2022 French F4 Championship Explained

The 2022 French F4 Championship was the 12th season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship and the fifth under the FIA Formula 4 regulations. The championship switched to Mygale M21-F4 chassis.^[1] The series began on 16 April at Circuit Paul Armagnac and ended on 16 October at Circuit Paul Ricard.^[2]

Alessandro Giusti won the championship with two races to spare.

Driver lineup

No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
4	Pablo Sarrazin		All
5	Pol López		All
6	Amir Sayed		1–4
6	Garrett Berry		7
7	Dario Cabanelas		All
8	Romain Andriolo		All
9	Lény Réveillère		All
10	Alessandro Giusti		All
11	nowrap	Pierre-Alexandre Provost		All
15	Yuto Nomura		All
16	Luciano Morano		1–4, 7
23	Lorens Lecertua		All
25	Louis Pelet		All
27	Edgar Pierre		All
28	Max Reis		All
33	Souta Arao		All
36	Enzo Géraci		All
37	Antoine Fernande		All
46	Elliott Vayron		All
66	Enzo Richer		All
68	Hugh Barter		All
69	Jerónimo Berrío		All
72	Mateo Villagómez		All
74	Enzo Peugeot		All
77	Valentino Mini		All
Sources:^[3] ^[4]

Alongside the provisional entry list for the championship, the schedule was announced on 22 December 2021.^[5]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver
1	R1	Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro	17 April	nowrap	Hugh Barter	Souta Arao	Hugh Barter
	R2		17 April		nowrap	Yuto Nomura	Yuto Nomura
	R3		18 April	Hugh Barter	Hugh Barter	Hugh Barter
2	R1	Circuit de Pau-Ville, Pau	7 May	Souta Arao	Hugh Barter	Hugh Barter
	R2		7 May		Hugh Barter	nowrap	Romain Andriolo
	R3		8 May	Hugh Barter	Hugh Barter	Souta Arao
3	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours	14 May	Hugh Barter	nowrap	Dario Cabanelas	Hugh Barter
	R2		14 May		Yuto Nomura	Yuto Nomura
	R3		15 May	Hugh Barter	Hugh Barter	Hugh Barter
4	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	29 July	Hugh Barter	Hugh Barter	Hugh Barter
	R2		29 July		Hugh Barter	Enzo Peugeot
	R3		30 July	Hugh Barter	Hugh Barter	Hugh Barter
5	R1	Circuit de Lédenon, Lédenon	10 September	Alessandro Giusti	Hugh Barter	Hugh Barter
	R2		10 September		Hugh Barter	Pierre-Alexandre Provost
	R3		11 September	Alessandro Giusti	Alessandro Giusti	Alessandro Giusti
6	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste	17 September	Alessandro Giusti	Hugh Barter	Hugh Barter
	R2		17 September		Enzo Peugeot	Enzo Peugeot
	R3		18 September	Alessandro Giusti	Hugh Barter	Hugh Barter
7	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	15 October	Alessandro Giusti	Alessandro Giusti	Souta Arao
	R2		15 October		Dario Cabanelas	Jerónimo Berrío
	R3		16 October	Alessandro Giusti	Souta Arao	Alessandro Giusti

Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	Driver	NOG			PAU			MAG			SPA			LÉD			CRT			LEC			Pts
1	Alessandro Giusti	6	6	3	3	4	3	4	DNS	3	2	9	3	2	4	1	2	5	2	2	6	1	300
2	Hugh Barter^[6]	1	7	1	1	5	2	1	20	1	1	6	1	1	2	2	1	4	1	Ret	4	3	241
3	Souta Arao	2	9	5	2	20†	1	3	5	Ret	4	5	2	3	9	7	3	7	18	1	9	2	227
4	Elliott Vayron	3	8	4	5	15	5	2	14	2	3	7	4	4	3	6	4	3	Ret	8	2	5	202
5	Enzo Peugeot	8	2	13	4	14	17	6	6	7	5	1	11	19	6	4	6	1	5	4	8	6	149
6	Jerónimo Berrío	15	17	16	7	Ret	6	5	3	4	20	3	Ret	Ret	10	11	5	2	19†	6	1	17	103
7	Yuto Nomura	7	1	10	Ret	DNS	DNS	9	1	Ret	7	10	6	5	5	Ret	Ret	6	4	9	7	11	100
8	Pierre-Alexandre Provost	4	10	2	Ret	17	7	10	2	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	1	8	12	Ret	17	3	11	4	95
9	Dario Cabanelas	11	4	8	6	3	8	24†	8	6	19	8	8	8	8	3	Ret	9	6	19	5	16	90
10	Romain Andriolo	12	14	9	10	1	15	11	17	8	8	2	9	20†	Ret	Ret	9	8	3	7	13	23†	74
11	Louis Pelet	14	19	11	21†	18	DNS	8	7	16	6	13	5	14	Ret	19	7	17†	9	5	3	7	66
12	Lorens Lecertua	9	3	7	13	13	Ret	18	4	9	9	12	7	11	7	9	Ret	11	8	12	Ret	10	51
13	Edgar Pierre	10	11	6	Ret	11	10	7	12	5	10	Ret	Ret	9	17	5	Ret	16	7	13	12	9	50
14	Enzo Géraci	5	5	19	9	8	4	12	11	Ret	11	15	Ret	6	Ret	12	13	Ret	14	15	17	8	44
15	Max Reis	13	15	21	8	2	20	14	9	11	21†	11	13	7	Ret	10	15	14	13	10	Ret	21	24
16	Mateo Villagómez	19	13	24	18	Ret	11	13	16	10	Ret	4	10	12	12	14	16†	Ret	Ret	22†	15	12	11
17	Enzo Richer	17	Ret	18	17	16	13	19	15	18	22†	16	16	16	13	15	8	10	10	14	14	13	8
18	Pablo Sarrazin	18	12	22	11	6	9	15	18	Ret	15	17	17	13	Ret	13	17†	12	11	11	10	20	7
19	Lény Réveillère	16	Ret	12	14	19†	21†	16	23	19†	13	20	12	10	Ret	20	10	Ret	16	16	18	15	3
20	Valentino Mini	20	16	15	12	7	18	23†	13	12	14	Ret	Ret	18	14	17	14	13	12	Ret	Ret	14	2
21	Pol López	21	21	20	15	10	12	17	10	17	12	18	14	15	11	16	11	15	Ret	20	16	Ret	1
22	Amir Sayed	22	Ret	14	16	9	16	20	19	15	18	19	15										0
23	Antoine Fernande	24	20	23	20	12	19	22	22	14	16	21	18	17	15	18	18†	Ret	15	21	21	19	0
24	Luciano Morano	23	18	17	19	DSQ	14	21	21	13	17	Ret	19							18	19	18	0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
–	Garrett Berry																			17	20	22†	–
Pos	Driver	NOG			PAU			MAG			SPA			LÉD			CRT			LEC			Pts

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

Web site: 8 October 2021. Safety and performance: the new French F4 is already breaking records. live. FFSA Academy. https://web.archive.org/web/20211029033734/https://www.ffsaacademy.org/2021/10/08/safety-and-performance-the-new-french-f4-is-already-breaking-records/?lang=en. 2021-10-29 .
Web site: Calendrier F4. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211202185746/https://www.ffsaacademy.org/championnat-de-france-f4/calendrier-f4/?lang=en. 2 December 2021. 2 December 2021. FFSA Academy.
Web site: 11 April 2022. F4 Academy: 24 young drivers ready to fight it out in Nogaro. live. FFSA Academy. https://web.archive.org/web/20220415021916/https://www.ffsaacademy.org/2022/04/11/f4-academy-24-young-drivers-ready-to-fight-it-out-in-nogaro/?lang=en . 2022-04-15 .
Web site: 10 October 2022 . F4 Academy: Alessandro Giusti against Hugh Barter at Paul Ricard . FFSA Academy.
Web site: 23 December 2021 . French F4 2022: A field of 22 drivers, more international than ever . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211223102014/https://www.ffsaacademy.org/2021/12/22/french-f4-2022-a-field-of-22-drivers-more-international-than-ever/?lang=en . 2021-12-23 . FFSA Academy.
Hugh Barter is ineligible to score points in the rounds at Spa-Francorchamps and at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, as he previously competed at both tracks as part of the F4 Spanish Championship earlier in 2022.