2022 Formula 4 United States Championship

The 2022 Formula 4 United States Championship season was the seventh 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
United States Jensen Global Advisors 1 United States Maximillian Parker[1] 1
2 Sweden Oliver Westling[2] 1–4
United States Jay Howard Driver Development 3 United States Michael Boyiadzis 3–6
4 United States Seth Brown[3] All
5 Canada Jack Zheng[4] 1
United States Earl Tucker 4, 6
6 Australia Lochie Hughes[5] All
7 United States Joe Ostholthoff[6] 1–2
United States Albert Morey IV 3–6
98 Canada Louka St-Jean[7] 1–2, 4–5
United States Future Star Racing 8 United States David Burketh[8] 1–2
United States Andre Castro 3, 5–6
88 Uruguay Maite Cáceres 6
United States Gonella Racing 9 Thailand Carl Bennett[9] All
17 United States Tyke Durst[10] All
22 Mexico Arturo Flores[11] 1–4, 6
Brazil Cará Origin Motosports 10 Brazil Daniel Cará 5–6
United States Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport 11 United States Cole Kleck 6
30 Australia Lewis Hodgson[12] 1
31 United States Titus Sherlock 6
39 United States Bryson Morris[12] All
55 Brazil Lucas Fecury[13] All
66 United States Ryan Shehan[14] All
76 Brazil Gabriel Fonseca[12] All
09 United States Madison Aust[12] All
United States Velocity Racing Development 12 United States Ethan Barker 6
24 United States Nicholas Rivers[15] 1–2
United States Jacob Loomis 6
45 United States Matthew Christensen[16] 1–5
65 United States Noah Ping[17] All
United States Barker Racing 12 United States Ethan Barker 2–3, 5
United States DEForce Racing 16 United States Brady Golan 6
18 United States Maxwell Jamieson 6
19 United States Kory Enders 6
United States Doran-Kroll Competition 19 Canada Jack Zheng 4
08 Canada Alexander Berg[18] All
United States International Motorsport 21 Uruguay Maite Cáceres[19] 1–3
32 Argentina Giorgio Carrara 3
53 France Alan Isambard 1–3
United States IGY6 Motorsports 25 United States Jacob Bolen[20] 3, 5–6

Race calendar

The 2022 calendar was announced on 23 September 2021. The series planned to hold a pre-season test at Road Atlanta in March but it was moved to NOLA Motorsports Park. Each round featured three races.[21]

