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2024 Ligier JS F4 Series

The 2024 Ligier JS F4 Series is the inaugural season of the Ligier JS F4 Series. The series was founded from the ashes of the Formula Development series, which served as a feeder into the United States Formula 4 Championship, but suffered chronically low grid numbers. The series is sanctioned by Parella Motorsports Holdings.

The series was created for teams and drivers to utilize the old Ligier JS F4 chassis following the United States Formula 4 Championship's switch to the Ligier JS F422 chassis.

Teams and drivers

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Team No. Driver Rounds
  Jensen Global Advisors 1   Cash Felber 3
  Athan Sterling 5
  Jake Pollack 1–2, 4
7 3
  Zach Fourie 5
2   Parker Wallin 1–2
  Roman Felber 3
  Athan Sterling 4
  Ethan Brobston 5
  Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport 5   Demitri Nolan All
17   Takumi Numata 5
29   Kekai Hauanio All
45   Bacon Zelenka All
95   Brad Majman All
  International Motorsport 6   Maite Cáceres All
  LC Racing 8   Beckham Jacir 5
12   Caleb Campbell 5
  Champagne Racing 10   Conor Grant 5
26   Leonardo Escorpioni 5
  Atlantic Racing Team 24   Daniel Quimby 1
  Scuderia Buell 25   Teddy Musella All
27   Rafał Wołosz 3–4
  Sacha van 't Pad Bosch 5
44   Pablo Benites Jr. 1
  Szuch Racing 28   Drew Szuch All
  Berg DMG Racing 23   Harbir Dass 4–5
49 1–2
  Momentum Motorsports 34   Parker Wallin 5
  IGY6 Motorsports 72   Jacob Lawter 1–3
83   Christopher Parrish 1–2, 4–5
  Hayden Bowlsbey 3

Race calendar

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The 2024 calendar was announced on 3 October 2023.[1] All rounds will be under the Formula Regional Americas Championship and SVRA support bill, but from Road America onwards, it will also be on the United States Formula 4 support bill, following the cancellation of its round at NOLA Motorsports Park due to shipping delays with the new chassis.[2]

Round Circuit Date Supporting
1 R1 NOLA Motorsports Park, Avondale 13 April Formula Regional Americas Championship
SVRA Sprint Series
Trans-Am Series
TA2 Series
R2
R3 14 April
2 R1 Road America, Elkhart Lake 16–19 May Formula Regional Americas Championship
United States Formula 4 Championship
SVRA
R2
R3
3 R1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington 20–23 June Formula Regional Americas Championship
United States Formula 4 Championship
SVRA
R2
R3
4 R1 New Jersey Motorsports Park, Millville 25–28 July Formula Regional Americas Championship
United States Formula 4 Championship
SVRA
R2
R3
5 R1 Circuit of the Americas, Austin 31 October–3 November Formula Regional Americas Championship
United States Formula 4 Championship
SVRA
Trans-Am Series
TA2 Series
R2
R3

Race results

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Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 NOLA Motorsports Park   Teddy Musella   Teddy Musella   Teddy Musella   Scuderia Buell
R2   Maite Cáceres   Kekai Hauanio   Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport
R3   Teddy Musella   Teddy Musella   Scuderia Buell
2 R1 Road America   Teddy Musella   Teddy Musella   Bacon Zelenka   Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport
R2   Drew Szuch   Kekai Hauanio   Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport
R3   Maite Cáceres   Bacon Zelenka   Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport
3 R1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course   Kekai Hauanio   Kekai Hauanio   Teddy Musella   Scuderia Buell
R2   Kekai Hauanio   Kekai Hauanio   Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport
R3   Teddy Musella   Kekai Hauanio   Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport
4 R1 New Jersey Motorsports Park   Kekai Hauanio   Kekai Hauanio   Brad Majman   Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport
R2   Brad Majman   Brad Majman   Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport
R3   Brad Majman   Brad Majman   Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport
5 R1 Circuit of the Americas   Teddy Musella   Sacha van 't Pad Bosch   Teddy Musella   Scuderia Buell
R2   Teddy Musella   Teddy Musella   Scuderia Buell
R3   Kekai Hauanio   Sacha van 't Pad Bosch   Scuderia Buell

Championship standings

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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

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Pos Driver NOL ROA MOH NJM COA Pts
R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3[a] R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3
1   Teddy Musella 1 2 1 3 10 5 1 2 2 3 5 3 1 1 2 254
2   Kekai Hauanio 12 1 10 4 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 15 4 Ret 202.5
3   Maite Cáceres 2 3 5 5 4 3 4 3 13 8 10 Ret 3 5 12 137
4   Bacon Zelenka 3 4 2 1 8 1 3 4 10 7 9 9 13 EX EX 136.5
5   Brad Majman 5 5 9 2 Ret 9 7 6 8 1 1 1 12 Ret 10 134
6   Drew Szuch 9 6 4 9 11 4 8 8 5 5 7 4 5 3 7 108
7   Christopher Parrish 4 8 6 12 2 Ret 9 6 7 6 Ret 6 74
8   Harbir Dass Ret DNS DNS 6 5 Ret 4 3 6 10 8 3 73
9   Jake Pollack 8 Ret 7 7 3 6 6 7 3 10 8 Ret 65.5
10   Demitri Nolan Ret WD WD 8 6 8 Ret 10 12 6 4 5 14 12 8 51
11   Leonardo Escorpioni 2 2 9 38
12   Sacha van 't Pad Bosch 4 17 1 37
13   Hayden Bowlsbey 5 5 7 23
14   Parker Wallin 7 Ret 8 11 7 7 11 10 16 23
15   Jacob Lawter 10 7 11 10 9 10 9 9 4 21
16   Caleb Campbell 7 7 5 22
17   Takumi Numata 8 9 4 18
18   Daniel Quimby 11 Ret 3 15
19   Conor Grant 9 6 14 10
20   Pablo Benites Jr. 6 9 Ret 10
21   Roman Felber 10 12 6 5
22   Rafał Wołosz 11 13 11 11 11 8 4
23   Cash Felber 12 11 9 1
24   Ethan Brobston 17 13 11 0
25   Zach Fourie 16 11 15 0
26   Athan Sterling 12 12 Ret Ret Ret 13 0
–   Beckham Jacir DNS DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3[a] R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 Pts
NOL ROA MOH NJM COA
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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

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Pos Team Pts
1   Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport 201
2   Scuderia Buell 104
3   International Motorsport 80
4   Jensen Global Advisors 62
5   IGY6 Motorsports 54
6   Szuch Racing 34
7   Berg DMG Racing 18
8   Atlantic Racing Team 15

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Half points were awarded in the third race at Mid-Ohio as less than 50% of the scheduled race duration was completed.

References

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  1. ^ "FR Americas, F4 U.S. and Ligier JS F4 Series Unveil 2024 Schedule". Ligier JS F4 Series. 2023-10-03. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  2. ^ Fuhrer, Eddie (2024-03-20). "Formula 4 United States Postpones Season Start Due to Car Delivery Delays". USOPENWHEELNATION.
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