2016 French F4 Championship

2016 French F4 Championship season
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The 2016 French F4 Championship season will be the 24th season of the series for 1600cc Formula Renault machinery, and the sixth season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship. The series will begin on 1 April at Le Castellet and will end on 6 November at Montmeló, after six rounds and twenty-four races.^[1]

Driver lineup

No. Driver Class Rounds 1 Marvin Klein[2] I 1 2 Hugo Chevalier[2] J 1 3 Casper Røes Andersen[2]    J 1 4 Javier Cobián[2] I 1 5 Pierre-Alexandre Jean[2] J 1 7 Aleks Karkosik[2] J 1 11 Tristan Charpentier[2] J 1 12 Enzo Samon[2] J 1 13 Aaron di Comberti[2] J 1 16 Gilles Magnus[2] I 1 20 Ye Yifei[2] J 1 21 Jean-Baptiste Mela[2] I 1 24 Pierre-Paul Baradat[2] I 1 27 Théo Coicaud[2] I 1 51 Michael Benyahia[2] J 1 87 Arthur Rougier[2] I 1

Icon Status I Drivers that compete for the International Championship J Drivers that compete for the Junior Championship G Guest drivers that are ineligible to score points

Driver Changes

Graduating from French F4

• Giuliano Alesi, son of former F1 driver Jean Alesi, was signed by the Ferrari Driver Academy and promoted to GP3 with Trident.^[3]
• Sacha Fenestraz and Gabriel Aubrey promoted to Formula Renault 2.0 with tech 1 racing.
• Simo Laaksonen will compete in Germany's ADAC F4 after running French F4 and a partial SMP F4 schedule in 2015.
• Alternatively Nerses Isaakyan, Nikita Troitskiy and Aleksey Korneev will move to Formula Renault 2.0 for 2016 after partial French F4 seasons.
• Axel Matus returned to his home country to participate in the inaugural NACAM F4 championship.
• Louis Gachot, son of former F1 driver Bertrand Gachot, switches to ADAC F4 for 2016.^[4]
• Kami Laliberte switched to ADAC F4 for 2016.^[5]
• José Sierra joined compatriot Matus in NACAM F4.

Race calendar and results

A six-round calendar was published in December 2015.^[6] This was however revised in January 2016, with now four races per round being held, as opposed to the triple-header rounds that were run on previous years.^[1]

Race format

• Race 1 grid will be set by second fastest qualifying lap.
• Race 2 will be an inversion of the top 10 from race 1.
• Race 3 grid will be set by fastest qualifying lap.
• Race 4 will be set by the finishing order of race 3.^[7]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Junior Winner	International Winner
1	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	2 April	Ye Yifei	Ye Yifei	Ye Yifei	Ye Yifei	Javier Cobián
	R2				Ye Yifei	Ye Yifei	Ye Yifei	Jean-Baptiste Mela
	R3		3 April	Ye Yifei	Ye Yifei	Ye Yifei	Ye Yifei	Théo Coicaud
	R4				Ye Yifei	Ye Yifei	Ye Yifei	Javier Cobián
2	R1	Circuit de Pau, Pau	13–15 May
	R2
	R3
	R4
3	R1	Circuit de Lédenon, Lédenon	3–5 June
	R2
	R3
	R4
4	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours	8–10 July
	R2
	R3
	R4
5	R1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	9–11 September
	R2
	R3
	R4
6	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	4–6 November
	R2
	R3
	R4

Championship standings

Points system

Points are awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	PP	PP
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1	1

French F4 Championship

Pos Driver LEC PAU LÉD MAG LMS CAT Points 1 Ye Yifei 1 1 1 1 106 2 Hugo Chevalier 2 2 2 2 72 3 Tristan Charpentier 5 9 3 3 42 4 Michael Benyahia 3 3 11 15 30 5 Javier Cobián 4 13 Ret 4 24 6 Pierre-Alexandre Jean 10 10 4 5 24 7 Enzo Samon 8 5 7 9 22 8 Gilles Magnus 16 6 6 7 22 9 Jean-Baptiste Mela 9 4 9 8 20 10 Arthur Rougier 11 7 8 6 18 11 Théo Coicaud 7 Ret 5 16 16 12 Casper Røes Andersen     6 Ret 12 10 9 13 Marvin Klein 12 8 10 14 5 14 Pierre-Paul Baradat 14 11 14 12 0 15 Aleks Karkosik 13 14 13 11 0 16 Aaron di Comberti 15 12 15 13 0 Pos Driver LEC PAU LÉD MAG LMS CAT Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

References

1. "2016 calendar" (PDF). Auto Sport Academy (French F4 Championship). 12 January 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
2. "16 pilotes à l’assaut du Castellet" [16 drivers on the attack of Le Castellet] (in French). Fédération Française du Sport Automobile. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
3. "Leclerc gets Ferrari and Haas development role". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
4. "Gachot joins HTP Junior Team in ADAC F4 switch | PaddockScout". www.paddockscout.com. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
5. "Van Amersfoort Racing / VAR and Kami Laliberté partner again for full season in ADAC F4". www.vanamersfoortracing.nl. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
6. "2016 provisional calendar" (PDF). Auto Sport Academy (French F4 Championship). Retrieved 26 December 2015.
7. "AUTOSPORT ACADEMY". www.autosportacademy.com. Retrieved 2016-04-19.

External links

• The official website of the French F4 Championship