2018 French F4 Championship

The 2018 French F4 Championship was the eighth season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship and the first season under the FIA Formula 4 regulations.[1] The championship used Mygale M14-F4 chassis like in the F4 British Championship and Australian Formula 4 Championship. The engine was upgraded from 1.6 litre to 2.0 litre. The series began on 1 April at Nogaro and ended on 14 October at Le Castellet, after seven rounds and twenty one races.[2]

Driver lineup

No. Driver Class Rounds
1 Baptiste Berthelot[3] All
2 Romain Boeckler[3] G 1, 3, 5, 7
3 Stuart White[3] 1–3
4 Baptiste Moulin[4] All
5 Adam Eteki[4] All
6 Gillian Henrion G 7
7 Arthur Leclerc[4] All
8 Evan Spenle G 7
9 Lucas Petersson G 4
10 Reshad de Gerus[4] J All
11 Pierre-Louis Chovet[5] 1–4, 6–7
16 Sacha Lehmann[4] All
18 Mateo Herrero[4] All
21 Théo Pourchaire[5] J All
22 Théo Nouet[4] All
23 Caio Collet[4] All
27 Ugo de Wilde[3] All
28 Alessandro Ghiretti G 6–7
30 Esteban Muth[3] All
31 Ulysse de Pauw[6] All
51 Shihab Al Habsi[3] J All
87 O'Neill Muth[3] J 1–6
97 Gavin Aimable[4] 1–2
Icon Status
J Drivers that compete for the Junior Championship
G Guest drivers ineligible for Drivers' Championship
  • Noah Watt was scheduled to compete in the championship, but did not appear in any rounds.[4]

Race calendar

A seven round calendar was published in the FFSA Academy website, confirming the return of Dijon-Prenois and moving the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya round in Spain to Jerez.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Junior Winner
1 R1 Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro 1 April Ugo de Wilde Adam Eteki Ugo de Wilde Théo Pourchaire
R2 Théo Pourchaire Arthur Leclerc Théo Pourchaire
R3 2 April Adam Eteki Caio Collet Adam Eteki Théo Pourchaire
2 R1 Circuit de Pau, Pau 12 May Caio Collet Arthur Leclerc Caio Collet Théo Pourchaire
R2 Adam Eteki Adam Eteki Reshad de Gerus
R3 13 May Caio Collet Ugo de Wilde Caio Collet Théo Pourchaire
3 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa 2 June Arthur Leclerc Théo Pourchaire Ulysse de Pauw Théo Pourchaire
R2 Stuart White Théo Pourchaire Théo Pourchaire
R3 3 June Caio Collet Stuart White Stuart White Théo Pourchaire
4 R1 Dijon-Prenois, Dijon 14 July Ugo de Wilde Caio Collet Ugo de Wilde Théo Pourchaire
R2 15 July Ulysse de Pauw Théo Nouet Théo Pourchaire
R3 Adam Eteki Esteban Muth Caio Collet Théo Pourchaire
5 R1 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours 8 September Caio Collet Caio Collet Caio Collet Théo Pourchaire
R2 Caio Collet Arthur Leclerc Reshad de Gerus
R3 9 September Caio Collet Caio Collet Caio Collet Théo Pourchaire
6 R1 Circuito de Jerez, Jerez 6 October Caio Collet Caio Collet Caio Collet Théo Pourchaire
R2 7 October Esteban Muth O'Neill Muth O'Neill Muth
R3 Caio Collet Caio Collet Caio Collet Reshad de Gerus
7 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 13 October Ugo de Wilde Adam Eteki Ugo de Wilde Théo Pourchaire
R2 14 October Adam Eteki Pierre-Louis Chovet Reshad de Gerus
R3 Ugo de Wilde Pierre-Louis Chovet Ugo de Wilde Théo Pourchaire

