2018 North American Formula 4 season

2018 North American F4
Season
Races	16
Start date	March 8
End date	September 21
Awards
Drivers' champion	Template:USA John Davis
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
None	2019
Related
Anglo-Irish F4
Italian F4
F4 World Final

The 2018 North American Formula 4 season is the first season of the new North American Formula 4 championship set up as part of the FIA Global Pathway. Its calendar is designed in preparation for the revival of the Indycar Series in 2019.

Teams and drivers

All teams use Formula 4 chassis built by Crawford Composites and use Honda K20C2 engines. Tires are provided by Bridgestone.

Team	#	Driver	Rounds
Template:USA Leading Edge Grand Prix	1	Template:USA Shawn DiBenedetto	1-
	2	Verania Andrés	1-
Montreal Racing Services	3	Ben Carver	1-
	4	Armando Maldonado	1-
Moreno Motorsport	5	Chad Brooks	1-
/Template:USA Carrera Granada	15	Template:USA John Davis	1-
	93	Template:USA Mason Perez	1-
Maple Racing	17	Template:USA Nicholas d'Orlando	1-
	18	Kelsey Hann	1-
Template:USA Panthera American Young Driver Team	21	Template:USA Mike Jones	1-
	59	Alejandro de la Vega	1-
Template:USA Juncos Racing	23	Template:USA Logan Sargeant	1-
	31	Alejandro Gómez	1-
Peak Motorsport Canada	26	Template:USA Joey Bennett	1-
	27	Arienne Sorel	1-
Tropico Academy	33	Xavier Santillán	1-
Template:USA TE Connectivity Andretti Autosport	39	Eduardo Barrichello	1-
	40	Victoria Marcia Belmonte	1-
Brian Andore Racing	41	Template:USA Ed Howitzer	1-
Template:USA Gonzalez-Richtmann Motorsports	45	Moisés de la Vara	1-
	46	Template:USA Elton Faraday	1-
Template:USA Team Pelfrey	80	Template:USA Chris di Longo	1-
	81	Alexandra Mohnhaupt	1-
Manticore Tuning	87	Gennaro Ciampa	1-
Genesis Engineering Canada	98	Dexter Black	1-
	99	Bill Jones	1-

Race Calendar

#	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Template:USA Streets of St. Petersburg	8 March	Template:USA Mike Jones	Dexter Black	Template:USA John Davis	/Template:USA Carrera Granada
		9 March	Template:USA Mike Jones	Moisés de la Vara	Template:USA Mike Jones	Template:USA Panthera American Young Driver Team
2	Template:USA Barber Motorsports Park	26 April	Template:USA John Davis	Alejandro de la Vega	Alejandro de la Vega	Template:USA Panthera American Young Driver Team
		27 April	Template:USA John Davis	Alejandro de la Vega	Alejandro de la Vega	Template:USA Panthera American Young Driver Team
3	Template:USA Lime Rock Park	6 May	Template:USA Joey Bennett	Alexandra Mohnhaupt	Arienne Sorel	Peak Motorsport Canada
		7 May	Armando Maldonado	Armando Maldonado	Bill Jones	Genesis Engineering Canada
4	Canadian Tire Motorsports Park	2 June	Armando Maldonado	Template:USA John Davis	Template:USA John Davis	/Template:USA Carrera Granada
		3 June	Template:USA Joey Bennett	Template:USA Logan Sargeant	Template:USA Ed Howitzer	Brian Andore Racing
5	Template:USA Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	5 July	Template:USA Ed Howitzer	Template:USA Ed Howitzer	Template:USA Ed Howitzer	Brian Andore Racing
		6 July	Arienne Sorel	Arienne Sorel	Template:USA Ed Howitzer	Brian Andore Racing
6	Toronto Exhibition Place	19 July	Bill Jones	Arienne Sorel	Bill Jones	Genesis Engineering Canada
		20 July	Alejandro de la Vega	Template:USA Ed Howitzer	Template:USA Ed Howitzer	Brian Andore Racing
7	Template:USA Sonoma Raceway (IndyCar)	6 September	Arienne Sorel	Victoria Marcia Belmonte	Template:USA John Davis	/Template:USA Carrera Granada
		7 September	Template:USA Ed Howitzer	Template:USA Ed Howitzer	Template:USA Ed Howitzer	Brian Andore Racing
8	Template:USA Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca	20 September	Template:USA Ed Howitzer	Armando Maldonado	Template:USA Ed Howitzer	Brian Andore Racing
		21 September	Alejandro de la Vega	Arienne Sorel	Template:USA John Davis	/Template:USA Carrera Granada

