2024 French F4 Championship

The 2024 French F4 Championship was the 14th season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship and the seventh under the FIA Formula 4 regulations. It was the second season in which the series is partnered with the ADAC Formel Junior Team.^[1]

Driver lineup

The driver lineup for 2024 consisted of 25 full time drivers and all cars were run by FFSA Academy.^[2]

No.	Driver	Class	Rounds
2	Édouard Borgna		All
3	Leonardo Megna		All
4	Chester Kieffer		All
5	Roméo Leurs		All
7	Jules Roussel		All
9	Karel Schulz		All
10	Arthur Dorison		All
11	Alexandre Munoz		2–7
12	Lisa Billard	G	5–7
17	Yani Stevenheydens		All
18	Mathilda Paatz		All
20	Taito Kato		All
22	Frank Porté Ruiz		All
23	Dylan Estre		All
24	Tom Le Brech		All
26	Rayan Caretti		All
27	Pacôme Weisenburger		1
29	Enzo Caldaras		All
30	Paul Roques		All
33	Augustin Bernier		All
36	Arjun Chheda		1–5, 7
38	Aleksandr Burdo	G	7
46	Gabriel Doyle-Parfait		All
61	Louis Schlesser		All
74	Pablo Riccobono Bello	G	6
83	Jules Caranta		All
87	Alex O'Grady		All
89	Jason Leung		All
99	Montego Maassen		All
Source:^[3]^[4]

Icon	Status
G	Guest drivers ineligible for Drivers' Championship

Race calendar

French Federation of Automobile Sport published the schedule on 8 January 2024.^[3]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver
1	R1	Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro	31 March	Yani Stevenheydens	Yani Stevenheydens	Yani Stevenheydens
	R2		31 March	race cancelled due to torrential rain
	R3		1 April	Yani Stevenheydens	Yani Stevenheydens	Jules Caranta^[a]
2	R1	Circuit de Lédenon, Lédenon	11 May	Chester Kieffer	Chester Kieffer	Chester Kieffer
	R2		11 May		Jules Caranta	Frank Porté Ruiz
	R3		12 May	Taito Kato	Jules Caranta	Taito Kato
3	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	22 June	Yani Stevenheydens	Taito Kato	Chester Kieffer
	R2		22 June		Taito Kato	Taito Kato
	R3		23 June	Yani Stevenheydens	Jules Caranta	Jules Caranta
4	R1	Nürburgring, Nürburg	27 July	Augustin Bernier	Rayan Caretti	Jules Caranta
	R2		27 July		Dylan Estre	Yani Stevenheydens
	R3		28 July	Yani Stevenheydens	Taito Kato	Yani Stevenheydens
5	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours	24 August	Yani Stevenheydens	Yani Stevenheydens	Jules Caranta
	R2		24 August		Yani Stevenheydens	Karel Schulz
	R3		25 August	Yani Stevenheydens	Yani Stevenheydens	Yani Stevenheydens
6	R1	Dijon-Prenois, Prenois	14 September	Taito Kato	Taito Kato	Taito Kato
	R2		14 September		Montego Maassen	Dylan Estre
	R3		15 September	Taito Kato	Taito Kato	Taito Kato
7	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	5 October	Yani Stevenheydens	Yani Stevenheydens	Taito Kato
	R2		5 October		Montego Maassen	Alexandre Munoz
	R3		6 October	Taito Kato	Dylan Estre	Gabriel Doyle-Parfait

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Races	Position										Bonus
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			–	1

