Lochie Hughes
| Lochie Hughes | |
|---|---|
 Hughes at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 2024 | |
| Nationality |  Australian |
| Born | Lachlan Hughes 15 March 2002 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 |
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
[edit]Karting
[edit]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
[edit]2018
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]2022
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]2024
[edit]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
[edit]2025
[edit]In October 2024, Hughes graduated to the championship for the 2025 season with Andretti Global.[15]
Karting record
[edit]Karting career summary
[edit]| 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 record
[edit]Racing career summary
[edit]| 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 |
* Season still in progress.
Complete Australian Formula 4 Championship results
[edit](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
[edit](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
[edit]USF2000 Championship
[edit](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 1 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
[edit](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
[edit](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 | BAR | IMS | IMS | DET | GMP | RDA | MDO | IOW | LAG | LAG | POR | MIL | NSH |
References
[edit]- ^ "Lochie Hughes (R)". www.usf2000.com. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ Wood, Ida (6 October 2022). "US F4 leader Lochie Hughes stays with JHDD for step up to USF2000". Formula Scout. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Hughes, Hyman accept laurels for F4 U.S., FR Americas titles". RACER. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ "Four Seasons of Formula 4 – Formula 4". 5 April 2018. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ Series, Feeder (18 February 2019). "Australian F4: Team BRM sign runner up Ryan Suhle". Feeder Series. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "Lochie Hughes to Drive for JHDD in 2022 F4 United States Championship". us3.campaign-archive.com. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ Wood, Ida (11 April 2022). "Lochie Hughes starts US F4 season with points lead". Formula Scout. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ Wood, Ida (31 July 2022). "Hughes denies himself triple US F4 win with jumped start". Formula Scout. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ Wood, Ida (4 November 2022). "JHDD's Lochie Hughes wins the 2022 United States F4 title". Formula Scout. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ Wood, Ida (6 October 2022). "US F4 leader Lochie Hughes stays with JHDD for step up to USF2000". Formula Scout. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ Wood, Ida (3 March 2023). "Hughes edges Johnson to pole for USF2000 opener in St. Petersburg". Formula Scout. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ Wood, Ida (4 March 2023). "Lochie Hughes converts USF2000 pole into victory in St. Petersburg". Formula Scout. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ Pruett, Marshall (24 February 2024). "Hughes joins Turn 3 Motorsports for USF Pro 2000 campaign". Racer. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Hughes Crowned USF Pro 2000 Champion for Turn 3 Motorsport". USF Pro 2000 Championship. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Lochie Hughes to Make INDY NXT Debut With Andretti Global in 2025". Andretti Global. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.