Also in Vallelunga it was Andrea Kimi Antonelli who dictated the law. In Race 1 the Bolognese driver of the PREMA team took everything, pole and victory, dominating from the first to the last lap and also perfectly managing the neutralization phase with the safety car.
Started flawlessly from the first box, Antonelli maintained command of operations followed by Rafael Camara, while Charlie Wurz threw everything to the winds by stalling before restarting and relegating to the center of the group.
A long-distance fight began between Antonelli and Camara with fast laps, but the Mercedes nursery driver has always shown something more, managing to boast, before the safety car enters, a margin of 1 ” 5 over his team mate. Brazilian team.
The restart took place when the race ended with 5 minutes plus 1 lap and here Antonelli proved that he had learned the lesson of Race 3 at Misano. At the restart Kimi was perfect, immediately taking off on Camara and then crossing the finish line undisturbed and putting yet another seasonal triumph on ice.
The PREMA team monopolized the podium with Camara second and James Wharton third. The Australian from the FDA, however, did not show the same pace as his teammates and in the final he had to check in the mirrors an Alex Dunne as always a prominent member of the US Racing team.
The Irish driver, after being relegated to fifth place in the opening stages, managed to recover fourth position by adjusting Marcus Amand. The Frenchman did not have a simple race and in the end he crossed the line in sixth position behind Taylor Barnard and ahead of Kacper Sztuka.
Just between the two teammates there was a good duel that in the end rewarded the transalpine, just as intense was the fight in the final stages between Conrad Laursen, Charlie Wurz and Mathias Stenshorne to get into the top 10.
In the end it was the Danish PREMA who was good at resisting a Wurz who made a good comeback but who chews bitterly for having thrown to the wind with a start to forget a podium absolutely within his reach.
The Italian Formula 4 drivers will be back on track tomorrow morning at 9:00 with the second race of the weekend which, as usual, you can follow in streaming on the Motorsport.com pages.
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