Reece Ushijima

Reece Ushijima (born 13 January 2003) is an American and Japanese racing driver who most recently competed in the 2023 USF Pro 2000 Championship with Jay Howard Driver Development. He previously competed in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Van Amersfoort Racing.

Career Karting Ushijima made his international competitive karting debut in 2017 in the SKUSA SuperNationals for Phil Giebler Racing, competing against the likes of Jak Crawford and Zane Maloney. He then raced in X30 Senior category in IAME Asia, IAME Euroseries, Benelux, Asian Karting Championship, and Super One and British Karting Championships in the UK, racing for Piers Sexton Racing. In 2019, he finished second in the Asian Karting Championship and third in IAME Asia Final.

Formula Ford In November 2019, at the age of 16, Ushijima transitioned from karts to cars. On the weekend following his racing licence acquisition he qualified on pole position, finishing third and second in the races and taking fastest lap at the BRSCC Formula Ford Winter Series in Wales, UK.

MRF Challenge Formula 2000 In the 2019–20 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship held during the winter in Dubai, Sakhir and Chennai, Ushijima logged two fastest laps and finished seventh in the standings. His best finish was fourth place at the final round in Madras Motor Race Track, Chennai.

BRDC Formula 3 Championship 2020 For the 2020 season, Ushijima signed with Hitech Grand Prix to race in the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship. The American started off strongly, scoring his maiden podium in the second round, with second at Donington Park. His next podium came at the next round, held at Brands Hatch, however this would be the final podium of his season. Ushijima finished eleventh in the standings, nine places behind teammate Kush Maini.

2021

For the 2021 season, Ushijima remained with Hitech, this time alongside Sebastián Álvarez and Bart Horsten. His first podium came at the opening round of the season, with third in race two at Brands Hatch. In the second round at Silverstone Circuit, Ushijima earned double pole, his first pole position in the series, followed up by his maiden wins in races 1 and 2. He would go on to score three more podiums and a further pole on his way to fourth in the final standings.

F3 Asian Championship In the winter of 2021, Ushijima competed in the F3 Asian Championship with Hitech GP. He scored 45 points, and with a best race finish of fifth, ended up twelfth in the championship.

FIA Formula 3 Championship Ushijima driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2022 Spielberg Formula 3 round. Ushijima partook in post-season testing with Van Amersfoort Racing and was confirmed to drive for the team during the 2022 season, partnering Franco Colapinto and Rafael Villagómez.

At the end of the season, Ushijima partook in the post-season test with Hitech Grand Prix.

USF Pro 2000 Championship For his 2023 campaign, Ushijima left Formula 3 and signed to compete in the USF Pro 2000 Championship with Jay Howard Driver Development. A second place podium came at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, being the only highlight of his tough season. He opted to withdraw from the series with three rounds to go, explaining his desire to return to racing in Europe for 2024. Ushijima was 14th in the standings, with 140 points.

Personal life Ushijima's mother is American; his father, who grew up in the United States, is Japanese. Ushijima was born in California; in a 2023 interview he described America as his "home country." During the same interview he said he "grew up in Europe."

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2019 BRSCC Formula Ford Winter Series Oldfield Motorsport 2 0 1 1 2 ? ? 2019–20 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 MRF Racing 15 0 1 2 0 104 7th 2020 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship Hitech Grand Prix 24 0 0 1 2 244 11th 2021 GB3 Championship Hitech Grand Prix 24 2 3 3 6 366 4th F3 Asian Championship 15 0 0 0 0 45 12th 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship Van Amersfoort Racing 18 0 0 0 1 13 20th 2023 USF Pro 2000 Championship Jay Howard Driver Development11000114014th

Complete MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship results (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 DC Points2019–20 MRF Racing DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 DUB4 DUB5 BHR1 BHR2 BHR3 BHR4 CHE1 CHE2 CHE3 CHE4 CHE5 CHE6 7th 104

Complete BRDC British F3/GB3 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points 2020 Hitech Grand Prix OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 OUL4 DON11 DON12 DON13 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 BRH4 DON21 DON22 DON23 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 SNE4 DON31 DON32 DON33 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 11th 244 2021 Hitech Grand Prix BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 SIL11 SIL12 SIL13 DON11 DON12 DON13 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 SIL21 SIL22 SIL23 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 DON21 DON22 DON23 4th 366

Complete F3 Asian Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points 2021 Hitech Grand Prix DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 ABU1 ABU2 ABU3 ABU1 ABU2 ABU3 DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 ABU1 ABU2 ABU3 12th 45

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 2022 Van Amersfoort Racing BHRSPR BHRFEA IMOSPR IMOFEA CATSPR CATFEA SILSPR SILFEA RBRSPR RBRFEA HUNSPR HUNFEA SPASPR SPAFEA ZANSPR ZANFEA MNZSPR MNZFEA 20th 13

American open-wheel racing results USF Pro 2000 Championship (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)