Jacob Douglas

Jacob Douglas
Nationality	New Zealand
Born	(2005-06-12) 12 June 2005 (age 20) Lincoln, New Zealand
USF Pro 2000 Championship career
Debut season	2025
Current team	Pabst Racing
Car number	19
Starts	5
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	1
Previous series
2024 2023 2022–23 2021 2021 2020–21 2020–21	GB3 Championship YACademy Winter Series USF2000 Championship Formula Pro USA - F4 Western Championship NZ Formula Ford Championship Formula Ford New Zealand South Island Series North Island Formula Ford Series
Championship titles
2023	YACademy Winter Series

Jacob Douglas (born 12 June 2005 in Lincoln ^[1] ) is a New Zealand racing driver currently competing for Pabst Racing in the 2025 USF Pro 2000 Championship. ^[2]

Career

Karting

Douglas started karting at the age of eight, mainly racing in national championships around New Zealand, winning the 2017 and 2018 editions of the NZ National Sprint Championship in the Vortex Mini Rok class. ^{[3] [4]}

Having made his debut in European competitions in 2018 by racing in the Rok Cup International Final and WSK Final Cup, ^{[5] [6]} Douglas represented New Zealand in the 2019 Karting Academy Trophy and won the Junior Rok class B final at the end-of-year Rok Cup Superfinal. ^{[7] [8]}

In 2021, Douglas won both the Kartsport NZ National Sprint Championship in the Vortex Junior class and the NZ National Sprint Championship in Junior Max in what turned out to be his last full-time year in karts. ^{[9] [10]}

2022

In early 2022, Douglas joined Exclusive Autosport to compete in the USF2000 Championship. ^[11] In his maiden season in the series, Douglas scored three top five finishes in the second half of the season en route to twelfth in points. ^{[12] [13] [14]}

2023

After winning the YACademy Winter Series in early 2023, ^[15] Douglas returned to Exclusive Autosport for his sophomore season in the USF2000 Championship. ^[16] Scoring one podium in the first half of the season at Sebring, ^[17] Douglas skipped the round at Indianapolis Raceway Park and joined Pabst Racing for the second half of the season. ^[18]

In his first race with Pabst, Douglas finished second at Road America to Simon Sikes. ^[19] Three rounds later, Douglas scored his first pole at Portland, ^[20] before winning two of the final three races to end the season sixth in points. ^{[21] [22]}

2024

Having missed out on a seat in the Formula Regional Oceania Championship, ^[23] Douglas spent the first half of 2024 in the Elite Motorsport Academy, ^[24] from which he was awarded the Bruce McLaren trophy for topping the points of the academy camp. ^[25]

During the summer of 2024, Douglas returned to single-seaters, joining Chris Dittmann Racing in GB3 for the Silverstone and Donington Park rounds. ^[26] In his two rounds in the series, Douglas scored a best result of sixteenth in the third race at Silverstone. ^[27]

