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2018 French F4 Championship

The 2018 French F4 Championship was the eighth season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship and the first season under the FIA Formula 4 regulations.[1] The championship used Mygale M14-F4 chassis like in the F4 British Championship and Australian Formula 4 Championship. The engine was upgraded from 1.6 litre to 2.0 litre. The series began on 1 April at Nogaro and ended on 14 October at Le Castellet, after seven rounds and twenty one races.[2]

Driver lineup

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No. Driver Class Rounds
1 France Baptiste Berthelot[3] All
2 France Romain Boeckler[3] G 1, 3, 5, 7
3 South Africa Stuart White[3] 1–3
4 Belgium Baptiste Moulin[4] All
5 France Adam Eteki[4] All
6 France Gillian Henrion G 7
7 Monaco Arthur Leclerc[4] All
8 France Evan Spenle G 7
9 United Arab Emirates Lucas Petersson G 4
10 France Reshad de Gerus[4] J All
11 France Pierre-Louis Chovet[5] 1–4, 6–7
16 France Sacha Lehmann[4] All
18 France Mateo Herrero[4] All
21 France Théo Pourchaire[5] J All
22 France Théo Nouet[4] All
23 Brazil Caio Collet[4] All
27 Belgium Ugo de Wilde[3] All
28 France Alessandro Ghiretti G 6–7
30 Belgium Esteban Muth[3] All
31 Belgium Ulysse de Pauw[6] All
51 Oman Shihab Al Habsi[3] J All
87 Germany O'Neill Muth[3] J 1–6
97 French Guiana Gavin Aimable[4] 1–2
Icon Status
J Drivers that compete for the Junior Championship
G Guest drivers ineligible for Drivers' Championship
  • Noah Watt was scheduled to compete in the championship, but did not appear in any rounds.[4]

Race calendar

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A seven round calendar was published in the FFSA Academy website, confirming the return of Dijon-Prenois and moving the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya round in Spain to Jerez.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Junior Winner
1 R1 France Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro 1 April Belgium Ugo de Wilde France Adam Eteki Belgium Ugo de Wilde France Théo Pourchaire
R2 France Théo Pourchaire Monaco Arthur Leclerc France Théo Pourchaire
R3 2 April France Adam Eteki Brazil Caio Collet France Adam Eteki France Théo Pourchaire
2 R1 France Circuit de Pau, Pau 12 May Brazil Caio Collet Monaco Arthur Leclerc Brazil Caio Collet France Théo Pourchaire
R2 France Adam Eteki France Adam Eteki France Reshad de Gerus
R3 13 May Brazil Caio Collet Belgium Ugo de Wilde Brazil Caio Collet France Théo Pourchaire
3 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa 2 June Monaco Arthur Leclerc France Théo Pourchaire Belgium Ulysse de Pauw France Théo Pourchaire
R2 South Africa Stuart White France Théo Pourchaire France Théo Pourchaire
R3 3 June Brazil Caio Collet South Africa Stuart White South Africa Stuart White France Théo Pourchaire
4 R1 France Dijon-Prenois, Dijon 14 July Belgium Ugo de Wilde Brazil Caio Collet Belgium Ugo de Wilde France Théo Pourchaire
R2 15 July Belgium Ulysse de Pauw France Théo Nouet France Théo Pourchaire
R3 France Adam Eteki Belgium Esteban Muth Brazil Caio Collet France Théo Pourchaire
5 R1 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours 8 September Brazil Caio Collet Brazil Caio Collet Brazil Caio Collet France Théo Pourchaire
R2 Brazil Caio Collet Monaco Arthur Leclerc France Reshad de Gerus
R3 9 September Brazil Caio Collet Brazil Caio Collet Brazil Caio Collet France Théo Pourchaire
6 R1 Spain Circuito de Jerez, Jerez 6 October Brazil Caio Collet Brazil Caio Collet Brazil Caio Collet France Théo Pourchaire
R2 7 October Germany Esteban Muth Germany O'Neill Muth Germany O'Neill Muth
R3 Brazil Caio Collet Brazil Caio Collet Brazil Caio Collet France Reshad de Gerus
7 R1 France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 13 October Belgium Ugo de Wilde France Adam Eteki Belgium Ugo de Wilde France Théo Pourchaire
R2 14 October France Adam Eteki France Pierre-Louis Chovet France Reshad de Gerus
R3 Belgium Ugo de Wilde France Pierre-Louis Chovet Belgium Ugo de Wilde France Théo Pourchaire

