| Leandro Juncos | |
|---|---|
| Juncos in 2025 | |
| Nationality | |
| Born | 9 April 2005 Miami, Florida, USA |
| Related to | Ricardo Juncos (father) |
Leandro "Lalo" Juncos (born 9 April 2005) is an Argentine and American racing driver.
Juncos is the son of Danielle Juncos and Ricardo Juncos, founder of IndyCar Series team Juncos Hollinger Racing and a former racing driver. [1]
Born in Miami to a Brazilian mother and Argentine father, [2] Juncos competed in a handful of karting races but mainly took up football in his native Argentina in his youth. [3] After ending his football career in 2023 to focus on motorsports, Juncos joined his father's team as an assistant engineer for Agustín Canapino in his countryman's rookie year in IndyCar. [4]
In late 2023, Juncos began testing USF Juniors machinery with DEForce Racing, [5] before stayed with the team to make his series debut the following year. [6] Racing in all but two rounds, Juncos scored a best result of fourth in race two at Barber en route to a 19th-place points finish. [7] After the season, Juncos tested USF Pro 2000 machinery for Turn 3 Motorsport. [8]
Juncos then tested GB3 machinery in late 2024 and early 2025 with Chris Dittmann Racing, [9] but ultimately opted to join Hillspeed to drive in the 2025 GB4 Championship. [10] Starting off the season with a double fourth-place finish at Donington Park, [11] [12] Juncos then scored his maiden podium of the season at Silverstone by finishing third in race three. [13] In the following two rounds, Juncos finished no higher than eighth at Oulton Park and no higher than fifth at Snetterton, [14] [15] Juncos scored a double second-place finish in the second Silverstone round. [16] At Brands Hatch, Juncos finished only scored a fifth-place finish, [17] before taking his only win of the season in the season-ending round at Donington Park to jump to fifth in points. [18] At the end of the year, Juncos tested Indy NXT machinery for his father's team at Autobahn Country Club, [19] and also tested Formula Regional machinery for Van Amersfoort Racing at Monza. [20]
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Florida Winter Tour - Micro ROK | 8th | |
| Sources: [21] | |||
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | USF Juniors | DEForce Racing | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 19th |
| 2025 | GB4 Championship | Hillspeed | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 269 | 5th |
| TC2000 Championship | YPF Elaion Auro Pro Racing [22] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | NC* | |
| Sources: [23] [21] | |||||||||
(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 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | DEForce Racing | NOL 1 12 | NOL 2 12 | NOL 3 14 | ALA 1 7 | ALA 2 4 | VIR 1 16 | VIR 2 20 | VIR 3 12 | MOH 1 14 | MOH 2 23 | ROA 1 Wth | ROA 2 Wth | ROA 3 Wth | POR 1 | POR 2 | POR 3 | 19th | 81 |
(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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Hillspeed | DON 1 4 | DON 2 4 | DON 3 14 | SIL1 1 9 | SIL1 2 6 | SIL1 3 31 | OUL 1 Ret | OUL 2 DSQ | OUL 3 8 | SNE 1 10 | SNE 2 Ret | SNE 3 55 | SIL2 1 6 | SIL2 2 2 | SIL2 3 23 | BRH 1 5 | BRH 2 Ret | BRH 3 C | DON2 1 6 | DON2 2 10 | DON2 3 62 | DON2 4 12 | 5th | 269 |