Jacob Douglas

Jacob Douglas (born 12 June 2005 in Lincoln ) is a New Zealand racing driver currently competing for Pabst Racing in the USF Pro 2000 Championship.

Career 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.

Having made his debut in European competitions in 2018 by racing in the Rok Cup International Final and WSK Final Cup, 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.

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.

2022 In early 2022, Douglas joined Exclusive Autosport to compete in the USF2000 Championship. In his maiden season in the series, Douglas scored three top five finishes in the second half of the season en route to twelfth in points.

2023 After winning the YACademy Winter Series in early 2023, Douglas returned to Exclusive Autosport for his sophomore season in the USF2000 Championship. Scoring one podium in the first half of the season at Sebring, Douglas skipped the round at Indianapolis Raceway Park and joined Pabst Racing for the second half of the season.

In his first race with Pabst, Douglas finished second at Road America to Simon Sikes. Three rounds later, Douglas scored his first pole at Portland, before winning two of the final three races to end the season sixth in points.

2024 Having missed out on a seat in the Formula Regional Oceania Championship, Douglas spent the first half of 2024 in the Elite Motorsport Academy, from which he was awarded the Bruce McLaren trophy for topping the points of the academy camp.

During the summer of 2024, Douglas returned to single-seaters, joining Chris Dittmann Racing in GB3 for the Silverstone and Donington Park rounds. In his two rounds in the series, Douglas scored a best result of sixteenth in the third race at Silverstone.

2025 After testing USF Pro 2000 machinery in 2023 and 2024, Douglas joined Pabst Racing to compete in the 2025 USF Pro 2000 Championship. Douglas scored his maiden series in just his second race, finishing third at the season-opening round at St. Petersburg, before taking his maiden win two rounds later at Indianapolis. In the remaining five rounds of the season, Douglas took six podiums, with four of those coming in the last five races, as he ended the year fifth in points.

2026 Douglas will remain with Pabst Racing for the 2026 USF Pro 2000 Championship.

Karting record Karting career summary

Racing record 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) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Position Points2025 Pabst Racing STP1 STP2 LOU1 LOU2 LOU3 IMS1 IMS2 IMS3 IRP ROA1 ROA2 ROA3 MOH1 MOH2 TOR1 TOR2 POR1 POR2 5th 329 2026 Pabst Racing ARL1 ARL2 IMS1 IMS2 IRP ROA1 ROA2 MOH1 MOH2 MOH3 POR1 POR2 MAR1 MAR2 MIL ROA1 ROA2 ROA3 16th* 70* Season still in progress.