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]
All teams were American-registered.
Team | Driver | Rounds | ||
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Momentum Motorsport[3] | 1 | Baltazar Leguizamón | 1–3 | |
Brian Fowler[4] | 5 | |||
2 | Skylar Robinson[5] | 2–3, 5 | ||
3 | Quinlan Lall[6] | 3 | ||
GMV Motorsports[7] MVM Motorsports | 4 | Michael Goodyear | 1–2, | |
Skylar Robinson[8] | ||||
34 | Austin Kaszuba | All | ||
45 | Baltazar Leguizamón[9] | 4–5 | ||
51 | Alan Miller | 5 | ||
Primus Racing | 5 | Kyle Kirkwood | All | |
10 | Davis Durrett | 1–2 | ||
11 | James Goughary Jr. | All | ||
JDX Racing | 7 | Blake Mount | All | |
25 | Darren Keane | All | ||
28 | Cameron Das | All | ||
DRG | 10 | Davis Durrett | 3–5 | |
Leading Edge Grand Prix[10] Global Racing Group | 12 | Moisés de la Vara | All | |
24 | Benjamin Pedersen[11] | All | ||
47 | Konrad Czaczyk | All | ||
Group-A Racing[12] | 62 | Raphael Forcier | All | |
86 | Jackie Ding | 2–5 | ||
Bamford Motorsports | 77 | Steve Bamford | 1–4 |
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 | |
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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 |
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in each race.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap |
Pos | Team | Points | |
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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 |