2013 French F4 Championship Explained

The 2013 French F4 Championship season was the 21st season of the series for 1600cc Formula Renault machinery, and the third season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship. The series began on 27 April at Le Mans and ended on 27 October at Le Castellet, after seven rounds and twenty-one races.^[1]

Driver lineup

	Driver	Rounds
1	Marco de Peretti	All
2	Neal Van Vaerenbergh^[2]	All
3	Anthoine Hubert	All
4	Florian Pottier	1–6
5	Dennis Anoschin	All
6	Simo Muhonen	All
7	Jules Gounon	All
8	Kang Ling	All
9	Lucile Cypriano	1–6
10	Felix Hirsiger	All
11	Matevos Isaakyan	All
12	Sidhant Panda	All
14	Ivan Kostyukov	All
15	Valentin Naud	1–2, 5
16	Kirill Karpov	All
17	Rémy Deguffroy	All
18	Amaury Rossero^[3]	All
19	Tom Le Coq	All
20	Severin Amweg	All
21	Justin Meichtry	1
22	Tristan Viidas	All
23	Amaury Richard	All
24	Paul Hökfelt, Jr.^[4]	5–6

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver
1	R1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	27 April	Anthoine Hubert	Florian Pottier	Anthoine Hubert
	R2				Anthoine Hubert	Simo Muhonen
	R3		28 April	Kirill Karpov	Anthoine Hubert	Anthoine Hubert
2	R1	Circuit de Pau, Pau	19 May	Anthoine Hubert	Anthoine Hubert	Anthoine Hubert
	R2				Anthoine Hubert	Jules Gounon
	R3		20 May	nowrap	Anthoine Hubert	nowrap	Neal Van Vaerenbergh	nowrap	Anthoine Hubert
3	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	8 June	Anthoine Hubert	Felix Hirsiger	Anthoine Hubert
	R2	9 June		Simo Muhonen	Anthoine Hubert
	R3		Anthoine Hubert	Tristan Viidas	Anthoine Hubert
4	R1	Circuit du Val de Vienne, Le Vigeant	6 July	Anthoine Hubert	Anthoine Hubert	Anthoine Hubert
	R2			Anthoine Hubert	Severin Amweg
	R3	7 July	Anthoine Hubert	Ivan Kostyukov	Anthoine Hubert
5	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	7 September	Tom Le Coq	Tristan Viidas	Jules Gounon
	R2				Jules Gounon	Jules Gounon
	R3		nowrap	8 September	Tom Le Coq	Matevos Isaakyan	Jules Gounon
6	R1	Circuit de Lédenon, Lédenon	12 October	Anthoine Hubert	Anthoine Hubert	Jules Gounon
	R2				Anthoine Hubert	Tom Le Coq
	R3		13 October	Tristan Viidas	Dennis Anoschin	Jules Gounon
7	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	26 October	Anthoine Hubert	Matevos Isaakyan	Anthoine Hubert
	R2				Matevos Isaakyan	Rémy Deguffroy
	R3		27 October	Anthoine Hubert	Ivan Kostyukov	Anthoine Hubert

Championship standings

• Points are awarded to the top ten drivers in both races on a 25–18–15–12–10–8–6–4–2–1 basis. Additional points are awarded to the driver achieving pole position and fastest lap in each race. Only a driver's best twelve results count towards the championship.

