2012 French F4 Championship

The 2012 French F4 Championship season was the twentieth season of the series for 1600cc Formula Renault machinery, and the second season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship. The series began on 28 April at Circuit de Lédenon and ended on 28 October at Circuit Paul Ricard, after seven rounds and fourteen races.^[1]

Driver lineup[edit]

No.	Driver^[2]	Rounds
1	Darius Oskoui	All
2	Victor Sendin	All
3	Joffrey de Narda	All
4	Florian Latorre	All
5	Laurent Pellier	All
6	Enzo Guibbert	All
7	Simon Tirman	All
8	Alexandre Baron	All
9	Marco de Peretti	All
10	Nicolas Jamin	All
11	Paul Thenot	All
12	Simon Gachet	All
14	Fran Rueda	All
15	Francisco Abreu	1–4, 6
16	Egor Orudzhev	1–6
17	Denis Korneev	All
18	Stanislav Safronov	1–3
	Julien Poncelet	6
	Norman Nato	7

Race calendar and results[edit]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver
1	R1	Circuit de Lédenon, Lédenon	28 April	Alexandre Baron	Alexandre Baron	Victor Sendin
1	R2	Circuit de Lédenon, Lédenon	29 April	Alexandre Baron	Alexandre Baron	Alexandre Baron
2	R1	Circuit de Pau, Pau	12 May	Alexandre Baron	Alexandre Baron	Alexandre Baron
2	R2	Circuit de Pau, Pau	13 May	Alexandre Baron	Alexandre Baron	Victor Sendin
3	R1	Circuit du Val de Vienne, Le Vigeant	23 June	Enzo Guibbert	Simon Tirman	Alexandre Baron
3	R2	Circuit du Val de Vienne, Le Vigeant	24 June	Alexandre Baron	Alexandre Baron	Alexandre Baron
4	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	14 July	Alexandre Baron	Simon Tirman	Alexandre Baron
4	R2	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	15 July	Alexandre Baron	Alexandre Baron	Alexandre Baron
5	R1	Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos	8 September	Simon Tirman	Enzo Guibbert	Alexandre Baron
5	R2	Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos	9 September	Alexandre Baron	Alexandre Baron	Alexandre Baron
6	R1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	29 September	Alexandre Baron	Egor Orudzhev	Simon Tirman
6	R2	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	30 September	Alexandre Baron	Egor Orudzhev	Simon Tirman
7	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	27 October	Darius Oskoui	Darius Oskoui	Darius Oskoui
7	R2	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	28 October	Alexandre Baron	Alexandre Baron	Alexandre Baron

Championship standings[edit]

Points are awarded to the top ten drivers in both races on a 25–18–15–12–10–8–6–4–2–1 basis. Additional points are awarded to the driver achieving pole position and fastest lap in each race. Only a driver's best twelve results count towards the championship.

Pos	Driver	LÉD		PAU		VDV		MAG		NAV		LMS		LEC		Points
1	Alexandre Baron	3	1	1	10	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	11	DNS	1	278
2	Simon Tirman	2	7	12	3	3	3	6	6	2	2	1	1	6	12	182
3	Simon Gachet	Ret	2	2	2	4	2	8	3	7	14	7	4	7	3	148
4	Enzo Guibbert	Ret	3	4	4	2	4	2	4	6	5	8	6	9	10	134
5	Victor Sendin	1	4	9	1	14	Ret	3	8	8	6	4	3	Ret	14	122
6	Darius Oskoui	5	8	6	Ret	7	Ret	4	2	5	13	15	7	1	4	113
7	Nicolas Jamin	8	15	10	6	6	12	7	5	3	3	9	Ret	3	2	102
8	Florian Latorre	Ret	5	5	5	8	7	9	9	11	9	5	5	8	5	80
9	Joffrey de Narda	4	6	Ret	8	13	6	13	7	14	4	12	14	2	6	76
10	Egor Orudzhev	14	9	7	Ret	5	Ret	5	14	4	11	3	2			75
11	Denis Korneev	13	Ret	11	12	15	8	10	11	10	7	6	8	5	7	40
12	Francisco Abreu	11	16	3	Ret	Ret	5	12	Ret			13	10			26
13	Fran Rueda	7	14	8	7	9	11	11	13	12	8	11	9	Ret	13	24
14	Marco de Peretti	9	12	Ret	13	16	10	16	10	13	10	10	DSQ	4	9	20
15	Laurent Pellier	6	13	Ret	9	12	9	14	Ret	9	12	14	13	10	11	15
16	Paul Thenot	12	11	Ret	Ret	11	14	15	12	DNS	15	Ret	12	Ret	8	4
17	Stanislav Safronov	10	10	13	11	10	13									3
Guest drivers ineligible for points
—	Julien Poncelet											Ret	15			0
—	Norman Nato													DNS	DNS	0
Pos	Driver	LÉD		PAU		VDV		MAG		NAV		LMS		LEC		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

References[edit]

^ "Calendrier Championnat de France F4 2012". Auto Sport Academy. French F4 Championship. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
^ "Drivers 2012". Auto Sport Academy. French F4 Championship. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.

External links[edit]

The official website of the French F4 Championship Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Calendrier Championnat de France F4 2012". Auto Sport Academy. French F4 Championship. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2012.

[2] "Drivers 2012". Auto Sport Academy. French F4 Championship. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.

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