2020 North American Formula 4 season

2020 North American F4
Season
Races	16 (8 rounds)
Start date	14th March 2020
End date	13th September 2020
Awards
Drivers' champion	Gilles Nouveau
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
2019	2021
Related
Anglo-Irish F4
Italian F4
South American F4
Asian F4

The 2020 North American Formula 4 season is the third season of the North American Formula 4 championship, a series aimed at promoting young talent in North America.

The season saw a shift toward hosting more weekends with the Formula 3 Americas series.

Gilles Nouveau would become the first Canadian to win the Driver's Title, with him and his teammate Craig Ortega taking the top 2 places in the championship over Italian Formula 4 transfer Théo Christen.

Teams and drivers

All teams used the Crawford Composites F4 chassis partnered with the 2.0L Honda K20C4 engine on Bridgestone tyres.

Team	#	Driver	Status	Rounds
Brian Andore Racing [?]	1	Template:USA Craig Ortega	R	1-
	2	Gilles Nouveau	R	1-
Template:USA Underhill Motorsports [?]	3	Alexandra Mohnhaupt		1-
	4	Jose Barnet	R	1-
Moreno Motorports [?]	5	Template:USA Brandon Lemke		1-
	55	Template:USA Tevin Robbins		1-
Template:USA DoubleSeven Competition [?]	7	Annakpok Pootoogook		1-
	77	Brian Gosselin	R	1-
Quemex Competition [?]	12	José Sierra	R	1-
	34	Template:FRA [*] Stelio Vulcain	R	1-
/Template:USA Carrera Granada [?]	15	Template:USA Nicholas D'Orlando		1-
	93	Dexter Black		1-
North Star Racing Canada [?]	16	Template:USA Arjun Patel		1-
	17	Template:USA David Crow	R	1-
Peak Motorsport Canada [?]	26	Template:USA Milania Hale	R	1-12
		Felipe Ribeiro	R	13-
	27	Template:SUI Théo Christen	R	1-
Montreal Racing Services [?]	35	Template:USA Curtis Hawking	R	1-
	36	Template:USA Sandy Gray	R	1-
Template:USA Gonzalez-Richtmann Motorsports [?]	45	Template:USA Lucas Thompson	R	1-
	46	Template:USA Tim Connors	R	1-
Template:USA Team Pelfrey [?]	80	Charlotte Morin	R	1-
	81	Template:USA Braden Eves	R	1-
Calinetic Racing [?]	90	Tommi Gore	R	1-
	91	Edson Iturra	R	1-
Pinty's/Telcel Genesis Engineering Canada [?]	98	Pedro Ramírez	R	1-
	99	Charles Morin	R	1-

Race Calendar

The Calendar would see a shift in priority toward Formula 3 Americas at the expense of the IndyCar Series. Watkins Glen would see more laps for its races to add to the finality of the event.

#	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Template:USA Barber Motorsports Park [SUPPORT]	28 March	Template:FRA Stelio Vulcain	José Sierra	Template:FRA Stelio Vulcain	Quemex Competition
		29 March	Template:USA Craig Ortega	Template:USA Craig Ortega	Template:SUI Théo Christen	Peak Motorsport Canada
2	Template:USA Burke Lakefront Airport [SUPPORT]	3 April	Charles Morin	Template:FRA Stelio Vulcain	Charles Morin	Pinty's/Telcel Genesis Engineering Canada
		4 April	Template:FRA Stelio Vulcain	Template:SUI Théo Christen	Template:FRA Stelio Vulcain	Quemex Competition
3	Template:USA Lime Rock Park [SUPPORT]	2 May	Gilles Nouveau	Template:SUI Théo Christen	Gilles Nouveau	Brian Andore Racing
		3 May	Template:FRA Stelio Vulcain	Template:SUI Théo Christen	Template:FRA Stelio Vulcain	Quemex Competition
4	Exhibition Place [SUPPORT]	6 June	Gilles Nouveau	Gilles Nouveau	Template:USA Craig Ortega	Brian Andore Racing
		7 June	Template:USA Craig Ortega	Dexter Black	Template:USA Craig Ortega	Brian Andore Racing
5	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park [SUPPORT]	4 July	Template:USA Craig Ortega	Template:USA Craig Ortega	Template:USA Craig Ortega	Brian Andore Racing
		5 July	Template:SUI Théo Christen	Template:SUI Théo Christen	Gilles Nouveau	Brian Andore Racing
6	Template:USA Sonoma Raceway (Indycar) [SUPPORT]	18 July	Template:USA Sandy Gray	Template:USA Nicholas d'Orlando	Gilles Nouveau	Brian Andore Racing
		19 July	Dexter Black	Template:USA Craig Ortega	José Sierra	Quemex Competition
7	Circuit Trois-Rivières [SUPPORT]	8 August	Template:USA Sandy Gray	Template:USA Sandy Gray	Edson Iturra	Calinetic Racing
		9 August	Template:SUI Théo Christen	Template:USA Sandy Gray	Gilles Nouveau	Brian Andore Racing
8	Template:USA Watkins Glen International	12 September	Template:USA Craig Ortega	Template:USA Sandy Gray	Template:USA Craig Ortega	Brian Andore Racing
		13 September	Template:USA Craig Ortega	Template:FRA Stelio Vulcain	Template:USA Craig Ortega	Brian Andore Racing

