# 2020 French F4 Championship

The 2020 French F4 Championship was the tenth season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship and the third under the FIA Formula 4 regulations. The championship used Mygale M14-F4 chassis. For 2020, the series used a new 1.3-liter turbocharged engine produced by Renault Sport, replacing the previously used 2.0-litre naturally aspirated engine. The series began on 21 August at Circuit Paul Armagnac and ended on 22 November at Circuit Paul Ricard.

## Driver lineup

| No. | Driver | Class | Rounds |
| 2 | Marijn Kremers | | 1–3, 5–7 |
| 2 | Étienne Cheli | G | 4 |
| 4 | Ayumu Iwasa | | All |
| 6 | Isack Hadjar | | All |
| 7 | Sami Meguetounif | | All |
| 8 | Rafael Villagómez | | 1–5, 7 |
| 9 | Esteban Masson | G | 7 |
| 11 | Valentino Catalano | J | All |
| 12 | Loris Cabirou | | All |
| 16 | Romain Leroux | | All |
| 17 | Noah Andy | | All |
| 22 | Daniël Ligier | J | All |
| 23 | Ivan Peklin | | All |
| 69 | Lev Lomko | | 1–3, 5–6 |
| 71 | Yash Aradhya | G | 4 |
| 79 | Owen Tangavelou | | All |
| 85 | Ren Sato | | All |
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| Icon | Status |
| J | Drivers that compete for the Junior Championship |
| G | Guest drivers ineligible for Drivers' Championship |

## Race calendar

On 22 April 2020 the series announced a seven-round calendar with a delayed start to the season due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic. The round at Pau that was postponed on 17 March 2020 and not included on the new schedule. The 3rd round scheduled at Hungaroring was replaced by Circuit Zandvoort. The penultimate round of the season at Circuit de Lédenon was cancelled by the circuit and the organizers. The final round at Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans was called off by local authorities. The additional rounds were scheduled to take place at Circuit Paul Ricard.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Junior Winner |
| 1 | R1 | Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro | 22 August | Ayumu Iwasa | Ren Sato | Ayumu Iwasa | Valentino Catalano |
| 1 | R2 | Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro | 22 August | | Ren Sato | Lev Lomko | Valentino Catalano |
| 1 | R3 | Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro | 23 August | Ayumu Iwasa | Ayumu Iwasa | Ayumu Iwasa | Valentino Catalano |
| 2 | R1 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours | 12 September | Ren Sato | Ren Sato | Ren Sato | Valentino Catalano |
| 2 | R2 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours | 12 September | | Ren Sato | Ivan Peklin | Valentino Catalano |
| 2 | R3 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours | 13 September | Ren Sato | Ren Sato | Ren Sato | Valentino Catalano |
| 3 | R1 | Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort | 26 September | Marijn Kremers | Ayumu Iwasa | Ayumu Iwasa | Valentino Catalano |
| 3 | R2 | Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort | 27 September | | Ayumu Iwasa | Romain Leroux | Valentino Catalano |
| 3 | R3 | Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort | 27 September | Ivan Peklin | Ayumu Iwasa | Ayumu Iwasa | Valentino Catalano |
| 4 | R1 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet (Circuit 1A-V2) | 3 October | Ayumu Iwasa | Ren Sato | Ayumu Iwasa | Valentino Catalano |
| 4 | R2 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet (Circuit 1A-V2) | 3 October | | Isack Hadjar | Ren Sato | Valentino Catalano |
| 4 | R3 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet (Circuit 1A-V2) | 4 October | Ayumu Iwasa | Isack Hadjar | Ayumu Iwasa | Valentino Catalano |
| 5 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa | 17 October | Sami Meguetounif | Isack Hadjar | Ayumu Iwasa | Valentino Catalano |
| 5 | R2 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa | 18 October | | Ayumu Iwasa | Ren Sato | Valentino Catalano |
| 5 | R3 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa | 18 October | Sami Meguetounif | Sami Meguetounif | Ayumu Iwasa | Valentino Catalano |
| 6 | R1 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet (Circuit 1A-V2) | 13 November | Isack Hadjar | Ayumu Iwasa | Isack Hadjar | Valentino Catalano |
| 6 | R2 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet (Circuit 1A-V2) | 14 November | | Isack Hadjar | Sami Meguetounif | Valentino Catalano |
| 6 | R3 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet (Circuit 1A-V2) | 15 November | Isack Hadjar | Isack Hadjar | Isack Hadjar | Valentino Catalano |
| 7 | R1 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet (Circuit 3C) | 21 November | Ayumu Iwasa | Ayumu Iwasa | Isack Hadjar | Valentino Catalano |
| 7 | R2 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet (Circuit 3C) | 21 November | | Isack Hadjar | Loris Cabirou | Valentino Catalano |
| 7 | R3 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet (Circuit 3C) | 22 November | Ayumu Iwasa | Rafael Villagómez | Ayumu Iwasa | Valentino Catalano |
| Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic ||||||||
| – | – | Circuit de Lédenon, Lédenon | 6–8 November | | | | |
| – | – | Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans | 13–15 November | | | | |

## Championship standings
### Points system

Points were awarded as follows:
| Races | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Bonus | 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 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 |
Each driver's lowest scoring meeting was omitted from their final point total.

### Drivers' standings – FFSA Academy

| Pos | Driver | NOG | NOG | NOG | MAG | MAG | MAG | ZAN | ZAN | ZAN | LEC1 | LEC1 | LEC1 | SPA | SPA | SPA | LEC2 | LEC2 | LEC2 | LEC3 | LEC3 | LEC3 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| 1 | Ayumu Iwasa | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 338 |
| 2 | Ren Sato | 2 | 14† | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 257 |
| 3 | Isack Hadjar | 3 | 6 | Ret | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 233 |
| 4 | Sami Meguetounif | 5 | 9 | 11† | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | Ret | 3 | 12† | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 183 |
| 5 | Valentino Catalano | 8 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 144 |
| 6 | Rafael Villagómez | 6 | 4 | 5 | 14† | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | | | 7 | 2 | 5 | 121 |
| 7 | Romain Leroux | Ret | 10 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 5 | Ret | 7 | 3 | 116 |
| 8 | Marijn Kremers | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | Ret | 2 | | | | 9 | Ret | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | DNS | 110 |
| 9 | Loris Cabirou | 9 | 8 | 12† | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 12†* | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 94 |
| 10 | Ivan Peklin | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 9 | Ret | 13† | 7 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 53 |
| 11 | Lev Lomko | 10 | 1 | 13† | 13† | 11 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 10 | | | | Ret | 10 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 7 | | | | 28 |
| 12 | Owen Tangavelou | 12 | 13 | 9 | 10 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 9 | 9 | 10 | Ret | 9 | DNS | 11 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 28 |
| 13 | Daniël Ligier | 13 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 10 | Ret | 12 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
| 14 | Noah Andy | 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 13† | 13 | 6 |
| Guest drivers ineligible to score points ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | Esteban Masson | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 11 | 8 | |
| | Étienne Cheli | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 8 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Yash Aradhya | | | | | | | | | | 13 | Ret | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | NOG | NOG | NOG | MAG | MAG | MAG | ZAN | ZAN | ZAN | LEC1 | LEC1 | LEC1 | SPA | SPA | SPA | LEC2 | LEC2 | LEC2 | LEC3 | LEC3 | LEC3 | | 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### Drivers' standings – FIA Formula 4

| Pos | Driver | NOG | NOG | NOG | MAG | MAG | MAG | ZAN | ZAN | ZAN | LEC1 | LEC1 | LEC1 | SPA | SPA | SPA | LEC2 | LEC2 | LEC2 | LEC3 | LEC3 | LEC3 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| 1 | Ayumu Iwasa | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 329 |
| 2 | Ren Sato | 2 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 253 |
| 3 | Isack Hadjar | 3 | 5 | Ret | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 231 |
| 4 | Sami Meguetounif | 5 | 8 | Ret | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 183 |
| 5 | Romain Leroux | Ret | 9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 3 | 133 |
| 6 | Rafael Villagómez | 6 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | | | | 6 | 2 | 5 | 132 |
| 7 | Marijn Kremers | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | Ret | 2 | | | | 8 | Ret | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | DNS | 118 |
| 8 | Loris Cabirou | 8 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 117 |
| 9 | Ivan Peklin | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 72 |
| 10 | Owen Tangavelou | 11 | 11 | 7 | 9 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 8 | 8 | 8 | Ret | 8 | DNS | 9 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 47 |
| 11 | Lev Lomko | 9 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 9 | | | | Ret | 8 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 6 | | | | 37 |
| 12 | Noah Andy | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | Ret | 10 | 25 |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | NOG | NOG | NOG | MAG | MAG | MAG | ZAN | ZAN | ZAN | LEC1 | LEC1 | LEC1 | SPA | SPA | SPA | LEC2 | LEC2 | LEC2 | LEC3 | LEC3 | LEC3 | | Pts |

### Juniors' standings

| Pos | Driver | NOG | NOG | NOG | MAG | MAG | MAG | ZAN | ZAN | ZAN | LEC1 | LEC1 | LEC1 | SPA | SPA | SPA | LEC2 | LEC2 | LEC2 | LEC3 | LEC3 | LEC3 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| 1 | Valentino Catalano | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 390 |
| 2 | Daniël Ligier | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 288 |
| Pos | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
| Pos | Driver | NOG | NOG | NOG | MAG | MAG | MAG | ZAN | ZAN | ZAN | LEC1 | LEC1 | LEC1 | SPA | SPA | SPA | LEC2 | LEC2 | LEC2 | LEC3 | LEC3 | LEC3 | | Pts |