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

 


Nationality: New Zealand

Languages spoken: English

Height/weight: 5’7” / 150 lbs.

Education: Christ's College, Christchurch

Hobbies:  Golf, gym, water skiing

Current sports played: Golf

Driver training preferences: Training six times a week at PitFit

Favorite food: Pizza

Guilty food pleasure: Pizza

Racing goal: To become an NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion

Racing hero: Scott McLaughlin

 

Career results:

2025

  • Finished fifth after his rookie campaign in USF Pro 2000 Presented by Continental Tire with one race win, seven additional podium finishes and a total of 13 top-fives from 18 races

  • Claimed the YACademy Move of the Year Award at the season ending banquet

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