2018 French GT4 Cup explained

The 2018 Championnat de France FFSA GT - French GT4 Cup was the twenty-first season of the French FFSA GT Championship and the first as the French GT4 Cup, a sports car championship created and organised by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The season began on 1 April in Nogaro and ended on 14 October at Paul Ricard.

Calendar

At the annual press conference during the 2017 24 Hours of Spa on 28 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2018 calendar. No changes were made to the schedule compared to 2017.^[1] The finalised calendar confirmed the races in Pau were moved one week earlier and it confirmed the dates of the races at Dijon-Prenois.^[2]

Entry list

Team Car Drivers Class Rounds CD Sport^[3] 1 Christophe Lapierre PA All 2 Rémy Deguffroy^[4] PA 1–4 Valentin Simonet 1–3 Gavin Aimable^[5] 4 Florian Latorre^[6] 5 Gilles Vannelet Gavin Aimable^[7] Am 6 BMW Team France 3 Laurent Hurgon PA All Julien Piguet 6 Jean-Claude Lagniez Am 1 Carlos Sarrea 9 Elie Dubelly Am All Laurent Fresnais^[8] Speed Car 4 Rodolphe Wallgren Am All 7 Pierre Courroye PA All Douglas Lundberg 8 Robert Consani PA All Saintéloc Racing^[9] 5 Christophe Hamon^[10] PA All Lonni Martins 21 PA All Olivier Estèves 40 Simon Gachet^[11] PA 3 Bruno Hernandez Christian Bottemanne 6 Sacha Bottemanne 42 PA All Fabien Michal 10 Manel Cerqueda Am All Daniel Díaz-Varela Racing Technology^[12] 11 Jimmy Antunes^[13] PA 1, 3–6 Sylvain Noël 44 Pascal Huteau Am 1, 3–6 Arnaud Noël 1 Jean-Luc Deblangey 3 Christian Blugeon 4 Denis Papin 5 Jérôme Boullery 6 K'Worx Racing 13 Michel Ghio Am 5–6 Éric Martin 94 Thomas Hodier PA 4–6 Nelson Lukes 4–5 Valentin Simonet 6 Cool Racing^[14] 14 Cyril Saleilles Am All 18 Clément Dub Am All Laurent Dub NM Racing Team 15 PA 5 Xavier Lloveras L'Espace Bienvenue^[15] 17 PA All André Grammatico 1–3 Eric Debard 4–6 Team GT 22 Am 6 Bernhard Laber AGS Events^[16] 25 Nicolas Gomar Am All Julien Lambert 72 Christophe Carrière PA 1 Lucas Mauron Christophe Carrière^[17] Am 2, 4–6 Manu Damiani 2 Didier Dumaine 4–6 79 Eric Herr Am All Lauris Nauroy CMR^[18] 26 PA 1–2 Nicolas Tardif 3–6 Nicolas Tardif 30 Christopher Cappello Am 3–6 Alexis Berthet 3 Georges Cabanne 4–6 31 Franck Quesada Am 3–4 Sébastien Quesada Benjamin Cormoreche 6 Didier Cormoreche 36 Pierre-Alexandre Jean PA 1–2 Stéphane Tribaudini Pierre-Alexandre Jean 3–6 Stéphane Tribaudini 3 Pierre Sancinéna 4–6 666 Wilfried Cazalbon Am All Jérémy Reymond 1–2, 4 Louis Rousset 3 Thomas Nicolle 6 IMSA Performance^[19] 27 Michael Blanchemain PA All Steven Palette 32 Bernard Salam Am 1, 3 Olivier Salam 218 PA 6 Pierre Hirschi GP34 by Gemo Motorsport^[20] 34 Arnaud Gomez Am 1, 3, 5–6 Olivier Gomez Alexandre Guesdon 4 Guillaume Maio GM-Sport 39 Guillaume Maio PA 1 Morgan Moullin-Traffort Guillaume Maio Am 3, 6 Alexandre Guesdon 3 Gilles Vannelet 6 Orhès Racing^[21] 48 Philippe Marie Am All Olivier Pernaut 3Y Technology^[22] 50 Christian Philippon Am 1–2, 6 Franck Labescat 1 Romain Brandela 2–4 Sébastien Pineau 3 Michaël Petit 4 Jean-Paul Buffin 6 PA 5 77 Alain Grand Am All Didier Moureu 100 Romain Monti PA All Ronald Basso 1, 3–5 2 Romain Brandela 6 101 Enzo Guibbert PA 4 Gilles Vannelet Sylvain Debs 6 Stéphane Tribaudini Zentech Sport 61 Jean-Bernard Bouvet PA 6 Bruno Miot Vic Team 64 Olivier Jouffret PA All Eric Trémoulet M Racing - YMR^[23] 68 PA 1, 4, 6 Laurent Millara 1, 6 3–5 3, 5 Am 2 85 Franck Leherpeur Am 1, 3–6 Tugdual Rabreau 3–6 Schatz-Lestienne Racing 71 Nicolas Schatz PA 3–4, 6 Alain Gaunot 3, 6 Jacques Wolff 4 Riviera Motorsport^[24] 83 Julien Goujat PA 1 Antoine Leclerc AKKA-ASP Team^[25] 87 Jean-Luc Beaubelique PA All 88 Thomas Drouet PA All Benjamin Ricci 89 Eric Clément PA 6 Morgan Moullin-Traffort Generation AMR Super Racing 144 Matthew George PA 2, 4–6 James Holder 2, 5–6 James Appleby 4 Greensall Motorsport^[26] 369 Nigel Greensall Am 1, 3 Guner Turkmen FOXO 982 Stéphane Brémard Am All Laurent Misbach 1, 3–6

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Championship standings

Scoring system Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.

Teams' championship

Notes and References

1. News: GT4 European Series Expands for 2018 with Additional Cups. Kilshaw. Jake. 29 July 2017. sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 3 January 2018.
2. News: GT4 European Series Southern Cup Calendar. south.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 3 January 2018.
3. News: CD Sport: premier équipage Pro-Am annoncé en FFSA GT. 5 January 2018. south.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 6 January 2018.
4. News: Le Championnat de France FFSA GT dévoile la liste des engagés provisoire des Coupes de Pâques 2018. 19 March 2018. ffsagt.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 20 March 2018.
5. News: 2018 Championnat de France FFSA GT / Magny-Cours - 7, 8 & 9 Septembre - Liste provisoire des participants. 3 September 2018. ffsagt.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 8 September 2018.
6. News: Championnat de France FFSA GT / Barcelone - 28, 29 & 30 Septembre 2018. ffsagt.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 28 September 2018.
7. News: Championnat de France FFSA GT / Circuit Paul Ricard - 12, 13 & 14 Octobre 2018. 12 October 2018. ffsagt.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 13 October 2018.
8. News: La température grimpe: 39 GT4 sur la grille de départ à Nogaro!. 26 March 2018. ffsagt.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 26 March 2018. 19 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180719233226/https://ffsagt.gt4series.com/fr_fr/news/231/la-temperature-grimpe-nbsp-39-gt4-sur-la-grille-de-depart-a-nogaro-nbsp-. dead.
9. News: Sainteloc Set for Full-Season Blancpain GT Program. Kilshaw. Jake. 14 February 2018. sportscar365. John Dagys Media. 14 February 2018.
10. News: Le Yvan Muller Racing annonce les équipages de ses deux Mercedes AMG GT4. 7 February 2018. south.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 12 February 2018.
11. News: Feu d'artifice à Dijon avec 41 GT4 en piste. 9 July 2018. ffsagt.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 14 July 2018.
12. News: GT4 European Series News Notebook. Fernandez. Mat. 9 January 2018. dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 9 January 2018.
13. News: Le Team Racing Technology annonce ses deux équipages pour le Championnat de France FFSA GT 2018. 28 February 2018. ffsagt.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 1 March 2018. 19 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180719233220/https://ffsagt.gt4series.com/fr_fr/news/219/le-team-racing-technology-annonce-ses-deux-equipages-pour-le-championnat-de-france-ffsa-gt-2018. dead.
14. News: Cool Racing s'engage en Championnat de France FFSA GT. 12 January 2018. south.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 30 January 2018.
15. News: L'Espace Bienvenue muscle son effectif et ses ambitions!. 22 March 2018. ffsagt.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 23 March 2018. 19 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180719233218/https://ffsagt.gt4series.com/fr_fr/news/228/l-rsquo-espace-bienvenue-muscle-son-effectif-et-ses-ambitions-. dead.
16. News: Une troisième voiture pour AGS Events. 16 March 2018. ffsagt.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 17 March 2018. 19 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180719233223/https://ffsagt.gt4series.com/fr_fr/news/226/une-troisieme-voiture-pour-ags-events. dead.
17. News: Les " Street Fighters " du FFSA GT vont s'affronter à Pau. 7 May 2018. ffsagt.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 10 May 2018. 19 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180719233229/https://ffsagt.gt4series.com/fr_fr/news/240/les-laquo-nbsp-street-fighters-nbsp-raquo-du-ffsa-gt-vont-s-rsquo-affronter-a-pau. dead.
18. News: CMR engage trois voitures dans le Championnat de France FFSA GT. 7 March 2018. ffsagt.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 7 March 2018.
19. News: IMSA Performance annonce son retour en Championnat de France FFSA GT dans la catégorie Pro-Am. 2 February 2018. south.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 12 February 2018.
20. News: GP34 by GEMO Sport confirme sa Maserati GranTurismo GT4. 15 March 2018. ffsagt.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 15 March 2018.
21. News: Orhes Racing engage une Audi R8 LMS GT4 en Championnat de France FFSA GT!. 19 January 2018. south.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 30 January 2018.
22. News: 3Y TECHNOLOGY confirme son premier équipage en FFSA GT. 29 January 2018. south.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 30 January 2018.
23. News: Yvan Muller Racing Add GT4 Programme With Mercedes AMG. Goodwin. Graham. 29 December 2017. dailysportscar.com. Dailysportscar. 3 January 2018.
24. News: Riviera Motorsport avec Antoine Leclerc sur l'Audi R8 LMS GT4. 22 March 2018. ffsagt.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 23 March 2018.
25. News: Le Team AKKA ASP retrouve l'hexagone et découvre le FFSA GT. 5 March 2018. ffsagt.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 5 March 2018. 19 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180719233300/https://ffsagt.gt4series.com/fr_fr/news/220/le-team-akka-asp-retrouve-lhexagone-et-decouvre-le-ffsa-gt. dead.
26. News: Le team britanique Greensall Motorsport et sa KTM X-Bow GT4 débarquent en France. 27 December 2017. south.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 3 January 2018.