2024 French F4 Championship

The 2024 French F4 Championship was the 14th season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship and the seventh under the FIA Formula 4 regulations. It was the second season in which the series is partnered with the ADAC Formel Junior Team.[1]

After a three-way title fight, Taito Kato came out on top against Yani Stevenheydens and Jules Caranta.[2]

Driver lineup

The driver lineup for 2024 consisted of 25 full time drivers and all cars were run by FFSA Academy.[3]

No. Driver Class Rounds
2 France Édouard Borgna All
3 Italy Leonardo Megna All
4 Luxembourg Chester Kieffer All
5 France Roméo Leurs All
7 France Jules Roussel All
9 France Karel Schulz All
10 France Arthur Dorison All
11 France Alexandre Munoz 2–7
12 France Lisa Billard G 5–7
17 Belgium Yani Stevenheydens All
18 Germany Mathilda Paatz All
20 Japan Taito Kato All
22 Andorra Frank Porté Ruiz All
23 France Dylan Estre All
24 France Tom Le Brech All
26 Thailand Rayan Caretti All
27 France Pacôme Weisenburger 1
29 France Enzo Caldaras All
30 France Paul Roques All
33 France Augustin Bernier All
36 India Arjun Chheda 1–5, 7
38 France Aleksandr Burdo G 7
46 United Kingdom Gabriel Doyle-Parfait All
61 France Louis Schlesser All
74 France Pablo Riccobono Bello G 6
83 France Jules Caranta All
87 Republic of Ireland Alex O'Grady All
89 Canada Jason Leung All
99 Germany Montego Maassen All
Source:[4][5]
Icon Status
G Guest drivers ineligible for Drivers' Championship

Race calendar

French Federation of Automobile Sport published the schedule on 8 January 2024.[4]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver
1 R1 France Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro 31 March Belgium Yani Stevenheydens Belgium Yani Stevenheydens Belgium Yani Stevenheydens
R2 race cancelled due to torrential rain
R3 1 April Belgium Yani Stevenheydens Belgium Yani Stevenheydens France Jules Caranta[a]
2 R1 France Circuit de Lédenon, Lédenon 11 May Luxembourg Chester Kieffer Luxembourg Chester Kieffer Luxembourg Chester Kieffer
R2 France Jules Caranta Andorra Frank Porté Ruiz
R3 12 May Japan Taito Kato France Jules Caranta Japan Taito Kato
3 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 22 June Belgium Yani Stevenheydens Japan Taito Kato Luxembourg Chester Kieffer
R2 Japan Taito Kato Japan Taito Kato
R3 23 June Belgium Yani Stevenheydens France Jules Caranta France Jules Caranta
4 R1 Germany Nürburgring, Nürburg 27 July France Augustin Bernier Thailand Rayan Caretti France Jules Caranta
R2 France Dylan Estre Belgium Yani Stevenheydens
R3 28 July Belgium Yani Stevenheydens Japan Taito Kato Belgium Yani Stevenheydens
5 R1 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours 24 August Belgium Yani Stevenheydens Belgium Yani Stevenheydens France Jules Caranta
R2 Belgium Yani Stevenheydens France Karel Schulz
R3 25 August Belgium Yani Stevenheydens Belgium Yani Stevenheydens Belgium Yani Stevenheydens
6 R1 France Dijon-Prenois, Prenois 14 September Japan Taito Kato Japan Taito Kato Japan Taito Kato
R2 Germany Montego Maassen France Dylan Estre
R3 15 September Japan Taito Kato Japan Taito Kato Japan Taito Kato
7 R1 France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 5 October Belgium Yani Stevenheydens Belgium Yani Stevenheydens Japan Taito Kato
R2 Germany Montego Maassen France Alexandre Munoz
R3 6 October Japan Taito Kato France Dylan Estre United Kingdom Gabriel Doyle-Parfait

