French F4 Championship

French F4 Championship,[2] formerly known as Formula Renault Campus France, Formula Campus, Formul'Academy Euro Series, F4 Eurocup 1.6 is a form of open wheel racing founded in 1993 by Louis Drouet. It is based in France and aims at karting graduates. The series currently organized by the Fédération Française du Sport Automobile (FFSA). Formerly, the champion receives support to continue in one of the Formula Renault 2.0 championships.[2] In 2010, the re-branded series was made part of the World Series by Renault, but was then dropped for 2011.[3] Since 2018, the series runs under FIA moniker.[4]

French F4 Championship
CategoryFIA Formula 4
CountryFrance
RegionEurope
Inaugural season1993
Teams1[1]
ConstructorsMygale
Engine suppliersRenault 2000cc
Tyre suppliersPirelli
Drivers' champion Esteban Masson
Official websiteOfficial website
Current season

The car

The car was originally built by Signatech. The chassis and survival cell had a carbon fibre composite monocoque construction. The car was designed to comply with the 2008 FIA F3 standards. The 1600cc Renault K4MRS engine produced about 140 bhp. The transmission had five forward speeds with sequential shift mechanism.

The championship adopted FIA Formula 4 regulations in 2018, with Mygale M14-F4 chassis and naturally-aspirated 160 bhp Renault 2.0L engines.[5] In 2020, the engine was changed to the new turbo charged Renault Sport 1.3-liter one.[6] For the 2022 season, the new Mygale M21-F4 chassis will be used.

Regulations
  • The event schedule usually takes place over three days (normally Friday to Sunday) with free practice sessions on the first day. The qualifying session determines the starting order for first race and the second fastest time the grid for the third race. The grid for the second race is set by reversing the top ten finishers of the first race. All races lasts 20 minutes + 1 lap.
  • Tyres allocated to each driver in sets of 4 at each meeting of competition.
  • Points are awarded to the first ten finishers of each race in the following order:

Points are 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 – 1

Champions

Prior French F4 Championship
Season Champion
Formula Campus by Renault and Elf
1993 Sébastien Philippe
1994 Franck Montagny
1995 Renaud Malinconi
1996 Philippe Bénoliel
1997 Marcel Costa
1998 Westley Barber
1999 Adam Jones
2000 Stéphane Morat
2001 Bruce Lorgeré-Roux
2002 Loïc Duval
2003 Laurent Groppi
2004 Jacky Ferré
2005 Jean Karl Vernay
2006 Kévin Estre
2007 Jean-Éric Vergne
Formul'Academy Euro Series
2008 Arthur Pic
2009 Benjamin Bailly
F4 Eurocup 1.6
2010 Stoffel Vandoorne

French F4 Championship
Season Champion Secondary Class Champion
2011 Matthieu Vaxivière not held
2012 Alexandre Baron
2013 Anthoine Hubert
2014 Lasse Sørensen J: Dorian Boccolacci
I: Lasse Sørensen
2015 Valentin Moineault J: Sacha Fenestraz
I: Valentin Moineault
2016 Ye Yifei J: Ye Yifei
I: Gilles Magnus
2017 Arthur Rougier J: Victor Martins
I: Arthur Rougier

FIA French F4 Championship
Season Champion Secondary Class Champion
2018 Caio Collet J: Théo Pourchaire
I: Caio Collet
2019 Hadrien David J: Victor Bernier
I: Hadrien David
2020 Ayumu Iwasa J: Valentino Catalano
I: Ayumu Iwasa
2021 Esteban Masson J: Alessandro Giusti
I: Esteban Masson

Circuits

FIA French F4 Championship
Number Countries, Circuits Rounds Years
1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 6 2018-2021
2 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 5 2018-2021
3 Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro 4 2018-2021
4 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 3 2018-2020
5 Circuit de Pau-Ville 2 2018-2019
Hungaroring, Mogyoród 2 2019, 2021
Circuit de Lédenon 2 2019, 2021
8 Dijon-Prenois 1 2018
Circuito de Jerez 1 2018
Circuit Zandvoort 1 2020
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 2021

References
  1. All the cars are maintained, ran and tested by Renault Sport.
  2. "New - French F4 Championship". Auto Sport Academy. 14 October 2010. Archived from the original on 19 December 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  3. http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=29301&cat=58
  4. "2018 F4 FIA French Championship : the revolution is in progress!". FFSA Academy. 17 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "F4 mygale". FFSA Academy. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019.
  6. "F4 mygale". FFSA Academy. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.


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