2025

After testing USF Pro 2000 machinery in 2023 and 2024, ^{[28] [29]} Douglas joined Pabst Racing to compete in the 2025 USF Pro 2000 Championship. ^[30] Douglas scored his maiden series in just his second race, finishing third at the season-opening round at St. Petersburg, ^[31] before taking his maiden win two rounds later at Indianapolis. ^[32] In the remaining five rounds of the season Douglas took six podiums, with four of those coming in the last five races, as he ended the year fifth in points. ^[33]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2015	Kartsport NZ National Schools Championship – Cadet		8th
2016	NZ National Schools Championship – Mini Rok		22nd
	48th Blossom Festival – Vortex Mini Rok		12th
2017	NZ National Schools Championship – Mini Rok		4th
	Sievwright Kartsport NZ National Sprint Championship – Vortex Mini Rok		1st
	SKUSA SuperNationals – Mini Swift		45th
2018	NZ National Schools Championship – Junior Rotax		15th
	NZ National Sprint Championship – Mini Rok		1st
	WSK Final Cup – 60 Mini	Lennox Racing Team	96th
	Rok Cup International Final – Mini Rok		15th
	SKUSA SuperNationals – KA100 Junior		20th
2019	Karting Academy Trophy	Douglas Craig	11th
	NZ National Sprint Championship – Vortex Rok DVS Junior		6th
	NZ National Sprint Championship – Junior Max		5th
	NZ National Sprint Championship – Junior Rotax		3rd
	CIK Trophy of New Zealand – Vortex Rok DVS Junior		4th
	51st Blossom Festival – Vortex Rok DVS Junior		2nd
	SKUSA SuperNationals – X30 Junior		DNQ
	SKUSA SuperNationals – KA100 Junior		38th
	Rok Cup International Final – Junior Rok	Lennox Jordon	NC
2020	Kartsport NZ National Sprint Championship – Vortex Rok DVS Junior		NC
	Australian Kart Championship – KA2		26th
	Kartsport Auckland City of Sails – Rotax Junior		2nd
	Rok Cup International Final – Junior Rok		29th
2021	Kartsport NZ National Sprint Championship – Vortex Rok DVS Junior		1st
	NZ National Sprint Championship – Junior Max		1st
2024	Kartsport NZ National Sprint Championship – Vortex Rok DVS Senior		3rd
	NZ National Sprint Championship – Rotax Light		15th
	Hampton Downs NZ Racing Academy Kartstars New Zealand – Rotax Max Light		38th
	Hampton Downs NZ Racing Academy Kartstars New Zealand – Vortex Rok DVS		13th
Sources: [34] [35]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2020-21	North Island Formula Ford Series		6	0	0	0	0	?	?
	Formula Ford New Zealand South Island Series	[36]	12	0	0	0	2	?	?
2021	NZ Formula Ford Championship	[37]	6	0	0	0	0	415	6th
	Formula Pro USA - F4 Western Championship	Kiwi Motorsport [38]	2	0	0	0	2	33	8th
2022	USF2000 Championship	Exclusive Autosport	18	0	0	0	0	179	12th
2023	YACademy Winter Series	Exclusive Autosport	6	5	1	4	6	143	1st
	USF2000 Championship		7	0	0	0	1	249	6th
		Pabst Racing	10	2	3	1	4
2024	GB3 Championship	Chris Dittmann Racing	6	0	0	0	0	18	28th
2025	USF Pro 2000 Championship	Pabst Racing	18	1	0	2	8	329	5th
Source: [39] [34]

* Season still in progress.

American open-wheel racing results

USF2000 Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (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	Rank	Points
2022	Exclusive Autosport	STP 1 11	STP 2 16	ALA 1 12	ALA 2 16	IMS 1 15	IMS 2 13	IMS 3 13	IRP 16	ROA 1 8	ROA 2 17	MOH 1 5	MOH 2 7	MOH 3 13	TOR 1 5	TOR 2 7	POR 1 5	POR 2 6	POR 3 20	12th	179
2023	Exclusive Autosport	STP 1 8	STP 2 15	SEB 1 13	SEB 2 3	IMS 1 15	IMS 2 6	IMS 3 20	IRP											6th	249
	Pabst Racing									ROA 1 2	ROA 2 6	MOH 1 23	MOH 2 6	MOH 3 15	TOR 1 13	TOR 2 5	POR 1 1*	POR 2 1*	POR 3 2

Complete GB3 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	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2024	Chris Dittmann Racing	OUL 1	OUL 2	OUL 3	SIL1 1	SIL1 2	SIL1 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	SPA 3	HUN 1	HUN 2	HUN 3	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	ZAN 3	SIL2 1 17	SIL2 2 19	SIL2 3 165	DON 1 17	DON 2 19	DON 3 191	BRH 1	BRH 2	BRH 3	28th	18

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
2025	Pabst Racing	STP 1 20	STP 2 3	LOU 1 4	LOU 2 4	LOU 3 4	IMS 1 14	IMS 2 1	IMS 3 17	IRP 9	ROA 1 3	ROA 2 2	ROA 3 8	MOH 1 5	MOH 2 2	TOR 1 2	TOR 2 3	POR 1 5	POR 2 3	5th	329

* Season still in progress.

References

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37. "Jacob Douglas to step up to NZ Formula Ford". velocitynews.co.nz. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
38. "Jacob Douglas to head stateside for US Formula 4 debut". velocitynews.co.nz. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
39. "Jacob Douglas Results". Motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 14 April 2025.

External links

• Jacob Douglas career summary at DriverDB.com
• Official website