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. 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.

Driver lineup Driver Class Rounds 1 Baptiste Berthelot All 2 Romain Boeckler 1, 3, 5, 7 3 Stuart White 1–3 4 Baptiste Moulin All 5 Adam Eteki All 6 Gillian Henrion 7 7 Arthur Leclerc All 8 Evan Spenle 7 9 Lucas Petersson 4 10 Reshad de Gerus All 11 Pierre-Louis Chovet 1–4, 6–7 16 Sacha Lehmann All 18 Mateo Herrero All 21 Théo Pourchaire All 22 Théo Nouet All 23 Caio Collet All 27 Ugo de Wilde All 28 Alessandro Ghiretti 6–7 30 Esteban Muth All 31 Ulysse de Pauw All 51 Shihab Al Habsi All 87 O'Neill Muth 1–6 97 Gavin Aimable 1–2 Icon Status Drivers that compete for the Junior Championship Guest drivers ineligible for Drivers' Championship

Noah Watt was scheduled to compete in the championship, but did not appear in any rounds.

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 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 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 SPA DIJ MAG JER LEC PtsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap† — Did not finish, but classified

Drivers standings – FIA Formula 4

Pos Driver NOG PAU 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 SPA DIJ MAG JER LEC Pts

Juniors' standings Pos Driver NOG PAU 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

References

External links The official website of the French F4 Championship