Reno Francot

Reno Francot
Francot in 2025
Born
Reno Fernon Francot[1]

(2007-11-02) 2 November 2007
Echt-Susteren, Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Italian F4 Championship career
Debut season2024
Current teamPHM Racing
Car number69
Former teamsJenzer Motorsport
Starts26
Wins0
Podiums2
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish14th in 2024
Previous series
2023
2024		Formula 4 CEZ Championship
Formula Trophy UAE

Reno Fernon Francot (born 2 November 2007) is a Dutch racing driver who last competed for MP Motorsport in the F4 Spanish Championship and PHM Racing in the Italian F4 Championship.

Career

Karting and first seasons in junior formulae (2020–2024)

Francot initially took up football before switching to competitive karting in 2020.[2][3] During his three-year career in karts, Francot finished third in the Mini Max class of the 2020 BNL Karting Series,[4] finished fourth in the 2021 Karting Academy Trophy and drove for Birel Art in his final year of karting.[5][6]

Despite planning to move up to OK for 2023,[7] Francot opted to step up to single-seaters for that year, joining Jenzer Motorsport to race in the Formula 4 CEZ Championship.[8] In the first two rounds of the season at the Hungaroring and Red Bull Ring, Francot took a pair of second- and third-place finishes,[9][10] before winning both races at the Slovakia Ring and finishing second in all three races at Most.[11] Francot then took his third and final win of the season at Brno,[12] before finishing all three races at Balaton Park to miss out on the title by two points over Ethan Ischer.[13] During 2023, Francot made a one-off appearance in the F4 Spanish Championship for MP Motorsport at Valencia, taking a best result of 11th in race one.[14]

The following year, Francot remained with Jenzer Motorsport to race in the Italian F4 Championship and the final round of the Euro 4 Championship.[15] In his only full-season in the series, Francot took a best result of fourth in race three at Le Castellet and scored four more points finishes to end the year 14th in the overall standings.[16] During 2024, Francot also raced for GRS Team on a part-time basis in Formula Winter Series and F4 Spanish Championship,[17] and also made a one-off appearance in the Formula Trophy UAE for Evans GP at Yas Marina, finishing both races on the podium.[18]

Breakout season in Formula 4 and Formula Regional debut (2025)

In early 2025, Francot joined AKCEL GP / PHM Racing to race in the F4 Middle East Championship.[19] In the five-race winter series, Francot took three podiums and his only win of the season, coming at race two of the third Yas Marina round, as he ended the winter fifth in points.[20] For the rest of the year, Francot returned to MP Motorsport to make his full-time debut in the F4 Spanish Championship, whilst also taking part in the Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship.[21]

In the Spanish Winter Championship, Francot partook in the final two rounds of the season, in which he only scored three points finishes, taking a best result of fourth, as he ended the three-round series 12th in points.[22] In the main series, Francot took his first podium of the season in race one at Algarve by finishing third,[23] a feat which he repeated the following round at Le Castellet in race three.[24]

In July, Francot returned to the Italian F4 Championship with PHM Racing from Mugello onwards and also joining them for a full campaign in the E4 Championship.[25][26] On his comeback round at Mugello, Francot scored his maiden series podium in race two by securing third, before capping off the weekend with a second-place finish in race three.[27][28]

In the E4 Championship meanwhile, Francot took his first series win in race two at Le Castellet,[29] before taking two more podiums in the following round at Mugello by finishing third in races two and three.[30][31]

In September, Francot made his debut in the Formula Regional European Championship for RPM at the Red Bull Ring.[32] In his only round of the season, Francot finished tenth in race two as the highest-finishing rookie.[33]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2020 BNL Karting Series – Mini Max GKS Lemmens Power 3rd
RMC International Trophy – Mini Max 4th
2021 Champions of the Future – OK-J Expirit Racing Team
Tony Kart Racing Team[a] 		46th
Karting European Championship – OK-J Expirit Racing Team 34th
WSK Euro Series – OK-J 94th
Karting Academy Trophy Francot, Fernon 4th
Karting World Championship – OK-J Tony Kart Racing Team NC
2022 WSK Super Master Series – OK-J Birel Art Racing 38th
Champions of the Future Winter Series – OK-J 11th
Champions of the Future – OK-J 56th
Karting European Championship – OK-J 43rd
WSK Euro Series – OK-J 28th
Karting World Championship – OK-J NC
Sources:[34][35]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2023 Formula 4 CEZ Championship Jenzer Motorsport 14 3 1 0 14 261 2nd
F4 Spanish Championship MP Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2024 Formula Winter Series GRS Team 2 0 0 0 0 2 27th
F4 Spanish Championship 3 0 0 0 0 0 33rd
Saintéloc Racing 3 0 0 0 0
Italian F4 Championship Jenzer Motorsport 21 0 0 0 0 34 14th
Euro 4 Championship 3 0 0 0 0 0 27th
Formula Trophy UAE Evans GP 2 0 0 1 2 33 10th
2025 F4 Middle East Championship AKCEL GP / PHM Racing 15 1 0 0 4 187 5th
Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship KCL by MP Motorsport 6 0 0 0 0 28 12th
F4 Spanish Championship 21 1 1 3 5 154 5th
Italian F4 Championship PHM Racing 9 0 0 0 2 47 12th
E4 Championship 9 1 0 1 4 108 3rd
Formula Regional European Championship RPM 2 0 0 0 0 1 20th
Sources:[36][34]

