Danny Formal
Daniel Formal is a Costa Rican racing driver currently competing for Wayne Taylor Racing in IMSA SportsCar Championship and Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America.
Career
Karting
Formal began karting in 2004. In his early years in karting, Formal most notably won the 2008 USA Junior Rotax, and the Florida Winter Tour in both Rotax Junior and KF3. As he stepped up to senior classes, Formal won the 2012 and 2013 Florida Winter Tour in the TaG Senior class before making the switch to shifter karts in late 2013. In Shifter karts, Formal won four SKUSA SuperNationals titles in 2015 and 2016 in S1, 2019 in KZ, and 2023 in Pro Shifter. During his SKUSA SuperNationals titles, Formal also won the SKUSA Pro Tour in 2016 and the Biloxi Rok Fest in 2019.GT Racing
Formal made his car racing debut in 2016 as he joined the Costa Rica Touring Car Championship. Racing for the Mitsubishi team, Formal was runner-up in his first ever year of car racing, but announced he would be leaving the team ahead of his sophomore season.In 2017, Formal returned to the series as he switched to Hyundai alongside Erick Xirinachs. In his sophomore season in the championship, Formal won the last three races of the season to clinch the title by 67.5 points over Jose Montalto.
Having joined ANSA Motorsports in 2020 for their karting division, Formal later joined their Super Trofeo North America division to make his return to cars after three years. Formal took a lone class win at the season-ending round at Sebring as he ended the season fourth in the Pro-Am points.
Switching to Prestige Performance with WTR for 2021, Formal was joined by Kyle Marcelli for his second season in the series. The pair won both races at Road America, and race two at Laguna Seca as they finished fourth in points.
Remaining in Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America, Formal switched to Wayne Taylor Racing for his third season in the category. Driving alongside Kyle Marcelli, the pair won five races and took the title with one round left. During 2021, Formal also made his debut in Prototypes, racing in the IMSA Prototype Challenge on a part-time basis and also making a one-off appearance in the LMP3 class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship.
As Wayne Taylor Racing forged a partnership with Andretti Autosport, Formal remained in Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America, whilst also joining their Racers Edge Motorsport-supported GTD program in IMSA SportsCar Championship. In the former, Formal won ten of the 12 races on his way to his second consecutive Super Trofeo North America title. In IMSA, Formal scored a best result of sixth at the 24 Hours of Daytona as he ended the season 33rd in points.
Formal was retained by Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti in 2024 as he competed in both Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America and the IMSA SportsCar Championship as Racers Edge Motorsport left the partnership. In his first full-season in GTD, Formal took his maiden series pole at Laguna Seca and scored a best result of fifth twice as he finished eighth in points. Racing as a Lamborghini Factory driver in Super Trofeo, Formal took wins at Watkins Glen International, Circuit of the Americas, and Jerez on his way to runner-up honors at season's end.
In 2025, Formal returned to Wayne Taylor Racing to race in both Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America and the IMSA SportsCar Championship. Driving alongside Trent Hindman in the former, the pair took the team's first GTD win at the fifth round of the season at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and ended the year 12th in the class standings. Driving alongside Hampus Ericsson in the latter, the pair won seven races and scored two more podiums to secure the Pro title by 26 points, as well as the Super Trofeo World Finals Pro title at Misano.
The following year, Formal returned to Wayne Taylor Racing for his fourth season in the GTD class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship.
Karting record
Karting career summary
Racing record
Racing career summary
Complete Michelin Pilot Challenge results
| Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Rank | Points |
| 2020 | Van Der Steur Racing | TC | Hyundai Veloster N TCR | Hyundai 4.0 L Turbo I4 | DAY | SEB1 | ROA | VIR | MDO | ELK | ATL | LGA | SEB2 12 | 30th | 19 | |
| 2024 | Van Der Steur Racing | Grand Sport | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT4 | Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Twin-Turbo V8 | DAY | SEB | LGA | MOH 22 | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS | ATL | 73rd | 90 |