2024 French F4 Championship Explained

The 2024 French F4 Championship was the 14th season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship and the seventh under the FIA Formula 4 regulations. It was the second season in which the series is partnered with the ADAC Formel Junior Team.^[1]

After a three-way title fight, Taito Kato came out on top against Yani Stevenheydens and Jules Caranta.^[2]

Driver lineup

The driver lineup for 2024 consisted of 25 full time drivers and all cars were run by FFSA Academy.^[3]

No. Driver Class Rounds 2 Édouard Borgna All 3 Leonardo Megna All 4 Chester Kieffer All 5 Roméo Leurs All 7 Jules Roussel All 9 Karel Schulz All 10 Arthur Dorison All 11 Alexandre Munoz 2–7 12 Lisa Billard 5–7 17 Yani Stevenheydens All 18 Mathilda Paatz All 20 Taito Kato All 22 Frank Porté Ruiz All 23 Dylan Estre All 24 Tom Le Brech All 26 Rayan Caretti All 27 nowrap Pacôme Weisenburger 1 29 Enzo Caldaras All 30 Paul Roques All 33 Augustin Bernier All 36 Arjun Chheda 1–5, 7 38 Aleksandr Burdo 7 46 Gabriel Doyle-Parfait All 61 Louis Schlesser All 74 Pablo Riccobono Bello 6 83 Jules Caranta All 87 Alex O'Grady All 89 Jason Leung All 99 Montego Maassen All Source:^[4] ^[5]

Race calendar

French Federation of Automobile Sport published the schedule on 8 January 2024.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver
1	R1	Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro	31 March	Yani Stevenheydens	Yani Stevenheydens	Yani Stevenheydens
	R2			race cancelled due to torrential rain
	R3		1 April	Yani Stevenheydens	Yani Stevenheydens	Jules Caranta
2	R1	Circuit de Lédenon, Lédenon	11 May	Chester Kieffer	Chester Kieffer	Chester Kieffer
	R2				Jules Caranta	Frank Porté Ruiz
	R3		12 May	Taito Kato	Jules Caranta	Taito Kato
3	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	22 June	Yani Stevenheydens	Taito Kato	Chester Kieffer
	R2				Taito Kato	Taito Kato
	R3		23 June	Yani Stevenheydens	Jules Caranta	Jules Caranta
4	R1	Nürburgring, Nürburg	27 July	Augustin Bernier	Rayan Caretti	Jules Caranta
	R2				Dylan Estre	Yani Stevenheydens
	R3		28 July	Yani Stevenheydens	Taito Kato	Yani Stevenheydens
5	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours	24 August	Yani Stevenheydens	Yani Stevenheydens	Jules Caranta
	R2			Yani Stevenheydens	Karel Schulz
	R3	25 August	Yani Stevenheydens	Yani Stevenheydens	Yani Stevenheydens
6	R1	Dijon-Prenois, Prenois	14 September	Taito Kato	Taito Kato	Taito Kato
	R2			Montego Maassen	Dylan Estre
	R3		15 September	Taito Kato	Taito Kato	Taito Kato
7	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	5 October	Yani Stevenheydens	Yani Stevenheydens	Taito Kato
	R2				Montego Maassen	Alexandre Munoz
	R3		6 October	Taito Kato	Dylan Estre	Gabriel Doyle-Parfait

