# 2017 French F4 Championship

The 2017 French F4 Championship season was the 25th season of the series for 1600cc Formula Renault machinery, and the seventh season to run under the guise of the French F4 Championship. The series began on 16 April at Nogaro and ended on 15 October at Le Castellet, after seven rounds and twenty one races.
Arthur Rougier clinched the titles in the general classification of the championship and in the International Series, winning races at Pau and Spa Victor Martins won races at Nogaro, Monza and Le Castellet but lost to Rougier in general classification just by four points, while in the Junior Championship he took the title. Florian Venturi wasn't able to win a race but he scored seven podiums and completed the season in the top-three of the drivers' standings. Pierre-Alexandre Jean, Jean-Baptiste Mela, Charles Milesi, Stuart White, Hugo Chevalier, Marvin Klein, Javier González, Thomas Drouet and Pierre-Louis Chovet were the other race winners.

## Driver lineup

| No. | Driver | Class | Rounds |
| 1 | Casper Røes Andersen | I | 1–4 |
| 2 | Hugo Chevalier | I | All |
| 3 | Stuart White | J | All |
| 4 | Jean-Baptiste Mela | I | All |
| 5 | Pierre-Alexandre Jean | I | All |
| 6 | Charles Milesi | I | All |
| 7 | Thomas Drouet | I | All |
| 8 | Javier González | I | 1–6 |
| 9 | Noah Watt | J | 5–7 |
| 10 | Pierre-Louis Chovet | J | 5–7 |
| 11 | Amaury Cordeel | J | All |
| 12 | Antoine Horemans | I | 4 |
| 13 | Marvin Klein | I | All |
| 15 | Adam Eteki | J | 6 |
| 27 | Ugo de Wilde | J | All |
| 29 | Victor Martins | J | All |
| 49 | Florian Venturi | I | All |
| 51 | Aldo Festante | I | 1–4 |
| 87 | Arthur Rougier | I | All |
| 92 | Christian Muñoz | I | All |
| Icon | Status |
| I | Drivers that compete for the International Championship |
| J | Drivers that compete for the Junior Championship |
| G | Guest drivers that are ineligible to score points |

## Race calendar and results

A seven-round calendar was revealed on 25 January 2017.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Junior Winner | International Winner |
| 1 | R1 | Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro | 16 April | Victor Martins | Victor Martins | Victor Martins | Victor Martins | Pierre-Alexandre Jean |
| 1 | R2 | Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro | 16 April | | Victor Martins | Javier González | Victor Martins | Javier González |
| 1 | R3 | Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro | 17 April | Victor Martins | Victor Martins | Victor Martins | Victor Martins | Pierre-Alexandre Jean |
| 2 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza | 29 April | Victor Martins | Victor Martins | Victor Martins | Victor Martins | Florian Venturi |
| 2 | R2 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza | 29 April | | Casper Røes Andersen | Pierre-Alexandre Jean | Victor Martins | Pierre-Alexandre Jean |
| 2 | R3 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza | 30 April | Victor Martins | Victor Martins | Charles Milesi | Stuart White | Charles Milesi |
| 3 | R1 | Circuit de Pau, Pau | 20 May | Arthur Rougier | Victor Martins | Arthur Rougier | Victor Martins | Arthur Rougier |
| 3 | R2 | Circuit de Pau, Pau | 20 May | | Aldo Festante | Thomas Drouet | Stuart White | Thomas Drouet |
| 3 | R3 | Circuit de Pau, Pau | 21 May | Arthur Rougier | Stuart White | Arthur Rougier | Stuart White | Arthur Rougier |
| 4 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa | 10 June | Arthur Rougier | Javier González | Arthur Rougier | Victor Martins | Arthur Rougier |
| 4 | R2 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa | 11 June | | Arthur Rougier | Arthur Rougier | Victor Martins | Arthur Rougier |
| 4 | R3 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa | 11 June | Arthur Rougier | Florian Venturi | Arthur Rougier | Victor Martins | Arthur Rougier |
| 5 | R1 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours | 9 September | Victor Martins | Marvin Klein | Marvin Klein | Victor Martins | Marvin Klein |
| 5 | R2 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours | 10 September | | Victor Martins | Stuart White | Stuart White | Charles Milesi |
| 5 | R3 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours | 10 September | Stuart White | Charles Milesi | Charles Milesi | Victor Martins | Charles Milesi |
| 6 | R1 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló | 30 September | Victor Martins | Florian Venturi | Charles Milesi | Victor Martins | Charles Milesi |
| 6 | R2 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló | 30 September | | Ugo de Wilde | Jean-Baptiste Mela | Ugo de Wilde | Jean-Baptiste Mela |
| 6 | R3 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló | 1 October | Victor Martins | Victor Martins | Charles Milesi | Victor Martins | Charles Milesi |
| 7 | R1 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | 14 October | Victor Martins | Victor Martins | Hugo Chevalier | Ugo de Wilde | Hugo Chevalier |
| 7 | R2 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | 15 October | | Arthur Rougier | Pierre-Louis Chovet | Pierre-Louis Chovet | Jean-Baptiste Mela |
| 7 | R3 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | 15 October | Victor Martins | Victor Martins | Victor Martins | Victor Martins | Arthur Rougier |

## Championship standings
### Points system

Points are awarded as follows:
| Races | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position |
| 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 | 0 | 1 |

### French F4 Championship

| Pos | Driver | NOG | NOG | NOG | MNZ | MNZ | MNZ | PAU | PAU | PAU | SPA | SPA | SPA | MAG | MAG | MAG | CAT | CAT | CAT | LEC | LEC | LEC | Points |
| 1 | Arthur Rougier | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 303 |
| 2 | Victor Martins | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | EX | 2 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 299 |
| 3 | Florian Venturi | Ret | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 156 |
| 4 | Pierre-Alexandre Jean | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | Ret | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 150 |
| 5 | Jean-Baptiste Mela | 6 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 1 | Ret | 10 | 2 | 7 | 124 |
| 6 | Christian Muñoz | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 122 |
| 7 | Charles Milesi | 4 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 8 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 8 | DNS | DNS | DNS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 118 |
| 8 | Stuart White | 12 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 118 |
| 9 | Hugo Chevalier | 8 | 2 | 13 | Ret | 14 | 10 | Ret | 13 | 2 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 111 |
| 10 | Marvin Klein | 5 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 14 | Ret | 14 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 98 |
| 11 | Javier González | 9 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 4 | Ret | 6 | | | | 72 |
| 12 | Ugo de Wilde | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 68 |
| 13 | Casper Røes Andersen | 10 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | 58 |
| 14 | Thomas Drouet | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | Ret | 8 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 10 | Ret | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 10 | Ret | 41 |
| 15 | Aldo Festante | 14 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | 11 |
| 16 | Amaury Cordeel | Ret | 16 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 6 |
| 17 | Antoine Horemans | | | | | | | | | | 16 | 10 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Guest drivers ineligible for championship points ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | Pierre-Louis Chovet | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | DSQ | EX | 17 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| | Noah Watt | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 11 | Ret | 6 | 0 |
| | Adam Eteki | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 12 | 17 | | | | 0 |