The 2018 Championnat de France FFSA GT - French GT4 Cup was the twenty-first season of the French FFSA GT Championship and the first as the French GT4 Cup, a sports car championship created and organised by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The season began on 1 April in Nogaro and ended on 14 October at Paul Ricard.
Calendar At the annual press conference during the 2017 24 Hours of Spa on 28 July, the Stéphane Ratel Organisation announced the first draft of the 2018 calendar. No changes were made to the schedule compared to 2017. The finalised calendar confirmed the races in Pau were moved one week earlier and it confirmed the dates of the races at Dijon-Prenois. Round Circuit Date Supporting 1 Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro, France 1–2 April Coupes de Pâques 2 Circuit de Pau-Ville, Pau, France 12–13 May Pau Grand Prix 3 Dijon-Prenois, Prenois, France 14–15 July Standalone event 4 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, France 8–9 September 5 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain 29–30 September Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 6 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France 13–14 October Standalone event
Entry list Team Car Drivers Class Rounds CD Sport Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 1 Christophe Lapierre PA All Mike Parisy 2 Rémy Deguffroy PA 1–4 Valentin Simonet 1–3 Gavin Aimable 4 Florian Latorre 5 Gilles Vannelet Gavin Aimable Am 6 BMW Team France BMW M4 GT4 3 Laurent Hurgon PA All Julien Piguet Ekris M4 GT4 6 Jean-Claude Lagniez Am 1 Carlos Sarrea 9 Elie Dubelly Am All Laurent Fresnais Speed Car Ginetta G55 GT4 4 Rodolphe Wallgren Am All 7 Pierre Courroye PA All Douglas Lundberg 8 Robert Consani PA All Benjamin Lariche Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS GT4 5 Christophe Hamon PA All Lonni Martins 21 Anthony Beltoise PA All Olivier Estèves 40 Simon Gachet PA 3 Bruno Hernandez Christian Bottemanne 6 Sacha Bottemanne 42 Grégory Guilvert PA All Fabien Michal Baporo Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT4 10 Manel Cerqueda Am All Daniel Díaz-Varela Racing Technology Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 11 Jimmy Antunes PA 1, 3–6 Sylvain Noël 44 Pascal Huteau Am 1, 3–6 Arnaud Noël 1 Jean-Luc Deblangey 3 Christian Blugeon 4 Denis Papin 5 Jérôme Boullery 6 K'Worx Racing Ginetta G55 GT4 13 Michel Ghio Am 5–6 Éric Martin 94 Thomas Hodier PA 4–6 Nelson Lukes 4–5 Valentin Simonet 6 Cool Racing Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 14 Cyril Saleilles Am All 18 Clément Dub Am All Laurent Dub NM Racing Team Ginetta G55 GT4 15 Lluc Ibáñez PA 5 Xavier Lloveras L'Espace Bienvenue BMW M4 GT4 17 Ricardo van der Ende PA All André Grammatico 1–3 Eric Debard 4–6 Team GT McLaren 570S GT4 22 Christian Danner Am 6 Bernhard Laber AGS Events Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 25 Nicolas Gomar Am All Julien Lambert 72 Christophe Carrière PA 1 Lucas Mauron Christophe Carrière Am 2, 4–6 Manu Damiani 2 Didier Dumaine 4–6 79 Eric Herr Am All Lauris Nauroy CMR Ginetta G55 GT4 26 Soheil Ayari PA 1–2 Nicolas Tardif Alpine A110 GT4 Soheil Ayari 3–6 Nicolas Tardif Ginetta G55 GT4 30 Christopher Cappello Am 3–6 Alexis Berthet 3 Georges Cabanne 4–6 31 Franck Quesada Am 3–4 Sébastien Quesada Benjamin Cormoreche 6 Didier Cormoreche 36 Pierre-Alexandre Jean PA 1–2 Stéphane Tribaudini Alpine A110 GT4 Pierre-Alexandre Jean 3–6 Stéphane Tribaudini 3 Pierre Sancinéna 4–6 Ginetta G55 GT4 666 Wilfried Cazalbon Am All Jérémy Reymond 1–2, 4 Louis Rousset 3 Thomas Nicolle 6 IMSA Performance Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 27 Michael Blanchemain PA All Steven Palette SDA Sport / TFT Racing TFT Racing BMW M4 GT4 32 Bernard Salam Am 1, 3 Olivier Salam Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 218 Jonathan Hirschi PA 6 Pierre Hirschi GP34 by Gemo