Lochie Hughes


Lachlan "Lochie" Hughes is an Australian racing driver set to compete in the Indy NXT for Andretti Global. Hughes previously competed in the 2024 USF2000 Championship driving for Jay Howard Driver Development, where he won the title. He is the 2022 Formula 4 United States champion and the 2024 USF Pro 2000 champion.

Career

Karting

Hughes would have success in karting, finishing second in both the Florida Winter Tour, the WSK Gold cup and the Australian Kart Championship in 2014, 2015 and 2017 respectively.

Australian Formula 4 Championship

2018

In 2018, Hughes would make his car racing debut in the Australian Formula 4 Championship driving for Team BRM. He would get his maiden win in the series at Winton Motor Raceway. Hughes would finish the season fifth in the standings and rookie champion.

2019

Hughes would return to the series in 2019 once again driving for Team BRM. He would get three wins, two poles, and eleven podiums during the season to finish second behind champion Luis Leeds.

Formula 4 United States Championship

After 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. He would start off the season with a win in the first race at NOLA Motorsports Park. 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. Hughes would clinch the championship at the final round at Circuit of the Americas taking two wins to cap off the season. He would finish the season with six wins, two poles, and ten podiums.

USF2000 Championship

2022

Hughes would make his debut in the USF2000 Championship in 2022 with Jay Howard Driver Development at the Mid-Ohio round. Finishing second in his first ever race later to be disqualified for a technical infringement.

2023

On 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. At the opening round at St. Petersburg, Hughes would beat competitor Nikita Johnson to pole position by just eight hundredths of a second. He would manage to convert pole to victory, getting his maiden win of the season.

USF Pro 2000 Championship

2024

Hughes made his debut in the 2024 season racing with Turn 3 Motorsport. Claiming five wins, four pole positions and eleven podiums, Hughes won the title at the season finale at Portland ahead of Nikita Johnson.

Indy NXT

2025

In October 2024, Hughes graduated to the championship for the 2025 season with Andretti Global. In the opening race of the season at St. Petersburg, he would qualify second behind his teammate Dennis Hauger. Hughes would convert his qualifying result in the race, finishing on the podium in second. He would score another podium in the second round at Barber, finishing third behind debutant Evagoras Papasavvas and Hauger. For the third round of the season at Indianapolis, Hughes qualified on pole for both Indy GP races, ahead of teammate and championship leader Hauger. He would have a dominant performance in race one, leading from the start, and going on to score his maiden win in the series. Hughes would close down the gap to Hauger by thirty points to just three points following Hauger's finish of eighth.

2026

Hughes returned with Andretti for the 2026 season.

IndyCar

Alongside his Indy NXT campaign, Hughes will also serve as the reserve driver for Andretti in IndyCar for 2026.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary

† As Hughes was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Australian Formula 4 Championship results

Complete Formula 4 United States Championship results

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
2022Jay Howard Driver DevelopmentNOL
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		1st277

American open-wheel racing results

USF2000 Championship

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718RankPoints
2022Jay Howard Driver DevelopmentSTP
1		STP
2		ALA
1		ALA
2		IMS
1		IMS
2		IMS
3		IRPROA
1		ROA
2		MOH
1
DSQ		MOH
2
18		MOH
3
4		TOR
1		TOR
2		POR
1		POR
2		POR
3		28th22
2023Jay Howard Driver DevelopmentSTP
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		3rd335

USF Pro 2000 Championship

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718RankPoints
2024Turn 3 MotorsportSTP
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		1st395

Indy NXT

YearTeam1234567891011121314RankPoints
2025Andretti GlobalSTP
2		BAR
3		IMS
1L*		IMS
2L		DET
5		GMP
1L		RDA
3		MOH
3		IOW
16		LAG
6		LAG
15		POR
10		MIL
3		NSH
5		3rd466