2019 French F4 Championship

2019 French F4 Championship

Drivers' Champion: Hadrien David
Juniors' Champion: Victor Bernier

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The 2019 French F4 Championship was the ninth season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship and the second season under the FIA Formula 4 regulations. The championship used Mygale M14-F4 chassis with an upgraded 2.0 litre engine. The series began on 20 April at Nogaro and ended on 13 October at Le Castellet. ^[1] Hadrien David, who won seven races throughout the season, won the title, 57.5 points ahead of closest challenger Reshad de Gerus, who came out victorious on four occasions. Sixth-placed Enzo Valente won two races, and Nicky Hays, Victor Bernier, Gillian Henrion, Isack Hadjar, Ugo Gazil, Mikkel Grundtvig and Paul-Adrien Pallot all won one race respectively.

Driver lineup

No. Driver Class Rounds 1 Pierre-François Duriani [2] All 3 Gillian Henrion [2] All 4 Ren Sato G 6 Enzo Joulié [3] G 7 5 Sten Van der Henst [2] All 6 Isack Hadjar [4] J All 7 Jules Mettetal [4] All 8 Stuart White [5] All 9 Victor Bernier [6] J All 10 Reshad de Gerus [2] All 11 Vladislav Lomko G 5, 7 12 Ugo Gazil [2] All 14 Sami Meguetounif [3] G 7 22 Paul-Adrien Pallot [2] J All 24 Mathis Poulet [2] All 26 Hadrien David [7] All 27 Kakunoshin Ohta G 6 Esteban Masson [3] G 7 33 Evan Spenle [2] All 35 Bryson Lew [2] All 38 Simon Ohlin [2] All 43 Mikkel Grundtvig [2] All 48 Enzo Valente [8] All 51 Nicky Hays [2] All 85 Valdemar Eriksen [2] 1–3, 5–7

Icon Status J Drivers that compete for the Junior Championship G Guest drivers ineligible for Drivers' Championship

Race calendar

A seven round calendar taking place in 3 countries is published on the FFSA Academy website. ^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Junior Winner
1	R1	Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro	21 April	Hadrien David	Hadrien David	Hadrien David	Isack Hadjar
	R2				Hadrien David	Ugo Gazil	Victor Bernier
	R3		22 April	Hadrien David	Hadrien David	Hadrien David	Victor Bernier
2	R1	Circuit de Pau, Pau	18 May	Stuart White	Reshad de Gerus	Reshad de Gerus	Isack Hadjar
	R2				Enzo Valente	Enzo Valente	Isack Hadjar
	R3		19 May	Stuart White	Reshad de Gerus	Hadrien David	Victor Bernier
3	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	22 June	Hadrien David	Isack Hadjar	Isack Hadjar	Isack Hadjar
	R2		23 June		Nicky Hays	Paul-Adrien Pallot	Paul-Adrien Pallot
	R3			Hadrien David	Nicky Hays	Reshad de Gerus	Isack Hadjar
4	R1	Circuit de Lédenon, Lédenon	6 July	Hadrien David	Hadrien David	Hadrien David	Victor Bernier
	R2				Mikkel Grundtvig	Mikkel Grundtvig	Isack Hadjar
	R3		7 July	Hadrien David	Nicky Hays	Nicky Hays	Isack Hadjar
5	R1	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	7 September	Hadrien David	Hadrien David	Hadrien David	Victor Bernier
	R2				Nicky Hays	Gillian Henrion	Victor Bernier
	R3		8 September	Hadrien David	Hadrien David	Hadrien David	Victor Bernier
6	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours	14 September	Reshad de Gerus	Reshad de Gerus	Reshad de Gerus	Victor Bernier
	R2				Hadrien David [N 1]	Evan Spenle	Victor Bernier
	R3		15 September	Reshad de Gerus	Nicky Hays	Reshad de Gerus	Isack Hadjar
7	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	12 October	Hadrien David	Hadrien David	Hadrien David	Victor Bernier
	R2				Jules Mettetal	Enzo Valente [N 2]	Victor Bernier
	R3		13 October	Hadrien David	Victor Bernier	Victor Bernier	Victor Bernier