Testing Sessions

Circuit	Date	Fastest Driver	Fastest Team	Fastest Lap
Template:USA Road Atlanta	15 February	Template:USA Brandon Lemke	Moreno Motorsports	1:37.542
	16 February	Template:SUI Théo Christen	Peak Motorsport Canada	1:37.094
Template:USA Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	22 May	Template:FRA Stelio Vulcain	Quemex Competition	1:26.764
	23 May	Template:USA Craig Ortega	Brian Andore Racing	1:26.194

Standings

Points System

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	PP
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	2

Driver's Championship

Pos Driver Template:USA BAR Template:USA CLE Template:USA LRP TOR CAN Template:USA SNM TRO Template:USA WAT Pts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 Gilles Nouveau 7 3 3 14 1 6 2 10 2 1 1 5 4 1 10 2 145 2 Template:USA Craig Ortega 4 Ret 13 4 4 7 1 1 1 4 3 Ret 9 5 1 1 139 3 Template:SUI Théo Christen 3 1 4 2 5 3 8 4 Ret 2 2 11 5 2 2 6 135 4 Template:FRA Stelio Vulcain 1 5 11 1 10 1 3 2 7 13 5 12 7 4 7 8 109 5 Template:USA Sandy Gray 2 2 7 9 8 2 7 7 15 Ret 26 9 2 11 3 3 91 6 Annakpok Pootoogook 5 6 2 3 7 4 5 23 10 6 9 3 8 9 4 5 88 7 Dexter Black 16 4 9 8 3 8 11 6 6 12 4 2 11 6 18 7 67 8 Template:USA Brandon Lemke 10 Ret 8 5 9 12 6 Ret 14 10 7 7 3 3 16 4 54 9 Edson Iturra 11 7 12 12 11 5 4 9 3 15 6 16 1 8 15 26 53 10 Charles Morin 9 8 1 17 2 14 10 19 8 24 13 13 6 12 6 16 48 11 Tommi Gore 5 12 6 6 26 13 13 3 4 18 8 10 10 21 22 13 38 12 Template:USA Curtis Hawking 8 13 10 7 22 10 19 8 11 3 11 8 16 7 13 11 29 13 Template:USA Nicholas D'Orlando 15 Ret 5 10 13 16 12 5 23 19 14 4 15 10 23 10 23 14 José Sierra 18 11 19 15 15 11 15 Ret 16 17 18 1 12 15 14 9 17 15 Jose Barnet 12 9 23 26 16 17 14 11 17 7 10 6 14 13 8 19 15 16 Template:USA Tim Connors 23 19 20 22 12 18 9 12 5 22 20 17 25 24 21 12 8 17 Template:USA Tevin Robbins 17 Ret 17 20 21 15 21 14 20 11 12 15 20 14 5 15 6 18 Template:USA Braden Eves 19 14 16 16 20 25 16 20 24 5 22 25 22 18 12 21 6 19 Brian Gosselin Ret 18 15 18 6 24 23 15 12 16 15 14 13 16 11 14 5 20 Alexandra Mohnhaupt 14 Ret 18 11 25 22 22 18 19 8 17 18 26 17 9 23 5 21 Template:USA Milania Hale 13 10 22 23 14 19 25 Ret 9 Ret 21 24 3 22 Template:USA Lucas Thompson 24 16 21 25 17 9 Ret 13 18 23 25 23 19 19 20 18 2 23 Charlotte Morin 22 17 14 19 19 20 18 16 25 9 24 22 24 25 17 25 2 24 Template:USA David Crow 20 15 26 13 24 21 17 17 21 20 16 21 17 22 19 20 0 25 Template:USA Arjun Patel 25 20 25 21 18 23 20 21 22 14 19 19 18 20 26 17 0 26 Pedro Ramírez 21 21 24 24 23 26 24 22 19 21 23 20 23 23 24 24 0 27 Felipe Ribeiro 21 26 25 22 0