The 2011 French F4 Championship season was the nineteenth season of the series for 1600cc Formula Renault machinery, and the first season to run under the guise of French F4 Championship. The series began on 9 April at Circuit de Lédenon and ended on 30 October at Circuit Paul Ricard, after seven rounds and fourteen races.

Driver lineup

No.DriverRounds
1France Andrea PizzitolaAll
2France Marie Baus-CoppensAll
3France Alexandre MantovaniAll
4France Aurélien PanisAll
5France Cyril RaymondAll
6Brazil Jean Antunes1
Lithuania Jonas Ramanauskas5
France Maël le Gall7
7France Matthieu VaxivièreAll
8Poland Tomasz KrzeminskiAll
9Finland Patrick KujalaAll
10Andorra Alex Loan VenturaAll
11Belgium Kévin BalthazarAll
12France Paul PetitAll
14Spain Francisco Javier SuárezAll
15France Pierre GaslyAll
16India Parth GhorpadeAll
17United Kingdom Josh Fielding1–3
France Sébastien Ogier7
18France Tristan PapavoineAll
19Spain Victor ColoméAll
20Germany Alexander BoquoiAll
21France Pierre SancinénaAll
22France Jordan PerroyAll

Race calendar and results

All races supported the FFSA GT Championship, except Pau (FIA Formula 3 International Trophy) and Spa-Francorchamps (24 Hours of Spa)

RoundCircuitDatePole positionFastest lapWinning driver
1R1France Circuit de Lédenon, Lédenon9 AprilFrance Cyril RaymondFrance Cyril RaymondFrance Cyril Raymond
R210 AprilFrance Cyril RaymondFrance Cyril RaymondFrance Andrea Pizzitola
2R1France Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro24 AprilFrance Pierre SancinénaFrance Matthieu VaxivièreFrance Pierre Sancinéna
R225 AprilFrance Pierre SancinénaFrance Matthieu VaxivièreFrance Pierre Sancinéna
3R1France Circuit de Pau, Pau21 MayFrance Matthieu VaxivièreFrance Pierre GaslyFrance Matthieu Vaxivière
R222 MayFrance Matthieu VaxivièreFrance Matthieu VaxivièreFrance Matthieu Vaxivière
4R1France Circuit du Val de Vienne, Le Vigeant25 JuneFrance Matthieu VaxivièreFrance Andrea PizzitolaFrance Andrea Pizzitola
R226 JuneFrance Matthieu VaxivièreFrance Matthieu VaxivièreFrance Matthieu Vaxivière
5R1Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa29 JulyFrance Pierre SancinénaFinland Patrick KujalaFinland Patrick Kujala
R230 JulyFrance Pierre SancinénaFrance Andrea PizzitolaFrance Pierre Gasly
6R1France Circuit d'Albi, Albi3 SeptemberFrance Matthieu VaxivièreFrance Matthieu VaxivièreFrance Andrea Pizzitola
R24 SeptemberFrance Matthieu VaxivièreFrance Tristan PapavoineFrance Pierre Gasly
7R1France Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet29 OctoberFrance Pierre GaslyFrance Matthieu VaxivièreFrance Pierre Gasly
R230 OctoberFrance Pierre GaslyFrance Aurélien PanisFrance Pierre Gasly

