2023 F2000 Italian Formula Trophy

The 2023 Zinox Laser F2000 Italian Formula Trophy was a multi-event open-wheel single seater motor racing championship. This was the tenth season of the series, featuring a mix of professional and amateur drivers competing in different classes and using multiple kinds of Formula 3- and Formula Renault-level machinery.^[1] For the 2023 season, the title sponsor of the championship changed from TopJet to Zinox Laser.^[2] The championship had a cooperation with the Drexler-Automotive Formula Cup, with the two series sharing grids and race slots on multiple race weekends.^[2]

2023 F2000 Italian Formula Trophy

Overall Champion: Juju Noda
Super Formula Class Winner: Juju Noda
Platinum Class Winner: Benjamin Berta
Gold Class Winner: Andrea Benalli
Silver Class Winner: Patrick Bellezza
Bronze Class Winner: Luca Iannacone
Entry Class Winner: Sergio Conti
F2.0 Cup Winner: Stefano Palummieri
F2.0 Light Winner: Fabio Turchetto
F2.0 Open Winner: Stefano Palummieri
Teams' Champion: Franz Wöss Racing
F2.0 Teams' Champion: Derva Corse ASD

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Teams and drivers

Teams and drivers competing in the F2000 Trophy were divided into four classes: Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze ranked the field based on the cars' age and technical characteristics as well as the drivers' experience.^[3] For competition in the F2.0 Cup, the field was divided into Pro and Light entries.^[4]

F2000 Trophy entries

Team	No.	Driver	Car	Engine	Status	Rounds
Super Formula Class entries
Puresport	8	Dino Rasero	Dallara 320	Mercedes HWA		1–3, 5
Noda Racing	10	Juju Noda		Volkswagen		All
TVS Motorsport	23	Enzo Stentella		Mercedes		All
HT Powertrain	51	Bernardo Pellegrini		Mercedes HWA		All
BVM Racing	84	Francesco Simonazzi		Volkswagen	G	1
G Motorsport	131	Francesco Galli		Volkswagen		All
NV Racing	212	Paolo Brajnik		Volkswagen		1
Platinum Class entries
Franz Wöss Racing	1	Benjamin Berta	Dallara F317	Mercedes		All
Racing in Italy	75	Mei Shibi	Dallara F308	Volkswagen		2–3, 5–7
HT Powertrain	20	Stig Larsen	Dallara F317	Volkswagen		All
One Sport Performance	21	Alessandro Bracalente	Dallara F317	Volkswagen		1
		Renato Papaleo	Dallara F317			4, 6–7
Facondini Racing	36	Francesco Solfaroli	Dallara F317	Toyota		1–2, 4–7
privateer	41	Franco Cimarelli	Dallara F312	Volkswagen		1, 6–7
Jo Zeller Racing	44	Sandro Zeller	Dallara F316	Mercedes HWA		All
Team Perego	46	Riccardo Perego	Dallara F317	Volkswagen		1–5
Antonino Racing	77	Antonio Pellegrini	Dallara F308			7
Nannini Racing	81	Marco Falci	Dallara F317	Toyota		1–2
Emotion Motorsport	83	Daniele Radrizzani	Dallara F317	Toyota		1–2, 4
Gold Class entries
Facondini Racing	6	Enrico Milani	Dallara F308			2, 4–5, 7
Puresport	14	Andrea Benalli	Dallara F309	Power Engine		1–3, 5–7
Neri Autosport	18	Victor Neumann	Dallara F311			2
	30	Sebastien Banchereau	Dallara F310			2, 6
Rennsport Wachter	22	Victor Smialek	Dallara F308			7
One Sport Performance	23	Marco Marotta	Dallara F312	Volkswagen		5
Team Automobile Tricolore	39	Edoardo Bonanomi	Dallara F312	Mercedes		1–3, 5, 7
Nannini Racing	42	Davide Pedetti	Dallara F317	Toyota		All
	81	Giancarlo Pedetti	Dallara F317			4–7
Chabr Motorsport	54	Tomas Chabr	Dallara F308			7
Sud Motorsport	90	Antonino Marco Rinaldi	Dallara F302			2
Franz Wöss Racing	98	Maximilian Malinowski	Dallara F309			7
Silver Class entries
Team Tramonti Corse	11	Carmine Tancredi[a]	Dallara F308	Toyota		3–4
Living KC	12	Umberto Vaglio	Dallara F308			2, 5
Twister Italia	13	Sergio Terrini	Dallara F308	Fiat FTP		1–3
Bellspeed	27	Patrick Bellezza	Dallara F300	Fiat Novamotor		1–2, 5–7
BMG Racing	28	Giorgio Berto	Dallara F308	Fiat		1–2, 7
Sud Motorsport	33	Salvatore Marinaro	Dallara F310	Fiat		1–2, 4, 6–7
2F Motorsport	35	Ferruccio Fontanella	Dallara F308			4
Puresport	76	Christof Ledermann	Dallara F309	Power Engine		3, 5
Bronze Class entries
Valentino Racing Team	4	Valentino Carofano	Lola F3	Dome		7
Sud Motorsport	7	Armando Stola	Dallara			6
	85	Daniele Siano	Dallara F308	Fiat		1
Franz Wöss Racing	9	Luca Iannacone	Dallara F308	Toyota		1, 3, 6
Team Tramonti Corse	11	Carmine Tancredi[b]	Dallara F308	Toyota		1–2
Formula Entry Class entries
privateer	34	Sergio Conti	Tatuus F4-T014	Abarth		1–2, 5–6
Sources: [5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