Championship standings

Points system

Each driver dropped their worst round result. 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

Drivers' standings – FFSA Academy

Pos Driver NOG PAU SPA LÉD HUN [N 3] MAG LEC Pts 1 Hadrien David 1 4 1 2 Ret 1 Ret 6 2 1 9 16 1 Ret 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 281 2 Reshad de Gerus 3 2 2 1 7 2 13 13 1 2 5 5 3 6 2 1 17 1 Ret 11 13 233.5 3 Nicky Hays 4 5 3 Ret Ret DNS Ret 9 3 3 7 1 2 8 6 3 5 4 3 Ret 5 173 4 Victor Bernier 9 6 12 Ret Ret 8 3 7 12 4 10 4 4 3 3 4 4 15 2 3 1 154 5 Gillian Henrion 7 3 5 6 3 7 9 3 6 6 6 6 9 1 9 5 7 DNS 11 6 3 129 6 Enzo Valente 2 8 4 9 1 4 Ret 11 9 5 8 3 8 9 Ret 9 6 Ret 8 1 6 128 7 Isack Hadjar 8 10 16 4 6 DNS 1 17 7 7 4 2 18 12 5 8 Ret 5 Ret Ret 4 118 8 Evan Spenle 19 12 19 8 2 Ret 5 Ret 5 11 18 17 5 4 4 10 1 7 6 4 12 103 9 Stuart White 6 7 7 3 5 3 2 8 11 8 3 7 11 10 12 17 10 9 16 18 Ret 97 10 Sten Van der Henst 11 13 10 Ret 11 5 4 4 14 9 2 10 10 2 8 6 8 3 20 14 Ret 87.5 11 Ugo Gazil 10 1 17 Ret 8 9 7 2 13 13 11 18 6 7 7 Ret Ret 16 4 8 Ret 63 12 Jules Mettetal 5 9 18 Ret 10 6 14 12 4 16 14 9 7 5 Ret 16 Ret 6 DSQ DSQ DSQ 49 13 Mikkel Grundtvig 12 11 8 Ret Ret DNS 10 10 15 10 1 8 15 13 13 13 13 10 10 9 9 37 14 Paul-Adrien Pallot 17 18 15 Ret Ret 13 8 1 8 18 16 15 19 19 18 15 12 14 12 16 10 26 15 Simon Ohlin 15 17 14 Ret 12 11 11 15 17 14 13 12 12 11 14 14 16 13 7 5 8 20 16 Valdemar Eriksen 16 15 6 5 Ret 10 Ret DNS DNS 16 16 15 12 15 Ret 15 13 14 19 17 Pierre-François Duriani 14 16 11 Ret Ret 14 6 5 10 15 12 11 14 15 11 11 9 Ret 13 10 Ret 18 18 Mathis Poulet 13 14 9 7 4 12 12 14 18 12 17 14 13 14 17 Ret Ret 14 17 17 Ret 16 19 Bryson Lew 18 19 13 Ret 9 15 Ret 16 16 17 15 13 17 18 16 18 14 12 14 15 16 1 guest drivers ineligible to score points — Kakunoshin Ohta 7 2 8 — — Sami Meguetounif 5 Ret 7 — — Vladislav Lomko Ret 17 10 9 7 15 — — Ren Sato 19 11 11 — — Esteban Masson 18 12 11 — — Enzo Joulié 19 19 17 —

