The second round of collective tests for the drivers of the Italian F.4 Championship concludes in Imola, with the participants divided into 3 groups on track. This time, it was the Japanese driver Hiyu Yamakoshi who set the fastest lap, in group C, achieving the best lap time of the day with only one final session remaining for each group before concluding the day that precedes the second round of the Championship. 

In the second round of collective tests, the Dutch driver of Jenzer Motorsport, Reno Francot, again set the fastest time in Group A. This time, the best lap was recorded at 1’46.031. Second place went to the Swiss driver Enea Frey, also representing Team Jenzer Motorsport, with a gap of 0.691. Third in the second session was the Italian driver of AKM Motorsport, Emanuele Olivieri, with a gap of 0.929. Fourth place went to Ethan Ischer, another driver fielded by Andreas Jenzer's Team, who lapped 1.023 seconds behind the leader, ahead of the Romanian driver of Real Racing, Luca Viisoreanu, fifth at 1.133. There was then a one-hour and twenty-five-minute break before continuing with the sessions, which will proceed consecutively until 18:30.

The second session of Group B saw the leaderboard initially topped by Freddie Slater, but it was the Italian driver Davide Larini, representing PHM AIX Racing, who took the session lead with a time of 1’46.394. The British driver of Prema Racing finished in second place with a gap of 0.047. Third was Maksimilian Popov, Larini's teammate, with a close margin of 0.073. Fourth was the Indian driver of Prema Racing, Dion Gowda, who had already shown great speed on track by setting the fastest lap in the first session. Gowda finished the session with a gap of 0.276, just ahead of the Serbian driver of PHM AIX Racing, Andrej Petrovic, at 0.289.

In Group C, Hiyu Yamakoshi constantly sticked to the front. In the final minutes, the driver recorded a time of 1’45.626, breaking the 1’46 barrier, shaving off important tenths in the second and third sectors. Then, on the very next lap, the Japanese driver of Van Amersfoort Racing further improved his time, closing the session at 1’45.439. Only three other drivers besides Yamakoshi managed to go below 1’46 in the final laps. US Racing ace Akshay Bohra finished second in the session at 0.403. Third was the Brazilian driver Matheus Ferreira, also from US Racing, at 0.508, followed by the Swedish driver of Van Amersfoort Racing, Gustav Jonsson, at 0.520.

One more session remains for each of the 3 groups, this time reduced to 30 minutes to end the day preceding the ACI Racing Weekend in Imola. Tomorrow, Friday, May 31, there will be two 40-minute free practice sessions, starting at 9:40 and 14:30. Qualifying will be held on Saturday morning, June 1, in two 15-minute sessions starting at 10:40 and 11:05, followed by Race 1 (30 minutes + 1 lap) in the evening at 17:30. Sunday, June 2, will feature Race 2 (30 minutes + 1 lap) at 9:00 and Race 3 (30 minutes + 1 lap) at 15:30. The 3 weekend races will be broadcast live with Italian commentary on ACI Sport TV, channel 228 on Sky, channel 52 on Tivù Sat, and www.acisport.it, and with English commentary on the official YouTube and Facebook pages of the Italian F.4 Championship, as well as across the Championship's extensive international network.

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