F2.0 Cup entries

All drivers compete driving Tatuus FR2.0 cars with Renault engines.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Light Class entries
Alpha Team Racing	3	Sandro de Virgilis	7
Derva Corse ASD	24	Marco de Toffol	2–4
A.S.D. Ruote Scoperte M.	79	Fabio Turchetto	1–4, 6
	80	Andrea Masci	6–7
	222	Stefano Pezzoni	7
Valdelsa CLA	59	Riccardo Rossi	6–7
Team Hars	71	Luca Guolo	6–7
Padoviani Corse ASD	89	Simone Padoviani	1–2, 4, 6–7
Open Class entries
Viola Formula Racing	2	Laurence Balestrini	1–3
Speed Motor	5	Karim Sartori	1–4, 6–7
Derva Corse ASD	16	Matteo Immordino	1–4, 6–7
	95	Christian Caramuscia	1–4, 6–7
PLMRACING	29	Stefano Palummieri	1–4, 6–7
Sources: [5][6][7][8][10][11]

Race calendar

The 2023 calendar was first announced on 21 January 2023.^[12]

  Race weekend held races of the FR2.0 Cup

Round		Circuit	Date	Support bill	Map of circuit locations
1	R1	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero	25 March	24H Series (12 Hours of Mugello) Drexler-Automotive Formula Cup	Mugello Imola Spielberg Vallelunga Spa Misano
	R2
2	R1	Imola Circuit, Imola	22 April	TCR Italian Series Formula Regional European Championship
	R2		23 April
3	R1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	21 May	ESET Cup TCR Eastern Europe
	R2
4	R1	Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	10 June	TCR World Tour TCR Italian Festival
	R2		11 June
5	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	8 July	Spa Summer Classics Spa 3 Hours
	R2		9 July
6	R1	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero	8 October	BOSS GP Series Drexler-Automotive Formula Cup
	R2
7	R1	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	5 November	Coppa Italia Turismo National GT Challenge
	R2

