Kyffin Simpson

Kyffin Simpson (born 9 October 2004 in Bridgetown, Barbados) is a Barbadian-Caymanian racing driver competing in the 2023 Indy NXT by Firestone series for HMD Motorsports.[3][4]

Kyffin Simpson
NationalityBarbados Barbadian[lower-alpha 1]
Born (2004-10-09) 9 October 2004
Bridgetown, Barbados
Indy Lights career
15 races run over 2 years
Team(s)No. 21 (HMD Motorsports)
First race2022 Indy Lights Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg)
Last race2023 Indy NXT Grand Prix of Indianapolis (Indianapolis)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 1 0
Previous series
2021
2020-2021
2020		Indy Pro 2000 Championship
FR Americas Championship
Formula 4 United States
Championship titles
2021FR Americas Championship

Personal life

Simpson is Barbados-born and a resident of the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands, racing under the Caymanian flag in Indy NXT. Kyffin is the grandson of Barbadian businessman Sir Kyffin Simpson and a keen kitesurfer.[5]

Career

Formula 4 / Regional

Simpson made his car racing debut in 2020 for Velocity Racing Development in the US Formula 4 Championship after 9 years of karting across the Caribbean and United States.[6] He twinned this with a Formula Regional Americas Championship campaign, and dominated the championship in his second season with podiums in all but five races.[7]

Winning the FR Americas title awarded Kyffin with a Honda Performance Development scholarship fund worth $600,000 towards a Super Formula campaign in 2022, but Japan’s ongoing travel restrictions due to COVID-19 prevented these plans coming to fruition.[8] His Regional F3 success also opened the door to join the Road to Indy ladder with IndyCar team Juncos Racing, competing in 16 of 18 races in 2022.[9]

Indy Lights / GT3

In 2022, Simpson signed a multi-year deal as a development driver with Chip Ganassi Racing, whilst also progressing to Indy Lights, partnering James Roe Jr. at TJ Speed Motorsports.[10] Following eight races with the team, Simpson moved to HMD Motorsports.[11] He finished ninth in the 2022 Indy Lights standings with a best result of fifth in Barber and Detroit.

Alongside his Indy Lights duties, Kyffin made his IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup debut with Gradient Racing at the wheel of an Acura NSX GT3 EVO II. Simpson, Mario Farnbacher and Till Bechtolsheimer won 2022 Motul Petit Le Mans in the GTD class.[12]

Indy NXT / LMP2

Simpson confirmed a return to the newly rebranded Indy NXT series in 2023 with HMD Motorsports, partnering with Chip Ganassi Racing sponsors Ridgeline Lubricants and The American Legion. He is set to compete in over 30 races across four different series with supporting LMP2 programs in IMSA, Asian Le Mans Series and European Le Mans Series.

IndyCar

In January 2023, Kyffin completed his first NTT IndyCar Series test with Chip Ganassi Racing at Sebring International Raceway.[13]

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2020 Formula 4 United States Championship Velocity Racing Development 9 0 0 0 0 14 18th
Formula Regional Americas Championship HMD Motorsports 9 0 0 0 0 30 13th
2021 Formula Regional Americas Championship TJ Speed Motorsports 18 7 2 9 13 314 1st
Indy Pro 2000 Championship Juncos Hollinger Racing 16 0 0 1 3 231 8th
2022 Indy Lights TJ Speed Motorsports 8 0 0 0 0 312 9th
HMD Motorsports 6 0 0 0 0
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Gradient Racing 4 1 0 0 1 1003 26th
2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 Tower Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 * *
Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2 Algarve Pro Racing 4 1 0 0 1 51 3rd
European Le Mans Series - LMP2
Indy NXT HMD Motorsports 3 0 0 0 0 67* 10th*

* Season still in progress.

Formula Regional Americas 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 Rank Points
2020 HMD Motorsports MOH
1		 MOH
2		 VIR
1		 VIR
2		 VIR
3		 BAR
1		 BAR
2		 BAR
3		 SEB
1
7		 SEB
2
Ret		 SEB
3
9		 HMS
1
8		 HMS
2
7		 HMS
3
7		 COA
1
10		 COA
2
10		 COA
3
10		 13th 30
2021 TJ Speed Motorsports ATL
1
1		 ATL
2
1		 ATL
3
1		 ROA
1
4		 ROA
2
1		 ROA
3
1		 MOH
1
12		 MOH
2
3		 MOH
3
2		 BRA
1
2		 BRA
2
2		 BRA
3
2		 VIR
1
4		 VIR
2
5		 VIR
3
2		 COA
1
11		 COA
2
1		 COA
3
1		 1st 314

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points
2022 Gradient Racing GTD Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY
13		 SEB
11		 LBH LGA MDO DET
 WGL
9		 MOS
 LIM
 ELK
 VIR
 ATL
1		 26th 1003
2023 Tower Motorsports LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
5		 SEB
1		 LGS WGL ELK IMS PET -* 0*

Indy Lights / Indy NXT

(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 Rank Points
2022 TJ Speed Motorsports STP
11		 BAR
5		 IMS
12		 IMS
8		 DET
5		 DET
7		 RDA
9		 MDO
10		 9th 312
HMD Motorsports IOW
11		 NSH
8		 GMP
10		 POR
9		 LAG
12		 LAG
12
2023 HMD Motorsports STP
10		 BAR
18		 IMS
3		 DET
 DET
 RDA
 MDO
 IOW
 NSH
 IMS
 GMP
 POR
 LAG
 LAG
 10th* 67*

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 Pos. Points
2023 Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DUB
1
1		 DUB
2
4		 ABU
1
9		 ABU
2
4		 3rd 51

Notes
  1. Simpson is a resident of the Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory. He competes under the Caymanian flag.[1][2]

References
  1. "Kyffin Simpson". IndyCar.com.
  2. "Ganassi signs Simpson to multi-year development deal". RACER. 12 May 2022.
  3. "Simpson Staying with HMD Motorsports for 2023 Season". IndyCar.com. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  4. "Kyffin Simpson". DriverDB. Retrieved 8 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Caribbean Elections Biography | Sir Kyffin Donald Simpson". www.caribbeanelections.com. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  6. "KYFFIN SIMPSON SIGNS FOR VELOCITY RACING DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF 2020 F4 U.S. CAMPAIGN". Formula 4 United States Championship. 13 May 2020.
  7. "Kyffin Simpson and TJ Speed team dominate FRegional Americas debut". Formula Scout. 29 March 2021.
  8. Jamie Klein (12 November 2021). "HPD scholarship winner Simpson turns down Super Formula chance". Motorsport.com.
  9. "Juncos signs Kyffin Simpson to Indy Pro 2000 team". Motorsport.com. 4 February 2021.
  10. "Ganassi signs Simpson to multi-year development deal". Racer. 12 May 2022.
  11. Series, F1 Feeder (18 July 2022). "Indy Lights: Kyffin Simpson switches to HMD as disillusion causes rift with TJ Speed". F1 Feeder Series. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  12. "Gradient Racing stuns with last-to-first Petit Le Mans victory". Kyffin Simpson. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  13. "Shwartzman tops four-car IndyCar test at Sebring". RACER. 5 January 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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