10 Things You Need to Know before the Official VIR Weekend
10 Things You Need to Know before the Official VIR Weekend
1. What is F4’s history with VIR?
Formula Regional Americas Championship Powered by Honda staged its first race at VIR in 2019 bringing 13 cars to the legendary Virginia road course.
2. Why is the event called the Andy Scriven Memorial Race Weekend?
Every year F4 U.S. honors Andy Scriven, the chief designer/creator of the Ligier JS F4 and Ligier JS F3, who sadly passed away following complications from a biking accident in 2017. Andy was instrumental in developing both single-seater championships and designing the first North American Halo.
3. Is the event open to spectators?
Due to recent COVID-19 mandates made by the state of Virginia, the race track will remained closed to all non-essential staff and crew members. Spectators will not be allowed to attend.
4. Will the event be streamed?
All three races will be live streamed on www.FANRacing.Live, available to a worldwide audience. Official Practices and Qualifying will not be live streamed, however, fans can still follow lap times on the Race Monitor App or by clicking here.
5.Track Facts:
17 Turns, 3.27 Miles, 130 Feet in Elevation Changes
6. What is the field size for the event?
16 cars made up of 10 rookies, 6 returning drivers, representing 8 countries
7. Who were the past winners at VIR?
2019: Benjamin Pedersen (GRG), Benjamin Pedersen (GRG), Mathias Soler-Obel (VRD)
8. What team has the best record at VIR?
Global Racing Group has the best winning record at VIR, scoring two of the three wins in 2019. GRG also has the most podium visits with four, but Velocity Racing Development is a close second with three podium finishes, followed by Momentum Motorsports with two.
9. What are the track lap records?
Fastest Qualifying Lap: 1:43.486-seconds set by Benjamin Pedersen in 2019
Fastest In-Race Lap: 1:44.015-seconds set by Mathias Soler-Obe in 2019
10. What was the largest margin of victory, smallest margin of victory?
The largest margin of victory at VIR is 6.427-seconds set by Mathias Soler Obel (VRD) in Race 3 win over second-place finisher Benjamin Pedersen (GRG) in 2019
The smallest margin of victory was also between Benjamin Pedersen and Mathias Soler Obel in 2019. Pedersen crossed the stripe .534-seconds ahead of second-place finisher Obel in 2019.
