(US Racing press office release)
The 16-year-old Matheus Ferreira from Brazil will join US Racing in the Formula 4 season 2024 and will start in the Italian Formula 4 Championship and selected races of Formula Winter Series.
“I am so happy to finally announce that I will be driving for US Racing in the Formula 4 season 2024. The focus of my season will be the Italian Formula 4 Championship. I love working with the Team, as we did already a couple of Test days together that went pretty good.
I now feel well pre-pared for the upcoming season opener next week in Jerez as part of the Formula Winter Series”, explains Ferreira.
Gerhard Ungar: “We watched Matheus already in last year’s Italian Formula 4 Championship. Matheus is a very talented, young driver with quite a good speed. What Matheus showed so far in the car, was really good and impressed me. I am sure, Matheus will be able to fight for the Champi-onship this year”.
Ralf Schumacher: “Matheus is a structured and focused race driver with a great potential. I’m very much looking forward to working with him this Formula 4 season 2024”.