2020 French F4 Championship

The 2020 French F4 Championship was the tenth season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship and the third under the FIA Formula 4 regulations. The championship used Mygale M14-F4 chassis. For 2020, the series used a new 1.3-liter turbocharged engine produced by Renault Sport, replacing the previously used 2.0-litre naturally aspirated engine.[1] The series began on 21 August at Circuit Paul Armagnac and ended on 22 November at Circuit Paul Ricard.[2][3]

Driver lineup

No. Driver Class Rounds
2 Marijn Kremers 1–3, 5–7
Étienne Cheli G 4
4 Ayumu Iwasa All
6 Isack Hadjar All
7 Sami Meguetounif All
8 Rafael Villagómez 1–5, 7
9 Esteban Masson G 7
11 Valentino Catalano J All
12 Loris Cabirou All
16 Romain Leroux All
17 Noah Andy All
22 Daniël Ligier J All
23 Ivan Peklin All
69 Lev Lomko 1–3, 5–6
71 Yash Aradhya G 4
79 Owen Tangavelou All
85 Ren Sato All
Sources:[4][5][6]
Icon Status
J Drivers that compete for the Junior Championship
G Guest drivers ineligible for Drivers' Championship

Race calendar

On 22 April 2020 the series announced a seven-round calendar with a delayed start to the season due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic.[7][8] The round at Pau that was postponed on 17 March 2020 and not included on the new schedule.[9] The 3rd round scheduled at Hungaroring was replaced by Circuit Zandvoort.[10] The penultimate round of the season at Circuit de Lédenon was cancelled by the circuit and the organizers.[11] The final round at Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans was called off by local authorities.[12] The additional rounds were scheduled to take place at Circuit Paul Ricard.[13][3]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Junior Winner
1 R1 Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro 22 August Ayumu Iwasa Ren Sato Ayumu Iwasa Valentino Catalano
R2 Ren Sato Lev Lomko Valentino Catalano
R3 23 August Ayumu Iwasa Ayumu Iwasa Ayumu Iwasa Valentino Catalano
2 R1 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours 12 September Ren Sato Ren Sato Ren Sato Valentino Catalano
R2 Ren Sato Ivan Peklin Valentino Catalano
R3 13 September Ren Sato Ren Sato Ren Sato Valentino Catalano
3 R1 Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort 26 September Marijn Kremers Ayumu Iwasa Ayumu Iwasa Valentino Catalano
R2 27 September Ayumu Iwasa Romain Leroux Valentino Catalano
R3 Ivan Peklin[a] Ayumu Iwasa Ayumu Iwasa Valentino Catalano
4 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet
(Circuit 1A-V2) 		3 October Ayumu Iwasa Ren Sato Ayumu Iwasa Valentino Catalano
R2 Isack Hadjar Ren Sato Valentino Catalano
R3 4 October Ayumu Iwasa Isack Hadjar Ayumu Iwasa Valentino Catalano
5 R1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa 17 October Sami Meguetounif Isack Hadjar Ayumu Iwasa Valentino Catalano
R2 18 October Ayumu Iwasa Ren Sato Valentino Catalano
R3 Sami Meguetounif Sami Meguetounif Ayumu Iwasa Valentino Catalano
6 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet
(Circuit 1A-V2) 		13 November Isack Hadjar Ayumu Iwasa Isack Hadjar Valentino Catalano
R2 14 November Isack Hadjar Sami Meguetounif Valentino Catalano
R3 15 November Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar Valentino Catalano
7 R1 Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet
(Circuit 3C) 		21 November Ayumu Iwasa Ayumu Iwasa Isack Hadjar Valentino Catalano
R2 Isack Hadjar Loris Cabirou Valentino Catalano
R3 22 November Ayumu Iwasa Rafael Villagómez Ayumu Iwasa Valentino Catalano
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic
– Circuit de Lédenon, Lédenon 6–8 November
– Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans 13–15 November

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

Each driver's lowest scoring meeting was omitted from their final point total.[14]

