2012 French F4 Championship

The 2012 French F4 Championship season was the twentieth season of the series for 1600cc Formula Renault machinery, and the second season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship. The series began on 28 April at Circuit de Lédenon and ended on 28 October at Circuit Paul Ricard, after seven rounds and fourteen races.[1]

Driver lineup

No. Driver[2] Rounds
1 Switzerland Darius Oskoui All
2 France Victor Sendin All
3 France Joffrey de Narda All
4 France Florian Latorre All
5 France Laurent Pellier All
6 France Enzo Guibbert All
7 France Simon Tirman All
8 France Alexandre Baron All
9 France Marco de Peretti All
10 France Nicolas Jamin All
11 France Paul Thenot All
12 France Simon Gachet All
14 Spain Fran Rueda All
15 Portugal Francisco Abreu 1–4, 6
16 Russia Egor Orudzhev 1–6
17 Russia Denis Korneev All
18 Russia Stanislav Safronov 1–3
France Julien Poncelet 6
France Norman Nato 7

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver
1 R1 France Circuit de Lédenon, Lédenon 28 April France Alexandre Baron France Alexandre Baron France Victor Sendin
R2 29 April France Alexandre Baron France Alexandre Baron France Alexandre Baron
2 R1 France Circuit de Pau, Pau 12 May France Alexandre Baron France Alexandre Baron France Alexandre Baron
R2 13 May France Alexandre Baron France Alexandre Baron France Victor Sendin
3 R1 France Circuit du Val de Vienne, Le Vigeant 23 June France Enzo Guibbert France Simon Tirman France Alexandre Baron
R2 24 June France Alexandre Baron France Alexandre Baron France Alexandre Baron
4 R1 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 14 July France Alexandre Baron France Simon Tirman France Alexandre Baron
R2 15 July France Alexandre Baron France Alexandre Baron France Alexandre Baron
5 R1 Spain Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos 8 September France Simon Tirman France Enzo Guibbert France Alexandre Baron
R2 9 September France Alexandre Baron France Alexandre Baron France Alexandre Baron
6 R1 France Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans 29 September France Alexandre Baron Russia Egor Orudzhev France Simon Tirman
R2 30 September France Alexandre Baron Russia Egor Orudzhev France Simon Tirman
7 R1 France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 27 October Switzerland Darius Oskoui Switzerland Darius Oskoui Switzerland Darius Oskoui
R2 28 October France Alexandre Baron France Alexandre Baron France Alexandre Baron

Championship standings

  • Points are awarded to the top ten drivers in both races on a 25–18–15–12–10–8–6–4–2–1 basis. Additional points are awarded to the driver achieving pole position and fastest lap in each race. Only a driver's best twelve results count towards the championship.
Pos Driver LÉD
France
PAU
France
VDV
France
MAG
France
NAV
Spain
LMS
France
LEC
France
Points
1 France Alexandre Baron 3 1 1 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 11 DNS 1 278
2 France Simon Tirman 2 7 12 3 3 3 6 6 2 2 1 1 6 12 182
3 France Simon Gachet Ret 2 2 2 4 2 8 3 7 14 7 4 7 3 148
4 France Enzo Guibbert Ret 3 4 4 2 4 2 4 6 5 8 6 9 10 134
5 France Victor Sendin 1 4 9 1 14 Ret 3 8 8 6 4 3 Ret 14 122
6 Switzerland Darius Oskoui 5 8 6 Ret 7 Ret 4 2 5 13 15 7 1 4 113
7 France Nicolas Jamin 8 15 10 6 6 12 7 5 3 3 9 Ret 3 2 102
8 France Florian Latorre Ret 5 5 5 8 7 9 9 11 9 5 5 8 5 80
9 France Joffrey de Narda 4 6 Ret 8 13 6 13 7 14 4 12 14 2 6 76
10 Russia Egor Orudzhev 14 9 7 Ret 5 Ret 5 14 4 11 3 2 75
11 Russia Denis Korneev 13 Ret 11 12 15 8 10 11 10 7 6 8 5 7 40
12 Portugal Francisco Abreu 11 16 3 Ret Ret 5 12 Ret 13 10 26
13 Spain Fran Rueda 7 14 8 7 9 11 11 13 12 8 11 9 Ret 13 24
14 France Marco de Peretti 9 12 Ret 13 16 10 16 10 13 10 10 DSQ 4 9 20
15 France Laurent Pellier 6 13 Ret 9 12 9 14 Ret 9 12 14 13 10 11 15
16 France Paul Thenot 12 11 Ret Ret 11 14 15 12 DNS 15 Ret 12 Ret 8 4
17 Russia Stanislav Safronov 10 10 13 11 10 13 3
Guest drivers ineligible for points
 — France Julien Poncelet Ret 15 0
 — France Norman Nato DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver LÉD
France
PAU
France
VDV
France
MAG
France
NAV
Spain
LMS
France
LEC
France
Points
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

References

  1. ^ "Calendrier Championnat de France F4 2012". Auto Sport Academy. French F4 Championship. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Drivers 2012". Auto Sport Academy. French F4 Championship. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.