Mick Schumacher wins his first F4 ADAC Abarth championship race

- The F1 champion's son capped the third race of the inaugural event on his F4 powered by Abarth.

- Very spectacular motoring at Oschersleben with forty or so drivers competing on the track.

- Two wins for Germany's Marvin Dienst and promising results for Italy's Drudi.

- Next week the Italian F4 Championship powered by Abarth to start in Vallelunga.

Outstanding success for the ADAC Formula 4 Powered by Abarth kick-off event at Oschersleben in Germany. The last of the three races was won by Mick Schumacher, sixteen-year-old son of champion Michael. This was no easy feat considering the media pressure surrounding him and no fewer than 180 reporters from the world over who came to watch a promotional formula, which despite being staged in Germany is all Italian.

The Abarth T-Jet 1400 cc engines deliver 160 hp and are ideal to make the Tatuus single-seater fast and perfect for learning racing skills. ADAC (the German Automobile Club) chose Abarth also in the wake of the results of the Italian F4 Championship powered by Abarth in 2014 in which the competitiveness and reliability of engine and chassis were put to the test.

The Formula 4 single-seater category is supported by FIA President Jean Todt and designed to allow young drivers to rapidly graduate from go-karting to driving real, high-performing cars. The drivers are aged from 15 to 18 and have go-kart racing experience. Mick Schumacher himself was third in the 2013 German Championship and second in the 2014 World and European Championships before debuting on the single-seater powered by Abarth.

With 40 or so drivers lining up on the grid, the three races at Oschersleben were very spectacular. The first two were won by 18 year old Marvin Dienst, ahead of Estonian Aron Ralf in Race 1 and Holland’s Janneau Esmeijer in Race 2. Mick Schumacher came first and Australian Joey Mawson came second in Race 3. Worth mentioning are the promising results of Italy's Mattia Drudi, who was third in Race 1, fifth in Race 2 and seventh in Race 3.

The championship ranking is now led by Dienst, followed by Ralf and Mawson. Drudi is fourth and Schumacher fifth.

The next event of the ADAC Formula 4 Powered by Abarth calendar will be staged in Austria at the Red Bull Ring from June 5 to 7. The Italian F4 Championship powered by Abarth, on the other hand, will be starting next weekend on the Vallelunga race track near Rome.