Race results

F2000 Trophy results

Round			Pole position	Super Formula winner	Platinum winner	Gold winner	Silver winner	Bronze winner	Formula Entry winner
1	R1	Mugello Circuit	Juju Noda[c]	Juju Noda[d]	Benjamin Berta	Andrea Benalli	Patrick Bellezza	Daniele Siano	Sergio Conti
	R2			Juju Noda[e]	Marco Falci	Andrea Benalli	Sergio Terrini	Daniele Siano	Sergio Conti
2	R1	Imola Circuit	Benjamin Berta	Bernardo Pellegrini	Benjamin Berta	Andrea Benalli	Patrick Bellezza	Carmine Tancredi	Sergio Conti
	R2			Bernardo Pellegrini	Benjamin Berta	Andrea Benalli	Patrick Bellezza	Carmine Tancredi	Sergio Conti
3	R1	Red Bull Ring	Benjamin Berta	Juju Noda	Benjamin Berta	Davide Pedetti	no finishers	Luca Iannacone	no entries
	R2			Francesco Galli	Benjamin Berta	Andrea Benalli	Christof Ledermann	Luca Iannacone
4	R1	Vallelunga Circuit	Juju Noda	Bernardo Pellegrini	Sandro Zeller	Enrico Milani	Salvatore Marinaro	no entries
	R2			Juju Noda	Sandro Zeller	Enrico Milani	Ferruccio Fontanella
5	R1	Spa-Francorchamps	Juju Noda	Juju Noda	Benjamin Berta	Andrea Benalli	Patrick Bellezza		Sergio Conti
	R2			Juju Noda	Benjamin Berta	Andrea Benalli	Patrick Bellezza		Sergio Conti
6	R1	Mugello Circuit	Francesco Galli	Francesco Galli	Benjamin Berta	Andrea Benalli	Salvatore Marinaro	Luca Iannacone	Sergio Conti
	R2			Juju Noda	Benjamin Berta	Andrea Benalli	Patrick Bellezza	Luca Iannacone	Sergio Conti
7	R1	Misano Circuit	Juju Noda	Juju Noda	Benjamin Berta	Victor Smialek	Salvatore Marinaro	Valentino Carofano	no entries
	R2			Francesco Galli	Sandro Zeller	Victor Smialek	Patrick Bellezza	Valentino Carofano

F2.0 Cup results

Round			Pole position	Light Class winner	Open Class winner
1	R1	Mugello Circuit	Christian Caramuscia	Fabio Turchetto	Karim Sartori
	R2			Fabio Turchetto	Christian Caramuscia
2	R1	Imola Circuit	Stefano Palummieri	Fabio Turchetto	Karim Sartori
	R2			Fabio Turchetto	Stefano Palummieri
3	R1	Red Bull Ring	Karim Sartori	Marco de Toffol	Christian Caramuscia
	R2			Fabio Turchetto	Stefano Palummieri
4	R1	Vallelunga Circuit	Stefano Palummieri	Fabio Turchetto	Stefano Palummieri
	R2			Fabio Turchetto	Stefano Palummieri
5	R1	Mugello Circuit	Karim Sartori	Andrea Masci	Karim Sartori
	R2			Fabio Turchetto	Karim Sartori
6	R1	Misano Circuit	Stefano Palummieri	Simone Padoviani	Karim Sartori
	R2			Andrea Masci	Christian Caramuscia

Standings

Scoring system

Drivers scored points in the overall standings, as well as in separate standings per class. Five points were awarded to each driver attending an event. Claiming the fastest lap per race per class awarded a point if at least three cars took part in a class. Entrants counted the best eleven race results of their campaign, as well as the attendance points for all race weekends.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' standings

