The USF4 Championship Series will launch a seven-weekend, 21-race 2016 season, Formula Race Promotions announced today. USF4 will join the F2000, F1600 and Atlantic calendars, bringing an evolutionary change to North American open wheel racing. Key partners in the new Series include French manufacturer Mygale Cars and Hoosier Racing Tire, with a projected price point of under $60,000 for a turn-key, state-of-the-art open-wheel race car powered by a 1.6-liter turbocharged Ford EcoBoost powerplant.

The Series will be operated by Formula Race Promotions, which has grown considerably since launching the F2000 Championship Series in 2006. USF4 will follow the global FIA F4 sporting regulations and provide seven race weekends per year, with three races per weekend and a minimum of three hours of track time per event.

Mygale F4 cars will be imported through partners Mygale North America, which has been both a competitor in the F1600 Championship Series and the importer for the Mygale SJ FF car for the last four seasons.

The French-built car will be mated to a 1.6 liter Ford EcoBoost engine, producing the FIA mandated 160hp. Each F4 car will be shod with spec Hoosier tires produced specifically to work within FIA guidelines.

The F4 specification has already proved successful around the world, with championships running in Italy, England, Germany, and Spain with Australia, China and other countries joining for 2016.

An F4 car was recently on display at the Formula Race Promotions event at the new Pittsburgh International Race Complex. Complete cars are available for order now.