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6 days ago | formulascout.com | Ida Wood

2 TJ Speed’s Ariel Elkin won a chaotic first race of USF Pro 2000’s triple-header on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course. The Israeli started on pole alongside Velocity Racing Development’s Max Taylor, with Pabst Racing’s Jacob Douglas and points leader Max Garcia on row two of the grid. It was three-wide for third place going into the opening corner of the race, while Douglas made a big lock-up as he tried to go around the outside of Elkin for the lead.

6 days ago | formulascout.com | Ida Wood

4 Alexandre Munoz continued his strong start to the French Formula 4 season by topping qualifying for round two at Dijon. An unusual free practice session preceded qualifying, as only nine of the 30 drivers set a flying lap and just 13 in total completed a timed lap of any description. Arthur Dorison was fastest, a 1m17.612s set on the sixth of his nine tours of the track putting him 0.273 seconds ahead of Niccolo Pirri.

6 days ago | formulascout.com | Ida Wood

2 Ariel Elkin narrowly beat Max Taylor to pole for the first USF Pro 2000 race of the weekend on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course. Qualifying took place in warm conditions, with 20 minutes of green flag action that drivers could make use of. Elkin was already quickest five minutes in, the TJ Speed driver setting a 1m21.4288s to lead Pabst Racing’s Max Garcia by 0.3845 seconds.

1 week ago | formulascout.com | Ida Wood

1 Jacob Douglas edged Pabst Racing team-mate Max Garcia to first place in USF Pro 2000 practice on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course. It was an interesting Thursday for the paddock, with two test sessions and then free practice for round three of the season. Joining only for the test was Seb Murray at Jay Howard Driver Development. The Scot came 18th in GB3 last year, and is currently 17th in Indy Nxt, the step above USFP2000.

1 week ago | formulascout.com | Ida Wood

2 Teddy Musella topped USF2000 practice on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course, as 2023 champion Simon Sikes made a surprise series return. Sikes, now aged 24, raced part-time in USF2000 with Legacy Autosport from 2020 to ’22, claiming four podiums from 26 races. He then joined Pabst Racing for a full-time attack and took the title with six wins, which led to him stepping up to USF Pro 2000 with the team last year.