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A Courage-Porsche Le Mans Prototype campaigned by La Filière in 1997, with Henri Pescarolo

The FFSA Academy (formerly known as La Filière, Volant Elf and Auto Sport Academy) was created in 1993 by Elf Aquitaine to promote French drivers at the highest level, in line with its marketing approach and its commitment to Renault in F1. It is located at: Technoparc des 24 Heures, Chemin aux Boeufs, 72100 Le Mans, France.

History

A variety of driving schools and motorsport talent searches operated across France throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and were all eventually merged to create the Auto Sport Academy in 1993. It was taken over in April 2001 by the FFSA (Fédération Française du Sport Automobile), becoming one of its subsidiaries.

Its main objective is to train young drivers and promote the best to give them access to a professional career; 40 to 50 drivers are trained every year in its two main disciplines, competition karting (Formula Kart) and single-seater racing (Formula Campus Renault Elf).

Its unique feature is that its concept includes the only motorsport "Pole Espoirs" (promising young drivers' section) in the world.

In effect, until its creation, budding drivers thought that they had to systematically choose between studies and motorsport. The Academy puts the situation in another light: in view of the few successful candidates in motorsport, it offers potential drivers the option of testing their sporting talents while continuing their studies.

It also provides free training for would be mechanics, in partnership with the State Education system. 87% of trainee mechanics work in the world of competition on completion of their training.

Since 2005, the Academy offers a new training center dedicated to the profession of instructor, with official recognition by a "Brevet Professionnel" (certificate of vocational competency).

Former graduates include Sébastien Bourdais, Franck Montagny, Stéphane Sarrazin, Narain Karthikeyan, Pierre Gasly, Anthoine Hubert, Jules Bianchi, Theo Pourchaire, and Ryo Fukuda.

It was renamed Auto Sport Academy in 2007, and then FFSA Academy in 2016.[1]

Current drivers

French F4 Championship

The Academy currently governs the French F4 Championship and supports their drivers.[2] They are:

Driver
Шаблон:Flagicon Augustin Bernier
Шаблон:Flagicon Édouard Borgna
Шаблон:Flagicon Enzo Caldaras
Шаблон:Flagicon Jules Caranta
Шаблон:Flagicon Rayan Caretti
Шаблон:Flagicon Arjun Chheda
Шаблон:Flagicon Arthur Dorison
Шаблон:Flagicon Gabriel Doyle-Parfait
Шаблон:Flagicon Dylan Estre
Шаблон:Flagicon Taito Kato
Шаблон:Flagicon Chester Kieffer
Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Le Brech
Шаблон:Flagicon Jason Leung
Шаблон:Flagicon Roméo Leurs
Шаблон:Flagicon Montego Maassen
Шаблон:Flagicon Leonardo Megna
Шаблон:Flagicon Alexandre Munoz
Шаблон:Flagicon Alex O'Grady
Шаблон:Flagicon Mathilda Paatz
Шаблон:Flagicon Frank Porte Ruiz
Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Roques
Шаблон:Flagicon Jules Roussel
Шаблон:Flagicon Louis Schlesser
Шаблон:Flagicon Karel Schulz
Шаблон:Flagicon Yani Stevenheydens
Шаблон:Flagicon Pacôme Weisenburger

Other

Other drivers supported by the FFSA currently are:

Driver Years Current series Titles achieved as FFSA member
Шаблон:Flagicon Evan Giltaire 2024– Formula Regional European Championship None
Шаблон:Flagicon Alessandro Giusti 2023– Formula Regional European Championship None
Шаблон:Flagicon Isack Hadjar 2019– FIA Formula 2 Championship None
Шаблон:Flagicon Victor Martins 2016– FIA Formula 2 Championship Formula Renault Eurocup
FIA Formula 3 Championship
Шаблон:Flagicon Théophile Naël 2024– Formula Regional Middle East Championship
Formula Regional European Championship
None
Шаблон:Flagicon Enzo Peugeot 2024– Formula Regional Middle East Championship
Formula Regional European Championship
None

References

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External links

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