French F4 Championship

French F4 Championship,[2] formerly known as Formula Renault Campus France, Formula Campus, Formul'Academy Euro Series, F4 Eurocup 1.6 is a form of open wheel racing founded in 1993 by Louis Drouet. It is based in France and aims at karting graduates, like Formula Ford, ADAC Formel Masters and Formula Abarth. The series currently organized in collaboration with the Fédération Française du Sport Automobile (FFSA), Auto Sport Academy and Total S.A.. The champion receives support to continue in one of the Formula Renault 2.0 championships.[2]

French F4 Championship
CategoryFIA Formula 4
CountryFrance
RegionEurope
Inaugural season1993
Teams1[1]
ConstructorsMygale
Engine suppliersRenault 2000cc
Tyre suppliersKumho Tires
Drivers' champion Ayumu Iwasa
Official websiteOfficial website
Current season

In 2010, the re-branded series was made part of the World Series by Renault, but was then dropped for 2011.[3]

The car

The car was originally built by Signatech. The chassis and survival cell had a carbon fibre composite monocoque construction. The car was designed to comply with the 2008 FIA F3 standards. The 1600cc Renault K4MRS engine produced about 140 hp. The transmission had five forward speeds with sequential shift mechanism.

For the 2018 season, the championship will adopt FIA Formula 4 regulations, with Mygale M14-F4 chassis and Renault 2.0L engines.

Kumho is the single tyre supplier for the French F4 Championship.[4]

Regulations
  • The event schedule usually takes place over three days (normally Friday to Sunday) with testing or free practice sessions on the first day, a qualifying session first and race of 25' in second day. The third day has second race that also lasts 25 minutes. The qualifying session determines the starting order for first race and the second fastest time the grid for second race.
  • Tyres allocated to each driver in sets of 4 at each meeting of competition.
  • Drivers for 2011 season must be born between 1 January 1988 and 31 December 1996.[5]
  • Points are awarded to the first ten finishers of each race in the following order:
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thPoleFastest Lap
Points25181512108642111

Champions

Prior French F4 Championship
Season Champion
Formula Campus by Renault and Elf
1993 Sébastien Philippe
1994 Franck Montagny
1995 Renaud Malinconi
1996 Philippe Bénoliel
1997 Marcel Costa
1998 Westley Barber
1999 Adam Jones
2000 Stéphane Morat
2001 Bruce Lorgeré-Roux
2002 Loïc Duval
2003 Laurent Groppi
2004 Jacky Ferré
2005 Jean Karl Vernay
2006 Kévin Estre
2007 Jean-Éric Vergne
Formul'Academy Euro Series
2008 Arthur Pic
2009 Benjamin Bailly
F4 Eurocup 1.6
2010 Stoffel Vandoorne

French F4 Championship
Season Champion Secondary Class Champion
2011 Matthieu Vaxivière not held
2012 Alexandre Baron
2013 Anthoine Hubert
2014 Lasse Sørensen J: Dorian Boccolacci
I: Lasse Sørensen
2015 Valentin Moineault J: Sacha Fenestraz
I: Valentin Moineault
2016 Ye Yifei J: Ye Yifei
I: Gilles Magnus
2017 Arthur Rougier J: Victor Martins
I: Arthur Rougier

French F4 Championship

While the engine will be upgraded from 1.6 litre to 2.0 litre. New era under the FIA Formula 4 regulations

Season Champion Secondary Class Champion
2018 Caio Collet J: Théo Pourchaire
I: Caio Collet
2019 Hadrien David J: Victor Bernier
I: Hadrien David
2020 Ayumu Iwasa J: Valentino Catalano
I: Ayumu Iwasa

References
  1. All the cars are maintained, ran and tested by Renault Sport.
  2. "New - French F4 Championship". Auto Sport Academy. 14 October 2010. Archived from the original on 19 December 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  3. http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=29301&cat=58
  4. "A STATE‐OF‐THE‐ART SINGLE SEATER" (PDF). Auto Sport Academy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  5. "To become a driver". Auto Sport Academy. Retrieved 25 February 2011.

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