2026 USF2000 Championship

All drivers compete using Tatuus USF-22 racecars with Elite Mazda 2.0-014A engines and Continental tires. Team changes After having already entered the season finale in 2025 in preparation for their 2026 campaign, ENVE Motorsports entered the championship as a new team. To replace them, VRD promoted both João Vergara and Colin Aitken from their USF Juniors outfit, with whom the former came third and the latter 21st in 2025, and signed Formula FARA graduate Jack Mohrhardt. The team signed Brad Majman and Eddie Beswick for their second seasons after they came twelfth with JHDD and tenth with Synergy Motorsport, respectively, in 2025. The team promoted Thomas Nordquist from their USF Juniors outfit, where he finished the 2025 season in 17th, to their USF2000 outfit, with whom he had already debuted in the championship for two races in 2025, while Brady Golan rejoined the team with whom he competed in the first five rounds of 2025 for the opening two races of 2026. ENVE Motorsport signed F1600 Championship Series graduate Wesley Gundler for their first full USF2000 season. New team Zanella Racing promoted reigning USF Juniors champion Leonardo Escorpioni to their newly founded USF2000 program. Departing team Synergy Motorsport saw their driver Eddie Beswick join Pabst Racing, while Ayrton Houk departed the series together with his Benchmark Autosport team. Mid-season The weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway saw DEForce racing enter series debutant Elias Vignola in their third car, while Kaylee Countryman moved from Exclusive Autosport to JHDD/ECR to continue her part-time campaign. Naim Saleh meanwhile skipped the weekend, with Aitken and Escorpioni also both not competing to focus on their USF Pro 2000 campaigns. VRD welcomed Oliver Wheldon for a belated start to his campaign after his 15th birthday in March. == Schedule ==

The 2026 schedule was revealed on October 25, 2025. The championship will visit two street circuits, four road courses and one oval. It followed its parent series in moving its Canadian rounds from Exhibition Place to the Streets of Markham, while it replaced the round at NOLA Motorsports Park it held in 2024 and 2025 with a second round at Road America. All rounds except the weekends at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park and the second weekend at Road America will run in support of the IndyCar Series. == Race results ==

First half The 2026 USF2000 Championship's first weekend was a double-header around the Streets of St. Petersburg, where DEForce Racing's Sebastián Garzón topped the qualifying session to claim pole position for the first race. Exclusive Autosport's Anthony Martella overtook him entering the first turn, but a spin and subsequent contact saw him eliminated as Garzón resumed the lead ahead of VRD's João Vergara and Zanella's Leonardo Escorpioni. The race resumed on lap four, but no further changes to the podium positions followed. Pole position for the second race went to Pabst Racing's Eddie Beswick. Garzón started third and moved past Pabst's Brad Majman right away before using a safety car restart to claim the lead on lap six. Escorpioni followed him through, but ran wide and lost the place again. Garzón managed the race to end the weekend with two wins. == Championship standings ==

Drivers' Championship ; Scoring system • The driver who qualifies on pole is awarded one additional point. • One point is awarded to the driver who led the most laps in a race. • One point is awarded to the driver who set the fastest lap during the race. Teams' championship ; Scoring system • Single car teams receive 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams. • Only the best two results are counted for teams fielding more than two entries. == See also ==