2014 French F4 Championship
The 2014 French F4 Championship season was the 22nd season of the series for 1600cc Formula Renault machinery, and the fourth season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship. The series began on 26 April at Le Mans and ended on 26 October at Le Castellet, after seven rounds and twenty-one races.[1]
The championship was won by Denmark's Lasse Sørensen, who won eight races – including two hat-tricks at Val de Vienne and Nogaro – and took a total of seventeen podium finishes. Sørensen – who also won the International series due to his performances – finished almost 150 points clear of his next closest rival, Dorian Boccolacci, a member of the Lotus F1 team's junior development setup. Boccolacci, who won two races at the series' event in support of the Pau Grand Prix, had trailed Felix Hirsiger by three points going into the final race at Le Castellet; however, Boccolacci finished third, whereas Hirsiger finished outside the points, in order to give Boccolacci the runner-up spot by twelve points. Boccolacci was also the winner of the junior championship held within the series, for the younger drivers in the series. Hirsiger was also a two-time winner, winning at Magny-Cours.
Six other drivers won races during the season; Australian Joseph Mawson won two races at the opening round at Le Mans, and added a third victory in the series' round at Circuito de Jerez, in support of the World Series by Renault. Mawson had been in contention for the runner-up placing in the championship, but missed the final round and ultimately finished fourth. Denis Bulatov won races at Pau and Magny-Cours, and was the only other driver to win multiple races. Bryan Elpitiya (Le Mans) and Gjergj Haxhiu (Jerez) each won a race, but finished outside the top ten in the final championship standings, while at the final round, Patricio O'Ward and Valentin Moineault each won races. Moineault's victory allowed him to claim sixth in the championship ahead of O'Ward, despite O'Ward missing the first two events of the season.
Driver lineup
No. | Driver | Rounds |
1 | Paul Hökfelt, Jr.[2] | All |
2 | Amaury Richard[3] | All |
3 | Reuben Kressner[2] | All |
4 | David Droux[2] | 1–6 |
5 | Bryan Elpitiya[4] | All |
6 | Felix Hirsiger[5] | All |
7 | Valentin Hasse-Clot[3] | All |
8 | Tom Soubiron[2] | 1–5, 7 |
9 | Dorian Boccolacci[3] | All |
10 | Vladimir Atoev[2] | All |
11 | Erwan Jule[3] | All |
12 | Hugo Sugnot-Darniche[2] | All |
14 | Simo Laaksonen[2] | All |
15 | Denis Bulatov[2] | All |
16 | Valentin Moineault[3] | All |
17 | Gjergj Haxhiu[2] | All |
18 | Niclas Nylund[6] | 1–6 |
19 | Juan Manuel Jimenez[3] | 1–3 |
20 | Axel Matus[6] | All |
21 | Joey Mawson[3] | 1–6 |
22 | Anouck Abadie[6] | All |
23 | Lasse Sørensen[6] | All |
24 | João Carvalho[3] | All |
25 | Pato O'Ward[7] | 3–7 |
26 | Max Defourny[N 1] | 4–5, 7 |
27 | Harrison Newey | 7 |
- Notes
- ^ Guest driver ineligible for any championship points.
Race calendar and results
Championship standings
F4
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Junior
Pos | Driver | LMS
| PAU
| VDV
| MAG
| NOG
| JER
| LEC
| Points |
1 | Dorian Boccolacci | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 5 | Ret | 3 | 327 |
2 | Felix Hirsiger | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 19 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 2 | DNS | 20 | 292 |
3 | Denis Bulatov | 18 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 | Ret | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 249 |
4 | Patricio O'Ward | | | | | | | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Ret | 11 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 194 |
5 | Paul Hökfelt, Jr. | 7 | 4 | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | Ret | 6 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 194 |
6 | Vladimir Atoev | 5 | 9 | 20 | Ret | 11 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 166 |
7 | Simo Laaksonen | 12 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 19† | 19 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 117 |
8 | Bryan Elpitiya | 10 | 1 | 8 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 12 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 16 | 8 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 17 | EX | EX | 115 |
9 | Gjergj Haxhiu | 11 | 12 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 13 | Ret | 15 | 21 | 22† | 16 | 10 | 1 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 88 |
10 | Axel Matus | 19 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 75 |
11 | Hugo Sugnot-Darniche | 22 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 19 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 21 | Ret | 13 | 17 | 31 |
12 | Juan Manuel Jimenez | 20 | 14 | 16 | 17† | 13 | 13 | Ret | 18 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31 |
13 | Harrison Newey | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 16 | 9 | 13 |
Guest drivers ineligible for points |
| Max Defourny | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 21† | 10 | | | | 10 | 3 | 12 | |
Pos | Driver | LMS
| PAU
| VDV
| MAG
| NOG
| JER
| LEC
| Points |
International Series
Pos | Driver | LMS
| PAU
| VDV
| MAG
| NOG
| JER
| LEC
| Points |
1 | Lasse Sørensen | 2 | 22† | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 385 |
2 | Joseph Mawson | 1 | 3 | 1 | DSQ | 17 | 20† | 6 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 2 | | | | 230 |
3 | Valentin Moineault | 16 | Ret | DNS | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 228 |
4 | Valentin Hasse-Clot | 13 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 14 | Ret | 15 | Ret | 190 |
5 | Erwan Jule | 8 | 21† | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 14 | Ret | 21 | DNS | 13 | 10 | 11 | 175 |
6 | Amaury Richard | 4 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 17 | Ret | 16 | 13 | Ret | 19 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 171 |
7 | David Droux | 15 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20† | 10 | Ret | 6 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 10 | | | | 135 |
8 | Niclas Nylund | 14 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 20† | 7 | Ret | 14 | 17 | Ret | 13 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | | | | 112 |
9 | Reuben Kressner | 9 | 7 | 15 | 16† | 16 | 8 | Ret | 15 | Ret | Ret | 18 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 13 | Ret | 19 | 11 | 12 | Ret | 7 | 105 |
10 | Tom Soubiron | 17 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 20 | | | | 14 | 14 | 14 | 84 |
11 | João Carvalho | 21 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 16 | 15 | 21 | 22 | Ret | Ret | 19 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 62 |
12 | Anouck Abadie | Ret | 20 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 20 | Ret | 21 | Ret | 23 | 24 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 20 |
Pos | Driver | LMS
| PAU
| VDV
| MAG
| NOG
| JER
| LEC
| Points |
References
- ^ "Calendar Championnat de France F4 2014". Auto Sport Academy. French F4 Championship. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Khorounzhiy, Valentin (26 February 2014). "Nine more drivers confirmed for 2014 French F4 season". Paddock Scout. PaddockScout.com. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Allen, Peter (13 February 2014). "Boccolacci leads more names for French F4 2014". Paddock Scout. PaddockScout.com. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (4 February 2014). "Bryan Elpitiya confirmed to make single-seater debut in French F4 2014". Paddock Scout. PaddockScout.com. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ Khorounzhiy, Valentin (7 February 2014). "Hirsiger set to return to French F4 for 2014 season". Paddock Scout. PaddockScout.com. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ a b c d David, Gruz (25 April 2014). "2014 French F4 season preview". Paddock Scout. PaddockScout.com. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
- ^ "@patriciooward: 4 July". Twitter. Twitter Inc. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
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