The 2016 French F4 Championship season was the 24th season of the series for 1600cc
Formula Renault
Formula Renault are classes of formula racing popular in Europe and elsewhere. Regarded as an entry-level series to motor racing, it was founded in 1971, and was a respected series where drivers can learn advanced racecraft before moving on to hig ...
machinery, and the sixth season to run under the guise of the
French F4 Championship
French F4 Championship, formerly known as Formula Renault Campus France, Formula Campus, Formul'Academy Euro Series, F4 Eurocup 1.6 is a form of open wheel racing founded in 1993 by Louis Drouet. It is based in France and aims at karting graduates ...
. The series began on 1 April at
Le Castellet and ended on 6 November at
Montmeló
Montmeló () is a municipality in the comarca of Vallès Oriental, within the Barcelona metropolitan area, in Catalonia, Spain. It contains the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which is the home of the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix
The Spani ...
, after six rounds and twenty-four races.
Driver lineup
Driver Changes
Graduating from French F4
*
Giuliano Alesi
Giuliano Ryu Alesi (born 20 September 1999) is a French-Japanese racing driver. He is the son of Japanese former actress Kumiko Goto and former Formula One driver Jean Alesi.
Career
Karting
Born in Avignon, Alesi began karting in 2013 before ...
, son of former F1 driver
Jean Alesi
Jean Alesi (born Giovanni Alesi, 11 June 1964) is a French professional racing driver of Italian origin. After successes in minor categories, notably winning the 1989 Formula 3000 Championship, his Formula One career included spells at Tyrrell, ...
, was signed by the
Ferrari Driver Academy
Ferrari Driver Academy is an initiative from Formula One team Scuderia Ferrari to promote young talent inside its own organisation, with several drivers being selected and funded by the team, being under long-term contracts. Some notable former ...
and promoted to
GP3 with Trident.
* Sacha Fenestraz and Gabriel Aubrey were promoted to the
Formula Renault 2.0 championship with
Tech 1 Racing
Tech 1 Racing is a racing team based in Toulouse, France. They currently compete in the World Series by Renault and Eurocup Mégane Trophy.
Tech 1 also operate the Panis Racing LMP2 entry to the European Le Mans Series and the Ultimate LMP2 Pro ...
.
* 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
Bertrand Jean Gachot (born 23 December 1962) is a French former racing driver. Gachot enjoyed some success in the junior formulae, winning titles in Formula Ford before progressing through Formula 3 and Formula 3000, reaching Formula One in 198 ...
, switched to
ADAC F4 for 2016.
Race calendar and results
A six-round calendar was published in December 2015.
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.
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.
Championship standings
;Points system
Points are awarded as follows:
French F4 Championship
References
External links
The official website of the French F4 Championship
{{Formula Renault years
F4 Championship
French F4