Championship standings

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Points system

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 0 0 – 1

Drivers standings – FFSA Academy

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Pos Driver NOG
France 		PAU[a]
France 		SPA
Belgium 		DIJ
France 		MAG
France 		JER
Spain 		LEC
France 		Pts
1 Brazil Caio Collet 3 3 4 1 8 1 Ret 5 2 5 4 1 1 4 1 1 6 1 4 4 6 296.5
2 Belgium Ugo de Wilde 1 7 2 3 6 2 8 Ret 7 1 9 5 Ret 5 7 8 4 7 1 6 1 210.5
3 France Théo Pourchaire 4 2 3 7 4 6 5 1 4 4 6 8 2 Ret 2 4 8 10 2 10 3 203
4 France Adam Eteki 2 8 1 9 1 7 6 Ret 8 2 7 2 3 8 4 17† DNS 11 3 3 2 192
5 Belgium Ulysse de Pauw 5 6 6 8 3 9 1 3 6 6 5 3 6 3 8 6 5 6 5 7 5 180
6 Monaco Arthur Leclerc 7 1 5 2 9 14 3 6 5 7 2 6 4 1 3 2 7 8 18 11 12 175
7 France Pierre-Louis Chovet 6 5 Ret 5 7 4 2 8 3 3 8 7 9 3 5 10 1 8 135
8 Belgium Esteban Muth 9 Ret 13 4 15 3 9 2 9 8 3 16 5 12† 10 7 2 3 6 8 10 113.5
9 France Reshad de Gerus 13 11 9 10 2 8 11 Ret 12 13 12 15 8 2 5 5 10 4 7 5 7 88
10 South Africa Stuart White 11 Ret 7 6 5 5 4 4 1 72
11 France Théo Nouet 19† 10 10 11 Ret 10 7 14 10 9 1 4 Ret 10 9 11 11 16† 9 2 4 66.5
12 Belgium O'Neill Muth 10 4 12 13 11 Ret 13 9 11 12 13 9 7 9 6 10 1 9 46
13 France Matéo Herrero 8 Ret 8 12 10 11 10 7 13 11 10 11 10 6 14 14 DNS DNS 8 17 DNS 20
14 France Sacha Lehmann 14 16 Ret 17 14 15 15 10 15 15 14 14 9 7 11 13 14 12 Ret 14 18 4
15 Oman Shihab Al Habsi 12 9 11 14 12 12 12 13 17 10 11 10 13 Ret 12 15 15 15 16 18 14 2
16 France Baptiste Berthelot 18 15 17 18 17† 16 16 15 Ret 17 16 17 14 11 Ret 16 13 14 15 19 17 0
17 Belgium Baptiste Moulin 16 14 15 16 16 13 17 12 16 16 15 12 12 Ret 13 12 12 13 12 15 13 0
18 French Guiana Gavin Aimable 15 12 14 15 13 Ret 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
– France Alessandro Ghiretti 3 9 2 13 9 16 –
– France Gillian Henrion 11 12 9 –
– France Romain Boeckler 17 13 16 14 11 14 11 Ret Ret 14 16 11 –
– United Arab Emirates Lucas Petersson 14 Ret 13 –
– France Evan Spenle 17 13 15 –
Pos Driver NOG
France 		PAU[a]
France 		SPA
Belgium 		DIJ
France 		MAG
France 		JER
Spain 		LEC
France 		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

