2020 French GT4 Cup

The 2020 Championnat de France FFSA GT - GT4 France season is the twenty-third season of the French FFSA GT Championship and the third as the French GT4 Cup, a sports car championship created and organised by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The season began on 21 August in Nogaro and ends on 8 November at Lédenon.

Calendar

A 2020 calendar was announced on 29 July 2019 at SRO's annual press conference at the 2019 24 Hours of Spa. However, as a result of the coronavirus crisis SRO had to revise its schedule and an updated calendar was released on 13 May 2020.^[1] The season finale at Circuit de Lédenon on 6–8 November was cancelled due to the restrictions caused by COVID-19 pandemic in France^[2] and replaced by the competition at Circuit Paul Ricard on 20–22 November.^[3]

Round	Circuit	Date
1	Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro, France	21–23 August
2	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, France	11–13 September
3	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France	3–4 October
4	Circuit d'Albi, Albi, France	16–18 October
5	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France	20–22 November

Entry list

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds CD Sport[4][5] Mercedes-AMG GT4[4] 2 Edouard Cauhaupé[4] S All Fabien Lavergne[4] 3 Clément Bully[4] PA All Jean-Ludovic Foubert[4] 4 Jihad Aboujaoudé[4] Am All Shahan Sarkissian[4] 1–2, 4–5 Team Fullmotorsport[6] Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo 5 Christophe Hamon[6] Am All Pascal Huteau[6] 6 Sacha Bottemanne S 3 Lonni Martins Michael Blanchemain Am 5 Jean-Laurent Navarro AGS Events[7] Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4[8] 7 Théo Nouet S 5 Valentin Hasse-Clot 10 Julien Lambert Am 2 Romano Ricci Joseph Collado Am 3 Eric Herr 69 Gilles Vannelet[7] PA All Akhil Rabindra[8] 89 Nicolas Gomar[7] PA All Mike Parisy[7] 161 Christophe Carriere[7] Am All Didier Dumaine[7] Speed Car Ginetta G55 GT4[8] (1–2) Alpine A110 GT4 (3–5) 8 Robert Consani[8] S All Benjamin Lariche[8] Ginetta G55 GT4[8] 9 Thomas Hodier[8] PA 1–3 Dmitry Gvazava[8] BMW M4 GT4[8] 48 Sylvain Debs[8] Am 1 Vladimir Charchiyan[8] Saintéloc Racing[9] Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo[9] 14 Eric Debard[9] PA All Simon Gachet[9] 21 Olivier Estèves[9] PA All Anthony Beltoise[9] 27 Cyril Saleilles[9] PA All Adrien Tambay[9] 42 Grégory Guilvert[9] PA All Fabien Michal[9] 44 Jean-Paul Buffin[10] PA 1, 4–5 Pierre Sancinéna[10] 1 Arthur Rougier 4–5 Jean-Paul Buffin[10] Am 2–3 Michael Blanchemain AKKA ASP Team[8] Mercedes-AMG GT4[8] 16 Fabien Barthez[8] PA All Vincent Marserou[8] 53 Christophe Bourret[8] Am 1–4 Pascal Gibon[8] 87 Jean-Luc Beaubelique[8] PA All Jim Pla[8] 88 Thomas Drouet[8] S All Paul Petit[8] L'Espace Bienvenue[8] BMW M4 GT4[8] 17 Ricardo van der Ende[8] S All Benjamin Lessennes[8] Mirage Racing[11] Alpine A110 GT4[11] 22 Philippe Giauque[11] PA 1–3 Morgan Moullin-Traffort[11] Mateo Herrero G 4 Morgan Moullin-Traffort 222 Vincent Beltoise[11] PA All Rodolphe Wallgren[11] 616 Éric Clément[11] PA All Romain Iannetta[11] ABM Grand Prix[8] Ginetta G55 GT4[8] 23 Pierre-André Nicolas[8] PA 1–2 Emilien Carde 3 Ruben Del Sarte[8] 1–3 Ruben Del Sarte G 4–5 CMR[8] Toyota GR Supra GT4[8] 30 Julien Piguet[8] S 1–4 Aurélien Panis[8] All Olivier Panis 5 66 Wilfried Cazalbon[8] Am All César Gazeau[8] Alpine A110 GT4[8] 36 Christopher Campbell[8] PA All Nicolas Prost[8] 60 Andrea Benezet[8] S All Paul Evrard[8] Arkadia Racing[8] Ginetta G55 GT4[8] 33 Pierre-Laurent Figuiére[8] Am 1–4 Stephan Guerin[8] Bodemer Auto[10] Alpine A110 GT4[8] 35 Grégoire Demoustier[10] PA All Alain Ferté[10] 76 Laurent Coubard[10] Am All Jean-Charles Rédélé[10] 1–3, 5 IMSA Performance Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport 56 Antoine Heunet Am 2 Vic'TEAM Mercedes-AMG GT4 64 Olivier Jouffret PA 3, 5 Eric Trémoulet ANS Motorsport[8] Ginetta G55 GT4[8] 72 Sylvain Caroff[8] Am All Erwan Bastard[8] GM Sport[8] Ginetta G55 GT4[8] 99 Guillaume Maio[8] Am 1 Alexandre Ducos[8]

