• Latest
  • Trending

Podiums for Yardley on Formula Regional Americas debut

September 28, 2021

Louis Foster stuns Road America field to snatch first career pole as McLaughlin leads Kiwi qualifying effort

June 22, 2025

Toyota 86 Trophy Series R2 Taupō: Townshend resists the pressure for first win

June 22, 2025

Feeney completes Darwin Triple Crown sweep as Penrite duo Allen and Payne join him on the podium

June 22, 2025

Feeney claims third consecutive Pole in Race 19 Top Ten Shootout in Darwin

June 22, 2025

Toyota 86 Trophy Series R2 Taupō: Giddy storms to Race 1 victory

June 22, 2025

Kiwi charge lights up Darwin as Ryan Wood rockets to P1 in Supercars Qualifying – Top 10 Shootout up next

June 22, 2025

Supercars Darwin Race 18: Three Kiwis finish in Top 10

June 22, 2025

Matt Payne finishes on podium in chaotic opening Supercars race in Darwin – Wood & Evans DNF

June 21, 2025

Zeltwanger in rivals’ sights for Taupo

June 20, 2025
#19 Jacob Douglas,  Pabst Racing, DouglasFay Group, Fleet Cost & Care

Jacob Douglas targets big results at Road America after dominant test pace

June 20, 2025

Jacob Begg takes rookie title in NZ Formula Ford Championship

June 19, 2025
Monday, June 23, 2025
VelocityNews
Subscribe
  • International
    • Formula 1
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • Formula E
    • Esports
    • Super GT
    • Super Formula
    • TCR
    • WEC
    • GT
    • Porsche Carrera Cup
    • BTCC
    • DTM
    • IMSA
    • IndyCar
    • Road to Indy
    • NASCAR
    • WRC
    • MotoGP
    • Motorcycle Racing
    • Historic Racing
  • New Zealand
    • Toyota Formula Regional
    • Toyota GR86 Championship
    • Rally
    • Speedway
    • Drifting
    • Formula Ford
    • Formula First
    • TCR NZ
    • TransTasman V8 Series
    • V8 Utes
    • GT New Zealand Championship
    • GTRNZ
    • Central Muscle Cars
    • Pirelli Porsche
    • Mazda Racing Series
    • NZ Endurance Championship
    • NIERDC
    • SIERDC
    • Pro8 South Island Series
    • SsangYong Utes
    • Kartsport
    • NZ Historic Racing
    • NZ General
  • Australia
    • Supercars
    • Super2
    • Australian V8 Touring Car Series
    • Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
    • Porsche Sprint Challenge
    • S5000
    • Australian GT
    • TCR AU
  • Features
    • Features
    • Opinion
    • Profile
    • Race Cars
  • Circuit News
  • Velocity TV
  • Performance Cars
  • Jobs
    • Jobs
    • Post a Job
    • Job Dashboard
No Result
View All Result
VelocityNews
No Result
View All Result

Podiums for Yardley on Formula Regional Americas debut

by Zane Shackleton
September 28, 2021
in International, News
0

Ryan Yardley scored two podiums in his first Formula Regional Americas race meeting at Virginia over the weekend.

The Christchurch driver finished third and second in the two races on Saturday, his first time racing at the circuit and in the championship.

“Bloody good,” Yardley told Velocity News about the weekend.

“We were not too sure where I’d end up this weekend, but it was above mine and the team’s expectations.”

Formula Regionals is Yardley’s first international championship since the 2018 Castrol Toyota Racing Series.

The Kiwi Motorsport driver was put against some of the best junior single-seater talents who are currently vying for the chance to race in the Japanese Super Formula series.

Four unofficial practice sessions on Thursday gave Yardley a feel for the twists and turns of Virginia International Raceway.

Fortunately, Formula Regional uses the same Formula 3 car Yardley has raced with in the Pro Western series this year. So, it was only the track that he had to learn.

“I was surprised how quickly I did learn [the circuit]. But Thursday was awesome. We were in the top five in just about every session.”

Friday had one official practice and qualifying.

Yardley topped the morning’s practice before qualifying third later in the day.

“I was in P1 for the first ten minutes before Josh Carr and [Jordan Missig] went faster.

“I was gutted not to get pole. It was two-tenths between me and pole. I probably pushed too hard in one corner to find those two tenths and overheated the tyres.

“But I was happy with third. I knew that if I qualified on the first two rows then I could be in with a good chance in the race.”

Saturday saw the first two races of the weekend take place.

Yardley bounced back from an average start in race one to hold P3.

He maintained that position till the chequered flag, saying he lacked “the raw pace to get to P2.”

Race two was more hectic and punctuated by two safety car periods.

Starting fifth, Yardley was up into the podium spots before the first caution came out.

He worked his way into P2 before setting off on his chase of race leader Ernie Francis.

A late safety car put paid to Yardley’s charge, and he followed Francis across the line in second.

“Sometimes safety cars work in your favour and sometimes they don’t,” he said.

“The pace was there to win.”

Yardley was eager to win heading into the weekend’s final race on Sunday. He knew he had the speed to do so, even if his experience was significantly less than that of his rivals.

He made one position off the line to run in third for the first few laps.

But a mistake at turn 10 dropped Yardley back to seventh, where he would eventually finish.

“I tried to downshift for the corner but must have still had some throttle body percentage on and I understeered off.”

Still, he was elated with his debut performance.

“Gutted [with race three] but I never thought I would get two podiums.

“This was the first [Formula Regional] weekend for Kiwi Motorsport, and we knew we would be up there, but it was cool to get the podiums for them.”

Yardley now heads back to the team’s base in Dallas, Texas.

He is confirmed to race in the final Formula Regional round at Circuit of the Americas in November.

All he wants before the season is over is to finish on the top step of the rostrum.

“I’m as desperate as ever to get a win. So, hopefully we can do just that at COTA.”  

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact Us

© 2022 VelocityNews - Independent New Zealand and International Motorsport news.

No Result
View All Result
  • International
    • Formula 1
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • Formula E
    • Esports
    • Super GT
    • Super Formula
    • TCR
    • WEC
    • GT
    • Porsche Carrera Cup
    • BTCC
    • DTM
    • IMSA
    • IndyCar
    • Road to Indy
    • NASCAR
    • WRC
    • MotoGP
    • Motorcycle Racing
    • Historic Racing
  • New Zealand
    • Toyota Formula Regional
    • Toyota GR86 Championship
    • Rally
    • Speedway
    • Drifting
    • Formula Ford
    • Formula First
    • TCR NZ
    • TransTasman V8 Series
    • V8 Utes
    • GT New Zealand Championship
    • GTRNZ
    • Central Muscle Cars
    • Pirelli Porsche
    • Mazda Racing Series
    • NZ Endurance Championship
    • NIERDC
    • SIERDC
    • Pro8 South Island Series
    • SsangYong Utes
    • Kartsport
    • NZ Historic Racing
    • NZ General
  • Australia
    • Supercars
    • Super2
    • Australian V8 Touring Car Series
    • Porsche Carrera Cup Australia
    • Porsche Sprint Challenge
    • S5000
    • Australian GT
    • TCR AU
  • Features
    • Features
    • Opinion
    • Profile
    • Race Cars
  • Circuit News
  • Velocity TV
  • Performance Cars
  • Jobs
    • Jobs
    • Post a Job
    • Job Dashboard

© 2022 VelocityNews - Independent New Zealand and International Motorsport news.