Fornaroli stunning ahead of Bearman and Hamda Al Qubaisi

First victory for the Italian driving for Iron Lynx ahead of Oliver Bearman and the extraordinary Al Qubaisi, first woman on the podium of the Italian F.4 championship
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First victory for Leonardo Fornaroli (Iron Lynx) who started from the pole position and leaded until the chequered flag, first podium for Hamda Al Qubaisi (Prema Powerteam) and also first overall podium for a woman in the F.4 Championship Powered by Abarth Certified by FIA. It was not a first time, but the second place for Oliver Bearman (Van Amersfoort Racing) completed the podium in Misano World Circuit- Marco Simoncelli.

Fornaroli took a good start from the pole position, while at his side Montoya (Prema Powerteam) stalled his car as well as his teammate Smal Kirill, who started from the third place after the two places penalty on grid due to the incident with Nikita Bedrin at Paul Ricard during race 3.

Bearman started to chase Fornaroli from the beginning, while the Arab Emirates driver took a good start from the fifth place and joined the leading pair, challenged however by Nikita Bedrin (Van Amersfoort Racing). The Russian driver held the first position among the rookies until a few minutes from the end, when Jonas Ried (BWT Muecke Motorsport) managed to pass him, taking the fourth position in the overall standing and winning the rookies classification. Sixth place for Sebastian Montoya who, despite his bad start, was able to recover putting behind him Victor Bernier (R-ACE GP), Sami Meguetounif (R-ACE GP), Kirill Smal and Leonardo Bizzotto (BVM Racing) who took the third place on the podium and completed the top 10 ahead the other rookies Lorenzo Patrese (AKM Motorsport), Samir Ben (Jenzer Motorsport) and Maya Weug (Iron Lynx) who recovered from the 17th position. 

The second race will start this evening at 7.35pm.