Icon Class S Silver Cup PA Pro-Am Cup Am Am Cup G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Race results

Bold indicates overall winner.

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Silver Winners	Pro-Am Winners	Am Winners
1	R1	Nogaro	No. 17 L'Espace Bienvenue	No. 17 L'Espace Bienvenue	No. 22 Mirage Racing	No. 5 Team Fullmotorsport
			Ricardo van der Ende Benjamin Lessennes	Ricardo van der Ende Benjamin Lessennes	Philippe Giauque Morgan Moullin-Traffort	Christophe Hamon Pascal Huteau
	R2		No. 87 AKKA-ASP Team	No. 17 L'Espace Bienvenue	No. 87 AKKA-ASP Team	No. 66 CMR
			Jean-Luc Beaubelique Jim Pla	Ricardo van der Ende Benjamin Lessennes	Jean-Luc Beaubelique Jim Pla	Wilfried Cazalbon César Gazeau
	R3		No. 17 L'Espace Bienvenue	No. 17 L'Espace Bienvenue	No. 89 AGS Events	No. 72 ANS Motorsport
			Ricardo van der Ende Benjamin Lessennes	Ricardo van der Ende Benjamin Lessennes	Nicolas Gomar Mike Parisy	Sylvain Caroff Erwan Bastard
2	R1	Magny-Cours	No. 2 CD Sport	No. 2 CD Sport	No. 42 Sainteloc Racing	No. 72 ANS Motorsport
			Edouard Cauhaupé Fabien Lavergne	Edouard Cauhaupé Fabien Lavergne	Fabien Michal Grégory Guilvert	Sylvain Caroff Erwan Bastard
	R2		No. 21 Sainteloc Racing	No. 17 L'Espace Bienvenue	No. 87 AKKA-ASP Team	No. 5 Team Fullmotorsport
			Olivier Estèves Anthony Beltoise	Ricardo van der Ende Benjamin Lessennes	Jean-Luc Beaubelique Jim Pla	Christophe Hamon Pascal Huteau
3	R1	Paul Ricard	No. 2 CD Sport	No. 2 CD Sport	No. 89 AGS Events	No. 66 CMR
			Edouard Cauhaupé Fabien Lavergne	Edouard Cauhaupé Fabien Lavergne	Nicolas Gomar Mike Parisy	Wilfried Cazalbon César Gazeau
	R2		No. 222 Mirage Racing	No. 88 AKKA-ASP Team	No. 222 Mirage Racing	No. 5 Team Fullmotorsport
			Rodolphe Wallgren Vincent Beltoise	Thomas Drouet Paul Petit	Rodolphe Wallgren Vincent Beltoise	Christophe Hamon Pascal Huteau
	R3		No. 88 AKKA-ASP Team	No. 2 CD Sport	No. 89 AGS Events	No. 161 AGS Events
			Thomas Drouet Paul Petit	Edouard Cauhaupé Fabien Lavergne	Nicolas Gomar Mike Parisy	Christophe Carriere Didier Dumaine
4	R1	Albi	No. 22 Mirage Racing	No. 8 Speed Car	No. 36 CMR	No. 72 ANS Motorsport
			Mateo Herrero Morgan Moullin-Traffort	Robert Consani Benjamin Lariche	Nicolas Prost Christopher Campbell	Sylvain Caroff Erwan Bastard
	R2		No. 87 AKKA-ASP Team	No. 17 L'Espace Bienvenue	No. 87 AKKA-ASP Team	No. 66 CMR
			Jean-Luc Beaubelique Jim Pla	Ricardo van der Ende Benjamin Lessennes	Jean-Luc Beaubelique Jim Pla	Wilfried Cazalbon César Gazeau
5	R1	Paul Ricard	No. 30 CMR	No. 30 CMR	No. 36 CMR	No. 66 CMR
			Aurélien Panis Olivier Panis	Aurélien Panis Olivier Panis	Nicolas Prost Christopher Campbell	Wilfried Cazalbon César Gazeau
	R2		No. 27 Sainteloc Racing	No. 88 AKKA-ASP Team	No. 89 AGS Events	No. 66 CMR
			Cyriel Saleilles Adrien Tambay	Thomas Drouet Paul Petit	Nicolas Gomar Mike Parisy	Wilfried Cazalbon César Gazeau

