2015 French F4 Championship Explained

The 2015 French F4 Championship season is the 23rd season of the series for 1600cc Formula Renault machinery, and the fifth season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship. The series will begin on 19 April at Lédenon and ends on 25 October at Le Castellet, after seven rounds and twenty-one races.^[1]

Driver lineup

	Driver	Class	Rounds
1	Julien Darras	I	All
2	Théophile Senegas	I	1–4
3	Nikita Troitskiy	I	1–2, 4
4	Yifei Ye		All
5	Julien Andlauer^[2]		All
6	Louis Gachot		All
7	Valentin Moineault	I	All
8	Gabriel Aubry^[3]	I	All
9	Reuben Kressner	I	All
10	Michael Benyahia		1–5, 7
11	Sacha Fenestraz		All
12	Nikita Sitnikov	I	1
13	Kami Moreira-Laliberté		1–6
14	Simo Laaksonen	I	All
15	Axel Matus^[4]	I	All
16	Hugo Sugnot-Darniche		All
17	Nerses Isaakyan	I	1–2, 4, 6–7
19	José Sierra	I	1–4, 6–7
21	Aleksey Korneev	I	1–2, 4, 7
27	Giuliano Alesi^[5]		All
align=center colspan=4	Guest drivers
12	Alex Sedgwick		5
12	Théo Coicaud		7
18	Antoine Robert		5
	Hugo Chevalier		7
	Olivier Malo		3
28			1
20			2
20	Jean-Baptiste Mela		5
25	Jim Pla		2

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

Race calendar and results

A seven-round calendar was published on 4 December 2014. The championship will drop Val de Vienne, Nogaro and Jerez events, while Lédenon, Hungaroring and Navarra will take their place in the series' schedule.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver
1	R1	Circuit de Lédenon	18 April	Giuliano Alesi	Giuliano Alesi	Giuliano Alesi	Giuliano Alesi	Valentin Moineault
	R2		18 April		Axel Matus	Sacha Fenestraz	Sacha Fenestraz	Gabriel Aubry
	R3		19 April	Giuliano Alesi	Giuliano Alesi	Giuliano Alesi	Giuliano Alesi	Nerses Isaakyan
2	R1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	2 May	Valentin Moineault	Aleksey Korneev	Aleksey Korneev	Sacha Fenestraz	Aleksey Korneev
	R2		2 May		Aleksey Korneev	Julien Darras	Sacha Fenestraz	Julien Darras
	R3		3 May	Axel Matus	Aleksey Korneev	Valentin Moineault	Giuliano Alesi	Valentin Moineault
3	R1	Circuit de Pau, Pau	16 May	Sacha Fenestraz	Simo Laaksonen	Sacha Fenestraz	Sacha Fenestraz	Valentin Moineault
	R2		16 May		Valentin Moineault	Axel Matus	Giuliano Alesi	Axel Matus
	R3		17 May	nowrap	Sacha Fenestraz	nowrap	Sacha Fenestraz	nowrap	Sacha Fenestraz	nowrap	Sacha Fenestraz	nowrap	Valentin Moineault
4	R1	Hungaroring	13 June	Valentin Moineault	Valentin Moineault	Valentin Moineault	Sacha Fenestraz	Valentin Moineault
	R2		14 June		Gabriel Aubry	Gabriel Aubry	Julien Andlauer	Gabriel Aubry
	R3		14 June	Valentin Moineault	Valentin Moineault	Valentin Moineault	Sacha Fenestraz	Valentin Moineault
5	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	29 August	Valentin Moineault	nowrap	Kami Moreira-Laliberté	Valentin Moineault	Sacha Fenestraz	Valentin Moineault
	R2		29 August	Julien Andlauer	Simo Laaksonen	nowrap	Kami Moreira-Laliberté	Simo Laaksonen
	R3	30 August	Valentin Moineault	Julien Darras	Valentin Moineault	Sacha Fenestraz	Valentin Moineault
6	R1	Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos	26 September	Valentin Moineault	Gabriel Aubry	Giuliano Alesi	Giuliano Alesi	Valentin Moineault
	R2		26 September		Julien Andlauer	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Nerses Isaakyan
	R3		nowrap	27 September	Valentin Moineault	Gabriel Aubry	Valentin Moineault	Julien Andlauer	Valentin Moineault
7	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	24 October	Valentin Moineault	Sacha Fenestraz	Valentin Moineault	Sacha Fenestraz	Valentin Moineault
	R2		24 October	Gabriel Aubry	Yifei Ye	Yifei Ye	Julien Darras
	R3	25 October	nowrap	Valentin Moineault	nowrap	Valentin Moineault	nowrap	Valentin Moineault	Sacha Fenestraz	nowrap	Valentin Moineault

