Lochie Hughes

Lochie Hughes
Hughes at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 2024
Nationality	Australian
Born	Lachlan Hughes (2002-03-15) 15 March 2002 (age 22) Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
USF Pro 2000 Championship career
Debut season	2024
Current team	Turn 3 Motorsport
Car number	44
Starts	18
Wins	5
Podiums	11
Poles	4
Fastest laps	3
Best finish	1st in 2024
Previous series
2022–23 2022 2018–19	USF2000 Championship Formula 4 United States Championship Australian Formula 4 Championship
Championship titles
2024 2022	USF Pro 2000 Championship Formula 4 United States Championship
Awards
2018 Motorsport Australia Young Driver of the Year

Lachlan "Lochie" Hughes (born 15 March 2002) is an Australian racing driver. ^[1] He most recently competed in the 2024 USF2000 Championship driving for Jay Howard Driver Development, where he won the title. ^[2] He is the 2022 Formula 4 United States champion and the 2024 USF Pro 2000 champion. ^[3]

Career

Karting

Hughes would have success in karting, finishing 2nd in both the Florida Winter Tour, the WSK Gold cup and the Australian Kart Championship in 2014, 2015 and 2017 respectively.^{[ citation needed ]}

Australian Formula 4 Championship

2018

In 2018, Hughes would make his car racing debut in the Australian Formula 4 Championship driving for Team BRM. ^[4] He would get his maiden win in the series at Winton Motor Raceway. Hughes would finish the season 5th in the standings and rookie champion.^{[ citation needed ]}

2019

Hughes would return to the series in 2019 once again driving for Team BRM. ^[5] He would get three wins, two poles, and eleven podiums during the season to finish 2nd behind champion Luis Leeds.^{[ citation needed ]}

Formula 4 United States Championship

After not racing in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hughes would move to the United States to compete in the 2022 Formula 4 United States Championship driving for Jay Howard Driver Development. ^[6] He would start off the season with a win in the first race at NOLA Motorsports Park. ^[7] At the New Jersey Motorsports Park round, Hughes would take pole position, and won all three races on-track, however, a penalty in race one for jumping the start meant that his win would be taken away. ^[8] Hughes would clinch the championship at the final round at Circuit of the Americas taking two wins to cap off the season. ^[9] He would finish the season with 6 wins, 2 poles, and 10 podiums.

USF2000 Championship

2022

Hughes would make his debut in the USF2000 Championship in 2022 with Jay Howard Driver Development at the Mid-Ohio round. Finishing 2nd in his first ever race later to be disqualified for a technical infringement.

2023

On 6 October 2022, it was announced that Hughes would stay with Jay Howard Driver Development and make the jump up to the USF2000 Championship full-time in 2023. ^[10] At the opening round at St. Petersburg, Hughes would beat competitor Nikita Johnson to pole position by just eight hundredths of a second. ^[11] He would manage to convert pole to victory, getting his maiden win of the season. ^[12]

USF Pro 2000 Championship

2024

Hughes made his debut in the 2024 season racing with Turn 3 Motorsport. ^[13] Claiming five wins, four pole positions and eleven podiums, Hughes won the title at the season finale at Portland ahead of Nikita Johnson. ^[14]

Indy NXT

2025

In October 2024, Hughes graduated to the championship for the 2025 season with Andretti Global. ^[15]

Racing record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2014	Florida Winter Tour – Rotax Mini Max	Praga North America	11th
	Florida Winter Tour – Kart Formula TaG Cadet	IPKarting Australia	2nd
	ROK Cup International Final – Mini ROK	Praga Kart Racing	14th
	WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini		16th
2015	WSK Night Edition — 60 Mini	Birel ART	7th
	WSK Gold Cup — 60 Mini		2nd
	South Garda Winter Cup – Mini ROK		6th
2016	CIK-FIA European Championship — OK Junior		52nd
	WSK Night Edition — OKJ	Novalux Srl	12th
	Australian Kart Championship – KA2		4th
	Italian Championship — OKJ		13th
2017	Australian Kart Championship – KA2		2nd
	Race Of Stars	Birel ART	1st

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2018	Australian Formula 4 Championship	Team BRM	21	1	0	1	2	224	5th
2019	Australian Formula 4 Championship	Team BRM	18	3	2	0	11	266	2nd
2022	Formula 4 United States Championship	Jay Howard Driver Development	18	6	2	5	10	277	1st
	USF2000 Championship		3	0	0	0	0	22	28th
2023	USF2000 Championship	Jay Howard Driver Development	18	4	2	0	8	335	3rd
2024	USF Pro 2000 Championship	Turn 3 Motorsport	18	5	4	3	11	395	1st
2025	Indy NXT	Andretti Global	1	0	0	0	0	40	2nd

* Season still in progress.