Championship standings

Points system

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 0 0 – 1

Drivers standings – FFSA Academy

Pos Driver NOG
 PAU[a]
 SPA
 DIJ
 MAG
 JER
 LEC
 Pts
1 Caio Collet 3 3 4 1 8 1 Ret 5 2 5 4 1 1 4 1 1 6 1 4 4 6 296.5
2 Ugo de Wilde 1 7 2 3 6 2 8 Ret 7 1 9 5 Ret 5 7 8 4 7 1 6 1 210.5
3 Théo Pourchaire 4 2 3 7 4 6 5 1 4 4 6 8 2 Ret 2 4 8 10 2 10 3 203
4 Adam Eteki 2 8 1 9 1 7 6 Ret 8 2 7 2 3 8 4 17† DNS 11 3 3 2 192
5 Ulysse de Pauw 5 6 6 8 3 9 1 3 6 6 5 3 6 3 8 6 5 6 5 7 5 180
6 Arthur Leclerc 7 1 5 2 9 14 3 6 5 7 2 6 4 1 3 2 7 8 18 11 12 175
7 Pierre-Louis Chovet 6 5 Ret 5 7 4 2 8 3 3 8 7 9 3 5 10 1 8 135
8 Esteban Muth 9 Ret 13 4 15 3 9 2 9 8 3 16 5 12† 10 7 2 3 6 8 10 113.5
9 Reshad de Gerus 13 11 9 10 2 8 11 Ret 12 13 12 15 8 2 5 5 10 4 7 5 7 88
10 Stuart White 11 Ret 7 6 5 5 4 4 1 72
11 Théo Nouet 19† 10 10 11 Ret 10 7 14 10 9 1 4 Ret 10 9 11 11 16† 9 2 4 66.5
12 O'Neill Muth 10 4 12 13 11 Ret 13 9 11 12 13 9 7 9 6 10 1 9 46
13 Matéo Herrero 8 Ret 8 12 10 11 10 7 13 11 10 11 10 6 14 14 DNS DNS 8 17 DNS 20
14 Sacha Lehmann 14 16 Ret 17 14 15 15 10 15 15 14 14 9 7 11 13 14 12 Ret 14 18 4
15 Shihab Al Habsi 12 9 11 14 12 12 12 13 17 10 11 10 13 Ret 12 15 15 15 16 18 14 2
16 Baptiste Berthelot 18 15 17 18 17† 16 16 15 Ret 17 16 17 14 11 Ret 16 13 14 15 19 17 0
17 Baptiste Moulin 16 14 15 16 16 13 17 12 16 16 15 12 12 Ret 13 12 12 13 12 15 13 0
18 Gavin Aimable 15 12 14 15 13 Ret 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
– Alessandro Ghiretti 3 9 2 13 9 16 –
– Gillian Henrion 11 12 9 –
– Romain Boeckler 17 13 16 14 11 14 11 Ret Ret 14 16 11 –
– Lucas Petersson 14 Ret 13 –
– Evan Spenle 17 13 15 –
Pos Driver NOG
 PAU[a]
 SPA
 DIJ
 MAG
 JER
 LEC
 Pts
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
† — Did not finish, but classified

Drivers standings – FIA Formula 4

Pos Driver NOG
 PAU[a]
 SPA
 DIJ
 MAG
 JER
 LEC
 Pts
1 Caio Collet 3 2 3 1 6 1 Ret 4 2 4 4 1 1 3 1 1 5 1 3 4 5 303.5
2 Ugo de Wilde 1 5 2 3 4 2 7 Ret 6 1 8 5 Ret 4 4 5 3 5 1 5 1 237
3 Ulysse de Pauw 4 4 5 7 2 7 1 2 5 5 5 3 5 2 5 3 4 4 4 6 4 224
4 Adam Eteki 2 6 1 8 1 6 5 Ret 7 2 6 2 2 7 3 12† DNS 7 2 3 2 213
5 Arthur Leclerc 6 1 4 2 7 11 3 5 4 6 2 6 3 1 2 2 6 6 11 8 8 199
6 Pierre-Louis Chovet 5 3 Ret 5 5 4 2 7 3 3 7 7 6 2 3 8 1 6 162
7 Esteban Muth 8 Ret 9 4 11 3 8 1 8 7 3 11 4 10† 7 4 1 2 5 7 7 145.5
8 Théo Nouet 14† 7 8 9 Ret 8 6 10 9 8 1 4 Ret 8 6 7 7 11† 7 2 3 101
9 Stuart White 9 Ret 6 6 3 5 4 3 1 80
10 Matéo Herrero 7 Ret 7 10 8 9 9 6 10 9 9 8 7 5 10 10 DNS DNS 6 11 DNS 50
11 Sacha Lehmann 10 11 Ret 13 10 12 10 8 11 10 10 10 6 6 8 9 10 8 Ret 9 11 27
12 Baptiste Moulin 12 9 11 12 12 10 12 9 12 11 11 9 8 Ret 9 8 8 9 9 10 9 19.5
13 Baptiste Berthelot 13 10 12 14 13† 13 11 11 Ret 12 12 12 9 9 Ret 11 9 10 10 12 10 5
14 Gavin Aimable 11 8 10 11 9 Ret 2
Pos Driver NOG
 PAU[a]
 SPA
 DIJ
 MAG
 JER
 LEC
 Pts

Juniors' standings

Pos Driver NOG
 PAU[a]
 SPA
 DIJ
 MAG
 JER
 LEC
 Pts
1 Théo Pourchaire 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 408.5
2 Reshad de Gerus 4 4 2 2 1 2 2 Ret 3 4 3 4 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 299
3 Shihab Al Habsi 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 2 2 3 4 Ret 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 245.5
4 O'Neill Muth 3 3 3 3 3 Ret 4 2 2 3 4 2 2 2 3 3 1 2 243

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Half points awarded for Race 3 as the race was halted before 75% distance due to heavy rain.

References

  1. ^ Jackson, Connor (14 September 2017). "FRENCH F4 SWITCH TO FIA F4 MONOCOQUE AND BRANDING FOR 2018". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  2. ^ Rubinho, Jacopo (6 November 2017). "La F4 francese si allinea alla FIA Nel 2018 arriva il telaio Mygale". italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Engagés Championnat de France F4" (PDF). circuit-nogaro.com (in French). Circuit Paul Armagnac. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Wood, Elliot (18 January 2018). "Leclerc's brother Arthur and Todt protege Collet to race in French F4". formulascout.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  5. ^ a b "2017 FRENCH F4 CHAMPIONSHIP: SEASON REVIEW – MARTINS MISSED CHANCE". 12 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Ulysse De Pauw to race in French F4 after winning RACB prize". 6 December 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
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