2025 USF2000 Championship

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The 2025 USF2000 Championship presented by ContinentalTire will be the sixteenth season of the USF2000 Championship since its revival in 2010. The championship serves as the third rung of the IndyCar Series's USF Pro Championships ladder system.

Series news

Drivers and teams

All drivers will compete using Tatuus USF-22 racecars with Elite Mazda 2.0-014A engines and Continental tires. [3]

TeamNo.Driver(s)StatusRound(s)
Benchmark AutosportTBA Flag of the United States.svg Ayrton Houk [4] All
DEForce Racing 10 Flag of the United States.svg Jeshua Alianell [5]  R All
11 Flag of the United States.svg Maxwell Jamieson [6] All
12 Flag of Colombia.svg Sebastian Garzón [7]  R All
Exclusive AutosportTBA Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Fecury [8] All
Jay Howard Driver Development 6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam McNeilly [9]  R All
TBA Flag of France.svg Timothy Carel [10]  R All
TBA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Majman [11]  R All
TBA Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Anthony Martella [12]  R All
Pabst Racing 23 Flag of the United States.svg G3 Argyros [13]  R All
24 Flag of the United States.svg Caleb Gafrarar [14]  R All
VRD RacingTBA Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Schrage [15] All
IconStatus
 R Rookie

Driver changes

Exclusive Autosport signed Lucas Fecury to their team for his second season in the championship following a 14th-place finish in 2024 with DEForce Racing. [8]

VRD Racing resigned Thomas Schrage for a second season after a part-time campaign with them in 2024. [15]

Pabst Racing signed G3 Argyros who competed part-time last season with Jay Howard Driver Development. [13] The team also signed Caleb Gafrarar who most recently competed in the FF1600 United Formula Ford series. [14]

Jay Howard Driver Development signed Anthony Martella who graduates from USF Juniors after running part-time with Exclusive Autosport in 2024. [12] The team also signed Brad Majman who raced last year in the Ligier JS F4 Series. [11]

Benchmark Autosport signed Ayrton Houk who raced in the previous season with DC Autosport. [4]

DEForce Racing signed Sebastian Garzón who will make his open-wheel racing debut with the team. [7]

Schedule

The 2025 schedule was revealed on September 17, 2024. The championship will visit the same eight circuits as it did in 2024: two street circuits, five road courses and one oval. [16] All rounds except the weekends at NOLA and Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park will run in support of the IndyCar Series. [1]

Rd.DateRace nameTrackLocation
1February 28 – March 2TBA R  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2
3April 10–13TBA R  NOLA Motorsports Park Avondale, Louisiana
4
5
6May 8–10TBA R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
7
8May 22–23TBA O  Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, Indiana
9June 19–22TBA R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
10
11July 3–6TBA R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
12
13
14July 18–20TBA R  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario
15
16August 7–10TBA R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
17
18

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system
Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th  11th  12th  13th  14th  15th  16th  17th  18th  19th  20th+ 
Points3025221917151413121110987654321
Points (O)4538332926232120181715141211986532

Teams' championship

Scoring system
Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th  9th  10th+ 
Points221815121086421

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