2021 Formula 4 United States 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 –
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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b The drivers did not complete a full green lap in Race 1, thus it was not counted toward points.

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