Overall standings

Pos	Driver	MUG1		IMO		RBR		VLL		SPA		MUG2		MIS		Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Juju Noda	(5)	2	3	(4)	2	(Ret)	3	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	275
2	Benjamin Berta	2	7	1	1	1	1	(Ret)	(DNS)	2	2	2	3	2	(Ret)	261
3	Sandro Zeller	4	(5)	4	2	3	2	1	4	3	3	(5)	(5)	4	3	209
4	Francesco Galli	(Ret)	6	5	(23)	(22)	3	5	2	4	5	1	2	3	1	204
5	Bernardo Pellegrini	(11)	4	2	3	4	(Ret)	2	3	(5)	4	4	4	5	4	186
6	Riccardo Perego	7	(10)	7	5	(Ret)	4	4	5	(7)	7	6	7	7	5	129
7	Andrea Benalli	9	12	8	6	(Ret)	5			6	6	7	6	12	Ret	92
8	Davide Pedetti	12	13	9	8	5	7	9	10	12	13	11	11	17	8	64
9	Enzo Stentella	10	11	(28)	15	8	23	(Ret)	7	(Ret)	9	10	8	13	7	61
10	Dino Rasero	8	9	6	Ret	Ret	6			14	DNS					51
11	Marco Falci	3	3	Ret	DNS											48
12	Stig Larsen	19	18	13	(Ret)	7	(22)	10	11	16	16	8	14	21	(Ret)	47
13	Francesco Solfaroli	(30)	15	16	13			8	9	8	11	14	12	16	13	41
14	Enrico Milani			Ret	7			7	8	9	19			18	24	40
15	Mei Shibi			12	Ret	6	Ret			15	14	9	17	14	9	37
16	Stefano Palummieri	18	23	21	16	15	8	12	14			18	18	34	(DNS)	37
17	Renato Papaleo							6	6			Ret	9	10	16	34
18	Karim Sartori	13	28†	11	17	Ret	9	(DNS)	15			16	16	20	NC	34
19	Christian Caramuscia	15	21	20	21	9	11	14	16			(25)	23	25	17	34
20	Patrick Bellezza	16	20	18	11					17	12	17	19	32	14	33
21	Matteo Immordino	21†	26	Ret	26	10	14	17	18			21	20	23	18	32
22	Salvatore Marinaro	26†	31†	19	28			11	17			12	Ret	22	15	28
23	Fabio Turchetto	24	27	23	19	14	10	16	19			27	21			27
24	Simone Padoviani	25	30	27	27			19	21			24	25	26	Ret	25
25	Edoardo Bonanomi	28†	17	14	10	DNS	DNS			10	20			19	11	22
26	Alessandro Bracalente	6	8													21
27	Giancarlo Pedetti							13	13	13	10	15	15	Ret	DNS	21
28	Victor Smialek													9	6	20
29	Franco Cimarelli	32	14									Ret	10	8	Ret	20
30	Daniele Radrizzani	29†	19	15	14			Ret	22							20
31	Sergio Conti	27	33	29	29					19	18	28	27			20
32	Marco de Toffol			26	22	11	15	18	20							15
33	Laurence Balestrini	22	24	Ret	18	12	13									15
34	Carmine Tancredi	17	25	17	12	DNS	DNS	15	Ret							15
35	Luca Iannacone	23	29			13	16					19	22			15
36	Sergio Terrini	Ret	16	24	DNS	Ret	DNS									15
37	Giorgio Berto	20	32†	25	25									24	Ret	15
38	Antonio Pellegrini													6	DNS	13
39	Sebastien Banchereau			10	9							13	13			13
40	Christof Ledermann					Ret	12			18	15					10
41	Umberto Vaglio			22	20					Ret	17					10
42	Andrea Masci											22	DNS	27	19	10
43	Luca Guolo											23	24	30	21	10
44	Riccardo Rossi											26	26	31	EX	10
45	Marco Marotta									11	8					9
46	Tomas Chabr													15	10	6
47	Maximilian Malinowski													11	12	5
48	Ferruccio Fontanella							Ret	12							5
49	Armando Stola											20	28	35	DNS	5
50	Daniele Siano	14	22													5
51	Sandro de Virgilis													33	20	5
52	Stefano Pezzoni													28	22	5
53	Valentino Carofano													29	23	5
54	Antonino Marco Rinaldi			31	24											5
55	Paolo Brajnik	DNS	DNS													5
56	Victor Neumann			DNS	DNS											5
guest drivers ineligible to score points
—	Francesco Simonazzi	1	1													—
Pos	Driver	MUG1		IMO		RBR		VLL		SPA		MUG2		MIS		Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2