Championship standings

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 1

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver NOG
France
LÉD
France
SPA
Belgium
NÜR
Germany
MAG
France
DIJ
France
LEC
France
Pts
1 Japan Taito Kato 2 C 3 2 5 1 2 1 3 8 4 4 3 8 2 1 11 1 1 5 9 280
2 Belgium Yani Stevenheydens 1 C 7 3 2 4 3 4 2 5 1 1 2 17 1 2 Ret 2 2 7 11 274
3 France Jules Caranta 3 C 1 4 6 3 4 6 1 1 6 3 1 4 3 5 3 6 3 8 3 266
4 Luxembourg Chester Kieffer 10 C 5 1 7 2 1 5 4 Ret 20 6 11 10 Ret 10 12 7 15 Ret 14 116
5 France Augustin Bernier 15 C 9 7 8 6 9 3 5 11 7 5 4 19 5 6 Ret 5 6 6 4 116
6 Andorra Frank Porté Ruiz Ret C 12 8 1 23† 6 Ret Ret 3 10 2 19 6 8 3 6 4 8 Ret 6 111
7 Thailand Rayan Caretti 5 C 2 5 4 7 5 Ret 6 2 12 21 20 12 6 9 5 8 10 20† 10 111
8 Germany Montego Maassen 21 C 8 15 11 11 21 21 17 16 17 24 5 Ret 4 7 2 3 9 3 7 79
9 France Dylan Estre 4 C 11 Ret 10 10 11 10 18 12 5 15 Ret Ret 11 8 1 10 5 10 2 69
10 United Kingdom Gabriel Doyle-Parfait 23† C 19 13 Ret 14 8 8 Ret 4 15 25 16 Ret DNS 11 7 Ret 7 2 1 62
11 France Jules Roussel 9 C 17 6 15 5 10 2 11 7 24 7 18 11 16 4 8 11 14 12 9 60
12 Republic of Ireland Alex O'Grady 12 C 22 11 3 8 7 7 Ret 10 3 10 9 7 7 23 17 13 4 11 15 56
13 Italy Leonardo Megna 6 C 4 16 14 16 23 15 8 6 11 20 7 3 23† 18 9 19 Ret 9 16 48
14 France Enzo Caldaras 16 C 13 12 13 12 13 Ret 10 9 2 8 15 2 9 19 18 9 12 13 13 35
15 Canada Jason Leung 7 C 6 10 12 15 17 9 7 24 13 11 8 Ret Ret 14 4 20 23 14 22 33
16 France Karel Schulz 8 C Ret 14 9 24† 16 11 13 14 14 14 10 1 14 12 20 18 Ret 4 12 28
17 France Alexandre Munoz Ret 22 22 15 16 9 15 9 17 14 9 10 15 13 16 18 1 5 28
18 France Arthur Dorison Ret C 10 9 Ret 9 12 12 Ret 17 16 9 6 5 13 16 15 12 21 Ret 17 21
19 France Édouard Borgna 17 C 15 19 19 17 Ret 14 14 18 8 12 Ret 14 18 20 16 14 17 17 21 1
20 Germany Mathilda Paatz 19 C 16 21 17 NC 24† 20 19 20 22 16 12 22 22† Ret 10 17 Ret Ret 25 0
21 France Roméo Leurs 13 C 18 18 23 19 14 13 15 13 18 13 13 21 12 13 19 Ret 11 16 19 0
22 France Tom Le Brech 22 C 21 22† 18 20 22 18 12 19 23 23 21 15 19 Ret 14 15 16 Ret 20 0
23 France Louis Schlesser 14 C 14 17 16 13 19 17 20 21 19 18 Ret 13 15 21 22† 23† 13 22† 18 0
24 India Arjun Chheda 18 C 20 Ret 20 18 20 19 Ret 23 21 22 17 20 20 19 15 26 0
25 France Paul Roques 20 C Ret 20 21 21 18 22† 16 22 25† 19 22 18 21 Ret 21 Ret 20 21† 23 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
France Pacôme Weisenburger 11 C 23†
France Lisa Billard Ret 16 17 17 23† 22† 22 18 24
France Aleksandr Burdo 24 19 27
France Pablo Riccobono Bello 22 24† 21
Pos Driver NOG
France
LÉD
France
SPA
Belgium
NÜR
Germany
MAG
France
DIJ
France
LEC
France
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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

Notes

  1. ^ Stevenheydens finished first but received a 5 seconds time penalty for jumping the start. Caranta inherited the win.

References

  1. ^ Wood, Ida (2023-11-03). "ADAC reveals which juniors it will send to French F4 in 2024". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  2. ^ Wolff-Taffus, Perceval (2024-11-25). "Kato: Stevenheydens and I 'respected each other' despite French F4 title drama". Feeder Series. Retrieved 2024-11-27.
  3. ^ Wolff, Perceval (2023-10-11). "French F4: Who's going where in 2024?". Feeder Series. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  4. ^ a b "F4 France continues to build momentum in 2024". FFSA Academy. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  5. ^ "F4 Academy: The pressure is on ahead of Dijon!". Retrieved 2024-09-11.