Hunter Yeany

Hunter Yeany
Yeany in 2022
Nationality	American
Born	(2005-05-11) 11 May 2005 (age 20) Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
USF Pro 2000 Championship career
Debut season	2021
Current team	TJ Speed Motorsports
Car number	27
Former teams	Velocity Racing Development
Starts	16
Wins	1
Podiums	3
Poles	1
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	14th in 2021 & 2024
Previous series
2021–2023 2021 2020 2020	USF Pro 2000 FIA Formula 3 GB3 FR Americas F4 United States
Championship titles
2020	Formula 4 United States Championship

Hunter Yeany (born 11 May 2005) is an American racing driver currently competing in the 2026 Michelin Pilot Challenge for Medusa Motorsports in a Ford Mustang GT4. Previously, he raced in the FIA Formula 3 Championship, the 2024 USF Pro 2000 Championship with TJ Speed Motorsports, and in Formula Regional Americas. He was the 2020 Formula 4 United States champion.

Career

Karting

Yeany's karting career was predominantly in the US: finishing 13th in the 2019 SKUSA SuperNationals XX11 - KA100 Junior Class by RLV. Aside from that, not much is known about his karting career.

Formula 4

In 2020, Yeany made his single seater debut in the Formula 4 US Championship with Velocity Racing Development, alongside Kyffin Simpson and Erik Evans. ^[1] He dominated the championship, taking 7 wins and 14 podiums from 15 races on his way to becoming the youngest ever winner of a Formula 4 series. His early clinching of the title led to him skipping the final round at COTA. Overall he finished 58 points ahead of second in the standings. ^[2]

Formula Regional Americas Championship

2020

Yeany made his debut in the Formula Regional Americas Championship in the final round of the 2020 season, continuing with Velocity Racing Development. ^[3] The American finished all three races in the top ten, but was unable to score points due to his status as a guest driver. ^[4]

2021

For 2021, Yeany raced in the series full time with the same team. ^[5] He was unable to replicate his victory-laden season unlike the previous year, and missed the final two rounds due to family issues. ^[6] He wounded 12th in the drivers' standings. ^[7]

GB3 Championship

For the fourth round of the 2021 GB3 Championship Yeany joined Fortec Motorsports, partnering Roberto Faria and Mikkel Grundtvig. ^[8] The American scored eighth and 15th-placed finishes in the first two races respectively, and achieved his first podium on a European racetrack with third place in the reversed grid race on Sunday. ^[9] That allowed him to end 24th in the standings with 36 points. ^[10]

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2021

In August 2021, Yeany was announced to join the FIA Formula 3 Championship at the Spa-Francorchamps round, replacing Formula 2-bound Enzo Fittipaldi at Charouz Racing System. ^[11] He achieved a best race result of eighteenth place over two rounds. He missed the final round due to clashing commitments with the Formula Regional Americas Championship and was replaced by Ayrton Simmons. ^[12] He ended 33rd in the full standings classification. ^[13]

2022

Yeany driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2022 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

Yeany took part in the 2021 post-season test at Circuit Ricardo Tormo with Campos Racing. In January 2022, the team announced that Yeany would drive for them in the 2022 season. ^[14]

In the Spielberg round, during the sprint race, Yeany injured his wrist while making contact with a rival. He managed to continue and finish 21st. However, due to his injury, he was forced to withdraw from the feature race. ^[15] Ultimately, he had to miss the Budapest round as well and was replaced by Oliver Goethe. ^[16] He also missed the Zandvoort round and was replaced by Sebastian Montoya. ^[17] Yeany made his return at the final round in Monza, ^[18] and finished the races 24th and 17th. ^[19] Yeany failed to score points and finished 33rd in the championship, with a best finish of 16th. ^[20]

At the end of September, Yeany partook in the post-season test with Carlin, on Day 1 and Day 3 at Jerez. ^{[21] [22]}

2023

Yeany driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2023 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

On 19 December 2022, it was announced that Yeany would drive for Rodin Carlin in the 2023 season. ^[23] He had similar results in the first half of the season compared to 2022, with a best finish of 16th place. Yeany was replaced by Max Esterson for the Silverstone and Hungary rounds. ^[24] He later revealed on Instagram that he would not return to Formula 3 for the remainder of the season. ^[25] Yeany would be eventually classified 30th in the standings. ^[26]

Indy Pro 2000 / USF Pro 2000 Championship

2021

Yeany also competed in the Indy Pro 2000 Championship with Velocity Racing Development along with his Formula Regional campaign. ^[5] He only competed in two rounds, before leaving the championship. ^[27]

2024

Yeany would return to racing in America for 2024, driving in the USF Pro 2000 Championship with TJ Speed Motorsports. ^[28] He took his first victory since 2020 by winning an incident-packed first race at the NOLA Motorsports Park. ^[29] Yeany would miss the round at the Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park due to financial issues, and was replaced by former FIA Formula 3 rival Francesco Pizzi. ^[30] He placed 14th in the standings, with 148 points.

