ACI RACING WEEKEND: MONZA DECIDES THE TITLES OF GT, FORMULA REGIONAL, E4 AND PORSCHE CUP

This weekend the Autodromo Nazionale Monza hosts the final round of the season with the ACI Racing Weekend. On track will be the cars of the Italian GT Sprint Championship (52 cars), Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine (26), E4 Championship (33), and Porsche Carrera Cup Italia (34 911 GT3 Cups on the grid).

In the Italian GT Sprint Championship, the overall GT3 standings see Andrea Frassineti (Lamborghini Huracan EVO 2, VSR) in the lead with a 9-point advantage over the duo of German Jens Klingmann and Finn Jesse Krohn (BMW G82 M4-Ceccato Racing), while in the PRO-AM class Mattia Michelotto and Ignazio Zanon (Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2, VSR) lead by just one point over the pair of Finn William Alatalo and Leonardo Caglioni (BMW M4 GT3-Ceccato Racing). This final round will also determine the winners of the four driver titles in the GT Cup class.

In this final act of the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine, which also celebrates the 100th race in its history, it’s a three-way battle for the 2025 title between Briton Freddie Slater (Prema Racing), who leads with 263 points, Matteo De Palo (Trident Motorsport), trailing by 4 points, and Frenchman Enzo Deligny (R-ace GP), third with 233.

In the E4 Championship, there are still 6 drivers in the running for the 2025 title. The favorite is Japanese driver Kean Nakamura-Berta (Prema Racing), who leads the standings with 106 points, followed by Brazilian Gabriel Gomez (US Racing) at -10, American Alex Powell (R-ACE GP) at -31, and Dutchman Reno Francot (PHM Racing) at -33. Fifth overall is Anglo-American Sebastian Wheldon (Prema Racing) at -35. Mathematically, Colombian Salim Hanna (Prema Racing) is also still in contention at -73.

As for the Porsche Carrera Cup Italia, separated by just 4 points in the standings, Frenchman Marvin Klein (BeDriver) and South African Keagan Masters (Team Q8 Hi Perform) will fight for the title. The outsider, 23 points off the lead, is young German Alexander Tauscher (Target Competition), who along with other under-23 drivers is aiming for nomination to the Scholarship Programme to participate in the international Porsche selection.

The schedule includes tomorrow’s collective Formula Regional tests from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM. On Friday, free practice for all championships from 8:30 AM to 4:25 PM, followed by E4 Championship qualifying from 4:35 PM to 4:50 PM and from 5:00 PM to 5:15 PM. On Saturday, the first qualifying sessions for all other championships from 8:30 AM to 11:25 AM. Then the races: E4 at 11:50 AM (30′ plus 1 lap); Formula Regional at 12:50 PM (30′ plus 1 lap); Italian GT Sprint GT Cup at 1:50 PM (50′ plus 1 lap); Porsche Carrera Cup at 3:10 PM (28′ plus 1 lap); Italian GT Sprint GT3 at 4:10 PM (50′ plus 1 lap). Sunday will begin with the second qualifying sessions for Formula Regional groups A and B from 8:30–8:45 AM and 8:50–9:05 AM. Then the races: Race 2 E4 at 9:30 AM (30’+1 lap); Race 2 Italian GT Sprint GT Cup at 10:30 AM (50′ plus one lap); Race 2 Porsche Carrera Cup Italia at 12:30 PM (28′ plus 1 lap); Race 2 Italian GT Sprint GT3 at 1:30 PM (50′ plus one lap); Race 2 Formula Regional at 2:50 PM (30′ plus 1 lap); Race 3 E4 at 3:50 PM (30′ plus one lap).

GT, Formula Regional and E4 will be broadcast live on ACI Sport TV (Sky channel 228) and on the social media channels of the various championships, while Porsche races will be on DAZN and the championship’s social media channels.

Saturday and Sunday Fanzone (in the former Museum area) with food trucks and kids area. Free entry with paid parking.