Championship standings

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

Pos Driver NOG LÉD SPA NÜR MAG DIJ LEC Pts 1 Taito Kato 2 C 3 2 5 1 2 1 3 8 4 4 3 8 2 1 11 1 1 5 9 280 2 Yani Stevenheydens 1 C 7 3 2 4 3 4 2 5 1 1 2 17 1 2 Ret 2 2 7 11 274 3 Jules Caranta 3 C 1 4 6 3 4 6 1 1 6 3 1 4 3 5 3 6 3 8 3 266 4 Chester Kieffer 10 C 5 1 7 2 1 5 4 Ret 20 6 11 10 Ret 10 12 7 15 Ret 14 116 5 Augustin Bernier 15 C 9 7 8 6 9 3 5 11 7 5 4 19 5 6 Ret 5 6 6 4 116 6 Frank Porté Ruiz Ret C 12 8 1 23† 6 Ret Ret 3 10 2 19 6 8 3 6 4 8 Ret 6 111 7 Rayan Caretti 5 C 2 5 4 7 5 Ret 6 2 12 21 20 12 6 9 5 8 10 20† 10 111 8 Montego Maassen 21 C 8 15 11 11 21 21 17 16 17 24 5 Ret 4 7 2 3 9 3 7 79 9 Dylan Estre 4 C 11 Ret 10 10 11 10 18 12 5 15 Ret Ret 11 8 1 10 5 10 2 69 10 Gabriel Doyle-Parfait 23† C 19 13 Ret 14 8 8 Ret 4 15 25 16 Ret DNS 11 7 Ret 7 2 1 62 11 Jules Roussel 9 C 17 6 15 5 10 2 11 7 24 7 18 11 16 4 8 11 14 12 9 60 12 Alex O'Grady 12 C 22 11 3 8 7 7 Ret 10 3 10 9 7 7 23 17 13 4 11 15 56 13 Leonardo Megna 6 C 4 16 14 16 23 15 8 6 11 20 7 3 23† 18 9 19 Ret 9 16 48 14 Enzo Caldaras 16 C 13 12 13 12 13 Ret 10 9 2 8 15 2 9 19 18 9 12 13 13 35 15 Jason Leung 7 C 6 10 12 15 17 9 7 24 13 11 8 Ret Ret 14 4 20 23 14 22 33 16 Karel Schulz 8 C Ret 14 9 24† 16 11 13 14 14 14 10 1 14 12 20 18 Ret 4 12 28 17 Alexandre Munoz Ret 22 22 15 16 9 15 9 17 14 9 10 15 13 16 18 1 5 28 18 Arthur Dorison Ret C 10 9 Ret 9 12 12 Ret 17 16 9 6 5 13 16 15 12 21 Ret 17 21 19 Édouard Borgna 17 C 15 19 19 17 Ret 14 14 18 8 12 Ret 14 18 20 16 14 17 17 21 1 20 Mathilda Paatz 19 C 16 21 17 NC 24† 20 19 20 22 16 12 22 22† Ret 10 17 Ret Ret 25 0 21 Roméo Leurs 13 C 18 18 23 19 14 13 15 13 18 13 13 21 12 13 19 Ret 11 16 19 0 22 Tom Le Brech 22 C 21 22† 18 20 22 18 12 19 23 23 21 15 19 Ret 14 15 16 Ret 20 0 23 Louis Schlesser 14 C 14 17 16 13 19 17 20 21 19 18 Ret 13 15 21 22† 23† 13 22† 18 0 24 Arjun Chheda 18 C 20 Ret 20 18 20 19 Ret 23 21 22 17 20 20 19 15 26 0 25 Paul Roques 20 C Ret 20 21 21 18 22† 16 22 25† 19 22 18 21 Ret 21 Ret 20 21† 23 0 EX Pacôme Weisenburger 11 C 23† – Guest drivers ineligible to score points – Lisa Billard Ret 16 17 17 23† 22† 22 18 24 – – Aleksandr Burdo 24 19 27 – – Pablo Riccobono Bello 22 24† 21 – Pos Driver NOG LÉD SPA NÜR MAG DIJ LEC Pts

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

External links

• Official website of the FFSA Academy

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wood. Ida. 2023-11-03. ADAC reveals which juniors it will send to French F4 in 2024. 2023-12-29. Formula Scout. en-US.
2. Web site: Wolff-Taffus . Perceval . 2024-11-25 . Kato: Stevenheydens and I ‘respected each other’ despite French F4 title drama . 2024-11-27 . Feeder Series . en.
3. Web site: Wolff. Perceval. 2023-10-11. French F4: Who's going where in 2024?. 2023-12-29. Feeder Series. en.
4. Web site: 12 January 2024. F4 France continues to build momentum in 2024. 12 January 2024. FFSA Academy.
5. Web site: F4 Academy: The pressure is on ahead of Dijon! . 2024-09-11 . en-US.