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]
| 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 |
Career
editKarting
editHughes 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
edit2018
editIn 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
editHughes 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
editAfter 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
edit2022
editHughes 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
editOn 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
edit2024
editHughes 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
edit2025
editIn October 2024, Hughes graduated to the championship for the 2025 season with Andretti Global.[15]
Karting record
editKarting 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
editRacing 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
editUSF2000 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.