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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. [1] The series began on 21 August at Circuit Paul Armagnac and ended on 22 November at Circuit Paul Ricard. [2] [3]
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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. [7] [8] The round at Pau that was postponed on 17 March 2020 and not included on the new schedule. [9] The 3rd round scheduled at Hungaroring was replaced by Circuit Zandvoort. [10] The penultimate round of the season at Circuit de Lédenon was cancelled by the circuit and the organizers. [11] The final round at Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans was called off by local authorities. [12] The additional rounds were scheduled to take place at Circuit Paul Ricard. [13] [3]
Points were awarded as follows:
| Races | Position | Bonus | ||||||||||
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| 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. [14]
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| Pos | Driver | NOG  | MAG | ZAN  | LEC1 | SPA  | LEC2 | LEC3 | Pts | ||||||||||||||
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| R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||
| 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 |
| NOG | MAG | ZAN | LEC1 | SPA | LEC2 | LEC3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | NOG | MAG | ZAN | LEC1 | SPA | LEC2 | LEC3 | Pts | ||||||||||||||
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| R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||
| 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 |
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