The 2022 USF Juniors championship was the inaugural season of USF Juniors. It became the new first rung of the Road to Indy ladder.[1] The season featured a six-round 16-race calendar, which began April 23 at Ozarks International Raceway and concluded on September 18 at the Circuit of the Americas.[2]

Drivers and teams

Team No. Drivers Rounds
Barker Racing 12 United States Ethan Barker 5–16
Crosslink Kiwi Motorsports 28 Brazil Lucas Fecury 5–10, 14–16
31 United States Titus Sherlock[3] All
37 United States Madison Aust 8–10, 14–16
39 United States Bryson Morris 14–16
44 New Zealand Bailey Cruse 14–16
66 United States Ryan Shehan 5–7, 14–16
87 United States Jeremy Fairbairn[4] All
DC Autosport w/Cape Motorsports 24 United States Earl Tucker[5] 1–10
61 United States Nicholas d'Orlando[6] 1–4
71 United States Ethan Ho[7] All
DEForce Racing 16 Australia Quinn Armstrong 5–16
17 Canada Mac Clark[8] All
18 United States Maxwell Jamieson[9] All
19 United States Jake Bonilla[9] All
Future Star Racing 8 United States David Burketh[10] 3–4
IGY6 Motorsports 9 Philippines Bianca Bustamante[11] 1–4
25 United States Jacob Bolen[9] 1–4, 11–13
International Motorsport 21 Uruguay Maite Cáceres 11–16
23 United States André Castro[12] All
32 Argentina Giorgio Carrara 8–16
53 France Alan Isambard[13] 1–13
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Development 67 United States Elliot Cox[9] 1–13
Velocity Racing Development 7 United States Nikita Johnson[14] All
14 United States Sam Corry[9] All
20 United States Alessandro De Tullio[15] All
55 United States Noah Ping[16] 1–4

Schedule

Round Date Race name Circuit Location
1 April 22–24 Cooper Tires Grand Prix of The Ozarks1 Ozarks International Raceway Gravois Mills, MO
2
-
3 April 28–29 Andersen Interior Contracting Grand Prix of Alabama Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, AL
4
5 June 3–5 Cooper Tires VIR Grand Prix Virginia International Raceway Alton, VA
6
7
8 July 7–9 Cooper Tires Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, OH
9
10
11 July 29–31 Fleet Farm Grand Prix of Road America Road America Elkhart Lake, WI
12
13
14 September 16–18 Cooper Tires Circuit of the Americas Grand Prix Finale Circuit of the Americas Austin, TX
15
16
  • 1 The round at Ozarks International Raceway was scheduled to have 3 races, but the third race was cancelled due to poor weather conditions. To make up for the cancelled race, a third race was added for the event at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.[17]

Race results

Round Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race Winner
Driver Team
1 R1 Ozarks International Raceway Canada Mac Clark Canada Mac Clark Canada Mac Clark Canada Mac Clark DEForce Racing
2 R2 Canada Mac Clark Canada Mac Clark Canada Mac Clark Canada Mac Clark DEForce Racing
- - Race cancelled due to inclement weather
3 R1 Barber Motorsports Park Canada Mac Clark United States Sam Corry Canada Mac Clark Canada Mac Clark DEForce Racing
4 R2 Canada Mac Clark Canada Mac Clark Canada Mac Clark Canada Mac Clark DEForce Racing
5 R1 Virginia International Raceway United States Jeremy Fairbairn United States Alessandro De Tullio United States Sam Corry United States Alessandro De Tullio Velocity Racing Development
6 R2 Canada Mac Clark United States Alessandro De Tullio Canada Mac Clark United States Alessandro De Tullio Velocity Racing Development
7 R3 Canada Mac Clark United States Nikita Johnson United States Alessandro De Tullio United States Alessandro De Tullio Velocity Racing Development
8 R1 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Canada Mac Clark United States Alessandro De Tullio Canada Mac Clark United States Sam Corry Velocity Racing Development
9 R2 Canada Mac Clark United States Alessandro De Tullio Canada Mac Clark United States Alessandro De Tullio Velocity Racing Development
10 R3 Canada Mac Clark United States Nikita Johnson Canada Mac Clark Canada Mac Clark DEForce Racing
11 R1 Road America Canada Mac Clark United States Sam Corry United States Sam Corry United States Sam Corry Velocity Racing Development
12 R2 United States Sam Corry Canada Mac Clark United States Nikita Johnson United States Nikita Johnson Velocity Racing Development
13 R3 United States Sam Corry United States Alessandro De Tulio United States Sam Corry United States Alessandro De Tulio Velocity Racing Development
14 R1 Circuit of the Americas United States Sam Corry United States Nikita Johnson United States Nikita Johnson United States Nikita Johnson Velocity Racing Development
15 R2 United States Nikita Johnson United States Nikita Johnson United States Bryson Morris United States Sam Corry Velocity Racing Development
16 R3 United States Nikita Johnson United States Nikita Johnson United States Nikita Johnson United States Nikita Johnson Velocity Racing Development

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th+ 
Points 30 25 22 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
  • The driver who qualifies on pole is awarded one additional point.
  • One point is awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in a race.
  • One point is awarded to the driver who sets the fastest lap during the race.
Pos Driver OIR ALA VIR MDO ROA COA Points
1 Canada Mac Clark 1* 1* C 1* 1* 4 10* 2 2* 2* 1* 15 3 4 2 3 3 393
2 United States Sam Corry 3 3 C 2 4 3* 12 3 1 4 5 1* 2 2* 4 1 2 369
3 United States Nikita Johnson 2 6 C 3 5 2 13 4 4 3 2 3 1* 3 1* 10 1* 352
4 United States Alessandro De Tullio 6 2 C 4 DNS 1 1 1* 3 1 3 2 DSQ 1 10 14 9 314
5 United States Andre Castro 4 4 C 5 2 10 6 8 8 7 12 12 4 6 17 5 7 233
6 United States Jeremy Fairbairn 5 13 C 6 3 11 14 10 6 6 7 17 13 8 6 4 14 201
7 United States Ethan Ho 12 7 C 7 8 6 16 9 9 13 8 13 5 7 16 17 4 182
8 United States Titus Sherlock 11 5 C 16 9 5 2 6 12 16 10 6 15 15 8 18 12 178
9 United States Jake Bonilla 8 14 C 10 16 9 4 7 14 18 16 7 10 10 18 6 11 160
10 France Alan Isambard 7 15 C 18 DNS 7 3 5 18 8 6 5 6 9 151
11 United States Elliot Cox 9 8 C 11 11 12 5 16 7 10 11 4 16 16 140
12 Australia Quinn Armstrong 8 7 12 13 9 9 16 8 11 9 19 8 123
13 Argentina Giorgio Carrara 5 5 4 8 9 5 11 15 10 122
14 United States Ethan Barker 13 9 15 11 11 17 9 7 17 7 7 19 110
15 United States Maxwell Jamieson DNS DNS C 14 13 17 17 DNS 17 14 13 10 11 14 15 8 13 97
16 United States Ryan Shehan 16 8 11 5 9 6 72
17 Brazil Lucas Fecury 14 11 13 10 12 14 13 16 16 70
18 United States Bryson Morris 3 2* 5 65
19 United States Earl Tucker 13 9 C 13 14 15 15 14 16 17 DNS 63
20 United States Noah Ping 10 12 C 9 7 46
21 Uruguay Maite Cáceres 11 12 13 19 11 15 45
22 United States Nicholas d'Orlando DNS 11 C 8 6 39
23 United States Jacob Bolen 15 DNS C 17 15 14 14 12 39
24 United States Madison Aust 15 15 15 14 12 17 38
25 Philippines Bianca Bustamante 14 10 C 15 12 32
26 United States David Burketh 12 10 20
27 New Zealand Bailey Cruse 12 13 18 20
Pos Driver OIR ALA VIR MDO ROA COA Points
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th–10th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did not start
(DNS)
Race cancelled
(C)
Blank Did not
participate
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(1 point)
Italics Ran fastest race lap
(1 point)
* Led most race laps
(1 point)
Not awarded if more than
one driver leads most laps
Rookie

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Meet USF Juniors, the newest entry-level feeder series in the United States". F1 Feeder Series. September 30, 2021. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  2. ↑ Wood, Ida (November 8, 2021). "USF Juniors unveils calendar for inaugural season". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  3. ↑ "NEW SERIES, NEW DRIVERS AND NEW TRACK THIS WEEKEND FOR CROSSLINK KIWI MOTORSPORT". usfjuniors.com. Andersen Promotions. April 21, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  4. ↑ "JEREMY FAIRBAIRN JOINS CROSSLINK KIWI MOTORSPORT IN USF JUNIORS". usfjuniors.com. Andersen =Promotions. April 2, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  5. ↑ "DC AUTOSPORT WITH CAPE MOTORSPORTS SIGNS EARL TUCKER". usfjuniors.com. Andersen Promotions. March 9, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  6. ↑ "NICHOLAS D'ORLANDO SET FOR DC AUTOSPORT WITH CAPE MOTORSPORTS DEBUT". usfjuniors.com. Andersen Promotions. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Ethan Ho gets USF Juniors ride". SpeedSport.com. Turn 3 Media, LLC. April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  8. ↑ "US F4 runner-up Mac Clark makes sideways move to USF Juniors". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. February 8, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 USF Juniors Ozark International Raceway Entry List
  10. ↑ USF Juniors Barber Motorsports Park Entry List
  11. ↑ Yumol, David Tristan (April 21, 2022). "Bianca Bustamante to race in USF Juniors tilt ahead of W Series debut". cnnphilippines.com. Cable News Network. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  12. ↑ Wood, Ida (April 19, 2022). "Team USA's Andre Castro steps down from USF2000 to USF Juniors". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Karters Garat, Isambard moving to USF Juniors along with their team". racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. December 17, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  14. ↑ "NIKITA JOHNSON TO CAMPAIGN THE ALL-NEW USF JUNIORS WITH VRD RACING". usfjuniors.com. Andersen Promotions. October 30, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  15. ↑ "ALESSANDRO DE TULLIO JOINS VELOCITY RACING DEVELOPMENT AND USF JUNIORS". usfjuniors.com. Andersen Promotions. April 20, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  16. ↑ "VRD Racing adds USF Juniors entry for Noah Ping". SpeedSport.com. Turn 3 Media, LLC. December 24, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  17. ↑ Wood, Ida (April 24, 2022). "Mac Clark dominates USF Juniors' first ever event". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
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