Danial Frost

Danial Frost
Danial Frost
Born	Danial Nielsen Frost; 18 October 2001 (age 23); Singapore
Indy Lights career
	38 races run over 3 years
Team(s)	No. 68 (HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing)
Best finish	5th (2021)
First race	2021 Indy Lights Grand Prix of Alabama (Birmingham)
Last race	2023 Indy NXT Firestone Grand Prix of Indianapolis (Indianapolis)
First win	2022 Indy Lights Grand Prix of Indianapolis (Indianapolis)
Last win	2023 Indy NXT Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Previous series
2020 ; ; 2019–20 ; 2019–20 ; 2018–19 ; 2018 ; 2017–18 ; ; 2017–18 ; 2017 ; 2017 ; 2017 ; 2016–17	Formula Regional Americas Championship ; Indy Pro 2000 Championship ; Asian Le Mans Series ; MRF Challenge ; U.S. F2000 National Championship ; Formula 4 South East Asia Championship ; MRF Challenge ; F4 Danish Championship ; Formula 4 Japanese Championship ; Formula Masters China ; Formula 4 South East Asia Championship

Last updated December 03, 2024

Danial Nielsen Frost (born 18 October 2001 in Singapore) is a Singaporean race car driver.^[1]^[2] He currently competes in the Asian Le Mans Series driving for Graff Racing in the LMP3 class.^[3]

Career

Frost began his racing career in the 2016–17 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship. In 2017 he moved to the Formula Masters China and finished in 3rd place. In 2017–18 he made his debut in the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship.^[4] In 2018 he competed in the U.S. F2000 National Championship with Exclusive Autosport,^[5] and in 2019 he moved to the Indy Pro 2000 Championship,^[6] the second step on the Road to Indy.

In 2020, Frost signed with Andretti Autosport.^[5] In the following year, Frost switched to HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing.^[7]

Following his season in 2022 Indy Lights for HMD Motorsports w/ Dale Coyne Racing, Frost tested one of the team's cars in October 2022 in a private IndyCar driver evaluation test at Sebring.^[8]

Frost re-signed with HMD Motorsports w/ Dale Coyne Racing for the 2023 Indy Lights championship. He won the season-opening Indy NXT by Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on Sunday, 5 March 2023, earning his second career victory in IndyCar’s development series.^[9]

In 2024, Frost announced that his racing career would be placed on hold as he would complete his required two years of military service for his home country of Singapore.^[10]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2016–17	Formula 4 South East Asia Championship	Meritus.GP	30	7	1	4	18	317	5th
2017	Formula Masters China	Eurasia Racing	17	1	4	3	10	166	3rd
	F4 Japanese Championship	Zap Speed Racing Team	2	0	0	0	0	0	35th
	F4 Danish Championship	Vesti Motorsport	3	0	0	0	0	16	14th
2017–18	MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship	MRF Racing	16	0	0	0	1	83	6th
2017–18	Formula 4 South East Asia Championship	Meritus.GP	5	1	2	0	3	71	17th
2018	U.S. F2000 National Championship	Exclusive Autosport	7	0	0	0	0	77	17th
2018–19	MRF Challenge Formula 2000	MRF Racing	8	1	0	1	6	106	7th
2019	Indy Pro 2000 Championship	Exclusive Autosport	16	2	1	1	6	318	5th
2019–20	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	Inter Europol Endurance	2	0	0	0	0	16	8th
2020	Indy Pro 2000 Championship	Turn 3 Motorsport	17	1	1	1	6	329	3rd
2020	Formula Regional Americas Championship	Andretti Autosport	10	0	0	0	1	62	8th
2021	Indy Lights	Andretti Autosport	20	0	2	2	4	338	5th
2022	Indy Lights	HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing	14	1	0	0	1	382	7th
2023	Indy NXT	HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing	14	1	0	0	3	361	6th
2023	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP3	MRS GT-Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2023–24	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3	Cool Racing	2	1	0	0	2	40	6th
2024	Ultimate Cup Series - Proto P3	TS Corse
2024–25	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP3	Graff Racing

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Masters China results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Points
2017	Eurasia Racing	SEP1 1 2	SEP1 2 4	SEP1 3 2	SEP1 4 2	SEP2 1 3	SEP2 2 5	SEP2 3 2	SEP2 4 5	ZIC1 1 Ret	ZIC1 2 6	ZIC1 3 DNS	ZIC2 1 6	ZIC2 2 1	ZIC2 3 5	SIC 1 3	SIC 2 3	SIC 3 3	SIC 4 3	3rd	166

