Jacob Douglas



 

Website:    jacobdouglas.co.nz

X:    @JacobDouglas9_

Facebook:    Jacob Douglas Motorsport

Instagram:    @jacob.douglas9

YouTube:    Jacob Douglas Motorsport

Birthdate:    June 12, 2005

Birthplace:    Christchurch, New Zealand

Residence:    Indianapolis, IN

Height/Weight:    5’7’’/150  lbs.

Education:    Christ’s College – Christchurch, New Zealand

 


HOBBIES: Golf, gym, water skiing

RACING GOAL: INDYCAR champion

RACING HERO: Scott McLaughlin

FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH: INDYCAR, Formula 1, basketball – 76ers

FAVORITE SPORTS TO PLAY: Golf 

FAVORITE PLACE TO VISIT: Europe

BUCKET LIST ITEM: Race in the Indy 500

INTERESTING NOTE: I am a twin with my sister Hayley.

 

RACING HISTORY

2024: Competed in two rounds of the MSVR GB3 Championship... finished third in the Kartsport New Zealand National Sprint Championship (Vortex Rok DVS Senior class). 2023: Finished sixth in USF2000 Presented by Cooper Tires with two race wins, three additional podium finishes, three pole positions and one fastest race lap... won the YACademy USF Championship. 2022: Finished 12th after his rookie campaign in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship with four top-six finishes and 10 top-10 drives... selected for the 2022 Ferrari Drivers Academy – Asia-Pacific and Oceania selection camp. 2021: Earned the New Zealand Junior Rotax Championship, the New Zealand Junior DVS Championship and the South Island Formula Ford Rookie Championship... finished second in the New Zealand Formula Ford Series in Class 2… finished eighth in the US Formula Pro USA F4 series with podium finishes at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. 2020: Captured the New Zealand ROK Cup championship… named the New Zealand representative at the ROK World Finals, winning every heat race… earned the Southern Series Rotax Championship and the Christchurch Junior Enduro Championship. 2019: Named the New Zealand representative at the ROK World Finals… won the ROK Cup Bridgestone… named the FIA Academy New Zealand representative, the first New Zealand driver to earn the award… earned the Southern Series Rotax Junior Championship. 2018: Earned the New Zealand Vortex Mini ROK Championship and the South Island Mini ROK Championship… named the New Zealand representative at the ROK World Finals. 2017: Scored the New Zealand Vortex Mini ROK Championship and the Christchurch Mini ROK Club Championship… named the New Zealand representative at the ROK World Finals.