Just 15 days after winning the UIM F4 European Championship in Brindisi, Tuukka Lehtonen made it a double in Italy, and won the World Championship in Viverone.
The 2019 World Championship was run over 4 rounds at 2 venues this year.
Lehtonen left Kotka, Finland in August with the championship lead, he took 37 points from a second place and a win in round 2.
A further 2 second places at the Waterfestival Viverone gave him the title.
Nikita Lijcs at Lago di Viverone Photo: Massimo Ciuchi
Latvia’s Nikita Lijcs took the Silver Medal, helped by wins in rounds 1 and 3.
Finland’s Alexander Lindholm secured the Bronze Medal and joined his fellow countryman Lehtonen on the podium.
Finland’s Alexander Lindholm Photo: Massimo Ciuchi
2019 UIM F4 World Championship
| # | Driver | Country | Round 1 Kotka, Finland | Round 2 Kotka, Finland | Round 3 Viverone, Italy | Round 4 Viverone, Italy | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | Tuukka Lehtonen | FIN | 17 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 71 |
| 71 | Nikita Lijcs | LAT | 20 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 64 |
| 14 | Alexander Lindholm | FIN | 15 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 56 |
| 8 | Totti Kemppainen | FIN | 13 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 45 |
| 1 | Morgan Jernfast | SWE | 7 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 40 |
| 4 | Ben Jelf | GBR | 9 | 17 | DNS | DNS | 26 |
| 41 | Paulius Stainys | LTU | 8 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 25 |
| 33 | Saku Rautiainen | FIN | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 80 | Aron Tabori | HUN | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Philipp Franz | GER | DNS | DNS | 10 | 9 | 19 | |
| 98 | Niklavs Parolis | LAT | DNS | 0 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| Christian Spatola | ITA | DNS | DNS | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| 20 | Joakim Halverson | NOR | 4 | 10 | 14 | ||
| 22 | Alec Weckström | FIN | 11 | DSQ | 11 | ||
| 19 | Stefan Arand | EST | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 74 | Jarno Vilmunen | FIN | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 18 | Alexei Bychkov | RUS | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 96 | Roope Virtanen | FIN | DSQ | 0 | 0 |
