2017 French F4 Championship

The 2017 French F4 Championship season was the 25th season of the series for 1600cc Formula Renault machinery, and the seventh season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship. The series began on 16 April at Nogaro and ended on 15 October at Le Castellet, after seven rounds and twenty one races.^[1]

Arthur Rougier clinched the titles in the general classification of the championship and in the International Series, winning races at Pau and Spa^[2] Victor Martins won races at Nogaro, Monza and Le Castellet but lost to Rougier in general classification just by four points, while in the Junior Championship he took the title. Florian Venturi wasn't able to win a race but he scored seven podiums and completed the season in the top-three of the drivers' standings. Pierre-Alexandre Jean, Jean-Baptiste Mela, Charles Milesi, Stuart White, Hugo Chevalier, Marvin Klein, Javier González, Thomas Drouet and Pierre-Louis Chovet were the other race winners.

Driver lineup[edit]

No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
1	Casper Røes Andersen^[3]	I	1–4
2	Hugo Chevalier^[3]	I	All
3	Stuart White^[3]	J	All
4	Jean-Baptiste Mela^[3]	I	All
5	Pierre-Alexandre Jean^[3]	I	All
6	Charles Milesi^[3]	I	All
7	Thomas Drouet^[3]	I	All
8	Javier González^[3]	I	1–6
9	Noah Watt^[4]	J	5–7
10	Pierre-Louis Chovet^[5]	J	5–7
11	Amaury Cordeel^[3]	J	All
12	Antoine Horemans^[6]	I	4
13	Marvin Klein^[3]	I	All
15	Adam Eteki^[7]	J	6
27	Ugo de Wilde^[3]	J	All
29	Victor Martins^[8]	J	All
49	Florian Venturi^[3]	I	All
51	Aldo Festante^[3]	I	1–4
87	Arthur Rougier^[3]	I	All
92	Christian Muñoz^[3]	I	All

Icon	Status
I	Drivers that compete for the International Championship
J	Drivers that compete for the Junior Championship
G	Guest drivers that are ineligible to score points

Race calendar and results[edit]

A seven-round calendar was revealed on 25 January 2017.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Junior Winner	International Winner
1	R1	Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro	16 April	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	Pierre-Alexandre Jean
	R2		16 April		Victor Martins	Javier González	Victor Martins	Javier González
	R3		17 April	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	Pierre-Alexandre Jean
2	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza	29 April	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	Florian Venturi
	R2		29 April		Casper Røes Andersen	Pierre-Alexandre Jean	Victor Martins	Pierre-Alexandre Jean
	R3		30 April	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	Charles Milesi	Stuart White	Charles Milesi
3	R1	Circuit de Pau, Pau	20 May	Arthur Rougier	Victor Martins	Arthur Rougier	Victor Martins	Arthur Rougier
	R2		20 May		Aldo Festante	Thomas Drouet	Stuart White	Thomas Drouet
	R3		21 May	Arthur Rougier	Stuart White	Arthur Rougier	Stuart White	Arthur Rougier
4	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa	10 June	Arthur Rougier	Javier González	Arthur Rougier	Victor Martins	Arthur Rougier
	R2		11 June		Arthur Rougier	Arthur Rougier	Victor Martins	Arthur Rougier
	R3		11 June	Arthur Rougier	Florian Venturi	Arthur Rougier	Victor Martins	Arthur Rougier
5	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours	9 September	Victor Martins	Marvin Klein	Marvin Klein	Victor Martins	Marvin Klein
	R2		10 September		Victor Martins	Stuart White	Stuart White	Charles Milesi
	R3		10 September	Stuart White	Charles Milesi	Charles Milesi	Victor Martins	Charles Milesi
6	R1	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	30 September	Victor Martins^{[N 1]}	Florian Venturi^{[N 1]}	Charles Milesi	Victor Martins	Charles Milesi
	R2		30 September		Ugo de Wilde^{[N 1]}	Jean-Baptiste Mela	Ugo de Wilde	Jean-Baptiste Mela
	R3		1 October	Victor Martins^{[N 1]}	Victor Martins^{[N 1]}	Charles Milesi	Victor Martins	Charles Milesi
7	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	14 October	Victor Martins^{[N 2]}	Victor Martins	Hugo Chevalier	Ugo de Wilde	Hugo Chevalier
	R2		15 October		Arthur Rougier	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Jean-Baptiste Mela
	R3		15 October	Victor Martins^{[N 2]}	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	Victor Martins	Arthur Rougier

Championship standings[edit]

Points system

Points are awarded as follows:

Races	Position
Races	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	0	1

French F4 Championship[edit]

