NEWS | ๐ฌ๐ง Jamie Chadwick is actively targeting a part-time
#INDYCAR
campaign for 2025 and intends to compete in 6-8 races next year!
Chadwick finished 7th overall in
@INDYNXT
this season, after claiming her first series win at Road America in June.
(๐ธ Penske Entertainment)
NEWS | ๐ง๐ท Cecรญlia Rabelo claims pole position at Interlagos. Sheโs the first female driver to take pole in Brazilian F4, which holds its first event on F1 support bill.
Rabelo went on a different strategy as she was the only driver to use rain tyres in qualifying.
#F4Brazil
NEWS | Itโs a big day for some feeder series stars, as they get a taste of
#INDYCAR
action at Sebring ๐
Juri Vips runs with Rahal Letterman Lanigan, while his F2 colleague Marcus Armstrong tests with Dale Coyne ๐ช
(๐ธ Formula Motorsport)
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐ง๐ท Cecilia Rabelo will race 2023 Brazilian F4 season. Sheโs tested and took part in few Formula Delta races and now steps up to F4.
Cecilia is the second female driver to confirm her presence in 2023 Brazilian F4 grid.
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐ฌ๐ง One of the worst kept secrets in feeder series racing is now finally official: Jamie Chadwick joins Andretti Autosport for the 2023
@INDYNXT
season!
Chadwick shifts to American open-wheel racing after dominating W Series for several years ๐ช
Thatโs a wrap for
@JamieChadwick
and
@FollowAndretti
at Sebring!
She completed 126 laps during the day with lap times that were very competitive, considering it was her first time in an
@IndyLights
car and she was the only car on track ๐
Will we see her in Lights in 2023? ๐
BREAKING | ๐บ๐ธ Nolan Siegel will not return to
@INDYNXT
and will instead replace Theo Pourchaire at Arrow McLaren in
@IndyCar
with immediate effect!
What this means for Pourchaire, the reigning
#FIAF2
champion, is unclear at the moment.
Here are your unofficial testing times from Sebring yesterday ๐
A good showing for Juri Vips (Rahal Letterman Lanigan) and Marcus Armstrong (Dale Coyne Racing) in their first
#INDYCAR
test!
Fastest of all, however, was IMSA and WEC ace Tom Blomqvist (Meyer Shank Racing) ๐ช
NEWS | ๐ธ๐ช 2022 Indy NXT champ Linus Lundqvist will test an
#INDYCAR
with Rahal Letterman Lanigan at Texas on April 3 ๐ช
Meanwhile, team owner Bobby Rahal told Swedish TV station SVT that RLL โwill see what we can do to run him in a couple of races this yearโ ๐
(๐ธ RTD Media)
BREAKING | ๐ต๐ญ Bianca Bustamante will take part in this weekโs USF Juniors test at Barber Motorsports Park!
The Phillippine driver, who is also expected to run in
@WSeriesRacing
this season, will join the IGY6 Motorsports team at Barber ๐ช
(๐ธ Bianca Bustamante PR)
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐บ๐ธ Myles Rowe and Force Indy join Abel Motorsports for their sophomore year in
@INDYNXT
!
After taking the 2023
@USFPro2000
title,
@mylesroweoff
came 11th in his rookie year in NXT with HMD Motorsports, with a best finish of 4th.
(๐ธ Penske Entertainment)
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐บ๐ธ Toney Driver Development joins the final FR Americas round at COTA, fielding Hailie Deegan and Brady Golan!
Deegan, 23, will make her single-seater debut, making 17 NASCAR Xfinity Series starts this year. Golan, 17, finished 13th in USF2000.
#FRAmericas
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐บ๐ธ Myles Rowe joins HMD Motorsports with Force Indy in
@INDYNXT
in 2024!
The American won the
@USFPro2000
title in Portland last weekend and will first test with HMD on October 20.
Ernie Francis Jr. will not return as a Force Indy driver in 2024.
