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.[1]
Driver lineup edit
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Driver Changes edit
Graduating from French F4 edit
- Giuliano Alesi, son of former F1 driver Jean Alesi, was signed by the Ferrari Driver Academy and promoted to GP3 with Trident.[6]
- 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.[7]
Race calendar and results edit
A six-round calendar was published in December 2015.[8] 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.[1]
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.[9]
- ^ Pierre-Alexandre Jean originally scored pole, but he was issued a 5-place grid penalty after race 2.
Championship standings edit
- 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 edit
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References edit
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "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.
- ^ a b "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 edit
- The official website of the French F4 Championship Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine