2021 French F4 Championship Explained

The 2021 French F4 Championship was the 11th season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship and the fourth under the FIA Formula 4 regulations. The championship used Mygale M14-F4 chassis. The series began on 3 April at Circuit Paul Armagnac and ended on 24 October at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours.^[1]

Driver lineup

Driver Class Rounds 5 Macéo Capietto All 6 Paul Trojani 4 Luciano Morano 6–7 7 Dario Cabanelas All 8 Romain Andriolo 5–6 9 Esteban Masson All 10 Alessandro Giusti All 11 Pierre-Alexandre Provost All 14 nowrap Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak 3 Louis Pelet 6 16 Paul Jerome 6 17 Noah Andy All 22 Daniël Ligier All 30 Gaël Julien All 35 Adam Szydłowski 1–2 36 Enzo Géraci All 46 Elliott Vayron 3, 5–7 Pablo Sarrazin 4 51 Angélina Favario All 53 Vignesh Kadarabad 1–2 57 Aiden Neate 1–2 66 Enzo Richer 3, 5–7 68 Hugh Barter All 74 Enzo Peugeot 7 77 Thanapongpan Sutumno 1 6 79 Owen Tangavelou All Sources:^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]

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

Race calendar

On 27 November 2020 French Federation of Automobile Sport announced a seven-round calendar with the round supporting provisionally 2021 French Grand Prix. On 20 January 2021, FFSA Academy announced another round at Magny-Cours in October instead as the idea was dropped. The round at Circuit de Lédenon was postponed from 27 to 29 August to 10–12 September due to the clash of FFSA GT Championship, the main event, with 2021 GT World Challenge Europe.^{[8] [9]}

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver
1	R1	Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro	4 April	nowrap	Esteban Masson	nowrap	Esteban Masson	nowrap	Esteban Masson	nowrap	Aiden Neate
	R2				Macéo Capietto	nowrap	Thanapongpan Sutumno	Alessandro Giusti
	R3		5 April	Esteban Masson	Macéo Capietto	Hugh Barter	Aiden Neate
2	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours	8 May	Esteban Masson	Esteban Masson	Macéo Capietto	Dario Cabanelas
	R2			Esteban Masson	Esteban Masson	Dario Cabanelas
	R3	9 May	Esteban Masson	Hugh Barter	Esteban Masson	Alessandro Giusti
3	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	10 July	Esteban Masson	Esteban Masson	Esteban Masson	Dario Cabanelas
	R2				Elliott Vayron	Alessandro Giusti	Alessandro Giusti
	R3		11 July	Macéo Capietto	Macéo Capietto	Macéo Capietto	Dario Cabanelas
4	R1	Circuit de Lédenon, Lédenon	11 September	Macéo Capietto	Macéo Capietto	Macéo Capietto	Alessandro Giusti
	R2				Esteban Masson	nowrap	Pierre-Alexandre Provost	nowrap	Pierre-Alexandre Provost
	R3		12 September	Gaël Julien	Gaël Julien	Gaël Julien	Alessandro Giusti
5	R1	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	25 September	Macéo Capietto	Macéo Capietto	Elliott Vayron	Enzo Géraci
	R2		26 September		Elliott Vayron	Elliott Vayron	Alessandro Giusti
	R3		nowrap	Alessandro Giusti	Cancelled due to bad weather conditions
6	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	2 October	Esteban Masson	Macéo Capietto	Macéo Capietto	Alessandro Giusti
	R2				Owen Tangavelou	Elliott Vayron	Dario Cabanelas
	R3		3 October	Esteban Masson	nowrap	Alessandro Giusti	Esteban Masson	Alessandro Giusti
7	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours	23 October	Esteban Masson	Hugh Barter	Esteban Masson	Alessandro Giusti
	R2		24 October		nowrap	Owen Tangavelou	Alessandro Giusti	Alessandro Giusti
	R3			Esteban Masson	Hugh Barter	Hugh Barter	Alessandro Giusti

Championship standings

Each driver's lowest scoring meeting was omitted from their final point tally. To have points dropped from a round, the driver must have competed in all three races.