Complete Formula 4 CEZ Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2023 Jenzer Motorsport HUN
1
3 		HUN
2
2 		RBR
1
3 		RBR
2
2 		SVK
1
1 		SVK
2
1 		MOS
1
2 		MOS
2
2 		MOS
3
2 		BRN
1
1 		BRN
2
2 		BAL
1
3 		BAL
2
2 		BAL
3
3 		2nd 261

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2023 MP Motorsport SPA
1
 SPA
2
 SPA
3
 ARA
1
 ARA
2
 ARA
3
 NAV
1
 NAV
2
 NAV
3
 JER
1
 JER
2
 JER
3
 EST
1
 EST
2
 EST
3
 CRT
1
11 		CRT
2
15 		CRT
3
17 		BAR
1
 BAR
2
 BAR
3
 NC† 0
2024 GRS Team JAR
1
 JAR
2
 JAR
3
 ALG
1
 ALG
2
 ALG
3
 LEC
1
 LEC
2
 LEC
3
 ARA
1
 ARA
2
 ARA
3
 CRT
1
16 		CRT
2
16 		CRT
3
31 		JER
1
 JER
2
 JER
3
 33rd 0
Saintéloc Racing BAR
1
18 		BAR
2
17 		BAR
3
15
2025 KCL by MP Motorsport ARA
1
13 		ARA
2
8 		ARA
3
17 		NAV
1
4 		NAV
2
4 		NAV
3
6 		POR
1
3 		POR
2
20 		POR
3
30† 		LEC
1
7 		LEC
2
8 		LEC
3
3 		JER
1
4 		JER
2
29 		JER
3
11 		CRT
1
5 		CRT
2
5 		CRT
3
3 		CAT
1
34 		CAT
2
1 		CAT
3
2 		5th 154

† As Francot was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Formula Winter Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2024 GRS Team JER
1
 JER
2
 JER
3
 CRT
1
 CRT
2
 CRT
3
 ARA
1
 ARA
2
 ARA
3
 BAR
1
C 		BAR
2
18 		BAR
3
9 		27th 2

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 DC Points
2024 Jenzer Motorsport MIS
1
12 		MIS
2
9 		MIS
3
7 		IMO
1
Ret 		IMO
2
8 		IMO
3
24 		VAL
1
22 		VAL
2
14 		VAL
3
17 		MUG
1
9 		MUG
2
12 		MUG
3
Ret 		LEC
1
11 		LEC
2
Ret 		LEC
3
4 		BAR
1
12 		BAR
2
20 		BAR
3
Ret 		MON
1
34† 		MON
2
17 		MON
3
6 		14th 34
2025 PHM Racing MIS1
1 		MIS1
2 		MIS1
3
 MIS1
4 		VLL
1 		VLL
2 		VLL
3 		VLL
4 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		MNZ
3 		MUG
1
18 		MUG
2
3 		MUG
3
2 		IMO
1
5 		IMO
2
C 		IMO
3
22 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		CAT
3 		MIS2
1
25 		MIS2
2 		MIS2
3
9 		MIS2
4
13 		MIS2
5
9 		12th 47

Complete Euro 4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points
2024 Jenzer Motorsport MUG
1
 MUG
2
 MUG
3
 RBR
1
 RBR
2
 RBR
3
 MON
1
Ret 		MON
2
22 		MON
3
12 		27th 0
2025 PHM Racing LEC
1
5 		LEC
2
1 		LEC
3
6 		MUG
1
28† 		MUG
2
3 		MUG
3
3 		MNZ
1
6 		MNZ
2
3 		MNZ
3
4 		3rd 108

Complete Formula Trophy UAE results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DC Points
2024 Evans GP DUB
1
 DUB
2
 DUB
3
 YMC1
1
2 		YMC1
2
3 		YMC2
1
 YMC2
2
 10th 33

Complete F4 Middle East Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2025 AKCEL GP / PHM Racing YMC1
1
6 		YMC1
2
6 		YMC1
3
4 		YMC2
1
6 		YMC2
2
2 		YMC2
3
4 		DUB
1
17 		DUB
2
26 		DUB
3
4 		YMC3
1
9 		YMC3
2
1 		YMC3
3
8 		LUS
1
6 		LUS
2
2 		LUS
3
3 		5th 187

Complete Eurocup-4 Spanish Winter Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points
2025 KCL by MP Motorsport JER
1
 JER
2
 JER
3
 POR
1
6 		POR
2
4 		POR
3
5 		NAV
1
21 		NAV
2
12 		NAV
3
18 		12th 28

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2025 RPM MIS
1 		MIS
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		IMO
1 		IMO
2 		RBR
1
16 		RBR
2
10 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		20th 1

Notes

  1. ^ Francot competed for Expirit Racing Team in Rounds 1-2 and for Tony Kart Racing Team in round 3.

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