Drivers' standings

Pos	Driver	NOG			LÉD			SPA			NÜR			MAG			DIJ			LEC			Pts
1	Taito Kato	2	C	3	2	5	1	2	1	3	8	4	4	3	8	2	1	11	1	1	5	9	280
2	Yani Stevenheydens	1	C	7	3	2	4	3	4	2	5	1	1	2	17	1	2	Ret	2	2	7	11	274
3	Jules Caranta	3	C	1	4	6	3	4	6	1	1	6	3	1	4	3	5	3	6	3	8	3	266
4	Chester Kieffer	10	C	5	1	7	2	1	5	4	Ret	20	6	11	10	Ret	10	12	7	15	Ret	14	116
5	Augustin Bernier	15	C	9	7	8	6	9	3	5	11	7	5	4	19	5	6	Ret	5	6	6	4	116
6	Frank Porté Ruiz	Ret	C	12	8	1	23†	6	Ret	Ret	3	10	2	19	6	8	3	6	4	8	Ret	6	111
7	Rayan Caretti	5	C	2	5	4	7	5	Ret	6	2	12	21	20	12	6	9	5	8	10	20†	10	111
8	Montego Maassen	21	C	8	15	11	11	21	21	17	16	17	24	5	Ret	4	7	2	3	9	3	7	79
9	Dylan Estre	4	C	11	Ret	10	10	11	10	18	12	5	15	Ret	Ret	11	8	1	10	5	10	2	69
10	Gabriel Doyle-Parfait	23†	C	19	13	Ret	14	8	8	Ret	4	15	25	16	Ret	DNS	11	7	Ret	7	2	1	62
11	Jules Roussel	9	C	17	6	15	5	10	2	11	7	24	7	18	11	16	4	8	11	14	12	9	60
12	Alex O'Grady	12	C	22	11	3	8	7	7	Ret	10	3	10	9	7	7	23	17	13	4	11	15	56
13	Leonardo Megna	6	C	4	16	14	16	23	15	8	6	11	20	7	3	23†	18	9	19	Ret	9	16	48
14	Enzo Caldaras	16	C	13	12	13	12	13	Ret	10	9	2	8	15	2	9	19	18	9	12	13	13	35
15	Jason Leung	7	C	6	10	12	15	17	9	7	24	13	11	8	Ret	Ret	14	4	20	23	14	22	33
16	Karel Schulz	8	C	Ret	14	9	24†	16	11	13	14	14	14	10	1	14	12	20	18	Ret	4	12	28
17	Alexandre Munoz				Ret	22	22	15	16	9	15	9	17	14	9	10	15	13	16	18	1	5	28
18	Arthur Dorison	Ret	C	10	9	Ret	9	12	12	Ret	17	16	9	6	5	13	16	15	12	21	Ret	17	21
19	Édouard Borgna	17	C	15	19	19	17	Ret	14	14	18	8	12	Ret	14	18	20	16	14	17	17	21	1
20	Mathilda Paatz	19	C	16	21	17	NC	24†	20	19	20	22	16	12	22	22†	Ret	10	17	Ret	Ret	25	0
21	Roméo Leurs	13	C	18	18	23	19	14	13	15	13	18	13	13	21	12	13	19	Ret	11	16	19	0
22	Tom Le Brech	22	C	21	22†	18	20	22	18	12	19	23	23	21	15	19	Ret	14	15	16	Ret	20	0
23	Louis Schlesser	14	C	14	17	16	13	19	17	20	21	19	18	Ret	13	15	21	22†	23†	13	22†	18	0
24	Arjun Chheda	18	C	20	Ret	20	18	20	19	Ret	23	21	22	17	20	20				19	15	26	0
25	Paul Roques	20	C	Ret	20	21	21	18	22†	16	22	25†	19	22	18	21	Ret	21	Ret	20	21†	23	0
EX	Pacôme Weisenburger	11	C	23†																			–
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
–	Lisa Billard													Ret	16	17	17	23†	22†	22	18	24	–
–	Aleksandr Burdo																			24	19	27	–
–	Pablo Riccobono Bello																22	24†	21				–
Pos	Driver	NOG			LÉD			SPA			NÜR			MAG			DIJ			LEC			Pts

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
† — Did not finish but classified

Notes

^ Stevenheydens finished first but received a 5 seconds time penalty for jumping the start. Caranta inherited the win.

References

^ Wood, Ida (2023-11-03). "ADAC reveals which juniors it will send to French F4 in 2024". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
^ Wolff, Perceval (2023-10-11). "French F4: Who's going where in 2024?". Feeder Series. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
^ ^a ^b "F4 France continues to build momentum in 2024". FFSA Academy. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
^ "F4 Academy: The pressure is on ahead of Dijon!". Retrieved 2024-09-11.

External links

Official website of the FFSA Academy

[5] Stevenheydens finished first but received a 5 seconds time penalty for jumping the start. Caranta inherited the win.

[1] Wood, Ida (2023-11-03). "ADAC reveals which juniors it will send to French F4 in 2024". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-12-29.

[2] Wolff, Perceval (2023-10-11). "French F4: Who's going where in 2024?". Feeder Series. Retrieved 2023-12-29.

[:1-3] "F4 France continues to build momentum in 2024". FFSA Academy. 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.

[4] "F4 Academy: The pressure is on ahead of Dijon!". Retrieved 2024-09-11.

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