(๐ธ HMD)
BREAKING NEWS | ๐บ๐ธ Indy NXT has announced an improved scholarship for 2023 ๐ช
The 2023
@INDYNXT
champion will receive a cash prize of USD 850,000 as well as IndyCar tests at the IMS road course and the Texas oval, plus a race seat in the Indy 500 and one additional IndyCar race.
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐ฌ๐ง Jamie Chadwick continues with Andretti Autosport after all for the 2024
@INDYNXT
season!
The three-time W Series champ finished 12th overall in her rookie season in the series.
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐ต๐ญ Bianca Bustamante returns to
@USFJuniors
next weekend, joining Exclusive Autosport for the last three races of the 2023 season at COTA ๐ช
Bustamante, a race winner in
@f1academy
this season, also raced in USF Juniors in 2022.
(๐ธ
@ExclAutosport
PR)
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐บ๐ธ Lindsay Brewer returns to
@USFPro2000
with Exclusive Autosport in 2023!
After making her part-time debut during the 2022 season,
@LindsayMBrewer
will run a full-time campaign next year ๐ช
(๐ธ Exclusive PR)
NEWS | ๐บ๐ธ W Series champion
@JamieChadwick
is scheduled to be one of four Andretti drivers during Fridayโs
@IndyLights
test at the IMS road course, F1FS has learned ๐
HMD, Abel, Juncos and Force Indy will also attend the test day, meaning around 15 cars will be out on track ๐ช
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐ง๐ท Caio Collet switches to
@INDYNXT
and has signed with HMD Motorsports for the 2024 season!
The Brazilian, a former Alpine Academy member, spent the past three years in FIA F3, winning three races and scoring 11 podiums ๐ช
NEWS | ๐ง๐ท Felipe Massa will participate in the official tests of Brazilian F4 with
@racingtmg_
tomorrow at Interlagos!
The former F1 driver, currently racing with the team in Stock Car Brazil, will test the car and then provide feedback on it to all drivers on the grid.
At Barber,
@LindsayMBrewer
will join the Indy Pro 2000 field - to prepare, she is on an intense testing schedule to get up to speed ๐ช
Want to know how sheโs doing? Check out this vlog on her YouTube account, including some pretty cool onboard footage!
NEWS | ๐ง๐ท Aurelia Nobels will not race Brazilian F4 last round this weekend at Interlagos. The newest FDA member was admitted to hospital for appendicitis and underwent last minute surgery. Nobels is doing well and, if she improves quickly, will support TMG Racing from the boxes.
NEWS | ๐บ๐ธ Sebastian Wheldon, the son of two-time Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon, wins the Skip Barber Formula Race Series!
That means the Andretti Global-backed youngster gains a USD 100,000 scholarship to graduate to USF Juniors! ๐ช
NEWS | ๐ง๐ท The Brazilian Automobile Confederation has created its own driver academy!
The project will start with karting, selecting four drivers to race in the OK Junior World Championship and OK-N World Cup. Also, Brazilian F4 will be transformed into a school category in 2025.
โ Kyle Kirkwood at Andretti
โ Colton Herta at Andretti
โ Linus Lundqvist at Ganassi
โ Rinus VeeKay at ECR
โ Pato OโWard at Arrow McLaren
โ David Malukas at Arrow McLaren
The
@INDYNXT
and the Road to Indy ladder *works* ๐ช
๐ฉ๐ฐ CHRISTIAN RASMUSSEN IS THE 2023 INDY NXT CHAMPION! ๐ฉ๐ฐ
After winning the
@USF2000
title in 2020 and getting the
@USFPro2000
championship in 2021, the Danish driver has now won all categories on the Road to Indy he competed in ๐ช
(๐ธ Gavin Baker)
NEWS | ๐ง๐ท๐บ๐ธ Multiple FIA F3 race winner Caio Collet and Kaylen Frederick are part of a 9-car HMD Motorsports squad at Fridayโs
@INDYNXT
test ๐
Other new names are Michael dโOrlando and Niels Koolen, alongside Nolan Siegel, Myles Rowe, Reece Gold, Josh Pierson and Chris Bogle.
ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐บ๐ธ F1 Feeder Series is going to the Americas! We want to increase our coverage of racing there and are now launching this dedicated channel ๐
Weโll cover the full Road to Indy, FR Americas, F4 US, F4 NACAM, F4 Brazil and F4 Argentina.
So hit that Follow button!
NEWS | ๐บ๐ธ THIS is the new name and logo of what used to be known as Indy Lights ๐
As of the 2023 season, the main feeder series to
#INDYCAR
will be called INDY NXT, while Firestone becomes the official title sponsor.
Keep an eye out for an in-depth report later today ๐
NEWS | ๐ธ๐ช Linus Lundqvist will finally make his
@IndyCar
debut later this month, joining Meyer Shank Racing at Nashville! ๐ช
The 2022
@INDYNXT
champion will run instead of Simon Pagenaud.
(๐ธ Motorsport Publication)
NEWS | ๐บ๐ธ Thatโs a wrap on the morning session of
@INDYNXT
testing at Barber!
Jacob Abel is fastest, followed by a very strong run for Caio Collet in his first ever laps at Barber ๐ช๐ง๐ท
Gold, Roe, Bogle, Foster, Rowe, Siegel, Green and Aron complete the top-10.
NEWS | ๐ธ๐ช Linus Lundqvist is testing an
#INDYCAR
with Ed Carpenter Racing at Sebring on June 8!
The 2022
@INDYNXT
champion will join Toby Sowery on track, who is testing with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing the same day.
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐ง๐ท Kiko Porto will make his
@INDYNXT
debut at IMS this weekend, joining Cape Motorsports in the
#47
Dallara ๐ช
The Brazilian, currently second in the
@USFPro2000
standings, will also race with Cape at the Gateway oval round.
(๐ธ Indy NXT PR)
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐บ๐พ Maite Cรกceres will be racing for International Motorsport in US F4 this season! She recently took part in the W Series Arizona test, and did F4 testing at Homestead last year.
#F4US
#Formula4
LOUIS FOSTER IS THE 2024 INDY NXT CHAMPION! ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฌ๐ง
The 21-year-old Briton dominated this season, winning seven races and clinching an additional four podium finishes and six poles.
Foster now gains a scholarship worth USD 850,000 to graduate to
#INDYCAR
(๐ธ Penske Entertainment)
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐บ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ต Reece Ushijima (20) joins Jay Howard Driver Development in
@USFPro2000
, adding another strong name to a stacked field! ๐ช
The Japanese-American driver ran with Van Amersfoort Racing in
#FIAF3
in 2022 and scored one podium in his rookie year.
(๐ธ JHDD)
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐บ๐ธ Benjamin Pedersen is the first 2022
@IndyLights
driver to graduate to
#INDYCAR
! ๐ช
The Danish-American joins AJ Foyt Racing for 2023, after finishing fifth overall with one win in Lights this year.
(๐ธ GRG PR)
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐ง๐ท Caio Collet returns to
@INDYNXT
in 2025 with HMD Motorsports!
Collet, who already has Rookie of the Year and 3rd in the championship secured for 2024, won one race this year and aims for the title in 2025 ๐
(๐ธ Chris Jones, Penske Entertainment)
NEWS | ๐ง๐ท A good start to the
@INDYNXT
weekend at Mid-Ohio for HMD Motorsports driver Caio Collet!