Drivers' standings – FFSA Academy

Pos Driver NOG
 MAG
 ZAN
 LEC1
 SPA
 LEC2
 LEC3
 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Ayumu Iwasa 1 5 1 4 5 3 1 4 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 2 5 2 2 6 1 338
2 Ren Sato 2 14† 2 1 6 1 3 3 6 2 1 3 4 1 3 4 4 4 6 4 2 257
3 Isack Hadjar 3 6 Ret 3 9 2 4 2 4 Ret 2 2 3 Ret 4 1 3 1 1 5 6 233
4 Sami Meguetounif 5 9 11† 2 4 4 8 10 Ret 3 12† 5 2 3 2 8 1 3 3 Ret 4 183
5 Valentino Catalano 8 2 7 6 7 7 6 5 3 4 5 6 6 6 5 3 6 6 8 3 10 144
6 Rafael Villagómez 6 4 5 14† 10 5 5 6 7 6 6 4 5 4 9 7 2 5 121
7 Romain Leroux Ret 10 3 8 3 9 10 1 5 5 10 8 7 8 13 7 2 5 Ret 7 3 116
8 Marijn Kremers 4 7 4 5 8 6 2 Ret 2 9 Ret 6 6 7 8 5 8 DNS 110
9 Loris Cabirou 9 8 12† 7 2 8 7 7 8 9 4 7 8 5 7 12†* 10 9 9 1 9 94
10 Ivan Peklin 7 3 6 9 1 11 9 Ret 13† 7 11 10 10 12 12 9 9 11 12 12 12 53
11 Lev Lomko 10 1 13† 13† 11 14 11 8 10 Ret 10 8 13 11 7 28
12 Owen Tangavelou 12 13 9 10 Ret 12 Ret 9 9 10 Ret 9 DNS 11 10 5 8 13 10 9 7 28
13 Daniël Ligier 13 11 8 11 13 10 Ret 12 11 12 7 11 12 9 14 10 13 12 11 10 11 10
14 Noah Andy 11 12 10 12 12 13 12 11 12 11 9 13 11 7 11 11 12 10 13 13† 13 6
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Esteban Masson 4 11 8
Étienne Cheli 8 8 12
Yash Aradhya 13 Ret 14
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
NOG
 MAG
 ZAN
 LEC1
 SPA
 LEC2
 LEC3
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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
 MAG
 ZAN
 LEC1
 SPA
 LEC2
 LEC3
 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Ayumu Iwasa 1 4 1 4 5 3 1 4 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 2 5 2 2 5 1 329
2 Ren Sato 2 Ret 2 1 6 1 3 3 5 2 1 3 4 1 3 3 4 4 5 3 2 253
3 Isack Hadjar 3 5 Ret 3 8 2 4 2 3 Ret 2 2 3 Ret 4 1 3 1 1 4 6 231
4 Sami Meguetounif 5 8 Ret 2 4 4 7 9 Ret 3 Ret 5 2 3 2 7 1 3 3 Ret 4 183
5 Romain Leroux Ret 9 3 7 3 8 9 1 4 4 7 7 6 7 12 6 2 5 Ret 6 3 133
6 Rafael Villagómez 6 3 5 Ret 9 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 5 4 8 6 2 5 132
7 Marijn Kremers 4 6 4 5 7 6 2 Ret 2 8 Ret 5 5 6 7 4 7 DNS 118
8 Loris Cabirou 8 7 Ret 6 2 7 6 6 7 7 4 6 7 5 6 10 9 8 7 1 8 117
9 Ivan Peklin 7 2 6 8 1 9 8 Ret Ret 6 8 9 9 10 11 8 8 10 9 9 9 72
10 Owen Tangavelou 11 11 7 9 Ret 10 Ret 8 8 8 Ret 8 DNS 9 9 4 7 11 8 8 7 47
11 Lev Lomko 9 1 Ret Ret 10 12 10 7 9 Ret 8 7 11 10 6 37
12 Noah Andy 10 10 8 10 11 11 11 10 10 9 6 10 10 6 10 9 11 9 10 Ret 10 25
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
NOG
 MAG
 ZAN
 LEC1
 SPA
 LEC2
 LEC3

Juniors' standings

Pos Driver NOG
 MAG
 ZAN
 LEC1
 SPA
 LEC2
 LEC3
 Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Valentino Catalano 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 390
2 Daniël Ligier 2 2 2 2 2 2 Ret Ret 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 288
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
NOG
 MAG
 ZAN
 LEC1
 SPA
 LEC2
 LEC3

Notes

  1. ^ Marijn Kremers scored pole for race 3 but was issued a 1-place grid penalty for causing a collision in race 2. Kremers still collected the bonus point for qualifying on pole position.

References

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