P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Race abandoned after 15-car pileup causes chaos
The FIA-sanctioned championship race at Imola this weekend was abandoned due to a chaotic incident in the Italian F4 championship involving 15 cars. The Italian F4’s second race at Imola was halted after only 17 seconds as Prema drivers Newman Chi and Salim Hanna Hernandez stalled on the grid, causing a pile-up. A third of the grid was left stranded on the start/finish straight, prompting an immediate red flag. Italian F4 confirmed that all drivers involved were unharmed and okay. Race 2 was officially suspended, with the possibility of rescheduling it in the future. The disrupted race weekend continued with Race 3 on Sunday, where Oleksandr Bondarev claimed victory and championship leader Kean Nakamura-Berta maintained his top spot in the standings. The Italian F4 championship will resume in Barcelona for Round 6 in September before concluding at Misano in October, with a history of developing talents for higher racing categories like F3 and F2.
