- The best French series grouped together in the FFSA French Circuit Championship
- Variety on the menu with races for GT, single-seaters, touring cars, silhouettes and prototypes
- Six more meetings on the program for the 2024 season
It's the crème de la crème of French circuits. Meetings that are both popular and high-level, combining rigorous organization and a friendly atmosphere. Always well received in a paddock which is open to them, fans can enjoy the variety of the spectacle offered on the track. Welcome to the FFSA French Circuit Championship!
Six events are on the program for the 2024 season with a launch during the Nogaro Easter Cups from March 29 to April 1. The competitors will then travel to Lédenon (May 10-12) and Spa-Francorchamps for the only trip abroad (as part of Spa Speedweek from June 21 to 23). After the summer break, the start of the school year will take place at Magny-Cours (August 23-25) before passing through Dijon-Prenois (September 13-15) then the final of the SRO Racing Festival, on the Circuit Paul Ricard, from 4 to 6 october.
These six events will have a common core, with four series present during each meeting, but also specific support races depending on the circuits. To whet your appetite, here is the detailed menu of what will be offered to you this season!
It is THE flagship circuit championship in France. Since it gave pride of place to cars in the GT4 category, the FFSA GT French Championship has enjoyed unfailing success. Different ingredients make up this recipe: the variety of brands and models presented, the mix between professional, semi-professional and amateur drivers, the intense battles on the track during two 60-minute races... For its eighth season in the GT4 format, this will once again be the championship to follow in France!
As headliner, the FFSA GT brilliantly assumes its role as locomotive of the FFSA French Circuit Championship, attracting an ever-increasing audience (more than 100.000 spectators in 2023). Good news also for the teams, the drivers, their partners and the support races, delighted to be part of such prestigious and popular events.
The pride of the French Motor Sports Federation, Formula 4 with its blue-white-red sauce is recognized throughout the world for the quality of its organization and its controlled costs. After karting, F4 is the bottom of the “single-seater pyramid” for all those who dream of Formula 1. Many drivers, French or foreign, have studied in the single-seaters of the FFSA Academy. Over the last 15 years, Jean-Éric Vergne, Stoffel Vandoorne and Pierre Gasly have reached F1, others (like Théo Pourchaire, Victor Martins and Isack Hadjar) are knocking at the door.
But beyond F1, the French FFSA Formula 4 Championship has allowed many drivers to learn in a high-level competition before then turning to GT or Endurance. The examples of former participants becoming official representatives for a manufacturer are so numerous that it would be impossible to cite them all here, but one thing is certain: French Formula 4 is a breeding ground for young talents!
Launched in 2021, the FFSA Tourism French Championship is growing. Marking the return to our country of a multi-brand competition for touring cars, the TC France – as it is also called – offers a wide variety of models. For pure Sprint fans, it's ideal with no less than four 25-minute races per weekend!
The different classes allow drivers with very different profiles to find their playing field, depending on their experience and their budget. In addition to excellent media feedback, the FFSA Tourisme offers prizes which allow the winners to progress in the categories. Among them, the scholarship offered to the champion of the TC category to move into FFSA GT the following year confirms the role of this championship as a sector!
The arrival of the Ginetta GTA Academy will be one of the new features of the 2024 season and marks the growing interest of manufacturers in this expanding championship.
With its tubular chassis and a 2 horsepower 230-liter Renault engine, the Mitjet 2L offers an excellent formula for young pilots or gentlemen drivers. The Mitjet France Trophy also benefits from the aura of the FFSA French Circuit Championship by being present in five of the six events of the season. Sprinting is favored with four 20-minute races per weekend and the races are generally rather... explosive.
For drivers and teams alike, the Mitjet France Trophy is one of the routes to the FFSA French Circuit Championship.
The Clio Cup Series is a must for promotion cups. The 5th generation of the Clio Cup is in fact the descendant of the legendary R8 Gordini Cup launched in 1966. This shows that, on the Renault side, we know one-make races!
With its 1330cc turbo engine, the Clio Cup develops 200 horsepower and is a huge success internationally. In 2024, the Clio Cup Series will include nine events in Europe, including three as part of the FFSA French Circuit Championship: the Nogaro Easter Cups, the Magny-Cours meeting and the SRO Racing Festival.
Returning to the forefront in 2018 with the appearance of the new Alpine A110 Cup, the Alpine Elf Cup Series is a European competition with French bases. There we find both young drivers coming to take their first steps in GT (like the 2023 champion Lorens Lecertua who will move to FFSA GT in 2024) and gentlemen drivers.
Of the six meetings for the coming season: two will take place in our country, each time as part of the FFSA French Circuit Championship. The A arrow competition will take off during the Nogaro Easter Cups and will then return for the SRO Racing Festival.
In the Porsche Motorsport pyramid, the various Porsche Carrera Cups have always played a big role in revealing young talents and satisfying gentleman drivers. Increasingly displaying its international side, the Porsche Carrera Cup France has six meetings in Europe this year, including two as part of the FFSA French Circuit Championship.
First of all, it is Spa Speedweek, a week before the centenary edition of the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa, which will welcome the 911 horsepower Porsche 3 GT992 Cup (type 510). Two months later, the Porsche Carrera Cup France will make its post-summer return to the Dijon-Prenois Circuit.
The most beautiful European GT3 championship will take place twice in France this year, including once as part of the FFSA French Circuit Championship. After the launch of the Endurance Cup at the Circuit Paul Ricard at the beginning of April, the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS will join the national series from August 23 to 25 at the Magny-Cours Circuit. On this occasion, the Sprint Cup of this competition will share the bill with the French FFSA GT Championship. The opportunity for fans to see the best GT drivers compete in two 60-minute races. You have understood, with around forty GT3s with more than 500 horsepower on the track, the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe will largely participate in this automobile festival in Nièvre!
Also organized by SRO Motorsports Group, the British GT Championship is one of the most prolific national championships in Europe. We find in the British competition both GT3s and GT4s and the philosophy is the same as in the French competition with a mix between professional, semi-professional and amateur drivers.
Among its seven meetings, the British GT usually makes an outing outside the United Kingdom. This year, Spa Speedweek is on the program, one week before the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa.
The Porsche Sprint Challenge France is in a way the little brother of the Porsche Carrera Cup France. More aimed at beginners or amateur drivers, this series recognized by Porsche France offers drivers a choice between different types of cars: 718 Cayman GT4 RS ClubSport or the oldest Cayman GT4 ClubSport (718 and 981), but also the different generations of Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. This series will integrate the FFSA French Circuit Championship during the Nogaro Easter Cups to launch its 2024 season.
The prototypes manufactured by Funyo will be back in 2024 with a presence during the Lédenon GT Series. Four 20-minute races are planned per meeting for these SP05 Evo prototypes manufactured in Brittany. Of the “head to the wind” type, they develop 270 horsepower and guarantee drivers their share of thrills.
Powered by motorcycle engines, the Legends Car have a fairly high level of sympathy among the public thanks to their American car look from the 1930s. With fairly limited handling and a particularly crucial aspiration phenomenon, they offer sprint races that are as spectacular as they are competitive. In 2024, the Legends Car Cup will join the FFSA French Circuit Championship during the Lédenon event.
