2023 Formula 4 United States Championship

The 2023 Formula 4 United States Championship season was the eighth 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 Everett Stack[1] 1–4
2 Landan Matriano Lim[2] All
22 Aidan Potter 1–2
Jay Howard Driver Development 3 Michael Boyiadzis[3] 1–2, 4–6
Dane Scott[4] 3
4 1–2
5 Tanner DeFabis[5] All
6 Frankie Mossman[6] 1–3
Zhanbin Jia 6
7 Eric Wisniewski[7] All
19 Michael Costello[8] All
20 Logan Adams[9] 1–4
21 Ava Dobson[10] 3–6
Scuderia Buell 8 Pablo José Benites 6
51 Nicolás Ambiado[11] 1
88 Cristian Cantú 3, 6
91 Luciano Martínez[12] All
Gonella Racing 9 Carl Bennett[13] 1–2, 4–5
17 Tyke Durst[13] All
Cará Origin Motosports 10 Daniel Cará All
Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport 11 Cole Kleck[14] 1
14 Alex Benavitz[14] All
16 Jesse Lacey[15] All
27 Patrick Woods-Toth[14] All
30 Lewis Hodgson[14] 1–3
31 Titus Sherlock[14] All
74 Hannah Greenemeier[16] All
02 Jett Bowling 3–6
09 Madison Aust[14] 1
Velocity Racing Development 11 Cole Kleck 2
48 Jimmie Lockhart 1
Max Taylor 2
Momentum Motorsports 12 Garrett Dettman[17] 1–3
23 Nico Dal Monte[18] 2
Doran Motorsports Group 13 Barrett Wolfe 6
42 Daniel Quimby 6
08 Alex Berg[19] 1–5
Era Motorsport 18 Matthew Higgins[20] 1–2
International Motorsport Ariel Elkin 6
24 Augusto Soto-Schirripa 2–3, 5–6
New'T Racing 29 Kekai Hauanio All
Speed Factory 33 Justin Garat 2
Bacon Racing 45 Bacon Zelenka All
Atlantic Racing Team 77 James Lawley 3–6
IGY6 Motorsports 83 Christopher Parrish 1, 3–6
Future Star Racing 88 Robert Torres[21] 1

Race calendar

The 2023 calendar was announced on 9 October 2022.[22]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1 NOLA Motorsports Park, Avondale 11 March Michael Costello Michael Costello Carl Bennett Gonella Racing Formula Regional Americas Championship
SVRA
Trans-Am Series
R2 12 March Michael Costello Jimmie Lockhart Velocity Racing Development
R3 Jimmie Lockhart Jimmie Lockhart Velocity Racing Development
2 R1 Road America, Elkhart Lake 20 May Jesse Lacey Patrick Woods-Toth Patrick Woods-Toth Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport Formula Regional Americas Championship
SVRA
R2 21 May Michael Costello Michael Costello[a] Jay Howard Driver Development
R3 Carl Bennett Patrick Woods-Toth Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport
3 R1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington 24 June Patrick Woods-Toth[b] Michael Costello Michael Costello Jay Howard Driver Development Formula Regional Americas Championship
SVRA
Trans-Am Series
R2 25 June Titus Sherlock Augusto Soto-Schirripa Momentum Motorsports
R3 Patrick Woods-Toth Patrick Woods-Toth Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport
4 R1 New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville 29 July Jesse Lacey Michael Costello Titus Sherlock[c] Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport Formula Regional Americas Championship
SVRA
R2 30 July Alexander Berg Michael Costello Jay Howard Driver Development
R3 Alexander Berg Alexander Berg Doran Motorsports Group
5 R1 Virginia International Raceway, Alton 7 October Michael Costello Luciano Martínez Augusto Soto-Schirripa Momentum Motorsports Formula Regional Americas Championship
SVRA
Trans-Am Series
R2 Jesse Lacey Augusto Soto-Schirripa Momentum Motorsports
R3 8 October Augusto Soto-Schirripa Jesse Lacey Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport
6 R1 Circuit of the Americas, Austin 3 November Titus Sherlock Ariel Elkin Titus Sherlock Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport Formula Regional Americas Championship
SVRA
Trans-Am Series
R2 Titus Sherlock Augusto Soto-Schirripa Momentum Motorsports
R3 4 November Jesse Lacey Patrick Woods-Toth Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport

