Hunter Yeany

Hunter Yeany (born 11 May 2005) is an American racing driver who is currently competing in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Rodin Carlin. He previously raced in the Indy Pro 2000 and Formula Regional Americas championships, both with Velocity Racing Development. He was the 2020 Formula 4 United States champion.

Hunter Yeany
Yeany in 2022
NationalityUnited States American
Born (2005-05-11) 11 May 2005
Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season2021
Current teamRodin Carlin
Car number21
Former teamsCampos Racing, Charouz Racing System
Starts21 (22 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish33rd in 2021 & 2022
Previous series
2020Formula 4 United States Championship
Championship titles
2020Formula 4 United States Championship

Career

Karting

Yeany's karting career was predominantly in the US: finishing 13th in the 2019 SKUSA SuperNationals XX11 - KA100 Junior Class by RLV. Aside from that, not much is known about his karting career.

Lower formulae

In 2020 Yeany made his single seater debut in the Formula 4 US Championship with Velocity Racing Development, alongside Kyffin Simpson and Erik Evans. He dominated the championship, taking 7 wins and 14 podiums from 15 races on his way to becoming the youngest ever winner of a Formula 4 series. His early clinching of the title led to him skipping the final round at COTA. Overall he finished 58 points ahead of second in the standings.[1]

Formula Regional Americas Championship

Hunter made his debut in the Formula Regional Americas Championship in the final round of the 2020 season, continuing with Velocity Racing Development. The American finished all three races in the top ten, but was unable to score points due to his status as a guest driver. For 2021 raced in the series full time with the same team.[2]

Road to Indy Career

Also in 2021 Yeany competed in the Indy Pro 2000 Championship with Velocity Racing Development.[3]

GB3 Championship

For the fourth round of the 2021 GB3 Championship Yeany joined Fortec Motorsports, partnering Roberto Faria and Mikkel Grundtvig.[4] The American scored eighth and 15th placed finishes in the first two races respectively, and achieved his first podium on a European racetrack with third place in the reversed grid race on Sunday.[5]

2021

In August 2021 Yeany was announced to join the FIA Formula 3 Championship at the Spa-Francorchamps round, replacing Formula 2-bound Enzo Fittipaldi at Charouz Racing System.[6] He achieved a best race result of eighteenth place over two rounds. He missed the final round due to clashing commitments with the Formula Regional Americas Championship and was replaced by Ayrton Simmons.[7]

2022
Yeany driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2022 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

Yeany took part in the 2021 post-season test at Circuit Ricardo Tormo with Campos Racing. In January 2022, the team announced that Yeany would drive for them in the 2022 season.[8]

In the Spielberg round, during the sprint race, Yeany injured his wrist while making contact with a rival. He managed to continue and finish 21st. However, due to his injury, he was forced to withdraw from the feature race.[9] Ultimately, he had to miss the Budapest round as well and was replaced by Oliver Goethe.[10] He also missed the Zandvoort round and was replaced by Sebastian Montoya.[11] Yeany made his return at the final round in Monza,[12] and finished the races 24th and 17th.[13] Yeany failed to score points and finished 33rd in the championship, with a best finish of 16th.[14]

At the end of September, Yeany partook in the post-season test with Carlin, on Day 1 and Day 3 at Jerez.[15][16]

2023

On 19 December 2022, it was announced that Yeany would drive for Rodin Carlin in the 2023 season.[17]

Karting record

Karting career summary
Season Series Team Position
2017 SKUSA SuperNationals — KA100 Junior KartSport North America 60th
2018 SKUSA SuperNationals — Mini Swift Veloce Sports/Benik 13th

Racing record

Racing career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2020 Formula 4 United States Championship Velocity Racing Development 15 7 1 6 14 285 1st
Formula Regional Americas Championship 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2021 Formula Regional Americas Championship Velocity Racing Development 12 0 1 0 0 67 12th
Indy Pro 2000 Championship 8 0 0 0 0 79 14th
FIA Formula 3 Championship Charouz Racing System 6 0 0 0 0 0 33rd
GB3 Championship Fortec Motorsport 3 0 0 0 1 36 24th
2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship Campos Racing 11 0 0 0 0 0 33rd
2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship Rodin Carlin 4 0 0 0 0 0 26th*

* Season still in progress. † As Yeany was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Formula 4 United States 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 16 17 18 DC Points
2020 Velocity Racing Development MOH
1
1		 MOH
2
2		 VIR
1
1		 VIR
2
3		 VIR
3
1		 BAR
1
1		 BAR
2
6		 BAR
3
2		 BAR
4
1		 SEB
1
1		 SEB
2
1		 SEB
3
1		 HMS
1
2		 HMS
2
2		 HMS
3
3		 COA
1		 COA
2		 COA
3		 1st 285

Complete Indy Pro 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 16 17 18 Position Points
2021 Velocity Racing Development BAR
10		 BAR
12		 STP
16		 STP
12		 IMS IMS IMS LOR ROA
8		 ROA
8		 MOH
11		 MOH
12		 GMP NJMP NJMP NJMP MOH MOH 14th 79

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 19 20 21 DC Points
2021 Charouz Racing System CAT
1		 CAT
2		 CAT
3		 LEC
1		 LEC
2		 LEC
3		 RBR
1		 RBR
2		 RBR
3		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 HUN
3		 SPA
1
18		 SPA
2
25		 SPA
3
NC		 ZAN
1
Ret		 ZAN
2
23		 ZAN
3
22		 SOC
1		 SOC
2		 SOC
3		 33rd 0
2022 Campos Racing BHR
SPR
23		 BHR
FEA
21		 IMO
SPR
17		 IMO
FEA
16		 CAT
SPR
27		 CAT
FEA
26		 SIL
SPR
16		 SIL
FEA
19		 RBR
SPR
22		 RBR
FEA
WD		 HUN
SPR		 HUN
FEA		 SPA
SPR		 SPA
FEA		 ZAN
SPR		 ZAN
FEA		 MNZ
SPR
24		 MNZ
FEA
17		 33rd 0
2023 Rodin Carlin BHR
SPR
20		 BHR
FEA
22		 MEL
SPR
22		 MEL
FEA
17		 IMO
SPR		 IMO
FEA		 MON
SPR		 MON
FEA		 CAT
SPR		 CAT
FEA		 RBR
SPR		 RBR
FEA		 SIL
SPR		 SIL
FEA		 HUN
SPR		 HUN
FEA		 SPA
SPR		 SPA
FEA		 MNZ
SPR		 MNZ
FEA		 26th* 0*

References
  1. Hillman, Rachel (2020-10-04). "Yeany wins US F4 title at Homestead, Blanco-Chock returns to top step". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  2. Wood, Elliot (2020-11-24). "US F4 champ Hunter Yeany makes FRegional Americas step up with VRD". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  3. Suttill, Josh (2021-01-26). "Hunter Yeany adds Indy Pro 2000 campaign with Velocity". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  4. Wood, Ida (2021-07-22). "US F4 champion Hunter Yeany to make BRDC British F3 debut at Spa". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  5. Whitfield, Steve (2021-07-25). "Faria takes maiden BRDC British F3 win in Fortec 1-2 at Spa". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  6. "Yeany and Chovanec to replace Fittipaldi and de Gerus at Charouz Racing System in Spa". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  7. "Simmons replaces Yeany for season finale at Sochi". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  8. "Yeany signs with Campos Racing for 2022". FIA Formula3® - The Official F3® Website. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  9. "Hunter Yeany withdraws from Spielberg weekend due to broken wrist". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  10. "Campos confirms Oliver Goethe as Hunter Yeany's replacement for Budapest". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  11. Wood, Ida (31 August 2022). "Sebastian Montoya to make F3 debut with Campos". Formula Scout. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  12. "The Monza Race Pack". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  13. "Pepe Martí scores points-paying finish at Monza's FIA F3 season finale". Campos Racing. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  14. "Driver Standings for the FIA Formula 3 2022 Championship". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  15. "Formula 3 returns to action with post-season testing in Jerez". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  16. "Jerez post-season testing Day 3 entry list". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  17. "Yeany switches to Carlin for 2023 campaign". FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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