After a sunny Qualifying session at Lédenon, the weather conditions were changeable on Saturday. Pole sitter Arthur Dorison dominated Race 1, before Guillaume Bouzar staged a stunning comeback to become the fifth winner of 2025.
On the 3,150-metre Gard track, in summer weather, the Qualifying session proved to be very competitive. The first reference time set by Arthur Dorison was then beaten by Jules Roussel and Alex Munoz, the two leaders of the Championship. But after returning to the pits to let his tyres cool down, Dorison regained first place and secured his first pole position for Race 1 in the FIA-certified French F4 Championship. Roussel remained ahead of Munoz, while Louis Iglesias moved up to 4th place ahead of Rayan Caretti.
Race 1: Dorison on top, Munoz out
With a flawless performance, a perfect victory and the best lap time, Arthur Dorison was in commanding form. The young Frenchman took advantage of this to gain a few points on the championship leaders, mainly Alex Munoz, who was forced to retire on lap 3 after contact with Louis Iglesias. In this context, Jules Roussel also did well, climbing onto the second step of the podium. The excitement came from behind. Iglesias stealthily moved into 3rd position, before seeing Rayan Caretti overtake him.
While Japan’s Rintaro Sato also retired, Guillaume Bouzar went on the attack and settled into 4th position ahead of Germany’s Montego Maassen, who moved up two places. Iglesias received a penalty and lost his place in the top 10. Behind Malo Bolliet, who held on to 6th place, Rafaël Perard managed to hold off a comeback from Monaco’s Matteo Giaccardi, who had fought his way up from 12th place. Roméo Leurs and Hugo Herrouin finished behind them in 9th and 10th place.
Race 2: Guillaume Bouzar’s first victory
The weather turned stormy on Saturday afternoon, bringing out the rain tyres. After Munoz’s retirement in the previous race, there was another twist in the tale with Jules Roussel and Germany’s Sacha Maassen crashing out in the torrential rain on the first lap. The race was interrupted for several minutes after the cars were placed in parc fermé. The restart allowed Rafaël Perard to take advantage of his pole position (according to the reverse grid principle for the top 10 in Qualifying) to lead the impressive field of 30 FFSA Academy cars. But the situation was about to change very quickly in this exciting race. Japan’s Rintaro Sato took the lead, before handing it over to Guillaume Bouzar five laps later. Starting in 5th place, Bouzar quickly confirmed his superiority in the very wet conditions by setting the fastest lap of the race and pulling away from his rivals.
Alex Munoz also pulled out all the stops to move up from 8th to 2nd place ahead of Sato, who was celebrating his first podium finish in the French F4 Championship. The final laps were calmer, with Perard securing 4th place ahead of Louis Iglesias, who had overtaken Rayan Caretti at the halfway point. Starting 11th on the grid, Roméo Leurs scored points for 7th place ahead of Malo Bolliet, who had hoped for better after running in 3rd place during the early laps. Arthur Dorison also dropped several places at the height of the battle in the chasing pack. Hugo Herrouin had moved up to 8th before retiring. Hugo Martiniello gained ten places to finish 10th behind Monegasque driver Matteo Giaccardi.
Lisa Billard still at the top of the podium in the women’s category
With two new top 15 finishes in the overall standings to her credit in solid races, Lisa Billard proved to be the best female driver at Lédenon. Each time, she was joined on the podium by Dutch driver Annabelle Brian, who also demonstrated her potential in these changing conditions. Angelina Proenca initially completed the top three in Race 1, before being replaced by Sofia Zanfari in the second race. The Moroccan held off Héloïse Goldberg until the end, while Jade Jacquet had a disastrous Saturday.
> Qualifying session: 1 Dorison 1:21.349, 2 Roussel 1:21.425, 3 Munoz 1:21.458, 4 Iglesias 1:21.538, 5 Caretti 1:21.609, 6 Bouzar 1:21.610, 7 Maassen 1:21.618, 8 Bolliet 1:21.648, 9 Sato 1:21.824, 10 Perard 1:21.862, etc.
> Race 1 classification
1 Arthur Dorison (France) with 20 laps
2 Jules Roussel (France) at 2.399
3 Rayan Caretti (France) at 6.087
4 Guillaume Bouzar (France) at 6.763
5 Montego Maassen (Germany) at 7.574
6 Malo Bolliet (France) at 13.189
7 Rafaël Perard (France) at 15.037
8 Mattéo Giaccardi (Monaco) at 15.245
9 Roméo Leurs (France) at 15.907
10 Hugo Herrouin (France) at 16.473
11 Paul Roques (France) at 22.295
12 (F-P1) Lisa Billard (France) at 24.826
13 Niccolo Pirri (Italy) at 28.104
14 Thomas Senecloze (France) at 28.302
15 Nicolas Pasquier (France) at 29.089
16 Pablo Riccobono Bello (France) at 34.274
17 (F-P2) Annabelle Brian (Netherlands) at 36.950
18 Zhelin Shen (China) at 37.846
19 Sasha Milojkovic (Australia) at 38.136
20 Louis Iglesias (France) at 38.160
21 Léandre Carvalho (Portugal) at 39.423
22 Pierre Devos (France) at 39.800
23 (F-P3) Angelina Proenca (France) at 43.151
24 Jack Iliffe (United States) at 53.600
25 (F-P4) Sofia Zanfari (Morocco) at 1:10.366
26 (F-P5) Héloïse Goldberg (France) at 1:11.445
27 (F-P6) Jade Jacquet (France) with 19 laps
28 Alexandre Munoz (France) with 2 laps
29 Rintaro Sato (Japan) with 2 laps
30 Hugo Martiniello (France) with 2 laps
Fastest lap: Dorison in 1:21.411 (avg. 139.5 km/h)
> Race 2 classification
1 Guillaume Bouzar (France) with 18 laps
2 Alexandre Munoz (France) at 2.550
3 Rintaro Sato (Japan) at 8.327
4 Rafaël Perard (France) at 8.669
5 Louis Iglesias (France) at 9.222
6 Rayan Caretti (France) at 9.895
7 Roméo Leurs (France) at 11.320
8 Malo Bolliet (France) at 12.404
9 Mattéo Giaccardi (Monaco) at 15.956
10 Hugo Martiniello (France) at 18.057
11 Arthur Dorison (France) at 18.252
12 Pablo Riccobono Bello (France) at 28.538
13 Paul Roques (France) at 32.565
14 (F-P1) Lisa Billard (France) at 40.301
15 Sasha Milojkovic (Australia) at 40.738
16 Niccolo Pirri (Italy) at 41.345
17 Pierre Devos (France) at 49.878
18 Thomas Senecloze (France) at 53.160
19 (F-P2) Annabelle Brian (Netherlands) at 1:00.997
20 Nicolas Pasquier (France) at 1:01.081
21 Léandre Carvalho (Portugal) at 1:03.704
22 Zhelin Shen (China) at 1:10.806
23 (F-P3) Sofia Zanfari (Morocco) with 17 laps
24 (F-P4) Héloïse Goldberg (France) with 17 laps
25 Jack Iliffe (United States) with 17 laps
26 Hugo Herrouin (France) with 12 laps
27 Montego Maassen (Germany) with 0 laps
28 Jules Roussel (France) with 0 laps
29 (F-P5) Angelina Proenca (France) with 0 laps
30 (F-P6) Jade Jacquet (France) with 0 laps
Fastest lap: Bouzar in 1:27.947 (avg. 129.1 km/h)
(F): Female
Race 3: Sunday 14th September from 10:00 to 10:35.
