2016 French F4 Championship

2016 French F4 Championship
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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 France Marvin Klein[2] I All
2 France Hugo Chevalier[2] J All
3 Denmark Casper Røes Andersen[2]    J All
4 Spain Javier Cobián[2] I All
5 France Pierre-Alexandre Jean[2] J All
6 Canada Kami Laliberté[3] G 2
France Victor Martins[4] J 5
France Adrien Renaudin[5] I 6
7 Poland Aleks Karkosik[2] J All
8 Mexico José Sierra[3] I 2–6
11 France Tristan Charpentier[2] J All
12 France Enzo Samon[2] J 1–4
13 United Kingdom Aaron di Comberti[2] J 1
16 Belgium Gilles Magnus[2] I All
20 China Ye Yifei[2] J All
21 France Jean-Baptiste Mela[2] I All
24 France Pierre-Paul Baradat[2] I 1, 3–4, 6
27 France Théo Coicaud[2] I All
51 Morocco Michael Benyahia[2] J All
87 France Arthur Rougier[2] I All
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

Race calendar and results

A six-round calendar was published in December 2015.[8] 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

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Junior Winner International Winner
1 R1 France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 2 April China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei Spain Javier Cobián
R2 China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei France Jean-Baptiste Mela
R3 3 April China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei France Théo Coicaud
R4 China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei Spain Javier Cobián
2 R1 France Circuit de Pau, Pau 14 May China Ye Yifei Spain Javier Cobián Spain Javier Cobián Morocco Michael Benyahia Spain Javier Cobián
R2 France Hugo Chevalier France Théo Coicaud France Pierre-Alexandre Jean France Théo Coicaud
R3 15 May China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei Belgium Gilles Magnus
R4 China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei Belgium Gilles Magnus
3 R1 France Circuit de Lédenon, Lédenon 4 June China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei Belgium Gilles Magnus
R2 China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei Belgium Gilles Magnus
R3 5 June China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei France Jean-Baptiste Mela
R4 China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei Belgium Gilles Magnus
4 R1 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours 9 July China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei Spain Javier Cobián
R2 Spain Javier Cobián France Pierre-Alexandre Jean France Pierre-Alexandre Jean Belgium Gilles Magnus
R3 10 July China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei Spain Javier Cobián
R4 China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei Belgium Gilles Magnus
5 R1 France Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans 10 September China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei China Ye Yifei Belgium Gilles Magnus
R2 France Tristan Charpentier France Marvin Klein Denmark Casper Røes Andersen France Marvin Klein
R3 11 September China Ye Yifei Belgium Gilles Magnus Belgium Gilles Magnus France Tristan Charpentier Belgium Gilles Magnus
R4 Denmark Casper Røes Andersen France Tristan Charpentier France Tristan Charpentier Belgium Gilles Magnus
6 R1 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 5 November Spain Javier Cobián France Arthur Rougier Spain Javier Cobián France Hugo Chevalier Spain Javier Cobián
R2 6 November China Ye Yifei Morocco Michael Benyahia Morocco Michael Benyahia France Jean-Baptiste Mela
R3 Spain Javier Cobián[N 1] France Arthur Rougier France Arthur Rougier France Tristan Charpentier France Arthur Rougier
  1. Pierre-Alexandre Jean originally scored pole, but he was issued a 5-place grid penalty after race 2.

Championship standings

Points system

Points are 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

Pos Driver LEC
France
PAU
France
LÉD
France
MAG
France
LMS
France
CAT
Spain
Points
1 China Ye Yifei 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 15 Ret 11 4 12 15 420
2 Belgium Gilles Magnus 16 6 6 7 5 2 2 3 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 8 1 2 278
3 Morocco Michael Benyahia 3 3 11 15 2 Ret Ret 12 5 2 5 4 4 11 4 4 7 3 6 5 8 1 5 224
4 Spain Javier Cobián 4 13 Ret 4 1 Ret Ret 9 6 9 7 15 2 3 2 3 10 7 7 8 1 6 2 212
5 France Tristan Charpentier 5 9 3 3 8 Ret 5 7 9 3 14 7 13 9 7 7 3 4 2 1 5 5 4 204
6 France Hugo Chevalier 2 2 2 2 6 8 10 Ret 6 9 5 8 5 5 5 15 11 8 6 2 4 14 188
7 France Théo Coicaud 7 Ret 5 16 Ret 1 7 4 14 7 6 Ret 5 6 14 8 5 5 4 4 15 7 3 173
8 France Pierre-Alexandre Jean 10 10 4 5 4 3 3 5 12 Ret 4 2 7 1 15 15 14 14 Ret 12 6 14 9 161
9 France Jean-Baptiste Mela 9 4 9 8 10 Ret 9 10 3 8 2 8 6 4 6 9 11 12 10 EX 7 3 7 129
10 France Arthur Rougier 11 7 8 6 7 6 4 6 8 10 13 11 11 8 13 12 8 6 Ret Ret 3 15 1 119
11 Denmark Casper Røes Andersen     6 Ret 12 10 12 5 13 14 16 12 12 9 12 12 10 6 9 2 5 7 10 2 10 93
12 France Marvin Klein 12 8 10 14 Ret Ret 12 8 15 11 10 13 9 14 9 10 6 1 11 13 13 9 11 55
13 France Enzo Samon 8 5 7 9 Ret Ret 8 Ret 7 Ret DNS 10 Ret DNS DNS DNS 35
14 Mexico José Sierra 11 Ret 14 11 11 5 8 6 15 15 12 13 12 9 9 10 12 8 8 40
15 Poland Aleks Karkosik 13 14 13 11 13 7 11 13 10 14 11 12 10 10 8 11 13 13 12 9 9 13 6 29
16 France Pierre-Paul Baradat 14 11 14 12 13 13 Ret 14 14 13 11 13 14 10 12 1
17 United Kingdom Aaron di Comberti 15 12 15 13 0
18 France Adrien Renaudin 11 11 13 0
Guest drivers ineligible for championship points
Canada Kami Laliberté 9 Ret 6 2 0
France Victor Martins 4 10 3 3 0
Pos Driver LEC
France
PAU
France
LÉD
France
MAG
France
LMS
France
CAT
Spain
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. 1 2 "2016 calendar" (PDF). Auto Sport Academy. French F4 Championship. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "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. 1 2 "Le Championnat de France F4 à la rencontre d'une légende" [French F4 Championship to meet legend] (in French). Fédération Française du Sport Automobile. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  4. "Meilleur temps pour Yifei Ye au Mans" (in French). Fédération Française du Sport Automobile. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  5. "PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  6. "Leclerc gets Ferrari and Haas development role". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  7. "Gachot joins HTP Junior Team in ADAC F4 switch | PaddockScout". www.paddockscout.com. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  8. "2016 provisional calendar" (PDF). Auto Sport Academy. French F4 Championship. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  9. "AUTOSPORT ACADEMY". www.autosportacademy.com. Retrieved 2016-04-19.

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