F2000 standings per class

Pos	Driver	MUG1		IMO		RBR		VLL		SPA		MUG2		MIS		Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
Super Formula Class
1	Juju Noda	2	2	(2)	(2)	1	(Ret)	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	301
2	Francesco Galli	(Ret)	4	3	(4)	(4)	1	3	2	2	3	1	2	2	1	243
3	Bernardo Pellegrini	(5)	3	1	1	2	(Ret)	1	(3)	3	2	3	3	3	3	233
4	Enzo Stentella	4	(6)	5	3	3	3	(Ret)	4	(Ret)	4	4	4	4	4	177
5	Dino Rasero	3	5	4	Ret	Ret	2			4	DNS					97
6	Paolo Brajnik	DNS	DNS													5
guest drivers inelegible to score points
—	Francesco Simonazzi	1	1													—
Platinum Class
1	Benjamin Berta	1	3	1	1	1	1	(Ret)	(DNS)	1	1	1	1	1	(Ret)	309
2	Sandro Zeller	(3)	(2)	(2)	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	257
3	Riccardo Perego	(5)	(5)	3	3	(Ret)	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	2	206
4	Stig Larsen	6	8	5	(Ret)	4	4	5	5	6	6	4	7	(9)	(Ret)	139
5	Francesco Solfaroli	(8)	7	7	4			4	4	4	4	6	6	8	4	122
6	Mei Shibi			4	Ret	3	Ret			5	5	5	8	7	3	107
7	Renato Papaleo							3	3			Ret	4	6	5	75
8	Marco Falci	2	1	Ret	DNS											55
9	Daniele Radrizzani	7†	9	6	5			Ret	6							54
10	Franco Cimarelli	9	6									Ret	5	5	Ret	43
11	Alessandro Bracalente	4	4													29
12	Antonio Pellegrini													3	DNS	20
Gold Class
1	Andrea Benalli	1	1	1	1	(Ret)	1			1	1	1	1	3	Ret	278
2	Davide Pedetti	2	2	2	3	1	2	2	2	(5)	(4)	2	2	(5)	2	234
3	Enrico Milani			Ret	2			1	1	2	5			6	6	134
4	Edoardo Bonanomi	3†	3	4	5	DNS	DNS			3	6			7	4	113
5	Giancarlo Pedetti							3	3	6	3	4	4	Ret	DNS	97
6	Sebastien Banchereau			3	4							3	3			67
7	Victor Smialek													1	1	57
8	Maximilian Malinowski													2	5	41
9	Marco Marotta									4	2					35
10	Tomas Chabr													4	3	34
11	Antonino Marco Rinaldi			5	6											23
12	Victor Neumann			DNS	DNS											5
Silver Class
1	Patrick Bellezza	1	2	1	1					1	1	2	1	3	1	260
2	Salvatore Marinaro	3†	3†	2	4			1	2			1	Ret	1	2	201
3	Giorgio Berto	2	4†	5	3									2	Ret	88
4	Christof Ledermann					Ret	1			2	2					71
5	Umberto Vaglio			3	2					Ret	3					58
6	Sergio Terrini	Ret	1	4	DNS	Ret	DNS									53
7	Ferruccio Fontanella							Ret	1							31
8	Carmine Tancredi					DNS	DNS	2	Ret							23
Bronze Class
1	Luca Iannacone	3	3			1	1					1	1			145
2	Carmine Tancredi	2	2	1	1											97
3	Armando Stola											2	2	2	DNS	64
4	Daniele Siano	1	1													56
5	Valentino Carofano													1	1	55
Formula Entry Class
1	Sergio Conti	1	1	1	1					1	1	1	1			220
Pos	Driver	MUG1		IMO		RBR		VLL		SPA		MUG2		MIS		Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2