Pos Driver LMS PAU SPA VDV MAG LÉD LEC Points 1 Anthoine Hubert 1 5 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 1 4 11 2 11 4 3 1 Ret 1 365 2 Jules Gounon 6 Ret 2 8 1 9 5 17† DNS 8 4 11 1 1 1 1 14 1 3 2 7 236.5 3 Tristan Viidas Ret Ret 9 5 11 2 4 4 3 7 2 8 7 4 15 3 5 2 16 8 11 169 4 Tom Le Coq 12 10 17 6 4 3 3 15 9 3 10 2 3 14 19 9 1 7 6 3 4 166 5 Matevos Isaakyan 3 3 13 Ret 16 7 8 3 DNS 4 3 4 2 12 4 4 8 9 5 10 6 153 6 Felix Hirsiger 5 7 4 7 2 16 2 DNS DNS Ret 12 5 13 7 6 2 7 4 4 12† 3 151 7 Dennis Anoschin 4 4 11 11 7 6 12 Ret 7 2 6 6 9 2 8 6 6 12 2 4 13 137 8 align=left nowrap Neal Van Vaerenbergh 7 6 16 2 9 17 11 7 5 11 9 10 6 18 3 7 3 5 12 5 5 130 9 Simo Muhonen 10 1 10 4 3 10 Ret 6 2 10 8 7 5 10 7 14 21† 20† 11 6 10 115.5 10 Rémy Deguffroy 17 9 12 9 Ret 5 Ret 11 4 18 15 15 16 9 13 10 2 17 9 1 8 80 11 Ivan Kostyukov 15 Ret 3 DNS DNS DNS 14 14 Ret 17 7 3 11 21† 18 13 11 19 7 DNS 2 62 12 Florian Pottier 11 11 7 3 6 4 16† 9 6 12 Ret 12 10 5 17 15 13 18 60 13 Marco de Peretti 9 Ret 5 Ret 12 Ret 6 8 DNS DSQ DSQ Ret 12 3 5 5 10 14 8 DSQ EX 60 14 Severin Amweg Ret 15 19 16 14 12 9 2 DNS 9 1 9 17 22† 11 18 18 11 17 11 12 52 15 Kirill Karpov 2 8 14 12 13 8 13 10 DNS 5 14 17 14 15 9 19 9 8 15 9 14 50 16 Amaury Rossero 13 12 Ret 13 8 13 7 13 8 6 5 14 8 6 10 12 15 10 10 13 DNS 45 17 Valentin Naud 8 2 6 14 10 Ret 21† 8 12 34.5 18 Paul Hökfelt, Jr. 19 17 14 8 12 6 12 19 Amaury Richard 16 13 Ret 10 Ret 18 DSQ 12 10 15 13 16 20 13 16 20 17 15 13 7 9 12 20 Kang Ling 14 14 15 Ret 17 15 10 5 11 14 17 Ret 18 19 20 16 20 13 18† DNS DNS 11 21 Lucile Cypriano 19 16 8 17 15 11 17† Ret 12 13 11 13 15 16 DNS Ret 19 Ret 4 22 Sidhant Panda 18 17 18 15 18 14 15 16 13 16 16 18 Ret 20 Ret 17 16 16 14 Ret 15 0 Justin Meichtry Ret EX EX 0 Pos Driver LMS PAU SPA VDV MAG LÉD LEC Points

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

External links

• The official website of the French F4 Championship

Notes and References

1. News: The 2013 French F4 Championship field is taking shape . https://archive.today/20130407175310/http://www.autosportacademy.com/gb/competition/2013-season/news/p/20/r/26405/15022013-the-2013-french-f4-championship-field-is-taking-shape.html . dead . 7 April 2013 . 15 February 2013 . Auto Sport Academy . . 23 February 2013 .
2. News: More entries for the 2013 field!. 15 February 2013. Auto Sport Academy. French F4 Championship. 23 February 2013. https://archive.today/20130407175448/http://www.autosportacademy.com/gb/competition/2013-season/news/p/20/r/26407/15022013-more-entries-for-the-2013-field.html. 7 April 2013. dead. dmy-all.
3. News: Anthoine Hubert en chef de file. 12 April 2013. ffsa.org. Fédération Française du Sport Automobile. French. 13 April 2013. Anthoine Hubert is leader of the grid. https://archive.today/20130704013901/http://www.ffsa.org/article.php?id=26734. 4 July 2013. dead. dmy-all.
4. News: FRENCH F4 CHAMPIONSHIP – NEVERS MAGNY-COURS – PRESENTATION. 2 September 2013. Auto Sport Academy. French F4 Championship. 2 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192950/http://www.autosportacademy.com/gb/competition/2013-season/news/p/20/r/27784/02092013-back-to-the-circuits.html. 29 October 2013. dead. dmy-all.