Championship standings

Scoring system

Championship points were awarded for the first ten positions in each race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.

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

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver Team NOG MAG LEC1 ALB LEC2 Points Silver 1 Ricardo van der Ende Benjamin Lessennes L'Espace Bienvenue 1 4 2 3 1 3 Ret Ret 3 5 12 8 201 2 Edouard Cauhaupé Fabien Lavergne CD Sport 20 28 3 1 10 1 4 1 7 9 23 21 187 3 Thomas Drouet Paul Petit AKKA ASP Team 3 10 26 4 24 2 3 3 4 26 6 3 184 4 Robert Consani Benjamin Lariche Speed Car 7 5 7 12 2 8 10 5 2 6 2 9 178 5 Aurélien Panis CMR 8 9 5 5 11 9 7 30 12 11 1 4 159 6 Julien Piguet CMR 8 9 5 5 11 9 7 30 12 11 116 7 Andrea Benezet Paul Evrard CMR Ret 19 Ret 28 16 21 11 Ret 11 18 5 20 77 8 Olivier Panis CMR 1 4 43 9 Sacha Bottemanne Lonni Martins Team Fullmotorsport 6 5 4 42 – Théo Nouet Valentin Hasse-Clot AGS Events Ret WD 0 Pro-Am class 1 Nicolas Gomar Mike Parisy AGS Events Ret 3 1 15 6 4 27 2 16 10 4 1 164 2 Fabien Michal Grégory Guilvert Saintéloc Racing 6 6 4 2 4 5 2 6 10 7 24 Ret 161 3 Rodolphe Wallgren Vincent Beltoise Mirage Racing 5 2 6 27 8 Ret 1 11 6 8 8 5 144 4 Nicolas Prost Christopher Campbell CMR 4 7 8 24 9 Ret 6 7 5 4 3 Ret 143 5 Jean-Luc Beaubelique Jim Pla AKKA ASP Team 15 1 13 14 3 25 22 13 13 2 13 6 110 6 Grégoire Demoustier Alain Ferté Bodemer Auto Ret 11 12 6 Ret 7 Ret 9 9 17 7 2 99 7 Eric Debard Simon Gachet Saintéloc Racing 10 29 Ret 7 7 16 8 Ret 18 3 11 7 84 8 Eric Clément Romain Iannetta Mirage Racing 12 30 10 13 12 11 Ret 12 8 Ret 15 14 60 9 Gilles Vannelet Akhil Rabindra AGS Events 11 14 14 9 23 15 9 10 14 19 14 10 58 10 Olivier Estèves Anthony Beltoise Saintéloc Racing 13 12 Ret 11 20 18 15 29 20 13 9 18 40 11 Fabien Barthez Vincent Marserou AKKA ASP Team 9 8 9 25 Ret Ret 14 14 21 27 16 16 39 12 Philippe Giauque Morgan Moulin-Traffort Mirage Racing 2 Ret Ret 12 Ret 15 33 13 Olivier Jouffret Eric Trémoulet Vic'TEAM 10 Ret 8 25 11 30 14 Cyriel Saleilles Adrien Tambay Saintéloc Racing Ret 22 25 Ret 22 14 17 16 17 16 10 23 23 15 Dmitry Gvazava Thomas Hodier Speed Car Ret 27 11 16 Ret 24 16 19 12 16 Clément Bully Jean-Ludovic Foubert CD Sport 17 17 27 17 19 19 Ret 18 Ret 12 19 Ret 11 17 Ruben Del Sarte ABM Grand Prix 19 13 20 Ret Ret 23 20 27 3 18 Pierre-André Nicolas ABM Grand Prix 19 13 20 Ret Ret 2 19 Emilien Carde ABM Grand Prix 23 20 27 1 20 Jean-Paul Buffin Saintéloc Racing 22 25 21 26 24 Ret Ret 0 21 Pierre Sancinéna Saintéloc Racing 22 25 21 0 22 Arthur Rougier Saintéloc Racing 26 24 Ret Ret 0 Guest drivers ineligible to score points – Mateo Herrero Morgan Moulin-Traffort Mirage Racing 1 1 – – Ruben Del Sarte ABM Grand Prix Ret Ret Ret WD – Am class 1 Wilfred Cazalbon César Gazeau CMR 27 15 17 20 Ret 13 13 22 22 14 17 12 197 2 Christophe Hamon Pascal Huteau Team Fullmotorsport 14 Ret 16 10 5 17 12 Ret 19 15 Ret 13 183 3 Sylvain Caroff Erwan Bastard ANS Motorsport 16 20 15 8 25 Ret 18 21 15 Ret 18 15 172 4 Christophe Carriere Didier Dumaine AGS Events 21 31 Ret 18 13 20 Ret 17 23 22 20 17 136 5 Laurent Coubard Bodemer Auto 18 18 19 Ret 17 22 19 20 25 21 Ret Ret 112 6 Jean-Charles Rédélé Bodemer Auto 18 18 19 Ret 17 22 19 20 Ret Ret 92 7 Jihad Aboujaoudé CD Sport 24 23 22 19 21 29 23 26 Ret 23 21 22 86 8 Pierre-Laurent Figuiére Stephan Guerin Arkadia Racing Ret 16 18 23 14 26 24 24 27 25 83 9 Christophe Bourret Pascal Gibon AKKA ASP Team 26 21 Ret 22 18 25 26 23 24 20 75 10 Shahan Sarkissian CD Sport 24 23 22 19 21 Ret 23 21 22 70 11 Michael Blanchemain Saintéloc Racing Team Fullmotorsport Ret Ret 28 25 25 22 19 36 12 Guillaume Maio Alexandre Ducos GM Sport 23 24 23 22 13 Jean-Laurent Navarro Team Fullmotorsport 22 19 20 14 Jean-Paul Buffin Saintéloc Racing Ret Ret 28 25 25 16 15 Antoine Heunet IMSA Performance 26 15 14 16 Sylvain Debs Vladimir Charchiyan Speed Car 25 26 24 14 17 Joseph Collado Eric Herr AGS Events Ret 21 28 12 18 Julien Lambert Romano Ricci AGS Events 21 Ret 8 Pos. Driver Team NOG MAG LEC ALB LEC2 Points

