2021 Formula 4 United States Championship

2021 Formula 4 United States Championship

Drivers' Champion: Noel León
Teams' Champion: Velocity Racing Development

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Parent series:
Formula Regional Americas Championship

The 2021 Formula 4 United States Championship season was the sixth season of the Formula 4 United States 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.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Jensen Global Advisors	1	Oscar Haffar [1]	All
	2	Jake Bonilla [2]	All
	9	Kerong Li	5–6
	12	Maximillian Parker	6
Jay Howard Driver Development	3	Chase Hyland	3–6
	4	Seth Foley [3]	All
	5	Matthew Christensen [4]	All
	6	Bijoy Garg	2–4, 6
	7	Joe Ostholthoff [5]	1–3
		Alexander Koreiba	6
	10	Juju Noda [6]	1
		Zoey Edenholm	6
Future Star Racing	8	Chloe Chambers [7]	1–5
Velocity Racing Development	11	Nick Persing [8]	1–2
	22	Nicholas Christodoulou [9]	All
	29	Erik Evans	5–6
	77	Jason Alder [10]	All
	03	Hayden Bowlsbey	5–6
DEForce Racing	16	Chara Mansur	6
	17	José Andrés Martínez [11]	1–2, 5–6
		Maxwell Jamieson	4
	18		5–6
	19	Noel León [12]	All
Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport	20	Viktor Andersson [13]	All
	25	Spencer Bucknum [14]	1
		Joseph Daniele [15]	2–6
	33	Chase Gardner	5–6
	39	Bryson Morris	4–6
	64	Dylan Hajicek	6
	66	Ryan Shehan [16]	All
	76	Gabriel Fonseca [17]	All
	91	Cooper Becklin [18]	1
	99	Emily Linscott [19]	1–5
	03	Hayden Bowlsbey	4
	07	Arias Deukmedjian [20]	1–3
Gonella Racing	23	Arturo Flores [21]	All
	26	Mac Clark [22]	All
	31	Christian Weir	5–6
Alliance Racing	28	Will Edwards	1–3, 5–6
	03	Hayden Bowlsbey	1–3
TR Racing	32	Trevor Russell [23]	1–3, 6
Gardner Racing	33	Chase Gardner [24]	1, 3–4
ICAR Canada Racing Team	36	Justin Arseneau [25]	All
	98	Louka St-Jean [25]	All
DC Autosport	71	Rodrigo Gutiérrez	1–4, 6
Momentum Motorsports	74	Lucas Mann [a]	1–4

Race calendar

The 2021 calendar was announced on 5 November 2020. The series held a pre-season test at Virginia International Raceway as well as a Winter Cup at Homestead–Miami Speedway in February and March. Each round is set to feature three races. ^[26] Later on, the opening rounds at Sonoma Raceway and Laguna Seca were replaced by competitions at Road Atlanta and Road America. ^[27] The final round was moved forward by two weeks and supported United States Grand Prix. ^[28]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Supporting
1	R1	Road Atlanta, Braselton	27 March	Noel León	Jason Alder	Jason Alder	Velocity Racing Development	Formula Regional Americas Championship Trans-Am Series SVRA International GT
	R2				Noel León	Jason Alder	Velocity Racing Development
	R3		28 March		Jason Alder	Noel León	DEForce Racing
2	R1	Road America, Elkhart Lake	16 May	Mac Clark	Mac Clark	Mac Clark	Gonella Racing	Formula Regional Americas Championship SVRA International GT
	R2			Mac Clark [b]	Bijoy Garg	Mac Clark	Gonella Racing
	R3		17 May		Bijoy Garg	Nicholas Christodoulou	Velocity Racing Development
3	R1	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington	26 June	Noel León [c]	Arias Deukmedjian	Mac Clark [d]	DEForce Racing	Formula Regional Americas Championship Trans-Am Series SVRA International GT
	R2		27 June		Rodrigo Gutiérrez	Noel León	DEForce Racing
	R3				Mac Clark	Mac Clark	Gonella Racing
4	R1	Brainerd International Raceway, Brainerd	17 July	Nicholas Christodoulou	Nicholas Christodoulou	Nicholas Christodoulou	Velocity Racing Development	Formula Regional Americas Championship Trans-Am Series SVRA
	R2				Jason Alder	Mac Clark	Gonella Racing
	R3		18 July		Nicholas Christodoulou	Bryson Morris	Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsports
5	R1	Virginia International Raceway, Alton	25 September	Noel León	Louka St-Jean	Jason Alder	Velocity Racing Development	Formula Regional Americas Championship Trans-Am Series SVRA International GT
	R2				Ryan Shehan	Mac Clark	Gonella Racing
	R3		26 September		Jason Alder	Jason Alder	Velocity Racing Development
6	R1	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	23 October	Noel León [e]	Nicholas Christodoulou	Jason Alder	Velocity Racing Development	Formula One World Championship
	R2		24 October		Nicholas Christodoulou	Nicholas Christodoulou	Velocity Racing Development

