2022 French F4 Championship

The 2022 French F4 Championship was the 12th season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship and the fifth under the FIA Formula 4 regulations. The championship switched to Mygale M21-F4 chassis.[1] The series began on 16 April at Circuit Paul Armagnac and ended on 16 October at Circuit Paul Ricard.[2]

Alessandro Giusti won the championship with two races to spare.

Driver lineup

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No. Driver Class Rounds
4   Pablo Sarrazin All
5   Pol López All
6   Amir Sayed 1–4
  Garrett Berry G 7
7   Dario Cabanelas All
8   Romain Andriolo All
9   Lény Réveillère All
10   Alessandro Giusti All
11   Pierre-Alexandre Provost All
15   Yuto Nomura All
16   Luciano Morano 1–4, 7
23   Lorens Lecertua All
25   Louis Pelet All
27   Edgar Pierre All
28   Max Reis All
33   Souta Arao All
36   Enzo Géraci All
37   Antoine Fernande All
46   Elliott Vayron All
66   Enzo Richer All
68   Hugh Barter All
69   Jerónimo Berrío All
72   Mateo Villagómez All
74   Enzo Peugeot All
77   Valentino Mini All
Sources:[3][4]
Icon Status
G Guest drivers ineligible for Drivers' Championship

Race calendar

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Alongside the provisional entry list for the championship, the schedule was announced on 22 December 2021.[5]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver
1 R1   Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro 17 April   Hugh Barter   Souta Arao   Hugh Barter
R2   Yuto Nomura   Yuto Nomura
R3 18 April   Hugh Barter   Hugh Barter   Hugh Barter
2 R1   Circuit de Pau-Ville, Pau 7 May   Souta Arao   Hugh Barter   Hugh Barter
R2   Hugh Barter   Romain Andriolo
R3 8 May   Hugh Barter   Hugh Barter   Souta Arao
3 R1   Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours 14 May   Hugh Barter   Dario Cabanelas   Hugh Barter
R2   Yuto Nomura   Yuto Nomura
R3 15 May   Hugh Barter   Hugh Barter   Hugh Barter
4 R1   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 29 July   Hugh Barter   Hugh Barter   Hugh Barter
R2   Hugh Barter   Enzo Peugeot
R3 30 July   Hugh Barter   Hugh Barter   Hugh Barter
5 R1   Circuit de Lédenon, Lédenon 10 September   Alessandro Giusti   Hugh Barter   Hugh Barter
R2   Hugh Barter   Pierre-Alexandre Provost
R3 11 September   Alessandro Giusti   Alessandro Giusti   Alessandro Giusti
6 R1   Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste 17 September   Alessandro Giusti   Hugh Barter   Hugh Barter
R2   Enzo Peugeot   Enzo Peugeot
R3 18 September   Alessandro Giusti   Hugh Barter   Hugh Barter
7 R1   Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 15 October   Alessandro Giusti   Alessandro Giusti   Souta Arao
R2   Dario Cabanelas   Jerónimo Berrío
R3 16 October   Alessandro Giusti   Souta Arao   Alessandro Giusti

Championship standings

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Points were awarded as follows:

