2015 French F4 Championship

The 2015 French F4 Championship season is the 23rd season of the series for 1600cc Formula Renault machinery, and the fifth season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship. The series began on April 18 at Lédenon and ended on October 25 at Le Castellet, after seven rounds and twenty-one races.[1]

Driver lineup

No. Driver Class Rounds
1 Julien Darras[2] I All
2 Théophile Senegas[2] I 1–4
3 Nikita Troitskiy[2] I 1–2, 4
4 Yifei Ye[2] J All
5 Julien Andlauer[2] J All
6 Louis Gachot[2] J All
7 Valentin Moineault[2] I All
8 Gabriel Aubry[3] I All
9 Reuben Kressner[2] I All
10 Michael Benyahia[2] J 1–5, 7
11 Sacha Fenestraz[2] J All
12 Nikita Sitnikov[2] I 1
13 Kami Moreira-Laliberté[2] J 1–6
14 Simo Laaksonen[2] I All
15 Axel Matus[4] I All
16 Hugo Sugnot-Darniche[2] J All
17 Nerses Isaakyan[2] I 1–2, 4, 6–7
19 José Sierra[2] I 1–4, 6–7
21 Aleksey Korneev[2] I 1–2, 4, 7
27 Giuliano Alesi[5] J All
Guest drivers
12 Alex Sedgwick G 5
Théo Coicaud G 7
18 Antoine Robert G 5
Hugo Chevalier G 7
Olivier Malo[a] 3
28 1
20 2
Jean-Baptiste Mela G 5
25 Jim Pla[b] 2
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

Race calendar and results

A seven-round calendar was published on 4 December 2014. The championship will drop Val de Vienne, Nogaro and Jerez events, while Lédenon, Hungaroring and Navarra will take their place in the series' schedule.[1]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Junior Winner International Winner
1 R1 Circuit de Lédenon 18 April Giuliano Alesi Giuliano Alesi Giuliano Alesi Giuliano Alesi Valentin Moineault
R2 Axel Matus Sacha Fenestraz Sacha Fenestraz Gabriel Aubry
R3 19 April Giuliano Alesi Giuliano Alesi Giuliano Alesi Giuliano Alesi Nerses Isaakyan
2 R1 Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans 2 May Valentin Moineault Aleksey Korneev Aleksey Korneev Sacha Fenestraz Aleksey Korneev
R2 Aleksey Korneev Julien Darras Sacha Fenestraz Julien Darras
R3 3 May Axel Matus Aleksey Korneev Valentin Moineault Giuliano Alesi Valentin Moineault
3 R1 Circuit de Pau, Pau 16 May Sacha Fenestraz Simo Laaksonen Sacha Fenestraz Sacha Fenestraz Valentin Moineault
R2 Valentin Moineault Axel Matus Giuliano Alesi Axel Matus
R3 17 May Sacha Fenestraz Sacha Fenestraz Sacha Fenestraz Sacha Fenestraz Valentin Moineault
4 R1 Hungaroring 13 June Valentin Moineault Valentin Moineault Valentin Moineault Sacha Fenestraz Valentin Moineault
R2 14 June Gabriel Aubry Gabriel Aubry Julien Andlauer Gabriel Aubry
R3 Valentin Moineault Valentin Moineault Valentin Moineault Sacha Fenestraz Valentin Moineault
5 R1 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 29 August Valentin Moineault Kami Moreira-Laliberté Valentin Moineault Sacha Fenestraz Valentin Moineault
R2 Julien Andlauer Simo Laaksonen Kami Moreira-Laliberté Simo Laaksonen
R3 30 August Valentin Moineault Julien Darras Valentin Moineault Sacha Fenestraz Valentin Moineault
6 R1 Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos 26 September Valentin Moineault Gabriel Aubry Giuliano Alesi Giuliano Alesi Valentin Moineault
R2 Julien Andlauer Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Nerses Isaakyan
R3 27 September Valentin Moineault Gabriel Aubry Valentin Moineault Julien Andlauer Valentin Moineault
7 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 24 October Valentin Moineault Sacha Fenestraz Valentin Moineault Sacha Fenestraz Valentin Moineault
R2 Gabriel Aubry Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Julien Darras
R3 25 October Valentin Moineault Valentin Moineault Valentin Moineault Sacha Fenestraz Valentin Moineault

Championship standings

Points system

Points were awarded as follows:

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

French F4 Championship

The third race at Lédenon was red-flagged after less than half of the distance had been completed due to torrential rain. As a result, series organisers awarded half points to each of the classified finishers eligible to score points.

