2024 French F4 Championship

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 G 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 Pacôme Weisenburger 1
29 Enzo Caldaras All
30 Paul Roques All
33 Augustin Bernier All
36 Arjun Chheda 1–5, 7
38 Aleksandr Burdo G 7
46 Gabriel Doyle-Parfait All
61 Louis Schlesser All
74 Pablo Riccobono Bello G 6
83 Jules Caranta All
87 Alex O'Grady All
89 Jason Leung All
99 Montego Maassen All
Source:[4][5]
Icon Status
G Guest drivers ineligible for Drivers' Championship

Race calendar

French Federation of Automobile Sport published the schedule on 8 January 2024.[4]

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[a]
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
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

Notes

  1. ^ Stevenheydens finished first but received a 5 second time penalty for jumping the start. Caranta inherited the win.

References

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