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

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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

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Graduating from French F4

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Race calendar and results

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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   Yifei Ye   Yifei Ye   Yifei Ye   Jean-Baptiste Mela
R3 3 April   Yifei Ye   Yifei Ye   Yifei Ye   Yifei Ye   Théo Coicaud
R4   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   Hugo Chevalier   Théo Coicaud   Pierre-Alexandre Jean   Théo Coicaud
R3 15 May   Yifei Ye   Yifei Ye   Yifei Ye   Yifei Ye   Gilles Magnus
R4   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   Yifei Ye   Yifei Ye   Yifei Ye   Gilles Magnus
R3 5 June   Yifei Ye   Yifei Ye   Yifei Ye   Yifei Ye   Jean-Baptiste Mela
R4   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   Javier Cobián   Pierre-Alexandre Jean   Pierre-Alexandre Jean   Gilles Magnus
R3 10 July   Yifei Ye   Yifei Ye   Yifei Ye   Yifei Ye   Javier Cobián
R4   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   Tristan Charpentier   Marvin Klein   Casper Røes Andersen   Marvin Klein
R3 11 September   Yifei Ye   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   Yifei Ye   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

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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

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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
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  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.
  3. ^ 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.
  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.
  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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