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

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 ATL ROA MOH BRA VIR COA Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 [f] R2 [g] R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 [h] R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 1 Noel León 2 2 1 4 2 8 5 1 2 16 4 Ret 8 3 2 2 2 212 2 Mac Clark 5 Ret 14 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 18 21 1 3 7 3 191.5 3 Jason Alder 1 1 2 Ret Ret EX 21 3 24 20 17 6 1 5 1 1 6 184 4 Nicholas Christodoulou 3 6 4 3 3 1 Ret EX 9 1 2 2 2 2 21† 6 1 174.5 5 Matthew Christensen 4 18 5 2 5 2 12 8 6 5 5 16 5 4 Ret 10 8 94 6 Bryson Morris 4 3 1 7 7 4 18 5 74 7 Justin Arseneau 16 9 9 18 13 6 2 7 8 13 8 4 11 9 6 Ret 15 66 8 Bijoy Garg Ret 4 7 3 6 4 Ret 6 7 9 10 64 9 Arias Deukmedjian 6 3 3 Ret EX 4 8 EX 12 54 10 Rodrigo Gutiérrez 9 4 6 6 17 12 Ret 10 3 12 7 14 11 14 44 11 Hayden Bowlsbey 14 Ret 10 14 12 19 7 4 7 14 11 3 Ret Ret 13 Ret 12 40 12 Jake Bonilla 7 10 20 Ret DNS 21 4 11 Ret Ret DNS Ret 15 14 12 4 7 37 13 Christian Weir 3 Ret 7 3 Ret 36 14 Erik Evans 20 11 5 5 4 32 15 Gabriel Fonseca 10 7 7 8 8 9 6 18 14 6 NC 17 9 20 8 14 Ret 31 16 Louka St-Jean 20 12 15 Ret Ret 13 19 16 13 3 10 8 4 6 11 24 16 25 17 Chase Gardner 24 DNS DNS 20 9 5 18 16 EX 14 8 20† 8 9 22 18 Lucas Mann 13 8 12 9 6 5 DNS EX 20 10 13 21 18 19 Seth Foley Ret Ret DNS 10 10 Ret 9 5 11 Ret DNS Ret Ret 10 9 12 11 15.5 20 Viktor Andersson 12 Ret 17 11 7 10 11 12 10 19 12 9 6 13 17 16 28 15 21 Spencer Bucknum 8 5 Ret 14 22 Arturo Flores 19 11 16 20 19 16 15 19 17 Ret DNS 5 12 24 14 15 17 10 23 Emily Linscott 15 15 8 19 15 Ret 14 20 19 Ret 14 12 16 17 15 4 24 Ryan Shehan 22 14 21 7 9 14 13 13 23 11 9 10 Ret 12 19† 13 13 4 25 Joseph Daniele 21 16 20 18 14 16 8 19 11 10 22 10 Ret 24 2 26 Chloe Chambers 17 Ret 11 15 Ret 11 10 22 26 7 Ret 20 17 16 18 1 27 Trevor Russell DNS DNS 13 5 11 Ret 17 Ret 25 17 Ret 0 28 Oscar Haffar 21 16 Ret 13 Ret 18 16 14 21 9 15 19 Ret 15 Ret 21 18 0 29 Cooper Becklin 11 Ret DNS 0 30 José Andrés Martínez Ret DNS 18 12 18 15 18 18 16 Ret 22 0 31 Joe Ostholthoff 18 13 22 16 14 17 22 17 15 0 32 Will Edwards 23 17 19 17 20 Ret DNS 21 18 13 23 Ret Ret DNS 0 33 Chase Hyland NC Ret 22 17 20 13 26 20 0 34 Maxwell Jamieson 15 18 15 Ret 19 22 19 27 0 35 Alexander Koreiba 20 19 0 36 Kerong Li 19 21 DNS 25 26 0 37 Chara Mansur Ret 21 0 38 Dylan Hajicek 22 29 0 39 Zoey Edenholm 23 25 0 40 Maximillian Parker 27 23 0 – Nick Persing Ret DNS Ret Ret DNS DNS – – Juju Noda WD WD WD 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 – Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 [f] R2 [g] R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 [h] R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 Pts ATL ROA MOH BRA VIR COA

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 † — Did not finish, but classified

Teams' standings

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Velocity Racing Development	381.5
2	Gonella Racing	237.5
3	DEForce Racing	212
4	Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsports	184
5	Jay Howard Driver Development	169
6	ICAR Canada Racing Team	91
7	DC Autosport	44
8	Jensen Global Advisors	37
9	Alliance Racing	25
10	Momentum Motorsports	18
11	Gardner Racing	18
12	Future Star Racing	1
13	TR Racing	0

Notes

1. Lucas Mann is an American-Canadian driver who entered under the American flag.
2. The drivers did not complete a full green lap in Race 1, thus it was not counted toward points. Grid for Race 1, including penalties after that race, was re-used for Race 2.
3. Due to the weather conditions, the qualifying were cancelled. The grid was set by the championship standings.
4. Noel León and Arias Deukmedjian finished first and second but both were penalized. Mac Clark inherited the win.
5. Nicholas Christodoulou was the fastest in the qualifying but was penalized to start from the pitlane. León inherited the pole.
6. The drivers did not complete a full green lap in Race 1, thus it was not counted toward points. Grid for Race 1, including penalties after that race, was re-used for Race 2.
7. Half points were awarded for Race 2 as the leader completed more than two laps but less than 75% of the original race time.
8. The drivers did not complete a full green lap in Race 1, thus it was not counted toward points.

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External links

• Official website