Drivers standings – FIA Formula 4

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Pos Driver NOG
France 		PAU[a]
France 		SPA
Belgium 		DIJ
France 		MAG
France 		JER
Spain 		LEC
France 		Pts
1 Brazil Caio Collet 3 2 3 1 6 1 Ret 4 2 4 4 1 1 3 1 1 5 1 3 4 5 303.5
2 Belgium Ugo de Wilde 1 5 2 3 4 2 7 Ret 6 1 8 5 Ret 4 4 5 3 5 1 5 1 237
3 Belgium Ulysse de Pauw 4 4 5 7 2 7 1 2 5 5 5 3 5 2 5 3 4 4 4 6 4 224
4 France Adam Eteki 2 6 1 8 1 6 5 Ret 7 2 6 2 2 7 3 12† DNS 7 2 3 2 213
5 Monaco Arthur Leclerc 6 1 4 2 7 11 3 5 4 6 2 6 3 1 2 2 6 6 11 8 8 199
6 France Pierre-Louis Chovet 5 3 Ret 5 5 4 2 7 3 3 7 7 6 2 3 8 1 6 162
7 Belgium Esteban Muth 8 Ret 9 4 11 3 8 1 8 7 3 11 4 10† 7 4 1 2 5 7 7 145.5
8 France Théo Nouet 14† 7 8 9 Ret 8 6 10 9 8 1 4 Ret 8 6 7 7 11† 7 2 3 101
9 South Africa Stuart White 9 Ret 6 6 3 5 4 3 1 80
10 France Matéo Herrero 7 Ret 7 10 8 9 9 6 10 9 9 8 7 5 10 10 DNS DNS 6 11 DNS 50
11 France Sacha Lehmann 10 11 Ret 13 10 12 10 8 11 10 10 10 6 6 8 9 10 8 Ret 9 11 27
12 Belgium Baptiste Moulin 12 9 11 12 12 10 12 9 12 11 11 9 8 Ret 9 8 8 9 9 10 9 19.5
13 France Baptiste Berthelot 13 10 12 14 13† 13 11 11 Ret 12 12 12 9 9 Ret 11 9 10 10 12 10 5
14 French Guiana Gavin Aimable 11 8 10 11 9 Ret 2
Pos Driver NOG
France 		PAU[a]
France 		SPA
Belgium 		DIJ
France 		MAG
France 		JER
Spain 		LEC
France 		Pts

Juniors' standings

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Pos Driver NOG
France 		PAU[a]
France 		SPA
Belgium 		DIJ
France 		MAG
France 		JER
Spain 		LEC
France 		Pts
1 France Théo Pourchaire 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 2 3 1 2 1 408.5
2 France Reshad de Gerus 4 4 2 2 1 2 2 Ret 3 4 3 4 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 299
3 Oman Shihab Al Habsi 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 2 2 3 4 Ret 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 245.5
4 Germany O'Neill Muth 3 3 3 3 3 Ret 4 2 2 3 4 2 2 2 3 3 1 2 243

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Half points awarded for Race 3 as the race was halted before 75% distance due to heavy rain.

References

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  1. ^ Jackson, Connor (14 September 2017). "FRENCH F4 SWITCH TO FIA F4 MONOCOQUE AND BRANDING FOR 2018". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  2. ^ Rubinho, Jacopo (6 November 2017). "La F4 francese si allinea alla FIA Nel 2018 arriva il telaio Mygale". italiaracing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Engagés Championnat de France F4" (PDF). circuit-nogaro.com (in French). Circuit Paul Armagnac. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Wood, Elliot (18 January 2018). "Leclerc's brother Arthur and Todt protege Collet to race in French F4". formulascout.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  5. ^ a b "2017 FRENCH F4 CHAMPIONSHIP: SEASON REVIEW – MARTINS MISSED CHANCE". 12 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Ulysse De Pauw to race in French F4 after winning RACB prize". 6 December 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
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