Championship standings

Points systemPoints were awarded as follows:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	1	1

French F4 Championship

The third race at Lédenon was red-flagged after less than half of the distance had been completed due to torrential rain. As a result, series organisers awarded half points to each of the classified finishers eligible to score points.

Pos	Driver	LÉD			LMS			PAU			HUN			MAG			NAV			LEC			Points
1	Valentin Moineault	2	7	7	4	6	1	2	10	2	1	7	1	1	Ret	1	2	11	1	1	6	1	329
2	Sacha Fenestraz	8	1	8	2	4	8	1	Ret	1	3	9	3	2	Ret	4	5	3	8	2	5	3	253
3	Gabriel Aubry	4	3	6	16	16	14†	3	4	3	10	1	2	3	Ret	2	3	5	3	3	7	4	227
4	Giuliano Alesi	1	Ret	1	7	5	12	5	2	4	8	Ret	6	12	5	Ret	1	8	5	6	10	Ret	168.5
5	Julien Darras	7	6	15	10	1	3	14	3	Ret	7	2	10	Ret	6	3	6	7	7	10	2	6	166
6	Simo Laaksonen	13	9	9	5	3	Ret	4	Ret	6	6	4	7	6	1	6	11	12	9	4	9	2	150
7	Axel Matus	3	4	5	3	9	13	8	1	8	Ret	10	13	7	8	12	Ret	13	11	7	4	5	125
8	Julien Andlauer	9	2	18†	11	15	6	7	11	Ret	4	5	4	14	4	7	Ret	9	2	8	Ret	8	116
9	Kami Moreira-Laliberté	6	5	4	8	8	Ret	Ret	9	9	15	12	17	4	2	5	4	10	4				102
10	Reuben Kressner	12	Ret	3	18	14	5	6	Ret	5	12	Ret	9	5	3	8	7	6	10	Ret	11	7	87.5
11	Aleksey Korneev	10	12	14	1	7	4				5	3	5							17	12	11	83
12	Yifei Ye	18	11	11	13	10	7	10	5	Ret	14	14	11	13	Ret	11	9	1	12	9	1	12	73
13	Nikita Troitskiy	14	8	19†	6	2	2				2	Ret	8										70
14	Louis Gachot	11	Ret	10	9	12	Ret	9	12	Ret	9	6	14	8	9	13	10	4	15	5	3	Ret	60.5
15	Nerses Isaakyan	5	Ret	2	15	11	9				11	11	12				8	2	6	11	8	10	57
16	Hugo Sugnot-Darniche	15	Ret	16	17	13	Ret	11	6	7	13	8	19†	15	Ret	14†	13	15	14	12	16	14	18
17	Michaël Benyahia	17	13	17	14	17	10	13	8	10	16	13	16	10	12	9				15	14	15	12
18	Théophile Senegas	16	10	13	12	18	Ret	12	7	12	Ret	Ret	15										7
19	José Sierra	19	14	12	19†	19	11	Ret	Ret	11	17	15	18				12	14	13	14	15	13	0
	Nikita Sitnikov	WD	WD	WD																			0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Jean-Baptiste Mela													9	7	Ret							0
	Hugo Chevalier																			13	13	9	0
	Alex Sedgwick													11	11	10							0
	Antoine Robert													16	10	Ret							0
	Théo Coicaud																			16	17†	Ret	0
Pos	Driver	LÉD			LMS			PAU			HUN			MAG			NAV			LEC			Points

