Daniel Cará and Augie Soto-Schirripa Pace Practice
AUSTIN, Texas (November 2, 2023) – Titus Sherlock is racing for the Formula 4 United States Championship Powered by Honda (F4 U.S.) title this weekend at Circuit of The Americas (COTA), and tomorrow, he’ll start that championship battle from the front of the grid. Recording a 2:15.593 lap, Sherlock (No. 31 Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F4) had just a 0.006-second advantage over Daniel Cará (No. 10 Tenuta Foppa & Ambrosi Ligier JS F4) to secure the pole position for tomorrow’s Race 1. After winning two of the three rounds at VIRginia International Raceway last month, Augie Soto-Schirripa (No. 24 International Motorsport Ligier JS F4) qualified third for tomorrow’s race with a lap time of 2:15.760.
Sherlock is currently tied with Michael Costello (No. 19 Jay Howard Driver Development / CSU One Cure / Lucas Oil / LHP Ligier JS F4) for second in the point standings, and both drivers are 66.5 points behind leader Patrick Woods-Toth (No. 27 Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport Ligier JS F4). Costello will line up 13th tomorrow, while Woods-Toth will start from fourth on the grid.
SEE MORE: Official Grid
Drivers in F4 U.S. had two practice sessions on Thursday morning to get ready for the season finale weekend at the Mission Foods Austin SpeedTour. In the first session, the top three drivers were all within a second of each other, with Cará recording a 2:15.290 lap to hold a 0.004-second advantage over Woods-Toth. Soto-Schirripa was third in the session, just 0.960-seconds off of Cará.
SEE MORE: Practice 1 Results
In the second session, Soto-Schirripa led the way with a 2:15.045 lap. The top four drivers were all within a second of each other in that practice, with Sherlock trailing Soto-Schirripa by just 0.403-seconds, Cará just 0.501-seconds back, and Woods-Toth 0.744-seconds behind.
SEE MORE: Practice 2 Results
F4 U.S. hits the track tomorrow for Race 1 from the Mission Foods Austin SpeedTour. The lights go out at 12 p.m. CT on Friday afternoon, and a live stream broadcast of the race will be available on the SpeedTourTV YouTube page. Live timing and scoring can be accessed on the Race Monitor app, and additional news and updates from the season finale weekend will be posted on the series’ Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
