2017 French F4 Championship

The 2017 French F4 Championship season was the 25th season of the series for 1600cc Formula Renault machinery, and the seventh season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship. The series began on 16 April at Nogaro and ended on 15 October at Le Castellet, after seven rounds and twenty one races.[1]

Arthur Rougier clinched the titles in the general classification of the championship and in the International Series, winning races at Pau and Spa[2] Victor Martins won races at Nogaro, Monza and Le Castellet but lost to Rougier in general classification just by four points, while in the Junior Championship he took the title. Florian Venturi wasn't able to win a race but he scored seven podiums and completed the season in the top-three of the drivers' standings. Pierre-Alexandre Jean, Jean-Baptiste Mela, Charles Milesi, Stuart White, Hugo Chevalier, Marvin Klein, Javier González, Thomas Drouet and Pierre-Louis Chovet were the other race winners.

Driver lineup
No. Driver Class Rounds
1 Denmark Casper Røes Andersen[3] I 1–4
2 France Hugo Chevalier[3] I All
3 South Africa Stuart White[3] J All
4 France Jean-Baptiste Mela[3] I All
5 France Pierre-Alexandre Jean[3] I All
6 France Charles Milesi[3] I All
7 France Thomas Drouet[3] I All
8 Mexico Javier González[3] I 1–6
9 Denmark Noah Watt[4] J 5–7
10 France Pierre-Louis Chovet[5] J 5–7
11 Belgium Amaury Cordeel[3] J All
12 France Antoine Horemans[6] I 4
13 France Marvin Klein[3] I All
15 France Adam Eteki[7] J 6
27 Belgium Ugo de Wilde[3] J All
29 France Victor Martins[8] J All
49 France Florian Venturi[3] I All
51 Italy Aldo Festante[3] I 1–4
87 France Arthur Rougier[3] I All
92 Colombia Christian Muñoz[3] 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

Race calendar and results

A seven-round calendar was revealed on 25 January 2017.[1]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Junior Winner International Winner
1 R1 France Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro 16 April France Victor Martins France Victor Martins France Victor Martins France Victor Martins France Pierre-Alexandre Jean
R2 France Victor Martins Mexico Javier González France Victor Martins Mexico Javier González
R3 17 April France Victor Martins France Victor Martins France Victor Martins France Victor Martins France Pierre-Alexandre Jean
2 R1 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 29 April France Victor Martins France Victor Martins France Victor Martins France Victor Martins France Florian Venturi
R2 Denmark Casper Røes Andersen France Pierre-Alexandre Jean France Victor Martins France Pierre-Alexandre Jean
R3 30 April France Victor Martins France Victor Martins France Charles Milesi South Africa Stuart White France Charles Milesi
3 R1 France Circuit de Pau, Pau 20 May France Arthur Rougier France Victor Martins France Arthur Rougier France Victor Martins France Arthur Rougier
R2 Italy Aldo Festante France Thomas Drouet South Africa Stuart White France Thomas Drouet
R3 21 May France Arthur Rougier South Africa Stuart White France Arthur Rougier South Africa Stuart White France Arthur Rougier
4 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa 10 June France Arthur Rougier Mexico Javier González France Arthur Rougier France Victor Martins France Arthur Rougier
R2 11 June France Arthur Rougier France Arthur Rougier France Victor Martins France Arthur Rougier
R3 France Arthur Rougier France Florian Venturi France Arthur Rougier France Victor Martins France Arthur Rougier
5 R1 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours 9 September France Victor Martins France Marvin Klein France Marvin Klein France Victor Martins France Marvin Klein
R2 10 September France Victor Martins South Africa Stuart White South Africa Stuart White France Charles Milesi
R3 South Africa Stuart White France Charles Milesi France Charles Milesi France Victor Martins France Charles Milesi
6 R1 Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 30 September France Victor Martins[N 1] France Florian Venturi[N 1] France Charles Milesi France Victor Martins France Charles Milesi
R2 Belgium Ugo de Wilde[N 1] France Jean-Baptiste Mela Belgium Ugo de Wilde France Jean-Baptiste Mela
R3 1 October France Victor Martins[N 1] France Victor Martins[N 1] France Charles Milesi France Victor Martins France Charles Milesi
7 R1 France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 14 October France Victor Martins[N 2] France Victor Martins France Hugo Chevalier Belgium Ugo de Wilde France Hugo Chevalier
R2 15 October France Arthur Rougier France Pierre-Louis Chovet France Pierre-Louis Chovet France Jean-Baptiste Mela
R3 France Victor Martins[N 2] France Victor Martins France Victor Martins France Victor Martins France Arthur Rougier

Championship standings
Points system

Points are awarded as follows:

Races Position
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 0 1

French F4 Championship
Pos Driver NOG
France		 MNZ
Italy		 PAU
France		 SPA
Belgium		 MAG
France		 CAT
Spain		 LEC
France		 Points
1 France Arthur Rougier 3 5 7 5 2 2 1 7 1 1 1 1 4 6 5 8 2 7 2 3 2 303
2 France Victor Martins 1 11 1 1 4 EX 2 8 16 4 2 2 2 13 2 2 4 2 7 5 1 299
3 France Florian Venturi Ret 8 3 2 3 Ret Ret 14 5 11 3 4 10 5 7 3 7 3 3 6 14 156
4 France Pierre-Alexandre Jean 2 7 2 4 1 14 Ret 11 4 2 4 9 13 8 8 11 14 13 5 4 5 150
5 France Jean-Baptiste Mela 6 4 12 8 11 5 7 2 15 5 Ret 6 8 7 9 10 1 Ret 10 2 7 124
6 Colombia Christian Muñoz 7 6 8 3 7 13 6 4 6 6 Ret 5 6 6 6 6 Ret 7 14 12 10 122
7 France Charles Milesi[N 3] 4 3 4 Ret 8 1 11 10 8 DNS DNS DNS 3 2 1 1 6 1 6 8 12 118
8 South Africa Stuart White 12 12 14 6 6 3 4 6 3 9 Ret 7 7 1 3 12 10 10 13 13 11 118
9 France Hugo Chevalier[N 4] 8 2 13 Ret 14 10 Ret 13 2 7 7 Ret 5 3 4 5 5 4 1 9 6 111
10 France Marvin Klein 5 9 5 9 5 4 3 9 14 14 Ret 14 1 14 10 13 9 15 12 11 9 98
11 Mexico Javier González[N 5] 9 1 10 10 9 11 8 3 9 3 5 3 16 12 14 4 Ret 6 72
12 Belgium Ugo de Wilde 13 14 15 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 8 12 12 10 13 7 3 5 4 7 3 68
13 Denmark Casper Røes Andersen 10 13 6 7 10 6 5 5 7 8 6 8 58
14 France Thomas Drouet 11 10 11 11 Ret 8 10 1 10 10 Ret 10 9 9 12 9 Ret Ret 9 10 Ret 41
15 Italy Aldo Festante 14 15 9 14 12 7 9 15 11 13 9 11 11
16 Belgium Amaury Cordeel Ret 16 Ret 12 Ret 9 Ret Ret 13 15 11 13 14 15 15 16 13 14 15 Ret 13 6
17 France Antoine Horemans 16 10 15 0
Guest drivers ineligible for championship points
France Pierre-Louis Chovet 15 DSQ EX 17 11 9 8 1 8 0
Denmark Noah Watt 11 11 11 14 8 12 11 Ret 6 0
France Adam Eteki 15 12 17 0

Footnotes

  1. Charles Milesi took pole and set the fastest lap, but he was ineligible to score points for them at Barcelona.
  2. Hugo Chevalier took pole, but he was ineligible to score points for pole at Le castellet.
  3. Ineligible for points at Barcelona and Le Castellet because he already raced on these circuits during the 2017.
  4. Ineligible for points at Le Castellet because he already raced on this circuit during the 2017.
  5. Ineligible for points at Barcelona because he already raced on this circuit during the 2017.

References

  1. "French F4 Championship 2017". Auto Sport Academy. French F4 Championship. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  2. Allen, Peter (17 October 2017). "Rougier takes French F4 title with second to Martins in Paul Ricard finale". Formula Scout. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  3. "16 Drivers Announced for Opening FFSA F4 Round at Nogaro". 12 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  4. "Så prøver Noah kræfter med noget ganske andet end sin danske Formel 4 bil". Noah Watt Racing. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  5. "Les pilotes du Championnat de France F4 font leur rentrée !". 5 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  6. "Défi belge pour les pilotes du Championnat de France F4 !". 6 June 2017. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  7. "Avant-dernière ligne droite pour la F4 à Barcelone !". 26 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  8. "Karting world champion Martins makes single-seater switch". 18 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
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