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]

2016 French F4 Championship
Previous: 2015 Next: 2017

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 Aleks 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 Ye Yifei[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 Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Javier Cobián
R2 Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Jean-Baptiste Mela
R3 3 April Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Théo Coicaud
R4 Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Javier Cobián
2 R1 Circuit de Pau, Pau 14 May Ye Yifei Javier Cobián Javier Cobián Michael Benyahia Javier Cobián
R2 Hugo Chevalier Théo Coicaud Pierre-Alexandre Jean Théo Coicaud
R3 15 May Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Gilles Magnus
R4 Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Gilles Magnus
3 R1 Circuit de Lédenon, Lédenon 4 June Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Gilles Magnus
R2 Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Gilles Magnus
R3 5 June Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Jean-Baptiste Mela
R4 Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Gilles Magnus
4 R1 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours 9 July Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Javier Cobián
R2 Javier Cobián Pierre-Alexandre Jean Pierre-Alexandre Jean Gilles Magnus
R3 10 July Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Javier Cobián
R4 Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Gilles Magnus
5 R1 Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans 10 September Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Ye Yifei Gilles Magnus
R2 Tristan Charpentier Marvin Klein Casper Røes Andersen Marvin Klein
R3 11 September Ye Yifei Gilles Magnus Gilles Magnus Tristan Charpentier Gilles Magnus
R4 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 Ye Yifei Michael Benyahia Michael Benyahia Jean-Baptiste Mela
R3 Javier Cobián[N 1] Arthur Rougier Arthur Rougier Tristan Charpentier 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
 PAU
 LÉD
 MAG
 LMS
 CAT
 Points
1 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 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 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 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
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References
  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.
  2. "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.
  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.
  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. 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. 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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