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]

2018 French F4 Championship

Drivers' Champion: Caio Collet
Juniors' Champion: Théo Pourchaire

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Parent series::
FFSA GT Championship
Renault Clio Cup France
Porsche Carrera Cup France

Driver lineup

No. Driver Class Rounds 1 Baptiste Berthelot[3] All 2 Romain Boeckler[3] G 1, 3, 5, 7 3 Stuart White[3] 1–3 4 Baptiste Moulin[4] All 5 Adam Eteki[4] All 6 Gillian Henrion G 7 7 Arthur Leclerc[4] All 8 Evan Spenle G 7 9 Lucas Petersson G 4 10 Reshad de Gerus[4] J All 11 Pierre-Louis Chovet[5] 1–4, 6–7 16 Sacha Lehmann[4] All 18 Mateo Herrero[4] All 21 Théo Pourchaire[5] J All 22 Théo Nouet[4] All 23 Caio Collet[4] All 27 Ugo de Wilde[3] All 28 Alessandro Ghiretti G 6–7 30 Esteban Muth[3] All 31 Ulysse de Pauw[6] All 51 Shihab Al Habsi[3] J All 87 O'Neill Muth[3] J 1–6 97 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

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	Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro	1 April	Ugo de Wilde	Adam Eteki	Ugo de Wilde	Théo Pourchaire
	R2				Théo Pourchaire	Arthur Leclerc	Théo Pourchaire
	R3		2 April	Adam Eteki	Caio Collet	Adam Eteki	Théo Pourchaire
2	R1	Circuit de Pau, Pau	12 May	Caio Collet	Arthur Leclerc	Caio Collet	Théo Pourchaire
	R2				Adam Eteki	Adam Eteki	Reshad de Gerus
	R3		13 May	Caio Collet	Ugo de Wilde	Caio Collet	Théo Pourchaire
3	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	2 June	Arthur Leclerc	Théo Pourchaire	Ulysse de Pauw	Théo Pourchaire
	R2				Stuart White	Théo Pourchaire	Théo Pourchaire
	R3		3 June	Caio Collet	Stuart White	Stuart White	Théo Pourchaire
4	R1	Dijon-Prenois, Dijon	14 July	Ugo de Wilde	Caio Collet	Ugo de Wilde	Théo Pourchaire
	R2		15 July		Ulysse de Pauw	Théo Nouet	Théo Pourchaire
	R3			Adam Eteki	Esteban Muth	Caio Collet	Théo Pourchaire
5	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours	8 September	Caio Collet	Caio Collet	Caio Collet	Théo Pourchaire
	R2				Caio Collet	Arthur Leclerc	Reshad de Gerus
	R3		9 September	Caio Collet	Caio Collet	Caio Collet	Théo Pourchaire
6	R1	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez	6 October	Caio Collet	Caio Collet	Caio Collet	Théo Pourchaire
	R2		7 October		Esteban Muth	O'Neill Muth	O'Neill Muth
	R3			Caio Collet	Caio Collet	Caio Collet	Reshad de Gerus
7	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	13 October	Ugo de Wilde	Adam Eteki	Ugo de Wilde	Théo Pourchaire
	R2		14 October		Adam Eteki	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Reshad de Gerus
	R3			Ugo de Wilde	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Ugo de Wilde	Théo Pourchaire

Championship standings

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

Pos Driver NOG PAU[lower-alpha 1] SPA DIJ MAG JER LEC Pts 1 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 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 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 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 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 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 Pierre-Louis Chovet 6 5 Ret 5 7 4 2 8 3 3 8 7 9 3 5 10 1 8 135 8 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 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 Stuart White 11 Ret 7 6 5 5 4 4 1 72 11 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 O'Neill Muth 10 4 12 13 11 Ret 13 9 11 12 13 9 7 9 6 10 1 9 46 13 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 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 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 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 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 Gavin Aimable 15 12 14 15 13 Ret 0 Guest drivers ineligible to score points – Alessandro Ghiretti 3 9 2 13 9 16 – – Gillian Henrion 11 12 9 – – Romain Boeckler 17 13 16 14 11 14 11 Ret Ret 14 16 11 – – Lucas Petersson 14 Ret 13 – – Evan Spenle 17 13 15 – Pos Driver NOG PAU[lower-alpha 1] SPA DIJ MAG JER LEC Pts

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 † — Did not finish, but classified

Drivers standings – FIA Formula 4

Pos	Driver	NOG			PAU[lower-alpha 1]			SPA			DIJ			MAG			JER			LEC			Pts
1	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	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	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	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	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	Pierre-Louis Chovet	5	3	Ret	5	5	4	2	7	3	3	7	7				6	2	3	8	1	6	162
7	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	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	Stuart White	9	Ret	6	6	3	5	4	3	1													80
10	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	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	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	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	Gavin Aimable	11	8	10	11	9	Ret																2
Pos	Driver	NOG			PAU[lower-alpha 1]			SPA			DIJ			MAG			JER			LEC			Pts

Juniors' standings

Pos	Driver	NOG			PAU[lower-alpha 1]			SPA			DIJ			MAG			JER			LEC			Pts
1	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	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	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	O'Neill Muth	3	3	3	3	3	Ret	4	2	2	3	4	2	2	2	3	3	1	2				243

Notes

1. Half points awarded for Race 3 as the race was halted before 75% distance due to heavy rain.

References

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. "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. 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. "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.

External links

• The official website of the French F4 Championship Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine