FR Americas, F4 U.S. & Ligier JFC Unveil Schedules

CHARLOTTE — Formulation Regional Americas Championship (FR Americas), Formulation 4 United States Championship (F4 U.S.) and Ligier Junior Formulation Championship (Ligier JFC) have unveiled their 2026 schedules.

The marketing campaign will mix a number of the most iconic circuits in North America with a number of the finest coaching grounds for younger expertise. Serving as America’s Street to F1, every championship’s calendar will concentrate on driver improvement and competitors, as FR Americas contests 21 rounds at eight tracks, F4 U.S. offers drivers 18 rounds at seven tracks and Ligier JFC presents 16 rounds at six tracks.

“We’re actually trying ahead to 2026 with FR Americas, F4 U.S. and Ligier JFC,” stated Scott Goodyear, Race Director. “With circuits like Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and Barber Motorsports Park embody don the schedule, now we have some powerful tracks that we all know will problem our drivers, and we’ll be capable of see them develop over the course of these weekends. Likewise, there are few locations in America that maintain the identical significance as Indianapolis Motor Speedway and racing throughout the yard of bricks. We included suggestions from our group as we constructed these schedules, and we’re actually excited for what’s deliberate.

“Every championship continues to ship nice worth, with the bottom price per mile in comparison with different skilled racing sequence in North America, in addition to the opposite Formulation 4 and Formulation Regional championships across the globe. Pair that with the spectacular wheel-to-wheel competitors like we’ve seen 12 months after 12 months, and also you’ll discover that our sequence are an outstanding coaching floor for younger drivers.”

The 2026 season will open in New Orleans, with NOLA Motorsports Park serving because the backdrop for each a Pre-Season Take a look at and the NOLA SpeedTour weekend. Then, it’s off to Elkhart Lake, Wis., and the famed Street America, the place all three championships will host their second occasion. As summer season heats up, everybody will head to Mid-Ohio Sports activities Automobile Course. After that, FR Americas will race throughout the yard of bricks on the IMS Street Course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, as they contest their solo back-to-back run.

Then, the three championships will reunite at New Jersey Motorsports Park, earlier than FR Americas and F4 U.S. head north of the border to tackle Canadian Tire Motorsport Park over Labor Day weekend. From there, all three sequence are off to Virginia Worldwide Raceway, earlier than closing out the 12 months and crowning the 2026 champions at Barber Motorsports Park in mid-October.

The eight-month season will present younger drivers with ample observe time to develop their expertise, whereas the near-monthly cadence permits their households to steadiness life on and off the racetrack. Likewise, working on the lowest price per mile in North America permits taking part drivers to additional unfold their sources, giving them extra alternatives to hone their expertise by means of observe time and testing applications with a number of the prime race groups in North America.

With eight FIA-certified tracks on the docket, the number of circuits prepares drivers to climb the ranks, as lots of the services are mainstays on the INDYCAR and IMSA schedules. The championships constantly produce high-level drivers, which has attracted IMSA groups to begin their very own formulation racing applications to coach drivers, and has INDYCAR groups trying within the championships’ paddocks to gas their very own driver improvement applications, as Chip Ganassi Racing has achieved with Kiwi Motorsport.