F2.0 Cup standings per class

Pos	Driver	MUG1		IMO		RBR		VLL		MUG2		MIS		Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
Overall
1	Stefano Palummieri	3	2	3	1	6	1	1	1	2	2	10	DNS	226
2	Karim Sartori	1	6†	1	2	Ret	2	DNS	2	1	1	1	NC	220
3	Christian Caramuscia	2	1	2	5	1	4	2	3	7	5	2	1	219
4	Matteo Immordino	4†	4	Ret	7	2	6	4	4	3	3	2	2	165
5	Fabio Turchetto	6	5	4	4	5	3	3	5	8	4			140
6	Simone Padoviani	7	7	6	8			6	7	5	7	4	Ret	91
7	Laurence Balestrini	5	3	Ret	3	4	5							77
8	Marco de Toffol			5	6	3	7	5	6					73
9	Andrea Masci									3	DNS	5	3	50
10	Luca Guolo									4	6	7	5	46
11	Riccardo Rossi									7	8	8	EX	24
12	Stefano Pezzoni											6	6	21
13	Sandro de Virgilis											9	4	19
Light Class
1	Fabio Turchetto	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	5	1			258
2	Simone Padoviani	2	2	3	3			3	3	3	3	1	Ret	177
3	Marco de Toffol			2	2	1	2	2	2					130
4	Andrea Masci									1	DNS	2	1	80
5	Luca Guolo									2	2	4	3	73
6	Riccardo Rossi									4	4	5	EX	44
7	Stefano Pezzoni											3	4	32
8	Sandro de Virgilis											6	2	31
Open Class
1	Stefano Palummieri	3	2	3	1	4	1	1	1	2	2	4	DNS	230
2	Karim Sartori	1	5†	1	2	Ret	2	DNS	2	1	1	1	NC	222
3	Christian Caramuscia	2	1	2	4	1	3	2	3	4	4	3	1	221
4	Matteo Immordino	4†	4	Ret	5	2	5	3	4	3	3	2	2	187
5	Laurence Balestrini	5	3	Ret	3	3	4							85
Pos	Driver	MUG1		IMO		HUN		RBR		HOC		BRN		Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2

Teams' standings

F2000 Trophy

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Franz Wöss Racing	210
2	Noda Racing	209
3	Jo Zeller Racing	184
4	HT Powertrain	173
5	Puresport	119
6	G Motorsport	111
7	Nannini Racing	108
8	Team Perego	97
9	Facondini Racing	60
10	One Sport Performance	51
11	Derva Corse ASD	43
12	TVS Motorsport	38
13	A.S.D. Ruote Scoperte M.	31
14	PLM Racing	24
15	Racing in Italy	23
16	Speed Motor	22
17	Sud Motorsport	22
18	Bellspeed	21
19	Rennsport Wachter	20
20	Emotion Motorsport	20
21	Twister Italia	16
22	Viola Formula Racing	15
23	Team Tramonti Corse	15
24	Padoviani Corse ASD	15
25	Team Automobile Tricolore	15
26	Antonino Racing	13
27	Neri Autosport	13
28	BMG Racing	10
29	Living KC	10
30	Valdelsa CLA	10
31	2F Motorsport	6
32	Chabr Motorsport	6
33	NV Racing	5
34	Valentino Racing Team	5
35	Alpha Team Racing	5

F2.0 Cup

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Derva Corse ASD	264
2	PLMRACING	180
3	Speed Motor	133
4	A.S.D. Ruote Scoperte M.	115
5	Viola Formula Racing	77
6	Padoviani Corse ASD	53
7	Valdelsa CLA	24
8	Alpha Team Racing	19

Notes

1. Carmine Tancredi entered rounds 1 and 2 competing in the Bronze class, and stepped up to the Silver class from round 3 onwards
2. Carmine Tancredi entered rounds 1 and 2 competing in the Bronze class, and stepped up to the Silver class from round 3 onwards
3. Francesco Simonazzi was fastest in qualifying, but competed as a guest driver
4. Francesco Simonazzi crossed the line as the first of the Super Formula Class drivers, but competed as a guest driver
5. Francesco Simonazzi crossed the line as the first of the Super Formula Class drivers, but competed as a guest driver