2016 Formula 4 United States Championship

2016 Formula 4 United States Championship

Drivers' Champion: Cameron Das
Teams' Champion: JDX Racing

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Trans-Am Series
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The 2016 Formula 4 United States Championship season was 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 began on 2 July at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and finished on 10 October at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, after five triple header rounds. ^[2]

Teams and drivers

All teams were American-registered.

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

1. Team entered as GMV for rounds 1-4 and as MVM for round 5.
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 were held on circuits on the East Coast of the United States. One round was 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	Kyle Kirkwood	Darren Keane	Konrad Czaczyk	Leading Edge GP	Atlantic Championship F2000 Championship Series F1600 Championship Series
	R2			3 July		Konrad Czaczyk	Konrad Czaczyk	Leading Edge GP
	R3					Kyle Kirkwood	Konrad Czaczyk	Leading Edge GP
2	R1	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	12 August	Cameron Das	Konrad Czaczyk	Kyle Kirkwood	Primus Racing	NASCAR Xfinity Series Trans-Am Series
	R2					Cameron Das	Skylar Robinson	Momentum Motorsport
	R3			13 August		Cameron Das	Cameron Das	JDX Racing
3	R1	New Jersey Motorsports Park	Millville, New Jersey	27 August	Cameron Das	Cameron Das	James Goughary Jr.	Primus Racing	Atlantic Championship F2000 Championship Series F1600 Championship Series
	R2			28 August		Cameron Das	Cameron Das	JDX Racing
	R3					Quinlan Lall	Cameron Das	JDX Racing
4	R1	Road Atlanta	Braselton, Georgia	17 September	Cameron Das	Cameron Das	Cameron Das	JDX Racing	Historic Sportscar Racing Series
	R2					Cameron Das	Cameron Das	JDX Racing
	R3			18 September		Skylar Robinson	Cameron Das	JDX Racing
5	R1	Homestead-Miami Speedway	Homestead, Florida	9 October	Cameron Das	Cameron Das	Cameron Das	JDX Racing	Trans-Am Series
	R2			10 October		Cameron Das	Cameron Das	JDX Racing
	R3					Cameron Das	Cameron Das	JDX Racing

Championship standings

Points were 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 MOH1 MOH2 NJMP ATL HMS Points 1 Cameron Das 5 4 4 12 4 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 281 2 Konrad Czaczyk 1 1 1 10 DNS 10 4 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 4 224 3 Kyle Kirkwood 2 2 2 1 Ret 2 2 11 Ret 2 3 3 5 9 6 183 4 James Goughary, Jr. 7 10 6 3 6 9 1 6 4 7 8 7 3 5 5 141 5 Skylar Robinson 2 1 12 15 3 3 DSQ 4 6 4 4 3 132 6 Baltazar Leguizamón 8 Ret 7 Ret 12 DNS 11 10 12 5 5 Ret 6 3 2 72 7 Moisés de la Vara 13 6 10 Ret 5 3 6 9 6 Ret 13 5 10 6 12 71 8 Austin Kaszuba 9 7 Ret Ret 3 5 7 13 11 4 Ret 4 15 12 7 69 9 Raphael Forcier 6 5 3 Ret 13 Ret 3 14 7 Ret 14 11 Ret 7 10 61 10 Benjamin Pedersen 3 9 5 Ret Ret Ret 9 4 10 11 6 10 7 Ret Ret 57 11 Darren Keane 10 3 Ret 6 7 8 8 Ret Ret 6 10 Ret 8 Ret 14 53 12 Jackie Ding 4 2 Ret Ret 5 5 Ret 11 9 9 Ret Ret 50 13 Davis Durrett Ret 11 9 5 9 7 10 7 8 10 12 8 13 11 9 40 14 Michael Goodyear 4 13 11 7 11 4 WD WD WD 30 15 Blake Mount Ret 12 8 9 10 6 14 Ret 14 8 9 Ret 11 8 8 29 16 Steve Bamford 11 8 Ret 8 8 11 13 12 13 9 7 12 20 17 Quinlan Lall 12 8 9 6 18 Alan Miller 12 10 11 1 19 Brian Fowler 14 13 13 0 Pos Driver MOH1 MOH2 NJMP ATL HMS Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	Points
1	JDX Racing	353
2	Global Racing Group	342
3	Primus Racing Team	325
4	MVM Motorsports	181
5	Momentum Motorsports	128
6	Group–A Racing	111
7	Bamford Motorsports with Rice Racing Prep	20
8	DRG	18

References

1. DeHarde, Christopher (September 17, 2015). "SCCA to sanction Formula 4 championship". Motorsport. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
2. Topeka, Ken (November 12, 2015). "Inaugural Formula 4 United States Championship calendar unveiled". US F4 Championship. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
3. "Mid Ohio United States Formula 4 Entry List" (PDF). Retrieved June 30, 2016.
4. "F4 US Championship Homestead-Miami Entry List" . Retrieved October 8, 2016.
5. "F4 U.S. Championship attracts new drivers from China and Georgia". United States Formula 4 Championship. August 5, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
6. "F4 U.S Championship gap narrows heading into third race weekend" . Retrieved August 27, 2016.
7. "IndyCar and NFL Stars Team Up for F4". United States Formula 4 Championship. April 13, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
8. "GMV Motorsports makes a last minute change before round 12". United States Formula 4 Championship. September 17, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
9. "F4 US Championship Road Atlanta Entry List" . Retrieved September 16, 2016.
10. "F4 On the Leading Edge". United States Formula 4 Championship. March 9, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
11. "Danish Driver announced for FIA US F4 Championship". United States Formula 4 Championship. April 26, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
12. "Forcier Joins U.S Formula 4 With Group-A Racing". Group-A Racing. 5 April 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
13. "SCCA Pro Racing postpones launch of F4 U.S. Championship". United States Formula 4 Championship . May 4, 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
14. "New Debut Weekend Announced for F4 U.S. Championship". United States Formula 4 Championship . May 25, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2016.

External links

• Official website