The 2018 French F4 Championship was the eighth season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship and the first season under the FIA Formula 4 regulations. [1] The championship used Mygale M14-F4 chassis like in the F4 British Championship and Australian Formula 4 Championship. The engine was upgraded from 1.6 litre to 2.0 litre. The series began on 1 April at Nogaro and ended on 14 October at Le Castellet, after seven rounds and twenty one races. [2]
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A seven round calendar was published in the FFSA Academy website, confirming the return of Dijon-Prenois and moving the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya round in Spain to Jerez.
Points were awarded as follows:
Races | Position | Bonus | ||||||||||
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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 |
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Pos | Driver | NOG | PAU [lower-alpha 1] | SPA | DIJ | MAG | JER | LEC | Pts | ||||||||||||||
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1 | Caio Collet | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 303.5 |
2 | Ugo de Wilde | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 1 | 8 | 5 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 237 |
3 | Ulysse de Pauw | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 224 |
4 | Adam Eteki | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 | Ret | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12† | DNS | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 213 |
5 | Arthur Leclerc | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 199 |
6 | Pierre-Louis Chovet | 5 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 162 | |||
7 | Esteban Muth | 8 | Ret | 9 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 10† | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 145.5 |
8 | Théo Nouet | 14† | 7 | 8 | 9 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11† | 7 | 2 | 3 | 101 |
9 | Stuart White | 9 | Ret | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 80 | ||||||||||||
10 | Matéo Herrero | 7 | Ret | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 10 | DNS | DNS | 6 | 11 | DNS | 50 |
11 | Sacha Lehmann | 10 | 11 | Ret | 13 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 11 | 27 |
12 | Baptiste Moulin | 12 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 19.5 |
13 | Baptiste Berthelot | 13 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 13† | 13 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | Ret | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 5 |
14 | Gavin Aimable | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | Ret | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | NOG | PAU [lower-alpha 1] | SPA | DIJ | MAG | JER | LEC | Pts |
Pos | Driver | NOG | PAU [lower-alpha 1] | SPA | DIJ | MAG | JER | LEC | Pts | ||||||||||||||
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1 | Théo Pourchaire | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 408.5 |
2 | Reshad de Gerus | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 299 |
3 | Shihab Al Habsi | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 245.5 |
4 | O'Neill Muth | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 243 |
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