2020 French F4 Championship Explained

The 2020 French F4 Championship was the tenth season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship and the third under the FIA Formula 4 regulations. The championship used Mygale M14-F4 chassis. For 2020, the series used a new 1.3-liter turbocharged engine produced by Renault Sport, replacing the previously used 2.0-litre naturally aspirated engine.^[1] The series began on 21 August at Circuit Paul Armagnac and ended on 22 November at Circuit Paul Ricard.^[2]

Driver lineup

	Driver	Rounds
2	Marijn Kremers	1–3, 5–7
2	Étienne Cheli	4
4	Ayumu Iwasa	All
6	Isack Hadjar	All
7	Sami Meguetounif	All
8	Rafael Villagómez	1–5, 7
9	Esteban Masson	7
11	Valentino Catalano	All
12	Loris Cabirou	All
16	Romain Leroux	All
17	Noah Andy	All
22	Daniël Ligier	All
23	Ivan Peklin	All
69	Lev Lomko	1–3, 5–6
71	Yash Aradhya	4
79	Owen Tangavelou	All
85	Ren Sato	All
Sources:^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

Icon	Status
	Drivers that compete for the Junior Championship
	Guest drivers ineligible for Drivers' Championship

Race calendar

On 22 April 2020 the series announced a seven-round calendar with a delayed start to the season due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic.^[6] ^[7] The round at Pau that was postponed on 17 March 2020 and not included on the new schedule.^[8] The 3rd round scheduled at Hungaroring was replaced by Circuit Zandvoort.^[9] The penultimate round of the season at Circuit de Lédenon was cancelled by the circuit and the organizers.^[10] The final round at Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans was called off by local authorities.^[11] The additional rounds were scheduled to take place at Circuit Paul Ricard.^[12] ^[13]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver
1	R1	Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro	22 August	Ayumu Iwasa	Ren Sato	Ayumu Iwasa	nowrap	Valentino Catalano
	R2		22 August		Ren Sato	Lev Lomko	Valentino Catalano
	R3		23 August	Ayumu Iwasa	Ayumu Iwasa	Ayumu Iwasa	Valentino Catalano
2	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours	12 September	Ren Sato	Ren Sato	Ren Sato	Valentino Catalano
	R2		12 September		Ren Sato	Ivan Peklin	Valentino Catalano
	R3		13 September	Ren Sato	Ren Sato	Ren Sato	Valentino Catalano
3	R1	Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort	26 September	Marijn Kremers	Ayumu Iwasa	Ayumu Iwasa	Valentino Catalano
	R2		27 September		Ayumu Iwasa	Romain Leroux	Valentino Catalano
	R3		27 September	Ivan Peklin	Ayumu Iwasa	Ayumu Iwasa	Valentino Catalano
4	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet (Circuit 1A-V2)	3 October	Ayumu Iwasa	Ren Sato	Ayumu Iwasa	Valentino Catalano
	R2		3 October		Isack Hadjar	Ren Sato	Valentino Catalano
	R3		4 October	Ayumu Iwasa	Isack Hadjar	Ayumu Iwasa	Valentino Catalano
5	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	17 October	nowrap	Sami Meguetounif	Isack Hadjar	Ayumu Iwasa	Valentino Catalano
	R2		18 October		Ayumu Iwasa	Ren Sato	Valentino Catalano
	R3		18 October	nowrap	Sami Meguetounif	nowrap	Sami Meguetounif	Ayumu Iwasa	Valentino Catalano
6	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet (Circuit 1A-V2)	13 November	Isack Hadjar	Ayumu Iwasa	Isack Hadjar	Valentino Catalano
	R2		14 November		Isack Hadjar	nowrap	Sami Meguetounif	Valentino Catalano
	R3		15 November	Isack Hadjar	Isack Hadjar	Isack Hadjar	Valentino Catalano
7	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet (Circuit 3C)	21 November	Ayumu Iwasa	Ayumu Iwasa	Isack Hadjar	Valentino Catalano
	R2		21 November		Isack Hadjar	Loris Cabirou	Valentino Catalano
	R3		22 November	Ayumu Iwasa	Rafael Villagómez	Ayumu Iwasa	Valentino Catalano
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic
–		Circuit de Lédenon, Lédenon	6–8 November
–		Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	13–15 November

Championship standings

Points system

Points were awarded as follows:

Races	Position										Bonus
Races	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	PP	FL
Races 1 & 3	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1	1
Race 2	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	0	0	–	1

Each driver's lowest scoring meeting was omitted from their final point total.^[14]

Drivers' standings – FFSA Academy

Pos	Driver	NOG			MAG			ZAN			LEC1			SPA			LEC2			LEC3			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Ayumu Iwasa	1	5	1	4	5	3	1	4	1	1	3	1	1	2	1	2	5	2	2	6	1
2	Ren Sato	2	14†	2	1	6	1	3	3	6	2	1	3	4	1	3	4	4	4	6	4	2
3	Isack Hadjar	3	6	Ret	3	9	2	4	2	4	Ret	2	2	3	Ret	4	1	3	1	1	5	6
4	Sami Meguetounif	5	9	11†	2	4	4	8	10	Ret	3	12†	5	2	3	2	8	1	3	3	Ret	4
5	Valentino Catalano	8	2	7	6	7	7	6	5	3	4	5	6	6	6	5	3	6	6	8	3	10
6	Rafael Villagómez	6	4	5	14†	10	5	5	6	7	6	6	4	5	4	9				7	2	5
7	Romain Leroux	Ret	10	3	8	3	9	10	1	5	5	10	8	7	8	13	7	2	5	Ret	7	3
8	Marijn Kremers	4	7	4	5	8	6	2	Ret	2				9	Ret	6	6	7	8	5	8	DNS
9	Loris Cabirou	9	8	12†	7	2	8	7	7	8	9	4	7	8	5	7	12†*	10	9	9	1	9
10	Ivan Peklin	7	3	6	9	1	11	9	Ret	13†	7	11	10	10	12	12	9	9	11	12	12	12	53
11	Lev Lomko	10	1	13†	13†	11	14	11	8	10				Ret	10	8	13	11	7				28
12	Owen Tangavelou	12	13	9	10	Ret	12	Ret	9	9	10	Ret	9	DNS	11	10	5	8	13	10	9	7
13	Daniël Ligier	13	11	8	11	13	10	Ret	12	11	12	7	11	12	9	14	10	13	12	11	10	11	10
14	Noah Andy	11	12	10	12	12	13	12	11	12	11	9	13	11	7	11	11	12	10	13	13†	13	6
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
	Esteban Masson																			4	11	8
	Étienne Cheli										8	8	12
	Yash Aradhya										13	Ret	14
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	NOG			MAG			ZAN			LEC1			SPA			LEC2			LEC3			Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† — Did not finish but classified

Drivers' standings – FIA Formula 4

Pos	Driver	NOG			MAG			ZAN			LEC1			SPA			LEC2			LEC3			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Ayumu Iwasa	1	4	1	4	5	3	1	4	1	1	3	1	1	2	1	2	5	2	2	5	1
2	Ren Sato	2	Ret	2	1	6	1	3	3	5	2	1	3	4	1	3	3	4	4	5	3	2
3	Isack Hadjar	3	5	Ret	3	8	2	4	2	3	Ret	2	2	3	Ret	4	1	3	1	1	4	6
4	Sami Meguetounif	5	8	Ret	2	4	4	7	9	Ret	3	Ret	5	2	3	2	7	1	3	3	Ret	4
5	Romain Leroux	Ret	9	3	7	3	8	9	1	4	4	7	7	6	7	12	6	2	5	Ret	6	3
6	Rafael Villagómez	6	3	5	Ret	9	5	5	5	6	5	5	4	5	4	8				6	2	5
7	Marijn Kremers	4	6	4	5	7	6	2	Ret	2				8	Ret	5	5	6	7	4	7	DNS
8	Loris Cabirou	8	7	Ret	6	2	7	6	6	7	7	4	6	7	5	6	10	9	8	7	1	8
9	Ivan Peklin	7	2	6	8	1	9	8	Ret	Ret	6	8	9	9	10	11	8	8	10	9	9	9
10	Owen Tangavelou	11	11	7	9	Ret	10	Ret	8	8	8	Ret	8	DNS	9	9	4	7	11	8	8	7
11	Lev Lomko	9	1	Ret	Ret	10	12	10	7	9				Ret	8	7	11	10	6				37
12	Noah Andy	10	10	8	10	11	11	11	10	10	9	6	10	10	6	10	9	11	9	10	Ret	10
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	NOG			MAG			ZAN			LEC1			SPA			LEC2			LEC3			Pts

Juniors' standings

Pos	Driver	NOG			MAG			ZAN			LEC1			SPA			LEC2			LEC3			Pts
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	Valentino Catalano	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Daniël Ligier	2	2	2	2	2	2	Ret	Ret	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	R1	R2	R3	Pts
Pos	Driver	NOG			MAG			ZAN			LEC1			SPA			LEC2			LEC3			Pts

External links

Official website of the FFSA Academy

Notes and References

Web site: French F4: a new turbo engine in 2020. December 17, 2019. January 10, 2020. Kartcom.com. KSP Reportages.
Web site: F4 2020 CALENDAR. ffsaacademy.org. KSP Reportages.
Web site: 17 August 2020. F4 ACADEMY: NOGARO OPENS THE FESTIVITIES WITH A QUALITY GRID. FFSA Academy.
Web site: 28 September 2020. F4 Academy: Many potential winners at Paul Ricard. FFSA Academy.
Web site: 16 November 2020. F4 Academy: Ayumu Iwasa’s title to win. FFSA Academy.
News: The new dates of the French F4 Championship. FFSA Academy. 22 April 2020.
News: French F4 reveals new calendar, racing in the Netherlands delayed. Wood. Elliott. Formula Scout. 22 April 2020.
News: Euroformula’s Pau Grand Prix postponed. Wood. Elliott. Formula Scout. 17 March 2020. 18 March 2020.
News: Zandvoort replaces Hungaroring in new French F4 calendar. Wood. Elliott. Formula Scout. 18 June 2020. 18 June 2020.
Web site: Allen. Peter. 2 November 2020. This weekend’s French F4 round at Ledenon cancelled. https://web.archive.org/web/20201102180855/https://formulascout.com/this-weekends-french-f4-round-at-ledenon-cancelled/70419. 2 November 2020. Formula Scout.
Web site: 4 November 2020. La manche finale du Trophée Tourisme Endurance (TTE) au Mans annulée. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201104205325/https://www.trophee-endurance.fr/la-manche-finale-du-trophee-tourisme-endurance-tte-au-mans-annulee/. 4 November 2020. fr.
Web site: Allen. Peter. 6 November 2020. French F4 adds replacement round at Paul Ricard alongside Eurocup. https://web.archive.org/web/20201106224102/https://formulascout.com/french-f4-adds-replacement-round-at-paul-ricard-alongside-eurocup/70596. 6 November 2020. Formula Scout. en-US.
Web site: Waring. Bethonie. 13 November 2020. Hadjar on pole for first of French F4's back-to-back Paul Ricard rounds. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201113132919/https://formulascout.com/hadjar-on-pole-for-first-of-french-f4s-back-to-back-paul-ricard-rounds/70939. 13 November 2020. Formula Scout. en-US.
Web site: French F4 Championship 2020 Presentation Dossier. 13 September 2020. 21 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200921064253/https://www.ffsaacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Presentation_Dossier_FFSA_Academy_F4_FIA_2020_BD-2.pdf. dead.