Key Colour Result Gold Race winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Excluded (EX) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship

Pos.	Team	Manufacturer	NOG		MAG		LEC		ALB		LEC2		Points
Pro-Am class
Am class
Pos.	Team	Manufacturer	NOG		MAG		LEC		ALB		LEC2		Points

See also

• 2020 GT4 European Series
• 2020 ADAC GT4 Germany

Notes

References

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5. Mercier, Laurent (19 August 2020). "FFSA GT : un 3e équipage à surveiller de près chez CD Sport". Endurance-Info. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
6. Mercier, Laurent (8 June 2020). "FFSA GT : Pascal Huteau coéquipier de Christophe Hamon chez Full Motorsport". Endurance-Info. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
7. Mercier, Laurent (4 June 2020). "AGS Events rajoute le GT4 Europe à son programme FFSA G". Endurance-Info. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
8. "Championnat de France FFSA GT : la patience récompensée !". ffsagt.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
9. Mercier, Laurent (21 February 2020). "FFSA GT : cinq Audi R8 LMS GT4 pour Saintéloc Racing". Endurance-Info. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
10. Mercier, Laurent (30 June 2020). "FFSA GT, Essais Nogaro : les brèves du mardi…". Endurance-Info. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
11. "Mirage Racing dévoile l'équipage de sa troisième Alpine A110 GT4". ffsagt.gt4series.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

External links

• Official website