Fastest in Practice 1, and the Brazilian has secured a new sponsor in the form of Amazonas-focused logistics firm Combitrans ๐ฐ
(๐ธ HMD Motorsports)
NEWS | Lots of 2023 car count talk at the
@IndyLights
finale in Laguna - so hereโs what our intel tells us ๐
With growth at HMD, continuity at Andretti, Abel and Force Indy, the arrival of Cape and Legacy, and the planned return of Juncos, we expect around 20 cars next year ๐๐ป
First reported by RACER and Marshall Pruett last night, F1 Feeder Series can now also confirm that Myles Rowe has secured the necessary budget to complete the
@USF2000
season with Pabst Racing ๐ช
(๐ธ Gavin Baker)
NEWS | Former
@USF2000
race winner Prescott Campbell has announced heโs ended his career:
"Iโve decided to stop racing competitively in order to put my undivided effort towards my lifetime goal of becoming an engineer in Formula One."
Good luck! ๐ช
(๐ธ
@PCampbell_60
Instagram)
NEWS | ๐บ๐ธ Nolan Siegel will do double duty this week, as he has been named as a replacement for Agustin Canapino at Juncos Hollinger in
#INDYCAR
!
Siegel will also race in
@INDYNXT
this weekend, while Canapino has taken โa leave of absenceโ as per the team.
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐บ๐ธ Myles Rowe graduates to
@USFPro2000
with Pabst Racing in 2023 ๐
Like Ernie Francis, last yearโs runner-up in
@USF2000
will be backed by Force Indy, which has morphed into a support programme that aligns with leading
#RoadToIndy
teams.
(๐ธ Gavin Baker)
NEWS | ๐ง๐ท Stepping up from karting and facing her first year in open-wheel racing, Rafaela Ferreira will race 2023 Brazilian F4 season. She was the first female driver to set F4 Graduados class pole position in Copa Brasil and has been testing formula cars in the past few months.
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐ง๐ท Cecรญlia Rabelo joins Bassani Racing for the 2024 Brazilian F4 season!
The 16-year-old finished 11th in 2023 and changed teams for this season. She is the first woman to secure a pole position in F4.
#BrazilianF4
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐ฉ๐ช Lirim Zendeli joins TJ Speed Motorsports for the 2023
@USFPro2000
season, completing the teamโs three-car squad! ๐ช
Zendeli, a German with Albanian roots aged 23, has competed in
#FIAF2
and
#FIAF3
and hopes to move on to
@INDYNXT
in 2024 ๐
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐ง๐ท Kiko Porto returns to
@INDYNXT
and joins HMD Motorsports!
The Brazilian replaces Nolan Siegel for Road America, after the young American was recruited by Juncos Hollinger to replace Agustin Canapino in IndyCar!
NEWS | ๐บ๐ธ Sting Ray Robb makes the move up to
@IndyCar
after two years in
@INDYNXT
(formerly Indy Lights).
The Idaho native joins Dale Coyne Racing after 34 races in NXT. In 2022 he won 1 race and claimed 8 podiums on his way to runner-up in the championship ๐ช
(๐ธ Gavin Baker)
Here he is, Brazilian fans: Recifeโs own Kiko Porto, making his debut in
@INDYNXT
for Cape Motorsports at Indianapolis ๐ช๐ง๐ท
Follow along with free practice via IndyCar Live ๐บ
NEWS | ๐บ๐ธ Itโs track day for
@INDYNXT
at the Indianapolis road course today!
21 cars and drivers will take to the track, including this exciting rookie from Brazil ๐๐
The test runs between 9 am and 4 pm Eastern and live timing is available at โ๏ธ
NEWS | ๐ฉ๐ฐ Reigning
@INDYNXT
champion Christian Rasmussen has signed an
#INDYCAR
contract with Ed Carpenter Racing for 2024!
The Danish driver will become teammate to Dutchman Rinus VeeKay, one of the stars of the 2019 Indy Lights season.
Congrats Christian! ๐ช
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐บ๐ธ Josh Mason joins Abel Motorsports for the 2024
@INDYNXT
season! ๐ช
Mason, who raced in FIA F2 last year, joins Jacob Abel and Yuven Sundaramoorthy in what will be a four-car Abel squad in Indy NXT ๐
NEWS | Brazilian F4 promotes two days of testing in Interlagos.
