2026 USF2000 Championship

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The 2026 USF2000 Championship presented by ContinentalTire is scheduled to be the seventeenth season of the USF2000 Championship since its revival in 2010. The championship serves as the second rung of the IndyCar Series's USF Pro Championships ladder system.

Drivers and teams

All drivers will compete using Tatuus USF-22 racecars with Elite Mazda 2.0-014A engines and Continental tires. [1]

TeamNo.Driver(s)StatusRound(s)
DEForce Racing 17 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Nordqvist [2] RAll
ENVE Motorsports [3] TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
Zanella Racing [4] TBA Flag of Brazil.svg Leonardo Escorpioni [4] RAll
Exclusive AutosportTBA Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Anthony Martella [5] All
Jay Howard Driver Development powered by ECR [6] TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
IconStatus
RRookie

Team changes

After having already entered the season finale in 2025 in preparation for their 2026 campaign, ENVE Motorsports will enter the championship as a new team. [3]

USF Juniors team Zanella Racing will expand to add an USF2000 program in 2026. [4]

IndyCar team Ed Carpenter Racing announced a partnership with Jay Howard Driver Development, with JHDD's cars in the USF Pro Championships entering under the Jay Howard Driver Development powered by ECR guise. [6]

Driver changes

DEForce Racing promoted Thomas Nordqvist from their USF Juniors outfit, where he finished the 2025 season in 17th, to their USF2000 outfit, with whom he had already debuted in the championship for two races in 2025. [2]

New team Zanella Racing promoted reigning USF Juniors champion Leonardo Escorpioni to their newly founded USF2000 program. [4]

Schedule

The 2026 schedule was revealed on October 25, 2025. The championship will visit two street circuits, four road courses and one oval. It followed its parent series in moving its Canadian rounds from Exhibition Place to the Streets of Markham, while it replaced the round at NOLA Motorsports Park it held in 2024 and 2025 with a second round at Road America. [7] All rounds except the weekends at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park and the second weekend at Road America will run in support of the IndyCar Series. [8]

IconLegend
 O Oval/Speedway
 R Road course
 S Street circuit
Rd.DateRace nameTrackLocation
1February 27–March 1TBA S  Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2
3May 7–9TBA R  Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana
4
5
6May 21–22TBA O  Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg, Indiana
7June 18–21TBA R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
8
9
10July 2–5TBA R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
11
12August 6–9TBA R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
13
14August 14–16TBA S  Streets of Markham Markham, Ontario
15
16September 24–26TBA R  Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tatuus USF-22". www.usf2000.com. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "DEForce Racing on Instagram: '🚨 DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨'". Instagram . October 27, 2025. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Introducing ENVE Motorsports – Where Innovation Meets Speed". USF2000 Championship . July 1, 2025. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Zanella Racing Adds USF2000 Program for 2026 USF Pro Championships". USF2000 Championship . September 4, 2025. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Martella Returns to Exclusive Autosport for 2026". USF2000 Championship . October 23, 2025. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  6. 1 2 Pruett, Marshall (October 24, 2025). "Carpenter aligns with Cape, Howard | RACER". racer.com. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  7. ↑ "USF Pro Championships Announces 2026 Schedules". USF2000 Championship . October 25, 2025. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  8. ↑ "USF Pro Championships announces 2026 schedules | RACER". racer.com. October 25, 2025. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
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