Motorsport Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4 34 Arnaud Gomez Am 1, 3, 5–6 Olivier Gomez Ginetta G55 GT4 Alexandre Guesdon 4 Guillaume Maio GM-Sport Ginetta G55 GT4 39 Guillaume Maio PA 1 Morgan Moullin-Traffort Guillaume Maio Am 3, 6 Alexandre Guesdon 3 Gilles Vannelet 6 Orhès Racing Audi R8 LMS GT4 48 Philippe Marie Am All Olivier Pernaut 3Y Technology BMW M4 GT4 50 Christian Philippon Am 1–2, 6 Franck Labescat 1 Romain Brandela 2–4 Sébastien Pineau 3 Michaël Petit 4 Jean-Paul Buffin 6 Akhil Rabindra PA 5 Beitske Visser 77 Alain Grand Am All Didier Moureu 100 Romain Monti PA All Ronald Basso 1, 3–5 Éric Cayrolle 2 Romain Brandela 6 101 Enzo Guibbert PA 4 Gilles Vannelet Sylvain Debs 6 Stéphane Tribaudini Zentech Sport Alpine A110 GT4 61 Jean-Bernard Bouvet PA 6 Bruno Miot Vic Team Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 64 Olivier Jouffret PA All Eric Trémoulet M Racing - YMR Mercedes-AMG GT4 68 Yann Ehrlacher PA 1, 4, 6 Laurent Millara 1, 6 Alexandre Bardinon 3–5 Thomas Laurent 3, 5 Alexandre Bardinon Am 2 85 Franck Leherpeur Am 1, 3–6 Tugdual Rabreau 3–6 Schatz-Lestienne Racing Ginetta G55 GT4 71 Nicolas Schatz PA 3–4, 6 Alain Gaunot 3, 6 Jacques Wolff 4 Riviera Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT4 83 Julien Goujat PA 1 Antoine Leclerc AKKA-ASP Team Mercedes-AMG GT4 87 Jean-Luc Beaubelique PA All Jim Pla 88 Thomas Drouet PA All Benjamin Ricci 89 Eric Clément PA 6 Morgan Moullin-Traffort Generation AMR Super Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT4 144 Matthew George PA 2, 4–6 James Holder 2, 5–6 James Appleby 4 Greensall Motorsport KTM X-Bow GT4 369 Nigel Greensall Am 1, 3 Guner Turkmen FOXO Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR 982 Stéphane Brémard Am All Laurent Misbach 1, 3–6 Icon Class PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup
Race results Bold indicates overall winner. Round Circuit Pole position Pro-Am Winners Am Winners 1 1 Nogaro No. 42 Saintéloc Racing No. 8 Speed Car No. 25 AGS Events Grégory Guilvert Fabien Michal Robert Consani Benjamin Lariche Nicolas Gomar Julien Lambert R2 No. 26 CMR No. 87 AKKA-ASP Team No. 4 Speed Car Soheil Ayari Nicolas Tardif Jean-Luc Beaubelique Jim Pla Rodolphe Wallgren 2 R1 Pau No. 1 CD Sport No. 1 CD Sport No. 4 Speed Car Christophe Lapierre Mike Parisy Christophe Lapierre Mike Parisy Rodolphe Wallgren R2 No. 1 CD Sport No. 8 Speed Car No. 25 AGS Events Christophe Lapierre Mike Parisy Robert Consani Benjamin Lariche Nicolas Gomar Julien Lambert 3 R1 Dijon-Prenois No. 48 Orhès Racing No. 71 Schatz-Lestienne Racing No. 4 Speed Car Philippe Marie Olivier Pernaut Alain Gaunot Nicolas Schatz Rodolphe Wallgren R2 No. 42 Saintéloc Racing No. 87 AKKA-ASP Team No. 34 GP34 by Gemo Motorsport Grégory Guilvert Fabien Michal Jean-Luc Beaubelique Jim Pla Arnaud Gomez Olivier Gomez 4 R1 Magny-Cours No. 42 Saintéloc Racing No. 42 Saintéloc Racing No. 4 Speed Car Grégory Guilvert Fabien Michal Grégory Guilvert Fabien Michal Rodolphe Wallgren R2 No. 5 Saintéloc Racing No. 36 CMR No. 50 3Y Technology Christophe Hamon Lonni Martins Pierre-Alexandre Jean Pierre Sancinéna Romain Brandela Michaël Petit 5 R1 Barcelona-Catalunya No. 15 NM Racing Team No. 42 Saintéloc Racing No. 4 Speed Car Lluc Ibáñez Xavier Lloveras Grégory Guilvert Fabien Michal Rodolphe Wallgren R2 No. 87 AKKA-ASP Team No. 42 Saintéloc Racing No. 34 GP34 by Gemo Motorsport Jean-Luc Beaubelique Jim Pla Grégory Guilvert Fabien Michal Arnaud Gomez Olivier Gomez 6 R1 Paul Ricard No. 36 CMR No. 3 BMW Team France No. 34 GP34 by Gemo Motorsport Pierre-Alexandre Jean Pierre Sancinéna Laurent Hurgon Julien Piguet Arnaud Gomez Olivier Gomez R2 No. 144 Generation AMR Super Racing No. 36 CMR No. 34 GP34 by Gemo Motorsport Matthew George James Holder Pierre-Alexandre Jean Pierre Sancinéna Arnaud Gomez Olivier Gomez
Championship standings Scoring system Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Drivers' championship