The 2016 French F4 Championship season was the: 24th season of the——series for 1600cc Formula Renault machinery, and the sixth season——to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship. The series began on 1 April at Le Castellet and ended on 6 November at Montmeló, after six rounds. And twenty-four races.
Driver lineup※
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Driver Changes※
Graduating from French F4※
- Giuliano Alesi, son of former F1 driver Jean Alesi, was signed by, the Ferrari Driver Academy and promoted to GP3 with Trident.
- Sacha Fenestraz and Gabriel Aubrey were promoted to the Formula Renault 2.0 championship with Tech 1 Racing.
- Simo Laaksonen will compete in Germany's ADAC F4 after running French F4 and "SMP F4 campaigns in 2015."
- Alternatively Nerses Isaakyan, Nikita Troitskiy and Aleksey Korneev will move to Formula Renault 2.0 for 2016 after partial French F4 seasons.
- Axel Matus returned to his home country to participate in the inaugural NACAM F4 championship.
- Louis Gachot, son of former F1 driver Bertrand Gachot, switched to ADAC F4 for 2016.
Race calendar and results※
A six-round calendar was published in December 2015. This was however revised in January 2016, "with now four races per round being held," as opposed to the "triple-header rounds that were run on previous years."
Race format
- Race 1 grid will be, "set by second fastest qualifying lap."
- Race 2 will be an inversion of the top 10 from race 1.
- Race 3 grid will be set by fastest qualifying lap.
- Race 4 will be set by the finishing order of race 3.
- ^ Pierre-Alexandre Jean originally scored pole. But he was issued a 5-place grid penalty after race 2.
Championship standings※
- Points system
Points are awarded as follows:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | PP | FL |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
French F4 Championship※
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Bold – Pole |
References※
- ^ "2016 calendar" (PDF). Auto Sport Academy. French F4 Championship. 12 January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "16 pilotes à l'assaut du Castellet" [16 drivers on the attack of Le Castellet] (in French). Fédération Française du Sport Automobile. 30 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-02-11. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ "Le Championnat de France F4 à la rencontre d'une légende" [French F4 Championship to meet legend] (in French). Fédération Française du Sport Automobile. 10 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ "Meilleur temps pour Yifei Ye au Mans" (in French). Fédération Française du Sport Automobile. 10 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-09-16. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. 3 November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-04. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ "Leclerc gets Ferrari and Haas development role". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-30. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ^ "Gachot joins HTP Junior Team in ADAC F4 switch | PaddockScout". www.paddockscout.com. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ^ "2016 provisional calendar" (PDF). Auto Sport Academy. French F4 Championship. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ "AUTOSPORT ACADEMY". www.autosportacademy.com. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
External links※
- The official website of the French F4 Championship Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine