2025 USF Juniors

The 2025 USF Juniors presented by Continental Tire will be the fourth season of the USF Juniors. The championship serves as the fourth rung of the IndyCar Series' USF Pro Championships ladder system.

Series news

  • The scholarship for the champion was decreased by approximately $14,000 to $249,675.[1]

Drivers and teams

All drivers will compete using Tatuus JR-23 racecars with Elite Mazda 2.0-014A engines and Continental tires.[2]

Team No. Driver(s) Status Round(s)
Exclusive Autosport 90 United States Kaylee Countryman[3]  R  All
92 United States Brendan Cooley[4]  R  All
Jay Howard Driver Development TBA Finland Vilho Aatola[5]  R  All
TBA United States JT Hoskins[6]  R  All
TBA Belgium Karel Staut[7]  R  All
VRD Racing TBA Israel Matan Achituv[8]  R  All
TBA United States Ryan Giannetta[9]  R  All
TBA Brazil João Vergara[10] All
Zanella Racing 55 Brazil Leonardo Escorpioni[11] All
TBA Canada Ty Fisher[12]  R  All
TBA United States Diego Guiot[13] All
Icon Status
 R  Rookie

Driver changes

Exclusive Autosport signed karting driver Kaylee Countryman who will make her open-wheel racing debut with the team.[3] The team resigned Brendan Cooley for a full-season campaign after competing with them in the penultimate round of the 2024 season.[4]

Jay Howard Driver Development signed JT Hoskins to a full-season campaign after racing with the team part-time last season.[6] The team also signed Vilho Aatola and Karel Staut who will both make their open-wheel racing debuts with JHDD.[5][7]

VRD Racing added rookies Matan Achituv and Ryan Giannetta to the team.[8][9] João Vergara switched to VRD Racing after finishing 8th last season with Exclusive Autosport.[10]

Zanella Racing signed Ty Fisher who will make his open-wheel racing debut with the team.[12]

Schedule

The 2025 schedule was revealed on September 17, 2024. The championship will visit a majority of the same circuits as in 2024, with the exception of Virginia International Raceway being replaced with two more rounds at Mid-Ohio.[14] All rounds except the weekends at NOLA, Mid-Ohio races 7–8, and Road America will run in support of the IndyCar Series.[1]

Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 April 10–13 TBA  R  NOLA Motorsports Park Avondale, Louisiana
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3
4 May 1–3 TBA  R  Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
5
6
7 June 6–8 TBA  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
8
9 July 3–6 TBA  R  Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
10
11 July 24–26 TBA  R  Road America Elkhart Lake. Wisconsin
12
13
14 August 7–10 TBA  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
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Championship standings

Drivers' Championship

Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th+ 
Points 30 25 22 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
  • The driver who qualifies on pole will be awarded one additional point.
  • One point will be awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in a race.
  • One point will be awarded to the driver who sets the fastest lap during the race.

Teams' championship

Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th+ 
Points 22 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
  • Single car teams will receive 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams.
  • Only the best two results will count for teams fielding more than two entries.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Andersen Promotions Confirms 2025 USF Pro Championships Schedules". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  2. ^ "Tatuus JR-23". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Countryman Joins Exclusive Autosport for the 2025 USF Juniors Season". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Vilho Aatola Joins JHDD USF Juniors Effort for 2025". Usfjuniors.com. December 2, 2024. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Hoskins Joins JHDD for Full USF Juniors Campaign". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Belgian Driver Karel Staut Inks Deal With JHDD for USF Juniors in 2025". Usfjuniors.com. December 16, 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Matan Achituv Joins VRD Racing for 2025 USF Juniors Season". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Ryan Giannetta Joins VRD Racing for 2025 USF Juniors Season". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  10. ^ a b "João Vergara to Compete in USF Juniors with VRD Racing in 2025". www.usfjuniors.com. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  11. ^ "Zanella Racing Confirms Escorpioni Return to USF Juniors for 2025". Usfjuniors.com. November 27, 2024. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Ty Fisher Set For USF Juniors Debut With Zanella Racing". Usfjuniors.com. November 22, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  13. ^ "Guiot Back for Sophomore USF Juniors Season With Zanella Racing". Usfjuniors.com. December 13, 2024. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
  14. ^ Wood, Ida (September 17, 2024). "USF Juniors to hold two rounds at Mid-Ohio in 2025". Formula Scout. Retrieved September 17, 2024.