This is the first time the drivers are testing the Tatuus F4 T-021 at the Brazilian motorsport temple, the track that will host the 2nd round of the championship.
#F4Brazil
NEWS | ๐บ๐ธ The 2024
@INDYNXT
grid is on track to have 22 cars, Feeder Series has learned ๐
HMD Motorsports (๐ธ) plans to field 10 cars next year, with Andretti running 4, Abel looking at 3, and both Cape and Juncos entering 2 cars - the final entry is for Jack William Miller ๐ช
NEWS | ๐ฉ๐ฐ Reigning
@INDYNXT
champion Christian Rasmussen has won the 24 Hours of Daytona in the LMP2 class!
The Danish driver, who will race in
#INDYCAR
with Ed Carpenter Racing in 2024, finished 9th overall in the race in his Era Motorsport Oreca.
(๐ธ Penske Entertainment)
NEWS | ๐บ๐ธ Nolan Siegel will make his
#INDYCAR
debut this season, signing with Dale Coyne Racing for the races at Thermal, Long Beach, Toronto and the
#Indy500
๐ช
The American will also race the full 2024
@INDYNXT
season with HMD Motorsports, his sophomore year in the series.
NEWS | ๐บ๐ธ Thatโs a wrap on the morning session of
@INDYNXT
testing at Barber!
Jacob Abel is fastest, followed by a very strong run for Caio Collet in his first ever laps at Barber ๐ช๐ง๐ท
Gold, Roe, Bogle, Foster, Rowe, Siegel, Green and Aron complete the top-10.
NEWS | Itโs a first ever
#INDYCAR
pole position for the Road to Indy GOAT Kyle Kirkwood ๐๐
From your old friends at
@feeder_series
: huge congrats Kyle!
RESULTS | Myles Rowe does it again: he wins his fifth
@USF2000
race of the season and extends his lead in the standings ๐ช
Jace Denmark is second ahead of Jagger Jones, while Michael dโOrlando is fourth. Race 2 tomorrow!
(๐ธ Gavin Baker)
NEWS | ๐บ๐ธ A total of 19 drivers are scheduled to appear at Mondayโs
@INDYNXT
test at Barber!
We hear F3 race winner Caio Collet returns to HMD, while Cape Motorsports runs Salvador De Alba and Kiko Porto ๐
Juncos again fields a car for
@LindsayMBrewer
; Callum Hedge is absent.
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐ธ๐ช This will be a popular one ๐
Linus Lundqvist returns to Indy Lights with HMD Motorsports after finishing 3rd in the series last year!
The 2020
@FRAmericas
champion should be an an instant favourite for the Lights title ๐ช
(๐ธ Gavin Baker/RTD Media)
NEWS | ๐บ๐ธ Chip Ganassi Racing has conrfirmed to
@RACERmag
it will join
@INDYNXT
in 2025 with a two-car operation, becoming the latest IndyCar team to expand into Indy NXT.
The move by Ganassi into NXT is related to a planned downsizing of its number of IndyCar entries.
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐ฆ๐บ Lochie Hughes joins Andretti Global for the 2025
@INDYNXT
season!
The Australian comes to NXT from USF Pro 2000, where he won the 2024 title this season with Turn 3 Motorsport.
NEWS | ๐บ๐ธ All
@INDYNXT
broadcasts via INDYCAR Live are behind a paywall for international viewers as of 2024.
Last year, INDYCAR Live streaming access was free after registration for most non-US viewers.
Now fans must pick a payment plan, with the fee based on their location.
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐ธ๐ช Rasmus Lindh joins Juncos Hollinger Racing for the
@INDYNXT
race at Indianapolis, replacing Reece Gold.
That completes a driver swap between Juncos and HMD, as Lindh returns to the team where he also raced in 2019 and 2021.