Championship standings

  • Points are awarded to the top ten drivers in both races on a 15–12–10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 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.
PosDriverLÉD FranceNOG FrancePAU FranceVDV FranceSPA BelgiumALB FranceLEC FrancePoints
Pos Driver LÉD France NOG France PAU France VDV France SPA Belgium ALB France LEC France Points 1 France Matthieu Vaxivière 3 5 4 3 1 1 Ret 1 4 3 2 3 3 2 146 2 France Andrea Pizzitola 2 1 3 2 7 7 1 2 6 5 1 10 16 4 120 3 France Pierre Gasly Ret Ret 10 10 3 Ret 6 9 2 1 3 1 1 1 104 4 France Pierre Sancinéna 5 2 1 1 Ret 2 3 Ret Ret 4 5 4 4 16 104 5 Finland Patrick Kujala Ret 4 7 12 5 4 7 10 1 2 6 5 6 Ret 76 6 France Cyril Raymond 1 12 5 19 2 Ret 4 3 8 Ret 9 14 11 9 64 7 France Alexandre Mantovani 18 3 2 4 10 5 DNS 12 7 8 13 6 2 Ret 61 8 France Tristan Papavoine 11 17 DNS 5 4 9 2 4 9 9 4 8 7 Ret 57 9 Spain Victor Colomé 4 7 12 8 Ret Ret 11 5 3 10 8 2 DSQ EX 47 10 France Aurélien Panis 8 18 11 7 Ret 3 5 11 11 7 7 7 20 3 46 11 Andorra Alex Loan Ventura 6 Ret Ret 6 6 Ret Ret 17 5 6 10 13 9 6 36 12 Spain Francisco Javier Suárez 7 9 6 15 Ret Ret 9 7 18 11 11 Ret 13 8 21 13 France Jordan Perroy 12 6 8 11 Ret 6 16 13 13 13 12 Ret 8 10 19 14 Belgium Kévin Balthazar 9 8 18 14 11 10 8 8 10 12 17 12 10 11 16 15 India Parth Ghorpade 16 13 13 16 8 8 12 14 Ret 15 16 9 14 7 13 16 France Paul Petit 13 Ret 17 Ret Ret 12 10 6 17 14 14 Ret 19 Ret 6 17 United Kingdom Josh Fielding 14 10 9 9 Ret Ret 5 18 Poland Tomasz Krzeminski 10 11 14 13 9 11 13 15 12 17 15 11 12 13 3 — Germany Alexander Boquoi 17 16 16 18 12 13 14 16 15 16 DNS DNS 15 14 0 — France Marie Baus-Coppens 15 15 15 17 13 Ret 15 18 16 Ret Ret 15 17 15 0 — Lithuania Jonas Ramanauskas 14 18 0 — Brazil Jean Antunes Ret 14 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points — France Sébastien Ogier 5 5 0 — France Maël le Gall 18 12 0 Pos Driver LÉD France NOG France PAU France VDV France SPA Belgium ALB France LEC France PointsColour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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
1France Matthieu Vaxivière354311Ret1432332146
2France Andrea Pizzitola2132771265110164120
3France Pierre GaslyRetRet10103Ret69213111104
4France Pierre Sancinéna5211Ret23RetRet454416104
5Finland Patrick KujalaRet47125471012656Ret76
6France Cyril Raymond1125192Ret438Ret91411964
7France Alexandre Mantovani18324105DNS12781362Ret61
8France Tristan Papavoine1117DNS5492499487Ret57
9Spain Victor Colomé47128RetRet11531082DSQEX47
10France Aurélien Panis818117Ret35111177720346
11Andorra Alex Loan Ventura6RetRet66RetRet175610139636
12Spain Francisco Javier Suárez79615RetRet97181111Ret13821
13France Jordan Perroy126811Ret61613131312Ret81019
14Belgium Kévin Balthazar98181411108810121712101116
15India Parth Ghorpade16131316881214Ret1516914713
16France Paul Petit13Ret17RetRet12106171414Ret19Ret6
17United Kingdom Josh Fielding141099RetRet5
18Poland Tomasz Krzeminski1011141391113151217151112133
—Germany Alexander Boquoi17161618121314161516DNSDNS15140
—France Marie Baus-Coppens1515151713Ret151816RetRet1517150
—Lithuania Jonas Ramanauskas14180
—Brazil Jean AntunesRet140
Guest drivers ineligible for points
—France Sébastien Ogier550
—France Maël le Gall18120
PosDriverLÉD FranceNOG FrancePAU FranceVDV FranceSPA BelgiumALB FranceLEC FrancePoints
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

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