American open–wheel racing results

U.S. F2000 Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2018	Exclusive Autosport	STP	STP	IMS	IMS	LOR	ROA 19	ROA 16	TOR 8	TOR 4	MDO 7	MDO 9	MDO 9	POR	POR	17th	77

Indy Pro 2000 Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
2019	Exclusive Autosport	STP 4	STP 3	IMS 3	IMS 3	LOR 1	ROA 11	ROA 12	TOR 1	TOR 4	MDO 13	MDO 6	GTW 4	POR 2	POR 6	LAG 6	LAG 12		5th	318
2020	Turn 3 Motorsport	ROA 1	ROA 3	MOH 2	MOH 8	MOH 11	LOR 5	GMP 5	IMS 5	IMS 5	IMS 9	MDO 2	MDO 5	NJM 12	NJM 5	NJM 7	STP 2	STP 3	3rd	329

Indy Lights/Indy NXT

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with ^L indicate a race lap led) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Rank	Points
2021	Andretti Autosport	ALA 1 7	ALA 2 12	STP 1 2	STP 2 4	IMS 1 7	IMS 2 6	DET 1 6	DET 2 12	RDA 1 11	RDA 2 3	MDO 1 2	MDO 2 2	GTW 1 6	GTW 2 10	POR 1 8	POR 2 6	LAG 1 9	LAG 2 4	MDO 3 4	MDO 4 6	5th	338
2022	HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing	STP 5	ALA 4	IMS 1 1^L*	IMS 2 7	DET 1 10	DET 2 5	RDA 8	MDO 13	IOW 7	NSH 10	GTW 4	POR 10	LAG 1 7	LAG 2 7							7th	382
2023	HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing	STP 1^L	BAR 10	IMS 11	DET 18	DET 5	RDA 7	MDO 11	IOW 14	NSH 16	IMS 7	GMP 5	POR 3	LAG 3	LAG 6							6th	361

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Rank	Points
2023	MRS GT-Racing	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	DAY 8†	SEB	WGL	MOS	ELK	IMS	PET	NC†	0†

^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP3 Championship.

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)


Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Pos.	Points
2019–20	Inter Europol Endurance	LMP2	Ligier JS P217	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SHA	BEN	SEP 6	BUR 6		8th	16
2023–24	Cool Racing	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	SEP 1 1	SEP 2 3	DUB	ABU 1	ABU 2	6th	40

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References

↑ "Danial Frost". 1 January 2019. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
↑ "Frost, Shields dominate at Lucas Oil Raceway". 25 May 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
↑ "Frost Joins HMD Motorsports for 2022 Indy Lights Season". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
↑ "MRF Challenge unveils 2017-18 entry list". 5 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
1 2 "Indy Lights: Danial Nielsen Frost joins Andretti Autosport for 2020 - NBC Sports". MotorSportsTalk | NBC Sports. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
↑ "FROST MOVES UP THE LADDER WITH EXCLUSIVE AUTOSPORT". 11 February 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
↑ "Frost impresses in first IndyCar test with Coyne". RACER. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
↑ Malsher-Lopez, David (12 October 2022). "Vips, Armstrong among those testing IndyCars at Sebring". Motorsport. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
↑ "Frost pounces late for first Indy NXT win". Racer . 5 March 2023.
↑ Pruett, Marshall (15 January 2024). "Frost hits pause on racing career to complete military service". Racer .

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Danial Frost career summary at DriverDB.com

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[1] "Danial Frost". 1 January 2019. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.

[2] "Frost, Shields dominate at Lucas Oil Raceway". 25 May 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.

[3] "Frost Joins HMD Motorsports for 2022 Indy Lights Season". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

[4] "MRF Challenge unveils 2017-18 entry list". 5 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

[:0-5] 1 2 "Indy Lights: Danial Nielsen Frost joins Andretti Autosport for 2020 - NBC Sports". MotorSportsTalk | NBC Sports. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2023.

[6] "FROST MOVES UP THE LADDER WITH EXCLUSIVE AUTOSPORT". 11 February 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

[7] "Frost impresses in first IndyCar test with Coyne". RACER. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2023.

[8] Malsher-Lopez, David (12 October 2022). "Vips, Armstrong among those testing IndyCars at Sebring". Motorsport. Retrieved 27 October 2022.

[9] "Frost pounces late for first Indy NXT win". Racer . 5 March 2023.

[10] Pruett, Marshall (15 January 2024). "Frost hits pause on racing career to complete military service". Racer .

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