Photo: KSP
Alexandre Munoz clinched the French Formula 4 title on the penultimate day of the season at Le Mans.
Munoz and his championship rival Jules Roussel both lost places from their second-row starting slots in race one, and would end up finishing sixth and seventh – Munoz passing Roussel to eke out his points lead to 29 points.
Louis Iglesias had no such trouble from pole position and managed to convert it into his maiden win.
He managed to resist the pressure of Rintaro Sato, who leapt from fifth to third at then passed Rafael Perard, who had made similar progress from row three. Guillaume Bouzar was also a forward mover to finish fourth, relegating front row starter Arthur Dorison to fifth.
Malo Bolliet led the reversed-grid race two from start to finish only to receive a five-second penalty for unsporting behaviour that demoted him to fourth and promoted Matteo Giaccardi to a maiden win. Bouzar and Dorison completed the revised top three.
Munoz and Roussel started together on the fourth row. Munoz initially held sixth ahead of his rival, only to fall to ninth in the middle of the race.
Roussel however would make contact with Hugo Herrouin, which would drop him back behind Munoz and ultimately result in a hefty penalty that dropped him to 22nd in the results. For Munoz, fifth at the flag just ahead of Roussel was already enough to secure the title.
Results round-up
Race 1 (19 laps)
1 Louis Iglesias 31m18.705s
2 Rintaro Sato +1.284s
3 Rafael Perard +5.041s
4 Guillaume Bouzar +7.659s
5 Arthur Dorison +10.497s
6 Alexandre Munoz +13.259s
7 Jules Roussel +13.914s
8 Rayan Caretti +14.740s
9 Malo Bolliet +15.440s
10 Matteo Giaccardi +16.356s
Fastest lap: Dorison, 1m37.681s
Race 2 (17 laps)
1 Giaccardi 31m37.728s
2 Bouzar +2.345s
3 Dorison +4.008s
4 Bolliet +4.425s
5 Munoz +5.165s
6 Iglesias +5.949s
7 Romeo Leurs +7.249s
8 Thomas Senecloze +8.298s
9 Lisa Billard +8.886s
10 Niccolo Pirri +9.366s
FL: Munoz, 1m38.054s
Championship standings
1 Munoz 222 2 Roussel 186 3 Dorison 167 4 Caretti 141 5 Bouzar 130 6 Perard 95 7 Iglesias 105 8 Montego Maassen 78 9 Bolliet 84 10 Sato 81