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

International F4 Championship

Pos	Driver	LÉD			LMS			PAU			HUN			MAG			NAV			LEC			Pts
1	Valentin Moineault	2	7	7	4	6	1	2	10	2	1	7	1	1	Ret	1	2	11	1	1	6	1	389
2	Gabriel Aubry	4	3	6	16	16	14†	3	4	3	10	1	2	3	Ret	2	3	5	3	3	7	4	287
3	Julien Darras	7	6	15	10	1	3	14	3	Ret	7	2	10	Ret	6	3	6	7	7	10	2	6	245.5
4	Simo Laaksonen	13	9	9	5	3	Ret	4	Ret	6	6	4	7	6	1	6	11	12	9	4	9	2	222
5	Axel Matus	3	4	5	3	9	13	8	1	8	Ret	10	13	7	8	12	Ret	13	11	7	4	5	212.5
6	Reuben Kressner	12	Ret	3	18	14	5	6	Ret	5	12	Ret	9	5	3	8	7	6	10	Ret	11	7	161
7	Nerses Isaakyan	5	Ret	2	15	11	9				11	11	12				8	2	6	11	8	10	132.5
8	Aleksey Korneev	10	12	14	1	7	4				5	3	5							17	12	11	117
9	Nikita Troitskiy	14	8	19†	6	2	2				2	Ret	8										86
10	José Sierra	19	14	12	19†	19	11	Ret	Ret	11	17	15	18				12	14	13	14	15	13	49
11	align=left nowrap	Théophile Senegas	16	10	13	12	18	Ret	12	7	12	Ret	Ret	15										43
	Nikita Sitnikov	WD	WD	WD																			0
Pos	Driver	LÉD			LMS			PAU			HUN			MAG			NAV			LEC			Pts

Junior F4 Championship

Pos	Driver	LÉD			LMS			PAU			HUN			MAG			NAV			LEC			Pts
1	Sacha Fenestraz	8	1	8	2	4	8	1	Ret	1	3	9	3	2	Ret	4	5	3	8	2	5	3	384,5
2	Giuliano Alesi	1	Ret	1	7	5	12	5	2	4	8	Ret	6	12	5	Ret	1	8	5	6	10	Ret	278.5
3	Julien Andlauer	9	2	18†	11	15	6	7	11	Ret	4	5	4	14	4	7	Ret	9	2	8	Ret	8	259
4	Yifei Ye	18	11	11	13	10	7	10	5	Ret	14	14	11	13	Ret	11	9	1	12	9	1	12	221
5	Kami Moreira-Laliberté	6	5	4	8	8	Ret	Ret	9	9	15	12	17	4	2	5	4	10	4				228
6	Louis Gachot	11	Ret	10	9	12	Ret	9	12	Ret	9	6	14	8	9	13	10	4	15	5	3	Ret	198
7	Michaël Benyahia	17	13	17	14	17	10	13	8	10	16	13	16	10	12	9				15	14	15	149
8	align=left nowrap	Hugo Sugnot-Darniche	15	Ret	16	17	13	Ret	11	6	7	13	8	19†	15	Ret	14†	13	15	14	12	16	14	141
Pos	Driver	LÉD			LMS			PAU			HUN			MAG			NAV			LEC			Pts

External links

The official website of the French F4 Championship

Notes and References

News: La F.4 francese anche a Budapest. 4 December 2014. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. Italian. 5 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141209080430/http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=49263&cat=79. 9 December 2014. dead. dmy-all.
News: Moineault, Darras and Sitnikov headline 20-car French F4 entry list. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. 6 March 2015. 6 March 2015.
News: Karting talent Gabriel Aubry to contest French F4 in 2015. Gruz. David. PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. 15 January 2015. 1 February 2015.
News: Haxhiu and Matus to return to French F4 in 2015. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. 28 February 2015. 28 February 2015.
News: Giulano Alesi signs up for French F4. Gruz. David. PaddockScout.com. Paddock Scout. 5 March 2015. 5 March 2015.