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 NOL ROA MOH NJM VIR COA Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2[d] R3[d] R1[d] R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1 Patrick Woods-Toth 2 3 3 1 5 1 5 3 1 5 2 3 3 15 3 3 3 1 263.5
2 Titus Sherlock 3 7 10 7 4 5 12 4 7 1 4 2 6 4 5 1 5 8 181
3 Augusto Soto-Schirripa 14 7 6 21 1 2 1 1 15 2 1 3 158
4 Jesse Lacey 4 2 8 2 2 3 7 8 9 9 5 7 12 16 1 6 6 2 154.5
5 Michael Costello 29 4 2 4 1 14 1 2 6 4 1 4 14 14 17 7 Ret 22 148
6 Daniel Cará 24 6 7 15 15 10 4 6 16 2 3 5 4 2 4 5 4 5 145.5
7 Alex Berg 5 9 6 5 3 4 2 5 4 8 7 1 2 Ret Ret 127.5
8 Kekai Hauanio 8 16 9 Ret 18 22 13 11 Ret 6 12 Ret 5 3 2 9 9 4 73
9 Lewis Hodgson 10 5 4 8 26 Ret 3 7 3 55.5
10 Jimmie Lockhart 28 1 1 50
11 Frankie Mossman 18 10 5 3 10 2 Ret 27 5 45.5
12 Bacon Zelenka 22 20 23 22 16 8 16 13 12 3 8 12 18 8 7 15 11 6 39
13 Carl Bennett 1 8 21 6 11 13 15 19 11 Ret DNS 11 37
14 Ariel Elkin 4 2 9 32
15 Alex Benavitz 14 22 15 Ret 22 Ret 14 10 11 22 17 6 10 5 6 11 13 Ret 28
16 Luciano Martínez 13 14 14 24 27 Ret 8 12 14 13 6 8 9 7 13 16 20 12 22
17 Hannah Greenemeier 12 11 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 15 11 Ret 10 7 6 9 12 12 11 17
18 Tyke Durst 9 23 Ret 10 Ret 9 10 14 8 10 9 20 19 17 16 10 8 20 16.5
19 Garrett Dettman 6 24 12 19 17 21 6 23 26 12
20 Michael Boyiadzis 7 27 Ret 16 8 EX 21 10 13 20 10 Ret 23 DNS Ret 10
21 Daniel Quimby 8 7 14 10
22 Logan Adams Ret Ret Ret 11 9 23 11 9 10 7 21 Ret 10
23 James Lawley 17 16 21 20 18 9 15 9 14 24 15 7 10
24 Tanner DeFabis 15 26 18 13 14 17 9 15 13 17 11 19 8 12 12 Ret DNS 17 5
25 Max Taylor 12 6 15 4
26 Christopher Parrish 16 Ret 19 23 25 22 18 Ret 15 16 Ret 8 Ret DNS 18 4
27 Matthew Higgins 11 DNS 26 17 23 7 3
28 Cole Kleck 23 15 11 9 13 11 2
29 Cristian Cantú 20 17 17 13 10 10 2
30 Jett Bowling 22 26 18 23 16 14 Ret 11 10 18 19 16 1
31 Ava Dobson 24 24 24 14 20 17 11 18 Ret 19 16 13 0
32 Eric Wisniewski 26 25 27 23 12 12 Ret 21 25 16 13 16 13 Ret Ret 21 DNS 23 0
33 Everett Stack 25 DNS 25 26 Ret 19 19 22 23 12 15 21 0
34 Madison Aust 17 12 28 0
35 Landan Matriano Lim 19 19 17 20 20 18 15 19 19 19 14 18 17 13 18 20 18 19 0
36 Dane Scott 27 13 22 25 25 16 18 20 20 0
37 Nicolás Ambiado Ret 17 13 0
38 Pablo José Benites 14 14 15 0
39 Barrett Wolfe 17 17 Ret 0
40 Aidan Potter 20 18 20 27 19 Ret 0
41 Justin Garat 18 24 Ret 0
42 Nico Dal Monte 21 21 20 0
43 Robert Torres 21 21 24 0
44 Zhanbin Jia 22 Ret 21 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2[d] R3[d] R1[d] R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
NOL ROA MOH NJM 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

Teams' standings

Each team acquired the points earned by their two best drivers in each race.

Pos Team Pts
1 Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport 541.5
2 Jay Howard Driver Development 216
3 International Motorsport 190
4 Cará Origin Motosports 145.5
5 Doran Motorsports Group 137.5
6 New'T Racing 73
7 Velocity Racing Development 56
8 Gonella Racing 53.5
9 Bacon Racing 39
10 Scuderia Buell 23
11 Momentum Motorsports 13
12 Atlantic Racing Team 10
13 IGY6 Motorsports 4
14 Era Motorsport 3
15 Jensen Global Advisors 0
16 Speed Factory 0
17 Future Star Racing 0

Notes

  1. ^ Mossmann finished first but received a 10 seconds penalty for making a false start and gaining the advantage.Costello inherited the win.
  2. ^ Due to the adverse weather conditions, the qualifying session was replaced by additional free practice. The grid was set by the championship standings.
  3. ^ Berg finished first but received a drive through penalty converted to 30 seconds for forcing another driver off the track. Woods-Toth finished second but received a 10 seconds penalty for forcing another driver off the track. Sherlock inherited the win.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Half points were awarded as the leader completed insufficient number of laps under green flag conditions.

References

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  3. ^ "Jay Howard Driver Development adds Michael Boyiadzis to 2023 F4 United States Championship". RTD Media. January 4, 2023.
  4. ^ "Dane Scott confirmed Jay Howard Driver Development in F4 United States Championship". RTD Media. December 29, 2022.
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  12. ^ Delle Rose, Javier (February 14, 2023). "Luciano Martinez correrá en la Fórmula 4 de los Estados Unidos". Carburando (in Spanish).
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  14. ^ Miles, Thomas (January 5, 2023). "Young gun Lacey ready to chase F1 dream". Auto Action.
  15. ^ "Hannah Greenemeier steps up to F4 US". Racers - Behind the Helmet. January 24, 2023.
  16. ^ "Momentum Motorsports returns to the F4 United States Championship Powered by Honda with Garrett Dettman". RTD Media. January 11, 2023.
  17. ^ "Momentum Motorsports adds Nico Dal Monte to F4 United States driver lineup". RTD Media. May 4, 2023.
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  19. ^ "Era Motorsport: A Formula For Success". Era Motorsport. November 8, 2022.
  20. ^ "Robert Torres to Join Future Star Racing for the 2023 F4 U.S. Championship". Future Star Racing. November 15, 2022.
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