(๐ธ Gavin Baker)
NEWS | ๐ธ๐ช Linus Lundqvist will join Avalanche Andretti Formula E for this monthโs series Rookie Test in Berlin!
The 2022
@INDYNXT
champ tested an
#IndyCar
with
@RLLracing
earlier this week, while he also tried an LMP2 with
@DragonSpeedLLC
at Spa last month ๐
(๐ธ RTD Media)
๐ง๐ท VINรCIUS TESSARO IS YOUR 2023 BRAZILIAN F4 CHAMPION! ๐๐๐
Despite retiring on the first lap of Race 2, the 16-year-old driver secured the championship from the pits with a race to spare, having accumulated 224 points this season!
#BrazilianF4
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐ธ๐ช Joel Granfors is joining Exclusive Autosport for the 2023
@USFPro2000
season!
Granfors is the teamโs third driver in the series and joins Exclusive from GB3, where he finished second overall in 2022 with two race wins ๐ช
NEWS | ๐ฌ๐ง Williams Racing has confirmed that Jamie Chadwick will remain affiliated with the team as an F1 Academy Adviser to Lia Block.
Chadwick, who next month starts her sophomore
@INDYNXT
season with Andretti Global, also remains a Williams Racing Driver.
(๐ธ Chris Jones)
NEWS | Juncos returns to
@IndyLights
in 2023 with two cars and transfers its Indy Pro 2000 team to TJ Speed!
TJ Speed will leave Lights but has agreed to take over Juncosโ two-car Indy Pro team. It also plans to enter USF2000 in 2023 with at least two cars.
(๐ธ Gavin Baker)
NEWS | ๐ง๐ท Hereโs the calendar of 2023 Brazilian F4 season:
1. Apr 23, Interlagos
2. Jun 18, Brasรญlia
3. Ago 6, Velocitta
4. Ago 27, Goiรขnia
5. Nov 5, Interlagos - GP Sรฃo Paulo
6. Nov 26, Brasรญlia
#F4Brazil
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐บ๐ธ Sebastian Wheldon joins VRD Racing for the 2024
@USFJuniors
season!
The Andretti-backed son of two-time Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon is the 2023 Skip Barber Formula Racing Series champion, which landed him a USD 100,000 scholarship for USF Juniors ๐ช
NEWS | ๐บ๐ธ Last yearโs
@INDYNXT
Rookie of the Year Nolan Siegel will get a first
#INDYCAR
outing at Homestead today, testing with Dale Coyne Racing ๐ช
Siegel is already confirmed to return to Indy NXT with HMD Motorsports in 2024, and HMD tells Feeder Series this hasnโt changed.
As the 2023
@INDYNXT
winner, Christian Rasmussen gets $850,000 in cash, two
#IndyCar
tests, plus a race seat in the
#Indy500
and one more IndyCar race ๐ฐ
Rasmussen is rumoured to test with Ed Carpenter Racing later this month ๐
As runner-up, Hunter McElrea gets $125,000.
DRIVER ANNOUNCEMENT | ๐ง๐ท Rafaela Ferreira confirms she joined TMG Racing on her open-wheel racing debut season. Differing from last year, Brazilian F4 in 2023 lets their drivers negotiate with the teams for a seat, thus, apparently there wonโt be car draws anymore.
#F4Brazil
Brazilian F4 | ๐ง๐ท Big crash in Brazilian F4 involving รlvaro Cho and Joรฃo Tesser. Thankfully, all drivers are okay and both cars 21 and 29 were safely removed off the track.
#F4Brazil
NEWS | ๐ง๐ท Caio Collet will miss todayโs
@INDYNXT
test at Iowa Speedway, after the
@HMDMotorsports
driver was called up by Nissan to replace Oliver Rowland in this weekendโs Formula E race in Portland.
Luckily for Collet, the Iowa oval test is currently on hold due to rain.