2016 French F4 Championship

French auto racing season 2016 French F4 Championship 2015 2017 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.http://www.autosportacademy.com/userfiles/calendrier2016_GR(1).pdf 2016 calendar Auto Sport Academy French F4 Championship 12 January 2016 3 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20170407054450/http://www.autosportacademy.com/userfiles/calendrier2016_GR(1).pdf 7 April 2017 dead Driver lineup No. Car number Driver Class Rounds 1 FRA Marvin Kleinhttp://www.ffsa.org/Lists/Actualit%C3%A9s/16-pilotes-%C3%A0-l%E2%80%99assaut-du-Castellet-!.aspx 16 pilotes à l’assaut du Castellet Fédération Française du Sport Automobile 30 March 2016 1 April 2016 French 16 drivers on the attack of Le Castellet https://web.archive.org/web/20170211235352/http://www.ffsa.org/Lists/Actualit%C3%A9s/16-pilotes-%C3%A0-l%E2%80%99assaut-du-Castellet-!.aspx 2017-02-11 dead All 2 FRA Hugo Chevalier Junior All 3 DNK Casper Røes Andersen    Junior All 4 ESP Javier Cobián All 5 FRA Pierre-Alexandre Jean Junior All 6 CAN Kami Moreira-Lalibertéhttp://www.ffsa.org/Lists/Actualit%C3%A9s/Le-Championnat-de-France-F4-%C3%A0-la-rencontre-d%E2%80%99une-l%C3%A9gende.aspx Le Championnat de France F4 à la rencontre d’une légende Fédération Française du Sport Automobile 10 May 2016 13 May 2016 French French F4 Championship to meet legend https://web.archive.org/web/20160604114012/http://www.ffsa.org/Lists/Actualit%C3%A9s/Le-Championnat-de-France-F4-%C3%A0-la-rencontre-d%E2%80%99une-l%C3%A9gende.aspx 2016-06-04 dead G 2 FRA Victor Martinshttp://www.ffsa.org/Lists/Actualit%C3%A9s/F4--Meilleur-temps-pour-Yifei-Ye-au-Mans.aspx Meilleur temps pour Yifei Ye au Mans Fédération Française du Sport Automobile 10 September 2016 10 September 2016 French https://web.archive.org/web/20160916163035/http://www.ffsa.org/Lists/Actualit%C3%A9s/F4--Meilleur-temps-pour-Yifei-Ye-au-Mans.aspx 2016-09-16 dead Junior G 5 FRA Adrien Renaudinhttp://www.circuitcat.com/documentos/carreras/INSPROF4v10211.pdf PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST 3 November 2016 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 3 November 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161104021512/http://www.circuitcat.com/documentos/carreras/INSPROF4v10211.pdf 2016-11-04 dead 6 7 POL Alex Karkosik Junior All 8 MEX José Sierra 2–6 11 FRA Tristan Charpentier Junior All 12 FRA Enzo Samon Junior 1–4 13 GBR Aaron di Comberti Junior 1 16 BEL Gilles Magnus All 20 CHN Yifei Ye Junior All 21 FRA Jean-Baptiste Mela All 24 FRA Pierre-Paul Baradat 1, 3–4, 6 27 FRA Théo Coicaud All 51 MAR Michael Benyahia Junior All 87 FRA Arthur Rougier All Icon Status Drivers that compete for the International Championship Junior 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.http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/leclerc-gets-ferrari-and-haas-development-role-676625/?s=1 Leclerc gets Ferrari and Haas development role Motorsport.com 2016-04-19 2018-06-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20180630105640/https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/leclerc-gets-ferrari-and-haas-development-role-676625/?s=1 dead 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.https://www.paddockscout.com/gachot-joins-htp-junior-team-in-adac-f4-switch/32709 Gachot joins HTP Junior Team in ADAC F4 switch PaddockScout www.paddockscout.com 2016-04-19 Race calendar and results A six-round calendar was published in December 2015.http://www.autosportacademy.com/userfiles/calendarnew.pdf 2016 provisional calendar Auto Sport Academy French F4 Championship 26 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151227014556/http://www.autosportacademy.com/userfiles/calendarnew.pdf 27 December 2015 dead 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. 