Karting Douglas started karting at the age of eight, mainly racing in national championships around New Zealand, winning the 2017 and 2018 editions of the NZ National Sprint Championship in the Vortex Mini Rok class. Having made his debut in European competitions in 2018 by racing in the Rok Cup International Final and
WSK Final Cup, Douglas represented New Zealand in the 2019
Karting Academy Trophy and won the Junior Rok class B final at the end-of-year Rok Cup Superfinal. In 2021, Douglas won both the Kartsport NZ National Sprint Championship in the Vortex Junior class and the NZ National Sprint Championship in Junior Max in what turned out to be his last full-time year in karts.
2022 In early 2022, Douglas joined Exclusive Autosport to compete in the
USF2000 Championship. In his maiden season in the series, Douglas scored three top five finishes in the second half of the season en route to twelfth in points.
2023 After winning the YACademy Winter Series in early 2023, Douglas returned to Exclusive Autosport for his sophomore season in the
USF2000 Championship. Scoring one podium in the first half of the season at
Sebring, Douglas skipped the round at
Indianapolis Raceway Park and joined
Pabst Racing for the second half of the season. In his first race with Pabst, Douglas finished second at
Road America to
Simon Sikes. Three rounds later, Douglas scored his first pole at
Portland, before winning two of the final three races to end the season sixth in points.
2024 Having missed out on a seat in the
Formula Regional Oceania Championship, Douglas spent the first half of 2024 in the Elite Motorsport Academy, from which he was awarded the Bruce McLaren trophy for topping the points of the academy camp. During the summer of 2024, Douglas returned to single-seaters, joining
Chris Dittmann Racing in
GB3 for the
Silverstone and
Donington Park rounds. In his two rounds in the series, Douglas scored a best result of sixteenth in the third race at
Silverstone.
2025 After testing USF Pro 2000 machinery in 2023 and 2024, Douglas joined
Pabst Racing to compete in the
2025 USF Pro 2000 Championship. Douglas scored his maiden series in just his second race, finishing third at the season-opening round at
St. Petersburg, before taking his maiden win two rounds later at
Indianapolis. In the remaining five rounds of the season, Douglas took six podiums, with four of those coming in the last five races, as he ended the year fifth in points.
2026 Douglas will remain with
Pabst Racing for the
2026 USF Pro 2000 Championship. == Karting record ==