Points were awarded as follows:

Races	Position										Bonus
	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			–	1

Drivers' standings – FFSA Academy

Pos Driver NOG MAG1 HUN LÉD MNZ LEC MAG2 Pts 1 Esteban Masson 1 6 3 4 1 1 1 Ret 2 2 6 5 Ret 4 C 2 18 1 1 Ret 13† 2 Hugh Barter 4 7 1 2 3 2 8 7 7 4 4 3 Ret 6 C 4 6 3 2 5 1 3 Macéo Capietto DNS 8 2 1 13 3 2 8 1 1 7 2 2 2 C 1 5 4 DSQ 4 Daniël Ligier 3 5 Ret 3 4 5 5 2 15 3 3 6 3 3 C 3 3 5 DSQ Ret 3 5 Owen Tangavelou 2 11 Ret Ret 10 4 4 5 4 6 5 4 4 5 C 7 2 7 5 8 5 6 Alessandro Giusti 8 2 8 6 8 6 9 1 9 7 Ret 7 11 7 C 5 9 2 3 1 2 7 Gaël Julien 7 3 5 7 6 Ret 7 3 5 5 13 1 5 8 C 6 7 Ret 4 3 Ret 8 Dario Cabanelas 6 9 6 5 5 7 6 10 6 8 11 8 Ret 11 C 8 4 9 6 9 7 9 Enzo Géraci 11 13 11 8 7 14 10 6 12 9 2 9 6 Ret C Ret 10 8 8 7 6 65 10 Noah Andy 9 16† 10 9 2 8 13 12 10 12 10 11 9 Ret C Ret 8 6 7 Ret 10 11 12 10 14† 10 12 10 11 11 11 10 1 12 8 9 C Ret 11 16 9 2 8 50 12 Aiden Neate 5 4 4 Ret 9 12 30 13 Angélina Favario 13† 14 13 13 11 13 14 13 14 14 12 14 10 12 C 16 17 14 10 11 Ret 9 14 Adam Szydłowski Ret 12 9 12 Ret 9 2 15 10 1 7 10 12 12 16 Vignesh Kadarabad 14† 15 12 11 14 11 0 Guest drivers ineligible to score points Elliott Vayron 12 9 8 1 1 C 9 1 17 11 4 4 Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak 3 4 3 Enzo Peugeot 12 6 9 Enzo Richer 15 14 13 7 Ret C 12 19† 13 Ret 10 12 Pablo Sarrazin 11 8 10 Paul Trojani 13 9 13 Romain Andriolo 12† 10 C 11 13 15 Louis Pelet 13 14 10 Luciano Morano 14 16 11 Ret Ret 11 Paul Jerome 15 15 Ret

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

Drivers' standings – FIA Formula 4

Pos	Driver	NOG			MAG1			HUN			LÉD			MNZ			LEC			MAG2			Pts
1	Esteban Masson	1	4	3	4	1	1	1	Ret	2	2	4	5	Ret	3	C	2	8	1	1	Ret	5†
2	Hugh Barter	4	5	1	2	3	2	6	4	5	4	2	3	Ret	5	C	4	4	2	2	2	1
3	Macéo Capietto	DNS	6	2	1	8	3	2	5	1	1	5	2	1	1	C	1	3	3	DSQ
4	Daniël Ligier	3	3	Ret	3	4	5	4	1	8	3	1	6	2	2	C	3	2	4	DSQ	Ret	2
5	Owen Tangavelou	2	7	Ret	Ret	6	4	3	3	3	6	3	4	3	4	C	6	1	6	4	3	3
6	Gaël Julien	5	2	4	5	5	Ret	5	2	4	5	8	1	4	6	C	5	5	Ret	3	1	Ret
7	Noah Andy	6	11†	7	6	2	6	7	6	6	7	6	7	5	Ret	C	Ret	6	5	5	Ret	4
8	Angélina Favario	8†	9	9	9	7	9	8	7	7	8	7	8	6	7	C	7	7	7	6	4	Ret
9	Adam Szydłowski	Ret	8	6	8	Ret	7
10	Vignesh Kadarabad	9†	10	8	7	9	8
11	Thanapongpan Sutumno	7	1	5

Juniors' standings

Pos	Driver	NOG			MAG1			HUN			LÉD			MNZ			LEC			MAG2			Pts
1	Alessandro Giusti	3	1	3	2	3	1	2	1	2	1	Ret	1	3	1	C	1	2	1	1	1	1
2	Dario Cabanelas	2	3	2	1	1	2	1	3	1	2	3	2	Ret	3	C	2	1	3	2	4	3
3	Enzo Géraci	4	5	4	3	2	5	3	2	4	3	2	3	1	Ret	C	Ret	3	2	3	3	2
4	Pierre-Alexandre Provost	5	4	5†	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	1	4	2	2	C	Ret	4	4	4	2	4
5	Aiden Neate	1	2	1	5†	4	4

External links

• Official website of the FFSA Academy

Notes and References

1. Web site: 20 January 2021. Calendar of the 2021 French F4 Championship. FFSAAcademy. en-US.
2. Web site: 23 March 2021. F4 Academy: The Easter Cup at Nogaro launches the 2021 season. live. 2 April 2021. FFSA Academy. https://web.archive.org/web/20210323141024/https://www.ffsaacademy.org/2021/03/23/f4-academy-the-easter-cup-at-nogaro-launches-the-2021-season/?lang=en . 2021-03-23 .
3. Web site: 5 July 2021. F4 Academy: Hungarian summer stopover in Budapest. live. FFSA Academy. https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184347/https://www.ffsaacademy.org/2021/07/05/f4-academy-hungarian-summer-stopover-in-budapest/?lang=en . 2021-07-09 .
4. Web site: 6 September 2021. F4 Academy: A highly anticipated second half of the season. live. FFSA Academy. https://web.archive.org/web/20210906174331/https://www.ffsaacademy.org/2021/09/06/f4-academy-a-highly-anticipated-second-half-of-the-season/?lang=en . 2021-09-06 .
5. Web site: 22 September 2021. F4 Academy: Discovering the temple of speed. live. FFSA Academy. https://web.archive.org/web/20211027151657/https://www.ffsaacademy.org/2021/09/22/f4-academy-discovering-the-temple-of-speed/?lang=en . 2021-10-27 .
6. Web site: 27 September 2021. F4 Academy: A strong field and excitement expected at Paul Ricard. live. FFSA Academy. https://web.archive.org/web/20210927172017/https://www.ffsaacademy.org/2021/09/27/f4-academy-a-strong-field-and-excitement-expected-at-paul-ricard/?lang=en . 2021-09-27 .
7. Web site: 18 September 2021. F4 Academy: A tightly contested final at Magny-Cours. live. FFSA Academy. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018160117/https://www.ffsaacademy.org/2021/10/18/f4-academy-a-tightly-contested-final-at-magny-cours/?lang=en . 2021-10-18 .
8. Web site: Watkins. Gary. 23 March 2021. GTWCE Sprint Cup event at Brands Hatch moved to August. live. Autosport. https://web.archive.org/web/20210720085024/https://www.autosport.com/gtwce-sprint/news/gtwce-sprint-cup-event-at-brands-hatch-moved-to-august/5869114/?nrt=199 . 2021-07-20 .
9. Web site: 28 May 2021. Le meeting de Lédenon change de date. live. Endurance Info. fr. https://web.archive.org/web/20210720083524/https://www.endurance-info.com/auto/article/97239-le-meeting-de-ledenon-change-de-date . 2021-07-20 .