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1 NOLA Motorsports Park, Avondale 9 April United States Matthew Christensen United States Noah Ping Australia Lochie Hughes United States Jay Howard Driver Development Formula Regional Americas Championship
SVRA
R2 10 April United States Bryson Morris United States Bryson Morris United States Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport
R3 United States Nicholas Rivers United States Nicholas Rivers United States Velocity Racing Development
2 R1 Road America, Elkhart Lake 21 May Australia Lochie Hughes United States Matthew Christensen United States Matthew Christensen United States Velocity Racing Development Formula Regional Americas Championship
SVRA
R2 22 May United States Noah Ping United States Matthew Christensen United States Velocity Racing Development
R3 United States Matthew Christensen United States Noah Ping United States Velocity Racing Development
3 R1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington 25 June United States Andre Castro Canada Alexander Berg United States Bryson Morris United States Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport Formula Regional Americas Championship
SVRA
Trans-Am Series
R2 26 June Australia Lochie Hughes Australia Lochie Hughes United States Jay Howard Driver Development
R3 Australia Lochie Hughes United States Noah Ping United States Velocity Racing Development
4 R1 New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville 30 July Australia Lochie Hughes Australia Lochie Hughes United States Ryan Shehan[a] United States Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport Formula Regional Americas Championship
SVRA
R2 31 July Australia Lochie Hughes Australia Lochie Hughes United States Jay Howard Driver Development
R3 United States Seth Brown Australia Lochie Hughes United States Jay Howard Driver Development
5 R1 Virginia International Raceway, Alton 8 October United States Bryson Morris United States Ryan Shehan United States Ryan Shehan United States Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport Formula Regional Americas Championship
SVRA
Trans-Am Series
R2 Brazil Gabriel Fonseca United States Bryson Morris United States Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport
R3 9 October United States Noah Ping United States Noah Ping United States Velocity Racing Development
6 R1 Circuit of the Americas, Austin 3 November United States Jacob Loomis United States Noah Ping United States Noah Ping United States Velocity Racing Development Formula Regional Americas Championship
SVRA
Trans-Am Series
R2 Australia Lochie Hughes Australia Lochie Hughes United States Jay Howard Driver Development
R3 4 November United States Jacob Loomis Australia Lochie Hughes United States Jay Howard Driver 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 NOL ROA MOH NJM VIR COA Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1[b] R2 R3[b] R1 R2 R3
1 Australia Lochie Hughes 1 5 2 2 4 4 19 1 5 6 1 1 Ret 2 2 4 1 1 277
2 United States Bryson Morris 2 1 17 9 5 5 1 3 2 2 2 3 2 1 14 6 7 Ret 222
3 United States Noah Ping 20 3 13 6 2 1 6 2 1 Ret 5 4 3 4 1 1 Ret 15 196
4 United States Ryan Shehan 3 4 8 8 8 11 2 19 3 1 3 2 1 3 Ret 9 11 5 169.5
5 Canada Alexander Berg 4 Ret 3 3 3 6 5 Ret Ret 4 4 5 Ret Ret 4 8 3 12 134
6 United States Matthew Christensen 21 2 10 1 1 2 Ret 4 7 8 9 6 8 6 Ret 129
7 Brazil Gabriel Fonseca 5 7 Ret 18 9 7 4 7 11 Ret 6 15 4 12 Ret 7 4 4 86
8 United States Andre Castro 3 5 6 5 14 3 11 2 3 78.5
9 United States Nicholas Rivers 6 18 1 4 6 3 68
10 Mexico Arturo Flores 7 8 4 10 Ret 8 7 6 18 7 8 13 12 8 7 61
11 Canada Louka St-Jean 9 6 15 5 Ret 16 3 7 Ret 7 10 13 45
12 United States Jacob Loomis 2 9 2 38
13 United States Seth Brown 14 12 6 13 13 19 9 10 21 10 13 7 Ret 5 12 DNS DNS 11 28
14 Thailand Carl Bennett 11 10 9 11 10 12 8 8 20 11 10 8 6 Ret 7 17 22 20 24
15 France Alan Isambard 10 9 5 17 11 13 10 9 8 20
16 United States Ethan Barker Ret 14 14 Ret 15 12 9 13 Ret 3 19 9 18
17 United States Cole Kleck 5 12 6 18
18 Brazil Lucas Fecury 13 11 19 12 15 18 11 21 9 9 17 11 Ret 8 5 13 17 10 14
19 Sweden Oliver Westling 12 14 7 7 Ret 9 Ret 16 16 13 14 12 14
20 Argentina Giorgio Carrara 12 12 4 12
21 United States Tyke Durst 18 13 12 Ret 16 15 14 13 10 Ret 15 10 11 7 6 14 13 17 12
22 United States Titus Sherlock Ret 6 8 12
23 United States Maxwell Jamieson 10 5 Ret 11
24 United States David Burketh 8 Ret DNS 16 7 10 11
25 United States Earl Tucker 5 Ret Ret 21 14 14 10
26 Brazil Daniel Cará 13 Ret 8 16 10 13 3
27 United States Michael Boyiadzis 18 20 19 16 16 Ret 10 9 10 22 21 19 3
28 United States Madison Aust 16 Ret 14 15 18 20 13 17 15 15 12 9 DNS 11 Ret 23 20 22 2
29 United States Albert Morey IV 16 14 13 12 Ret Ret 14 15 9 20 16 18 1
30 United States Jacob Bolen 15 11 14 12 Ret 11 18 18 23 0
31 Canada Jack Zheng 22 19 Ret 14 11 14 0
32 United States Joe Ostholthoff 15 15 11 14 17 17 0
33 Uruguay Maite Cáceres 17 16 Ret Ret 12 Ret 17 18 17 15 15 21 0
34 United States Maximillian Parker Ret 17 16 0
35 United States Brady Golan 19 23 16 0
36 Australia Lewis Hodgson 19 Ret 18 0
– United States Kory Enders DNS DNS DNS –
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1[b] R2 R3[b] 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 United States Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport 447.5
2 United States Velocity Racing Development 406
3 United States Jay Howard Driver Development 356.5
4 United States Doran-Kroll Competition 138
5 United States Gonella Racing 98
6 United States Future Star Racing 89.5
7 United States International Motorsport 33
8 United States Jensen Global Advisors 14
9 United States DEForce Racing 11
10 Brazil Cará Origin Motosports 3
11 United States Barker Racing 1
12 United States IGY6 Motorsports 0

Notes

  1. ^ Lochie Hughes finished the race first but was given a 5 seconds penalty. Shehan inherited the win.
  2. ^ a b c d Half points were awarded as the leader completed insufficient number of laps under green flag conditions.

References

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  10. ^ "Tyke Durst signs with Gonella Racing to compete in the F4US Championship powered by Honda". Gonella Racing. February 25, 2022. Archived from the original on February 25, 2022.
  11. ^ "Artie Flores to continue with Gonella Racing for the 2022 Formula 4 United States Championship". Gonella Racing. February 21, 2022. Archived from the original on February 22, 2022.
  12. ^ a b c d "Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport Set to Bring a Full House to NOLA SpeedTour". Formula 4 United States Championship. April 7, 2022.
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  15. ^ "Nicholas Rivers joins Velocity Racing Development for 2022 F4 United States Championship Powered By Honda". RTD Media. March 15, 2022. Archived from the original on March 15, 2022.
  16. ^ "Matt Christensen joins Velocity Racing Development for 2022 F4 United States Championship Powered by Honda". RTD Media. January 20, 2022. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022.
  17. ^ "Zack and Noah Ping have success in new programs in first quarter of 2022". RTD Media. March 14, 2022. Archived from the original on March 15, 2022.
  18. ^ "Alex Berg joins Doran-Kroll Competition for 2022 F4 United States Championship". RTD Media. February 7, 2022. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022.
  19. ^ "Maite Cáceres no entró en W Series pero mantiene ese objetivo". Tenfield.com (in Spanish). February 26, 2022. Archived from the original on February 26, 2022.
  20. ^ "Statement from IGY6 Motorsports Regarding the Addition of Jacob Bolen to Their 2022 Drive Line-Up". Formula 4 United States Championship. June 17, 2022.
  21. ^ "2022 Schedule Announced for FR Americas and F4 U.S. Championships". F4 U.S. Championships. September 23, 2021.
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