Tommy Lemaire claims 2024 FD Link ECU PROSPEC Championship title. Dmitriy Brutskiy wins Round 4
EVENT DETAILS
Date: Friday, August 30, 2024
Location: Utah Motorsports Campus, Grantsville, UT
Event: Formula DRIFT Link ECU PROSPEC Championship Final Round 4
RESULTS FROM FD PROSPEC ROUND 4
- Dmitriy Brutskiy – Never Settle BMW
- Margaritis Katsanidis (Greece) – LS Doctor E46 BMW
- Austin Matta (USA) – Austin Matta Motorsports Nissan S14
2024 FD PROSPEC CHAMPIONSHIP
- Tommy Lemaire (Canada) – XPN Carbon-Kevlar Nissan S14.9
- Connor O’Sullivan (USA) – O’Sully Racing / RTS E46 BMW
- Austin Matta (USA) – Austin Matta Motorsports Nissan S14
NOTES
- Canadian Tommy Lemaire claimed the 2024 FD Link ECU PROSPEC Championship title by winning his Top 32 heat against DJ Stubstad (USA)
- After Championship points leader Connor O’Sullivan (USA) was knocked out of the Top 32 by Dmitriy Brutskiy, Lemaire simply needed to win his heat to claim the title. But in a dramatic move, Lemaire withdrew from the starting line to investigate an engine problem. The team replaced a damaged plug wire and Lemaire returned to win the heat
- Lemaire would finish the Final Round in fifth position and claim the 2024 title by 26 points over O’Sullivan
- Lemaire, O’Sullivan and third-place Matta all receive automatic Formula DRIFT PRO licenses to move up next year if they wish
- Round winner and two-time PROSPEC Champion Brutskiy has been competing in both the FD PRO and PROSPEC Championships this year. His Round 4 win catapulted him from a lowly 23rd to sixth in the 2024 PROSPEC standings
- By finishing second in Round 4, Katsanidis recorded his first ever Formula DRIFT podium and best result since joining the series last year. He lost in the Final to Brutskiy after a rear tire de-beaded in Outside Zone 1
- Matta finished third in both Round 4 and the PROSPEC Championship. He scored equal Championship points with Cody Buchanan (USA) but was awarded the position by achieving a podium in the St Louis Round
- As the leading Rookie driver, Nik Jimenez (USA) placed 12th in Round 4 driving the Jimenez Racing Nissan Z, reaching the Top 16 where he was defeated by Lemaire. The result placed him 15th overall, locking up the 2024 PROSPEC Rookie Driver of the Year award
- All FD PROSPEC teams run GT Radial spec tires and Link ECU engine management
ROUND 4 FD PROSPEC TOP 16 DRIVER POINTS
| POSITION | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | Dmitriy Brutskiy | 100 |
| 2 | Margaritis Katsanidis | 84 |
| 3 | Austin Matta | 70 |
| 4 | Cody Buchanan | 70 |
| 5 | Tommy Lemaire | 56 |
| 6 | Rudy Hansen | 56 |
| 7 | Jayden Martorana | 56 |
| 8 | Joshua Love | 56 |
| 9 | Justin Chesnutt | 42 |
| 10 | Shawn Illingworth | 42 |
| 11 | Cory Talaska | 42 |
| 12 | Nik Jimenez | 42 |
| 13 | Dustin Miles | 42 |
| 14 | Faruk Kugay | 42 |
| 15 | Richard Advani | 42 |
| 16 | Chris Leonard | 42 |
2024 FD PROSPEC TOP 16 CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
| POSITION | DRIVER | POINTS |
| 1 | Tommy Lemaire | 296 |
| 2 | Connor O´Sullivan | 270 |
| 3 | Austin Matta | 238 |
| 4 | Cody Buchanan | 238 |
| 5 | Joshua Love | 210 |
| 6 | Dmitriy Brutskiy | 198 |
| 7 | Nate Chen | 196 |
| 8 | Margaritis Katsanidis | 182 |
| 9 | Jayden Martorana | 182 |
| 10 | Rudy Hansen | 168 |
| 11 | Justin Chesnutt | 168 |
| 12 | Amanda Sorensen | 168 |
| 13 | Shawn Illingworth | 154 |
| 14 | Cory Talaska | 154 |
| 15 | Nik Jimenez | 154 |
| 16 | Cole Richards | 154 |