Nicolás Ambiado


Nicolás Felipe Ambiado Quiñones is a Chilean racing driver currently competing for Kiwi Motorsports in the Formula Regional Americas Championship.

Career

Ambiado was born on 4 November 2007 and began karting at the age of six. In his karting career, Ambiado most notably was the 2019 Rotax Max South America champion in the Mini class, and was also voted as the best Chilean driver under 18 at the FIA Americas Awards.
Ambiado made his single-seater debut in early 2023, racing in the Formula Inter series, in which he took two wins on his debut. In the same year, Ambiado also made a one-off appearance in the Formula 4 United States Championship at NOLA for Scuderia Buell. In the three races, Ambiado scored a best result of 13th in race three.
The following year, Ambiado stepped up to single-seaters full-time by joining Velox USA to race in [2024 2024 Formula Regional Americas Championship|Formula Regional Americas Championship|Formula Regional Americas]. In his first round in the series at NOLA, Ambiado finished third on debut before taking tenth in race two and not starting race three. In the following round at Road America, Ambiado scored his second podium of the season by finishing third, before taking his third podium two rounds later at Mid-Ohio by finishing second in race two. Ambiado then took his maiden win in single-seaters at New Jersey Motorsports Park and finished second in the other two races of the weekend. After missing the round at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, Ambiado returned to the series for the finale at Circuit of the Americas, where he secured fifth in points after finishing fourth in race two.
Ambiado returned to the series for 2025, albeit switching to Kiwi Motorsports for his sophomore season, with coaching from Roberto Moreno. Starting off the season at NOLA, Ambiado took pole and won race three, and left the round as the points leader after finishing second in the other two races. Ambiado then lost the points lead at Road America, in which he took a lone podium in race two, before taking his second win of the season in the following round at Indianapolis. The following week at Mid-Ohio, Ambiado finished all three races on the podium, including his third win of the season in race two, and then won race two of the following round at New Jersey Motorsports Park. In the series' only trip abroad in Canada, Ambiado finished second in race one but wasn't able to re-take the points lead after finishing fourth in race two and suffering a turbo issue in race three. At VIR, Ambiado battled mechanical issues yet again, but was able to retain second in points after finishing fourth in race one, before ending the season with a third-place finish at Barber to secure runner-up honors.

Racing record

Complete Formula 4 United States Championship results

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718PosPoints
2023Scuderia BuellNOL
1
Ret		NOL
2
17		NOL
3
13		ROA
1		ROA
2		ROA
3		MOH
1		MOH
2		MOH
3		NJM
1		NJM
2		NJM
3		VIR
1		VIR
2		VIR
3		COA
1		COA
2		COA
3		37th0