Pos	Driver	NOG			MNZ			PAU			SPA			MAG			CAT			LEC			Points
1	Arthur Rougier	3	5	7	5	2	2	1	7	1	1	1	1	4	6	5	8	2	7	2	3	2	303
2	Victor Martins	1	11	1	1	4	EX	2	8	16	4	2	2	2	13	2	2	4	2	7	5	1	299
3	Florian Venturi	Ret	8	3	2	3	Ret	Ret	14	5	11	3	4	10	5	7	3	7	3	3	6	14	156
4	Pierre-Alexandre Jean	2	7	2	4	1	14	Ret	11	4	2	4	9	13	8	8	11	14	13	5	4	5	150
5	Jean-Baptiste Mela	6	4	12	8	11	5	7	2	15	5	Ret	6	8	7	9	10	1	Ret	10	2	7	124
6	Christian Muñoz	7	6	8	3	7	13	6	4	6	6	Ret	5	6	6	6	6	Ret	7	14	12	10	122
7	Charles Milesi^{[N 3]}	4	3	4	Ret	8	1	11	10	8	DNS	DNS	DNS	3	2	1	1	6	1	6	8	12	118
8	Stuart White	12	12	14	6	6	3	4	6	3	9	Ret	7	7	1	3	12	10	10	13	13	11	118
9	Hugo Chevalier^{[N 4]}	8	2	13	Ret	14	10	Ret	13	2	7	7	Ret	5	3	4	5	5	4	1	9	6	111
10	Marvin Klein	5	9	5	9	5	4	3	9	14	14	Ret	14	1	14	10	13	9	15	12	11	9	98
11	Javier González^{[N 5]}	9	1	10	10	9	11	8	3	9	3	5	3	16	12	14	4	Ret	6				72
12	Ugo de Wilde	13	14	15	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	8	12	12	10	13	7	3	5	4	7	3	68
13	Casper Røes Andersen	10	13	6	7	10	6	5	5	7	8	6	8										58
14	Thomas Drouet	11	10	11	11	Ret	8	10	1	10	10	Ret	10	9	9	12	9	Ret	Ret	9	10	Ret	41
15	Aldo Festante	14	15	9	14	12	7	9	15	11	13	9	11										11
16	Amaury Cordeel	Ret	16	Ret	12	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	13	15	11	13	14	15	15	16	13	14	15	Ret	13	6
17	Antoine Horemans										16	10	15										0
Guest drivers ineligible for championship points
	Pierre-Louis Chovet													15	DSQ	EX	17	11	9	8	1	8	0
	Noah Watt													11	11	11	14	8	12	11	Ret	6	0
	Adam Eteki																15	12	17				0

Footnotes[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Charles Milesi took pole and set the fastest lap, but he was ineligible to score points for them at Barcelona.
^ ^a ^b Hugo Chevalier took pole, but he was ineligible to score points for pole at Le castellet.
^ Ineligible for points at Barcelona and Le Castellet because he already raced on these circuits during the 2017.
^ Ineligible for points at Le Castellet because he already raced on this circuit during the 2017.
^ Ineligible for points at Barcelona because he already raced on this circuit during the 2017.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "French F4 Championship 2017". Auto Sport Academy. French F4 Championship. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ Allen, Peter (17 October 2017). "Rougier takes French F4 title with second to Martins in Paul Ricard finale". Formula Scout. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "16 Drivers Announced for Opening FFSA F4 Round at Nogaro". 12 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
^ "Så prøver Noah kræfter med noget ganske andet end sin danske Formel 4 bil". Noah Watt Racing. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
^ "Les pilotes du Championnat de France F4 font leur rentrée !". 5 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
^ "Défi belge pour les pilotes du Championnat de France F4 !". 6 June 2017. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
^ "Avant-dernière ligne droite pour la F4 à Barcelone !". 26 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
^ "Karting world champion Martins makes single-seater switch". 18 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

External links[edit]

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

[Milesi-9] Charles Milesi took pole and set the fastest lap, but he was ineligible to score points for them at Barcelona.

[Chevalier-10] Hugo Chevalier took pole, but he was ineligible to score points for pole at Le castellet.

[Barcelona-11] Ineligible for points at Barcelona and Le Castellet because he already raced on these circuits during the 2017.

[12] Ineligible for points at Le Castellet because he already raced on this circuit during the 2017.

[13] Ineligible for points at Barcelona because he already raced on this circuit during the 2017.

[Calendar-1] "French F4 Championship 2017". Auto Sport Academy. French F4 Championship. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[2] Allen, Peter (17 October 2017). "Rougier takes French F4 title with second to Martins in Paul Ricard finale". Formula Scout. Retrieved 17 October 2017.

[Drivers-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "16 Drivers Announced for Opening FFSA F4 Round at Nogaro". 12 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

[Drivers4-4] "Så prøver Noah kræfter med noget ganske andet end sin danske Formel 4 bil". Noah Watt Racing. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

[Drivers3-5] "Les pilotes du Championnat de France F4 font leur rentrée !". 5 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

[Drivers2-6] "Défi belge pour les pilotes du Championnat de France F4 !". 6 June 2017. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.

[Drivers5-7] "Avant-dernière ligne droite pour la F4 à Barcelone !". 26 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.

[8] "Karting world champion Martins makes single-seater switch". 18 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

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