Personal life

Yeany was born in Charlottesville, Virginia and his racing hero is three-time Formula One champion Niki Lauda. ^{[31] [32]}

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2017	SKUSA SuperNationals — KA100 Junior	KartSport North America	60th
2018	SKUSA SuperNationals — Mini Swift	Veloce Sports/Benik	13th

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2020	Formula 4 United States Championship	Velocity Racing Development	15	8	1	6	14	285	1st
	Formula Regional Americas Championship		3	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2021	Formula Regional Americas Championship	Velocity Racing Development	12	0	1	0	0	67	12th
	Indy Pro 2000 Championship		8	0	0	0	0	79	14th
	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Charouz Racing System	6	0	0	0	0	0	33rd
	GB3 Championship	Fortec Motorsport	3	0	0	0	1	36	24th
2022	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Campos Racing	11	0	0	0	0	0	33rd
2023	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Rodin Carlin	10	0	0	0	0	0	30th
2024	USF Pro 2000 Championship	TJ Speed Motorsports	8	1	1	0	3	148	14th
2026	Michelin Pilot Challenge - GS	Medusa Motorsports

^† As Yeany was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Formula 4 United States Championship results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Points
2020	Velocity Racing Development	MOH 1 1	MOH 2 2	VIR 1 1	VIR 2 3	VIR 3 1	BAR 1 1	BAR 2 6	BAR 3 2	BAR 4 1	SEB 1 1	SEB 2 1	SEB 3 1	HMS 1 2	HMS 2 2	HMS 3 3	COA 1	COA 2	COA 3	1st	285

Complete American open–wheel racing results

Formula Regional Americas Championship

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2020	Velocity Racing Development	MOH 1	MOH 2	VIR 1	VIR 2	VIR 3	BAR 1	BAR 2	BAR 3	SEB 1	SEB 2	SEB 3	HMS 1	HMS 2	HMS 3	COA 1 8	COA 2 6	COA 3 4		NC†	0
2021	Velocity Racing Development	ATL 1 7	ATL 2 6	ATL 3 5	ROA 1 9	ROA 2 4	ROA 3 5	MOH 1 10	MOH 2 5	MOH 3 8	BRA 1 9	BRA 2 Ret	BRA 3 9	VIR 1	VIR 2	VIR 3	COA 1	COA 2	COA 3	12th	67

^† As Yeany was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Indy Pro 2000 Championship / USF Pro 2000 Championship

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Position	Points
2021	Velocity Racing Development	BAR 10	BAR 12	STP 16	STP 12	IMS	IMS	IMS	LOR	ROA 8	ROA 8	MOH 11	MOH 12	GMP	NJMP	NJMP	NJMP	MOH	MOH	14th	79
2024	TJ Speed Motorsports	STP 1 7	STP 2 13	LOU 1 1*	LOU 2 2	LOU 3 3	IMS 1 5	IMS 2 11	IMS 3 4	IRP	ROA 1	ROA 2	ROA 3	MOH 1	MOH 2	TOR 1	TOR 2	POR 1	POR 2	14th	148

Complete GB3 Championship 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	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2021	Fortec Motorsport	BRH 1	BRH 2	BRH 3	SIL1 1	SIL1 2	SIL1 3	DON1 1	DON1 2	DON1 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	SPA 3	SNE 1	SNE 2	SNE 3	SIL2 1	SIL2 2	SIL2 3	OUL 1	OUL 2	OUL 3	DON2 1 8	DON2 2 15	DON2 3 31	24th	36

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	DC	Points
2021	Charouz Racing System	CAT 1	CAT 2	CAT 3	LEC 1	LEC 2	LEC 3	RBR 1	RBR 2	RBR 3	HUN 1	HUN 2	HUN 3	SPA 1 18	SPA 2 25	SPA 3 NC	ZAN 1 Ret	ZAN 2 23	ZAN 3 22	SOC 1	SOC 2	SOC 3	33rd	0
2022	Campos Racing	BHR SPR 23	BHR FEA 21	IMO SPR 17	IMO FEA 16	CAT SPR 27	CAT FEA 26	SIL SPR 16	SIL FEA 19	RBR SPR 22	RBR FEA WD	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	ZAN SPR	ZAN FEA	MNZ SPR 24	MNZ FEA 17				33rd	0
2023	Rodin Carlin	BHR SPR 20	BHR FEA 22	MEL SPR 22	MEL FEA 17	MON SPR 27	MON FEA 20	CAT SPR 16	CAT FEA Ret	RBR SPR 19	RBR FEA 21	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	MNZ SPR	MNZ FEA				30th	0

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External links

• Official website
• Hunter Yeany career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Joshua Car	Formula 4 United States Championship Champion 2020	Succeeded by Noel León