November 6, 2024
RIDING A STREAK OF FOUR CONSECUTIVE 2ND PLACE FINISHES, ATHAN STERLING SET FOR F4 CALIFORNIA SEASON FINALE
Born and raised near Akron, Ohio, 18-year-old Athan Sterling has enjoyed a very successful rookie race season as part of his long-term JENSEN race car driver development program.
Athan has particularly shined in his two appearances competing in the F4 California Series, where he is currently fourth in the 2024 season championship. In July, Athan scored a pair of 2nd place finishes on his championship debut at the famous Laguna Seca circuit. Athan scored another pair of podiums at Sonoma Raceway near San Francisco in early September.
F4 California Series 2024 season concludes at Buttonwillow Raceway (located near Los Angeles) on the weekend November 15-17. Athan set very competitive lap times during a mid-summer test at the Buttonwillow circuit, which bodes well for his quest to finish Top 3 in the 2024 championship standings.
JENSEN team owner Eric Jensen commented, "Athan is a naturally gifted young man who has often shown impressive speed and maturity during his rookie race season. Despite having no previous karting or racing experience, Athan has quickly learned how to make fast lap times while perhaps more importantly Athan is very consistent rarely making mistakes on track."
Jensen continued, "Based upon his strong F4 California Series results and his often impressive lap times during private testing, mid-summer we created an accelerated development plan for Athan to graduate to race in the higher level FR Americas Championship for the 2025 season. FIA rules require a minimum F4 or equivalent race starts in order to graduate to the higher level FR Americas Championship, and Athan will achieve that requirement by competing in the Buttonwillow season finale."
Formula 4 is the entry level junior open-wheel race category on the FIA development ladder system intended to identify and train future drivers to compete in the Formula One World Championship.
Utilizing the 2023 pro spec Ligier F4 race cars, the 2024 F4 California Championship is comprised of six race events at four circuits located throughout California. Powered by Honda race engines, the race cars are capable of 135 mph top speeds.
Formula Regional Americas is the top level American junior race series on the FIA Formula One Championship's young driver development ladder. 2025 championship is comprised of 8 race weekends at iconic American circuits including Road America, Mid-Ohio, and Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Ligier JS-F3 are the specification race cars used in the championship, powered by 303 horsepower turbo-charged engines.
For more information about Athan Sterling and our JENSEN young driver development programs, contact Eric Jensen via email at jensen@jensenga.com
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For more information about the Formula Pro Western Championship ( F4 California Series ) visit the series website www.formulaprousa.com
For more information about the Formula Regional Americas Championship visit the series website www.framericas.com
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