Complete Australian Formula 4 Championshipresults

(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	DC	Points
2018	Team BRM	SYM 1 5	SYM 2 4	SYM 3 7	PHI 1 5	PHI 2 5	PHI 3 5	QLD 1 5	QLD 2 5	QLD 3 6	WIN1 1 4	WIN1 2 1	WIN1 3 5	WIN2 1 4	WIN2 2 Ret	WIN2 3 5	SYD 1 4	SYD 2 5	SYD 3 4	PUK 1 5	PUK 2 3	PUK 3 5	5th	224
2019	Team BRM	MEL 1 3	MEL 2 5	MEL 3 4	SYD 1 2	SYD 2 Ret	SYD 3 2	PHI1 1 4	PHI1 2 1	PHI1 3 DNS	PHI2 1 2	PHI2 2 6	PHI2 3 3	BEN1 1 4	BEN1 2 1	BEN1 3 2	BEN2 1 1	BEN2 2 3	BEN2 3 2				2nd	266

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	Pos	Points
2022	Jay Howard Driver Development	NOL 1 1	NOL 2 5	NOL 3 2	ROA 1 2	ROA 2 4	ROA 3 4	MOH 1 19	MOH 2 1	MOH 3 5	NJM 1 6	NJM 2 1	NJM 3 1	VIR 1 Ret	VIR 2 2	VIR 3 2	COA 1 4	COA 2 1	COA 3 1	1st	277

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	Jay Howard Driver Development	STP 1	STP 2	ALA 1	ALA 2	IMS 1	IMS 2	IMS 3	IRP	ROA 1	ROA 2	MOH 1 DSQ	MOH 2 18	MOH 3 4	TOR 1	TOR 2	POR 1	POR 2	POR 3	28th	22
2023	Jay Howard Driver Development	STP 1 1*	STP 2 3	SEB 1 1*	SEB 1 4	IMS 1 2	IMS 2 2	IMS 3 1*	IRP 6	ROA 1 12	ROA 2 1*	MOH 4	MOH 2 19	MOH 3 22	TOR 1 15	TOR 2 3	POR 1 5	POR 2 13	POR 3 10	3rd	335

USF Pro 2000 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
2024	Turn 3 Motorsport	STP 1 1*	STP 2 2*	LOU 1 19	LOU 2 18	LOU 3 10	IMS 1 3	IMS 2 2	IMS 3 3	IRP 3	ROA 1 1*	ROA 2 1	ROA 3 1*	MOH 1 4	MOH 2 7	TOR 1 6	TOR 2 1*	POR 1 6	POR 2 2	1st	395

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	Rank	Points
2025	Andretti Global	STP 2	BAR	IMS	IMS	DET	GMP	RDA	MDO	IOW	LAG	LAG	POR	MIL	NSH	2nd*	40*

References

1. "Lochie Hughes (R)". www.usf2000.com. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
2. Wood, Ida (6 October 2022). "US F4 leader Lochie Hughes stays with JHDD for step up to USF2000". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
3. "Hughes, Hyman accept laurels for F4 U.S., FR Americas titles". RACER. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
4. "Four Seasons of Formula 4 – Formula 4". 5 April 2018. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
5. Series, Feeder (18 February 2019). "Australian F4: Team BRM sign runner up Ryan Suhle". Feeder Series. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
6. "Lochie Hughes to Drive for JHDD in 2022 F4 United States Championship". us3.campaign-archive.com. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
7. Wood, Ida (11 April 2022). "Lochie Hughes starts US F4 season with points lead". Formula Scout. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
8. Wood, Ida (31 July 2022). "Hughes denies himself triple US F4 win with jumped start". Formula Scout. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
9. Wood, Ida (4 November 2022). "JHDD's Lochie Hughes wins the 2022 United States F4 title". Formula Scout. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
10. Wood, Ida (6 October 2022). "US F4 leader Lochie Hughes stays with JHDD for step up to USF2000". Formula Scout. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
11. Wood, Ida (3 March 2023). "Hughes edges Johnson to pole for USF2000 opener in St. Petersburg". Formula Scout. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
12. Wood, Ida (4 March 2023). "Lochie Hughes converts USF2000 pole into victory in St. Petersburg". Formula Scout. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
13. Pruett, Marshall (24 February 2024). "Hughes joins Turn 3 Motorsports for USF Pro 2000 campaign". Racer. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
14. "Hughes Crowned USF Pro 2000 Champion for Turn 3 Motorsport". USF Pro 2000 Championship. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
15. "Lochie Hughes to Make INDY NXT Debut With Andretti Global in 2025". Andretti Global. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.

External links

• Lochie Hughes career summary at DriverDB.com
• Lochie_Hughes at Third Turn.