Pos Driver LÉD
 LMS
 PAU
 HUN
 MAG
 NAV
 LEC
 Points
1 Valentin Moineault 2 7 7 4 6 1 2 10 2 1 7 1 1 Ret 1 2 11 1 1 6 1 329
2 Sacha Fenestraz 8 1 8 2 4 8 1 Ret 1 3 9 3 2 Ret 4 5 3 8 2 5 3 253
3 Gabriel Aubry 4 3 6 16 16 14† 3 4 3 10 1 2 3 Ret 2 3 5 3 3 7 4 227
4 Giuliano Alesi 1 Ret 1 7 5 12 5 2 4 8 Ret 6 12 5 Ret 1 8 5 6 10 Ret 168.5
5 Julien Darras 7 6 15 10 1 3 14 3 Ret 7 2 10 Ret 6 3 6 7 7 10 2 6 166
6 Simo Laaksonen 13 9 9 5 3 Ret 4 Ret 6 6 4 7 6 1 6 11 12 9 4 9 2 150
7 Axel Matus 3 4 5 3 9 13 8 1 8 Ret 10 13 7 8 12 Ret 13 11 7 4 5 125
8 Julien Andlauer 9 2 18† 11 15 6 7 11 Ret 4 5 4 14 4 7 Ret 9 2 8 Ret 8 116
9 Kami Moreira-Laliberté 6 5 4 8 8 Ret Ret 9 9 15 12 17 4 2 5 4 10 4 102
10 Reuben Kressner 12 Ret 3 18 14 5 6 Ret 5 12 Ret 9 5 3 8 7 6 10 Ret 11 7 87.5
11 Aleksey Korneev 10 12 14 1 7 4 5 3 5 17 12 11 83
12 Yifei Ye 18 11 11 13 10 7 10 5 Ret 14 14 11 13 Ret 11 9 1 12 9 1 12 73
13 Nikita Troitskiy 14 8 19† 6 2 2 2 Ret 8 70
14 Louis Gachot 11 Ret 10 9 12 Ret 9 12 Ret 9 6 14 8 9 13 10 4 15 5 3 Ret 60.5
15 Nerses Isaakyan 5 Ret 2 15 11 9 11 11 12 8 2 6 11 8 10 57
16 Hugo Sugnot-Darniche 15 Ret 16 17 13 Ret 11 6 7 13 8 19† 15 Ret 14† 13 15 14 12 16 14 18
17 Michaël Benyahia 17 13 17 14 17 10 13 8 10 16 13 16 10 12 9 15 14 15 12
18 Théophile Senegas 16 10 13 12 18 Ret 12 7 12 Ret Ret 15 7
19 José Sierra 19 14 12 19† 19 11 Ret Ret 11 17 15 18 12 14 13 14 15 13 0
Nikita Sitnikov WD WD WD 0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Jean-Baptiste Mela 9 7 Ret 0
Hugo Chevalier 13 13 9 0
Alex Sedgwick 11 11 10 0
Antoine Robert 16 10 Ret 0
Théo Coicaud 16 17† Ret 0
Pos Driver LÉD
 LMS
 PAU
 HUN
 MAG
 NAV
 LEC
 Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

International F4 Championship

Pos Driver LÉD
 LMS
 PAU
 HUN
 MAG
 NAV
 LEC
 Pts
1 Valentin Moineault 2 7 7 4 6 1 2 10 2 1 7 1 1 Ret 1 2 11 1 1 6 1 389
2 Gabriel Aubry 4 3 6 16 16 14† 3 4 3 10 1 2 3 Ret 2 3 5 3 3 7 4 287
3 Julien Darras 7 6 15 10 1 3 14 3 Ret 7 2 10 Ret 6 3 6 7 7 10 2 6 245.5
4 Simo Laaksonen 13 9 9 5 3 Ret 4 Ret 6 6 4 7 6 1 6 11 12 9 4 9 2 222
5 Axel Matus 3 4 5 3 9 13 8 1 8 Ret 10 13 7 8 12 Ret 13 11 7 4 5 212.5
6 Reuben Kressner 12 Ret 3 18 14 5 6 Ret 5 12 Ret 9 5 3 8 7 6 10 Ret 11 7 161
7 Nerses Isaakyan 5 Ret 2 15 11 9 11 11 12 8 2 6 11 8 10 132.5
8 Aleksey Korneev 10 12 14 1 7 4 5 3 5 17 12 11 117
9 Nikita Troitskiy 14 8 19† 6 2 2 2 Ret 8 86
10 José Sierra 19 14 12 19† 19 11 Ret Ret 11 17 15 18 12 14 13 14 15 13 49
11 Théophile Senegas 16 10 13 12 18 Ret 12 7 12 Ret Ret 15 43
Nikita Sitnikov WD WD WD 0
Pos Driver LÉD
 LMS
 PAU
 HUN
 MAG
 NAV
 LEC
 Pts

Junior F4 Championship

Pos Driver LÉD
 LMS
 PAU
 HUN
 MAG
 NAV
 LEC
 Pts
1 Sacha Fenestraz 8 1 8 2 4 8 1 Ret 1 3 9 3 2 Ret 4 5 3 8 2 5 3 384,5
2 Giuliano Alesi 1 Ret 1 7 5 12 5 2 4 8 Ret 6 12 5 Ret 1 8 5 6 10 Ret 278.5
3 Julien Andlauer 9 2 18† 11 15 6 7 11 Ret 4 5 4 14 4 7 Ret 9 2 8 Ret 8 259
4 Yifei Ye 18 11 11 13 10 7 10 5 Ret 14 14 11 13 Ret 11 9 1 12 9 1 12 221
5 Kami Moreira-Laliberté 6 5 4 8 8 Ret Ret 9 9 15 12 17 4 2 5 4 10 4 228
6 Louis Gachot 11 Ret 10 9 12 Ret 9 12 Ret 9 6 14 8 9 13 10 4 15 5 3 Ret 198
7 Michaël Benyahia 17 13 17 14 17 10 13 8 10 16 13 16 10 12 9 15 14 15 149
8 Hugo Sugnot-Darniche 15 Ret 16 17 13 Ret 11 6 7 13 8 19† 15 Ret 14† 13 15 14 12 16 14 141
Pos Driver LÉD
 LMS
 PAU
 HUN
 MAG
 NAV
 LEC
 Pts

Notes

  1. ^ Participated in practice of Round 1–3.
  2. ^ Participated in practice of Round 2.

References

  1. ^ a b "La F.4 francese anche a Budapest". ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 4 December 2014. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
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  3. ^ David, Gruz (15 January 2015). "Karting talent Gabriel Aubry to contest French F4 in 2015". PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  4. ^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (28 February 2015). "Haxhiu and Matus to return to French F4 in 2015". PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  5. ^ David, Gruz (5 March 2015). "Giulano Alesi signs up for French F4". PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
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