Mid-Season Test

Circuit	Date	Fastest Driver	Fastest Team	Fastest Lap
Template:USA Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	29 June	Template:USA Ed Howitzer	Brian Andore Racing	1:25.768
	30 June	Template:GBR Sabrina Mann	Template:USA Team Pelfrey	1:25.881

Standings

Points System

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

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver Template:USA SPG Template:USA BAR Template:USA LRP CAN Template:USA MOH TOR Template:USA SNM Template:USA LGS Pts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 Template:USA John Davis 1 2 Ret Ret 7 3 1 2 2 7 4 8 1 8 8 1 136 2 Template:USA Ed Howitzer 9 5 6 6 6 9 18 1 1 1 10 1 14 1 1 11 122 3 Alejandro de la Vega 4 7 1 1 4 19 7 11 7 26 5 2 7 5 4 2 108 4 Arienne Sorel 6 10 7 7 1 5 6 6 9 2 8 4 5 4 9 3 102 5 Template:USA Joey Bennett 2 8 5 5 2 14 19 3 6 5 Ret 3 6 3 11 7 91 6 Template:USA Mike Jones 5 1 4 4 Ret 7 5 20 11 9 2 12 7 5 13 12 75 7 Armando Maldonado 16 9 17 16 3 4 2 5 5 14 3 9 9 10 3 10 74 8 Bill Jones 7 11 11 25 24 1 17 25 Ret 10 1 14 10 2 10 9 53 9 Dexter Black 12 6 2 2 13 2 23 23 13 18 18 18 12 11 17 4 49 10 Victoria Marcia Belmonte 11 19 13 12 19 10 9 18 4 25 6 26 2 7 7 20 36 11 Template:USA Nicholas d'Orlando 18 3 14 13 11 11 10 8 10 13 15 7 3 26 21 6 34 12 Chad Brooks 3 12 16 15 23 13 11 14 18 7 14 5 Ret 6 5 23 31 13 Template:USA Logan Sargeant 25 13 12 11 8 17 4 4 24 12 9 20 8 13 12 5 30 14 Moisés de la Vara 14 14 8 8 14 16 26 9 3 4 12 10 24 12 14 14 27 15 Alexandra Mohnhaupt 15 20 19 18 4 23 15 19 14 11 11 19 16 25 2 8 23 16 Verania Andrés 10 16 3 3 9 25 25 12 15 19 22 13 15 16 16 25 23 17 Eduardo Barrichello 19 4 18 17 25 21 14 15 16 3 19 6 13 18 19 18 23 18 Xavier Santillán 13 18 20 19 12 12 3 7 12 8 13 11 17 23 6 15 22 19 Kelsey Hann 8 17 9 9 21 6 20 17 Ret 20 25 24 25 21 25 16 12 20 Template:USA Mason Perez 24 21 22 21 16 18 8 22 20 24 7 17 19 24 20 21 7 21 Ben Carver 22 25 24 23 10 8 12 13 8 17 20 15 21 14 18 13 7 22 Template:USA Elton Faraday 23 26 10 10 22 Ret 24 24 21 21 16 22 18 17 24 22 2 23 Gennaro Ciampa Ret 15 21 20 17 15 16 10 17 15 21 21 11 15 15 17 1 24 Alejandro Gómez 21 24 15 14 15 20 13 21 19 16 24 23 23 22 26 19 0 25 Template:USA Chris di Longo 17 22 23 22 18 22 21 16 22 22 17 16 22 19 23 24 0 26 Template:USA Shawn DiBenedetto 20 23 25 24 20 24 22 26 23 23 23 25 20 20 22 26 0