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.http://www.autosportacademy.com/index.php?page=accueil AUTOSPORT ACADEMY www.autosportacademy.com 2016-04-19 2016-03-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20160322213113/http://www.autosportacademy.com/index.php?page=accueil dead Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Junior Winner Winner of the Junior Class International Winner Winner of the International Series Class 1 R1 FRA Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 2 April CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye ESP Javier Cobián R2 CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye FRA Jean-Baptiste Mela R3 3 April CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye FRA Théo Coicaud R4 CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye ESP Javier Cobián 2 R1 FRA Circuit de Pau, Pau 14 May CHN Yifei Ye ESP Javier Cobián ESP Javier Cobián MAR Michael Benyahia ESP Javier Cobián R2 FRA Hugo Chevalier FRA Théo Coicaud FRA Pierre-Alexandre Jean FRA Théo Coicaud R3 15 May CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye BEL Gilles Magnus R4 CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye BEL Gilles Magnus 3 R1 FRA Circuit de Lédenon, Lédenon 4 June CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye BEL Gilles Magnus R2 CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye BEL Gilles Magnus R3 5 June CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye FRA Jean-Baptiste Mela R4 CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye BEL Gilles Magnus 4 R1 FRA Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours 9 July CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye ESP Javier Cobián R2 ESP Javier Cobián FRA Pierre-Alexandre Jean FRA Pierre-Alexandre Jean BEL Gilles Magnus R3 10 July CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye ESP Javier Cobián R4 CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye BEL Gilles Magnus 5 R1 FRA Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans 10 September CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye CHN Yifei Ye BEL Gilles Magnus R2 FRA Tristan Charpentier FRA Marvin Klein DNK Casper Røes Andersen FRA Marvin Klein R3 11 September CHN Yifei Ye BEL Gilles Magnus BEL Gilles Magnus FRA Tristan Charpentier BEL Gilles Magnus R4 DNK Casper Røes Andersen FRA Tristan Charpentier FRA Tristan Charpentier BEL Gilles Magnus 6 R1 ESP Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 5 November ESP Javier Cobián FRA Arthur Rougier ESP Javier Cobián FRA Hugo Chevalier ESP Javier Cobián R2 6 November CHN Yifei Ye MAR Michael Benyahia MAR Michael Benyahia FRA Jean-Baptiste Mela R3 ESP Javier CobiánN Pierre-Alexandre Jean originally scored pole, but he was issued a 5-place grid penalty after race 2. FRA Arthur Rougier FRA Arthur Rougier FRA Tristan Charpentier FRA Arthur Rougier N Championship standings Points system Points are awarded as follows: Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th  PP Pole position FL Fastest lap Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1 1 French F4 Championship Pos Driver LECFRA PAUFRA LÉDFRA MAGFRA LMSFRA CATESP Points 1 CHN 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 BEL Gilles Magnus 16 6 6 7 5 2 2 3 2 4 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 8 1 2 278 3 MAR 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 ESP 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 FRA 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 FRA 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 FRA 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 FRA 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 FRA 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 FRA 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 DNK 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 FRA 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 MEX José Sierra 11 Ret 14 11 11 5 8 6 15 15 12 13 12 9 9 10 12 8 8 40 14 FRA Enzo Samon 8 5 7 9 Ret Ret 8 Ret 7 Ret DNS 10 Ret DNS DNS DNS 35 15 POL 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 FRA Pierre-Paul Baradat 14 11 14 12 13 13 Ret 14 14 13 11 13 14 10 12 1 17 GBR Aaron di Comberti 15 12 15 13 0 18 FRA Adrien Renaudin 11 11 13 0 Guest drivers ineligible for championship points CAN Kami Moreira-Laliberté 9 Ret 6 2 0 FRA Victor Martins 4 10 3 3 0 Pos Driver LECFRA PAUFRA LÉDFRA MAGFRA LMSFRA CATESP PointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap References External links The official website of the French F4 Championship https://web.archive.org/web/20110707192433/http://www.autosportacademy.com/index.php?codeL=gb 2011-07-07 F4 Championship French F4