2016 French F4 Championship

The 2016 French F4 Championship season was 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 began on 1 April at Le Castellet and ended on 6 November at Montmeló, after six rounds and twenty-four races.^[1]

Driver lineup

No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
1	Marvin Klein^[2]	I	All
2	Hugo Chevalier^[2]	J	All
3	Casper Røes Andersen^[2]	J	All
4	Javier Cobián^[2]	I	All
5	Pierre-Alexandre Jean^[2]	J	All
6	Kami Laliberté^[3]	G	2
	Victor Martins^[4]	J G	5
	Adrien Renaudin^[5]	I	6
7	Alex Karkosik^[2]	J	All
8	José Sierra^[3]	I	2–6
11	Tristan Charpentier^[2]	J	All
12	Enzo Samon^[2]	J	1–4
13	Aaron di Comberti^[2]	J	1
16	Gilles Magnus^[2]	I	All
20	Yifei Ye^[2]	J	All
21	Jean-Baptiste Mela^[2]	I	All
24	Pierre-Paul Baradat^[2]	I	1, 3–4, 6
27	Théo Coicaud^[2]	I	All
51	Michael Benyahia^[2]	J	All
87	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

Giuliano Alesi, son of former F1 driver Jean Alesi, was signed by the Ferrari Driver Academy and promoted to GP3 with Trident.^[6]
Sacha Fenestraz and Gabriel Aubrey were promoted to the Formula Renault 2.0 championship with Tech 1 Racing.
Simo Laaksonen will compete in Germany's ADAC F4 after running French F4 and SMP F4 campaigns in 2015.
Alternatively Nerses Isaakyan, Nikita Troitskiy and Aleksey Korneev will move to Formula Renault 2.0 for 2016 after partial French F4 seasons.
Axel Matus returned to his home country to participate in the inaugural NACAM F4 championship.
Louis Gachot, son of former F1 driver Bertrand Gachot, switched to ADAC F4 for 2016.^[7]

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

Race 1 grid will be set by second fastest qualifying lap.
Race 2 will be an inversion of the top 10 from race 1.
Race 3 grid will be set by fastest qualifying lap.
Race 4 will be set by the finishing order of race 3.^[9]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Junior Winner	International Winner
1	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	2 April	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Javier Cobián
	R2		2 April		Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Jean-Baptiste Mela
	R3		3 April	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Théo Coicaud
	R4		3 April		Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Javier Cobián
2	R1	Circuit de Pau, Pau	14 May	Yifei Ye	Javier Cobián	Javier Cobián	Michael Benyahia	Javier Cobián
	R2		14 May		Hugo Chevalier	Théo Coicaud	Pierre-Alexandre Jean	Théo Coicaud
	R3		15 May	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Gilles Magnus
	R4		15 May		Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Gilles Magnus
3	R1	Circuit de Lédenon, Lédenon	4 June	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Gilles Magnus
	R2		4 June		Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Gilles Magnus
	R3		5 June	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Jean-Baptiste Mela
	R4		5 June		Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Gilles Magnus
4	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours	9 July		Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Javier Cobián
	R2		9 July		Javier Cobián	Pierre-Alexandre Jean	Pierre-Alexandre Jean	Gilles Magnus
	R3		10 July	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Javier Cobián
	R4		10 July		Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Gilles Magnus
5	R1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	10 September	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Gilles Magnus
	R2		10 September		Tristan Charpentier	Marvin Klein	Casper Røes Andersen	Marvin Klein
	R3		11 September	Yifei Ye	Gilles Magnus	Gilles Magnus	Tristan Charpentier	Gilles Magnus
	R4		11 September		Casper Røes Andersen	Tristan Charpentier	Tristan Charpentier	Gilles Magnus
6	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	5 November	Javier Cobián	Arthur Rougier	Javier Cobián	Hugo Chevalier	Javier Cobián
	R2		6 November		Yifei Ye	Michael Benyahia	Michael Benyahia	Jean-Baptiste Mela
	R3		6 November	Javier Cobián^{[N 1]}	Arthur Rougier	Arthur Rougier	Tristan Charpentier	Arthur Rougier

^ 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				PAU				LÉD				MAG				LMS				CAT			Points
1	Yifei Ye	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	Gilles Magnus	16	6	6	7	5	2	2	3	2	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	8	1	2				278
3	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	218
4	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	211
5	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	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	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	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	162
9	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	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	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	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	José Sierra					11	Ret	14	11	11	5	8	6	15	15	12	13	12	9	9	10	12	8	8	40
14	Enzo Samon	8	5	7	9	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	7	Ret	DNS	10	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS								35
15	Alex 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	Pierre-Paul Baradat	14	11	14	12					13	13	Ret	14	14	13	11	13					14	10	12	1
17	Aaron di Comberti	15	12	15	13																				0
18	Adrien Renaudin																					11	11	13	0
Guest drivers ineligible for championship points
	Kami Laliberté					9	Ret	6	2																0
	Victor Martins																	4	10	3	3				0
Pos	Driver	LEC				PAU				LÉD				MAG				LMS				CAT			Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

References

^ ^a ^b "2016 calendar" (PDF). Auto Sport Academy. French F4 Championship. 12 January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "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. Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b "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. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
^ "Meilleur temps pour Yifei Ye au Mans" (in French). Fédération Française du Sport Automobile. 10 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-16. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
^ "PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. 3 November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-04. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
^ "Leclerc gets Ferrari and Haas development role". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
^ "Gachot joins HTP Junior Team in ADAC F4 switch | PaddockScout". www.paddockscout.com. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
^ "2016 provisional calendar" (PDF). Auto Sport Academy. French F4 Championship. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
^ "AUTOSPORT ACADEMY". www.autosportacademy.com. Retrieved 2016-04-19.

External links

The official website of the French F4 Championship Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine

[10] Pierre-Alexandre Jean originally scored pole, but he was issued a 5-place grid penalty after race 2.

[CalendarUpdated-1] "2016 calendar" (PDF). Auto Sport Academy. French F4 Championship. 12 January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2016.

[Drivers-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "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. Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 1 April 2016.

[Drivers2-3] "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. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 13 May 2016.

[Martins-4] "Meilleur temps pour Yifei Ye au Mans" (in French). Fédération Française du Sport Automobile. 10 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-16. Retrieved 10 September 2016.

[5] "PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. 3 November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-04. Retrieved 3 November 2016.

[6] "Leclerc gets Ferrari and Haas development role". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2016-04-19.

[7] "Gachot joins HTP Junior Team in ADAC F4 switch | PaddockScout". www.paddockscout.com. Retrieved 2016-04-19.

[Calendar-8] "2016 provisional calendar" (PDF). Auto Sport Academy. French F4 Championship. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.

[9] "AUTOSPORT ACADEMY". www.autosportacademy.com. Retrieved 2016-04-19.

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