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Jacob Douglas
New Zealand racing driver (born 2005) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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 12th 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 16th 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]
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Karting record
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Racing career summary
* 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)
Complete GB3 Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
USF Pro 2000 Championship
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
* Season still in progress.
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