Races Position Bonus
 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

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Pos Driver NOG
 
PAU
 
MAG
 
SPA
 
LÉD
 
CRT
 
LEC
 
Pts
1   Alessandro Giusti 6 6 3 3 4 3 4 DNS 3 2 9 3 2 4 1 2 5 2 2 6 1 300
2   Hugh Barter[N 1] 1 7 1 1 5 2 1 20 1 1 6 1 1 2 2 1 4 1 Ret 4 3 241
3   Souta Arao 2 9 5 2 20† 1 3 5 Ret 4 5 2 3 9 7 3 7 18 1 9 2 227
4   Elliott Vayron 3 8 4 5 15 5 2 14 2 3 7 4 4 3 6 4 3 Ret 8 2 5 202
5   Enzo Peugeot 8 2 13 4 14 17 6 6 7 5 1 11 19 6 4 6 1 5 4 8 6 149
6   Jerónimo Berrío 15 17 16 7 Ret 6 5 3 4 20 3 Ret Ret 10 11 5 2 19† 6 1 17 103
7   Yuto Nomura 7 1 10 Ret DNS DNS 9 1 Ret 7 10 6 5 5 Ret Ret 6 4 9 7 11 100
8   Pierre-Alexandre Provost 4 10 2 Ret 17 7 10 2 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 1 8 12 Ret 17 3 11 4 95
9   Dario Cabanelas 11 4 8 6 3 8 24 8 6 19 8 8 8 8 3 Ret 9 6 19 5 16 90
10   Romain Andriolo 12 14 9 10 1 15 11 17 8 8 2 9 20† Ret Ret 9 8 3 7 13 23† 74
11   Louis Pelet 14 19 11 21† 18 DNS 8 7 16 6 13 5 14 Ret 19 7 17† 9 5 3 7 66
12   Lorens Lecertua 9 3 7 13 13 Ret 18 4 9 9 12 7 11 7 9 Ret 11 8 12 Ret 10 51
13   Edgar Pierre 10 11 6 Ret 11 10 7 12 5 10 Ret Ret 9 17 5 Ret 16 7 13 12 9 50
14   Enzo Géraci 5 5 19 9 8 4 12 11 Ret 11 15 Ret 6 Ret 12 13 Ret 14 15 17 8 44
15   Max Reis 13 15 21 8 2 20 14 9 11 21† 11 13 7 Ret 10 15 14 13 10 Ret 21 24
16   Mateo Villagómez 19 13 24 18 Ret 11 13 16 10 Ret 4 10 12 12 14 16† Ret Ret 22† 15 12 11
17   Enzo Richer 17 Ret 18 17 16 13 19 15 18 22† 16 16 16 13 15 8 10 10 14 14 13 8
18   Pablo Sarrazin 18 12 22 11 6 9 15 18 Ret 15 17 17 13 Ret 13 17† 12 11 11 10 20 7
19   Lény Réveillère 16 Ret 12 14 19† 21† 16 23 19† 13 20 12 10 Ret 20 10 Ret 16 16 18 15 3
20   Valentino Mini 20 16 15 12 7 18 23† 13 12 14 Ret Ret 18 14 17 14 13 12 Ret Ret 14 2
21   Pol López 21 21 20 15 10 12 17 10 17 12 18 14 15 11 16 11 15 Ret 20 16 Ret 1
22   Amir Sayed 22 Ret 14 16 9 16 20 19 15 18 19 15 0
23   Antoine Fernande 24 20 23 20 12 19 22 22 14 16 21 18 17 15 18 18† Ret 15 21 21 19 0
24   Luciano Morano 23 18 17 19 DSQ 14 21 21 13 17 Ret 19 18 19 18 0
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
  Garrett Berry 17 20 22†
Pos Driver NOG
 
PAU
 
MAG
 
SPA
 
LÉD
 
CRT
 
LEC
 
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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

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  1. ^ Hugh Barter is ineligible to score points in the rounds at Spa-Francorchamps and at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo, as he previously competed at both tracks as part of the F4 Spanish Championship earlier in 2022.

References

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  1. ^ "Safety and performance: the new French F4 is already breaking records". FFSA Academy. 8 October 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-10-29.
  2. ^ "Calendrier F4". FFSA Academy. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  3. ^ "F4 Academy: 24 young drivers ready to fight it out in Nogaro". FFSA Academy. 11 April 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-04-15.
  4. ^ "F4 Academy: Alessandro Giusti against Hugh Barter at Paul Ricard". FFSA Academy. 10 October 2022.
  5. ^ "French F4 2022: A field of 22 drivers, more international than ever". FFSA Academy. 23 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-23.
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