Q1, Weather: Cloudy, 9°C
Saturday, 05/10/24, 09.00 – 09.15 Q2

The rules allow for two qualifying sessions of 15 minutes, with a 10-minute break in between. The Qualifying 1 times determine the grid for Race 1 and the times from Qualifying 2 determine the grid for Race 2. The starting order for Race 3 is based on the 2^nd best lap time of each driver in either of the two qualifying sessions.

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Race One (30 minutes + 1 lap)

Saturday, 14/09/24, 12.15, Weather: Cloudy, 18°C

The start of the first race was quite uncontrolled and there were soon two different accidents. The safety car had to be deployed. Unfortunately, Reno was also involved; a car in front of him spun and he could not avoid a collision. This meant that his race, as well as that of three other drivers, was already over. After the restart, there were a few laps of racing. Enea had moved up to 17^th place and now had Ethan directly in front of him. At the restart, Enea managed to overtake Ethan. After another safety car phase, both moved further forward. Enea was now 12^th and Ethan 13^th. After the restart, the positions changed again, Ethan was now 11^th and Enea 12^th. Unfortunately, it was now Enea who spun into the gravel and got stuck, so the safety car had to be deployed for a third time. There was not much time left until the end of the race, so there was no further restart. Ethan reached the finish in 12^th place. After the race, various penalties were handed out. In the revised result, Ethan now appeared in 7^th place.

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Race Two (30 minutes + 1 lap)

Sunday, 06/10//24, 08.40, Weather: Cloudy, 9°C

The second race started early Sunday morning in very cool temperatures. Reno came out of the first lap in 12^th place, Enea was 13^th and Ethan 18^th. Reno regained the positions he had lost and moved up to 8^th place. Enea was also gaining places and was up in 10^th place with Ethan directly behind him in 12^th. There was constant overtaking throughout the field on this fast track and positions changed every lap as the cars attacked through the chicane. But this morning, despite all these interesting actions, the safety car did not have to intervene and the race went smoothly. After a challenging race, Reno finished in 11^th place, but because the team had worked too long on the grid, Reno received a 25 second time penalty and was relegated to 22^nd place. Enea saw the checkered flag in 13^th place and Ethan crossed the line in 16^th.

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Race Three (30 minutes + 1 lap)

Sunday, 06/10/24, 15.40, Weather: Cloudy, 18°C

The start of the third race went well, but Slater braked too late and hit Ethan, who was in 8^th place, from behind. Slater damaged his vehicle and drove to the pits, but Ethan spun and fell far back. Ethan quickly improved again to 19^th place. This put him directly behind Reno, who was 18^th. Enea was in 15^th place at this point, but he then quickly moved up to 13^th place. The safety car had to take over the field briefly, and at the restart Enea managed to improve further and to take 10^th place. He fought his way further forward and battled with Olivieri for 6^th place. The safety car had to be deployed again after an accident. At the restart there was one lap left to go, and Enea proudly brought home 7^th place. This also meant 3^rd place and thus a podium place in the rookie classification for him. Unfortunately, Enea was handed a 5 second time penalty after the end of the race for pushing Olivieri off the track, loosing the rookie podium and dropping to 19^th place overall. Ethan had meanwhile moved up to 12^th place, and Reno was right behind him in 13^th place when seeing the checkered flag. In the final result, Ethan finished 11^th, just missing out on the top ten. Reno finished 12^th.
This meant the 2024 Euro4 Championship was already over. Akshay Bohra won the overall classification.

Ethan Ischer (CH)

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Enea Frey (CH)

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Reno Francot (NL)

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Championship Final Standings
Euro4 Championship 2024 after 9 races:

1^st Akshay Bohra (IND), 124 points; 2^nd Freddie Slater (GBR), 106 points; 3^rd Kean Nakamura Berta (JPN) 97 points; 4^th Hiyu Yamakoshi (JPN), 89 points; 5^th Tomass Stolcermanis (LVA), 83 points; 6^th Maxim Rehm (D), 63 points; 13^th Ethan Ischer (CH), 23 points; 17^th Enea Frey (CH), 4 points

Rookie-Ranking
1^st Kean Nakamura-Berta (JPN), 156 points; 2^nd Tomass Stolcermanis (LVA), 148 points; 3^rd Maxim Rehm (D), 120 points; 6^th Enea Frey (CH), 59 points

2024 Euro4 Championship

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