2016 Formula 4 United States Championship

2016 United States Formula 4 Championship
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Trans-Am Series
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The 2016 United States Formula 4 Championship season will be the inaugural season of the United States Formula 4 Championship, a motor racing series regulated according to FIA Formula 4 regulations and sanctioned by SCCA Pro Racing, the professional racing division of the Sports Car Club of America.[1] It will begin on 2 July at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and will finish on 10 October at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, after five triple header rounds.[2]

Teams and drivers

All teams are American-registered.

Team No. Driver Rounds
Momentum Motorsport[3] 1 Argentina Baltazar Leguizamón[3] 1–3
Jamaica Brian Fowler[4] 5
2 United States Skylar Robinson[5] 2–3, 5
3 United States Quinlan Lall[6] 3
GMV Motorsports[7][N 1]
MVM Motorsports[4][N 1]		 4 Canada Michael Goodyear[7] 1–2, 4
United States Skylar Robinson[8] 4
34 United States Austin Kaszuba[7] All
45 Argentina Baltazar Leguizamón[9] 4–5
51 United States Alan Miller[4] 5
Primus Racing[3] 5 United States Kyle Kirkwood[3] All
10 United States Davis Durrett[3] 1–4
11 United States James Goughary Jr.[3] All
JDX Racing[3] 7 United States Blake Mount[3] All
25 United States Darren Keane[3] All
28 United States Cameron Das[3] All
DRG[4] 10 United States Davis Durrett[4] 5
Leading Edge Grand Prix[10][N 2]
Global Racing Group[4][N 2]		 12 Mexico Moisés de la Vara[10] All
24 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen[11] All
47 United States Konrad Czaczyk[10] All
Group-A Racing[12] 62 Canada Raphael Forcier[12] All
86 China Jackie Ding[5] 2–5
Bamford Motorsports[3] 77 Canada Steve Bamford[3] 1–4
  1. 1 2 Team entered as GMV for rounds 1-4 and as MVM for round 5.
  2. 1 2 Team entered as Leading Edge GP for rounds 1-4 and as Global Racing Group for round 5.

Race calendar

The calendar was unveiled on 12 November 2015.[2] On 4 May 2016, it was announced the first round at Lime Rock Park, to be held on 27-28 May, would be rescheduled to give drivers and teams more time to prepare themselves for the season.[13] On 25 May it was announced the first round at the New Jersey Motorsports Park would be rescheduled, while the opening round was replaced by a second round at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.[14] All rounds will be held on circuits on the East Coast of the United States. One round is part of the NASCAR Xfinity Series weekend.

Round Circuit Location Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 2 July United States Kyle Kirkwood United States Darren Keane United States Konrad Czaczyk Leading Edge GP Atlantic Championship
F2000 Championship Series
F1600 Championship Series
R2 3 July United States Konrad Czaczyk United States Konrad Czaczyk Leading Edge GP
R3 United States Kyle Kirkwood United States Konrad Czaczyk Leading Edge GP
2 R1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio 12 August United States Cameron Das United States Konrad Czaczyk United States Kyle Kirkwood Primus Racing NASCAR Xfinity Series
Trans-Am Series
R2 United States Cameron Das United States Skylar Robinson Momentum Motorsport
R3 13 August United States Cameron Das United States Cameron Das JDX Racing
3 R1 New Jersey Motorsports Park Millville, New Jersey 27 August United States Cameron Das United States Cameron Das United States James Goughary Jr. Primus Racing Atlantic Championship
F2000 Championship Series
F1600 Championship Series
R2 28 August United States Cameron Das United States Cameron Das JDX Racing
R3 United States Quinlan Lall United States Cameron Das JDX Racing
4 R1 Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia 17 September United States Cameron Das United States Cameron Das United States Cameron Das JDX Racing Historic Sportscar Racing Series
R2 United States Cameron Das United States Cameron Das JDX Racing
R3 18 September United States Skylar Robinson United States Cameron Das JDX Racing
5 R1 Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida 9 October United States Cameron Das United States Cameron Das United States Cameron Das JDX Racing Trans-Am Series
R2 10 October United States Cameron Das United States Cameron Das JDX Racing
R3 United States Cameron Das United States Cameron Das JDX Racing

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver MDO1 MDO2 NJMP ATL HMS Points
1 United States Cameron Das 5 4 4 12 4 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 281
2 United States Konrad Czaczyk 1 1 1 10 DNS 10 4 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 4 224
3 United States Kyle Kirkwood 2 2 2 1 Ret 2 2 11 Ret 2 3 3 5 9 6 183
4 United States James Goughary, Jr. 7 10 6 3 6 9 1 6 4 7 8 7 3 5 5 141
5 United States Skylar Robinson 2 1 12 15 3 3 DSQ 4 6 4 4 3 132
6 Argentina Baltazar Leguizamón     8 Ret 7 Ret 12 DNS 11 10 12 5 5 Ret 6 3 2 72
7 Mexico Moisés de la Vara 13 6 10 Ret 5 3 6 9 6 Ret 13 5 10 6 12 71
8 United States Austin Kaszuba 9 7 Ret Ret 3 5 7 13 11 4 Ret 4 15 12 7 69
9 Canada Raphael Forcier 6 5 3 Ret 13 Ret 3 14 7 Ret 14 11 Ret 7 10 61
10 Denmark Benjamin Pedersen 3 9 5 Ret Ret Ret 9 4 10 11 6 10 7 Ret Ret 57
11 United States Darren Keane 10 3 Ret 6 7 8 8 Ret Ret 6 10 Ret 8 Ret 14 53
12 China Jackie Ding 4 2 Ret Ret 5 5 Ret 11 9 9 Ret Ret 50
13 United States Davis Durrett Ret 11 9 5 9 7 10 7 8 10 12 8 13 11 9 40
14 Canada Michael Goodyear 4 13 11 7 11 4 WD WD WD 30
15 United States Blake Mount Ret 12 8 9 10 6 14 Ret 14 8 9 Ret 11 8 8 29
16 Canada Steve Bamford 11 8 Ret 8 8 11 13 12 13 9 7 12 20
17 United States Quinlan Lall 12 8 9 6
18 United States Alan Miller 12 10 11 1
- Jamaica Brian Fowler 14 13 13
Pos Driver MDO1 MDO2 NJMP ATL HMS Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

  1. ↑ DeHarde, Christopher (17 September 2015). "SCCA to sanction Formula 4 championship". Motorsport. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 Topeka, Ken (12 November 2015). "Inaugural Formula 4 United States Championship calendar unveiled". US F4 Championship. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Mid Ohio United States Formula 4 Entry List" (PDF). Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "F4 US Championship Homestead-Miami Entry List". Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  5. 1 2 "F4 U.S. Championship attracts new drivers from China and Georgia". United States Formula 4 Championship. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "F4 U.S Championship gap narrows heading into third race weekend". Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 "IndyCar and NFL Stars Team Up for F4". United States Formula 4 Championship. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "GMV Motorsports makes a last minute change before round 12". United States Formula 4 Championship. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "F4 US Championship Road Atlanta Entry List". Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  10. 1 2 3 "F4 On the Leading Edge". United States Formula 4 Championship. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "Danish Driver announced for FIA US F4 Championship". United States Formula 4 Championship. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  12. 1 2 "Forcier Joins U.S Formula 4 With Group-A Racing". Group-A Racing. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  13. ↑ "SCCA Pro Racing postpones launch of F4 U.S. Championship". United States Formula 4 Championship. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  14. ↑ "New Debut Weekend Announced for F4 U.S. Championship". United States Formula 4 Championship. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.

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