French F4 Championship Explained

Category:FIA Formula 4
Country:France
Region:Europe
Inaugural:1993
Teams:1[1]
Engines:Renault 1330cc
Tyres:Pirelli
Champion Driver: Evan Giltaire
Current Season: French F4 Championship
Website:Official website

French F4 Championship,[2] formerly known as Formula Renault Campus France, Formula Campus, Formul'Academy Euro Series, F4 Eurocup 1.6 is a form of open wheel racing founded in 1993 by Louis Drouet. It is based in France and aims at karting graduates. The series currently organized by the Fédération Française du Sport Automobile (FFSA). Formerly, the champion receives support to continue in one of the Formula Renault 2.0 championships.[2] In 2010, the re-branded series was made part of the World Series by Renault, but was then dropped for 2011.[3] Since 2018, the series runs under FIA moniker.[4]

The car

The car was originally built by Signatech. The chassis and survival cell had a carbon fibre composite monocoque construction. The car was designed to comply with the 2008 FIA F3 standards. The 1600cc Renault K4MRS engine produced about 140 bhp. The transmission had five forward speeds with sequential shift mechanism.

The championship adopted FIA Formula 4 regulations in 2018, with Mygale M14-F4 chassis and naturally-aspirated 160 bhp Renault 2.0L engines.[5] In 2020, the engine was changed to the new turbo charged Renault Sport 1.3-liter one.[6] Since the 2022 season, the new Mygale M21-F4 chassis has been used.

Regulations

Points are awarded as follows:

RacesPositionBonus
 1st   2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th PPFL
Races 1 & 325181512108642111
Race 2151210864211

Champions

Prior French F4 Championship

SeasonChampion
Formula Campus by Renault and Elf
1993 Sébastien Philippe
1994 Franck Montagny
1995 Renaud Malinconi
1996 Philippe Bénoliel
1997 Marcel Costa
1998 Westley Barber
1999 Adam Jones
2000 Stéphane Morat
2001 Bruce Lorgeré-Roux
2002 Loïc Duval
2003 Laurent Groppi
2004 Jacky Ferré
2005 Jean Karl Vernay
2006 Kévin Estre
2007 Jean-Éric Vergne
Formul'Academy Euro Series
2008 Arthur Pic
2009 Benjamin Bailly
F4 Eurocup 1.6
2010 Stoffel Vandoorne

French F4 Championship

SeasonChampionSecondary Class Champion
2011 Matthieu Vaxivièrenot held
2012 Alexandre Baron
2013 Anthoine Hubert
2014 Lasse Sørensen

Dorian Boccolacci
: Lasse Sørensen

2015 Valentin MoineaultJ: Sacha Fenestraz
I: Valentin Moineault
2016 Yifei YeJ: Yifei Ye
I: Gilles Magnus
2017 Arthur RougierJ: Victor Martins
I: Arthur Rougier

FIA French F4 Championship

SeasonChampionscope=colRacesscope=colPolesscope=colWinsscope=colPodiumsscope=col width="40"Fastest lapsPointsalign=center width="50"Margin
2018 Caio Collet2177107296.586
2019 Hadrien David2110714828147.5
2020 Ayumu Iwasa216915733881
2021 Esteban Masson209611523623
2022 Alessandro Giusti206512230059
2023 Evan Giltaire21861383174

Secondary Class Champion

SeasonSecondary Class Champion
2018J: Théo Pourchaire
I: Caio Collet
2019J: Victor Bernier
I: Hadrien David
2020J: Valentino Catalano
I: Ayumu Iwasa
2021J: Alessandro Giusti
I: Esteban Masson
2022none
2023none

Circuits

From 2011, the circuits used in the French F4 Championship are listed as:

NumberCircuitsRoundsYears
1 Circuit Paul Ricard 152011–present
2 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours132012–present
3 Circuit de Pau-Ville112011–2019, 2022–2023
4 Circuit Paul Armagnac102011, 2014, 2017–present
5 Circuit de Lédenon92011–2013, 2015–2016, 2019, 2021–present
6 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps82011, 2013, 2017–2020, 2022–present
7 Bugatti Circuit52012–2016
8 Circuit du Val de Vienne42011–2014
9 Hungaroring32015, 2019, 2021
10 Circuito de Navarra22012, 2015
Circuito de Jerez22014, 2018
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya22016–2017
Monza Circuit22017, 2021
14 Circuit d'Albi12011
Dijon-Prenois12018, 2024
Circuit Zandvoort12020
Circuit Ricardo Tormo12022
Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli12023
19 Nürburgring02024

External links

Notes and References

  1. All the cars are maintained, ran and tested by Renault Sport.
  2. News: New – French F4 Championship. 14 October 2010. Auto Sport Academy. 25 February 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101219043522/http://www.autosportacademy.com/gb/competition/2011-season/news/p/20/r/22321/14102010-new-french-f4-championship.html. 19 December 2010.
  3. Web site: L'Academy esce dalla World Series Renault – F.4 RENAULT – ITALIARACING.net . 13 October 2010 . 13 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140413141431/http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=29301&cat=58 . dead .
  4. Web site: 17 January 2018. 2018 F4 FIA French Championship : the revolution is in progress!. FFSA Academy.
  5. Web site: F4 mygale. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190729152911/https://www.ffsaacademy.org/championnat-de-france-f4/f4-mygale/?lang=en. 29 July 2019. FFSA Academy.
  6. Web site: F4 mygale. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200805154742/https://www.ffsaacademy.org/championnat-de-france-f4/f4-mygale/?lang=en. 5 August 2020. 12 July 2021. FFSA Academy.