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

Drivers' standings – FIA Formula 4

Pos	Driver	NOG			PAU			SPA			LÉD			HUN [N 3]			MAG			LEC			Pts
1	Hadrien David	1	4	1	2	Ret	1	Ret	5	2	1	8	13	1	16	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	274.5
2	Reshad de Gerus	3	2	2	1	6	2	10	11	1	2	4	3	3	5	2	1	13	1	15	9	8	240.5
3	Nicky Hays	4	5	3	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	7	3	3	6	1	2	7	4	3	3	4	2	Ret	3	187
4	Gillian Henrion	7	3	5	5	3	7	6	2	6	5	5	4	8	1	7	4	5	DNS	8	5	2	159
5	Enzo Valente	2	7	4	8	1	4	Ret	9	7	4	7	2	7	8	15	6	4	Ret	6	1	4	152
6	Evan Spenle	Ret	10	Ret	7	2	Ret	3	Ret	5	9	Ret	Ret	4	3	3	7	1	6	4	3	7	133
7	Stuart White	6	6	7	3	5	3	1	6	9	6	3	5	10	9	9	14	8	7	12	14	Ret	122.5
8	Sten van der Henst	9	11	10	Ret	10	5	2	3	11	7	2	8	9	2	6	5	6	3	14	11	Ret	113
9	Ugo Gazil	8	1	14	Ret	7	8	5	1	10	11	9	Ret	5	6	5	Ret	Ret	11	3	6	Ret	89
10	Mikkel Grundtvig	10	9	8	Ret	Ret	DNS	7	8	12	8	1	6	14	11	10	10	9	8	7	7	6	61
11	Jules Mettetal	5	8	15	Ret	9	6	11	10	4	14	12	7	6	4	16	13	Ret	5	DSQ	DSQ	DSQ	59
12	Pierre-François Duriani	12	14	11	Ret	Ret	12	4	4	8	13	10	9	13	13	8	8	7	Ret	9	8	Ret	39
13	Simon Ohlin	13	15	13	Ret	11	10	8	13	14	12	11	10	11	10	11	11	12	10	5	4	5	35
14	Valdemar Eriksen	14	13	6	4	Ret	9	Ret	DNS	DNS				15	14	12	9	11	Ret	11	10	9	26
15	Mathis Poulet	11	12	9	6	4	11	9	12	Ret	10	14	12	12	12	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	13	Ret	21
16	Bryson Lew	Ret	16	12	Ret	8	13	Ret	Ret	13	15	13	11	16	15	13	15	10	9	10	12	10	5

Juniors' standings

Pos	Driver	NOG			PAU			SPA			LÉD			HUN [N 3]			MAG			LEC			Pts
1	Victor Bernier	2	1	1	Ret	Ret	1	2	2	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	330.5
2	Isack Hadjar	1	2	3	1	1	Ret	1	Ret	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	2	282
3	Paul-Adrien Pallot	3	3	2	Ret	Ret	2	3	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	253.5

Footnotes

1. Guest driver Kakunoshin Ohta recorded the fastest lap of the race. The bonus point was awarded to David with the second best lap.
2. Jules Mettetal won the race but his results from this round became invalid. The point for the fastest lap was not reallocated.
3. Race 1 was stopped after 5 laps due to weather. Half points were awarded to top 10 finishers.

References

1. "F4 Calendar". FFSA Academy. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
2. "A PROMISING ENTRY FOR THE 2019 FRENCH F4 CHAMPIONSHIP". April 15, 2019. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
3. "FFSA Academy: Final round full of interest at Paul Ricard". FFSA Academy. October 7, 2019.
4. Harris-Gardiner, Rachel (February 25, 2019). "Jules Mettetal wins Volant Winfield to earn season in French F4". FormulaScout.
5. Wood, Elliot (April 15, 2019). "Stuart White receives Sauber support for French F4 return". FormulaScout. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
6. "Finalement, ce sera de la F4 pour Victor Bernier (Finally, it will be F4 for Victor Bernier)". December 20, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
7. "Hadrien David rejoint le championnat de France de F4 (Hadrien David joins the French F4 Championship)". November 4, 2018. Retrieved December 26, 2018.
8. Allen, Peter (December 17, 2018). "Enzo Valente wins French F4 seat in Richard Mille shootout". FormulaScout. Retrieved December 18, 2018.

External links

• The official website of the French F4 Championship Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine